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On in ft. smith? >> i think the quality of life here is excellent and it's going to continue to get even better as we continue to grow the things that keep young people here when they graduate from university. >> reporter: what's your biggest priority as mayor? >> overall, i'd say it's our infrastructure needs. >> reporter: the mayor and other local boosters say there's one infrastructure project that would dramatically transform ft. smith's fortunes. i got to tell you, this is the first time i've ever been on a future interstate in my entire life. >> i hope this is the last time here on this ...

President trump won the region overwhelmi overwhelmingly. how would you describe the quality of life and what's going on here? >> i think the quality of life here is xe henlt aexcellent andg to continue to get better as we grow the things that keep young people here. >> reporter: what's your biggest priority as mayor? >> overall, our infrastructure needs. >> reporter: the mayor and others say there's one infrastructure project that would transform their fortunes. this is the first time i've ever been on a future spinterstate i my life. >> we hope to get this finished very quickly. we've been w...

>> how would you describe the quality of life and what is going on in fort smith? >> quality of life is excellent and it'll continue to get better as we continue to grow the things that keep young people here when they graduate from the university. >> what's your biggest priority as mayor? >> overall, i'd say it's our infrastructure needs. >> reporter: the mayor and other local boosters say there's one infrastructure project that would dramatically transform fort smith's fortunes. >> this is the first time i've been on a future interstate in my life. >> i hope this is the last time you're on t...

Talking about the legislative schedule about what kin of priorities trump chose to go through first off. and whether he made a mistake. whether if he had started with that infrastructure package that he had talked about early on, the trillion dollars in spending, if that would have bought him goodwill from people like elliott angle, that's the type of thing that every member wants. they want their money back in the district. they have infrastructure needs. that might have made a different type of turn on the hill and consider health care reform and comprehensive immigration reform. it's a hypo...

Or high potassium in your blood. tomorrow, i'm gonna step out with my favorite girl. ask your doctor about entresto. and help make the gift of tomorrow possible. >> jon: back now with joe trippi and chip, when you look at the list of agenda items this new president has put forward, he criticized that sequesters of the 3-year-old program that badly cut the pentagon's budget, so he wants to build a wall along the mexico border, wants a big infrastructure program. how do you pay for those things, or are you bothered by the prospects? >> it is going to be the biggest challenge he has got. big ceo,...