money, one report found annual investments in the nation s roads and bridges needs to increase by $32 billion. a whopping $47,000 bridges in the country are listed as structural structural structural structurally devt. the pens coal apay bridge. structurally deficient are defined as needing repairs but in the unsafe for travel. in west virginia one in five bridges are structurally deficient including the ee vits run bridge in charlestown. it s hard to see the problems up above but once you get underneath you can see what s gone wrong. this is a piece of guardrail fallen off. up there, there is a hole in the guardrail. more holes, crumbling concrete. at the end you can see the concrete has simply fallen away. an estimated 11,000 people cross the bridge every day. this is a tragedy waiting to
today according to the coast guard, that number tops out at 12 million. translating to 130 million boat users. at the same time, experts say very little has been invested in boating infrastructure. this man calls it a tragedy waiting to happen. if the boat ramp is not well maintained you have the danger of actually recovering boats and having something catastrophic happen. first responders that can t get into the water in a timely manner they simply can t do their job. the former director of the coastal resources division in georgia. there are 50,000 boat ramps in the united states. most of them he fears are overcrowded or don t work the way they are supposed to. particularly the ones on the ocean. you ve got the corrosiveness of the salt air and the water. you ve got the erosion cause by the rising and the falling of the tide. so, you know, we sort of laughingly say there s no such thing as a permanent boat ramp
the united states. today according to the coast guard, that number tops out at 12 million. translating to 130 million boat users. at the same time, experts say very little has been invested in boating infrastructure. this man calls it a tragedy waiting to happen. if the boat ramp is not well maintained you have the danger of actually recovering boats and having something catastrophic happen. first responders that can t get into the water in a timely manner they simply can t do their job. the former director of the coastal resources division in georgia. there are 50,000 boat ramps in the united states. most of them he fears are overcrowded or don t work the way they are supposed to. particularly the ones on the ocean. you ve got the corrosiveness of the salt air and the water. you ve got the erosion cause by the rising and the falling of the tide. so, you know, we sort of
the more troubling thing, though, is what i saw earlier today because missouri is an open carry state you saw some people openly carrying firearms. we saw that in charlottesville and in dallas before those officers were shot. that is very dangerous and that s just a tragedy waiting to happen. to have people at a protest and you introduce women s on top of that, not much good can come from it. as a backdrop to the protests tonight the department of justice announced they re scaling back the obama administration s program to reform local police departments. i m wondering what your thoughts are on that and what kind of message it tends. you know, i cocharmd president obama s task force. i actually asked for the justice department to come in and take a look at our democratic. i thought it was very helpful. listen, i understand that there s no one way of doing things, but i do think having an outside body come in and take a look at a department, make recommendations is something that ca
things. well, it is, but we re kind of used to that now as a profession where you have these spontaneous protests. you monitor, reroute traffic. the more troubling thing, though, is what i saw earlier today because missouri is an open carry state, you saw some people a few, not many openly carrying firearms. we saw that in charlottesville and in dallas before those officers were shot. that is very dangerous and that s just a tragedy waiting to happen. to have people at a protest and it s highly charged to begin with, and you introduce weapons on top of that, not much good can come from that. as a backdrop to the protests tonight the department of justice announced they re scaling back the obama administration s program to reform local police departments. i m wondering what your thoughts are on that and what kind of message it sends. you know, i co-chaired president obama s task force. i actually asked for the justice department to come in and take a look at our department.