the fact that reporters on the ground have repeatedly stated and that s the both sides part. abby: can i make this statement because you made a great point, todd that are going to hate on this president no matter if he smiles or doesn t smile they will find a way to criticize the president. i was watching this press conference yesterday as someone who wants him to succeed because i think if you are a patriot in this country you want every president to succeed because that means the american people are succeeding. this was a real opportunity for him to bring this country together, to unite them, to call out hate for what it was. and most importantly, to bring some calm. you know, i think that the country is fired up right now. and i think we left that press conference feeling less calm, feeling more confused about things. and so i do feel like this was a real missed opportunity for him. are people going to attack him all day long? yes, they will. i do think he needs to stand up a little
denying our people much needed investments in our community. i just want to show you this because it was just shown me and i think i am going to show it to the media. both real and fake media, by the way. this is what it takes to get something approved today. elaine, you see that. so this is what it takes. permitting process flow chart. steve: it takes, what, some cases 20 years to get a big highway approved. the president wants to cut that down to maybe two years for the permitting process. what gets in the way so often is environmental regulation. that s what the president wants to cut. that s what the announcement yesterday was all about. it s not the great big new infrastructure plan. it s speeding up the permitting process so you can actually get something done. that s what it was all about. but you didn t hear very much of it. todd: let me ask you this, why do the environmentalists want these regulations. being logical. more roads, less congestion,
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sleeps. we we come in at 3:00 in the morning still a lot of people out. todd: people are eating and drinking and partying. abby: i drive in on the weekends that s when the action is happening 4:00 in the morning. steve: people come to the city on vacation they don t want to miss anything. it s like they got the hotel. they are not paying a lot for it but i have got new york city i have got to explore everything. abby: a lot of places to see. good morning to you. happy tuesday morning. we have a lot of news to get to. steve: man o man there was a wild press conference in the lobby of trump tower five blocks from where we are sitting right here. president of the united states exiting the golden elevator. flanked by gary cohn his economic advisor who wanted some questions about infrastructure. didn t get any. also steve mnuchin the money guy. what s interesting is according to ax gross this morning, the president had that press availability and he lashed out because he felt that the media
oxycontin overprescribing did. not go far enough to warn about overdose dangers. abby? abby: thank you, todd. president trump pushing back after toppling of confederate statues. so this week it s robert e. lee. i notice. you really do have to ask yourself where does it stop? abby: interesting point there. here to debate john hopkins wendy and g.o.p. analyst gee on know caldwell. thank you for being with us. good morning. abby: this has become really a hot button issue and big debate around this country. wenty, where do you fall on this? to be quite honest the takedown of the confederate soldiers monument in my home state of durham, north carolina. is beyond monument. it s about hatred and white supremacy to have heather heyer killed on u.s. soil by