buttigieg. >> thank you very much chairman defazio, ranking member graves, and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the administration's priorities for transportation infrastructure. i am grateful for the committee's longstanding leadership on this issue and for continuing this important conversation at today's hearing. 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 our country's most pressing challenges today and create a stronger future for decades to come. our country is now emerging from a pandemic that has taken the lives of more than 535,000 americans. relief is on the way thanks to the president's american rescue plan passed by congress, but there is near universal recognition that a broader recovery will require a national commitment to fix and transform america's infrastructure. there are good reasons why infrastructure has such strong bipart

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before air i spoke with transportation secretary put buttigieg who talked about the impact they believe this recovery act will have on the lives of everyday americans. secretary buttigieg, the president and vice president are out there this week to really sell the stimulus plan to the public. there may be 100 million checks given to americans in the next ten days. there is $1.9 trillion attached to the bill. how do you ensure americans it's worth the cost? >> americans already believe it worth the cost. that's why this say bill with so much bipartisan support. now, of course, it was bipartisan support among the american people, not much on capitol hill but the american people don't need convincing that this is worth doing. i do think it appropriate for us to take some time right now to remind everybody of what is just been achieved and what to expect. the $1400 checks going to families. things i care about here in the department of transportation like su suring up the transit agencies in smaller communities and rural areas, too. the news that flight attendants were told they can tear up

buttigieg: right back at you. you have a friend here in the department and a lot of friends here in washington who admire the extraordinary work you are doing. keep it up and let us know how we can help. mayor williams: godspeed. ♪ we are now pleased to welcome clarence anthony, ceo and executive director of national league of cities. >> good afternoon, national league of cities. it's an honor to be here today to welcome two of our nation's leading physicians to the virtual stage today for an important conversation regarding the national strategy on covid-19. exactly one year ago, local leaders were gathered in washington, d.c. for this very conference. we were likely one of the last in-person conferences as the realities of the covid-19 pandemic gripped our nation in days, weeks, and months to come. as local leaders, you have been at the forefront of the response to this deadly virus, and this conversation could not be more critical to you as local leaders . it is important for us to understand the biden admini

joining me now is transportation secretary pete buttigieg. thanks for joining us. the republicans want to keep infrastructure and any packages limited to roads and bridges, not interested in a green new deal as the committee chairman put it. which is more important to the biden administration, getting the proposal president biden wants in its entirety or getting legislation that's likely more modest burr bipartisan with republican support because it does not seem like you're going to be able to get both? >> well, i think that there's a tremendous opportunity to have a big bold package. i'm seeing it in the conversations with democrats and republicans on the hill and definitely in conversations that i'm having with people across the country. americans don't new zealand a lot of selling to know that we've got to do big things when it comes to our infrastructure, and the truth is you can't separate the climate part from this vision because every road we fix, every bridge we build, we can either do it in a way that's better for the climate or worse for the climate. why

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

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buttigieg says delivery drivers and the 160 billion dollars set aside for vaccination distribution are helping get more shots in the arms of americans, republicans remain skeptical if everybody is vaccinated by june, then it's clearly not related to covid louisiana senator bill cassidy and other gop lawmakers say only about 10% of the money in the package is going to covid relief. it's related to kind of helping a blue state. >> president biden is setting out to win support from those doubting the importance of the package will be in pennsylvania tomorrow. it's the first stop on his health is here tour. >> kelly. that's a lot of money and obviously, you know, fraud could be a possibility. how is the biden administration oversee all those billions of dollars going out. >> yeah. president biden addressed that earlier today in his address, he said that he was going to be pointing gene sperling to be a manager to oversee the implementation of this. nearly 2 milly trillion dollar package rather, he said he will be in touch with mayors and governors across the country red states and blue sta

pete buttigieg has an idea of how to pay for it. by taxing people by the mile. >> that shows promise. if we believe in the user paid principle, how we pay for roads, pay based on how much you drive, the gas tax used to be the obvious way to do it. it's not anymore. the vehicle miles travel tax or mileage tax, whatever you want to call it could be a way to do it. >> tucker: make poor people pay for it! buttigieg backtracking saying, no, a tax on miles driven is not even under consideration. obvious it is. he was just discussing it. what a liar. we're going to spend $3 trillion. no tax can cover it. you can take everybody's income and it wouldn't cover it. you know. but even the idea that the poorest people in a america, not golden sacks or amazon, they will pay for it. what does that tell you? >> juan: i'd urge you to take a look at the gas tank the next time we fill up. all americans pay tax on gasoline. we pay tax. the more we use the car or the truck or the more gas we -- >> tucker: so pay more. good. tax the overtaxed. that's you

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

we have more from kayla with secretary of transportation pete buttigieg. >> thank you very much, scott. we are thrilled to be joined here first on cnbc by the secretary of transportation pete buttigieg following a marathon hearing on capitol hill, yesterday, secretary, thanks for having me. >> thanks for having me. >> i want to start to talk about expectation force this infrastructure package president biden will be laying out the what of the package next week but how many jobs will it create and at what net cost to the american people? >> well, i think there's certainly no net cost, there will be a net gain, when you think about infrastructure, it's a classic example of the kind of investment that has a return on that investment. that's one of many reasons why we think this is so important. this is a jobs vision, as much as it is an infrastructure vision, a climate vision, and more obviously, the numbers are still being reviewed the president's deciding what will go into what's going to be rolled out next week, but what i will say is that expectations have been high they've been high

and pete buttigieg and humiliating back down he had to back down after he got blasted for a new tack on the middle and lower income taxes, taxing drivers by the miles that would've slammed the working for in the trucking industry but we have the debate on what they plan to do instead. a ninth woman sherry, accused democrat new york governor andrew cuomo of sexual harassment is a new york state attorney general dozens of cuomo's aides and his team members including to find out whether the cuomo team tried to intimidate into silence cuomo's accusers, how does cuomo's team keep their day job, this would not be allowed on the private sector to republicans, lee zeldin say the world health organization is china's useful idiots for downplaying the possibility that the covid-19 virus leaked out of the laboratory in china even former bill clinton ripped the w.h.o. and their investigation is very unserious senator kitty same biden's people need to get off the train to trump town and get the w.h.o. to go back in and reinvestigate or the world will be at risk from china. thank you for joining us

buttigieg says delivery drivers and the 160 billion dollars set aside for vaccination distribution are helping get more shots in the arms of americans, republicans remain skeptical if everybody is vaccinated by june, then it's clearly not related to covid louisiana senator bill cassidy and other gop lawmakers say only about 10% of the money in the package is going to covid relief. it's related to kind of helping a blue state. >> and president biden is setting out to win support from those doubting the importance of the package will be in pennsylvania tomorrow. it's the first stop on his help is here >> so kelly, what did the president say some of the key parts as he sees them of this bill that he's trying to get across to the american people while he's out on the store. >> yeah. we highlighted a few of the affects of this giant bill earlier today in his address, he said it will help hundreds of thousands of small businesses keep their doors open. he said it will give schools the resources they need to open safely. he mentioned it will deliver food and nutrition assistance for millions

transportation secretary pete buttigieg in a humiliating backdown. he had to back down after he got blasted for a new tax on the middle and lower income classes, taxing drivers by the mile. it would have slammed the working poor and the trucking industry but we've got the debate what they plan to now do instead. plus this, a ninth woman, sherry vill, accused new york democrat governor andrew cuomo of sexual harrassment as new york state attorney generals subpoenas dozens of cuomo's aides and team members to find out whether the cuomo team tried to intimidate into silencing cuomo's accusers. the debate, how does cuomo team keep their day job? this would not be allowed in the private sector. now republicans, lee zeldin included saying the world health organization is china's useful idiots for downplaying the possibility that the covid-19 virus came out of lab in china. a former bill clinton official ripped the investigation as very unserious. they need to get off the train to chump town and get the w.h.o. to go back in and reinvestigator the world will

we now have mayor put bgh -- pete buttigieg. who is now secretary buttigieg. i wanted to address concerns that we want to go green if we are going to help the climate. what are your demands there? gov. inslee: all i ask of people to dig -- pete buttigieg is a fair allocation of transportation dollars. if we can see i to i, we will be happy. i am convinced we will be helpful. we need an infrastructure proposal. past our last transportation bill several years ago. next step forward, we are working our legislature. we need preservation and maintenance, which is extremely important. the first thing we have to do is keep our bridges healthy. it is not romantic. it is pivotal. we have such an aging infrastructure. i mention this, because we have to be focused on this. a huge increase -- interest in increasing our capacity. we have to have more intensive ability to move people. a lot of options for folks. a way to do this to reduce our carbon content. i am convinced with the leadership and sec. buttigieg, we are going to do both. >> the question i was not expecting t

buttigieg wouldn't comment on how to pay for the proposal. the treasury secretary janet yellen said a 28% corporate tax rate is on the table. >> it strikes me coming out of that news conference yesterday you really see this president believes that the economic prosperity of americans is how he is going to be successful here. everyone else wanted to talk about a lot of other stuff. >> that's right. >> but he clearly sees that being his ticket to success. >> and i think he's got the victory of the $1.9 trillion rescue package but just the size of the priorities he's looking at right now, it's astonishing just what's on the table that he wants to try to do. we will see what happens with the senate and with congress of course, but there are big priorities and a big vision here this president is exploring. >>> still ahead for you, deadly tornadoes carving a path of destruction across the southeast. that's next. you're clearly someone who takes care of yourself. so why wait to screen for colon cancer? because when caught in early stages, it's more

and we now have mayor pete buttigieg who's now secretary wh buttigieg in transport. he's obviously going to have some big plans there. i guess i wanted to marry up that idea that there are concerns about american infrastructure, that you are a tradedeth hubat for the west coe there, and we need to go green if we're going to help the climate. what are your demands there?sk or what have you asked pete buttigieg in your interactions withs him? >> i have asked for a fair allocation of transportation infrastructureollars dollars.. half for the state ofsee i to wn and half for the rest of the nation. and if we can see eye to eye on that subject, we'll be very, e very happy. i'm convinced he will be very helpful. first, we need an infrastructure proposal. we're very excited abouteveral . we passed our last transportation bill several years ago. we are now due for our own transportation. next step forward, we're working that in our legislature. we know we need preservation ans maintenance, which is extremely important. i mentioned it's first.it the first thing we've got to d

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

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 comparing them head-to-head. jonathan: anthony fatty there speaking on abc's "this week -- anthony fauci there sp

pete buttigieg floated the aisle of a mileage tax but has side that will not happen. he said that the biden administration is not going to increase the gas tax. we heard from jen psaki as she was asked well might the top individual rate go back up again to nearly 40%. maybe would there be an increase in estate taxes at this point. the white house is not yet willing to get into specifics, neil, in advance of this big roll-out tomorrow. what they are signalling at this point is that tax increases on the wealthiest and on corporations are at the very core of the president's plan. >> this speech is about his vision, his vision for creating jobs and investing in the industry of the future. he think it's the responsible thing to do to propose a way to pay for that over time. he believes there's more that can be done to make the corporate tax code fair. >> you heard jen psaki that the president said that they could pay for this plan over time. that is something that we heard a few different times today from the press secretary. that is potentially another way in the short te

streaming live on our website, including an infrastructure hearing with transportation secretary pete buttigieg and dennis mcdonough testifies on d.a. operations that gets underway at 2 p.m. eastern. sexual assault victims and victim advocated testify on preventing such cases in the military. the senate arm services sub committee and personnel is considering various proposals including making changes to the military justice system.

as you note, the secretary of transportation, buttigieg, has said we need to green light this and move if forward on it. highest incidence of as a ma exists in the bronx largely because of thoroughfares that cop screen there. new yorkers can -- convene ther. this is the highest priority. liz: congestion pricing. the federal government has allowed the procedure to continue. there will be a comment period, but new york could be the first city in america to actually add a surcharge on people who are commuting during the core, peak times. i mean, hour, yeah, or it's a rush -- rush hour, yeah, it's a rush, but uber and lyft have become so popular, you've got to you said, and i'm sure you -- understand, i'm sure you do, i live in new mexico, i commute to midtown the, this would be disastrous for people like me and also the trucking industry if there is congestion pricing. what do we do about that? >> well, unless we do something about it, we're going to have a climate with a 100-year flood that comes every five years. climate change is real. fossil i fuel emissions are real. we need to make

secretary buttigieg, thanks. we'll see how the progress is with this covid bill as it moves forward. my next guest just chronicled the struggles of the coal workers in a new piece for "the washington examiner". selina zito from "the washington examiner." great to have you back on this program. you listened to what the secretary had to say there. given the work that you've done in the field and talking to people across the country, what would you say? >> the biggest concern not just for coal miners and people that work in the shale industry, the oil industry, what happens in that gap between the point where they shut the jobs down, they shut the pipeline down, stop fracking on federal lands and that next job, that green job? does it relocate them out of their family, away from their family? that impacts communities and school districts and senior centers and community centers and parks. all of those things lose their fundings because those jobs go away. so there's a big gap that nobody is able to say, hey, this is

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

next week, you have the transportation secretary pete buttigieg going before congress to lay out early priorities, including a bit controversial, high speed rail. construction is in motion on a bullet train in california. give us a sense of the price tag and what you learned. >> reporter: the price tag is big. 80 to $100 billion. for folks who support high speed rail, this is their moment with joe biden in the white house. this behind me is the first section of track in central california over the san joaquin river. they hope by 2025 to test trains that go over $200 mile per hour. would you drive from l.a. to san francisco, six, seven hours, depending on traffic. the train will get you there in two hours and 40 minutes. at the heart of the debate is whether this is the wave of the future of transportation, ecofriendly, job creating, or if it's a multibillion dollar boondoggle. i talked to folks on both sides. >> the federal government played a key role in building the interstate highway system in the '50s, '60s. we need that commitment to passenger rail. building infrastructure is an i

>> pete buttigieg. >> yes that's right you and mike are tied. rochelle, lesson for you, which of these donkeys was caught fixing over 30 parking tickets for a mail escort he was living with, "varney" frank, bob menendez or former new jersey gravy. >> going to go the jersey seems slimy to me and going to jersey. kennedy: know it was "varney" frank, that means mike and dave is going to nancy pelosi's house for that all-you-can-eat ice cream party. >> i just want ice cream you get nancy pelosi placement that's fine, >> thanks thanks very much prismatic lucky for my credit thank you party penned a great job tonight think all for participating. mike, dave, rochelle. coming up bank of america says there's almost no reason morgan stanley, they're going to offer to their clients. this mean it's going to mainstream question like kathie banks agree? billionaire brock appears to joins me in moments t keeping your oysters business growing has you swamped. you need to hire. i need indeed indeed you do. the moment you sponsor a job on indeed you get a shortli

secretary buttigieg, thank you for spending time with you. there's a quote in "rolling stone" -- nothing i love bringing more attention to an unattractive issue. so with the sewage analogy in our minds, talk about making governing great again. >> well, from the infrastructure perspective, it is things that might seem unsexy at first, but are incredibly important. another phrase -- maintenance backlog. doesn't sound too exciting, but i'm talking about the investments we need to get our bridges and our roads and other infrastructure assets, even or ports and railway into the right kind of shape. you know, society of civil engineers put out the report card. we got a lot of cs and ds, in the united states of america, on the country of our critical infrastructure. even just taking the funding we're going to need to fix what's broken. look, i'm a former mayor, which means one of my greatest enemies and frustrations is the common american pothole. we have to do more to improve our roads. we can also talk about the really exciting more future-oriente

buttigieg says delivery drivers and the 160 billion dollars set aside for vaccination distribution are helping get more shots in the arms of americans, republicans remain skeptical if everybody is vaccinated by june, then it's clearly not related to covid louisiana senator bill cassidy and other gop lawmakers say only about 10% of the money in the package is going to covid relief. it's related to kind of helping a blue state. president biden is setting out to win support from those doubting the importance of the package will be in pennsylvania tomorrow. it's the first stop on his help is here. torre. >> reporting in washington. i'm kelly meyer. >> and if you haven't received your stimulus payment yet. the irs has relaunched a tool to help you track your payment. it's called the get my payment portal. the updated web site is live right now in the online tool also lets you confirm your payment type whether it be paper check or direct deposits. you also get a projected, a delivery date. and if you're still waiting on your tax refund you are not alone. many americans say they've been waiti

. >> this is obviously mega important to transportation secretary pete buttigieg. he talked about the package yesterday. i want to share what he said. >> every road we fix, every bridge we build, we can either do it in a way that's better for the climate or worse for the climate. 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. >> here's the thing, jonathan, this all sounds great but people don't like to pay for what they can't see. they especially don't like to pay more money to the government and it just go into a black hole. does the administration need to literally say, here's the bridge, here's the road, here's the train tracks? >> yes, and we saw that with regard to the stimulus under president obama. you saw the sign, go into union station a few blocks if me, you would have seen signs there that said, paid for by the american recovery act, aora. so, yes, i think that's the case. but secretary buttigieg makes a good point, everything they do can be good for the climate or bad for the

secretary buttigieg pushing infrastructure, moments ago president biden promoted the stimulus plan. the question becomes how and who will pay for all of this. >> reporter: yeah, that's certainly one of the many questions, liz, and these are clearly the two topics at the forefront for democrats in washington. we did hear from the president today. first off, he's going to be traveling over the upcoming week as will members of his administration -- pennsylvania tomorrow, georgia with the vice president on friday -- to continue to sell this $1.9 trillion package. and we also learn ared from the white house today that gene sperling, the national economic council head for former president obama and clinton, will be the one to oversee the implementation of the nearly $2 trillion worth of the plan. here was president biden with his sales pitch just a little while ago. >> we can give people of this nation a fighting chance again with relief checks, lower childcare costs, lower health care costs and so much more. that's our job. that's our responsibility. and in the process, we'll be growing

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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

every day and now we need to do better. >> woodruff: secretary of transportation, former mayor, pete buttigieg, thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. >> woodruff: in the day's other news, pfizer reported its covid- 19 vaccine is safe and highly effective in children as young as 12. that's based on a small study in the u.s., but it opens the possibility that younger children could be vaccinated before the start of the next school year. 12-year-old caleb chung took part in the study in durham, north carolina. his father joined him for an interview. >> there's not much i can really do to fight back against the virus. so probably participating in this trial and potentially helping other kids to feel safe and want to get the vaccine in the future when it becomes publicly available was really some way that i could actually help out. >> woodruff: also today, the c.d.c. reported covid was the third leading cause of death in the u.s. last year, behind heart disease and cancer. the overall death rate rose nearly 16% from a year earlier. and, in wisconsin, the state supreme court struck down a ma

pete buttigieg will appear before congress where he'll lay out plans to redefine travel in the united states. with a railroad revolution, something he called a once in a century opportunity. joining me now from fresno, california, is msnbc senior national correspondent kris jansing. if anyone's been to japan or looked at the trains from japan they've been frustrated they have these bullet trains that can get you to places quite quickly and we do not here. what's wrong with us? why can't we get it done? you are somewhere where they're trying to gelt it done. >> reporter: that's the question a lot of supporters of this rail are asking because if you go to japan, go to europe, france you can get to places fast. this is their future they believe, the only place where there's construction in america on high-speed rail. they've spent about $8 billion and in 2025 will start testing trains that will go more than 200 miles per hour. imagine instead of sitting in a car for 6 to 7 hours l.a. to san francisco you get on a train and it's 2 hours, 40 minutes. but at the heart of this debate is whet

now transportation secretary buttigieg. and you guys actually lived in the same dorm at harvard university >> yes, that's right >> seth: did you know him at all in college >> yes we were in the same dorm for three years. we had a mutual friend who -- so we kind of met and saw through him. we didn't cross paths a lot, i would say because he was more involved in the college side of things [ laughter ] he perhaps was a more studious student at college >> seth: yeah. >> and i - >> seth: like he wouldn't use like -- he probably used enough words to know not to say "studious student. >> maybe, i don't know i don't want to put him on -- make him some kind of elite -- your words no, i'm sure, let him run transportation, yeah like, i took a subway every day, okay, to high school what does he know? >> seth: exactly >> probably still more [ laughter ] he was -- he was -- yeah, he was -- i spent a lot of my time, as you know, in the lampoon organization, which i would describe as kind of heaven's gate, but we got out, like, right befor

going to projects that would reduce the size and number of highways, transportation secretary pete buttigieg says some roads need to go on a diet. here is hoping they're not the ones that need to get to work. that is it for us this week jerry will be back next week on the wall street journal at large. thank you for joining us. ♪ >> "barron's roundtable" sponsored by invesco qqq ♪ ♪. jack: welcome to "barron's roundtable" where we get behind the headlines and prepare you for the week ahead i am jack ought her. pandemic lockdowns change the way companies do business, dan springer will tell us what's next with the work from technology. later how to improve returns on your portfolio with solid companies that pay big dividends but we begin by always what we think are the three most important things investors should be thinking about right

numbers if we can't produce automobiles like who's in charge of the department of transportation pete buttigieg we could have a real problem if he wants to cut back on what were putting out on the road not just production but lack of component you will see the impact us when it comes to the financial side anyone who is investing. maria: that is a great point not just impacting our businesses but the stock market as well. last fall california push a mandate that every new car sold in the state would be an electric model by 2035. what happens if more states do that? >> that's going to be a problem, right now two senators trying to push biden to make a deadline date to 2030 which is five years prior just so you have an ids you can get a feel for this as we say here today it's about 2% of all vehicles sold that's 15.5 million cars and light duty trucks were sold, 2% are electric vehicles, that is just plug-in electric, they wanted to be 10% before we even get to 2030 and needed to be 100% california that would destroy the auto industry, you have to remember this does not work for everyone there nee

the transportation secretary pete buttigieg highlighted the need in maryland. >> we wanted to make sure to draw attention to the critically important work that goes on before we are even able to get a shot. >> reporter: tuesday, they will focus on small businesses. the president will head to pennsylvania where the vice president goes to denver, colorado. and we will see that all throughout the week, where the president is going to be making stops routes different cities, trying to get the word out about the american rescue plan. he and the vice presidents plan on wrapping up the week down in georgia where they will focus on stimulus money, as we reported, but already seen some americans start to see some of that money hits their bank accounts this past weekend. >>> now the biden administration is also focusing on a surge at the border. it is ordering fema to address a wave of unaccompanied minors. >> this is a humanitarian mission. i don't give a rats about immigration policy, what has caused this. why it happens, they are here, they are kids, we are going to treat them that way. >> bor

infrastructure status quo as a threat to our collective future that's transportation secretary pete buttigieg telling a congressional committee. >> that now is the time to invest in the nation's infrastructure across the country. we face a trillion dollar backlog of needed repairs and improvements with. >> hundreds of billions of dollars in good projects already in the pipeline. keep in mind that more than 230,000 of our bridges are in need of repair. and the country's highway system is falling apart. >> one in 5 miles of our highways and major roads are in poor condition. that's a 186,000 miles of highway. >> so to pay for a trillion dollars or more and refurbishing the biden administration is now suggesting a mileage tax a tax on how much you i think it would be great because some people that don't drive that much. and then you pay too much on insurance. i don't try to make my car. >> i may be dry. less 5,000 miles per year. so that would be good for you for me, but maybe for orders, not with the electric car growing in popularity and the gas tax just insufficient a user pay tax may be next