So now i want to formally welcome congressman peter defazio, the house t and i Ranking Member. First elected to u. S. Congress in 1986 and is now the longest serving house member in oregons history. Representative defazio is no stranger to transportation. He served as influential t and i member since he first entered congress. During his time on the committee he served as chairman or Ranking Member of 4 of the 6 subcommitteees. Aviation, coast guard marie, transportation, Water Resources and environment and is a National Leader on transportation policy and programming. Please join me in welcoming to the podium congressman defazio. [ applause ] well, im going last and i dont know what the previous speakers said. So ill just hopefully not be repetitive. A lot of people are very excited because the president added the word public to private financing. If thats big progress, you know, were in trouble. But there is an internal struggle going on at the white house and in congress over whethe
Congress. He has served as chairman or Ranking Member of four of the six subcommittees. Aviation, coast guard and marine transportation, highways and transit in Water Resources and environment. Hes clearly a National Leader in transportation policy and programming. Please join me in welcoming to the podium, congressman defazio. [applause] i am going last night of what the previous speakers that. Ill just hopefully not be repetitive. A lot of people were very excited because the president added the word public to private finance being. If that is big progress, we are in trouble. But there is an internal struggle going on at the white house and in congress over whether or not we are going to do Something Real and theres going to be substantial investment. Paul ryan 10 days ago said they should be 40 to one private money. Obviously, a totally absurd statement. Unless youre planning on telling the entire interstate system in order to do the repair of the 40 that needs total rebuilding. Unl
Dover has been well into the 60s. Cooling down from what we saw earlier in the day. It doesnt get all that cold, but we certainly dry out. Perfectly clear by 6 00 a. M. And that sets us up for some really nice weather tomorrow. But we do have some more heavy rain in the forecast before the end of the week. Well get into that timing, coming up. 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with the rush to r rescue families from this burning home in the jersey shore. First responders were there to catch two children dropped to safety tr the balcony. Ted spoke with people who jumped into action to save lives. We all came rounding down the al e lee way. Reporter he knew his neighbors were in extreme danger. It happened so quick. Reporter as flames tore through this multifamily home monday evening. I needed help and i was glad to e see your face. First responders and good samaritans. This is shotgun you see in a movie. Teamed up to save seven people including three young children. John worked with
I want to welcome you to the lunch. My name is ben ginsberg, and i am delighted that we have as our speaker today, naomi schaefer, who is a distinguished journalist and writer whos written for many publications including the wall street journal, the chronicle of higher education, the weekly standard, too many to list, and is also the author of six books with a seven on its way to. I went to graduate school with her father which tells you how old i am. Hes a little ahead of me. I first met naomi when we debated one another for the New York Times blogging heads series. She wrote a book called the faculty lounges, which was an attack on the tenure system which i thought it was outrageous. Id written a book called fall of the faculty, which defended the tenure system. So we had good fun debating that entire set of questions. Im very confident that i have one but i have to confess she held herself very, very well. Her most recent book deals with the topic most of us dont know much about the
I have every confidence were going to be unified. Well, you know, maybe somebody should tell that to Bernie Sanders because hes not going anywhere. Hes going straight to california. Hes got some big crowds too, steve. He loves the power he has as the president on house of cards. There will be no false steps now. The higher up the mountain, the more treacherous the path. Kevin spacey is delivering an attack on the real life gop nominee. Wait till you hear what he had to say on donald trump. Well find out what donald trump had to say about kevin spacey, the fictional president. Mornings are better with friends. Welcome aboard, folks. An awfully long week. Im glad its friday. Me too. For me, it just flew by. Yesterday, two minutes ago, we now finally seem to have a break through when it comes to recovering that plane. There have been a number of false alarms and now it looks like they are on to something. We start with a fox news alert right now. Apparently actual debris from egyptair fli