secretary of transportation pete buttigieg. >> mr. secretary, welcome home. glad to have you with us today and welcome you to the conference, and we have individuals here who are doing -- viewing this from hawaii, maine, florida and everywhere in between and they recognize a familiar face because we know that prior to becoming the 19th secretary of transportation in january, just 33 days ago, you served two terms as mayor of your hometown of south bend, indiana and you worked across the aisle to transform the city's future and improve the everyday lives of residents. we know you will continue to do that in washington. so mr. secretary, 33 days into it, how are you rolling up your sleeves and getting to work at the u.s. department of transportation? secretary buttigieg: mayor, first it's great to see you and thank you for your leadership and for the chance to address everyone gathered at the national league of cities. you truly represent the people who are doing the work and the work you are doing is phenomenal especially at a challenging time like this. for m

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they met with transportation secretary pete buttigieg. >> we want the plane grounded again, because it is unfit to fly. we asked them that. he didn't answer. he just said that he would need to learn more about it, and that he needs to havefaa. >> boeing after the 737 max was grounded worldwide. since then the faa and 159 other countries have given the jet the green light to return to service. >>> facebook is asking a judge to throw out antitrust lawsuits against the company. the federal trade commission and a group of states filed separate lawsuits accusing the social media company of maintaining an illegal monopoly. the lawsuits claim that instead of competing with instagram and whatsapp, facebook just purchased them. they said the ignoring the realities of fierce competition in the tech industry and failed to prove it has monopoly power. >>> happening today, fishermen will get details on how long the salmon fishing season is goi lt lower compared to 2020 in bay area coastal waters. the pacific fishery management council is a shorter season and that means they're going to pay more for

buttigieg. >> is going to be a process. certain parts of it. ultimately put together similar. most likely tapped his reconciliation. [indistinct] >> sandra: chief washington correspondent mike emanuel is live with more. what does that tell us about what a be coming next? >> senator gardner was would likely be in a position to know the plan because his committee would be responsible for committing a surface transportation component. key senate republican said democrats have concluded the only way to get their ideas past is to ram them through congress. >> senator cardin got caught on an open mic and he pretty much laid out what the game plan is. anything they want to do they are going to try to force it through. the budget reconciliation process. >> it's been thought that a massive infrastructure bill was one thing both parties could get behind. there were expectations republicans and democrats would have gotten it done during the trump era and hopes it would be an area of bipartisan emphasis now with president biden selling

pete buttigieg didn't give away any clues in a committee meeting here. president biden is expected to unveil that plan next week and nancy pelosi would not confirm the discussions about splitting it into two pieces. one addressing roads and bridges, which could get bipartisan support and a second with more progressive wish list items like free community college and paid family leave. >> we have a lot of territory where we can find common bipartisan ground. but we cannot abandon our responsibility to making this a bill for the future. it saves the planet. >> lawmakers and interest groups are voicing what they want to see. senator chris coons and murphy proposed $65 billion for railways and the sunrise movement, progressive youth climate group spoke to house progressives this week towards pushing that to $10 trillion to meet climate goals. whatever the final amount is there is a battle ahead on how to implement it. the bite administration wants to increase taxes on corporations but republicans worry that could sink the economy. they were the bill will masq

. >> john: and as doug was pointing out, we have no idea what pete buttigieg was talking about when he talked about this road usage tax. unless you live in a city like new york where you they have good rapid mass transit, and that's commercial what it supposed to do. >> what pete buttigieg has put out there, what happens if you live outside of 45 miles and have to work? >> you might be in good shape. >> that's a good point, john. >> you can make lemons out of lemonade. or make lemonades out of lemon. and why her friends and family are asking investigators to take a look at her and investigation. >> sandra: and why senators are learning to blow up the rule. they think the critics of that plan are racist. byron donalds has a lot to say about that and he is revving to go. he joins us, next. refiplus from newday usa can make it happen. refiplus lets you refinance at the lowest mortgage rates in history plus get an average of $50,000 cash for the financial security you and your family deserve. refiplus, only from newday usa. did you know you can go to libertymutual.com to customizes your ca

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in fact, one year ago at this very hour, i remember we took this live pete buttigieg dropped out of the race and all of this, there were sixth u.s. deaths o that day. soon the mundane things will be celebrated again. there is a lot to be hopeful on the news in the vaccine. here is to hope and right now, here is to anderson. >>> good ervening. the former president's hand picked fbi director blew a hole in the effort to make the capitol insurrection something it's not and while he was at it, he destroyed the lives about the election that set the stage. we'll have that story in a minute but first, there is breaking news. the race between vaccinating the country against covid and the virus itself got more complicated. in texas where nearly 30 million people second to california, the governor just lifted the state's mask mandate completely and told restaurants and other businesses it's okay to operate at full capacity. >> too many texans have been sidelined from employment opportunities. too many small business owners have struggled to pay their bills. this must end. it is now time to open t

buttigieg. this is the next big thing the white house is going to begin to push. legislation that they are hoping not only contains things related to roads and bridges, but also on larger issues including climate change things like building electric vehicle charging stations, or developing cleaner cars. they are trying to get democrats and republicans to agree on language. that might be difficult depending how much democrats want to push forward with climate change initiatives. at this point, you can see that president biden is once again trying to bring republicans on board with the process, similar to how he did at the beginning of this current stimulus package. shery: bloomberg government reporter emily wilkins joining us from washington. let's focus on one of those hardest hit sectors that really need the stimulus package, airlines. bloomberg intelligence is expecting u.s. airlines to tap up to $14 billion from the relief bill, giving them enough liquidity throughout the year. george ferguso

here is pete buttigieg. >> the president has made a commitment that this administration will not raise taxes on people making less than $40,000 a year, so that rules out. ritika: buttigieg spoke to kevin cirilli. andrew cuomo has gone from being called america's governor to facing multiple scandals. he now faces an investigation over allegations of sexual harassment. he has also been hurt by revelation his administration hid the number of people who died from the coronavirus in nursing homes. netflix and walt disney were the big winners at last night's golden globe awards. disney grabs the top award for best dramatic picture for nomadland. netflix especially dominated in television with the crown and the queen's gambit. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> we have to get away from that train of thought for the following reason. the only way you really and know the difference between vaccines -- you really know the facts -- difference between vaccines is com

jonathan: pete buttigieg, u.s. secretary of transportation, speaking to kevin cirilli on "sound on" on bloomberg radio. alongside tom keene, lisa abramowicz, i'm jonathan ferro. here's your market this monday morning, up 40 on the s&p. we advance a little more than 1%. thursday, your high -- the 10-year, thursday, your high 1.61%. right now, 1.43%. royal caribbean commencing a $1.5 billion proposed offering of stock. tom: what of the airlines doing? that's what i don't understand. jonathan: you bring up this story, and i think it is important. what was gamestop doing? it was a big conversation over the last couple of weeks. why didn't they do something similar and take advantage of the rally to raise some capital, raise some money? tom: amc, i believe, did it. jonathan: they did, yeah. tom: they are gyrating around. let's go to kevin cirilli, our chief washington correspondent. i want to go to what i saw this weekend, which is the stimulus coming up with the senate, a president of the united states looking for new

lisa: transportation secretary pete buttigieg speaking on the importance of an infrastructure plan. that was the message from joe biden at his first press conference as president of the united states. this next conversation, i love this. we have been having a series of candidates for new york city mayor talk about what they will do. this is important for the city of new york but it comes in a pivotal time for big cities across the world. we have situations where the potomac has shout -- where the pandemic has challenged them. joining us is my a wily, democratic candidate -- maya wil ey. democratic candidate. i want to start with your experience working as a counsel to mayor de blasio. i wonder, heading into this election, is it a benefit or a good track your? how do you plan to use how he has handled the pandemic in order to inform your campaign? maya: thank you for having me. let me start by saying, i stand on my own two feet. this woman has done that as an activist and advocate, a civil rights lawyer for 25 years before i went into city hall in 2014. i was grateful for the idea --

jonathan: pete buttigieg, the secretary of transportation on the need for infrastructure investment. from new york city, good morning. alongside tom keene and lisa abramowicz we are counting down. chairman powell tomorrow. adp report this morning. a better america, that the outlook anyway paid futures up 20 with about a half of 1%. the euro just a little bit weaker. a brief break. tom: talk about the euro. jonathan: i will talk about the euro. i'm talking about the euro. the bond market in europe as well. it's hard to reconcile the governor speeches we've seen publicly, of the comments publicly from ecb officials and what seems to be happening behind the scenes. and frank for reporting this morning maybe the ecb does not see the urgency to step in. looking at the data last week it did not look like they would list their bond purchases either when things have started to rollover. it's hard to reconcile public comments with what's happening. tom: i'm looking at the swiss 20 year piece and it won't go up in yield. the markets helping the ecb get beyond this. >> since thursday things hav

transportation secretary pete buttigieg ruled out plans to increase the federal gas tax or charge drivers a fee on miles driven. the problem is the federal fund that paves the roadways in transit system is funded by the gas tax. it currently runs at a deficit. shares of the chinese parent of tiktok are trading at evaluation -- a valuation of more than $250 billion in the market. bloomberg learned the value has surged in recent weeks. investors gain confidence in the business. the founder has weighed options for an ipo. a food delivery start is likely to pressure has the marketed range. we looked at investors and nervous markets and they have been weighing in on london's biggest listing this year. the sale would raise $2.1 trillion. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on "bloomberg quicktake," powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. ♪ i am ritika gupta, this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ >> certainly in the u.s., with the financial systems here, whether it is the large banks or others, they are extremely well-capitalized, have a lot bigger pushes agains

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jonathan: that was pete buttigieg, the u.s. transportation secretary. good morning. alongside tom keene and lisa abramowicz, i'm jonathan ferro. here's the price action for you. in the equity market, on the s&p 500, basically unchanged, up 0.1%. in the bond market, yields up to 1.7175%. the world's attention on the president of the united states and day $2.25 trillion plan. tom: this is a sea change in terms of stimulus, and that is what we see on infrastructure. what i like about this, and particularly our next guest, is he is definitive as the experienced deputy. i don't know anyone of this vintage who is deputy or special assistant, who has such an interesting cross-section of experience in washington. jonathan: that man is brian deese, director of the national economic council. big plan. a lot of detail we need to work through. help me understand how you will measure success, beyond just big terms like closing the gap. how will you measure success specifically in the years to come? brian: it is good to be with you guys. we have a major infrastructure problem in t

i would be remiss if i did not mention secretary b buttigieg -- pete buttigieg, not only is he skilled advocate but he is a young and nimble and visionary mind, meaning he can help us with autonomous vehicles and maglev trains. there is this vision about maglev service throughout the northeast corridor where you can get from washington dc to new york in less than an hour with stops. that is the kind of transportation system we need. i think it is very important for all americans to understand that. >> let's talk about the president himself, he drew comparisons to the space race back in the 50's and 60's. the idea that we are not only competing with china and their emergence as an economic superpower but also establish, develop nations for business, investment here. when you look at it warm -- from a global perspective and you think about bridges and roads, do we need to broaden the definition of what we think needs to be infrastructure westmark >> he has talked about the importance of 5g. civilian use. you look at the technology surrounding mapping and autonomous vehicle development, a

buttigieg yesterday in capitol hill called it generational investment. republicans are pushing back on the idea. this is much more than a roads and airport bill, it's much more than an infrastructure bill and that is where the challenge is going to be to make this a bipartisan bill. the white house open right now to getting republicans on board but the more that's included in this, of course, is going to raise the resistance from their side. at the end of the day of all of this, at the end of the summer, perhaps, this could be similar to the covid bill being passed by reconciliation. that's that process where you only need 51 votes as opposed to the 60 votes needed with republican support. >> yeah, it's sort of becoming the m.o., it seems. jeff zeleny, thank you so much. >>> a deadly tornado outbreak is slamming the south, destroying homes and schools in its path. what victims and disaster relief teams are finding on the ground next. we didn't stop at computers. we didn't stop at storage or cloud. we kept going. working with our customers to enable the k

and congressional republicans warned transportation secretary pete buttigieg about that on the hill yesterday. >> that's exactly right. they are looking at two different things they oppose. they oppose some of these issues. these things that are not the bricks and mortar. they're not roads and bridges. but they also oppose the tax increases and how this is going to be paid for. and they are saying this is not what they had in mind. they support infrastructure, but they don't support the expansion, and they don't support how it's being paid for. and as you mentioned at the top here, they've just pushed through this bill, this almost $2 trillion bill for coronavirus relief. and they feel like this is just too much spending at this time. so it remains to be seen if they'll support any of this or if the democrats will try to find another way through this. or if they don't get republican support. >> i guess the only way through that would be you eliminate the filibuster, which the white house is saying you aren't going to do and then you'd need every democrat. the other way would be through reconc

. >> you have an ambitious agenda, next up, pete buttigieg is already talking about this, a big infrastructure plan. again, we're talking in trillions of dollars. i just wonder, are you going to have the legislative muscle even among democrats to get something that big passed after passing something this big? >> well, you know, time will tell. but we know, as president biden likes to say, we need to just not build back, but build back better. so addressing the crisis in front of us is stup e -- step o but then we need to create good jobs that pay a middle class salary and for those all across our economy and on top of that we have a lot of unmet need. 2020 has shown us in so many ways the fragilities across our economy and our society and so what comes next will be focused on addressing thoed. >> you mentioned good wage jobs, minimum wage did not make it into this bill, the senate parliamentarian ruled against this. i wonder, you got the house and the senate, the white house and democrats do and no clear how long and you haven't had that a while, did you whiff on a minimum wage. >> whiff. inte

neil: you know, transportation secretary pete buttigieg raised the possibility of a mileage tax , maybe the fact that so many people are getting electric cars and the like, that gas tax wouldn't even touch them. what do you think of that? >> well, like i said, i think it would have been much more palletable when gasoline was $ 1.70 a gallon but now it's on its way to $4 so that's going to be a challenge at the same time, i know the roads and bridges of kansas have never been in bigger disarray right now and that there are huge infrastructure needs that have been so good to take the $2 trillion we just borrowed and invested on infrastructure so the people we were borrowing it from could have used it, so i'm all ears, i want to listen, but i just think it's challenging times that we've already added so much money to the national debt right now that i'm concerned even raising taxes more could kill the economy more. ultimately if you want strong roads, bridges, high speed internet all those things, good schools, a strong military, we need a strong economy, and that should be our focus right

democrat senator ben cardin caught on a hot mic monday telling transportation secretary pete buttigieg how they plan to jam in trillions of more dollars, this time for infrastructure, without any republican support. listen. david: woke up to the fact that there was a hot mic on. that's never a good idea. joining me now is "wall street journal" political reporter eliza collins. it didn't come as a real shock, most people expected this was how democrats were trying to get this bill through. on the other hand, you don't want to let your opposition know what you're doing, right? >> well, it's not a good move because right now democrats say that they want to work with republicans. there are a couple democratic senators who do not want to use reconciliation which is what they used on a covid relief bills which is what happened with just a simple majority. people like joe manchin have said they need a real bipartisan effort, soing something like this certainly doesn't help that. what it does do is carden might say they might ultimately get to reconciliation, but there's going to be buy-in fro

pete buttigieg talking a little bit about infrastructure and today how to pay for it. take a look. >> i have heard loud and clear from members of congress, republican, democratic, a infrastructure proposal needs to at least a partial funding source and i know that is a challenging conversation. ultimately while there are many complicated details, there is a simple set of places we can look. user fees, general fund or other tax sources as congress has done to fill gaps in highway trust fund in recent years. or borrowing, and the bulk of any proposal will amount to whatever congress is prepared to authorize in any combination of those sources. neil: all right. if you had trouble identifying mr. buttigieg, he was in the upper left box of the 700 we showed you. scott shellady joins us now, the cow guy, ag optics. carol roth, as well, former investment banker. guys, thanks for coming. carol, i guess we shouldn't be surprised if you talk about infrastructure you have to talk about ways to pay for it but it goes beyond some of the initial tax hike plans the president already

the transportation secretary the, pete buttigieg, made some interesting comments today. of course, one of the questions is how we go about paying for some or all of this. he said the white house considering what would essentially amount to the mileage tax based on how much you drive and not necessarily a gas tax. the administration is looking to bring back potentially build america bonds. the transportation secretary alluded to some of this yesterday when he testified, as you will see, virtually up on capitol hill. listen. >> there's a simple set of places we can look. user fees, general fund or other tax sources as congress hasp done to -- has done to fund trust funds in recent years or borrowing. and the bulk of any proposal will amount to whatever congress is prepared to authorize. >> reporter: but the president does want to go big in his first press conference, he made it clear that infrastructure will be the next proposal that he's laying out. >> the place where we will be able to significantly increase american productivity, at the same time providing really good j

. >> not to mention pete buttigieg is basically floating the idea of a mileage tax, i don't know, driving your car to work or going to pick up your kids from day care, et cetera. you mentioned the corporate income tax, jackie. that is an especially insidious type of tax because it is not, really not, it is paid not by the corporations it is paid by the employees and paid by the customers. so you know, any economist will tell you there is no such thing as a free lunch. the more joe biden, president biden's administration wants to spend the more they're going to have to tax or borrow, straight out of the average american's pocket. jackie: great point about jobs. if you change the corporate tax policies there will be lay offs come with that. i don't know all are offset what he is trying to do with the infrastructure plan. so you know, they need to consider these things as they make some of these changes. they're not looking to do it in a bipartisan way, looking to use reconciliation bill past the goalpost. i want to look at markets today, guys, what is specifically moving right now. major av

last week the transportation secretary put pete buttigieg floated idea, that infrastructure package could be paid for mileage fee, how much you drive. yesterday he walked off of that idea say a gas tax will not be increased to pay for a infrastructure package. buttigieg said i want to reit a a commitment if you're making less than $400,000 a year this proposal will not involve a tax increase for you. end quote. while user fees are being shot down the white house is openly acknowledging that infrastructure will be paid for in large part by tax hikes. >> he of course believes that investing in our infrastructure, continuing to create good-paying union jobs is front and center but he also believes we have an opportunity to rebalance, to take, to address our tax code that is out of date and, some could pay more in our country that are not currently. reporter: neil, the white house has been saying they believe, they want to try to get a bipartisan infrastructure package. everyone wants to build roads and bridges of course but, once we details tomorrow, whether or not there is climate agenda co

buttigieg said the final package and legislative path is still being worked out. >> i'm hearing a lot of appetite for sustainable funding streams. at the same time we know there's a great rereturn on infrastructure so some level of financing could make sense. >> lawmakers say they expect the price tag to land between 3.2 and $3.5 trillion. wolf and sarah. >> kayla, thank you. well, as we round out the week one of the question going into that economic plan is going to be what the pay forward looks like for wall street haven't seen a ton of consternation about the prospect of taxes. what sprebd promised on the campaign trail corporate taxes, wealthy how does that waive go up after this previous package was passed i know jp morgan say last wednesday more than $280 billion went out worth of stimulus checks and seeing that show up in credit card and spending data in a bit of a boom on that front. >> and what will it do for inflation expectations now or down the line. this is a week rates largely pulled back or settled today it picked up 16 8 it didn't derail tocks, not by the close. and sa

he lost these humiliating defeats and it was pete buttigieg and bernie sanders photo finish in iowa and was in the top tier in new hampshire. i've worked for presidents who won and i've worked for candidates who lost, but what would have steeled him is even if this ended in political calamity it wouldn't come close to the worst day of joe biden's life and i wonder, john, if you could talk about just his personal fortitude, his -- his strength and his perspective which is so easy to lose on a presidential campaign. >> and you make such a great point, nicole. i'm great to be on with both of you as high-level campaign operatives. you're absolutely right. here's a guy who has suffered the loss of a child and his wife at the age of 29, who lost his son beau who he saw as his protege and the heir of the biden dynasty to brain cancer and nothing in politics will be nearly as bad as those things. biden who has won twice before and thought about running several other times understands more than i think, anybody else the vagaries of presidential politics and how you can be the right person at the

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. >>> that's roads, bridges, clean energy, transportation secretary pete buttigieg on the hill selling the president's next big prio priority. >> i believe that we have at this moment the best chance in any of our lifetimes to make a generational investment in infrastructure that will help us meet the country's most pressing challenges today and create a stronger future for decades to come. we face an imperative to create resilient infrastructure and confront inequities that have devastated communities. >> president biden's aides are working on this $3 trillion spending package split into two parts, the care question with tax increases to fund both. it would be a recovery plan to build on the president's achievement that $1.9 trillion rescue package. the infrastructure push has money for roads, bridges, rails, clean energy as well as domestic manufacturing potential 5g investments. buttigieg says the country face has trillion dollar backlog of repairs and improvements. buttigieg wouldn't comment on how to pay for the proposal. the treasury secretary janet yellen said a 28% corporate ta

the transportation secretary pete buttigieg says there would be no gas tax or mileage tax hikes for consumers. >> we ha've got a trillion doll backlog in roads and bridges. i am encouraged by what i believe to be sincere expressions of interest that i'm hearing from the other side of the aisle on doing something real. let's make very clear, this is a jobs bill that's going to have climate benefits and i think that's something we should all be able to get behind. >> the white house considering higher taxes on corporations and the rich to pay for it. biden of course vowed to not raise taxes on families or individuals making less than $400,000 a year, laura. >>> speaking of climate benefits, a big boost for offshore wind energy in the u.s. the white house plans to deploy 30,000 megawatts of offshore wind mills in coastal waters by 2030. that's enough to power 10 million homes. it's also a potential source of renewable emissions-free electricity that has never fully taken off in the united states. the white house says the program will create thousands of new jobs. >>> a surprise proposal from the

in fact, one year ago at this very hour, i remember we took this live pete buttigieg dropped out of the race and all of this, there were sixth u.s. deaths o that day. soon the mundane things will be celebrated again. there is a lot to be hopeful on the news in the vaccine. here is to hope and right now, here is to anderson. >>> good ervening. the former president's hand picked fbi director blew a hole in the effort to make the capitol insurrection something it's not and while he was at it, he destroyed the lives about the election that set the stage. we'll have that story in a minute but first, there is breaking news. the race between vaccinating the country against covid and the virus itself got more complicated. in texas where nearly 30 million people second to california, the governor just lifted the state's mask mandate completely and told

the republicans will be with you up to a point and he's trying to continue, pete buttigieg says let's clear this and they move off the path the fact they are having this conversation out in public and pete buttigieg saying let's move along what is your reaction to that? >> nancy pelosi is famous line obamacare, we won't know what is in it is a web we pass it, you don't know what the tax increases and impact on the economy will be until after they pass it and try to smooth it over between the houses. this is in a sense a progressive dream, what happened with the lockdown and the massive spending and now massive tax increase on top of it. what it is doing is getting more and more americans dependent on government, it will harm more and more americans economically which gives justification for more government aid, more government handouts, more government programs, more power by the progressive politicians who want to wield all of these -- redefining now spending, talk about redefining spending to include pretty much any topic they want and particularly with this it will be climate energ

eric: well, that's transportation secretary pete buttigieg as the biden administration is now considering a tax on drivers depending on how many miles they drive. this is a new way to raise funds besides the gas tax to fund our nation's highways and bridges. this comes as president biden is scheduled to go to pittsburgh this next week to build up support for his $3 trillion infrastructure plan. but, you know, taxing you to drive is going to get a lot of of attention. associate editor at "the wall street journal," john bussey, joins us now. and he is also a fox news contributor. john, look, in some places there is a crumbling infrastructure in this country. they say 130,000 or so bridges are structurally deficient, they need to be replaced. one way to do that is to tax you, what, by the mile? >> that's a possibility. that's getting floated along with a lot of other ways of funding the infrastructure program. and you're right, eric, a lot of work needs to be done. if anybody's been out on the roads, particular around any metropolitan area, you can see how much infrastructure repair or repla

buttigieg saying they will raise money for infrastructure? >> we can at all the taxes we want but until we have an infrastructure bill, $1.9 trillion we passed, what they claimed was covid relief but only 9% had to do with covid relief. with extra money on transportation, worry about increasing people's taxes, adding more money to what they are paying when they can barely afford it now. >> thank you for taking time, report back to us to let you know what you found. >> let's bring in democratic washington state congressman and chairman of the house armed services committee adam smith, thank you for being here. i want to put up some numbers here first, we can take a look at some official numbers, the recent number of migrants taken into custody. you can see there has been such a growing number, more than 78,000, february more than 100,000, october and february almost 400,000 and take a look at the video we have, 19 republican senators went to the border, to cruise, you can see the conditions. what are your thoughts on what needs to be done now?

mike: i want to play a clip from you from transportation set tear pete buttigieg. i will ask you to respond. >> if we believe in so-called user pays principle you pay for roads based on how much you drive. gas tax used to be on just way you do it, it is not now. the vehicle mileage tax could be a way to do it. mike: congressman, do you agree? >> that is in the state legislature. i chair the transportation housing committee. i was first author of first em t-bill here in california. that is a possibility. there are equity issues we have to look at, vis-a-vis people have to travel 2 1/2 hours each way to get to work. but those things i think we can get to work. mike: are you optimistic there will be bipartisan support in the end on infrastructure? do you think democrats will have to do it on their own? >> i'm optimistic by nature just like president biden but if we can't, it is too much of and your again sy we need to go ahead. we should listen. i would say, i don't agree with senator braun previous guest on almost everything, when they did the tax cut for the wealthy

ainsley: got his democratic senator cardin from maryland on the hot mike caught telling pete buttigieg was the transportation secretary we will use reconciliation we need to jam this infra- structure plan through but let's bring in charles payne host of "making money" on foxbusiness. what did you think when you saw that? >> you know, it's an admission that it's not going to be the quote unquote infrastructure bill that everyone agrees is needed to various degrees but instead it will be something that will say infrastructure but probably really tilted toward renewable energy in the green agenda and also things in there that have nothing whatsoever to do with infrastructure at all and an extension of the child tax credits, health credits and things like that. ostensibly a bill that was promoted as $2 trillion could eventually be a 4 trillion-dollar bill and to borrow or coin a phrase would have to be jammed through. brian: charles, we know both parties like spending so i am sure a lot of them will be supporting it. i want to get you to weigh in on this, biden proposes first major tax hik

here is what pete buttigieg is saying. some of them sexy in the policy world roads need to go on a diet. that's just some of his quotes. here's what he had to say a quick flashback when it comes to infrastructure, our new transportation secretary. listen to this, charles. >> i think it's very important that we recognize the importance of roadways where pedestrians, bicycles, vehicles and any other mode can coexist peacefully. >> coexist peacefully, charles. that's a lot of happy talk for i don't know what this infrastructure package might look like as a part of this $3 trillion in spending. >> it's goofy happy talk. the roads aren't going to be a lot thinner the way they are going, no one will have a job. imagine being in one of these sexy roads with two lanes and the bike lane is empty and you are 30 minutes late for work all because we have reserved this for the elitist who know how to do things right and somehow can afford to ride their bike while everyone else is going to work. it's not sexy at all unless you believe i

the administration now through pete buttigieg is saying they may tax how many miles we may drive. require us all to download an app. on smart phones or install something in our vehicle to tell the government where we're drivinger single minute so the government can send a tax bill at the end. steve: they already know they are tracking us all. ainsley: if you move to a lower tax state they are going to tax you if you move during the pandemic. speaking of the pandemic, we all want to note origin of how this thing started because some people have lost their lives and it's just a paused our entire world. and the w.h.o. sent a group of experts over to china to try to investigate and jamie mets zelle who is the former national security official in the clinton administration and advisory committee interviewed on "60 minutes" said this is no investigation china is setting all this up. listen. >> really call what's happened now an investigation? it's essentially a highly chaperoned and curated study tour. everybody around the world is imagining this is some kind of full investigation. it's

here is pete buttigieg. he seems to be stepping back from that. he is the secretary of transportation. >> i think that shows a lot of promise. if we believe in that so-called user pays principle, the idea how we pay for roads is you pay based on how much you drive, the gas tax used to be the obvious way to do it, it's not anymore. so a so-called vehicles miles traveled tax, mileage tax, whatever you call it could be a way to do it. >> is that under consideration? >> no. that's not part of the conversation about this infrastructure bill. so, just want to make sure that's really clear. but you will be hearing a lot more details in the coming days about how we envision being able to fund this. steve: how great is this. only in washington can you say something with clarity on friday and then a couple days later on monday you have exactly a different answer. ainsley: kamala harris is in charge, no, no, no, no she is not. steve: she is the boss. she is not the boss. "the washington post" is -- way. the number now they are going to raise taxes $3 trillio

pete buttigieg, as you know, is the transportation secretary. he's talking about how they're going to bring in some extra money to fund this giant $3 trillion price tag, and one means they are discussing now is a potential vehicle mileage tax. take a listen. >> i think that shows a lot of promise. if we believe in that so-called user pays principle, the idea of how we pay for roads is you pay based on how much you drive. the gas tax used to be the obvious way to do it. it's not anymore, so a so-called vehicle miles travel tax or mileage tax whatever you want to call it could be the way to do it. will: you know, pete, i know you've become a fan of the term "common sense" being blunt, telling it the way it is. you happen to talk to a man earlier on this program, his name is dale bone a truck driver owner of d &d trucking and he put it pretty bluntly to you and gave us a dose of common sense when it came to a mileage tax. listen. >> i don't think it's fair at all. we're the ones out here delivering goods and supplying america, but like i said we pa

thank you for that breaking news interviewing pete buttigieg earlier, breaking news on potential mileage tax, appreciate it, thank you very much bonawyn, you might be an epidemiologyist i am not but i've said the only real data that matters right now is health data is this a market-moving piece of news for the market or just a good piece of news for the country? >> i think it's more concentrated -- listen, first thing first, i think you hit the nail on the head, we're all looking at interest rates and covid development. so it is a data point for sure i think it's more relevant to the health care sector and reading between the lines this is probably one of the more collaborative efforts we've seen in medicine in recent history at least. i know i don't have the same hindsight or experience as others in terms of how long they've been around but i do read and inform myself in terms of supply chains being shared and collaboration in terms of vaccine efficacy and testing, roll outs, shared laboratories things of that nature. this has been at the forefront of innovation and collaboration and fo

buttigieg, but this, scott, as i mentioned is a significant policy shift by the oil and gas industry as the political tides here in washington are changing. >> all right, kayla. we appreciate that kayla kayla tauschie with the breaking news farmer jim, let me hear from you. i went through all of these, five trouble signs for stocks with a question mark as to whether you agree with that. one of the other things you hear is that there's not a catalyst now to take stocks for another leg higher all of the news is already known. so what is out there that's going to lift stocks from here >> well, the obvious one on a positive side is first quarter earnings, but they're still a good three weeks away. on the negative side, you do have to wonder what next wednesday -- i believe that's when president biden is coming out with his infrastructure spending and taxation bill i think the market from a longer term perspective is looking at that and is going to weigh the positives of potential stimulus from infrastructure spending versus taxation. now, that's still a week away and we don't know what i

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there was also a bit of clean up on aisle 5 by the transportation secretary pete buttigieg. he said neither a gas tax or mileage tax. >> shannon: that's how this works. you use a focus group. >> not a good idea. >> shannon: thank you. many schools in san diego are closeed to in person learning the city board of education looking to send teachers to girls housed after crossing the border illegally. there are 500 at the convention center. 950 more expected to arrive this week. a san diego supervisor tweeted they will send teachers for in person learning. i wish every child in san diego county was allowed the same opportunity. as overcrowding worsens a local critic under president trump has been subdued this time it around. congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez who tweeted about the border situation in february is focussed on working conditions for amazon drivers than the thousands of migrant children. chad pergram explains the change in narrative. >> the new york democrat alexandria ocasio-cortez let president trump have it during a border surge 2 years ago. >> the united sta

buttigieg who now says neither a gas tax nor a mileage tax will be part of the white house's weeping infrastructure plan which we will learn about on wednesday. the comments mark a pretty strong shifts from comments he made friday when he suggested both ideas could be on the table. a little backpedal there and i'm sure a lot of people are happy to hear that. >> i guess that is how these things work. find out may be -- back to the drawing table. thank you. many schools remain close to in person learning, the board of education is looking to send teachers to provide imperfect classes for hundreds of teenage girls being house at the san diego convention center. there are roughly 500 migrant girls helps in the convention center, 950 more expected to arrive this week was the county supervisor saying the board of education will be sending teachers for in person learning for the migrant children of the convention center, it is great there is in person learning for them, i wish every child in san diego county was allowed the same opportunity. overcrowding at migrant facilities near the south

. >> transportation secretary pete buttigieg, doctor anthony fauci are speakers at the congressional city conference. what live this afternoon at 1 pm eastern on c-span2, online at c-span.org or listen with the three c-span radio channel. >> tonight on the communicators, antitrust advocate sally hubbard talks about the efficacy of antitrust laws and efficiently reform. >> we have these antitrust statutes that were passed, the sherman act was passed back in 1890. great neck in1914 . the sherman act is illegal to monopolize. the creighton act says any act that may lessen competition or create a monopoly is illegal .

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