investment as a big step towards a more level playing field. >> the country needs to understand that children in other school districts are important to us changing the reality of their life. >> jake, that interview in newark was conducted at the end of april when president biden was still hoping to pass an infrastructure bill close to $2 trillion. well, given that the administration has now cut its price tag by half, i reached out to superintendent leon to ask fehe was worried about possibly receiving less aid whenever a deal is finally reached, and here's what he said. we are proceeding with our planning as we have built flexibility in a our process in anticipation of potentially changing timelines. we do not believe that funding relayed is funding denied, and you could see the infrastructure problems at that school, jake. this was pre-koefrkd and that's not the only school that needs dire help right now to fix their infrastructure issues. >> all right. bianna golodryga, thank you for that report as always.