now gotten the water pumps working and so we ve been able to restore water to the large tanks in some of the areas that can gravity feed down to some of the homes so people have access to that. but it s going to be a very, very, very slow process. governor on that sure. on that infrastructure stuff you were talking-b are you worried there s any critical infrastructure that sustained long-term damage? obviously, when we hear about people not having access to running water, i m happy to hear about the distribution of liters of water and mres and short-term supplies like that. but obviously the water system in particular and the electrical system are something the islands can t be without for too long. how substantial is the damage to that critical infrastructure? what we do as a practice when storms are coming, we require the water parts all fill all of the major water tanks in the territory. we learned this from hugo. by filling them, they become solid so the winds aren t ab
bar bar bartaroma, it will have a massive impact on the economy. wall street is pretty smart and they can add and subtract pretty well, and listen, he says the impact will be in 2018 if they get it passed in august. and now, what will the impact be if they get it passed in december? i mean, then it s out further, by going by his logic. i don t know if i d buy his logic. or if they don t get a passed. and here, again, is where it becomes problematic. there is fairly decent republican support for tax cuts across the board. there s left factions in the republican party about cutting taxes and cutting regulations. well, those are strong factions and we re watching the deficit. you don t have a lot of wiggle room there. if you layoff the infrastructure stuff on purely on taxes, there s a lot of support. why he went for this obamacare thing right off the bat is beyond me. we re told that speaker ryan
we don t know what that looks like. does steve bannon care about the potential grenade he s about to throw over at capitol hill or is this all about his deconstruction of the status quo? what has steve bannon cared about throwing grenades? that s what the guy does. we wrote about he is reconstructing his relationship with paul ryan but there were some e-mails that were released last year that showed he didn t have such a great opinion of paul ryan and didn t want to see him in office. but i just think that this is them laying down a marker. what you guys were talking about in terms of the infrastructure stuff was really interesting. i think that is where you re going to see a lot of movement. but the bottom line is the white house right now doesn t necessarily have the staff to negotiate fully with the hill. a lot of the terms of this are ultimately going to be dictated by mitch mcconnell and paul ryan. nbc news has our new polling showing he s basically underwater.
there s some respect there. good first step. i hope you guys stay in touch with us. i didn t vote for the guy, big secret here, but i do like the infrastructure stuff. there s a couple things about trump that i liked from the beginning. this is the big part. terry o sullivan and terry mcmanus. peace in northern ireland. when we return, let me finish with the academy award nominations today. this is hardball where the action is.
less than 24 hours there s five executive orders that are going to make a difference in our economy, our country and in the lives of men and women we represent. chris, you re going to love this part, he asked to bring a plumber in, a steam fitter in, a pipe coverer, a sheet metal worker. he wanted rank and file guys who had they had jeans on. there s some respect there. good first step. i hope you guys stay in touch with us. i didn t vote for the guy, big s secret here, but i do like the infrastructure stuff. there s a couple things about trump that i liked from the beginning. this is the big part. terry o sullivan and terry mcmanus. peace in northern ireland. when we return, let me finish with the academy award nominations today. this is hardball where the action is.