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As were dealing with devastation there. 30 plus bridges have to be rebuilt. it will be horrendous infrastructure problem throughout all portions of the winter. cant imagine how they will do it. no real rainfall expected over the next 48 hours, so thats good, too. as far as the northeast, heater is on. gloves, hats, jacket for the kids. were at 36 right now up in vermont. 39 in maine. temperatures this afternoon will be nice, sunny. so were in a weather pattern where were getting these cold night...

What we would be doing is looking at the fact we have bridges literally collapsing. we have roads impassable. we have an infrastructure problem that in the eisenhower era would have been addressed by building a massive highway program that would give people jobs. >> i want to tie this into our next topic because here in the city of new orleans, unemployment is higher than expect. more than half of working age african-american men in this city were unemployed according to the most recent census. ...

America doesnt have a spending problem, republicans, it has an infrastructure problem. were so worried about kids getting shot up at schools, but were not too worried about their buses crossing bridges, are we? this is unacceptable, and its a result of republican austerity and their absolute attitude towards what infrastructure is all about in america. yeah, yeah, yeah, that was last week. we talked about infrastructure. we pointed out the need for congress to step forward and do something about...

Well, i think this story would give someone pretty good material for debate that were not a great country. we have potential to be a great country. but we have allowed things like this to happen, because we have distorted priorities. america doesnt have a spending problem, republicans. it has an infrastructure problem. you know, were so worried about kids getting shot up at schools, but were not too worried about their buses crossing bridges, are they? this is unacceptable and its a result of re...

Relief keep that payroll tax relief and expanding unemployment benefits. i will say this. this is the presidents initial proposal. the silence from the republicans is deafening. they can counter this. but all they have done is whine and weep and cry and laugh about like hysterical children. where is there for books will? be one less give the viewers the numbers. if there is a 50 billion dollars stimulus proposal for the infrastructure problem, he also wants to extend unemployment benefits and ex...

Barack obama because he didnt connect with those voters which has a lot to do with his personal wealth and his style as a politician. but he also didnt convince them on substance. how do you make conservative economics more appealing to people in the middle. bill: i think the folks on the right have short memories. that shocked democrats and got their ground operation up and running sooner than they would have otherwise. >> barack obama started building his cam paint day after he got elected. th...

Than the last. and so i think even if you dont always feel it, as a candidate, you have to communicate optimism because thats what our country is based on, you know, the hurrahs and always offering a better vision than where we are today. >> what are some of the ideas that are changing the world? >> he starts out with something weve written about before, about the rise of mobile phones and how theres a u.n. study last year showed that mobile technology, mobile phones, is the single greatest engi...

429,000 jobs added over two years. what policies do you see the gop presidential candidates stepping up with, when you hear romney and santorum and gingrich on the stump, are you hearing anything that would encourage you they will have something for wage earners? >> they have no plan for jobs, whatsoever. im convinced they are anti-job. this highway bill is an example of that. let me give you a few statistics. the average age of a bridge in the united states of america is 45 years old. they were...

Analogy. how does this happen? how does a leading presidential campaign not get on the ballot in the home state of the candidate? >> well, i think a couple things, willie. first of all, this is devastating for gingrich. i mean, 46 delegates at stake. this is virginia. its on super tuesday. its not winner take all. so even if he were on the ballot, even if he were not, didnt win, but if he came in second, and i think newt gingrich was actually leading in virginia, that means real delegates so thi...

Supporters. >> dana: one thing when gingrich is down to 1%, member of his staff left. the infrastructure can matter in a campaign. >> bob: sure. >> dana: can you get the support and resources and pull it together and bring it home? in iowa, where even though people said romney wasnt strong, didnt have a strong enough presence. does the infrastructure problem matter in the next 60 days? >> bob: intensity trumps organization in the caucus. romney got 25% in iowa the last time. he spent millions of...