Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100811:03:21:00
One out of every 58 alaskans is a registered pilot. that's because although the state is twice the size of texas, it has just five highways in the whole state. not one of them connects the eastern part of the state to the western part of the state. in a state that is 663,000 square miles, there are 2,000 miles of roads. according to the director of the alaskan aviation museum, more than 70% of alaskan communities are accessible only by plane. one of the many, many, many federally funded projects that ted stevens secured for alaska when he was senator was a federal subsidy program for air trave...