INFRASTRUCTURE THAT OUR ECONOMY
NEEDS AND OUR PEOPLE DESERVE.
>> MARIA: THE WHITE HOUSE
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADD
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISORS
ESTIMATES THAT TRUMP'S PLAN TO
ADD UP TO 414,000 INFRASTRUCTURE
JOBS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
JOINING US NOW IS A FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR, ED ROLLINS.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THE PRESIDENT
TO TALK ABOUT TODAY?
OBVIOUSLY MONEY IS TIGHT.
WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM
FOR THIS INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN?
>> OBVIOUSLY IT'S A BALANCE
BETWEEN FEDERAL INVESTMENT AND
PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND STATE.
THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN PRIORITY
NUMBER ONE.
THIS WOULD HAVE GONE UP INSTEAD
OF THE HEALTH CARE IN THE
BEGINNING, I THINK WE WOULD HAVE
HAD A BIG BUILD TODAY.
I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE MUCH
AFTER THE BIG BUDGET BILL.
SO I THINK UNTIL CONSIDERS
SO I THINK UNTIL CONGRDERS
SO I THINK UNTIL CONGRESRS
SO I THINK UNTIL CONGRESSS
REVOTES ITSELF, IN OR OUT, I
DON'T THINK WE'LL SEE MUCH UNTIL
JANUARY.
THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S ALWAYS PUT
THE BIGGEST CHUNG IN, 80% OF --
CHUNK IN, 80% OF THE HIGHWAY
BILLS.
A LOT OF STATES AND LOCAL
COMMUNITIES WE DON'T HAVE THE
RESOURCES.
TRYING TO GET THE PRIVATE
INVESTMENT IN THERE WILL BE HE
VERY IMPORTANT.
>> MARIA: THE PRESIDENT WANTS
$200 BILLION IN FEDERAL MONEY
AND THE REST OF THE
$1.5 TRILLION TO COME FROM THE
PRIVATE SECTOR.
>> DAGEN: BY THE WAY, THOUGH,
ED, THERE WAS $21 BILLION IN NEW
INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING THAT WAS
IN THAT IN THE OMNIBUS BILL, THE
SPENDING BILL THAT THE PRESIDENT
ACTED LIKE HE WAS GOING TO VETO
AND DIDN'T.
THERE ARE HANDS-OUT TO
CONSTRUCTION IN THERE.
>> THE PROBLEM ALWAYS WHEN YOU
-- MY FIRST EXPERIENCE IN
WASHINGTON WITH THE
WASHINGTON WITH WHE
WASHINGTON WITH WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
EVERY MEMBER HAS SPECIAL
PROJECTS THEY WANT.
MY SENSE IS DEMOCRATS AT THIS
POINT IN TIME WILL DO NOTHING TO
MAKE THE PRESIDENT LOOK GOOD.
I DO THINK THEY WANT THE BILL.
I THINK IT'S NOT GOING TO GET
DONE UNTIL AT LEAST JANUARY OR
FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR.
>> IS THERE ANY WAY WITH
EXECUTIVE ORDERS, EVEN IN THE
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, TO
REMOVE THE BARRIERS, LICENSING
BARRIERS, PERMIT BARRIERS.
>> MARIA: THAT'S THE BIG ISSUE.
>> ELAINE CHOW IS AS CAPABLE AS
ANYONE IN THE ADMINISTRATION.
MY ASSUMPTION IS SHE WON'T GET A
TWEET FIREING IN THE FORESEEABLE
FUTURE.
SHE COULD BASICALLY PUSH A LOT
OF THIS STUFF.
I THINK IT WILL BE A SLOW WALK
AND IT SHOULD BE A FAST WALK
FROM THE GET-GO.
IT WILL CREATE JOBS.
IT WILL BE A COALITION, SO LABOR
UNIONS, WHAT HAVE YOU, WANT
THESE JOBS.
THE DEMOCRATS SHOULD BE AT THE
FOREFRONT BUT THEY'RE BASICALLY
STALLING IT.
I THINK THEY WILL SPLIT IT INTO
MULTI-BILLS.
>> DAGEN: WHO IS GOING TO PAY
FOR IT?
THIS GOES BACK TO MY ISSUE,
THAT, AGAIN, WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE
THE FEDERAL GAS TAX, WHEN IT
HASN'T GONE UP IN MORE THAN 20
YEARS, AND THEN YOU EXPECT WHAT
REGULAR INCOME TAXPAYERS TO PAY
FOR THIS, WE'RE GOING TO BORROW
IT?
AGAIN, THERE'S NO FINANCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY IN WASHINGTON.
>> LAST TIME YOU RAISED THE GAS
TAX, GEORGE MITCHELL WAS THE
SENATE MAJORITY LEADER BACK IN
1991, 1992.
>> AND MOREOVER, THEY'VE BEEN
USING THE GAS TAX FOR
NON-HIGHWAY SPENDING.
>> IT'S A BIG -- GO AHEAD.
>> HOW DO YOU GET PRIVATE
INVESTMENT TO COME IN, MAKE THIS
ATTRACTIVE TO THEM?
>> MARIA: THEY ALL WANT IN.
ING I THINK A LOT OF PRIVATE --
GO AHEAD, ED.
>> I FEEL THE SAME WAY.
I THINK IF YOU HAVE A REAL PLAN
AND YOU SEE THAT THE STATE AND
LOCAL AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ARE GOING TO COORDINATE AND
SPEED THIS PROCESS UP, THEY'LL
PUT MONEY IN.
BUT THAT PIECE OF IT'S NOT DONE
YET.
>> MARIA: PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING
TO INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE IF
THEY THINK THEY WON'T GET A
RETURN FOR 13 YEARS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> MARIA: THAT'S ONE OF THE
ISSUES.
THEY'VE GOT TO ROLL BACK THE
REGULATIONS, BARRIERS AND RED
TAPE AND THEN I THINK THEY'LL
GET THE INVESTMENT, DON'T YOU
>> IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST
PRIORITY.
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BILL NUMBER
ONE.
>> DO YOU THINK AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL THERE WILL BE BLOWBACK ON
HAVING TOLL ROADS?
>> I THINK THERE'S SUCH A
FRUSTRATION, THE OLD TEAM FREE
HIGHWAYS IS JUST NOT POSSIBLE.
>> FREE POTHOLES.
>> MARIA: WHEN I INTERVIEWED
JAMIE DIMON, HE SAID I TRIED TO
INVEST, AND HE WAS LOOKING AT
THE BAYONE BRIDGE, THE BRIDGE
CROSS, AND IT WAS GOING TO TAKE
13 YEARS.
THAT'S WHEN HIS TEAM SAID YOU
KNOW WHAT, LET'S PUT THIS ASIDE
RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE GOT TO GET TO THE WHITE
HOUSE SHAKEUP.
DAVID SHULKIN IS NOW OUT.
THE LATEST TO LEAVE THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
RONNIE JACKSON IS TAPPED TO
REPLACE HIM.
YOUR THOUGHTS, ED?
SHULKIN IS THE SECOND CABINET
MEMBER TO BE FIRED JUST THIS
MONTH.
>> HE WAS AN OBAMA HOLDOVER.
HE WAS AN UNANIMOUS APPOINTMENT.
I DON'T THINK HE WAS A TRUMP GUY
FROM THE BEGINNING.
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THE ADD INITIAL WILL
THE ADM INITIAL WILL
THE ADMIRNITIAL WILL
THE ADMIRALTIAL WILL
THE ADMIRAL WAL WILL
THE ADMIRAL WIL WILL
THE ADMIRAL WILLWILL
THE ADMIRAL WILL BLL
THE ADMIRAL WILL BEL
THE ADMIRAL WILL BE A UNIQUE
CHOICE.
MY SENSE IS HE'S GOING TO BE A
GREAT OUTSIDE SPOKESMAN.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME IT'S ONE
OF THE PRESIDENT'S PRIORITIES
AND HE'LL HAVE THE PRESIDENT'S
EAR WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT,
WHERE I DON'T THINK THE PRESENT
SECRETARY HAD THE EAR.
>> DAGEN: YOU KNOW WHAT I WAS
THINKING ABOUT WITH THE
ANNOUNCEMENT OF SHULKIN, WHICH
WAS EXPECTED, THE HEADLINES ARE
ALWAYS MORE WHITE HOUSE CHAOS.
AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, MAYBE
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ACTUALLY
FIRING PEOPLE WHO DESERVE TO BE
FIRED AND IN PAST
ADMINISTRATIONS PEOPLE HUNG
AROUND TOO LONG BECAUSE THE
PRESIDENT AND THEIR ADVISORS
WERE ALWAYS RETICENT TO MAKE IT
LOOK LIKE WE MADE A BAD HIRE, WE
MADE A BAD CHOICE BUT THIS GUY
STINKS, HE'S GONE.
>> I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.
THE FACT THAT HE'S BEEN IN THE
ADMINISTRATION AS THE DEPUTY
SECRETARY, HE KNEW WHAT THE
RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE.
YOU DON'T TAKE FREE TICKETS TO
WHIM
WIIM
WIMBLEDON.
YOU DON'T FLY YOUR WIFE ALL OVER
THE WORLD.
>> IT'S AMAZING THIS KEEPS
COMING UP.
>> MARIA: DOES THIS KEEP COMING
UP?
YOU'RE RIGHT.
>> ONE OF THE JOBS I HAD WHEN I
WAS IN THE WHITE HOUSE IS I
WOULD BE THE LAST PERSON TO TALK
TO THE CABINET OFFICERS.
I'D SAY THERE'S RULES AND
REGULATIONS.
READ THOSE AND ABIDE BY THEM.
IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBT, CALL YOUR
COUNCIL AND YOU FOLLOWED THOSE
RULES.
IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW THOSE RULES,
YOU'RE DONE.
UNDERSTAND THAT.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET OVER THERE.
YOU'RE GOING TO THINK YOU'RE
IMPERIAL BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT BIG
OFFICES AND ALL THE REST OF IT.
IT'S THE TAXPAYERS' DOLLARS AND
IT'S A POSITION OF TRUST.
>> IT'S NOT YOUR MONEY.
>> MARIA: MORE UGLINESS FROM
HOLLYWOOD.
JIM CAREY IS SLAMMING PRESIDENT
TRUMP AGAIN.
THE ACTOR TWEETED A DRAWING OF
WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE
PRESIDENT'S SONS BEING ATTACKED
BY AN ELEPHANT.
THE CAPTION SAYS #TEAMELEPHANT.
JIM CAREY POSTED OTHER PICKS.
PICTURES.
HE BARBED OTHER PEOPLE LIKE
SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS.
WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON THIS?
>> HE HASN'T MADE A BUCK THEY A
MOVIE IN A LOT, LONG TIME.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY,
CARTOONISTS AND ALWAYS VICIOUS.
HE'S TRYING TO BASICALLY BE
OUTRAGES AND BEING VICIOUS.
WE SHOULDN'T MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT
OF IT.
>> THERE USED TO BE A SHOW
CALLED "HOLLYWOOD SQUARES" WHERE
WASHED UP ACTORS WOULD GO --
>> MARIA: YOU'RE RIGHT.
>> DAGEN: PAUL
.> DAGEN: PAUL
IRRELEVANT.
I JUST WANT TO STAY THAT.
>> MARIA: JIM CAREY, YOU'RE
IRRELEVANT.
>> I WISH I COULD BE A POLITICAL
CARTOONIST.
YOU GET TO GET UP AND SLAM