>> WE NEED TO TAKE YOU OUT TO
THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE WHERE
AT THIS VERY MOMENT THE SENATE
IS VOTING TO BREAK A
FILIBUSTER ON A PARTISAN
IMMIGRATION AND BORDER
SECURITY PACKAGE.
IT NEEDS A TOTAL OF 60 VOTES.
WE ARE MONITORING THE
SITUATION BUT THERE ARE FOR
THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT,
THE MCCAIN TUNES DREAM ACT DID
NOT PASS.
IT FAILED.
THEN YOU HAVE SENATOR TOOMEY'S
PLAN THAT WOULD COST MONEY
FROM SANCTUARY CITIES AND THE
GRASSLEY FOUR PILLARS PLAN
WHICH THE PRESIDENT SAID HE
WOULD SIGN.
LET'S BRING IN THE CHAIRMAN OF
THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS JOE
CROWLEY.
WE WANTED TO ALSO TALKED ABOUT
INFRASTRUCTURE.
I KNOW IT'S THE SENATE THAT'S
BOATING AND YOU ARE IN THE
HOUSE BUT WHAT IF THEY PASS
SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW THIS
PRESIDENT WILL VETO.
>> I THINK PAUL RYAN SAID HE
WON'T BRING A BILL THAT
DOESN'T HAVE THE PRESIDENT
SUPPORT.
I THINK IF YOU TAKE HIM AT HIS
WORD, THAT IS HIS BOTTOM
LINE.
IT WOULD BE HAVE TO BE
SOMETHING THAT THE PRESIDENT
WOULD SUPPORT TO BRING TO THE
FLOOR.
WE ARE WORKING ON COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT ROLES OF THE
SENATE.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT.
IT'S PRETTY INTERESTING EXCEPT
THAT IT'S PRETTY FRUSTRATING
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
LET ME SHIFT TO
INFRASTRUCTURE, WHERE YOU'VE
BEEN WATCHING THIS VERY
CLOSELY, AS HAVE.
>> AND PEOPLE WHO LIKE THIS
AND WHETHER THEY ARE ON ONE
SIDE OF OF THE AISLE OR NOT,
ALL THEY'VE HEARD IS THAT BOTH
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS
COULD GET THEIR SHOULDER
BEHIND IN THE STRUCTURE.
ARE YOU GOING TO?
>> I THINK THAT'S A GOOD
QUESTION.
I THINK WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAS
PROPOSED IS REALLY LACKING.
IT'S $200 BILLION OVER A TEN
YEAR TIME PERIOD.
THAT'S ROUGHLY $20 BILLION A
YEAR OF INVESTMENT.
THAT SIMPLY WON'T CUT IT.
IT WILL ALSO PUT THE ONUS ON
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO PROVIDE
80% OF THE SHARE.
TRADITIONALLY IT'S BEEN THE
OPPOSITE.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO REALLY
INCENTIVIZE THESE LONG-TERM
PROJECTS.
THE PRESIDENT GOES BACK TO THE
DRAWING ROOM AND COMES UP WITH
A NEW PLAN, ONE THAT REALLY
WILL MEET THE LEADS JENNY TO
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BECAUSE WE
DO NEED TO REINVEST IN AMERICA
AND GET THESE KIND OF JOBS
MOVING AND KEEP OUR ECONOMY
CHURNING AND INVEST IN
AMERICA'S INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> THE MATH ISN'T QUITE COMING
UP RIGHT WHEN IT'S 200 BILLION
FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
AND SORT OF WISH UPON A STAR
FOR STATE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS AND PRIVATE
BUSINESS.
I WILL SAY THIS, I'VE BEEN
STUDYING UP ON THIS, THE
ASSOCIATION OF CIVIL
ENGINEERS, THEY GAVE IT THE
BIG EYE ROLL AND SAID WE ARE
2 TRILLION IN THE WHOLE.
WE NEED TO TRILLION WHEN IT
COMES TO WHAT'S NEEDED FOR OUR
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
>> IN FACT, THE HOUSE PLAN I
WAS ROLLED OUT LAST WEEK WILL
INCENTIVIZE A MUCH MORE, IT
WOULD HAVE A 20% COST SHARE AS
WELL AS WORK WITH PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
>> ALTHOUGH THE PRESIDENT SAID
HE WOULD GET BEHIND, AND HE
APPARENTLY SAID THIS IN FRONT
OF SEVERAL SENATORS, HE WOULD
GET BEHIND A 25-CENT HIKE IN
THE GASOLINE TAX WHICH HAS NOT
BEEN TOUCHED SINCE 1991.
REAGAN RAISED IT.
GEORGE BUSH SENIOR RAISED AND
BILL CLINTON WAS THE LAST TO
RAISE IT.
BACK THEN I WAS UP TO 18.3
CENTS.
IT HASN'T BEEN TOUCHED IN
DECADES.
>> THAT WOULD BE A MIGHTY HIKE
FOR REPUBLIC AND PRESIDENT TO
TRY TO GET THROUGH.
WE COULD GET AN AWFUL LOT OF
INFO STRUCTURE REBUILDING IF
WE HAD THAT.
>> I'M NOT SO SURE IT'S A
REALISTIC NUMBER.
I DO THINK WE CAN RAISE THE
GAS TAX, BUT TO GO 25%, THAT'S
A BIG JUMP.
>> LIKE A QUARTER.
GALLON, UP A QUARTER GALLON.
>> THAT WOULD BE A BIG HIKE.
>> I'M WONDERING, HE SAYS HE'S
THE DEALMAKER IN CHIEF.
WHAT IF HE CAME TO THE
DEMOCRATS AND SET I KNOW MOST
OF YOU ARE OKAY WITH THIS, I
DON'T KNOW ABOUT CALIFORNIANS
WITH THE BOUTIQUE FUELS THAT
THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR, WOULD
YOU WORK WITH THE PRESIDENT ON
THAT IF YOU SAW A NEEDED SOME
HELP.
>> I THINK HE HAS A TENDENCY
TO SAY ONE THING AND DO
ANOTHER AND I THINK THAT'S
BEEN HIS MO.
IT'S HARD FOR DEMOCRATS TO GET
BEHIND ANYTHING THAT HE SAYS.
WE'VE SEEN THIS BAIT AND
SWITCH BEFORE.
I'M OPEN TO HEAR WHAT THAT'S
ABOUT BUT HE'S VERY LACK
LUSTER IN TERMS OF HIS
PROPOSAL.
>> I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T
ASK YOU ABOUT THIS WORD SAYS
EVEN DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE
ARE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING
BEHIND NANCY PELOSI, YOUR
LEADERSHIP AFTER HER LONG
SPEECH DURING IMMIGRATION,
EIGHT HOURS LONG IN DIRECT
CONTRAST, ARE YOU BEHIND NANCY
PELOSI.
>> I THINK THE ISSUE OF
IMMIGRATION AND DACA IS AN
ECONOMIC ISSUE FOR OUR COUNTRY
AND I DO THINK WE HAVE TO FIND
A SOLUTION.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF WE
DON'T PASS A BILL IT'S BECAUSE
OF MITCH MCCONNELL AND PAUL
RYAN.
IT WILL BE THEIR LEGACY IF A
BILL IS NOT PASSED TO HELP
THESE DREAMERS.
>> ARE YOU BEHIND HER.
I THINK IT'S SEXIST AND I
THINK PEOPLE ARE GETTING TIRED
OF IT.
NANCY PELOSI IS A LEADER AND