>> WELCOME BACK TO JERSEY STRAP
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND VICE
PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS ARE
MEETING TODAY WITH A BIPARTISAN
GROUP OF LAWMAKERS TO DISCUSS
THE 2 TRILLION DOLLAR
INFRASTRUCTURE PROPOSAL FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE PRESIDENT BIDEN
WANTS TO SEEK BIPARTISANSHIP
BUT IT'S VERY UNCLEAR WHETHER
THE GOP WILL PLAY BALL.
JOINING US FOR MORE WITH MORE
IS DAVE LEVENTHAL SENIOR
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT FOR
INSIDE A NICE TO HAVE
YOU HERE, LET'S START WITH THE
ATTENDEES AT THIS MEETING NOT
YOUR TYPICAL MEMBERS YOU MIGHT
COME TO EXPECT LIKE A COLLINS
AND MURKOWSKI A MANSION INSTEAD
WE HAD A LOT OF LAWMAKERS THAT
MAY NOT REALLY BE HOUSEHOLD
NAMES. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE
LINEUP. WHY WAS IT SO IMPORTANT
TO HAVE PEOPLE LIKE CONGRESSMAN
DONALD PAYNE IN ATTENDANCE.
>> WELL JOE BIDEN IS TRYING TO
TRULY MAKE THIS A BIPARTISAN
BILL EASIER SAID THAN DONE
RIGHT, BUT AT LEAST AT THIS
EARLY STAGE. THAT'S THE EFFORT
THAT'S BEING MADE AND THAT'S IN
PART BECAUSE OF COURSE WE
EXPECT THE DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS ARE GOING
TO YOU HAVE VERY DIFFERENT
OPINIONS ABOUT WHERE TO GO WITH
THIS GIGANTIC
INFRASTRUCTURE BILL AS IT MOVES
FORWARD, BUT ALSO TOO WE SORT
OF INNER PARTY FIGHTING TO
DEMOCRATS VERSUS DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
VERSUS REPUBLICANS IN A WAY
EVERYONE FROM ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY, INCLUDING THESE
LAWMAKERS WHO ARE NOT HOUSEHOLD
NAMES OR LOBBYIST FOR
THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES, SO
THEY'RE GOING TO BE SOME
REALLY REGIONAL. SPECIFIC SET
TO BE DISCUSSED HERE AND ALSO
SOME REGIONAL ISSUES TO BE
LOBBIED ON WHAT ULTIMATELY THIS
SAID THAT THE WORK OF THIS BILL
GETS DONE BECAUSE EVERYONE'S
GOING TO WANT A LITTLE PIECE OF
THOSE VERY VERY LARGE 2 PLUS
TRILLION DOLLAR PIATT BUT
ULTIMATELY GETS A MARCH.
>> THEY CERTAINLY WELL HOUSE
SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI SAID IN A
BIT OF A DEADLINE HERE DAVE SHE
BY THE 4TH OF JULY WOULD LIKE
TO SEE THIS THING GET DONE AT
LEAST THROUGH THE HOUSE HERE
HOW MUCH STOCK SHOULD WE REALLY
PUT INTO THESE
SELF-IMPOSED DEADLINE THAT
LAWMAKERS ARE FROM TIME TO TIME
PRETTY FOND OF.
>> I WOULDN'T PUT TOO MUCH
STOCK IN IT. I MEAN THESE
DEADLINES CAN MOVE IT'S AN
ASPIRATION. IT'S A GOAL, IT'S
A TARGET. BUT IT'S NOT
SOMETHING THAT IS SET IN STONE
OR GRANTED THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT THEY'D LIKE TO MAKE, BUT
THEY DON'T HAVE TO
MAKE AN. YOU KNOW THERE'S A LOT
OUT NANCY PELOSI'S CONTROL HERE
IN
TERMS OF HOW FAR THIS IS
ACTUALLY GOING TO GO DOWN THE
ROAD WHETHER IT GETS THAT DAY
OR GOES BEYOND
WE DEFINITELY KNOW AS WE LIKE
TO HERE IN WASHINGTON DC ABOUT
INFRASTRUCTURE WEEK IT WAS
SOMETHING WE MENTIONED A LOT
DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
EXPECT THIS TO
BE INFRASTRUCTURE PER YEAR THIS
IS GOING TO BE A BILL THAT
DOMINATES THE CONGRESS AND
DOMINATES OF THE PUBLIC
DISCOURSE FOR MUCH OF 2021
BECAUSE IT IS SO MASSIVE BEEN
JOE BIDEN IS TAKING SUCH
A BROAD BROAD APPROACH TO
WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE REALLY IS
IN THIS BILL IS NOT JUST ROADS
AND BRIDGES ISN'T PORTS
AND AIRPORTS. THIS IS ABOUT
PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING YOU
COULD DEFINE AS INFRASTRUCTURE
AND THAT MAKES A HUGE AS WE
DEBATE THIS GOING FORWARD.
>> OF COURSE THAT ELSEWHERE
HERE IN WASHINGTON AT THE WHITE
HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY
OFFICIALS HOLDING A CHIP SUMMIT
COUNTY. THEY ARE REALLY TRYING
TO 0 IN ON THE SEMICONDUCTOR.
CONCERNS AND GEORGIA
SPECIFICALLY WHAT IT MEANS FOR
THE AUTO INDUSTRY, WHAT IS
IMPORTANT FOR VIEWERS TO KNOW I
REALLY ABOUT THE POLITICAL
ANGLE OF THIS ONGOING CHIP
SHORTAGE BECAUSE THE WHITE
HOUSE IS CERTAINLY PAYING
ATTENTION.
>> CERTAINLY ARE AND THAT THIS
IS A HUGE ISSUE FOR 2 REASONS
NUMBER ONE FROM A BUSINESS
STANDPOINT. THE AUTO
MANUFACTURERS IN THIS COUNTRY
AND AROUND THE WORLD THERE ARE
GRAVELY
CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT THAT
THIS SHORTAGE IS GOING TO HAVE
ON THEIR ABILITY TO PRODUCE
VEHICLES AND FROM A
CONSUMER STANDPOINT, WHICH IS
REALLY WHAT WHEN YOU GET INTO
THE DOMESTIC POLITICS OF ALL
THIS PEOPLE WANT TO PAY MORE
FOR THE CAUSE AND THEY
ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO IF YOU HAVE
A CHIP SHORTAGE, WELL, YOU KNOW
AUTOMOBILES RIGHT NOW ARE SO
RELIANT ON THIS TECHNOLOGY AND
SO ON LYON ON THESE COMPONENTS
THAT YOU COULD BE TALKING ABOUT
A REAL STICKER SHOCK SITUATION
FOR PEOPLE IF THEY'RE GOING TO
BUY BUY A NEW CAR AND
WELL, MAYBE THEY'RE NOT GOING
TO BUY THAT NEW CAR IF IT'S
JUST SIMPLY TOO EXPENSIVE TO
BUY A USED CAR OR DO SOMETHING
ELSE SO THAT COULD HAVE A REAL
REAL SIGNIFICANT EFFECT
ON COMMERCE ALL ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AT A TIME WHEN OF
COURSE THE ECONOMY IS IT JUST
IS SUCH A
YOU KNOW PRECARIOUS SITUATION
AS IT IS RIGHT NOW WITH THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
YEAH DAY FINALLY WHILE WE HAVE
YOU HERE MY FRIEND ALONG THAT
WE WE KNOW ABOUT
THE IMAGES AND THAT THE CRISIS
AT THE U.S. MEXICO BORDER HERE
PRESIDENT BY NAME HIS NOMINEE
TO
LEAD CUSTOMS. AND BORDER
PROTECTION, HOW BIG AN EMPHASIS
SHOULD THIS BE FOR THE WHITE
HOUSE RIGHT NOW AND WHAT SHOULD
VIEWERS KNOW ABOUT THIS KEY
HIRE.
DR. HUGHES, THE CHIEF OF POLICE
IN TUCSON ARIZONA SOMEBODY WHO
WAS VERY CRITICAL.
DONALD TRUMP'S POLICIES ON THE
BORDER AND THIS IS JUST A ONE
REPRESENTATION OF A MUCH MUCH
LARGER PUSH TO DO PRETTY MUCH A
ONE 80 FROM WHERE DONALD TRUMP
WAS IN HIS BORDER POLICIES
TOWARD JOE BIDEN IS NOW A LOT
HAS GONE WRONG
ON THE BORDER DURING THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION, BUT THE JOE
BIDEN DEFINITELY WANTS TO HAVE
A DIFFERENT TONE A
DIFFERENT TENOR AND AGAIN IN
HIS REALLY STRUGGLED SO THIS IS
GOING TO BE A KEY HIRE TO WATCH
TO SEE EXACTLY WHETHER THEY'RE
GOING TO
BE SOME MATERIAL CHANGES AND
ONES THAT ARE GOING TO ADDRESS
WHAT IS A VERY VERY BAD
SITUATION ON THE BORDER AS WE