Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110510:06:50:00
The interstate system. this is 13 billion times more than we've ever had to high-speed rail thanks to president obama and vice president biden. >> i think the united states than broken up by air travel. i think it's -- we go for l.a. to washington or l.a. to new york, and they look down over the people, and the middle of the country, and cities there atrophy. i think as a nation we're better off united by rail. what are yew thoughts about that? >> absolutely, chris. this vision that the president and vice president have and the $13 billion, there's a pent-up demand. we had requests for $10 bil...