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until a few years ago pete buttigieg dated women. now he is gay and a father and uses many unintelligible buzz words. talk like him, it's not hard? pick a phrase and add the word racism. you have a future in the democratic party. >> do you think that people who supported president trump and his immigration policies are racist? >> anyone supporting this is supporting racism. our healthcare system is burdened by racism and our schools are burdened by racism and the uniform. but it goes far beyond that. it's a matter of concern for every american that we dismantle systemic racism in our lifetime. >> tucker: and roads are racist too. certain kinds of people love this. if cnn anchors could use science, pete buttigieg is the candidate they would create in their baseman lab. no achievements of any kind. pete buttigieg could even run south bend, indiana. pete buttigieg has never shown an interest in improving the lives of actual people. he only talks about himself. every presidential election cycle you see someone like this. democratic candi

the main one is you cannot make fun of pete buttigieg. you must take pete buttigieg very seriously. you can learn that and more. we'll tell you all about it plus american diplomats are reported suffering from mysterious neurological symptoms. it's called havana syndrome. doesn't actually exist? is it real? one expert doubts that. you'll still get a copy we'll be right back. >> tucker: you probably heard something about havana syndromeo according to press accounts, american diplomats are falling ill because of this secret sonic weapon. this mystery began in 2016 in havana. here's how nbc news reported on it. >> washing dishes one night in march. >> the kids were upstairs playing and i was standing in the kitchen window and all of a sudden i felt like i was being struck with something. >> what was it like? >> it's like i had been seized and i could not move. >> didn't know it then, they were the victims of a still on his plane phenomenon that has been come to be known as havana syndrome with more than 200 americans around the world, mostly u.s. diplomats and spies reporting neurologic

pete buttigieg is not a senator. every republican senator including extremists like marsha blackburn treated our next secretary of transportation with respect and friendliness except of course senator cruz who did not dare challenge pete buttigieg an any policy issues, but he did reach for his rhetorical specialty, that tone of voice that only to him expresses a sense of superiority over the person he is speaking to. when i worked in the senate i used to schedule confirmation hearingings in the finance committee and manage all the staff work for those hearings. i've seen more senate confirmation hearings than i can ever count. and what i saw this morning was pete buttigieg delivering a master class in how you handle your senate confirmation hearing. any kids out there who want to grow up to be secretary of transportation or secretary of anything just watch how mayor pete did it today. but always remember it's what he did before today that made it so easy. homework. joining our discussion now, pete buttigieg, presiden

the fox news host taking a shot at new dad buttigieg over his paternity leave. >> pete buttigieg has been on leave from his job since august after adopting a child, paternity leave, they call it, trying to figure out how to breast feed, no word on how that went >> reporter: buttigieg who welcomed twins with his husband in august quickly fired back on msnbc. >> in his case, i guess he doesn't understand the concept of bottle feeding, let alone the concept of paternity leave. >> reporter: the cabinet secretary took four weeks of paid leave just as the shipping and supply chain crisis hit a peak the biden administration defending him. white house press secretary jen psaki tweeting, buttigieg is among role models on the importance of paid leave for new parents. >> it's hard to imagine having that kind of paid paternity leave. >> reporter: it's a model adam wishes he could follow his wife victoria gave birth to florence 6 weeks ago while she's been on leave, bonding with florence, he hasn't had the luxury >> kind of feel jealous, absolutely, yeah i mean, i know it's a lot of work it's lit

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host: i want to get your reaction to the transportation secretary pete buttigieg, who is openly gay, and he spoke at a gay pride event talking about transgender issues. [video clip] >> and especially dangerous political strategy in some states right now where some politicians try to gain advantage by picking on transgender kids. some of the most vulnerable people in this country. there are consequences when politicians and other leaders responded to transgender people's search for equality and belonging by basically denying that someone can be transgender at all. telling america the transgender people do not exist amounts to telling very real transgender people that they should not exist. and if you are a person in a position of responsibility, you need to understand the weight of your words. you need to understand that if you go around signaling to people that transgender youth shouldn't exist, transgender youth will hear you, and some of them will believe you. so this is a matter of life and death. host: that from white house event, the transportation secretary. terry schilling, yo

pete buttigieg. why? he's already looking into the midterm elections, recognizing the unions in the midwest are in trouble if they want to come back to the democratic party. that's one of the reasons why he's using it. is he going to be able to pass gun reform and immigration? this is another way of trying to figure out how do you make sure there's a political calculus to say, you were able to be bipartisan here. what will they basically not give back to their states because that none of them can answer, not mitch mcconnell. >> very quickly, rich lowry, i want to ask you about the impact of john boehner. boehner torches the right wing media ecosystem, all things freedom caucus, all things ted cruz as we noted. is he on to something and is this only going to split the party more? >> well, one, it wasn't a secret as you know, chuck, that john boehner couldn't stand sean hannity, ted cruz, all the people that made him have such a miserable experience as speaker of the house. what boehner calls the chaos cauc

secretary pete buttigieg, who is joining us tonight in this hour. and our law professional laurence tribe. he co-wrote a piece in august saying the justice department should conduct a criminal investigation of what donald trump did to try to violate election law on january 6 and before. and i want to check in with professor tribe tonight to see if this week may be the evidence base for and justification for a criminal investigation of donald trump has increased at all. >> certainly the january 6 investigators started talking in specific statutory language about what it is they're trying to figure out if trump did it. i mean, the language from liz cheney on this has been really provocative. it's deliberate and they're making a case for that kind of evidence which is going to put the justice department on the spot. but the january 6 investigation seems to be building a real case. >> yeah. we will see what professor tribe thinks of what's developed this week. and rachel, please enjoy the next couple hours of your -- >> friday eve. >> friday eve. friday

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transportation secretary pete buttigieg, thank you very much for starting off infrastructure week with us we really appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >> thank you. >>> an important programming note secretary buttigieg will be cross-examined tomorrow morning by stephanie ruhle right here on msnbc at 9:00 a.m. eastern i will be watching you should, too. >>> coming up, if you like having pete buttigieg as secretary of transportation and joe biden as president of the united states, you can thank our next guest whose endorsement took joe biden from loser to winner literally overnight and while he was at it congressman jim clyburn got joe biden to promise to appoint a black woman to the united states supreme court. the honorable james clyburn joins us next with his reaction to joe biden's new nominations for federal judges, reaction to witness testimony about the murder of george floyd, and new lawsuits by capitol police officers who are suing donald trump for injuries they suffered in the attack on the capitol that n'sext. ♪ limu emu & doug ♪ liberty mutual customizes your car ins

[laughs] >> laura: what about pete buttigieg? liberals will say god, pete is our answer, we still have mayor pete. well, if the former mayor of south bend is your plan b, you better be -- you better be in

pete buttigieg could challenge biden. he was asked about this. instead of saying why are you asking me if i'm running? he said it's too soon to talk about 2024. paraphrasing. jen psaki says "the president has every intention of running for reelection." >> cheryl: i take her at her word that he does plan to run in 2024 but kudos to "the new york times" for saying maybe he should not. let's talk about the media elite for a second that refused to bring us these issues. race and "the new york times" editorial about the fact that he would be 86 years old at the end of his second term, well older than ronald reagan was in the early '80s. the press in the early '80s used to question ronald reagan's age. they made it an issue. these days, it's keep it quiet. the cbs sunday morning piece that ran this past weekend. the puff piece. they asked her, what do you say to those that question his abilities, his mental abilities. oh, that's ridiculous. then the reporter just moved on. no one is willing to talk about it but behind the scenes here in new york and ot

host: that from pete buttigieg, the transportation secretary. a story from political, house speaker nancy pelosi is hopeful republicans would get on board with major infrastructure jobs but was unsure if her colleagues would reject or accept the agenda. another viewer sent this message saying, it is long overdue action paired this nation needs a facelift -- action. this nation needs a facelift. united states jobs and building materials. from arkansas, terry is next. good morning. caller: it is another who do jobs. i remember they put the solar panels at the d.a. and never hooked them up because the buildings were engineered poorly. that is what the charging stations are going to be like. host: this is from mark stone saying, only about 25% is infrastructure, why not detail the other 75% of spending? following speaker pollutes his almost partyline passage of the $1.920 coronavirus bill -- 1.9 trillion dollar coronavirus bill, only immigration, the fact that the american rescue plan felt without republican support, they will have to navigate slim

what have we learned tonight, pete buttigieg give us a lesson about fatherhood. and the air force trained ashley babbott to kill. you know what is true. don't forget it. have the best weekend with the ones you love. we'll see you monday. >> americans held hostage, day 6 go. >> sean: welcome to handy this busy news making friday night. 62 days our fellow americans, friends, green called holders, allies, joe biden abandoned all of them and has not talked about them in 40 days. now the images out of afghanistan are horrific. look at

if there are other ideas, now is a great time to hear them. >> i think i can work with pete buttigieg. i spoke to him today he was nominated. we have been trading phone messages for the last three or four days in an effort to talk about this bill. i think pete and i could come up with an infrastructure bill. what the president proposed this week is not an infrastructure bill. it is a huge tax increase, for one thing, and it is a tax increase on small businesses, on job creators in the united states of america. and chuck, you made a statement that i just have to wonder about. you said it seems the administration is more eager to have bipartisanship then members of congress are. how can the president expect to have bipartisanship when his proposal is a repeal of one of our signature issues in 2017, where we cut the tax rate and made the united states finally more competitive when it comes to the way we treat job creators. >> c-span shop.org is c-span's new online store. go there today to order a copy of the congressional directory, a compact, spiral-bound book with contact information f

it's my pleasure to welcome back to the show, mayor pete buttigieg hey, mayor pete, thank you so much for being on our show and coming back. you're in washington, d.c. right now, because you attended the -- president biden's inauguration today.enter almost how did it feel to be there? >> you know, it was amazing. it was moving. it was reassuring to be on those capitol steps where just two weeks earlier we'd seen those horrifying images of a a mob seeking to take over the capitol. what we saw today was one of the most important and oldest rituals in american democracy, that transfer of power and i think for a lot of us, things that maybe we used to think of as boring or take for granted, you know, on a day like this, at a time like this, actually meant a lot, that there was that -- that continuity the president, i thought, gave a great speech there were these musical performances, garth brooks, j. lo, gaga and also this amazing poet, amanda gorman who really set the tone for the day so it was a great day. >> jimmy: she was amazing. i saw when you first, you were one of the first people

secretary of transportation pete buttigieg will be here. and we will have music from one of my all-time favorites honest to goodness great, fantastic new album from the hold steady. they're gonna be here, but before we get to all of that - as the u.s. passed a grim new coronavirus milestone and texas continued to dig itself out of an unprecedented power crisis, fox news and the republican party were laser focused on two things -- lying about the green new deal, and the 2020 election. for more on this, it's time for "a closer look." ♪ >> seth: it's been this way for a long time, but right now in particular, if you look around, it's easy to feel like virtually everything in our country is broken the past year has been one of ceaseless misery, dysfunction, and chaos. and yes, i know i'm starting to sound like werner herzog at the top of one of these segments "time is a unforgiving mistress. she will lure you in with her siren song her beauty disguising her unquenchable thirst for misery and death. werner, you're scaring baby yoda "oh, sorry

so i believe that mayor pete buttigieg is the right choice for this job because he was mayor of south bend. he dealt with infrastructure where the rubber meets the road managing state, federal, and local resources to help build infrastructure in his community. he also helped facilitate public-private partnerships for the dollars to go farther and important models for future investments in transportation. one of those projects, the south shore double track project whose full funding grant agreement was signed earlier this month is like many other state and local projects. the south shore double track demanded impressive coordination between the federal, state, and local governments to bring it to fruition. mayor buttigieg's smart street initiative also shows he nows how to operate and succeed in a current environment and will be able to help communities around the country replicate the success that he had at south bend. he won't be the first mayor to be the secretary of transportation, but i think we can say that when you have a mayor in that job, they're going to pay attention to loca

let's talk about that and more with the transportation secretary pete buttigieg. mr. secretary, thank you so much for joining us. how real are the chances that president biden breaks off at least part of this massive plan and tries to pass a more narrow, what's called traditional infrastructure bill first? >> we believe these things fit together. that's why the president rolled them out the way he did. we also believe in having this conversation across the aisle and in both chambers to see where there might be support for something bipartisan. that's a process that's ongoing. we welcome the republicans coming to the table with specific ideas. that's exactly what we're looking forward to getting into in the days ahead. >> infrastructure is so, so important. everyone agrees on that. you say inaction is not an option. so if you could gain some traction with a bipartisan compromise, what would you want to see in a small er bill? there's agreement on what's called traditional infrastructure, but what about other areas, broadband, water, manufacturing, schools, for example?

pete buttigieg walking back clams that biden infrastructure plan will create 19 million jobs. this dealing a major blow to thousands of blue collar workers, looking for release after the president killed the keystone excel pipeline project in january. i spoke with pipeliners in arkansas after the project was killed, and now months later many say they are still struggling. here's what they told me. >> i mean it is hard to make plan when is you've got an administration that's trying to crush your future. >> so poopline was killed in january, it is now april -- give us an update have you been able to find a job? >> not with pipeline or any other thing right now. especially with the green energy project talked about. >> i've looked for green jobs they are not there and that's why i started a trucking company is because there are no green jobs there. >> list probably 60 to 80 grand not able to go on that job. that's my livelihood if i'm not off working i'm barely -- i've got two kids i have to support. what do i do there? >> without working we lose insurance, and income -- >> whole

on c-span3, health and human services -- and transportation secretary pete buttigieg appear at separate hearings to testify on the president of to 2022 budget request. i coverage begins at 10:00 eastern. -- live coverage begins at 10:00 eastern.

but pete buttigieg saying jobs will be created through the infrastructure plan he was called out on fox news what's your reaction? >> well i think it is tim call of this administration to say this is not the first time they've been cut misleading american people this week if you remember earlier secretary himself was loud for writing his vice into work and then hysterically a video come out showing that he was dropped off by his security detail who drove up in a very large gas guzzling suburban with his bike and -- to his destination he gets out and rides with his security detail in. that is purposely amateurishly misleading american people and this is another example of that and goes back to what president said about with gun control

that makes pete buttigieg quite a power broker for the next several months with more than $125 billion to get to dole out. the other thing we're seeing pete buttigieg do that's so interesting, you know, i covered his presidential campaign for two years. he struggled all of that time with african-american voters. he has been making very clear in his public comments since this infrastructure deal passed that a big portion of this is designed to try to effectuate change in communities where highways have dissected communities, marparticularly communities of color over the years, and there is a more broad social justice effort that can be taken through the build back better agenda and through the infrastructure spending the u.s. is now about to undertake. >> thank you both. appreciate it. >>> still ahead, that bipartisan infrastructure law is signed, sealed and set to deliver a trillion dollars to rebuild america. i'll talk with two mayors who were at the white house signing ceremony for the law. how this money will impact their cities and the people who live there. >>> plus, a big trial i

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pete buttigieg in why. she already looking into the mid-term elections, recognizing the unions in the mid-west are in trouble if they want to come back to the democratic party. now, is he going to be able to pass gun reform and immigration? this is another way of trying to figure out how do you make sure there is a political you can lus to say you were able to be bipartisan here when you move on a step further. those republicans that say they don't want any of it? ask them, what will they fought give back to their states? none of them can answer. >> quickly, rich lowry, i want to ask you about the impact of john boehner. paperer really torches the entire right wing media ecosystem, all things freedom caucus. all things ted cruz as we noted in our these here. i know what the criticism of boehner will be. so now you tell us. but is he on to something? and is this only going to split the party more? >> well, one, it wasn't a secret as you know, chuck, john boehner couldn't stand sean hannity, ted cruz, all tho

she is standing there with pete buttigieg by her side. people are saying he should be the next president. his answer was not what it should have been. it should have been i work for president biden. that was not the answer. if any other cabinet member answered that way about mike pence, you would have had an unhappy president trump who wants his cabinet to say we support the president because he is running. >> that goes back to leadership. there is a bigger story than just the vice-president's office. the white house is in disarray. two factions of the democratic party that are at war with each other inside the white house. symone sanders wasn't a kamala harris pick. the president of the united states joe biden instructed her to go to the wing of the vice-president to work in that department. she was the rock of the campaign during the joe biden term. she worked for bernie sanders. she was instrumental in securing the black vote when folks were iffy about joe biden considering the crime bill. the president of the united states, this is hi

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it is the secretary of transportation, pete buttigieg. good morning, mr. secretary. it is good tob to be in your company. let's start with this infrastructure bill. where does things stand? the president has been negotiating wit with the republicans. where do things stander? >> on friday, there was another counteroffer by the republicans, about $50 million in movement, but did not meet the president's objectives for what we need to do. it is not just about getting through this season or some kind of short-term stimulus. it is about making sure that america wins the future at a time when our competitors, like china and our allies, are investing much more, frankly in infrastructure than we are. that's why it calls for such a big step. the president will speak again with senator capado, who has been a leader on the republican side. they'll speak on monday. and over on the house side on wednesday, there will be a markup for a key element of infrastructure policy. so lots going on right now. but still lots of daylight, honestly, between us and our republican friends. >> d

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liz: to the congressman's point, where is pete buttigieg, you know congresswoman bloomberg asked pete buttigieg this last week. he weirdly warned that quote, challenges will possibly continue for years. why is every a answer out you have washington will last for years and years but pitched the stalled infrastructure plan as a cure-all? what is your reaction to that? >> exactly. they only -- i feel like they create some of these problems. they try to support their agenda. and create more government intervention. the reality is, is that 75% of the truck, of goods across america are being transported by trucks. we do need more truck drivers but you have aoc and the green new deal wanting to ban trucks. they don't want natural gas trucks. the cost of fuel is increasing rapidly. all because of their doing. so instead of having a vision of how we're going to come out of this pandemic and, by the way then was really just for government to get out of the way instead of more mandates, more restrictions, more government intrusions, more taxes, more government control instead of getting out of t

oh wait, turns out pete buttigieg drives an suv. oh, are you surprised that he is not who he used to be?urig pete buttigieg is false? fox news 11:00 p.m. eastern. first of all, congrats on the show. this is exciting. i will be watching. everyone i know is going tors be watching. congrats. >> yeah, thank you, tucker. thank you, tucker. i appreciate it. i'm just so thrilled that you would do an hour onra fox nation with pierce morgan and leave me one minute left on your show. that makes me feel really good, tucker. >> tucker: 1:20. >> how dare you. >> tucker: you get an extra 55 minutes. go ahead. >> you know, tucker, that i walked across the streets. i walked across the street to do the show. i'm sitting in a van for 40 seconds. you know what that's like? the amount of sacrifices i've put into this. >> tucker: yeah. but your carbon footprint, unlike pete buttigieg, is virtually zero. >> [laughs] he is the rosy as of the transportation secretary. am i right? rosie louise. >> tucker: i do. she took the subway. died a few years ago. wat

the transportation secretary, pete buttigieg, has been traveling to different towns across thenation to boost public support for the president's infrastructure plan. i sat down with him today in westfield, new jersey. >> so we waited administration after administration what's your confidence level that sometime tonight we'll get through the senate and move this on towards law. >> looks like it's going to happen we don't know exactly what hour, but we know we're within hours of seeing this through the senate and then onto the house the sooner it can get to the president's desk for signature, the better my department is ready to start deploying these resources and getting them out to communities, mayors like i was meeting with today to start making imprecede yat improvements in the transportation infrastructure that every american depends on. >> what will americans see in the early going? >> you'll see quicker fixes and improvements you'll see projects to get your bridges back in shape. if you live near a port, you'll see funding for a port if you don't live near a port, you'll be bett

chasten, the husband of pete buttigieg's, thank you for coming on. it is nice to see you. >> nice to see you, too. >> you got the biden justice department defending a law that allows right religious schools to discriminate against lbgtq, how do you square that circle? >> well, the justice department is doing its job defending federal law. that's why the biden administration is asking the republican party to pass the equality act. we need to pass the equality act so we don't have to keep on having these debates whether people get to discriminate against lbgtq americans in the workplace or at home. >> you took on the chairwoman ronald mcdaniel. here is what she tweeted. >> "gop is proud to have doubled our lgbtq support over the last four years and we'll con contcont continue --." >> you fired back. revisit your party platform before you open your mouth about pride. i know you didn't do this out of anger, you thought about it and chose your words and you considered about it. why was it so important for you to send that message to mc mcdaniel. >> i was

guy: leo katie mentioned the photo up a pete buttigieg, what interest me more about pete buttigieg over the last week he wondered off script and he mentioned a mileage tax at some point to pay for some of this which would be hugely regressive of course and then he walked it back and said no that's not on the table this time or at this point but it almost felt like ace concession that that they talk about raising taxes on the corporation or the rich, at some point the mass doesn't add up in the government big spending liberals in particular start looking under rocks with other places to get revenue and that includes taxes against ordinary people. katie: you are absolutely correct, first of all they cannot tax the rich to pay for this, if you go with aoc $10 trillion, guess who's going to be hurt the same people the claimant trying to help middle america, it's a low economic individuals who are not making a lot of money. if the people that make claims that there trying to help with their going to hurt, i really hope and i really mean joe manchin, if he is an independent streak in him he c

joining me is president biden's transportation secretary pete buttigieg. welcome back to the show. >> good morning. good to be back. >> i want to talk with you about the president's agenda, but the mandate for vaccines for federal workers goes into effect tomorrow. i know tsa, while a part of our transportation infrastructure is technically under homeland security, but there have been some concerns that we're not going to have enough tsa agents meeting the vaccine requirement. it kicks in tomorrow. i know there's reassurances about travel this week. how concerned are you about a low rate of vaccination among tsa agents? >> i have seen no indication that vaccine requirements are going to impact travel in any way, certainly in terms of our ability as a federal administration to provide the services that are needed. i can tell you my agency, we see numbers approaching 99% of the people have gotten in their information per the requirements, either they're vaccinated, in the process, or have put in a request for an exemption. i expect the numbers are similar ac

on the border, and we know that, and then there is a pete buttigieg making light of the supply chain issue and how it could impact christmas. the list goes on. this is such an interesting cast of characters, steve. i just gets worse day by day. there is, and pete, there is antony blinken who bungled afghanistan, can this group get anything right? >> steve: interesting, that's one way of putting it, and i agree with you. but it's staggering to see the level of confidence but it all stems from one place. the reality about these people, and one of the things that i've said about them all along. the real flaw that underlies all the other flaws in the foundation is that they are just political people and machine politicians. they have done nothing in their eyes. at biden has never done a real job in his life, all he's done is try to climb the political ladder going this way and that way, wherever the wind blows politically. he doesn't stand for anything, it doesn't have any principles or beliefs or values it is just really evident that when there's a problem you don't know where to go bec

but the bigger sales job, and you mentioned we're going to see pete buttigieg, the transportation secretary shortly at the briefing. it's going to be much more from the rest of the cabinet, than the president himself. i just learned from a white house official sort of how they're envisioning this sales pitch, and that's going to include pete buttigieg hitting the roads, talking about roads and bridges. it's going to include the interior secretary talking about climate provisions. it's going to include the energy secretary talking about the energy grid. we could go on and on. this is really to the white house, when this matters. because they knew this was going to be a lot of talk, sausage making, difficult inside baseball stuff. but biden from his experience as the president, when he oversaw the implementation of the recovery act, thought that they needed to do much more to message what that piece of legislation was doing for the american people, and didn't think frankly, that the obama administration took the victory lap that it should have. that's what they're going to be doing now. so wh

conference of mayors, mayor pete buttigieg. i hope you don't mind if i keep calling you mayor. i appreciate that. good luck to you in your new endeavors. i want to talk about two specific things. one is a gateway project here in in newark and new jersey in investment and making sure that takes place. it is critical in terms of life and opportunities for many people. in the city of newark, it needs considerable modernization. to help us continue to do great work that has been happening at that port around commerce and creating jobs and attached to those projects how the federal , government can begin to use its leverage to make sure that a lot of the jobs, the opportunity, and even the architectural design of these projects lend themselves to the local populations particularly , black and brown people. mr. buttigieg: thank you, mayor. is anyone who has ever taken off at ewr knows, it is one of the marvels of this country in terms of our maritime and shipping industry. whether we are talking about the opportunities of the port or the gateway project, which i regard not only as a

host: that from the transportation secretary pete buttigieg before congressional hearing. according to the american public transportation association, here are some figures. americans took 9.9 billion trips using public transportation in 2019. people boarded public transportation 34 million times each week day. nearly half of americans have no access to public transportation. it does employ more than 445,000 people. on twitter, this comment. the problem with small government is you get small results. joe biden is bringing us back to going big as it should be. the republicans out with their own transportation bill that includes a scaled-down version of what the biden plan includes. shelley more cap about from west virginia -- shelley moore capito outlining some of the details. >> let's define infrastructure. you can see our definition of infrastructure. physical infrastructure. what do people think of in our states when they think about infrastructure? roads and bridges. public transit systems. rail, which could be passenger rail. water and wastewater. i will stop there to

we will get pete buttigieg to talk about it he's been a big one for wanting that to happen. -- screaming into the darkness about how republicans are being played but never offers critique to the difference. everything is someone winning, losing, someone is getting screwed and someone is doing the screwing. it is a cold, very sad, cynical way to view the world, but it's also come to dominate the entire republican movement. it's the transgressive thrill of being a jerk, being cruel, mocking people and deriving them when they are in pain or suffering, or having a problem. the thing is, everyone in life and countless people who are jerks, might be a coworker, friend of a, friend some people have family members who are jerks, it happens. we all deal with, it that is one thing. elevating that, being a jerk, cruel, defining someone's political movement is rude altogether. this is donald trump superpower. it's what's the base loved about, him also what he loved. being mean. even when he was going after his own conservative supporters, he was mean. >> a year ago, you told me on my radio show, the

. >>> plus, the new transportation secretary, pete buttigieg, on the fight for an infrastructure bill. another dramatic day in court for the prosecution in the chauvin murder trial. >>> as vaccinations continue for yours truly and more, why the global surge in coronavirus should worry us all. "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. well, today was a bad day in the life of florida republican congressman matt gaetz. it has everything to do with this guy, you might recognize him. his name is joel greenburg. we kind of just met him in the media. he's the former seminole county tax collector in florida. one of the reasons he no longer holds that position is because he was indicted and later charged with a slew of counts tied to stalking, illegally obtaining personal information, identity theft, wire fraud, and sex trafficking of a 17-year-old girl. and it was that sex trafficking investigation into joel greenburg, as nbc news reported, that led to the separate justice department investigation of congressman matt gaetz for possible sex trafficking of a 17