Thank you all for coming. Welcome to infrastructure week. We have been looking forward to this for a while. Infrastructure was a thing that all pundits after the election when we are in the fractured state after the 2016 election, democrats and republicans, will they be able to work on anything . People said infrastructure. Why . Democrats like spending money and donald trump likes having things build. He sees himself as a builder. So, we were supposed to get something. We have not gotten something yet. Policy proves more complicated in practice than in promise. That is the complexity of this. That is why we assembled the excellent panel we have today. Anybody who follows staff about transportation infrastructure, the way cities work follows nicole. She is a senior fellow at the manhattan then we have nick of the heritage foundation. He is an economist. He is a Deputy Director of the thomas road to toot for Economic Policy studies. And finally we have Heritage Action tim chapman. He is
The secretary responded to questions about transportation grants to kentucky, the home state of her husband, tenant majority leader mitch mcconnell. Thank you all for coming. Welcome to infrastructure week. We have been looking forward to this for a while. Infrastructure was a thing that all pundits after the election when we are in the fractured state after the 2016 election, democrats and republicans, will they be able to work on anything . People said infrastructure. Why . Democrats like spending money and donald trump likes having things build. He sees himself as a builder. So, we were supposed to get something. We have not gotten something yet. Policy proves more complicated in practice than in promise. That is the complexity of this. That is why we assembled the excellent panel we have today. Anybody who follows staff about transportation infrastructure, the way cities work follows nicole. She is a senior fellow at the manhattan then we have nick of the heritage foundation. He is
Im paula reid. Welcome to cnns special coverage of the 2024 election. The first debate and the surrender of former President Trump in georgia. We are on the cusp of a historic week for the nation and a pivotal week for the 2024 race. First, the former president and the latest indictment. Donald trump faces a friday deadline at noon to turn himself in to authorities in Fulton County, georgia. The result of his fourth criminal indictment. A senior Law Enforcement official tells cnn trump is expected to turn himself in thursday at the earliest. That would be just one day after the first debate of the 2024 president ial race which will take place without trump, who is the frontrunner for the repuican nomination. Just hours ago, he made it official, he wont attend. Now, the eht candidates who will attend all trail trump by doubledigit margins, and all of them are running out of time if they hope to catch him. Let me turn now to cnn senior crime and justice reporter, katelyn polantz. Katelyn
Maria welcome back. Good friday morning, everybody. Thanks very much for joining us this morning. Im Maria Bartiromo. T i hop yoi hopeyoure having ay morning. Time for the hot topic of the hour democrats reportedly panicked of the strength of third party candidates, some say its the single biggest threat that helped put trump back in the white house. The Democrat National committee establishing an official commit the at this to counter third party candidates. President bidens team shielding biden from the press during a Campaign Event yesterday in michigan. Watch this. Can you take a few questions . Thank you, guys. Thank you so much. Thank you. Back to the car. Thank you. Maria thank you, thank you, get out of the way, thank you, no questions. A ashley, what do you sunshine. Do you suns think . I think it surprises many people. Its sad but its what we have. Maria thats what they have to do, cheryl. Were looking at a complete repeat of biden 2020. That campaign a is just on repeat. Mar
She started out in brooklyn. And then she wound up here on long island what that rockville center, here we go, but shes a red sax fan, although that wasnt true in her younger days. You want to learn about her and her father that she wrote a wonderful book. Whats it called . Next year wait till next year about baseball. Its a terrific book and and many others she went to colby then she went to harvard got her various degrees up to her phd from harvard taught at harvard for a while then got into politics. So to speak staffer lbj and other i think youll say a few words about this. Lbj was really her focus for quite a while then she got into writing and has written all these wonderful books i have offered her. Blurb anytime she wants it my blurb for her will be if Doris Kearns Goodwin wrote a book a biography of bullwinkle. Id buy it and read it in one night. So let me introduce to you doris kearns cooper. Thank you. Im so glad to be with all of you today, and im really glad i can talk to