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All right. joining us now from washington, d.c. with a look at axios a.m., editor in chief for axios nicholas johnson. walk us through t what is axios one big thing. >> todays one big thing is the next super power show down. we have seen the images of devastation from hurricane dorian as it reeked havoc in the bahamas. they will need billions of dollars in infrastructure aid and investment. trump officials are beginning to think about the national security implications if china rushes to provide...

After high levels of led were found in childrens blood. >> 2 00,000 people wait after fleeing their homes in panic after the path of a broken dam spillway. >> katy and i are focusing on how the federal government is funding fewer and fewer infrastructure projects. the work is underway to expand the concourse area here. the decrepe id rail tunnel under the hudson tunnel between new york and new jersey is in desperate shape. it was completed in 1910. and while crews have been patching it for years...

World to now were like the joke of the world, the united states with its crumbling eisenhower era infrastructure. >> congress has spent less and less on infrastructure. in 2011 the republican-led congress banned earmarks, money lawmakers would slip into bills often to pay for infrastructure projects back home. >> it is not just the ban to blame for the funding problems. congress hasnt raised the gas tax since 1993. >> and ever since then there has been risk of urgency. obama pulled the plug beca...

River. this comes months after the city council approved $1 million in contracts with companies to upgrade sewage treatment infrastructure after officials warned the existing system was at a risk of catastrophic failure. >> you know, willie, the key word there was infrastructure. >> yeah. >> the fact that we could be doing so many infrastructure projects at very low cost given the interest rates, we could have borrowed a lot of money, tons of money, billions of money, in helping to rebuild ameri...

Critics that have been done there already coming to an out opinion because they they criticize not knowing or not going into the details of different projects or and reforms but well see what they will do and its better to judge about them and us in comparison and we will see when how the salaries will rise well see how the infrastructure projects will go on how the collections of the budget will be done and then we will see who is less corrupted and who is better managing and governing the coun...

A new focus on smaller developers. but come to you this is africa cajones to have you with us. now china is africas biggest investor in infrastructure projects invest this good there is a caps with loans was $143000000000.00 between 200-2017 china has also become the largest creditor on the continent international critics have long said beijing is landing african nations in debt tops and encouraging dependency and there are skeptical voices being raised elsewhere to in ethiopia for example leave...

Bridges, roads and tunnels a crumbling mess? >> for one thing, untangibling who is in charge of what is complicated. those some parts are privately owned, the rest is the responsibility of the government, both local and federal. and thats a problem because washingtons currently stuck in a state of gridlock. while d.c. does next to nothing, ka tas trophies like these strike. >> the unthinkable happens. a bridge over the mississippi collapsed. >> a state of emergency has been declared in flint, mi...

Bridges, roads and tunnels a crumbling mess? >> for one thing, untangling who is in charge of what is complicated. those some parts are privately owned, the rest is the responsibility of the government, both local and federal. and thats a problem because washingtons currently stuck in a state of gridlock. while d.c. does next to nothing, catastrophes like these strike. >> the unthinkable happens. a bridge over the mississippi collapsed. >> a state of emergency has been declared in flint, michiga...

Builder, he has not been able to move the needle one bit of whats called the gateway project. literally to the entire northeast of the united states. during hurricane sandy, it was a complete mess. it is one huge accident away from catastrophic failure that could literally lead to significant debt in that tunnel under the hudson river. people would not know how to go or where to go and there are solutions on the table. plans proposed but donald trump is not moving forward with that plan at this ...

In chinas understanding of its history, its been a global power before. so he wants to reclaim a status that china had lost. >> president xi mixes chinese nationalism with state-controlled capitalism. the combination allows him to roll out huge projects very quickly. and none is bigger or has more potential to change the world than the so-called belt and road initiative. its a massive infrastructure project that spans multiple continents. you might call it a silk road for the 21st century. >> th...