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one of the most amazing survival stories comes from the man trying to rebill the tower. >> you were toows on the world that morning. >> every morning i spent at the trade center meeting with tenants. usually having breakfast meetings at windows. >> what a place to have discussions like that. >> that morning the morning of 9/11, my wife made appointment for me with the dermatologist -- i'm saying cancel, i have so much to do, i'm going down to the trade center. she got angry, upset. i said don't get angry, yes dear. your wife gets upset, you can let that happen. i said whatever you want me to do, i'll do. >> his wife's stubbornness saved i had life. he was far away from the site of the biggest mass murder ever committed in this country. [ sirens ] >> 2 753 died, another 244 at the pentagon aboard flight 93, all together, 2,977 died. the images and the events of that day still have the power to shock and anger. it was the end of the world trade are and the beginning of war on terror. also the beginning of something else. a growing determination that this city and this nation would not le

. >> translator: i want to refocus rebilling japan's economy in the restricted energy environment. we had been facing an economic crisis before the earthquake and fiscal, various fiscal difficulties, and through dealing with these issues, i want to make sure that japan does not accumulate even larger debts. and right now we're facing an unprecedented strong yen, and the crisis of japan's industries migrating, the hole ohhing out of japan's industries has become very acute. therefore i will not hesitate from further monetary intervention and will work in coordination with other countries and in coordination with other countries, i will respond to this issue. >> noda's chosen his new second. azumi's start on financial issues is a bit of a mystery even within his own party. here's what we know about the new finance minister so far. he's 459-year-old former journalist it. who comes from the quake-rampaged city offish a maki. he became known for his outspoken efforts to mend relations between the opposition and ruling political parties. it's a background that may prove helpful when intr

if we're ever going to get our infrastructure rebill, this is the time to do it. >> ifill: is this the time to do it, matthew slaughter? >> i think it is. i'll pick up on robert's insight of it being a two-for. some sort of infrastructure investment will create new jobs in the u.s. economy. i think it's important to temper that expectation. the 25:0028 million underand unemployed americans infrastructure spending alone will not address all those needs and job creation but the crisis in the united states is not just the number of jobs. e challenge also is creating the right kinds of jobs. one of the challenges that predates the financial crisis has been america's infrastructure has been crumbling for quite some time. the american society of civil engineers graded america's overall infrastructure at d a couple of years ago. and to grow the right kinds of jobs, high productivity, high- wage jobs linked to the global economy, we need to improve america's infrastructure. >> ifill: let me start with you and ask professor reich this as well. $50 billion is the price tag being put right now on

that way we can rebill our american manufacturing base. similarly with transportation. in transportation, we all pay 18.5 cents on every gallon of gas, the federal excise tax. it's used to build roads and repair bridges, not enough to keep us going but nonetheless, billions of dollars a year. is that tax money used to buy american made buses and american made trains a and american-made steel and concrete? not really. we need legislation that says, our tax money is going to be qused to buy american-made equipment. mr. tonko -- mr. tonko: thank you again for bringing us together. i notice in the list of dynamics, you have research and education and i'd say slash higher education. i witnessed testimony of those investments yesterday in my district. with a group called energy voters. they're taking the waste heat market in this market and retrofitting it so they capture that as a byproduct in the industry in different industries and they make certain it's utilized to add to the energy supply that that industry might need. now what happens there? the genesis of that story is