be seen as a top contender maybe steve scalise if you want to believe the politico article that came out outlining why paul ryan was going to step aside. in the meantime, though, here is president trump. thank you, vice president pence, secretary chow, secretary skin ski and chris liddle. done an incredible job. we re here today for one single reason, to cut the red tape of regulation. for many decades and ever growing maze of regulations, rules, restrictions has cost our country trillions and trillions of dollars, millions of jobs, countless american factories, and devastated many industries. but all that has changed the day i took the oath of office and it s changed rapidly. you ve seen what s happened.
people protesting very quietly. the taking down of the statue of robert e. lee. you had a lot of people in that group to innocently protest. welcome back to it was a president trump nearly two weeks ago defending the alt right protesters in charlottesville, many were neo-nazis and white supremists. we know that now. he doubled down when asked to clarify. let s watch that. are you putting what you call the alt left and white supremacists on the same moral plane? i m not putting anybody on the moral plane. i think there is blame on both sides. you look at both sides, i think there is blame on both sides and i have no doubt about it and you don t have any doubt about it either. well, during his combative interaction with the press, he flanked by secretary chow.
and ga and gary cohn. the two were asked to competent. both declined. as a woman of color and gary you as a jewishman, who do you think of the nazi support for president trump and his reaction to it. well the as the president has already said in his statement, it is intolerable, we are a country of tolerance and it is hateful behavior and it is not who we are as americans. are the either of you nazis supporting this owe sew. we are talking infrastructure. nazis. as secretary chow said we are here to take questions about infrastructure. today cohn told the financial times quote i believe this administration can and must do better if consistently and unequiff coal condemning these groups, citizens standing up for equality and freedom can never be equated with white supremacists, neo-nazis and the kkk.
and steve mnuchin. the president is expected to talk about the executive order which will streamline infrastructure projects. it was a big talking point during the campaign and rebuilding america s roads and bridges. in june, he spoke about how painfully slow, costly and time consuming the process was or the getting permits to do anything. secretary chow said the average environmental review talks five years and projects can be subjected to 65 different requirements and permits. the president s goal is to get that down to two years or less and come up with one federal decision for the infrastructure project. we believe this is what the president will discuss in less than five minutes from now. shepard: thanks, rick. one of the matters we re focusing on is healthcare. we ve gotten new word, insurance premiums for many people on obamacare will sky rocket if president follows through on his
both secretary chow and zinke joined us at the white house yesterday for a meeting with state and local leaders to develop plans to replace america s decaying infrastructure and construct new roads, rails, pipelines, tunnels and bridges all across our nation. we are here today to focus on solving one of the biggest obstacles to creating this new and desperately needed infrastructure. that is the painfully slow, costly and time consuming process of getting permits and approvals to build. i also knew that from the private sector. it is a long, slow, unnecessarily burdensome process. my administration is committed to ending these terrible delays once and for all. the excruciating wait time for permitting has inflicted