chastain has become a close friend of jill's and mine. what i admire about pete is he's always clear about who he is, what he believes, and how he wants to bring people in, not exclude them. he's able to walk into any room, leave people inspired with his ability to describe an america that's best for us, all of us, an america that's hopeful, bold, creative, inclusive, an america that can do literally anything. the department of transportation services a critical mission with a critical responsibility, particularly in this administration. we need someone who knows how to work with state, local, and federal agencies. for example, right now one in five miles of our highways are still in, quote, poor condition, according to the society of american engineers. tens of thousands of bridges are in disrepair, some on the verge of collapse, presenting a clear and present danger to people's lives. we rank tenth among the world's nations in quality of infrastructure, according to the world economic forum. there's so much we can do. when i think about

by the way, jill and i always enjoyed seeing pete and chris -- chastain i say on the trail. chasten is close friend of jill's and mind. what i admire about pete he is always clear about who he is, what he believes and how he wants to bring people in, not exclude them. he is able to walk in any room, leave people inspired with his ability to describe an america that's best for us, all of us. an america that is hopeful, bold, creative, inclusive. an america that can do literally anything. the department of transportation services a critical mission with a critical responsibilities, particularly in this administration. we need someone who knows how to work with state, local and federal agencies. for example, right now one in five miles of our highways are still in, quote, poor condition, according to the society of american engineers. tens and tens of thousands of bridges are in disrepair. some on the verge of collapse, presenting a clear and present danger to people's lives. we're the world's richest nation but we rank 10th, rank 10th in overall quality of our infrastructure a

"trump administration preserves evidence of what you have done," penned by you, congressman ken chastain and others. what is your concern? guest: there is a legal obligation under the federal records of 1950 and the presidential records act of 1978 for the president to preserve all documents within the white house relating to his official duties, and this is now a basic principle of our democracy that the documents that a president creates or the executive branch creates must be preserved because they are not the personal private property of the his lieutenants. they are the public property of the people. that is what it means for us to be a democracy. the people on the government send everything that takes place within it, so we have to have transparency. there are dozens of investigative requests and demands that have been made by house committees over the last several years that have been rebuffed by this unprecedented stonewalling of the trump administration, so we are putting all of these executive branch officials on notice that they are legally bound to preserve and not destroy, n