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Election year. transportation secretary, elaine ciao, explained the idea as not ideal. >> the president has not declared anything out of bounds. so everything is on the table. the gas tax has adverse impact, a very regressive impact on the most vulnerable within our society. those who depend on jobs, who are hourly workers. >> reporter: a white house official noted that president trump has said everything is on the table to achieve infrastructure improvements. the president wants to lead a thoug...

Money? >> you have to remember, its a trillion worth of investment. some partnerships with different public private partnerships and also with the states and localities. we have projects ready in louden county and other areas. we would be ready to go on the infrastructure problems with the airports on fire. its something that it doesnt matter if youre in rural america or downtown, the infrastructure is falling. if youre in rural america, you want it to get to the market, you need better records ...

Youre 33. he is 73. he has been in the office for -- well over 20 years. and no one more hostile to you and your personal interests and your personal life choices than this man. what was it like to campaign against someone like him? >> well, lawrence, what it was like to campaign against someone like him was just basically the idea that i got into the race because we have major infrastructure problems that have been getting worse and worse and worse throughout the 33 years that i lived in manass...

Because we have major infrastructure problems that have been getting worse and worse and worse throughout the 33 years that ive lived in manassas, my entire life. i know this is going to be a hard night for delegate marshall and his family and supporters. so rather than pile on on him, im going to stick to the same message that weve been going to this entire year, which is basically that, number one, i campaigned on a platform of building up our infrastructure instead of tearing down each other....

Have you seen any aid from the federal government? they havent brought food or water here? no. no. >> reporter: he wants to blame the locals for not distributing their own aid. >> bill, as you know, there are serious infrastructure problems there, physical and human capital as well. but the crisis is real. the need is great. as you just told us, its not getting better fast enough. thank you for the reporting to bill weir and his team. well take a break. when we come back, john mccain gets a big ...

Growing push to say, help fix the problems that existed before the hurricane, and thats not fair to the american tax payer. we should help to repair things that were done by natural disaster, but we have to be careful that there is not an extra effort to say, there was a lot of infrastructure problems on the island existed before the hurricane, and we want the american tax payer now to come out and bail out those problems. >> i guess the criticism is he never threatened the people in texas or fl...

Ensuring every critical health care facility has a generator, has dedicated main tans, and has dedicated fuel distribution. there are over 50 generators been installed in these critical facilities not just heblt but moving into the other facilities like schools. they have 200 plus on hand and another 300 on the way to the island. thats interim measure, stabilize the system, and make sure key services are restored. in addition talking about water, about 75% is where we are in terms of potable wat...

Electricity again because they are doing it in a methodical way, and the only way you can do it when the devastation was as complete as it was. you do not bring electricity back to an island when you are starting from practically nothing. >> nobody suggests otherwise. >> good. >> thats why i am saying, dont call it fake. its not fake. everybody gets its going to take time. everybody gets that after a disaster theres always lag and you had infrastructure problems there. and you know what people g...

Villane >> president trump expected to get a briefing today on the apocalyptic hurricane devastation in puerto rico. white house officials say hell meet with the homeland security and fema chief. >> the president tweeting monday, first direct conversation in days saying the island is in deep trouble. he also chose to focus on their financial troubles, infrastructure problems. millions of people are essentially cut off from the world. >> this comes as the administration faces growing criticism fo...

>> very much. >> bill weir, cnn, puerto rico. >> its so helpful to have bill weir there and our producer there translating, and shes puerto rican, and bill, hes giving us a glimpse into a desperate situation. thats one small sample of people about to run out of medication. >> the reason we will keep telling you the stories, and i know there could be a sameness to it, and you are, like, we get it, we get it. you dont get it. you couldnt be in that situation for a week. they will be living like th...