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First place. but here is, finally, billions of dollars to take those lead pipes out and replace them with water pipes that don't poison our kids anymore. finally. also, increasing our vaccine production capacity as a country. that seems like it's one time, right? maybe we are a little overdue on that one. rebuilding and modernizing our ancient an out of date va facilities for our veterans. why has it taken so long for us to do that? so many veteran facilities are 50 and 60 more years old. and that is not even the half a bit. for most of this stuff, how did none of this gets done before. never ...

Bill. pipes for drinking water that are made of lead? never was a good idea in the first place, but here's, finally, billions of dollars to take those lead pipes out and replace them with water pipes that don't poison our kids anymore. finally. also increasing our vaccine production capacity as a country, that seems like it's well in time, right? maybe we're a little overdue on that one. rebuilding and modernizing our ancient and out-of-date va facilities for our veterans. so many facilities are 50 and 60 and more years old. i mean, that's, like, not even the half of it. for most of this stuff...

Climate change and what people are calling human infrastructure issues, such as education and child care. what do you know about where things stand with pulling and putting that bill together, and what would you like to see in it? >> what i have seen and know about the bill is there has been herculean progress. it's extraordinary how unified and determined we are to produce the a bill that is in the range of $3.5 trillion and meets the need for repair and building of our roads and bridges, railroads, airports, va facilities and broadband, but more than just the physical infrastructure, we need...

Like joe biden, vermont senator bernie sanders is spending veterans day on the stump in iowa. reporter shaquille brubter. and who have irgot there? i've got mike memoli and i've got josh lederman as well. good to see all of you. wlet let's start with shaq. what is the message senator sanders had today? >> well, his message is he was first celebrating veterans and talking about the importance of veterans in this country. this morning, he released a veterans than that he says will help veterans. he'll help staff up the va. he'll help reform and modernize va facilities but then his message today ...

Dr. jill biden in south carolina. all right. butte j buttigieg and sanders are using veterans day to promote their plans for veterans. both say they would address veterans affairs chronic staffing shortage. buttigieg says he'll address the staff shortage and make sure the agency is fully funded. when it comes to mental health, sanders says he would expect -- expand access to mental health and suicide prevention programs, including to national guard and reserve soldiers regardless of whether they served overseas or in combat. buttigieg says he would increase the number of mental health and addi...