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Election year. transportation secretary, elaine ciao, explained the idea as not ideal. >> the president has not declared anything out of bounds. so everything is on the table. the gas tax has adverse impact, a very regressive impact on the most vulnerable within our society. those who depend on jobs, who are hourly workers. >> reporter: a white house official noted that president trump has said everything is on the table to achieve infrastructure improvements. the president wants to lead a thoughtful discussion on how to solve the nation's infrastructure problems. popular or unpopular, looking...

Money? >> you have to remember, it's a trillion worth of investment. some partnerships with different public private partnerships and also with the states and localities. we have projects ready in louden county and other areas. we would be ready to go on the infrastructure problems with the airports on fire. it's something that it doesn't matter if you're in rural america or downtown, the infrastructure is falling. if you're in rural america, you want it to get to the market, you need better records and connections. transportation is about economic empowerment. getting products and people to p...

You're 33. he is 73. he has been in the office for -- well over 20 years. and no one more hostile to you and your personal interests and your personal life choices than this man. what was it like to campaign against someone like him? >> well, lawrence, what it was like to campaign against someone like him was just basically the idea that i got into the race because we have major infrastructure problems that have been getting worse and worse and worse throughout the 33 years that i lived in manassas, my entire life. and, you know, i know this is going to be a hard night for delegate marshall an...

Because we have major infrastructure problems that have been getting worse and worse and worse throughout the 33 years that i've lived in manassas, my entire life. i know this is going to be a hard night for delegate marshall and his family and supporters. so rather than pile on on him, i'm going to stick to the same message that we've been going to this entire year, which is basically that, number one, i campaigned on a platform of building up our infrastructure instead of tearing down each other. and that means working to make virginia a more inclusive commonwealth so no matter what you look...

Have you seen any aid from the federal government? they haven't brought food or water here? no. no. >> reporter: he wants to blame the locals for not distributing their own aid. >> bill, as you know, there are serious infrastructure problems there, physical and human capital as well. but the crisis is real. the need is great. as you just told us, it's not getting better fast enough. thank you for the reporting to bill weir and his team. we'll take a break. when we come back, john mccain gets a big award and uses it as an opportunity to take aim at trump's world view. what did he call half-bake...