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Sure. the question is how much growth, is it enough growth representative to actually make up for what its going to cost and as you look towards an infrastructure program what thats going to cost. >> well look, if you went back to when president trump was in ag rated and you said were going to be north of 3% growth rate if you thought the stock market was going to be where its at everybody would have laughed. everybody would have said no president trump is not going to be able to get anything do...

The road so well be having that done pretty quickly. david: of course, nothing is easy inside the beltway. president trump talking about his next big legislative push while signing the tax bill into law on friday. new infrastructure concerns are growing after a deadly amtrak crash killed three passengers, injured dozens in washington state and in atlanta, an electrical fire shutting down the airport there, which happens to be the worlds largest. now some are calling for more infrastructure spend...

Headaches for him this year, and he would be in a much different political place today if he started with the infrastructure. >> well, now hes starting the new year with infrastructure. >> paul ryan doesnt want to do that, he wants to focus on welfare reform and entitlements and has no interest in a massive infrastructure program. this will cause tension between the white house and the house. mitch mcconnell is more open to it, but this is not a ryan priority at all. >> but theres another reason...

Infrastructure program that involves a lot of spending is pretty -- is pretty difficult. >> which is why you give part of a difficult list ahead for republicans they will celebrate today and worry about that in the future. thanks for joining us with "inside politics." our special coverage continues in just a moment. wolf blitzer after a quick break. oh, right now. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. hello, im wolf blitzer, its 1:00 p.m. in washington, wherever youre watching from around...

>> whats your fear? compromise, what do you mean? theres one level that seems obvious, that something like this might happen again. theyve learned the bang for the buck of breaking into a few in boxes and publishing on the internet is pretty high. is that the kind of thing youre worried is going to happen again? >> well, we already know thats going to happen again, because this administration has taken absolutely no steps to try to secure the united states from any further intrusions. the things...

A high-rise scaffold. so for -- please? >> whats your fear about the, compromise? what do you mean? one level seems obvious, which is something like this might happen again. they learned that bang for the buck of breaking into a few inboxes and publishing it on the internet was pretty high. is that the kind of thing youre worried will happen again? >> well, we already know thats going to happen again. because this administration has taken absolutely no steps to try to secure the united states fr...

Internet is pretty high. is that the kind of thing youre worried is going to happen again? >> well, we already know thats going to happen again, because this administration has taken absolutely no steps to try to secure the united states from any further intrusions. the things that are happening are happening at the department level, at u.s. cyber command, nsa, and organizations who are taking whatever steps they can. but there is no national infrastructure program. there is no imperative to get...

Uses a growth number that assumes a lot of things will happen that theres zero legislation for. like welfare reform and infrastructure investments. they assume this is going to happen for this to pay for itself. well, theyre not in the bill. do you stand by the treasury secretarys one-page analysis. >> what secretary mnuchin did, and of course i stand by secretary of treasury mnuchin. what secretary mnuchin did is if we get the growth numbers that came out in the presidents budget last year that...

Its catching on in business. it wouldnt be here without president trump. simply america is open for business again. the government is no longer hostile. i mean, at the rate we were going with barack obama before you know it would be about as exciting here as north korea. pete: quick final thought here we only have a moment. 3% growth is where we are at. where do you see us growing 4% 5% some have said 6%. what do you think? >> no. we are not going to grow at 6%. 4% growth is possible during most...

Where is infrastructure program, nothing hes done has helped white working class people. >> i agree with you. because two things i did like about trump, not him but message, no more stupid wars, which i thought was good one. and also rebuilding our public infrastructure, doing stuff. the democrats like roosevelt used to prodly say we are going to do and dont do it anymore. dont talk about building anymore. . your thoughts. >> if trump had actually started with infra structure he would have put d...