system to cut down on travel time and delays. this investment, as you guys have been saying, will be at least $50 billion. this wednesday, president obama is also expected to announce another part of this economic plan, and that is to extend permanently a research and development tax credit for businesses. and basically, what this would do is reward companies that develop technologies in the u.s. and keep jobs here. he also wants to increase a credit option from 14 to 17%. now, this is all expected to cost about $100 billion, and how do they plan to pay for this? well, one of the proposals is to be paid by closing some corporate loopholes for multinational and energy companies, tony. >> okay, ines, appreciate it. thank you. so will a new wave of spending on infrastructure and transportation make a dent in the unemployment rate? let's talk about this with stephanieyy elam joining us fro