heard of that being spent on new pipelines but the good news is that direct capital investment for the construction of new pipelines will average fifty five billion dollars through twenty twenty five so while the ultimate outcome is unpredictable the intention remains clear for the trumpet ministration and the industry to put the u.s. as a top net exporter of natural gas and oil and move not possible without infrastructure to support the pipelines sayyid have enter r.t. washington d.c. . and we can't leave bridges out of the talk about infrastructure and we won't here's our to correspondent national banks with more. took place fifty four thousand bridges somewhere to the one behind me that are structurally deficient here in the

u.s. that's according to a report released by the american road and transportation builders association their report states americans cross these deficient bridges one hundred seventy four million times a day potentially placing their lives at risk according to the report deficient bridges are defined as safe to drive but show signs of age and decay and are in need of regular inspections last year the american society of civil engineers gave us and from structure ideally plus greet the group estimates the u.s. government will need to spend two trillion dollars over the next ten years and order to keep american infrastructure from falling apart the group says over the last ten years there has been a two a trillion dollar gap which roads and bridges and mass transit transit systems were neglect it runs one point five trillion dollars plan would include a congress three. directing two hundred billion dollars of federal funds to amtrak

and transit programs over the next ten years while calling for millions of dollars to come from cities states and the private sector the downside is that public private partnerships usually work and urban areas but require projects that generate money like toll roads and airports now only thirty five states allow that democratic congressman and ranking member on the house transportation committee peter de fazio believes trump's and friends structure plan will fall apart if there isn't any substantial federal funding adding quote cutting other already underfunded transportation programs to fund a new program is not going to happen experts believe the likelihood of congress focusing on infrastructure this year is slim to none and washington eiseley banks are. going for a brief post here because when we return we'll look at the all important electrical

grid and as we go to break here's a quiz question for you how many cars trucks buses motorcycle for the other vehicles are there in the united states is it one hundred sixty eight million two hundred eighteen two hundred sixty eight million or three hundred eighteen the answer straight ahead when we return. backs geysers financial survival guide. housing bubble. oh you mean there's a downside artificially low mortgage rates don't get carried away that's cause report. right we're all set to start in five yes to something that has a signal. it's not going to talk about. just

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welcome back to our quiz question how many cars trucks buses motorcycles and other vehicles are there in the united states is it one hundred sixty eight million to eight hundred two hundred sixty eight million or three hundred eighty million and the answer is c. two hundred sixty eight million vehicles in the united. it's. another kick a part of our infrastructure system is our electrical grid for more on this we turn to our to correspondent the poshest week. increase in we're noble energy like wind and solar are soaring it only accounts for roughly sixteen percent of the u.s. is electricity so the question remains on what's the best method to modernize our grid the electric car rebates. and gas tax.

are all examples of the government stepping in hoping to either promote a certain type of energy or discourage it and now as more households are utilizing solar energy surprisingly enough it's still not even close to being the majority just to be clear solar is not that still more expensive and robert murphy with the institute for energy research says that according to the federal government's predictions even by the year two thousand and fifty seventy eight percent of the u.s. is electricity will likely still be made up of fossil fuels wind suffers from intermittency issues so there are certain areas where niches a wind source can be very effective but in general you know there's only certain areas where the wind blows more than one point seven million solar energy systems are installed nationwide with a capacity of over forty gigawatts and solar energy industries association estimates that one megawatt of electricity can power at one hundred sixty four homes so forty gigawatts is reportedly enough to power more than six and a half million u.s. households but whether or noble or more traditional sources of energy like coal

murphy believes the federal government shouldn't be in the business of picking winners and losers in the energy sector i've been consistent on that i don't think that the obama administration should have been favoring wind and solar and i also don't think the trumpet ministration should be trying to implicitly subsidize nucular and. all fired plants either i think that the government's role should have a neutral playing field and let consumers and producers decide but one place where people desperately do need help is in puerto rico unfortunately while they have made significant progress rebuilding capabilities there are still communities in puerto rico's without power congressman randy weber of texas revisited the natural disasters of twenty seventeen in an energy summit committee hearing this month in his eyes in much work still needs to be done hurricane harvey in texas devastated much of the state however what the points out the use of smart meters actually help pinpoint which areas were without power. but it's

a much different story for puerto rico even nine months after hurricane maria hit the island for months more than half of the island remain without power especially during those medical care a category four storm caused an estimated one hundred billion dollars in damages and now there are at least eight hundred homes with temporary roofs still needing replacement. as is impotent what you call impotence because i don't have the power the power to say look please how much are those when animals here take it. with an unemployment rate of nine point six percent the lowest in almost thirty years there are signs of economic recovery but the island still has a long way to go the grid is evolving rapidly and threats are changing the country's top energy researchers are agree that energy alone can't move forward without also taking national security into consideration u.s. power systems are potentially vulnerable to large scale impacts from complex

threats including disturbances and automatic pulses from mile to to nuclear detonation while national security remains on the forefront of energy technology industry leaders say that finding the most efficient battery storage on able the us to utilize renewable energy at a better capacity at the coachella valley. interest rates artsy. over half of all public schools in the u.s. are barely making the grade a d. plus is all they get according to the american society of civil engineers infrastructure report card the document shows fifty three percent of all schools need improvements to reach good condition this includes investments to make repairs renovations and modernization what's especially concerning here is that half of us schools are at least fifty years old and with that comes

a number of problems such as poor air quality lead pipes for drinking water and heating and cooling systems failures all these factors can affect the health of people who use the facilities more than twenty years ago the u.s. government accountability office put out a report that showed that as many as twenty eight million students attended schools with significant structural problems including fifteen thousand schools with unsafe indoor air quality more recently news headlines have featured some massive issues at schools for example philadelphia schools with lead paint flaking from the walls schools in south west virginia that are falling apart and baltimore schools which had to be closed for weeks during the cold months due to failing heating systems with the situation across the country dire at best many were shocked when the president left school's out of the state of the union address earlier this year. and i am calling on congress to produce a bill that generates at least one point five trillion dollars for the new and structure investment that our country so desperately needs the exemption of schools

had nothing to do with forgetfulness but instead seems to be quite deliberate since congress has historically shot down the idea of giving federal money to public schools usually pushed by the republicans the logic has been that investing in. public schools is the responsibility of state and local governments and recently u.s. secretary of education betsy de vos suggested a european education for americans by merging the department of education and department of labor to reduce the federal footprint in education and make the federal government more responsive to the full range of needs faced by american students and workers right now nearly fifty million kids from kindergarten to grade twelve go to public school each and every school day in america in addition another six million adults are also using the facilities for learning that's almost one hundred thousand schools across the country filled with people young and old looking for an education when you take infrastructure spending into consideration

it looks like the people powered future is being neglected schools currently spend about fifty billion annually on maintenance and operations and another forty nine billion on new school construction and capital development according to a two thousand and sixteen report by the twenty first century school fund the center for green schools and national council on school facilities it would cost roughly one hundred forty five billion annually to maintain and modernize school buildings and this deficit is bound to grow because the number of students is growing between one nine hundred ninety four and two thousand and thirteen the student population grew by nearly five million requiring an additional thirteen thousand k. to twelve schools by two thousand and twenty six in rome and is projected at fifty one point four million students that's about one point five million more than right now with the problem obviously getting bigger and the many recent stories of school woes some are hoping that the president will be persuaded to make an investment in

education infrastructure sooner than later reporting for r.t. i'm alex mileage. well we already took a look at roads in a previous episode back on the road the other way arches which as. you see them all over the roads on highways freeways and squeezing through tight streets with precision often you're probably annoyed when stuck behind one but the reality is trucking is the lifeblood of the u.s. economy around eighty percent of all freight tonnage moved around the us is delivered on trucks around ten and a half billion tons of freight gets trucked all across the country all other modes of transport combined trucking move everything from the bed you sleep on the car

you drive in the food you eat all the way to the clothes on your back valued at almost one hundred thirty billion dollars in goods per year that's more than four thousand dollars every second travelling on those big rigs trucking is a six hundred fifty billion dollars a year business which is approximately five percent of america's annual g.d.p. and is the most common job in america the number one job for twenty nine states although there are more than three and a half million professional truckers in the united states according to the american trucking associations america is currently still short nearly sixty thousand drivers every year and that driver shortage seems like it's just the beginning projections show that at this rate the demand will grow to a shortage of over one hundred thousand drivers annually in the next five years i talked to steve a celie fox family pavilion scholar at the university of pennsylvania and author of the book the big rig for his take on the industry this shortage has traditionally

been confined to the long haul for hire segment which are really the toughest jobs out there like the ones i was just describing that you know require you to work seventy eighty ninety hours a week live on the truck for weeks at a time. those jobs of always been tough to sell and now we're starting to see it hard for companies that don't have those poor working conditions and also low pay. to fill their jobs these are these are talking jobs that have traditionally been very good jobs is sometimes excellent wages and even some of those companies are now having trouble finding skilled experienced drivers the trucking industry not only has demographics working against it but some might argue that technology will eventually kill the profession altogether the white house council of economic advisors published a report in two thousand and sixteen that thout that vehicle automation could

threaten up to three point three million jobs industry professionals however argue that trucking will always need a human if for nothing more than ensuring proper functionality and in case of emergencies such as flat tires system failures or the need to recharge batteries on vehicles like tesla's semi autonomous all electric class eight semi were several decades away from you know trucks that are going to be able to drive themselves in urban areas in particular the technology that we're adding so that it will get less intensive let less labor intensive is far is that a technical skill of the driver but what it is doing is adding safety technology by leaps and bounds incorporated into the truck autonomous vehicles it's great they're fun to talk about they truly are but no matter where you go no matter what autonomous truck you see you generally see a driver seen a steering wheel which means they're going to be a need for

a driver to drive it given that the trucking industry accounts for five percent of the u.s. g.d.p. just how much is the u.s. government reciprocating to support the industry dilapidating roads failing bridges unaccommodating rest in truck stops that are too far and few apart those are. some complaints the drivers say make their already tough jobs even more difficult make no mistake you know our roads and bridges are falling apart and we need infrastructure funding just to fund those repairs and create a safer environment for not only our truck drivers but everybody that drives on our nation's highways americans will continue to demand products food and other goods and the need to fulfill that demand will never cease no matter the capacity whether as a driver or a systems monitor someone will be needed in the cabin of that thirty five thousand pound machine for decades to come in washington manila chan r.t. . day on direct t.v.

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david well so she pulled the thing he's not sure this city has the same and maybe the biggest not that russia has at this stage it is the quarterfinals of the wealth the host nation taking on. in the olympic stadium the fish stadium of a forty thousand pounds of packed in there is a capacity crowd what's going to be we hope we're pretty sure it's going to be a very very exciting game tonight the rules behind us that are about to kick off

the players are out on the pitch it's a minute let's take a look at the scene around russia these are some of the founder. couldn't get a ticket they want to watch the match they want to soak up the atmosphere twenty five thousand locals and the fans though in moscow nineteen thousand in st petersburg that's a capacity they had to look at those the saying no more is not enough room looks punch in thousands in sochi as well. the nation has come to a standstill everybody is watching this is a monumental game and they are underway peter schmeichel is along side me this is a huge game for the host nation it's a huge game for croatia was well because nobody wants to go out in the quarter finals but they've got england waiting for them it's a huge game in the world of the quarter final of the world cup and it just so happens that russia the host nation is one of the teams playing today and the play against croatia the game is just kicked off forty seconds into the game croatia

started with the ball but the ball went towards the goalkeeper so it's basically russia on the attack. and yeah well they've looked very aggressive where we saw spain russia in the game against spain people very defensively minded stood back defended the goal and all i know one minute is nothing to go by for this just looks completely different to that we've seen the line of some good and they suggest that but it seems realize this is a great opportunity say that there's a semifinal in touching distance if they're going to go out not going to do it going out with a win but the going to go out playing it's like yeah well sam is. it's a tense office been forced to make one change and the change is either coffee is not fit today and that means that. i'm always confused that cherishes just had a chance which he's had in every game and he's a player that comes in instead of the echo and that means that he's going for the

back and it's of two five to three midfield maybe a five across that and then zubar his own up for front quite played five at the back in the game in spain gracious him in a similar line up and the slot could tally cheese made one change which again is a very attacking might have changed brussel beach was the midfield player he said on the bench today he started the game against then my comments came in that came when he starts again today and primary is a striker so crazy are actually fielding. three three and a half strike so it's very little they sold that spain couldn't create the goals they needed and again creation of decided it seems they're going to go out not for lack of attacking intent i think i think they say that it's an opportunity on the court to find don't want to go out because he didn't try so these let's go let's go

and have you know what try and see big t.v. we can win this game and win it outright i think the whole stress of of defending against spain from from us just. back to defending against spain from twenty five minutes before the end of the nineteenth. the stress of that plus and then the thirty minutes of extra and the penalty shoot out i think maybe you realize that's maybe a little bit too much for us so it looks a bit more offensive from russia but. it's been matched by croatia so. it's going to be interesting with three minutes into the game every time russia they have the ball it is so loud from back there we can hear that. i think our screen o.o.o. pick pictures are maybe ten seconds sixty seconds behind so we hear what happens first and then probably why would cost our eyes tell you we just before we go we

talked about you know how important a fan saw it and home advantage he said it's important for the home team so much you know the challenges but we've heard it here i mean it affects us and we're a good distance from the stadium and most feel lifting for the players it's definitely something that the players that have all that support that they can use as i said an hour ago it doesn't mean if you go a team here just in and out of here russia are on the go again it doesn't really matter because. it's such a super and. he's been a revelation but just to go back to to the away fans because you made the decision before and you know it's going to be like that and therefore you decided it's not going to play a part of your game i wish we could be an adult when the next best place and you are staying with us a little coverage on on tape a few moments ago actually we had a great moment it's a bit of it we'll keep this reunion piece in chatting chatting about sunday between the sticks with pascal zuba bill and his faith is keeping specialist and he gave

his opinions on player who could be key for russia tonight and out is the man who is in goal for then. i'm fine thank you for your was for if you there's ever this. big road really up in this game i had the feeling of also ok it was part of the team but in this game i had the feeling he keep getting bigger and bigger and bigger and in the pienaar the shoot out was and he said moment to show. i'm here and ready goal keeping today he's not on the safe and catch balls. we know this. of course is a very most important thing but decision making how is he playing from behind that play long now should i take the ball a little bit more slower at eight thirty to decease the most important thing of the goalkeeper needs to be a personality. one of the rules from the crowd on the roll and as we

speak. if it's just made it really could save an intervention there's now a corner to crazy but he is a very important player for russia today not only is he the goalkeeper that needs to stop whatever comes at him he's also a leader and i thought he stepped up to that leadership role in that game against spain and he needs to do exactly the same to four for his team and for his teammates today yet eager to get back in favor of hey hey hey that's the chant if you want to cheer along at home he saved him with his legs in the penalty shoot out using his hands this time around to good effect. keep across the action other than back to our guys in st petersburg. thanks neal thanks peter yeah very well welcome to you from st petersburg quite incredible how even in that studio in salt you can hear in the background the noise

from freestate him quite credible that russia crazy quarterfinal underway our correspondent is there right now in the fire zone in sochi hopefully you'll be able to hear us i was it was definitely madness that. i guess the atmosphere is pretty tense there at the moment how are people feeling rusher of other good stuff so far . he said that hi again right now i can hear you because you actually started talking to me just after being here i can fan made that wonderful save perhaps during that who wouldn't be able to hear you you may have heard that bad zones in fast time fests all across russia are hackers and i can tell you that here in saw the tree i saw that police had to close the entrance and i really do feel sorry for the people who didn't get in because obviously if you don't have a ticket to the mystery that this was the best place to come and if people didn't

make it here it's a real pity for them there are bars across here and i can see that people are trying to line up there they are standing on the stairs i can see some people on the roofs and this is really amazing to watch and i really want someone in here to tell me after the game is over what the attendance was because i do have the feeling that here have a saucy fantastic must be getting close to the attendance happy fish to read out for you to get a feeling a taste of what's happening here i'm just going to ask my cameraman to raise the camera starts and if we do not do a bit of a three hundred sixty degree turn to stake a log out of how many people there are here and yes they are delighted to see the tower. and they are delighted to be here but andrew farmer my colleague was just outside the fish stadium before the game began and that he has something special to

show you as well you know. what i know you're thinking guys and evaluate the teacher not it again perhaps well a simple enough to school this one. and you'll see the stadium is actually right here it's only a pebbles throw away from the black sea in my mind it's the perfect location for a game of football never mind a world cup quarter final and i'd also say that ninety percent of those seats inside the forty five thousand seat arena will be taken by russians tonight because they have been flying into sochi by the planeload over the last couple of days and many of them are super confident to get their magical right in this world cup will continue with a victory over croatia at this evening as for me you know what i'm not so sure i'll try to destroy how i'm feeling see the stadium you can't miss it well according to the architects they do those two big white stands represent two snowy peaks but in my mind they are mere pimples compared to the mountain that russia has to cry.