[applause] elaine chao, our secretary of transportation, who's a real expert. she was secretary of labor, but she said, i really wanted to be secretary of transportation. that's a real expertise, and she's doing incredibly. she would have been here, but she's celebrating the 50th anniversary of the department of transportation right now as we speak. and we're going to work on infrastructure and we're going to put up one of the big and great infrastructure bills of all time. [applause] we're going to get our infrastructure fixed in our country, and we're going to rebuild our country, and that's what we need. lots of jobs, also. and i want to thank ford -- you saw their big announcement yesterday. and so many others are announcing tremendous numbers of jobs. they're not leaving our country anymore, folks. they're staying and they're building right here. so we really have these incredibly strong and dedicated leaders, and they're with me and they're with us. and i'm very happy about it. and i want to thank you as being representative, very much, of our group. than

democrats on the reservation committee led by peter defazio of organ and rick another state, asked elaine chao for the results of her investigation to ask is this the way things should work? should there be taken regulatory action in this realm? >> this is saying we recognize the importance of having passengers comply with procedure. i don't know if anything additionally we -- would have been able to mitigate the situation or your rid of it altogether. what you think the comments will be from united? >> first they want to get the response from the airline and everyone involved, because united ceo had said it was a horrid think incident and that he stood behind the workers and saying he was following policy. moree is saying perhaps training was needed and things should've been done differently. whatshould first establish is united's position on this , -- what kindow of results they get. there was one that propose -- proposed registration -- n.gislatio with this incident in particular, he plans to propose that to the federal aviation ,dministration bill this year and he hopes to have that piece

corbyn a citibank was just asking a question of elaine chao.evin: also jared kushner. the have emerged as two influencers within president trump's inner circle. jared kushner was in iraq over the past couple of days but also ivanka trump meeting with ceos, women business leaders, and her assurance of dena powell into the administration is something that should be noted. clearly this is someone whom the president trust and relies on, and someone who has his year. david: the deputy of national security, we will listen to what elaine chao is saying. >> fcc, broadband, environmental protection agency. we all have to work together and exert an influence. that is where presidential leadership is very important, and the department of defense is involved. the army corps of engineers is involved in huge amounts of construction on land and on the season ports. that is so essential to infrastructure. the short answer to your question is yes, we are very much aware of the need for engagement at the local level, and we have to do it through a partnership wh

vonnie: one of the things we heard today, elaine chao saying they are working on a legislative package that should be revealed in may some time, which would be post the government deadline. do we know what this package is and what we might see? no, that the rumblings are that we might see something regarding infrastructure or even a comprehensive tax plan. over the weekend, president trump not taking a definitive position in an interview with the financial times on when exactly he will put something forward regarding tax reform. but again, other rumblings on capitol hill and the sources i speak with an count grid's are that the republicans -- in congress are that the republicans are looking to pass a health care package. somethingn search of to get done that they can do on the economy. >> speaking of that health care bill, we have headlines crossing the bloomberg from house speaker paul ryan saying the health care talks are ongoing and productive. to get thetant consensus of all 216 members on the bill. no votes scheduled yet for next week? , and: no vote scheduled they still do not ha

the today the secretary gave a time line, elaine chao said a package may be ready next month. the president says he hopes to have a pack only over a trillion dollars over ten years. >>> richmond fed president is stepping down -- fed president is stepping down over controversial federal reserve information. steve leishman has the surprising details. >> reporter: president jeffrey laquer resigned in that he played a key role in the release of confidential fed information,. he spent 13 years at the top of the richmond fed acknowledged he sent a newsletter and inadvertently confirmed fed deliberations on mon they're policy. he said in a statement, i regret in this instance i crossed the line, information should have remained conversationtial. on october 2nd, 2012, he spoke with that meddling analyst and medley on the third or the next day wrote a story with confidential fed details, he was interviewed by the general council in december. in 2015, he was interviewed by the fbi and attorneys for the southern district of new york n. january, he announced he was resigning. it was effec

he previously worked as policy advisor to mitch mcconnell who is the husband of secretary elaine chao. >> google angrily denied an accusation by the u.s. labor department that it systematically discriminates against women when it comes to pay. the guardian newspaper reports the accusation is part of an ongoing labor department investigation and that the pay discrepancies are spread across its entire work force. this afternoon google released this statement to abc 7. quote, we vehemently disagree with the claim. every year we do a comprehensive and robust analysis of pay across genders and we have found no gender pay gap. >> the california public utilities commission is starting a new free ipad loan program for those with speech disabilities. abc 7's news was in san jose at the silicon valley independent living center. that's where a demonstration of voice options was underway. showing people how to use the various speech applications on the ipad. >> the ipad is easy to use. it's becoming ubiquitous and offers a whole new possibility of making people be heard independently, be understo

secretary of commerce ross, secretary of education mullaney, director and secretary of transportation elaine chao. we will have list of additional participants later. as part of the effort to de-escalate the conflict syria and press for a political process that can result the conflict -- resolve the conflict, the u.s. special envoy for syria will be coming to washington tomorrow or consultations with the state department and with national security advisor mcmaster at the white house. he has been overseeing the political talks among syrian parties in geneva. on wednesday the will of the secretary general of nato to the white house. the president and secretary general will have a joint press conference later in the afternoon. and the president plans to spend easter holiday in lorna and will return to the white house on sunday -- holiday in florida and will return to the white house on sunday. we get day 81 and the president's administration. we have done so many great wings, including -- great things, including confirm a supreme court justice, rollback more regulations that any president in modern

ash, elaine chao first.ley: she said we know that american infrastructure is just quote, plain broken. it's a massive program and to spend a trillion dollars, a trillion dollars over ten years to improve the infrastructure. they say a problem is the permitting. it takes eight years just to get the proper permits to begin construction. she said we're going to cut that time. stuart: so it's a trillion dollars. what is gary cohn saying. >> air traffic control, he says that's an interesting infrastructure project. he said we're playing catch up. it will cut down flight times, tarmac times will go down when we get a proper plan in place. stuart: fix laguardia. there's a story about a newspaper in mexico that's shut down or about to shut down because so many of the journalists are being killed. liz: and that goes to trump's build the wall. three reporters just killed recently, one shot in front of his wife and son. they're covering corruption and the drug cartels. 38 reporters have been slain in mexico since 1992.

education the boss, epa administrator prewitt, only director mulvaney, and secretary of transportation elaine chao. ofl have the additional list which is supposed for you later. we want to eventually result in the transition of a new legitimate syrian leadership. the u.s. special envoy for syria will be coming to washington tomorrow for consultations with the state department and national security adviser mcmaster. he has been overseeing the political talks in geneva. on wednesday, we will welcome the secretary general of nato. secretary-general will have a joint press conference later in the afternoon and the president plans to spend the eastern holiday of florida and will return to the white house on sunday. as the president noted today, as we hit day 81 and the president's administration, with have done so many great things. including nominate and confirm a supreme court justice. it will back more regulations and any president in modern times. roll back the war on coal, natural gas. historic levels of consumer ceo homebuilder manufacture confident. a 12% gain in the stock market. we have even s

transportation elaine chao, several democrats including chuck schumer writing, quote, it is the hopee industry can make great strides to improve customer service and implement best practices. chris christie demanding federal regulations allowing airlines to overbook flights and remove passengers at their discretion, be suspended. united launching an investigation, possible changes on overbooked flights could be made. expect that review to be out by the end of the month, back to you. jackie: thank you, lauren. reward for armed vigilante. there's the guy right there. 32-year-old joseph jakubowski, manifesto sent directly to president trump, nation manhunt after robbed gunshot before dropping off the map. heather: targeted attack on a german soccer team and authorities are looking for the person who planted outside the team's hotel and left a letter claiming responsibilities, the players were leaving for a champions league against mÓnaco. defender bartra out of surgery after chards cut his hands and arm. rain, thunderstorms, all of that causing severe flooding in texas and desperate sea

some of them will go to d.o.t., hopefully, and elaine chao, but it's also worldwide, so the isht with the funds fantastic, and the perks associated -- very interesting. with the federal reserve on worldwide infrastructure. just wanted to mention. >> you want to take that question? >> is there one more question? >> there's one in the back. i'm charlie clark, reporter with government executive. a few years ago, there was legislation to create a national infrastructure bank. i was hoping you could comment on if that idea should get revived. >> a lot of people in my sector of public policy have great theration for transportation, innovation, financing and infrastructure act. anyone today can go and google and find out the rate. that is a well-respected office project prioritization for projects as written in the law, national and regional significance. it cannot be something like replacing a guard. and they provide low-cost loans. i want to give a shout out to secretary anthony walks, who i think quietly in the second term of the obama administration did a lot with any u.s. dot to bring t

adviser to senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell, who is the husband of transportation secretary, elaine chaostion about travel. >> michael finney has the answer. >> when is the best time and deal to get the ticket going to india? >> josey, great question. the best time to travel to india is between december and march. kind of the small group of months there. it's not summer nor monsoon season so the weather is not too hot or too wet. on average flying in on a tuesday or wednesday will be your best deal and you might try your very best ticket prices india if you buy 100 days in advance. have fun and thank you for the question. >> can you share your question on social media with #askfinney. >>> and then coming, a recall on hyundai and kia cars. >>> we have new developments overnight in the oakland hills where a mud slight is causing serious damage to several homes. >>> the heaviest of the rain may be over but we have two more chances between this evening and tomorrow morning. if you are thinking about if you are thinking about heading to the coast, live-streat the airport.e sport, binge dvr'd

secretary elaine chao to immediately suspect the regulation that allows airlines to overbook flights. and cited the actions of united airlines controlling 70% of flights out of newark, liberty airport. saying if part quote this conduct is abusive and outrageous, and i know that the trump administration wants to reform regulations to help the american people and this would be a great place to start. >> and more on the united airlines fallout along with growing tensions between the u.s. and syria, watch it tonight at 6:30 following "action news" at 6:00. >>> a former lawyer accused of preying on his clients and stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars. he allegedly stole 140,000 there's from 12 different clients all who had special needs and he was hired to do legal work on their behalf and allegedly did not do it. and instead bradley used the money to pay his own mortgage and utility bills and other expenses and his license to practice law was suspended in 2015. >>> and from our new jersey newsroom. bridget kelly and bill baroni will appear the verdicts in the bridge gate trial. they

asking transportation secretary elaine chao to suspend the ability -- >> they keep those guys off the plane to make money. >> reporter: to be fair, all airline customers overbook, banking on when there are more travelers than seats, airlines pay some to take a later flight, or just remove them. >> i understand their position, because it is a business. i think what happened the other day with united went beyond the pail. >> reporter: united's ceo may have gotten the message. >> we're not going to put on an officer to remove a booked seated, paying passenger. we can't do that. >> reporter: united as refunded the tickets of everybody that was on last sunday's flight. as the investigation into what happened continues, two more aviation officers have been placed on leave. we can also tell you that the doctorate the center of all of this, david dow has hired an attorney. we could see a lawsuit coming against united. a very healthy company. in the last two years they have made almost $1 billion in profits. >>> berkely police released three more photos today of people wanted for a melee. offi

at the department of transportation, secretary elaine chao has brought an outside consultant in to helpg. and at the state department, nearly all the senior positions remain vacant. despite a few promised nominations friday, trump doesn't seem to mind empty offices telling "the washington examiner," quote, we don't need so many people coming to work. boyd, a union officer, says the american people will suffer if government agencies are not properly staffed. >> we need to get it together. we need to get it together. >> overall it is important to point out that there are people in those high-level jobs that haven't been officially filled as yet but they're serving in an acting capacity. so even though they are develop well qualified, the partnership for presidential service, which is a nonpartisan group that tracks presidential transition says it really is the equivalent of having a substitute teacher in the office. we did reach out to the white house. we didn't get a response, however, epa, where that woman in the piece works for, they're pushing back and they say body count is not neces

christie asking transportation secretary, elaine chao to suspend federal regulations that allow airlines to overbook flights. the move they use to ensure maximum profitability by keeping planes packed full. >> they kick the guy off the plane and the other three to make money. >> yes. >> that's it. they're doing it with the permission of the federal government. >> reportell airlines overbook, banking on customers missing flights, and when more travelers show up than there are seats, airlines pay some to take a later flight or just remove them. we talked to travelers where united handles about 70% of the flights. >> despicable. >> i hope they don't try to yank me out of my seat. >> i understand their position, because it is a business. i think what happened the oh other day with united went beyond the pail. >> reporter: united ceo may have gotten the message. >> we're not going to get a law enforcement official to remove a booked, paid, seated passenger. we can't do that. >> reporter: in an attempt to make things right, united has refunded the tickets of everybody that was on last sunday's

politicians invited secretary of transportation elaine chao to get a firsthand look at area's rail and transit infrastructure. governor christie says recent track problems with amtrak and new york's penn station are a prime example of why infrastructure dollars need to flow. he pointed out that the northeast corridor is the only profitable amtrak line in the country. >> many of the problems that we have experienced in the last number of weeks have been problems that have been caused by an absolute failure of the federal government to stand up to their obligations to keep the current infrastructure, in workable condition. >> politicians say they are confident that chow will come and that they look forward to her visit. >>> "fox news" cuts ties with veteran host bill o'reilly following allegations he sexually harassed women. o'reilly had been on vacation when network said both parties decided to part ways. new york times reported april 2nd that five women were paid $13 million in settlement s to keep quite about harassment allegations. o'reilly spent two decade as the face of "fox news"'

he has three cabinet secretaries, wilbur ross, betty devos, and elaine chao, and he has mike mulvaneyhe omb director, and he has -- excuse me, another individual there, scott pruitt, the epa administrator. we broke into five groups, three with each one, the secretaries and the directors outlined their plans. we all commented on them for an hour and 15 minutes or so. we had a spokesperson for the group and the secretary, then met with the president for an hour and a half. and we laid out the secretary laid out her view of the the meeting and our secretary of the meeting laid out their view of the meeting, five report out, three players, and the administration, and they laid it out to the president and his staff. i'll tell you, he was deeply into everyone, let's do this, let's do that. i agree with that, don't agree with that. he engaged staff. i mean, a thousand of them and he was in there like a real player. i was overly impressed. >> do you think it was a mistake for them to make the move on health care before taxes and now will they be able to get taxes done given that health care w

that's elaine chao former labor secretary, now transportation secretary. >> gary is, gary, secretaryn is talking about something that i think pretty much america agrees with, the airport we are not literally, if you've been to the airports, overseas that are worse than ours? i go to mexico it's much better than any we have. i'm not kidding. >> we're going to get some comments from ceos at this meeting. later today we'll get jamie diamond's letter always a good touchstone for the mood of corporate america. >> i wish he didn't write it so long. i told him make it shorter. it will probably come up. >> balance sheet might come up. z>> i got to school, you got to come to my school. >> okay. >> i run a school between shows. >> chao goes on to say the government needs to let loose the permitting process so the infrastructure projects don't take so long to green light, something we saw following the last recession. >> these are long, long form things that you have to -- this is four years, five years to make the changes. in the meantime, rates so low this is the time to do the $500 billion m

. >> today new jersey governor chris christie asked elaine chao to suspend regulation which allows airlines to overbook flights and to remove passengers. christie specifically cited the incident involving david dao as the reason. > the question from united is how do they recover from what is a huge public relations disaster? >> kristen sze is here with more. >> the hashtag continues to go viral today. take a look at some of the memes out there. southwest, we beat our competitors, not you. how about this one. if we cannot beat our competitors, we beat our customers. others are posting pictures of the cut up frequent flyer card. take a look at this, because even white house secretary sean spicer is weighing in and criticizing united. >> clearly watching another human being dragged down an aisle, watching, you know, blood come from their face after hitting an arm rest or whatever, i don't think there is a circumstance that you can sit back and say this could have been handled a little better when you're talking about another human being. >> so, how does united overcome this barrage of negative

director mick mulvaney and secretary of chance rotation elaine chao will have the full list of adjustmentsrt of the effort to do leave act de-escalate conflict in syria and a political process that can end the conflict and transition of a new legitimate syrian leadership, the u.s. special envoy for syria will be coming to america tomorrow for consultations with the state department with national security advisor mcmaster here at the white house among others. he has been overseeing the political talks among syrian parties in geneva. on wednesday, we will welcome the secretary general of nato, to the white house, the president and secretary general will have a joint press conference later in the afternoon, and then the president plans to spend the easter holiday in florida and will return to the white house on sunday. as the president noted today, as we hit day 81 in the president's administration, we have done so many great things, including nominate and confirm a supreme court justice, rollback more regulations than any president in modern times come roll back the obama era war on coal, oi

secretaryrtation elaine chao was confirmed by the full senate on january 31st by a of 93-6. she previously served as labor secretary during the george w. bush administration, becoming to first asian american serve in a i didn't want level position. secretary chau is married to senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. we'll show you portions of her confirmation hearing with questions from washington maria cantwell and nebraska republican deb fisher. >> our state and local governments ever making investments. in 2014, washington businesses, though. $800 million because of verystion, and we have challenged infrastructure issues. yearhe third consecutive sea-tac is the fastest growing states,in the united passenger volume increasing by 32%. overoads are moving 105 million tons of freight each year. sound transit is the fastest rail service in the one. the northwest seaport alliance, center, and our g.d.p. in the state grew by 3% nation as athe whole, which was 2.5%, and grew 3.5%,employment the fastest in the nation, in 2016.9,000 jobs so we have growth. we have an economic engin

education devos, epa administrator pruitt, omb director mulvaney and secretary of transportation elaine chaoe the full list of additional participants for you later. as part of the effort to de-escalate the conflict in syria and press for a political process that can resolve the conflict and eventually result in a transition after new legitimate syrian leadership u.s. special envoy for syria will be coming to washington tomorrow for consultations with the state department and with national security advisor mcmaster here at the white house and among others. he is overseeing political talks among syrian parties in geneva. on wednesday we'll welcome the secretary of nato, general stoltenberg. they will have a joint press conference later in the afternoon. the president plans to spend the easter holiday in florida and return to the white house on sunday. as the president noted today. we, as we hit day 81 in the president's administration, we have done so many great things including nominating an confirm a supreme court justice, roll back more regulations than any other president in modern times.

. >> transportation secretary elaine chao was confirmed on january 31 by a vote of 93-6. she previously served as labor secretary during the bush administration. she becomes the first asian-american to serve in a cabinet position. secretary chao also served as united way president and ceo. she is married to senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. we will show you portions of her confirmation hearing with questions from libya cap well and deb fischer. >> i think we had a chance to discuss the state of washington and our rapidly it is growing. for the third consecutive year, seatac is the fastest-growing airport. the passenger volume has increased by 32%. railroads are moving over 105 million tons of freight. the northwest seaport alliance, the largest cargo center. 3% compared to the nation as a whole and washington employment grew 3.5% adding 109,000 jobs in 2016. we have an economic engine but we desperately desperately desperately desperately need investment. so innocent to your words carefully as you phrased out ways in which to get that infrastructure investment. ther

chris christie has a letter to elaine chao, transportation secretary, asking her in the context of theation push to suspend the practice of overbooking until a more thorough review can be done. does that hold any peril for the industry? >> well, you know, i think there is a pretty high cancellation rate. i think the idea of overbooking as passengers we all hate. i don't know that has to be eliminated. i think they can continue to do it, but be more generous in how they deal with people. they certainly can be a lot more generous, they say there's a cap of $1,200. there's no cap. they can pay the people as much as they want. there should be -- they should be a lot more generous in dealing with the overbooking situation. they should never jerk a person out of their seats. >> a lesson for every airline. see you soon. >> they should listen to the song "i'm sorry" by brenda lee. >>> coming up, we go live to the new york auto show. ian robertson joins us next. look at the markets right now. we'll talk best trades ahead of big bank earnings tomorrow. "squawk on the street" will be back after a

. >> transportation secretary elaine chao was confirmed on january 31 by a vote of 93-6. she previously served as labor secretary during the bush administration. becoming the first asian-american to serve in a cabinet position. secretary chao also served as united way president and ceo. she is married to senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. we will show you portions of her confirmation hearing with questions from washington democrat lidia cantwell and nebraska republican deb fischer. >> i think we had a chance to discuss the state of washington and how rapidly it is growing. pacificgateway to the has made our transportation system one of the key cornerstones of our economic success. our state and local governments are making strategic investments in 2014 washington businesses lost $800 million because of congestion. we have very challenged infrastructure issues. for the third consecutive year seatac is the fastest-growing , airport in the united states. in the last three years the passenger volume has increased by 32%. railroads are moving over 105 million tons of frei

among them the office of the management and budget, mick mulvaney, elaine chao, head of transportationint those two out, administration officials were telling us to the lead of up of this, taxes and infrastructure would be two items on the agenda. when you look at mulvaney and chao, they would be in the middle of all of that conversation. as the president was wrapping things up with the ceo's he made brief statements on camera, as you just said, a little bit on taxes, although really didn't outline much. saying that his administration is focused on jobs and he pointed the needle toward dodd-frank. listen to what the president said with dodd-frank and what hopes to do with that legislation. >> for dodd-frank, for the bankers in the room we'll be really happening, we're doing a major streamlining and perhaps elimination and he replacing it with something else but that will be the minimum. but we're doing a major elimination of the horrendous dodd-frankegulations. reporter: neil, the present also spoke about nafta, saying that there would be some surprises coming as it relates to nafta. c

also joining us are secretary betsy devos, secretary wilbur ross, secretary elaine chao, epa add moorertor, mick mulvaney. that's an easy job, isn't it? [laughter] easiest job of anybody in the cabinet. right, mick? at the top of our agenda is the creation of great high-paying jobs for american workers. and we've made a lot of progress. you see what's going on, you see the numbers. we've created over 600,000 jobs already in a very short period of time x it's going to really start catching on now because some of the things that we've done are big league, and they are catching on. already we've created more than almost 600,000 jobs, and yesterday toyota just announced that it will invest more than $1.3 billion, it's probably going to be $3.9 billion into -- 1.9 billion into its georgetown, kentucky, plant, an investment that wouldn't have been made if we didn't win the election. we have a lot to do, our nation's lost a third of its manufacturing jobs, and our business tax is one of the highest in the world. it actually is, of developed countries, the single highest tax in the world. for t

among the cabinet secretaries, budget director mick mulvaney, transportation secretary elaine chao. in the lead-up white house officials say it would be taxes and infrastructure would be on top of the agenda. meantime here at the white house it appears the second push for health care reform isn't dead just yet. the leader of the house freedom caucus, mark meadows, gave an interview to a local radio station in north carolina, he feels, they are quote very close potentially to a deal. two options are on the table, that he was delivering to the house speaker paul ryan. i asked the white house press secretary sean spicer about that earlier today at the press briefing. spicer telling me does feel they are getting closer to a deal but he did not say that the white house has necessarily signed off on those two options. listen to spicer earlier this afternoon. >> it is not a question of us signing off. we're get with the direction this is going as long as it continues to grow the vote. a lot of these provisions being discussed give states the flexibility to enact certain provisions which is