anybody. and we have people that do not even call them in the past. but now we call them. i m also proud to be joined by passenger advocates, pilot unions, and leaders of airlines. and cargo companies who strongly support our new framework. and our bidding process, and we are bidding ideally to one great company. they will be many bids, but one great company that can piece it all together. not too many companies over the united states, like in the past when it came time to piece it together, it did not work. they were all different systems. we threw away billions and billions of dollars. i am very grateful that every former faa chief and chief operating officer s into the former transportation secretaries, jim burnley, elizabeth doyle, mary pierce
anybody. and we have people that don t even call them. in the past. but now we call them. i m also proud to be joined today by passenger advocates, pilot unions, and leaders of airlines and cargo companies who strongly support our new framework and our bidding process. and we re bidding ideally to one great company. there will be many bids. but one great company that can piece it all together. not many companies all over the united states like in the past. when it came time to piece it together, it didn t work. they were all different systems. we threw away billions and billions of dollars. i am very grateful that every former faa chief and chief operating officers and three former transportation secretaries, jim bernly, elizabeth dole, and mary pierce,
talks to the quality control officer at takata. that happens in a few hours from now. suspect that s going to be a pretty robust exchange certainly from the u.s. side as to exactly what they do. what do you do if you have a car and you actually drive it into those warmer, more humid climates, there for a few weeks. dogs that make you more vulnerable and should you be included? all those questions, big, big questions. now, the only thing we hear from takata is what they are planning to do and the boss, ceo said they have a four-point plan but a lot of that is sort of in hindsight looking at what went wrong and as they say they are going to appoint some very senior u.s. actually former u.s. transportation secretaries to help deal with the issues, but as to what takata is going to do, what it s going to tell its people who have its air bag, what it s going to tell the u.s. congress and, indeed, what it s going to do about a national recall, they re still very silent on those issues, ros
megyn: but you keep citing that one person. he did change his tune on that since last week when i said that. but you still have to know what is in there and what is the level? is in a toxic level? it s not just about the state of nebraska, it s about americans affected not just by the water but by the air. and god forbid we have another disaster, another spill, another explosion. we have some of the strongest environmental protection laws in america at local and federal level. all of these companies doing these projects have to meet all these standards. this president doesn t want oil. the proof of it is in the statements of the president, his energy and transportation secretaries. oil drilling the last three years of the obama administration on private land is up 14% because of the demand leslie mentioned. what she didn t mention was drilling on federal land where it pays a royalty to the u.s. tadges pairs is down 6%.
improve roads, rails and runways. two former transportation secretaries say the best way to pay the tab is a tax hike on gas. the tax has not gone up since 1993, the increase would push the average price of gas to at least $3 a gallon. brian? put your clothes on. that s what a new york town is telling the naked cowboy who recently announced he s running for president. robert bird is his name. times square street performer was playing his guitar at a festival in port jefferson, new york on long island. police slapped him with a summons for being shirtless in public. what about no pants? that s true, too. we never got around to that. that s ok. nowhere to put the ticket. he faces a fine for $250. poor guy. meanwhile, the democratic national committee blasting karl rove accusing him of shady fundraising by allegedly channelling secret foreign money. karl rove, ed gillespie,