discussion and help move transportation and infrastructure policy forward. thank you very much, and i look forward to our discussion. thank you. [ applause ] go ahead and sit in the middle. and rich, if you join us on the end there. we ll have some q&a here. we ll chat a little bit and then time to open it up to some questions from you all in the audience. thank you both for being here. as i said at the top, a host of issues where the chamber and the afl-cio, organized labor do not see eye to eye. i saw mr. trumka and on this issue there is so much overlap and the question is raised immediately, if organized labor and the largest business group in washington are on the same page, why can t this get done. maybe i ll go to you, rich, first. what s standing in the way? you ve looked at this issue and battled over this for years. what s in the way? it s pure politics right now. in the past this was always a bipartisan issue. there was never bickering. everybody knew that you
it does not and should not stop and that is what it s all about. thank you for inviting us in the design and planning of the trans- european networks. the video that i just saw wrong video. the european networks approach to strategically plan and implement the big infrastructure networks. and earlier this morning, the problem was raised about how advanced countries can modernize the classrooms and in our case we have some of our members states and other member states they just set up the infrastructure in the states particularly those that joined the eu most recently or recently the infrastructure is not as good. but besides that, the infrastructure plans and our member states that initially built with the national dimension and we see the interconnections that are crucial to integrate europe in order through to bring growth. now the supply chains are not just global and therefore we need to be able to go from one part of the eu by the inland waters to air traffic. so i
executive infrastructure club which brings together companies and key u.s. decision makers at the federal and local levels who have informal roundtable discussions. it allows a dialogue in order for us to sort of share our best practice and lessons learned over time. and when i speak to my counter parts in the d.o.t. and those on the hill, it s very clear that we have had the same challenges that we re always very happy to share those experiences. so thank you very much for the opportunity to explain that. [applause] thank you so much. nigel. thank you very much. good morning, ladies and gentlemen. and thank you very much to the organizers and sponsors of this week s event for infrastructure week 2014. so i m going to talk about p-3. i m going to talk about p-3 from a u.k. perspective, from my involvement in the private sector so you ve had heard from judith a lot of what i m going to say is really going to echo what jude yitsdz has said from the private sector s point of
profile of the nation s infrastructure issues to recruit new c.e.o. s and top-level voices to the cause, and to generate more interest among the business community for addressing the challenges we will discuss today and throughout the week. little did i know a year later we would be here today with a week packed full of events and national and regional media campaign involving a steering committee that unified business, labor, and think tanks. paul urassi is the president of hnt tv culls companies. paul, thank you to your dedication to modernizing our roads, railways, rivers, runways, and waterpipes, and your ability to put the chamber and the council together for that all important first meeting . for that, we are here today. paul, please accept my thanks and the steering committee s gratitude for h.n.t. s generous sponsorship of the week. please join me in welcoming paul urassi. 6 [applause] i have the honor today of introducing the first keynote speaker, donahue. a numbe
among the catalysts, the stock manag market is higher. the passengers said if it s moving forward at a normal speed, you still feel the water, obviously, but when it s just floating, i guess every wave in the ocean. oh, my god. i can t imagine a worse scenario. i guess they re sitting there listing. plus the boat is listing, too. part of the problem was when the fire occurred, it knocked out some sort of a stabilization thing. and they re not saying it s not material, either, at this point. with the coverage of this and hearing about this, if you were on the fence thinking you might go ahead and book a cruise is that what s going to hurt the earnings or is it just the government of the pop? disney i don t know if they own them or nbc universal doesn t. how does anyone book who walks across the plank and gets on that? literally, if you were thinking about it and in the last five years, can t you go back? how about the one over in the mediterrane