let's turn to brad whitehead. guest: one of the things that gives me comfort in this is that the money is being pushed down to be deployed at the local level. one of the things that can be frustrating for us -- i am in cleveland ohio -- when it is a federal program telling us exactly what we need to do and it does not comport with what we know needs to happen on the ground. as gordon was saying, with this money coming, it feels like there's a lot of latitude for how we spend it locally. not just in terms of what we spend it on, but where we spend it, things of that sort. hopefully this is an example of government closer to the people. if we don't screwed up, this should be a more positive. on the self-inflicted point, i know it is a political discussion about what was needed or not needed. the reality we have is that there were a lot of restaurants and service industries and other things hurt. whether we could rerun the tapes and do it differently, that is a good debate. we find ourselves where we are. now the que

let's turn to brad whitehead. things that gives me comfort in this is that the money is being pushed down to be deployed at the local level. one of the things that can be frustrating for us -- i am in cleveland ohio -- when it is a federal program telling us exactly what we need to do and it does not comport with what we know needs to happen on the ground. as gordon was saying, with this money coming, it feels like there's a lot of latitude for how we spend it locally. not just in terms of what we spend it on, but where we spend it, things of that sort. hopefully this is an example of government closer to the people. if we don't screwed up, this should be a more positive. on the self-inflicted point, i know it is a political discussion about what was needed or not needed. the reality we have is that there were a lot of restaurants and service industries and other things hurt. whether we could rerun the tapes and do it differently, that is a good debate. we find ourselves where we are. now the question is how we ca

. ♪ >> joining us via zuma from cleveland, ohio is brad whitehead.enior fellow focusing on metropolitan policy issues for the brookings institution. here in washington, gordon gray from the american action forum. thank you for being with us. as we look at the american rescue plan, the covert release plan the president signed into law earlier this year. let me begin with you, gordon, about the money

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and a discussion of the late will and state funding with brad whitehead and american action form's gordon great. what c-span's washington journal. be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls. south indian ocean. endeavor connected to the international space station for the seco >> astronauts say they e creating sleep arrangements. the iss population went up to 11 people over the weekend with the arrival of four more crewmembers.