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But they were looking at the $1 trillion, that infrastructure proposal thats been talked about. if they were to have an ask of donald trump, what should they ask for as they think about innovation in their localities across the country? >> i think that that $1 trillion infrastructure commit suspect very, very important. the way in which mr. trump has proposed it unfortunately is to give tax breaks for existing infrastructure projects. thats not going to create jobs. thats not going to give us be...

The hard part is how does that actually create jobs? its not clear how hes going to do that. his trade policies are supposed to create new incentives for companies to build more manufacturing facilities here in the united states. but its not clear that his incentives will work. its also not clear if those will end up doing more harm than good. we dont know if hes going to do what he said. finally, the big infrastructure program we have been hearing about, thats probably the most direct way that ...

>> right. >> hes not in office. theres no -- >> i dont want to be the skunk at the garden party. >> trump said -- the sound you played from trump was very important. he was asked what are your top three priorities. it didnt sound like he was ready for the answer. then he thought about it, health care, immigration, jobs, bigly jobs. what the republican leadership is telling him is do the big league jobs first. were sequencing matters here. if they repeal health care right away. theyre going to pi...

Theres no legislation. >> i dont want to be the skunk at the garden party. >> trump said -- the sound you played from trump was very important. he was asked what are your top three priorities. it didnt sound like he was ready for the answer. then he thought about it, health care, immigration, talked about the border, and then jobs, big league jobs. what the republican leadership is telling him is do the big league jobs first. were sequencing matters here. if they repeal health care right away. t...

Voters turn out in places like ohio and michigan for him. then there are some areas, kate where he maybe able to find common grounds are democrats. infrastructure projects and pelosi spoke to reporters that shes willing to work with him and this is something they have been talking about for quite some time and think about the keystone pipeline and president elect trump says that he wants to move forward with that project. that was something blocked by this administration. those are some of the t...

Inauguration and then the fisticuffs will break out soon after everyone is sworn in and the capitol is cleared but i hope we focus on the fact that the peaceful transition of power is the great glory. its the best cliche we have. >> i think all of us couldnt agree with that statement more. the fisticuffs will get under way after the inauguration at some point. a number of democrats, minority leader pelosi and bernie sanders, hillary clintons rival in the primary and then became one of her top su...

Can he get smart advisers in? so far we just dont know much about who has really been advising him, how well, and what he believes. is he going to be a demagogue? is he going to be a pragmatic businessman? >> okay what we do know he says hes going to repeal obamacare. republicans control both houses of congress, right? so its likely obamacare will be repealed? and then what happens? >> well, you know, you know in a long-term way i think the fact that were moving away from obamacare isnt actually...

Be a little bit of bipartisan good will for a while. that might be naive, but im thinking on immigration reform, paragraph some infrastructure projects we could have six months of some positive action on capitol hill, this idea of scorched earth policy continuing about both sides, i dont know if the american public has the stomach for it. i do think, don, how big a margin hillary clinton wins matters and whether the democrats get the senate matters, but if donald trump pulls less than mit romney...

The founder of common good. hes written a piece for the "atlantic" on how to fix americas infrastructure. congress finally passed this measure. how far is that going to go? is it just a drop in the bucket? >> its about 20% of what we need. the civil engineer society estimates $1.7 trillion. not only to fix the pot holes which it still does but also to expand capacity, get rid of bottlenecks, build new power lines, water treatment plants, things like that which this bill doesnt do anything for. >...

Hotel. so, it gives you a sense that, yes, there was this u.n. conference that was taking place there. this is a hotel that is, as i mentioned, because of its location near many government ministries, and its considered by malian standards to be a luxury hotel, you would expect it to be frequented by diplomats, dignitaries, government officials, but also international businesspeople. we mentioned the chinese government, which invests a lot in mali, has been doing some infrastructure projects the...