julia: here is reporter devin leonard. devin: everyone knows penn station is a mess. many trains, too many people, too many trains. underneath the station is even more worrisome. there are two tubes, one tunnel with two tubes that go under the hudson river and they basically date back to 1910. and they are literally falling apart because they were flooded during hurricane sandy. but if they fail, the whole northeast corridor shuts down and that will cost $100 million a day. there are all sorts of economic statistics about why that's a problem, not just for new york, but for the whole country. carol: i've gone to washington, boston, when you go into the tunnels it gets black. and you're like, in a hole, like i don't know where i am. you throw some numbers out there, 45,000 travelers every weekday in penn station. it is more than laguardia, jfk and newark airports combined. this is a crazy busy station. devin: 650,000 people a day and that's, it's about, it's not what the station was designed for. about a third of that many people. essentially, we are dealing with a sys

carol: devin leonard looks at penn station. it's a messy maze of hallways.d and run down. they have been there a long time and because of hurricane sandy they are in worse shape. julia: he also talks about flood protection doors, put in place in world war ii. against german u-boats. they are still there. there are train stations all over the world. thought-provoking, beautiful buildings. come to new york, that of a -- bit of a letdown. carol: when it was first created, it was really a beautiful place. julia: the political football it has become to get the funding to sort this out, versus government level and federal level. carol: fingers crossed it gets fixed. julia: more bloomberg television right now. ♪ retail. under pressure like never before. and it's connected technology that's moving companies forward fast. e-commerce. real time inventory. virtual changing rooms. that's why retailers rely on comcast business to deliver consistent network speed across multiple locations. every corporate office, warehouse and store near or far covered. leaving every comp

carol: devin leonard looks at penn station. it's a messy maze of hallways.d run down. they have been there a long time and because of hurricane standing, they are in worse shape. julia: he also talks about flood protection doors, put in place in world war ii. against german u-boats. they are still there. there are train stations all over the world. thought-provoking, beautiful buildings. come to new york, that of a letdown. carol: when it was first created, it was really a beautiful place. julia: the political football it has become to get the funding to sort this out, versus government level and federal level. carol: fingers crossed it gets fixed. julia: more bloomberg television right now. ♪ ♪ emily: i'm emily chang in this is "the best of bloomberg technology," where we bring you our top interviews from this week in tech. coming up, the fallout spreading through technology. our conversation with arm holding ceo science eaters. plus, highlights from the coverage on the ground at the consumer electronics show. in the next hour, you will hear from the ceo of

julia: that was devin leonard, speaking to myself and carol massar.i think got every day that i travel through grand central, which is beautiful, airy, and light, and when i go to penn station, it is a big reminder of what needs to be done on infrastructure. julia: this has become a political football. we have tracked the difficulties they have had in trying to come up with a solution, and then president trump came in and said whatever the plan was, they are not doing it. scarlet: and he is from new york, so he would know what the conditions are like. julia: but it has become a marketing tool, i think. somebody very smart said to me recently, why not build a bridge? scarlet: build a bridge? it would not solve the problem. the tunnels are still there. julia: we do not need them if you have a bridge. issue ofo read the new "bloomberg businessweek," available on newsstands and online. kickst: earnings season up, but how will profits be affected by the latest tax cuts? this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ julia: it's 2:00 p.m. in new york, told :00 p.m. in new york, i'