have to wait and see whether or not the honors go to any one of them. guillermo seems to be favored in the directing category. this is a time with times up movement and me too and hollywood is going to address the issue head on. you better believe that s going to be source of a big topic on sunday night. that clearly hangs over the context in hollywood right now. the mention of get out. i can fact check up front get out must win best picture or that will just be wrong. that s because i loif tve the m. what do you think. i agree. it has to win. director, best screen play writer and best picture and did well at the box office. brought in 227 million. it s second behind the nominees. it s rare you have a best picture nominee that actually brought in big bucks office numbers and also he s a black
and we could take some of the congestion out of there, and get true high-speed traffic in there, and we don t have to vest public money, and the private sector will do it, and virgin trail did it in england. let s talk about privatization for just a second. amtrak lost $227 million last year and needs $52 billion in infrastructure work and the technology that positive train control that would have presented the philadelphia derailment cost $52,000 per mile of track, and if you own a private rail company, if you are a private company, congressman micah, would you buy amtrak? you don t have to buy amtrak. the university of pennsylvania showed a route with parallel lines where you could put in high speed rail. the private sector will come in and invest and they have done it around the world and they will provide good and efficient service at a reasonable cost and provide competition, so we don t
rail in north america. here is a sobering fact though. amtrak lost a staggering $227 million last year. so there s a question hanging in the air out there, why not just dump amtrak sell it to a private company and call it a day. let s talk about that with congressman and democrat from maryland. good morning, sir. good to be here carol. why not just dump it get rid of subsidies and sell it to a private company. part of the problem with amtrak and cuts last year 250 million this year. amtrak would make money if they are operating on the east coast. amtrak has the whole country and a lot of places rural areas where members of congress don t want to stop amtrak. more importantly what we re really talking about here with respect to this horrible accident and so sad for the families i also want to give a shout out to first responders who did an excellent job once this occurred we have this bill
the appeal for suspension. our chief money correspondent, christine romans is here. this is the busiest train route in america, connects the political hub to the financial hub, and every day about 750,000 trims made on the corridor and a 2,100 passenger train, and it s vital but not profitable. amtrak notoriously loses money every year, and last year it lost $227 million and that was the smallest loss in decades. amtrak has been vocal about needing help from the government and more funding, and they said specifically in that area needs more work. it feeds into the debate on how america will fund its big
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