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It was after "the new york times" had reported that mattis was unhappy with the selection of john bolton as national security adviser. mattis said, you know, theyll get along, theyll work together. he also said at one point the last time i checked, john bolton is an american. well, thats a pretty low bar for having to work with somebody. i dont think its a ringing endorsement necessarily of john boltons world view. theyre going to have to work together. theyre going to get started today, apparen...

President. these will be his first public remarks in nearly a week and since stormy daniels held that interview over the weekend. what do you make of his strategy to have no public events this week? >> i think a lot of it is driven by the notion that, first of all, maybe not trying to add fuel to the fire, and second, maybe not wanting to put himself in legal jeopardy to the extent this is an ongoing legal matter. theyve clearly made the decision that going dark is superior to making comments an...

Infrastructure proposal. we have an infrastructure proposal in front of congress. the democrats dont want to approve it because they do not want to give us a victory. they think that we have had too many victories. we have had a lot of victories. we have had a lot. we are trying to have a daca victory for everybody. and the democrats are nowhere to be found. they are nowhere to be found. its really terrible. we are ready. the expression ready, willing, and able. they are nowhere to be found. but...

Infrastructure, but unfortunately, there is just not enough money in the world to pay for all the infrastructure. >> well, first of all, there is enough money in the world. and there is enough money in the united states. how do you think all this infrastructure got here? we bought it. we paid for it. we own it. now we just have to repair and improve it. and republicans do not have a real plan to do that. when the white house press secretary introduced secretary chao today, she said this to the w...

Enough money in the world. and there is enough money in the united states. how do you think all this infrastructure got here? we bought it. we paid for it. we own it. now we just have to repair and improve it. and republicans do not have a real plan to do that. when the white house press secretary introduced secretary ch chao today, she said this to the white house press corps. >> i trust that youll stay on topic and ill be back up afterwards to answer your questions on the news of the day. that...

Clearance and as fbi director wray testified, one that clearly was operating under a cloud where there were questions that had been resolved and presented. i think we have a white house that continues to really struggle with its relationship with the intelligence community, with its handling of classified material, the way the president has acted in terms of refusing to release the democratic memo is another unanswered question of whats the goal and whats the objective here. i thought devin nune...

Autonomous vehicles, that is another part of the presidents infrastructure proposal that we will be also discussing. >> madam secretary? >> thank you, secretary chao. federal gas tax has remained 18.4. u.s. chamber of congress gas tax of 25 cents per gallon, american trucking association recommended 20% gas tax. whats your view on the subject? >> the gas tax is not ideal. there are pros and cons. the gas tax has adverse impact,

So that is another part of the presidents infrastructure proposal that we will be also discussing with the hill. >> one more question. >> madam secretary. thank you. as you know, the federal gas tax remained at 18.4 cents per gallon sin 1993. the u.s. chamber of commerce advocated an increase in the tass tax of 25 cents per gallon. the truckers, american trucking association recommended a 20 cent per gallon increase in the gas tax. whats your view on this subject? >> well, the president has not ...

American people wrote that are fixed and bridges that are fixed. >> reporter: democrats slamming the plan, chuck schumer stating the presidents infrastructure proposal would do very little to make our ailing infrastructure better but would put unsustainable burdens on our local government and lead to trump tolls all over the country. the presidents budget proposal includes funding for nuclear modernization and military spending. >> we are going to have the strongest military we have ever had by ...

Thank you. thank you, sarah. im accompanied by two officials of the u.s. department of transportation. i have with me derrick kahn undersecretary of policy and jim ray, the senior adviser to the secretary for infrastructure. theyre here because of this gift. and so let me proceed. as many of you have heard yesterday, 12 federal agencies have been working with the white house on the comprehensive infrastructure proposal that the president announced yesterday. transportation is one component. the ...