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Our cnn meteorologist explains. >> hurricane matthew is likely to have a devastating economic impact on florida and u.s. look at the interstate system. this is interstate i-95. the main highway of the east coast of the united states, tremendous amount of goods flow up and down this corridor. lets start here in miami. the fourth largest urban area in the. united states. its got the number one cruise passenger port in the world. now lets move up to ft. lauderdale known for its boating canals. the ...

Lot of that stuff that will dry out and be fine or do you think youre going to have large-scale rebuilding to have to do? >> most of what you saw across the world in the media today was the interstate system, and that -- most of it is completely drivable right now. we have -- the first thing we did, more than 750 cars, getting them off and getting the roads open, getting mud off the roads and its fine. we will do a critical infrastructure assessment tomorrow morning. bridge by bridge. overpass b...

It had to take a different path because of a thunderstorm? >> there was an area of thunderstorm activity down here. thats the normal area that the flight takes. ive gone back a month and the flight is always farther south than where it was. the lines on this map of europe are like the interstate system on the ground for us in the u.s. a plane will fly from one way point to the next, not even going straight all the time but the corridors that the planes fly in. its not chaos up there. its actuall...

Employer health care, and looking at the $11 billion. i am not saying it is not a lot of money, but it is not anywhere near. and who among us is going to say, here, take my subsidy back. >> gary b, what do you say? >> well, the bigger issue is that once again we have faith that the government can somehow run an efficient program. it cant whether it social security, the v.a. hospital or for crying out loud, the interstate system or the landing on the moon and you can argue whether they were succe...

Some of our elevated entrances and exits off of our interstate system. that will be their primary focus as they prepare for the rest of the week. the individuals who have concerns about their vehicles, we have agreed that the most appropriate thing for them to do would be to call the 511 number. it will be a coordinated effort between the state patrol and the department of transportation. and they will be able to give individuals appropriate answers in the event after the 9:00 deadline in the ev...

Are still have not gotten from the roadway and are in the emergency lanes, we will be removing those vehicles from the roadway. because anticipation for the normal commute tomorrow, we want to make sure that the interstate system is properly managed and we provide a safe environment. thank you. >> thank you, colonel. the efforts on getting stranded motorists back to their vehicles has been one that the national guard has had a prominent role in. im going to ask the add degent general to come and...

Building americas future, a coalition founded by former new york mayor michael blaoomberg. thank you for being with us today and i want to ask you how bad this is. >> well, at one time we were number one in infrastructure. number one in our ability to build the hoover dam, the golden gate bridge, the interstate system, the best freight system in america and now 16th, melissa. and were way, way down in our ability to do what we have to do because we have not made the investments in roads, bridges...

Problem is were not first in infrastructure any more. were 14th in the world and at one time we were first in infrastructure. even in very bad times we were building the golden state bridge, the hoover dam, the interstate system, our freight rail system and we just have not made the investments. and its going to be up to congress, its going to be up to the administration, its going to be up to the people to decide that they are sick and tired of driving on crumbling roads, driving on bad bridges...

The current chair, martha fudge, she would tell you there are increasing bills on participation, by making investments in americas economy, every single time. >> more spending, richard. >> i beg to differ. you cant call this spending -- >> wait a minute, i just want to address. >> it is about investments. >> the eisenhower bills, the interstate system, it is an investment. and that is what were asking for. unfortunately -- >> lets stop for a second on this investment. he has had five years. he p...

The current chair, martha fudge, she would tell you there are increasing bills on participation, by making investments in americas economy, every single time. >> more spending, richard. >> i beg to differ. you cant call this spending -- >> wait a minute, i just want to address. >> it is about investments. >> the eisenhower bills, the interstate system, it is an investment. and that is what were asking for. unfortunately -- >> lets stop for a second on this investment. he has had five years. he p...