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Mario, advisors to presidents clinton and obama. jason, let me start with you. president trump says this is our money, the government give it to us and we are going to continue to work on this project. >> it's the american people's money. $77 billion quickly you could give every person in california 5-10 airline tickets to fly for free in less than an hour. it's a boondoggle. california is running this project the way the fyre festival was run. the president is right. it's american peoples' money. if you don't get the end product, you should get the money back. >> is a logical argument, david,...

Look at the money that gets lost, people are so disgusted with the amount of waste that happens with their taxpayer money in this country and they do want more accountability. i think -- it's just an example of what happens when we don't do this in an efficient way. maybe the government is just too -- not capable of running this type of project. >> that's right. to the other guest david, it's governor newsom who pulled the plug on the project. the american people deserve that money back. there is a case in oregon where we gave $300 million for them to build a website. guess what? there never w...

>> martha: governor newsom as president trump demands a refund bellied up after years of delays and financial obstacles and what go to the state governor newsom calls political retribution from president trump. battle over the bullet train. good evening, kristin. >> this train was supposed to run from l.a. to san francisco in under three hours. because it's way over budget and way behind schedule, governor newsom wants to cut the rail line almost in half and now president trump says that the federal government wants its money back. the trump administration announced yesterday that it wants cal...

Much. thank you, katie, . governor newsome, when high-speed rail goes off the tracks. >> i have no interest sending back $3.5 billion of federal funding that was allocated to this project to president donald trump. ♪ ♪ means to fight the hardest battle, which any human being can fight and never stop. does this sound dismal? it isn't. ♪ ♪ it's the most wonderful life on earth. ♪ ♪

>> martha, it's good to be with you. the governor is guilty of unclear communications. in fact, california has not done a good job of transparency and oversight on the project. both governors, revoking and democratically were his predecessors, schwarzenegger and brown, over promise. doesn't mean the administration can politicized the issue. it was allocated by congress. now the scale has been contracted. there is a hard date of decembee project has to meet certain standards. i do not see this winning in the court. 1 of 46 legal actions between the president and california. let me make a bigger...