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Control or something that has to do with security. there was nothing. and you wonder, bill, what will be the impetus for something to change. >> bill: i think what jeff sessions just said to these sheriffs really hits home for everybody. if you are parent and a student in school you want to make sure theyre safe there. he said you have the right to be safe, you have the right to life and the right to safety in your community. i would imagine the president picks up on that in 30 minutes from now ...

Supportive of this kind of spending at these levels and talking about infrastructure projects, which often times become boondoggles, you cant kill the tea party off any more than this. its going to be very interesting to see how the freedom caucus and some of the more budget hawks, are they really going to go along with this? if so, i mean, what does the republican party stand for anymore. >> absolutely not, tara. this is a midterm election cycle. i think there is no chance that republicans are ...

Sector investment. small towns -- good afternoon. >> how was your weekend? >> it was good. its great to be back with you guys. glad i picked a slow time to be gone. as always, a busy day here at the white house so im going to jump right into a couple of highlights and then take your questions. this morning the president unveiled a legislative outline for rebuilding infrastructure in america. the six principles to spur at l trillion in infrastructure investments with partners at the state, loca...

Are there going to be guidelines of who can and who wont be hired? >> not that im aware of. >> a lot of the infrastructure projects during the obama years, a lot of the jobs went to hispanics. >> a lot of those jobs were never completed or started. they were announced nothing happened on them. were expecting a different result to announce and complete projects versus just announcing and doing nothing. >> thanks a lot. i want to get you to clarify something. you answered this. i want to have you ...

Do you see that as a good plan? >> you know, its a good first step. public/private partnerships are certainly going to be a bigger part of the future in terms of u.s. infrastructure development. but at this point in time theyre a relatively small percentage of the infrastructure projects. so even if that were to double or even triple, still the preponderance of infrastructure needs are still going to come from traditional user fee concepts that have been tried and true for many years. id like to...

America. when youre talking about these jobs, are there going to be guidelines as to who can and who wont be hired? >> not that im aware of anything to that nature. >> a lot of the infrastructure projects during the obama years were held up by the labor secretary. >> hi, everyone. day six and there still is no agreed upon fact pattern for the crisis engulfing the trump white house over who knew what when about a credibly accused domestic abuser who had no security clearance. he had the greatest ...

And i will say, im not hearing a lot of strong support out there. i think theres perhaps a level of uncertainty, since some of these concepts are new. >> let me ask you this. >> new is not a bad thing. >> no, i am so in favor of this, casey. we have been talking about getting the government on top of this. its hard, because were worried about where the money comes from. steve scalise, congressman, i wont play what he said, but basically he was saying that the permitting process is a big part of ...

President trump is said to unveil his vision for his infrastructure plan. the president will release the principals for the $1.5 trillion proposal. administration officials said it would feature twoo key components, an injection of funding for new investigations and money to help speed up repairs of crumbling roads and airports. it would include a streamlined permitting process that would cut the wait time to get projects under way. the plan is expected to put $200 billion of new federal funds i...

That is why it suspended the sequester. $165 billion. this is something republicans really wanted badly. it boosts domestic spending by $131 billion. thats a big win for democrats. thats why you saw democratic support for this bill. it also includes almost $90 billion in disaster relief, which is much-needed money for people in several states which have been devastated by hurricanes and wildfires. $20 billion, much less than the president wants, will go toward infrastructure projects. were expec...

Way the government wanted. hopefully they will see when they look at our proposal its backed by multibillion-dollar bond which really puts the proof in the pudding so to speak. steve: right. tommy, we heard jillian a moment ago tell some of the names of some of the people invited by lawmakers to be in the gallery for tonights state of the union. you were invited by one of the congressman from south dakota. >> north dakota. congressman cramer. steve: thank you very much. there are going to be a b...