CONTINUE TO STAY WITH WCCO
FOR MORE COVERAGE OF THE FORT
LAUDERDALE AIRPORT SHOOTING.
PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD
TRUMP CAMPAIGNED ON THE PROMISE
TO REPAIR THE COUNTRY'S
CRUMBLING BRIDGES AND ROADS.
TRUMP PLANS TO SUBMIT A $1
TRILLION INFRASTRUCTURE
PROPOSAL IN HIS FIRST 100 DAYS
IN OFFICE.
SENATOR AL FRANKEN MET
MINNESOTA'S TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE AND OTHER EXPERTS
YESTERDAY TO EXPLORE POSSIBLE
FEDERAL INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES.
SENATOR FRANKEN HAS WRITTEN A
RECENT COLUMN SAYING THERE'S A
LOT OF UNCERTAINTY IN
WASHINGTON ABOUT A TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
HE DISAGREES WITH ALMOST
EVERYTHING DONALD TRUMP STANDS
FOR BUT WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT
TO DELIVER FOR HIS MINNESOTA
CONSTITUENTS AND SENATOR
FRANKEN JOINS US RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU.
IF HE DOES INVEST IN FRACTURE,
I DO SUPPORT THAT.
DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS BUT I
HAVE ALWAYS FELT THAT
INFRASTRUCTURE IS ONE OF THE
PILLARS OF PROSPERITY ALONG
WITH EDUCATION AND INNOVATION,
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, SO
THAT'S WHY WE'RE MEETING
YESTERDAY, CHARLIE ZELLE, THE
HEAD OF MN DOT WAS THERE.
LET ME ASK ABOUT THE COLUMN
YOU WROTE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT IF
HILLARY CLINTON WAS ELECTED,
CERTAINLY SENATOR FRANKEN WOULD
HAVE A PIPELINE FOR THE WORK
YOU DID CAMPAIGNING FOR HER.
CAN YOU REALLY DELIVER FOR YOUR
MINNESOTA CONSTITUENTS UNDER A
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WITH A
REPUBLICAN CONTROL OF NOT JUST
THE HOTS BUT THE SENATE, TOO --
HOUSE BUT THE SENATE TOO.
WHEN WE DO THESE
TRANSPORTATION BILLS, WE DID
ONE LAST YEAR, A FIVE-YEAR
TRANSPORTATION BILL, THOSE ARE
ADMINISTERED IN A WAY WHERE
IT'S PRETTY EQUALLY DOLLED OUT.
WE DON'T HAVE EARMARKS ANYMORE.
I THINK THAT I TRUST THAT
ELAINE CHOW, WHO HAS BEEN
NOMINATED TO BE THE
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY.
SHE'S A RESPONSIBLE PERSON, AND
INFRASTRUCTURE, I'M NOT WORRIED
ABOUT THAT GETTING TOO.
HOW ABOUT THE OTHER ISSUES,
OBAMACARE, WILL YOU BE ABLE TO
PUSH FOR THE THINGS YOU HAVE
WORKED HARD FOR OVER THE PAST
NUMBER OF YEARS.
OBVIOUSLY, RIGHT NOW,
REPUBLICANS ARE ABOUT TO VOTE
TO REPEAL OBAMACARE WITHOUT
REPLACING IT.
AND I THINK THAT'S
IRRESPONSIBLE, AND WE'RE
BEGINNING TO HEAR FROM
REPUBLICAN SENATORS PRETTY
CONSERVATIVE ONES, TOM COTTON
OF ARKANSAS, RAND PAUL OF
KENTUCKY, BOTH STATES WHICH
ACCEPTED THE EXPANDED MEDICAID
WHO ARE SAYING DON'T DO THIS.
IF WE'RE GOING TO REPEAL IT, WE
HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO
REPLACE IT RIGHT AWAY, AND
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, AND,
YOU KNOW, IT'S 48-52, AND IF WE
HAVELAND PAUL AND WE HAVE TOM
COTTON, WE'RE ONE AWAY FROM
BEING ABLE TO MAYBE STOPPING
THIS REPEAL.
IT'S IRRESPONSIBLE.
I THINK WE NEED TO AMEND THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND I'VE
MET WITH THIS WEEK, ALSO MET
WITH HERE IN MINNESOTA WITH
HEALTH CARE ADVOCATES FROM ALL
AROUND THE STATE.
I'M COCHAIR OF THE RURAL HEALTH
CAUCUS.
THIS IS VERY MUCH HURT RURAL
HOSPITALS.
THIS MORNING, WE HAVE VIDEO
OF YOU, A HUNDRED MINNESOTA AIR
FORCE RESERVISTS BEING DEPLOYED
TO SOUTHWEST ASIA.
TO CUTTER, YEAH.
GIVEN THE CURRENT SITUATION
WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP, HIS
SUPPORT FOR VLADIMIR PUTIN,
REVELATIONS THAT VLADIMIR PUTIN
DIRECTED THE HACKING OF THE
DNC, IN TERMS OF WHERE WE SIT
WITH OUR MILITARY DEPLOYED
OVERSEAS, ARE YOU CONCERNED
ABOUT THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN
IN UNIFORM, AND ARE YOU
CONCERNED OR HAVE ANY THOUGHTS
ABOUT A POSSIBLE TRUMP FOREIGN
POLICY.
WELL, I JUST SAW OFF 170 OF
OUR MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR
FINEST, OUR BEST, AND THEIR
FAMILIES WERE THERE AS WELL
THIS MORNING.
YOU KNOW, WHAT THE RUSSIANS ARE
DOING IN SYRIA, I THINK, IS A
TRAVESTY, AND I WORRY A LITTLE
BIT LITTLE BIT ABOUT TRUMP'S
RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA AND
WITH PUTIN.
WHEN HE SAID HE HAD A SECRET
PLAN FOR SYRIA, AND FOR ISIS, I
HOPE IT ISN'T THAT THEY'RE JUST
GOING TO TEAM UP WITH RUSSIA
THERE.
WE HAVE SEEN ENORMOUS HUMAN
TRAGEDY THERE IN SYRIA.
HE'S TEAMED UP WITH ASSAD.
THIS IS PUTIN.
AND I AM WORRIED ABOUT OUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA AND
I'M ACTUALLY WORRIED ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT-ELECT'S RELATIONSHIP
WITH RUSSIA IN TERMS OF
FINANCIALLY.
HE DID NOT RELEASE HIS TAX
RETURNS.
AND WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER THERE
ARE BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS,
RELATIONSHIPS IN TERMS OF THEM
PROVIDING CAPITAL FOR HIS
BUSINESSES.
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE'RE
GOING TO GET THAT.
IT DOESN'T, BUT I REALLY DO
THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE
INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST BETWEEN
THE TRUMP BUSINESS AND OUR
FOREIGN POLICY.
BECAUSE OUR MEN AND WOMEN
SHOULDN'T BE THROWN INTO
ANYTHING BECAUSE TO PROTECT
DONALD TRUMP'S BOTTOM LINE.