Thank you. You have no idea what just happened. Excellent address, and raised lot of good points and sets up an interesting and complex landscape, and i want to go through a lot of them including the state of affairs and debate in britain right now about defense and the military. Relationship to the u. S. , nato, but where to start . I think defense one, we discuss the future of military power. And what comes next, where were going. And part of that big question right now is the use of power, the limits of it, and the purposes of our militaries. Thats a debate going on in this country. I know in the United Kingdom, there is a new kind of recommitment to a future with a major funding announcement, as you said. Explain to us and the viewers a little bit about the background there of the debate in britain of how much to spend, what kind of military to have, and how it should be used. I think in the u. K. , we are very conscious about nato is a very precious alliance, but it is not reasona
System and gps technology. Moving from air to cars. L General Motors has of course re recalled 25. 7 million cars in the u. S. This year and the Auto Industry has recalled a record 40 million vehicles. On should drivers feel safe and are regulators doing enough . Well, look on the latter question, i have to say that e they have done an incredible amount of work over the last several years. Ten i think over the last ten years there have been about 1200 plus recalls effecting 95 million vehicles. Thats not counting some of the more recent recalls. s prett thats pretty significant. Our tool box is actually improved over that time in the wake of the toyota situation a few years ago we developed alont with ibm some analytics that allow us to be more predictive i in identifying issues before they emerge. We continue to look to build a better mousetrap so i think that when its all said and done they have done an incredible job over the entire trend line. In in terms of the autos and you wheth
Formal channel of communications that did not exist before between this administration and the Merkel Administration on these issues of intelligence. Since the precipitating factor was intelligence. Is that an understanding of what this opaque language actually means. I dont know if i would necessarily describe it as a new channel primarily because conversations between lisa monaco and her counterpart in germany are not unprecedented. There was a robust intelligence sharing relationship that has existed between the u. S. And germany for quite sometime. You sent the chief of staff and the chief Counter Terrorism advisor when everything is normal. You would agree with that. Well, i would agree with your observation that published reports indicate that there were a number of things that needed to be discussed between us and our count ercounterparts. We value the close and ongoing security operation and intelligence relationship that we have with the germans as i mentioned before. That is
Next month without action from both chambers of congress. This is an hour. Our guest today has been in his post as the top u. S. Transportation regulator for just over a year. Since he assumed the job of u. S. Transportation secretary, shipping oil by train has become a hot button issue. The u. S. Suffered its first fatal commercial aviation crash in more than four years and the pot of money that pays for roads and bridges in this country found itself on the verge of running out of money. Anthony foxx is the head of the u. S. Department of transportation, which is sometimes overlooked, but which in recent months has been at the front and center of the news. When transportation runs smoothly, no one pays attention. But when bridges fall down, trains derail, or more people die in traffic crashes after years of decline, its the transportation secretary who hears about it and has to try to figure out a solution. Foxx previously was the youngest mayor of charlotte, north carolina, elected i
Representatives for a district that is larger than the state of illinois. We need to continue to work to provide services to folks who do not happen to live any place close to where there is a v. A. Hospital. Over the course of my time in congress, working with the department of Veterans Affairs, we have had Outpatient Clinics that has helped. If you lived four or five hours from a v. A. Hospital, how do you get there, particularly if you are 92yearold world war ii veteran . If you are 92 when you live 2. 5 hours from the Outpatient Clinic, it doesnt make that much difference that you are two hours closer to a facility if you cannot get there nyway. One of the things i am pleased about and the legislation that is pending that i hope the Conference Committee reaches a result when we come back and vote about it, the idea if you live long distances from ava facility that the v. A. Will provide care for you. The v. A. Today has the ability to do that. They have the ability to pay for outsi