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Adam? >> the white house won't comment about the leaked plan. how does $200 billion as seed money to leverage $1 trillion in capitol improvements to road, brings, waterways, transit systems throughout the country? that's what they're talking about, again, the white house won't confirm it. buried within the plan, take a look at the video when new york city opened their second after subway. if this plan were the law, the people along second avenue in new york city, their property values went up but they wouldn't be able to keep it. it would have value financing taxes. if you're a farmer in alaba...

Know of roads that need to be fixed. there are 60,000 structurally deficient bridges in america today. 50, 60 year old transit systems all over america needs new cars and infrastructure. the problem for congress has always been, how do we pay for it? look, public/private partnerships, fine. we did a lot of public/private partnerships when i was at dot in obama's first administration. you need to do more. you need a big pot of money. you need to create other pots of money. in order for congress to really enact a strong, big infrastructure program, they have to increase the gas tax, have hasn't ...

Systems crumbling, the 50 to 60 year old transit systems that need new cars and infrastructure? we need another pot of money to do that. >> what about regulation? we know corporate america loves to hear the trump administration say, we're getting rid of all of this regulation. that's great because no one likes rules, but don't we need to remember, the reason regulation exists, especially around infrastructure projects, is because safety is essential. >> that's correct, stephanie. the reason you have regulations -- and you can reduce sometimes for creating these kind of projects and get the so-...

This if they do it in a bipartisan way. can't be one party. raise the gas tax, and create an infrastructure bank and use public and private partnerships and create tolling opportunities and create the kind of opportunities where you develop a multifaceted funding source and then we get back to bg number one in infrastructure. and then we put people to work and really build america's infrastructure. raising the gas tax has to be on the table and has to be debated, and really has to be implemented. >> where do we start? what is the issue that needs to be prioritized other than funding? >> fundin...

It's not the time to be fearful. now's the time for all new yorkers to be strong, as we always are. right now chief carlos gomez, our chief of department, he's going to talk about what we're doing to increase security throughout the city. carlos? >> gardeniood morning, everyone. immediately following yesterday's attack in lower manhattan, the department quickly mobilized and deployed additional resources, additional police officers and additional heavy weapons teams to key locations throughout the city. last night's halloween parade, which attracted over a million participants was also securit...