CHARLES: IN 2017 THE
INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT CARD GIVES
AMERICA A GRACED D PLUS.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE AISLE HAVE
ACKNOWLEDGED THE NEED TO ADDRESS
OUR CRUMBLING ROADS AND BRIDGES.
EVEN THIS MORNING DEMOCRATIC
REPRESENTATIVE DEBBIE INGLE SAID
SHE IS READY TO WORK WITH THE
PRESIDENT.
>> IT FEELS LIKE THIS SHOULD BE
A LAY-UP BUT IT'S FAR FROM A
SURE THING.
EVEN THOUGH I HAVE DEMOCRATS AND
INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE THROUGH,
IT WILL BE UNLIKELY IN AN
ELECTION YEAR.
THEY WILL BE UNWILLING TO GIFT
REPUBLICANS ANYTHING THAT COULD
BE A PLUS IN AN ELECTION YEAR.
AND THERE ARE GOING TO BE
REPUBLICANS WHO WILL BE WARY OF
DEMOCRATS WON'T WANT SPENDING
CUTS TO GO ALONG WITH THE
SPENDING PACKAGE.
CHARLES: PRESIDENT TRUMP REACHED
ACROSS THE AISLE TO CHUCK AND
NANCY.
I'M NOT SO SURE DEMOCRATS CAN
AFFORD TO STONE WALL ON
SOMETHING LIKE THIS THEY
ADVOCATED FOR FOR SUCH A LONG
IF THEY WANT TO COME TO THE
MEETING.
CHECK AND NANCY DIDN'T SHOW UP
TO NEGOTIATE A LONG-TERM DEAL TO
KEEP THE GOVERNMENT OPEN.
I HOPE THEY WILL SHOW UP FOR
THIS, SOMETHING THEY HAVE BEEN
SAYING THEY WANTED TO DO FOR
YEARS.
DEMOCRATS WILL HAVE TO ANSWER A
VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE?
THE ANSWER IS THE PEOPLE ARE
WOULD PUT UP MAYBE $200 BILLION,
BUT ESTABLISHED THE INCENTIVES
>> THE PRIVATE SECTOR NEEDS TO
BE INVOLVED.
WE HAVE SEEN THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIPS ON TOLL ROADS.
THAT WILL BE AT THE HEART OF IT.
BUT THAT WILL BE THE COMPLAINT
OF DEMOCRATS.
THEY WANT TO DO IT THE FAILED
WAY.
THE STIMULUS FOR SHOVEL READY
JOBS THAT EVEN HE ADMITTED WERE
NOT SO SHOVEL READY.
CHUCKLED WITH THE NOTION THERE
WERE SHOVEL-READY JOBS.
WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE
AMTRAK TRAIN RECENTLY, A POWER
OUTAGE AT A MAJOR AIRPORT.
EVERYBODY WATCHING THE SHOW HAS
NOT GET THIS THROUGH.
ANY TIME YOU TALK ABOUT THE
BORDER WALL, THEN YOU RISK THAT
PASS ON THE BORDER WALL TACKED
ON TO A DACA DEAL.
THE PROBLEM IS EVEN THOUGH
DEMOCRATS EXPRESSED A
WILLINGNESS AND DESIRE TO PUSH
FORWARD FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE
PACKAGE IN THE PAST.
THERE IS SO MUCH BAD BLOOD
BETWEEN THEM AND PRESIDENT
TRUMP, HE'S DARTH VADER TO THEM.
EVEN IF THERE WAS SOME SORT OF
PACKAGE THAT MARRIED THE THINGS
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS WANT.
IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO SEE
DEMOCRATS VOTING FOR SOMETHING
REPUBLICANS COULD RUN ON IN