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Bridges and mass transit. broadband into rural america and other underserved areas, clean water, waste water. all of the things that have numerous needs. the american society of civil engineer says it's in the trillions, the deficit we have, we're talking about a couple billion dollars. for some reason -- maybe it was lack of confidence on his part, that he really couldn't come -- match the greatness of the challenge that we have, wasn't really respectful of the congress and the white house working together. he just took a pass. and it just makes me wonder why he did pray for the president of ...

Broad band into rural america and other underserved areas. clean water, waste water. all of the things that have enormous needs. the american society of civil engineers says is in the trillions. the deficit we have, we're talking about a couple billion dollars. for some reason, maybe it was lack of confidence on his part, he really couldn't come -- match the greatness of the challenge that we have. wasn't really respectful of the congress and the white house working together. he just took a pass. just makes me wonder why he did that. in any event, i pray for the president of the united states....

Politics. >> for some reason, maybe it was lack of confidence on his part, that he really couldn't come, match the greatness of the challenge that we have. he just took a pass. it just makes me wonder why he did that. in any event, i pray for the president of the united states, and i pray for the united states of america. >> harris: john roberts from the north lawn. in the south we call that a bless your heart, john. >> reporter: yes. anybody from the south knows what you're talking about, harris. we've seen a lot here at the white house. even by white house standards, this was wild, reminisce...

For more on the story i'm joined by david weigel. thanks for joining us. we know the political damage from this. it's cost the guy his political career. we know there was an ethics investigation already launched. he was also asked a couple days, did he break any laws? his response was, i hope not. could he be in legal trouble here? >> well, one reason people resign in situations like this is so the ethics committee investigation goes away. other people who have resigned, people who have gotten into similar troubles, can basically wall away in every literal sense. i think that's basically over,...

Don'tic rise. for more on the story i'm joined by david weigel. thanks for joining us. we know the political damage from this. it's cost the guy his political career. we know there was an ethics investigation already launched. he was also asked a couple days did he break any laws? his response was, i hope not. could he be in legal trouble here? >> well one reason people resign in situations like this is so the ethics committee investigation goes away. other people who have resigned people who have gotten into similar troubles, can basically wall away in every literal sense. i think that's basi...