can't we agree on that? get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight's question -- do you believe our bridges are in bad shape? or is president obama doing a photo op? text a for bridges in bad shape. text b to a photo op. go to our blog, msnbc.com. the results later in show. let me bring in the second of transportation from the obama administration, mr. anthony fox. mr. fox good to have you on "the ed show" for the first time. appreciate your time tonight. >> great to be with you, ed. >> why is this such a political heavy lift? this has a lot of americans perplexed that we just all of a sudden have stopped building stuff in america? >> well, first of all, your observation about the lack of construction in a big point, because we're still just days away from the highway trust fund running short, and going into insolvency and slowing or