at the direction of vladimir putin launched an attack on our country and that it was done to favor the election of donald trump? what i would say is i don t think there is any question in the in-telling community or at dhs that russians attempted to infiltrate and interfere with our lectelectoral system. they have the capability, the intent. what we re doing at dhs is work wi with states to have the infrastructure piece. i don t think there is any doubt that they did it and i think we should be prepared that they will do it again. but was it done to favor donald trump? we don t have that part. she didn t say that part. there are two leaders in the room. let s move on right now though. we ll continue to listen to her and bring you updates as she continues to be interviewed by peter alexander. two leders in t erleaders and t in the room. no one else.
economy. if his numbers don t move at all in the next six weeks you re going to see more retirements. my experience has been that these speeches have a half-life. and you know, when we would get a bump when i worked for presidential obama after a great speech, but after a while things settle in. so it really takes a sustained campaign around lchlts speech, the things you re trying to drive. in this case it might be the economy. what the white house hasn t shown is the discipline to drive on a consistent basis the message. you guys would go out on the road. yeah. i tell you what he, it would be a positive, that infrastructure piece. i m from tennessee born and raised. it takes ten years to make a new road. we ve got some existing roads that could sues some help. we ve got some existing bridges. we ve got some existing sewage there s real work that can be done. i understand there s a
and, you know, when we would get a bump when i worked for presidential obama after a great speech, but after a while things settle in. so it really takes a sustained campaign around elements of the speech the things you re trying to dry. in this case it might be the economy. what the white house hasn t shown is the discipline to drive on a consistent basis the message. you guys would go out on the road. yeah. and talk about it. i tell you what would be a positive, that infrastructure piece. i can t tell you i m from tennessee born and raised. it takes ten years to make a new road. we ve got some existing roads that could use some help. we ve got some existing bridges. we ve got some existing sewage there s real work that can be done. i understand there s a difference about how to get the work done. people say it s all about wall street.
ultimately people will pay for this modernization through higher ticket costs. now, that is something that administration officials dispute is going to happen. we just had a briefing with them just a short time ago. and i can tell you, steph and ali, this is one of several events we ll see throughout the week aimed at really shifting the narrative, keeping it on the president s infrastructure piece of legislation proposed? it seems like that is still a work in progress. i asked one top official if there was an expectation that could happen this year, the answer i got was yes, we ll have to see. obviously, that s going to be tough to get through congress either way. steph? ali? kristen, whether it s infrastructure or it s tax reform or it s health care, this white house seems to have a tendency to go out and talk about these things without having something for us to all rip apart and say, hey, this is the law, this is what s good. for policy people like us, this is torturous.
say you have to cut entitlements. he doesn t want to mess with medicare. he promised he would not touch social security. it is hard to pay for a tax cut. on the campaign trail, i heard him say many times he doesn t want people in the street. i heard him say we are a healthy country. we have to take care of the people indigent in the country. he is a very compassionate person. i don t see him necessarily going in that direction. on the infrastructure piece, the last piece with john, i think there are private-public partnership ideas we could use that would be non deficit hurting if you will. a number of interesting ideas and initiatives the presidents cou president could put in place that is not impactful to the deficit and get the multiplier effect out. why didn t he start with infrastructure infrastructure? the democrats want it. you can argue they are jobs.