but governor newsom believes this is payback for his opposition to the president s immigration policies. in a statement, he believes it s no coincidence that it comes 24 hours after california led 15 states encountering the president s farcical emergency. he tied the two go together, this is clear lyrical retribution by president trump and we won t sit idly by. the tweet he s referring to is this one. it said, the failed train project where the cost overruns overcoming world record setting is hundreds of times more expensive than the desperately needed wall. the estimated costs of the bullet train is now approaching $77 billion. martha, that s more than double the initial price tag. martha: thank you. kristin fisher in d.c. joining me now, jason chaffetz, former utah congressman and dave
i think about the fact that the president went after california after the wildfires, for example. and california, politicians there like to fight with the president. the president also said he was going to strip funding from the university of california school system. kevin mccarthy is the most powerful house republican, and he s from california. this move by newsom to scale back the train project should be a welcome sign for republicans. this has been the most fervent issue for him over the years is cancelling the high speed train. i think it s going to be difficult for mccarthy to line up with the president and try to claw the money back from california. he s one of the president s top allies on capitol hill. yes. they talk often. very often. and it will be interesting to see how he reacts. stick around. we ll see what your sources are telling you about a variety of stories. next up, an msnbc news exclusive story. the highest profile openly gay man in the trump administration
train project funded. lots of people live in california. they are starting it in the middle of state. we envision connecting los angeles, san francisco, san diego. john: that will cost $100 billion. you are expecting private investors. have any come forward? not at this time but there is every reason to believe they will. the private money was a joke because private money will invest in something they can make a profit. john: so why does it happen. because it s visionary. it s very visionary. trains will revolutionize our infrastructure. john: trains are romantic. he likes amtrak train. amtrak trains are packed. john: actually here is what it looked like when we taped. on average, the amtrak trains
train project funded. lots of people live in california. they are starting it in the middle of state. we envision connecting los angeles, san francisco, san diego. john: that will cost $100 billion. you are expecting private investors. have any come forward? not at this time but there is every reason to believe they will. the private money was a joke because private money will invest in something they can make a profit. john: so why does it happen. because it s visionary. it s very visionary. trains will revolutionize our infrastructure. john: trains are romantic. he likes amtrak train. amtrak trains are packed. john: actually here is what it looked like when we taped.
get train project funded. lots of people live in california. they are starting high speed rail in the middle of the state because that s where you can build it fast. we envision high speed rail connecting the big points. that will cost another $100 billion. you re expecting private invest investors. private investors will be a part of the mix. have any come forward? not at this time, but there s every reason to believe that they will. the private money was always a joke because private money will invest in something where they can make a profit. there s no way this project will pay for itself. why does it happen? oh, because it s visionary, john. it s very, very visionary. trains will revolutionize our global transportation infrastructure. trains are romantic. litten like s california s amtrak train. amtrak trains are packed. packed? yes. actually here s what it looked like recently when we