For american progress, and Marc Scribner, a senior fellow at the competitive enterprise institute. They are here to discuss President Trumps newly released infrastructure plan. This is still infrastructure week. Thank you both for joining us. Guest thank you for having us. Host the president says he can create 1. 5 trillion in infrastructure by using just 200 billion in federal money. I want to get an idea about how that can happen, and i will start with you. Guest it is unrealistic, to say the least, that you will get 1. 5 trillion infrastructure activity based on this plan. It is important to look at the plan in the context of his fy 2019 budget. The budget actually cuts more money from federal infrastructure programs than the plan calls for. The existing federal infrastructure programs that have cuts, he wants to cut 280 billion. If we put that next to the plan, and dollar . 40 for every one dollar proposed expenditure, that would create a loss of construction jobs and a reduction i
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That was not my interest so i went back. Of this or that so basically i went back to the archives. Thanks for a wonderful talk. Do they ever express remorse if you talk to the zoo orders . No. Even after ota benga died there were callous comments made about taming the savage. There is no remorse. The but they doctored up the story of what happened he went from being a cage exhibits to a zoo employee. But never an expression but on the contrary later in life many years later he did express remorse, or so i heard. His grandson said he expressed remorse. [laughter] i went to school four minutes from your. I started in 83 and finished 1986. I was a dental Lab Technician we use a variety of equipment we had a student in the class with us and i noticed he would wait for someone else to use it then he would use it. So one day i am sitting at my desk so i said why deal always wait for someone else to use the equipment . He said i dont want to use it after you. I said why not . I am from brookl
How big that tornado was that touched down in appomattox county. This is the damage it left behind late yesterday afternoon. The National Weather service says the deadly twister had peak wind speeds with an ef 3 intensity thats between 136 and 165 miles per hour. They believe it touched down on berry lane and took a 13 mile track northeast. And it was about a quarter of a mile wide. This is only the third tornado to touch down in appomattox county since they started keeping track in 1950. 3 danner we have Live Team Coverage from appomattox. Marissa parra and Courtney Wheaton are live following new details about the storm. Chief meteorologist George Flickinger is in weather center. We begin our Team Coverage with Marissa Parra. 3 3 marissa satlive danner, one of the most important takeaways is that the storm may be over but it is still potentially dangerous to be outside. You can see the wind is pretty strong, and there is a lot of sharp, metal debris that can be easily picked up. It so
Backups are about six miles right now. Youre asked to avoid the area. A man is behind bars. Following a car chase in amherst county. Deputies say 53 yearold lawrence crank from lynchburg sped away from deputies after trespassing at Riveredge Park in Madison Heights tuesday. After an 8mile chase. Deputies say crank got out of his car. And ran off. He was arrested a short time after. Crank faces several charges. Including possession of meth with intent to distribute. Felony eluding. And trespassing. Today the defense calls witnesses for the first time in a federal trial. Stemming from the murder of Waynesboro Police reserve captain kevin quick. Prosecutors rested their case. After twelve days of presenting evidence. Against six alleged gang members. Four of which are charged with murder. Wednesday was all about the cell phone evidence the prosecution says first led police to quicks body. The prosecution points to a gang killing. Claiming all of the suspects are members of the the militar