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Part of the post election republican autopsy released last week by rnc chair reince priebus about immigration reform. bottom line, republicans need to stop saying things minority populations find to be out of touch or worse plain offensive. for example, don't compare the fence we could put up at the border to the great wall of china. iowa congressman, steve king, have at it. >> we heard the arguments against the fence. people said, well, you can't build a 2,000 mile long fence. and as if somehow that would be too much of an engineering marvel. i've been over there to take a look at the great w...

Globe. it's getting worse in this country. and i think we have to accept the reality. this is a very expensive disruption. this is going to be in the billions of dollars. and you are exactly right. when this city was designed, we did not anticipate this problem because we didn't have this problem when this city was designed. and now you take our greatest strength, which is new york's coastal environment, that's what made new york new york, right? new york harbor, hudson river, to the erie canal, and you were out west. that was new york. what made manhattan manhattan was the underground infrast...

And now you take our greatest strength, which is new york's coastal environment, that's what made new york new york, right? new york harbor, hudson river, to the erie canal, and you were out west. that was new york. what made manhattan manhattan was the underground infrastructure. that engineering marvel. once you now say, well, that can flood, and you can't even find a way to pump out the water, you take the greatest asset and you make it a liability. and it's a frightening premise to deal with, you know? i think that's one of the reasons why denial is so much easier. because once you say, ye...

Globe. it's getting worse in this country. and i think we have to accept the reality. this is a very expensive disruption. this is going to be in the billions of dollars. and you are exactly right. when this city was designed, we did not anticipate this problem because we didn't have this problem when this city was designed. and now you take our greatest strength, which is new york's coastal environment, that's what made new york new york, right? new york harbor, hudson river, to the erie canal, and you were out west. that was new york. what made manhattan manhattan was the underground infrast...

In the high school marching band. >> i think my most important contribution was following the base drum who was ahead of me. >> riding the ferry with his father, he watched the construction and 75 years later is still in awe. >> every day i go across i look at that bridge and say how smart those people were to engineer that thing. first proposed in 1921 by engineer joseph strauss it was opposed by rival ferry companies. in just four years a depression era crew created an engineering marvel. a 4200-foot long suspension span supported by cables held alost by two 746-foot tall high towers. a mix ...