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Years? >> well, no, i think the state and local department of transportation officials work very hard with the resources that they have to try to keep our bridges as best that they can. i'm assuming you're referring to the stimulus, $787 billion. i recall about 3% of that only ended up going to infrastructure projects. a lot of that was for a little bit of deferred maintenance, which is considered relatively minor, like replacing a guardrail, things like that. but really, as president obama noted, there really aren't any shovel-ready infrastructure projects that are all ready to go but lack fu...

Declassified information that was mistakenly un -- declassified, i mean, what's your reaction on, on this line getting out and being a read in the committee meetings? >> well, i think it's good for the american people to understand how tenuous this situation is. and how important it is for us to have a strong defense. our focus has been on the middle east, on iran, and then the president talks about shifting to a specific strategy. he cut $487 billion out of our defense on top of the $78 billion that was cut by secretary gates, and then the sequestration, another $500 billion. and the budget t...

Martha: stuart, it is so shocking. if you look at formula for this, exactly just like you said. don't worry, banks, we'll back up your loans here at the federal government. we spent $187 billion bailing out fannie mae and freddie mac because people got in way over their heads. i mean is this really the road we want to go back down? >> well that's what got us into trouble in the first place. you will be hearing this all the time. you're right, martha, the banks are very worried about this. they will be pushed into making loans to risky borrowers who don't meet current very high and strict stand...

Tracks. would he need to spend more to get this economy going. listen to the president. >> we still have too many ports that aren't equipped for today's world commerce. we have still got too many rail lines that too slow and clogged up. we have still got too many roads that are in disrepair and too many bridges that are not safe. we don't have to accept that for america. we can do better. we can build better. in a time of tight budgets, we have got to do it in a way to make sure that taxpayer dollars are spent wisely. >> alisyn: that was the president's what was touted as new plan as a port in...

To low supplies of homes to sell and increase demand. and that housing news was one of the reasons why wall street traders were in a buying mood they pushed the dow jones to its biggest gain in weeks. the dow gained nearly 112 points and the s&p 500 finished up within two points of its october 2007 record high. >> all right, the federal government will not be shutting down thanks to a spending plan signed into the law. the president approved a stopgap spending bill keeping the government in business until september 30th. the $85 billion cuts remain in place. a pay freeze for federal workers. i...