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Are now in deep discussions with the u.s. administration about how to further increase. >> youre also in discussions with the administration about trying to solve the infrastructure problem here domestically. and infrastructure project that the president, as a candidate, talked about, at least a trillion dollars. your country has done something and youre trying to tell the administration about it? >> weve been asked to give some advice of our own experiences. australia has and a recession for 26...

He can say its fake numbers, but all of the polls, every single one, even rasmussen, a fairly conservative poll, shows the president going down. he can claim i guess that congress is disliked even more. congress has an approval rating around 20%. he can claim that in states like west virginia his base is solid. the fact is his agenda is in tatters. a major reason why is that more and more republicans feel they can go after him with impunity because of these poll numbers. >> right. these numbers ...

Almost anything. we saw the fbi director. that was an attempt to throw another piece of chum out there and say heres a story that this guy gets pretty good reviews. >> he named a new goib new fbi director. >> and now this story on infrastructure. comey testimony is, you can tell, look there right next to me is the comey count down clock. that tells you what people are most focused on. its going to be a huge moment i think for washington and for his presidency. he knows it and he cant do anything...

Bipartisan, when done properly. and he was part of the last effort to do it with the stimulus. but when done properly, its good for everyone, it improves business, creates jobs, and one can get creative how you fund infrastructure. its kind of interesting, because we battled with health care. tax reform is going to come up against some problems. its not easier than health care to do. we have a massive infrastructure problem in this country that we have to fix. >> sean spicer has taken to the pod...

I would be comfortable if what we had made sense. for instance, infrastructure to me is pre-partisan. >> neil: so is the president, by the way. >> lets do it. >> neil: we spent $128 billion a year -- >> and a japanese group came to l.a. and took the mayors side said if you have frack -- infrastructure problem now. if you do it now, it will be cheaper than later. the mayor didnt know what to say. >> neil: we do spends on infrastructure now. >> it may be that we piss a lot of it away. maybe people...

That sinkhole happen? was there somebody that overlooked the safety of that spillway and then theres the question about the emergency spillway not having a concrete apron all the downhill side. why didnt that take place in the years past. >> congressman, obviously youve got 150,000 of your constituents who are not at home tonight, people not knowing how long this is going to go on. its a scary situation. its a human health and safety situation and quickly i imagine for many families already beco...

Instant jobs and thats the mistake they made back in those days i think. these things arent so shovel ready. it does take time. i think the real reason the president wants to do this is because we have a crumbling infrastructure problem and you need a good modern infrastructure for economic growth to occur. not just the jobs building the infrastructure, but you need to have a good highway system. you need to have a good bridge system, a good pipeline system, a good canal and waterway system for ...

And special interest carve outs meaning more money so we can be more competitive. the one provision i was telling the tool and dye maker raises revenue to help us lower the tax rates. the other mentioned things do cost money. we have to pay for those things. thats what our spring budget is going to do. theres a big infrastructure problem in this country whether its canals, roads or bridges or rail or airports. thats a real problem. and were going to have to come up with ways to pay for that. s...

State of emergency. nbcs stephanie gosk joins me on the join from lansing. and nbcs john yang is in flint with more. stephanie, let me start with you. you just were at that news conference. what more did they have to say? >> reporter: well, jose, the real purpose of the news conference was to present a kind of united front in this problem. you had the mayor of flint, the new mayor of flint, karen weaver, and the governor of michigan, rick snyder who would like nothing more than for this to be ab...

Interagency group, a comprehensive approach to this clearly very dangerous crisis as the city of flint has been confronting now for months or year. and the mayor saying that the people of flint will no doubt be excited to hear the news. thats whats been going on. were, of course, going to keep watching this for you because the reality is that as the payer said, there are children that have been exposed. they have been exposed to dangerous levels of lead. as a matter of fact, this is toxic. what ...