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Another aftershock just now. none of them nearly as bad as the first that happened at 2:46 today, but there have been aftershocks. >> and we were just watching some video taken inside an office building and you can just see how the earth just shook and then followed by that wall of water. as i understand it, the subways have been closed, trains aren't running. is there traffic on the streets? is it chaos there? are people calm or are they panicking? >> i think people are calming. you're right, the train system in tokyo because of this earthquake was halted. they just started to resume some of ...

The new regime is going to have to look at and even fight that at all? i mean, do we want -- >> yeah, well, you know, basic administration is one thing. and you know, you're assuming that egypt was a place where the trains ran on time. it wasn't really that, okay? the train system there is pretty chaotic, to take it literally. you know, they've got to look at it in a more transformational way. they have to find a way to open that economy up so that people graduating from college -- and there are many of them -- think they can actually have a career and a decent life, and that sense of fulfilli...

Systems every day, you've heard reports of maybe local terrorists being involved. what do you know about that? >> that was one word that was being put out, terrorism was suggested as a possibility. we're not talking about al-qaeda. we're talking about maoist rebels, active in the heartland of india. we talked to a journalist there familiar with the indian train system and the problems there and the problems mostly are maintenance problems, terrorism pretty much has been discounted now, bad maintenance which results in a lot of collision, a lot of derailments, a lot of accidents at grade crossi...

There is a philosophical difference here, and there are people who believe that any investment is not going to be good. >> have the democrats lost their guts? >> no, i don't think -- >> because roosevelt -- >> look how bold the president has been. >> lincoln built the interstate train system, transcontinental train system. we used to build things. would we build subway systems in the big cities today? we probably wouldn't build one. >> because people are so darned scared of deficits. >> there's such a thing as capital investment. >> exactly right, capital investment, long-term financing of def...

People are blocking what's happening in the senate. there is a philosophical difference here, and there are people who believe that any investment is not going to be good. >> have the democrats lost their guts? >> no, i don't think -- >> because roosevelt -- >> look how bold the president has been. >> lincoln built the interstate train system, transcontinental train system. we used to build things. would we build subway systems in the big cities today? we probably wouldn't build one. >> people are so darned scared of deficits. >> such a thing as capital investment. >> exactly right, capital in...