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>> reporter: schools crumbling in front of today's students. >> it'll leak through the ceiling and actually drip into the lights. >> without having windows, some days it's 80 in my room and there's no fresh air. >> reporter: money for school facilities comes largely from local communities. the taxpayers voted against spending the $22 million it would take to fix the school. so in this suburb of chicago they're hoping for state funds to fix the building. the idea of getting federal dollars still seems too far-fetched. in the united states for students in kindergarten through 12th grade there ar...

Big business, not workers, who benefit from this plant. let's separate the facts from the spin. cnn's alison kosik look at what this means for you six months in. >> six months ago the corporate tax became law. they cut the taxes for companies. in the first quarter, it fell by more than $117 billion. so how are companies spending all their extra cash? they're buying their own stock back, raising shareholder dividends and investing in their businesses. in the first quarter, stock buybacks for s&p 500 companies topped $187 billion. that's a record, the best since right before the recession in 200...

That's why the market rallies. the tax cuts can become a reality. >> can reget these things through? president trump is surrounded by smart guys, they are business guys. they are pragmatic. getting things done in washington is another story. >> i disagree with steve strongly. i think it was a terrible speech. it was the most fiscally irresponsible speech given to congress since lbj's kuhns and butter. trump does not understand he's walking into a debt trap that is going to take him down within months. that's because the debt ceiling holiday ends march 15th. it goes back into law, the clock sta...

Tax cuts -- >> he's got guys around him. he understands mnuchin, who understands business, rex tillerson, who understands business, wilbur ross there, a governor as his vice president who's had to deal with a budget. he's got paul ryan who i sophisticated in his budget thinking. someone has to be telling him what you're telling me. >> if they are he's not listening because he tweeted the debt is down $12 billion in his first month. the truth is the net debt is up $187 billion in the first 35 days. $187 billion in the first 35 days and he doesn't even know it. why? because they didn't tell him ...

Wage hike for many american families, but there's a downside to all of this. let's bring in the president of car gil investment. thank you for talking to us about this. we should be smiling, no? there's a downside and we'll get to that in a moment. for those folks watching, national average $2.74, which is 51 cents lower than what the average was a year ago, including in texas where you are, in houston, among some of the lowest prices. at first glance some might assume plummeting prices is a positive thing but there are cons to lower prices at the pump, right? >> there's two sides. let's talk ...