.
. HELLO
. HELLO MY FRIENDS. WE ARE BACK NOW AT EIGHT TWENTY
FOUR AND BECAUSE IT IS SUNDAY
THAT MEANS THAT IT'S ALMOST
TIME FOR MEET THE PRESS ON NBC
RIGHT HERE IN COLORADO.
SO ONCE AGAIN I HAVE THE SHOW
THIS MORNING.
WE HAVE NBC'S CHUCK TODD
JOINING US LIVE TO ANSWER A
COUPLE OF OUR QUESTIONS AND
GIVE A PREVIEW OF WHAT'S AHEAD.
CHUCK, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
THANKS AGAIN AS ALWAYS,
MY FRIEND FOR BEING WITH US .
WE APPRECIATE IT.
OF COURSE.
THANKS, JORDAN.
WELL, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU
FIRST ABOUT THIS INFRASTRUCTURE
DEAL THAT WAS ANNOUNCED THIS
PAST WEEK.
SO IF ANYBODY WAS PAYING
ATTENTION THIS PAST WEEK, IT
WAS A LITTLE CONFUSING, KIND
OF FELT A LITTLE BIT LIKE
THE HOKEY POKEY IF YOU KNOW
WHAT I'M SAYING.
ONE FOOT AND MAYBE ONE FOOT
OUT.
SO IT WAS ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK
WITH MY PAWSON WITH
BIPARTISANISM.
BUT NOW YOU KIND OF HAVE
PRESIDENT BIDEN CHASING THIS
BILL WITH THESE DEMOCRATIC
PRIORITIES.
SO CAN YOU CATCH US UP TO SPEED
WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING AND HOW
THIS COULD IMPACT THE DEAL IN
TOTAL?
LOOK, I LIKE YOUR HOKEYPOKEY
REFERENCE BECAUSE I WOULD ARGUE
PRESIDENT BIDEN HE'S GOT ONE
FOOT IN THIS DEAL.
HE'S PUTTING ONE FOOT IN
THE OTHER AND HE'S GOT TO
SOMEHOW KEEP THEM BOTH ALIVE TO
POLITICALLY SUCCEED HERE.
SO LOOK, IT'S ALL VERY FRAGILE
.
I WILL SAY THIS THE CYNIC IN ME
WHO'S BEEN AROUND WASHINGTON
FOR FOR A QUARTER CENTURY SAYS
BOY, IN THESE FRAGILE
BIPARTISAN DEALS IF YOU DON'T
HURRY UP AND VOTE, THEY WILL
THEY WILL COLLAPSE OVER TIME
AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE
ON THIS DEAL UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
SO YOU LOOK AT THAT TIMELINE,
YOU SAY TO YOURSELF A LOT CAN
HAPPEN TO DERAIL THIS THING
OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.
THAT SAID AND I'LL LET
THE VIEWERS JUDGE FOR
THEMSELVES WHEN THEY WATCH
THE SHOW TODAY IN TALKING WITH
SENATOR CASSIDY WHO'S INVOLVED
IN THE DEAL AND WITH
CONGRESSWOMAN ALEXANDER
CASTILLO, CORTEZ'S WHO'S NOT A
HUGE FAN OF THE SIZE OF THIS
DEAL THOUGH SHE SOME OF THE
SUBSTANCE THAT'S IN IT SHE
WANTS TO SEE THIS MUCH BIGGER
DEMOCRATS ONLY BILL ON
THE SO-CALLED HUMAN
INFRASTRUCTURE I CAME AWAY WITH
YOU CAN TELL THAT WHETHER IT'S
A PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRAT AOC OR A
A SORT OF GOVERNING
CONSERVATIVE LIKE BILL CASSIDY
IN LOUISIANA, THEY'RE TRYING TO
GET TO YES.
ON THESE VARIOUS DEALS THAT
THEY'RE TRYING TO PUSH AND YOU
GET THE SENSE THAT THE FRAGILE
NATURE OF THE OF THE SENATE
MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE MAJORITY
IS ACTUALLY HELPING THEM NOT
WANTING TO FIND WAYS TO BE
AGAINST THE DEAL.
SO LOOK, I THINK IT'S GOING TO
BE A ROUGH SUMMER.
I THINK A LOT CAN HAPPEN COULD
COULD BLOW THIS BLOW THIS DEAL
UP.
BUT IF THEY CAN GET TO
SEPTEMBER WE'RE STILL HAVING
THIS COALITION TOGETHER THEN
MAYBE THEY'LL GET IT.
BUT BOY, ANY LONGER AND THE AND
SUDDENLY THE NOVEMBER TONY TWO
ELECTIONS LOOK LIKE THEY'RE
AROUND THE CORNER.
SO YOU KNOW, THEY BETTER GET
THIS DONE BEFORE OCTOBER ONE OR
IT'S NOT GOING TO GET DONE.
YEAH.
SO BASICALLY FOR ANYBODY PAYING
ATTENTION HOPEFULLY A LOT
OF PEOPLE ARE THE MESSAGE HERE
FOR THE SUMMER IS GOING TO BE
BUCKLE UP, RIGHT?
WELL, WE DO ALSO WANT TO GET TO
THAT HEART BREAKING NEWS THIS
MORNING, CHUCK, ABOUT THE CONDO
THAT COLLAPSED IN FLORIDA.
WE KNOW YOU GUYS ARE PUTTING A
BIG SPOTLIGHT ON THAT IN YOUR
PROGRAM THIS MORNING AS WELL.
YOU AND YOUR TEAM MAKING SURE
IT'S GETTING PLENTY
OF ATTENTION.
WHAT CAN PEOPLE THEY'RE GOING
TO BE WATCHING MEET THE PRESS
THIS MORNING LEARN FROM EL?
WELL, LOOK, I THINK YOU KNOW
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO
REALIZE THIS DEATH TOLL COULD
END UP MATCHING THE DEATH TOLL
IN OKLAHOMA CITY BACK IN
THE MID 90S WHEN WHEN THAT
FEDERAL BUILDING WAS BLOWN UP.
I MEAN THIS IS ONE OF THE
LARGER MASS CASUALTY EVENTS IN
AMERICAN HISTORY AND THEN YOU
LOOK AT SORT OF HOW IT
HAPPENED.
IT IT MAY END UP BEING AN
INDICTMENT ON LOCAL GOVERNANCE.
I MEAN I GREW UP DOWN THERE.
I WENT THROUGH HURRICANE
ANDREW.
WE LEARNED THE HARD WAY.
WE HAD A IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR
THAT THEY THE INSPECTION
PROCESS FOR REAL ESTATE
DEVELOPMENT IN THE 70S AND 80S
WAS A BIT CORRUPTED.
THAT LED TO A REALITY THAT
AFTER HURRICANE ANDREW YOU
COULD TELL HOUSES BUILT BEFORE
1970 HELD UP BETTER THAN THOSE
THAT WERE BUILT IN THE 70S AND
80S.
WELL, GUESS WHEN THIS CONDO WAS
BUILT IN NINETEEN EIGHTY ONE
AND SO IT IS RAISING A LOT
OF QUESTIONS ABOUT YOU KNOW HAS
THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THE AREA
HAS REALLY TIGHTENED UP THEIR
BUILDING CODES.
THE BUILDINGS ARE MUCH MORE
RESILIENT THAT WERE BUILT SINCE
2000 BUT THERE'S QUITE A FEW
BUILDINGS ON THAT ON MIAMI
BEACH THAT WERE BUILT BEFORE
THEN.
HOW MUCH OF A CONCERN SHOULD WE
HAVE ABOUT THIS THROW IN
EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE LEARNED
NOW ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND
CERTAINLY WHAT THE SALTWATER
COULD DO TO CONCRETE?
AND THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS
THAT I THINK RESIDENTS DOWN
THERE ARE GOING TO HAVE ABOUT
THE SAFETY OF MANY OF THESE
LARGER CONDO BUILDINGS THAT
AGAIN ARE BUILT ON A BARRIER
ISLAND.
THEY'RE NOT BUILT ON
THE MAINLAND OF THE UNITED
STATES, A BARRIER ISLAND THAT
ESSENTIALLY PROTECTS THE CITY
OF MIAMI.
WELL, WE APPRECIATE THE INSIGHT
CHECK A LOT OF HEAVY BUT
IMPORTANT TOPICS COMING UP THIS
MORNING ON YOUR PROGRAM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
WITH US AND TO THOSE QUESTIONS
WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE
IMMIGRANT.
AND YOU CAN CATCH