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With what would have been the biggest political story of the day. the senate giving president biden a victory by passing a huge infrastructure bill garrett haake on what it means >> reporter: tonight president biden praising the passage of the senate's bipartisan infrastructure bill. >> after years and years of infrastructure week, we're on the cusp of an infrastructure decade that i truly believe will transform america. >> reporter: the $1.2 trillion bill includes $550 billion in new spending, including $110 billion for roads and bridges, $25 billion for airports, and the largest federal inve...

America to build the future and allow us to outcompete the rest of the world. from building the erie canal in the early 1800s, the transcontinental railroad, to construction that was constructed during the civil war. to dwight eisenhower's interstate system in the 1950s. the investments have literally connected our entire nation and fundamentally changed the way of life. public investment that's took us to the moon and the discover you are of life saving medicines and vaccines and gave us the internet. america has often had the greatest prosperity, made the most progress when we invest in amer...

Interstate highway system passed in the senate in 1956. key investments that will create millions of good union jobs all across the country. in cities, small towns, rural and travel communities. in america, america this is how we truly build back better. this bill is going to put people to work. modernizing our roads and our highways and our bridges. so commuters and truckers don't lose time and traffic, saving billions of dollars nationally. today, up to 10 million homes in america, more than 400,000 schools and childcare centers have pipes with lead in them, including for drinking water. thi...

That is exactly the case they are making right out in the open. it's not just the obama administration, pete buttigieg is now saying it, watch this. >> the interstate system was built to keep certain groups in in certain groups out. >> often, this wasn't just an act of the left. often, this was a conscious choice, racism physically built into some of our highways. >> tucker: eisenhower's interstate highway system is racist? i-95 is? tell us how, pete buttigieg. does he even believe that? no one believes that, just like leaving westchester county is bigoted, it's not about racism, stop with tha...

Consequences. when eisenhower built the interstate system in the 50s, there wasn't a lot of other stuff in there with the interstate system transformed country, it was built largely for national security but we are still living with the benefit of the skeletal system of our economy that infrastructure is just about the stuff that has nothing to do with bridges, roads, airports, water systems and sewer systems, but infrastructure being what it is and if you want to do things like macaroni and cheese servings for kids under x, or childcare, put in a separate bill and sell it separately. eric: yo...