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The train. this just seems like a logistical nightmare especially when you have this type of backup this 40, 50, 60 ships sitting like a parking lot out in the pacific. >> yeah, eric, yes, those are all ideas, but we have a major infrastructure problem in this country. the engineers report gave us, like, a d over the last few years on how well the u.s. infrastructures working, whether its ports or trains or next generation g, s or national -- gps or national electric grid. weve been having these...

Has women leaving the workforce or is there something else? >> well, care is a huge part of it, both the childcare and care for elders and those with disabilities, the fact that we dont have paid leave but we are still in a pandemic where people are getting ill, thats another significant part of it. but it also is that women have long been dominated in the jobs that pay the least wages and the jobs that were the least fragile, and the jobs that required you to show up in person. and that story t...

Coming oust of the pandemic nobody had any idea what the shape of the demand was going to look like. people started to spend when they came out of the pandemic and we were not ready for this extraordinary spending surge. that was the first problem. second, whenever you have global sourcing, many countries werent set up to supply us critical items. third is we didnt have the labor to fulfill the demand. to fulfill the supply chains to meet the demand. i will add an fourth one. we have an infrastr...

Obviously we were impacted by the storm, not like the northeast, we did not have the flooding of the northeast, but the power went out in new orleans and we had to make a very fast decision to evacuate the campus. and the students just stepped up to the plate. we ferried 40, 50 buses off to houston. from houston, they were able to fly home, really, on very quick notice. their only complaint i got from them is many of them didnt want to leave louisiana because they wanted to help support the stat...

Linking this infrastructure bill to another quite separate measure related to his american families plan, his social infrastructure, which involves getting extra paid leave for americans, extra money for child care, and the president is now saying that he wont sign one without the other, and there are still negotiations on both sides, so perhaps it is premature to claim victory. i think what the president can celebrate is the fact that he has got this far and that he has managed to bring republi...

Celebrate is the fact that he has got this far and he has managed to bring republicans and democrats together to debate — and clearly, there have been compromises on both sides — that he at least has the basis for something that could ultimately be passed by congress to begin to solve this infrastructure problem in the united states which has really been plaguing cities around the country — bad bridges, roads, the rail network, waterways that desperately need improving. peter, they may hav...

Are still negotiations on both sides. so perhaps it is premature to claim victory. i think what the president can celebrate is the fact that he has got this far and he has managed to bring republicans and democrats together to debate — and clearly there have been compromises on both sides but he at least has the basis for something that could ultimately be passed by congress to begin to solve this infrastructure problem in the united states which has really been plaguing cities around the coun...

This scale, john, it causes this vast ripple effect so it will be rocky for the rest of the morning. some people might be able to log on, others might not be able to. this is an infrastructure problem just like the other ones you were talking about a few minutes ago. this is the internet infrastructure and when the lights flicker, it has global effects. >> brian stelter, please keep us posted as this develops throughout the morning. >> yeah. "new day" continues right now. ♪ hello im briann...

Remove excess iron. they didnt explain why the water would be unsafe or close. the voluntary initiative ends today. tyrus, if you have kids and they all play sports, especially boys, that is a lot of laundry after five days. >> yeah, i mean, i have big close so i cant wait that long myself. im just really concerned with the fact that living in a first world country and having so much problems with our water. >> dana: a lot of it has to do with infrastructure. it is infrastructure week which i ju...

Capitol hill seems more divided than ever. but what does that mean for you? im heading to ohio to take a look at the reality on the ground. the bridge connects cincinnati, ohio, to covington, kentucky and these two states have been squabbling about how to pay for this bridge for years. even though funding for this infrastructure problem has the full support of the president, the congress has been reluctant to commit to the $2.6 billion price tag for a new bridge. its a hot topic in these parts, ...