secretary of transportation, elaine chao. this is the first time we're hosting secretary chao in her new role but she's no stranger to the chamber or the business community. our relationship goes all the way back to when she was deputy secretary of transportation that was shortly after christopher columbus came. and -- well, at least for me. she was very young at the time. we continued working closely with her when she was secretary of labor. she has been a dedicated champion for american workers. making strong and measurable progress to protect their health, safety and retirement security. and we know that she's going to be just as dedicated and effective in her new role. i can't think of anyone better suited to lead the infrastructure conversation currently unfolding here and around the country than secretary chao. she's got the experience, she's got the ideas, she's got the grit and the determination to see them through. she and her team have been hard at work trying to get their team together. and working on this project

treasury secretary elaine chao sat down with maria bartiromo. you will hear that interview. former defense and economic minister angela merker, k. t. gutenberg is here. general jack keane is a favorite. we will talk about, you got it, north korea. you're cumbersome and a former small business owner, congresswoman claudia tenney talking about health care reform, tax care reform. let's get right top story. treasury secretary steve mnuchin laid out a timeline for reaching president trump school. a 3% growth in this economy. and that interview with our very own maria bartiromo at the conference in los angeles yesterday. watch this. >> it will probably take two years to get a 3% growth. and then we can have a sustained level. that is what we are projecting. obviously, the sooner we can pass taxes, the sooner we can get regulatory relief and the better we will be. dagen: mnuchin said tax cuts and regulatory woes spur economic growth. >> i was relieved to hear this. this is the first time we have a realistic timeline for some of the stuff coming in to where it should be. they've be

lauren: secretary elaine chao weighs in on self driving cars. >> with level to self driving cars andears no need for any person to be seated and controlling any of the instruments. lauren: scary thoughts. more with maria bartiromo's interview next. lebron james and the cleveland cavaliers dominate their first game. in hockey, washington capitals tape game three against the pittsburgh penguins in ot. we are going to have highlights. you are watching "fbn:am" ♪ listen to the music ♪ listen to the music ♪ all the time ♪ lauren: to get ready for the driverless cars. elaine chao expected autonomous vehicles in an interview with maria bartiromo. >> we will now see self driving cars to the elderly or may not be as mobile, to the disabled, so that they will have more independence, more freedom. we in the government have to be concerned about reserving safety for the traveling public. and we of course have to listen very carefully to everyone, but especially the traveling public. lauren: making the public feel safe. catch the interview on "mornings with maria" on the fox news network. >> lebr

we are looking forward from the secretary of transportation in wayne chil-- elaine chao she sas more to come in the immediate future. the chamber is ready to work closely with her end of the leaders at pennsylvania avenue to get this done. this morning i want to lay out the priorities for the infrastructure package that we believe will be the key to success. it's got to be about economic growth and i'm not talking about a sugar rush of the spending feel good in the moment. i'm talking serious strategic investments that support the nation's long-term growth and competitiveness and that means taking on the big projects the way the transcontinental railroad did in the 19th century that will broaden the physical platform. our investments today must support the 21st century economy and its involving need. pipelines and power grid to connect the nation digitally and physically. we have to build one that they cannot break into so easily. projects should be funded for the long-term economic growth not placed on the speed that they can be completed. there's 250 billion in the private capital

bush, ceo and cofounder of global health corp transportation secretary elaine chao, take part of a conversation on finding solutions to global poverty. >> host: and this week on the communicators we want to introduce you to terrell mcsweny. top democrat, only democrat on the federal trade commission. before we get to why there's only one democrat in the commission, what is the charge when it comes to communication issues? >> guest: we have a general mandate to protect consumers from unfair deceptive acts and practices and from anticompetitive practices. .. >> guest: well, it's a great question and be incredibly topical given the wanna cry ransomware attack that is really zipping around the world over the last few days. the ftc is a generalized consumer protection enforcer and has also taken on the role of protecting consumer data security. and in that context, we've actually brought about 60 cases in the last few years involving whether security practices of companies are adequate to protect the consumer data that they're holding. so we've been very active in crafting an approach to the securit

later we'll hear from trons poretation secretary elaine chao. >>> former fbi director robert mueller has been named special counsel in the russian investigation, "politico" writing the justice department is appointing a special prosecutor to investigate russia's alleged involvement in the 2016 presidential election. meeting the demands, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein named former tib director robert mueller to oversee the probe. based upon the unique circumstances, the public interest rierz me to place this investigation under the authority of a person who exercises a degree of end pendens from the normal chain of snand command he said in a statement pay the special counsel is necessary in orpd for the american people to have full confidence in the outcome. our nation is grounded on the rule of law and the public must be assured that government officials administer the law fairly, rosenstein said. again, that from "politico." >>> now a conversation on the u.s. rail industry. from washington journal, this is 30 minutes. >> a conversation on the state of the railroad industry w

eastern barbara pierce bush, ceo and cofounder of global health corp transportation secretary elaine chao, take part of a conversation on finding solutions to global poverty. >> host: and this week on the communicators we want to introduce you to terrell mcsweny. top democrat, only democrat on the federal trade commission. before we get to why there's only one democrat in the commission, what is the charge when it comes to communication issues? >> guest: we have a general mandate to protect consumers from unfair deceptive acts and practices and from anticompetitive practices. ..

. >>> transportation secretary elaine chao announced monday that president trump will be releasing hisnfrastructure plan in the coming weeks. she spoke at an infrastructure forum in washington. other speakers include trade association leaders, manufacturing executives and they discussed the importance of public/private partnerships. from the u.s. chamber of commerce, this is just under three hours. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. >> good morning.

. >>> transportation secretary elaine chao announced monday that president trump will be releasing hisnfrastructure plan in the coming weeks. she spoke at an infrastructure forrum in washington. other speakers include trade association leaders, manufacturing executives and local officials discussing infrastructure priorities and the importance of public/private partnerships and new technologies. from the u.s. chamber of commerce, this is just under three hours. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. >> good morning. >> i'm suzanne clark, senior evp here at the u.s. chamber and i am delighted to welcome you here today. now, when you have my job, you get to be in this room and say that sentence a lot.

that person is elaine chao.laine is an immigrant who came to this country from asia at the age of eight, speaking no english. her family came to this country to build a better life for themselves with six daughters. i was just talking to her backstage. she has a father who is now 90. her experience in coming to this country in this way has motivated her to devote her entire career, herself to ensuring everyone has the opportunity to build a better life for themselves and for their family. she's done that really powerfully and really profoundly, if you look at her resume. she served as the president and chief operating officer of the united way of america. she went on to be the director of the peace corps and she then went on to be the u.s. secretary of labor. she was the first asian-american women to be appointed to a cabinet position in all of american history. today she serves as the today she serves as the 18th secretary of the treasury of the united states. we want to thank her for her extraordinary leadersh

transportation secretary elaine chao and other trade association leaders discussing infrastructure investment. >> c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up tuesday morning, seorgetown university' discusses the ransomware computer virus that infected more than 150 countries. doyle on theike efforts to repeal and replace the affordable care act. jeff begas talks about his book focusing on the relationship between montoursville and communities -- between law enforcement and communities of color. watch c-span's washington journal. join the discussion. >> we need physicians and other health professionals who are problem solvers, who are lifelong learners, who are team leaders, consensus builders, indeed who are business managers and can share power constructively and gracefully. >> i would hope you would understand what this responsibly means. it means reaching out. it means caring about more than yourself. it means asking about we rather than me. >> have the fortitude to do the right thing, not the easy thing. don't be somebody's lapdog for

other information there, as well, elaine chao hearing we you about earlier, you can see at c-span.org. that is the website. in chicago, illinois, hi there. line, caller: hi. hello. i'm calling to say that the democrats are hating trump and give you the reasons why. one reason is because they are and hurt. trump woke them up and embarrassed them. embarrassed them by telling hem how they do not support their recipients and their feelrters and he made them embarrassed. when he won and they lost, they they had ake the fact been called out and shown up for what they are, a bunch of hypocrites. so they hate him and want him out of office so they don't look and feel so bad and trying to take away the pain they have. are doing this specifically how? caller: by ignoring the problems have.rats they are ignoring the problems that the sanctuary cities have, pain of people being shot the day, the kids, underemployed black people being inner and shot in the cities, how they are ignoring it and upporting the illegals giving them business opportunities. i talk to people and they tell e the same story

announcer: elaine chao, chelsea clinton, and barbara bush discuss ending global poverty and improving the lives of women and girls. this event was part of the care national conference. it is about one hour and 40 minutes. have you ever woken up and did no not know whr next strength is coming from, not knowing if he would have enough water to boil for a

still to come back to the milken conference where elaine chao sits down for her first interview since joining the trump administration and will be joined by richard lefrak. their plan to rebuild america's crumbling infrastructure. don't move. >>> hi, everybody. i'm sue herera. here is your cnbc news update this hour. u.s.-backed syrian fighters capturing more areas from isis in northern syria a. video released by the democratic forces shows fighters appearing to advance in recently liberated areas. it shows ammunition and artillery stockpiles that the group allegedly seized from isis militants. turkish police arresting dozens of people as anti-government protesters tried to breach a ban in istanbul. they wanted to mark may day. security was tight with 30,000 members on hand. lots of roads and school closings in eureka, missouri. floodwaters continuing to rise there. river levels will crest tomorrow at over 44 feet more than ten feet above the flood stage. and the wade quadruplets will go to yale. they appeared on the "today" show to announce their decision after the school offered the

elaine chao sat down with us at the milken institute to discuss the future of autonomous cars and what improve u.s. infrastructure, a huge priority for the trump administration. efforte has been a real to reach out, to all sorts of , andholders and citizens residents. people who use the system, passengers. we have really gone out to listen and hear what americans are telling us. what we are hearing are so many interesting things. number one, there was a lot of , and they arel anxious to invest in infrastructure. they are on the sidelines now because there are not enough projects that are ready to be financed. secondly, there are barriers to the private sector coming in to fund finance, the public infrastructure system. we are watching and listening and working on the infrastructure proposal on two ends. end.s a permitting and -- we want to end duplicative bureaucracy's, so they can go online quicker and be ready to be financed. and we're looking for ways to fund the infrastructure proposal, and that is hard. there are about 16 different ways of financing or funding the infrastructure.

business community and partners are ready to lend a hand, so please join me in welcoming secretary elaine chao a good leader and frien a frienf this project. [applause] .. a standard of living that is truly the emby of the world and it has also provided our country with mobility safety and security and yet today these gains are threatened by tumbling infrastructure that is increasingly congested, in need of repair, unable to keep pace with technological change. we are fortunate to have a president who understands the challenges of infrastructure perhaps better than any other leader in recent memory. he is revitalizing and repairing our country's infrastructure one of his top priorities. and the administration will share in the decision of what the infrastructure plan will look like in the next several weeks which will kick off our collaboration with congress. to put the proposal together the white house launched a wide-ranging consultative process and this has included an interagency task force consisting of 16 different federal government, partners and agencies including transportation, omb,

chamber of commerce, elaine chao said it will call for $200 billion in taxpayer money to generate about $1 trillion worth of private investment. and the projects could cover more than just roads and bridges. >> the administration's definition of infrastructure is also broad and inclusive. it not only recognizes traditional infrastructure such as roads, bridges, railroads, airports, inland waterways and ports, it may also potentially include energy, water, broadband, veterans hospitals as well. >> president trump's pledge to fix the nation's infrastructure was a top campaign promise. that stimulus is also something investors have been paying a lot of attention to, of course. >>> and still ahead, amazon turns 20. it was a great investment for the past two decades. will it be for the next two? >>> the world's second largest economy may have lost a little momentum in april. china's factory output was up 6.5%. the decline is a credit to weaker demand. it fell from the previous month. >>> the data out of china comes as that country hosts an international summit to showcase its ambitious infra

transportation secretary elaine chao was on capitol hill today to talk about the administration's $1 trillion infrastructure plan, which would airportsways, produce and transit projects over a 10 year period. the public works committee hearing runs for two hours. or --all this hearing to order and we are calling for the honorable elaine chao to testify on our nations infrastructure need. welcome to the committee. the senate environment and public works committee has always taken the lead on infrastructure issues in the senate. committeesed, other infrastructure proposals will increase funding and provide streamlining requirements for the construction of pipelines, rail, housing and large urban projects of various kinds that maybe privately financed through public-private partnerships to name a few of the issues. however, our highways, roads and bridges should be a central component of any final infrastructure bill. committeeo our working with the administration in avest real dollars fiscally responsible way. in a recent hearing, human department of transportation thector stated that

about infrastructure and kicking off their infrastructure week events with transportation secretary elaine chao. we'll also be hearing this morning from leaders of trade associations and local officials on investing in infrastructure. you're watching live coverage here on c-span 3. >>> infrastructure is vital to every community, every american. our roads and rails, ports and pipes, airports and aqueducts. infrastructure supports our jobs. it connects us to our families, our communities, and the global economy. it keeps the lights on in our homes, the water flowing through our faucets and our farms. for too long these infrastructure systems have been failing to serve the american people. roads are left in decay, water used long past their designed life span and our aviation is stretched to capacity. we have to do better. few things bring americans together more than infrastructure. few issues have as much support. for the last five years, infrastructure week has convened the nation's broadest coalition of infrastructure stakeholders. we bring together the engineers and workers who build our infr

today we are welcoming the secretary of transportation, the honorable elaine chao, to testify before the senate committee on environment and public works on our nation's infrastructure needs. madam secretary, welcome to the committee. the senate environment and public works committee has always taken the lead on infrastructure issues in the senate. when unveiled, other committees' infrastructure proposals will increase funding and provide streamlining requirements for the construction of pipelines, rail, housing, and large urban projects of various kinds that may be financed through public/private partnerships, no name a few of the issues. however, the nation's highways, roads, and bridges should be an essential component of any infrastructure built. it's up to our committee, in bipartisan way, working with the administration, to invest dollars in formula and nonformula programs in a fiscally responsible way. in a recent hearing in this committee, wyoming department of transportation director bill panos stated in written testimony that using the current predominantly formulated fast

u-s transportation secretary elaine chao will make the final decision on whether or not to give the stateal approvals on high speed train matters in california. ( darya ) now to a story you will see only on kron four. a bay area grandmother says she was scammed out of thousands of dollars by somebody calling and claiming to be her grandson..( mark ) kron four's ella sogomonian has the story. cherelle bassett got a phone call at her san carlos home thursday morninganswering machine nats: "you have reached the law office of walter morrision and james boesman.")from a man posing as her grandson who sais he was in jail and another on the line alleging he was a lawyer representing him. sot: cherelle bassett, targeted by scam caller//" and he says i'm so sorry but please don't tell my mom. and i didn't want to betray him so i said okay." together they asked bassett to buy 45-hundred dollars in best buy gift cards and read them the serial numbers on the back claiming no other form of payment would be accepted for bail money.concerned she called her grandson who was fine all along.that's when the

announcer: elaine chao, chelsea clinton, and barbara bush discuss ending global poverty and improving the lives of women and girls. this event was part of the care national conference. it is about one hour and 40 minutes. have you ever woken up and did no not know whr next strength is coming from, not knowing if he would have enough water to boil for a little bit. we are people struggling, fighting for vitality. at night the windows rattled. streets split open as we trek through the demolition. they crack the battle lines into the community and turned the neighbors and the warriors who were too blinded to see that we are fighting on the same side. we want to live and respond. it's not a luxury and water isn't a treasure. the sun shines on me and you and you. solidarity starts with an open palm and footsteps towards action to care and offer yourself as a resource for the foundation that was already there in yemen an important part of the culture is to share. so now let us share the work and fight and accountability. how healthy can you be if you are not extending to the sick, the hungr

. >> transportation secretary elaine chao outlined the trump administration's infrastructure plan while appearing last week before the senate environment and public works committee. this was her first time testifying before congress since being confirmed in january. the hearing is just under two hours. >>> i called this hearing to order and today we are welcoming the secretary of transportation, the honorable elaine chao to testify before the senate committee on environment and public works on our nation's infrastructure needs. madam secretary, welcome to the committee. >> the senate environment and public works committee has always taken the lead on infrastructure issues in the senate. when unveiled, other infrastructure proposals will increase funding and provide streamlining requirements for the construction of pipelines, housing and large, urban projects of various kinds that may be privately financed through public-private partnerships to name a few of the issues. however, our nation's highways, roads and bridges will be a central component of any final infrastructure bill and work

u-s transportation secretary elaine chao will make the final decision on whether to give the state final approvals on high speed train matters in california. ( james ) united airlines says cockpit door access information may have accidentally been made public. the airline sent employees a bulletin. it warned that "flight deck access procedures may have been compromised." it also said a corrective plan is being established. a united airlines spokesperson confirmed other procedures were in place... saying: "the safety of our customers and crew is our top priority and united utilizes a number of measures to keep our flight decks secure beyond door access information." the airline did not say how the information became public. ( james ) a new jersey family headed to a birthday celebration in las vegas say they were kicked off a jetblue flight for storing a birthday cake in an overhead bin. cameron burke says they were flying.. back on may third when he was asked to remove the cake which he did. he says another attendant scolded him, telling them to leave the plane after burke questioned whet

to welcome an honor our good friend, elaine chao, secretary of the u.s.artment of transportation. attended many of these services and delivered the thesee address at one of events. welcome back, madam secretary. we'd also like to welcome long-time friend of the f.o.p., labor secretary, alex acosta. being, alex. please welcome your homeland john kelly,retary, who is attending our service for the first time. you, mr. secretary. andalso very grateful honored to welcome the u.s. attorney general, jeff sessions. been a friend of law enforcement when you were a senator and i'm sure you will continue as attorney general. thank you. i'm very honored to welcome to this event the vice president of the united states, michael pence. president hinny will be introducing the vice president for comments in a few moments. and finally, it's my great honor and privilege to have with us states, of the united trump.j. [cheers and applause] mr. canterbury: thank you. >> mr. president, mr. vice president, members of congress, sisters of law enforcement, family and friends falle

. >> as a side bar, the transportation secretary elaine chao is going to testify in front of the senate environment and public works committee today. that will start at 10:00. you can see that at c span.org and find out more information about it as far as the transportation secretary, have had you a chance to talk to her about your issues and what's been the response? >> ed, go ahead. >> we did have a chance to take our board of directors over to meet with her and she recognizes the importance of freight rail to the economy. she, i think, will be testifying this morning talk about the fact that the amount of freight moving will probably double in the next 20 years and therefore you need all modes to be able to play their role. and she recognized that we are privately owned and privately funded and wants to enable us to continue to reinvest. >> and we have obviously a somewhat different relationship with both the department of transportation and the secretary and federal railway administration not other they our safety regulators, they are with all of the railroads, but they're also much

transportation secretary elaine chao. tom barrack. and david rubenstein. mark: big day ahead.g up, apple shares have been on quite a run. will the big gains continue? we have the apple numbers you need to know. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ live from new york, i am vonnie quinn. mark: in london, i am mark barton. this is "bloomberg markets." time for the bloomberg business flash. shonda beeng inspected earnings. the company succeeding in getting more customers to pay full price. they added new products and rely less on discounting, bumping up sales for a fourth consecutive period. first-quarter profits that beat estimates. earnings were helped by rising oil prices and more cost cuts. rose again, showing how the british company is struggling to cover its commitments. more on bp next hour. that is your latest bloomberg business flash. vonnie: time now for our bloomberg quick take, where we issues ofckground two interest. japan is the world's senior citizen. lifees of rising expectancy and shirking birthrates is devastating regional communities, continuing to balloon public debt, and st

[applause] is indeed an honor to welcome my good friend, elaine chao, secretary of the u.s. of these services and deliver the keynote address at one of these events. welcome back, madam secretary. [applause] would also like to welcome another longtime end of the sop, labor secretary alex acosta. thank you for coming. [applause] please welcome your homeland security secretary, john kelley who is attending our service for the first time. thank you, mr. secretary. i am also very grateful and honored to welcome the u.s. attorney general, chat sessions. he's always been a friend of law enforcement when you're a senator and i'm sure you will continue as our attorney general. thank you. [applause] and very honored to welcome to this event, the vice president of the united states, michael pence. [applause] president henne will be introducing the vice president or comments in a few moments. finally, it is my great honor and privilege to have bypassed with us the 45th president of the united states, donald jay trump. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. the >> mr. president, mr. vice p

transportation secretary elaine chao says taxpayers and private investment will fund the president'srastructure plan. take a listen to this. >> the new infrastructure plan will include $200 billionç in direct federal funds. these funds will be used to leverage a trillion dollars in infrastructure investments over the next ten years. ashley: all right. joining us now is katherine wild with the partnership for new york city which works on infrastructure prompteds. so the question is -- projects so the question is, katherine, and thank you so much for being here. who gets the money first? do you have a list and is there a priority? you know, is this a number one, two, three and so on? >> well, i think every state around the country has a list and has their set of priorities, so, yes. here in new york we're looking at our deteriorated transportation system, 100-plus years old and where we're losing the tunnels that are under the hudson river in a few years if we don't do something about it. we've got 5.7 million people a day riding our subway and bus system in the city which is also agi

u.s transportation secretary elaine chao will make the final decision on whether or not to give the state approvals on high speed train matters in california. it's the season for spring cleaning...or at least that's what they say. dozens of city officials and volunteers joined forces to scrub down the streets of oakland today. hundreds gathered around nine this morning at the east oakland boxing association on 98th avenue. the clean -up effort was organized by the office of oakland mayor libby schaaf and numerous community partners including council president larry reid. volunteers got their hands dirty cleaning medians, curbsides, and roadways throughout parts of east oakland. and after the work was done... hundreds stayed to enjoy singing and dancing... with a block party. (jr stone) in- depth tonight:you may have seen the ads on the internet... vinegar as a super food to shed pounds quickly... tumeric to cleanse and detox your body. we wanted to find out the facts to these claims... whether they can help or hurt you. tonight, we start the first of two stories. here's kron four's terisa

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. >> transportation secretary elaine chao and former first ladies and daughter chelsea clinton and barbara bush. topics include ending global poverty and in proving the lives of women and girls. this is one hour and 40 minute. [inaudible conversations]

and elaine chao also talking about the possibility of veteran hospitals. in this issue. as part of his new office of american innovation. so, guys, there are lots of things going on but there's no consensus yet on how to bring about the president of the united states trump infrastructure package. one source tells me one option is on the table of having reform early to pay for it all. >> for more on infrastructure investment. let's bring in ed rendell, former governor of pennsylvania. he's co-chair of rebuilding america. and do you think that repatriation is one way to go about it. and you actually mentioned congressman delanie's bill. did you see most of the money will be used for infrastructure. or most of the money coming back used for infrastructure, because that's not going to fly. >> no it's a combination of two, one, the money coming back. and two, joe, the companies will get significant tax credit for investing in infrastructure. the private sector needs to be involved in the infrastructure. but one message that we're sending out to washington other

we spoke about all this and also infrastructure with transportation secretary elaine chao. her about firing of fbi director james comey. when you first heard that, what were your thoughts? >> that's not in my lane, to use a highway hyperbole. what i understand, the president thought it was in the best interest of the country, so he took decisive and bold action immediately. bret: let's talk about your lane. first of all, we've seen so much turmoil in the airline industry, and these images of these fights breaking out. your thoughts assessing all of this from your vantage point? >> i'm obviously very concerned about the rights of the passenger, and so to that end, the department of transportation has posted a passenger bill of rights, and for anyone that's interested they should go on www.dot.gov. on the home page, the passenger's bill of rights that tells passengers what their rights are, what recourse they have, and where can they go, including the department of transportation, if they have problems. but i think the most important thing is that the airlines themselves need

transportation secretary elaine chao has announced she will sign a previously arranged grant agreement to give caltrain $647 million of federal money over the next five years. the project will convert the caltrain system from the current diesel engines to electric. governor brown, senator dianne feinstein and minority leader nancy pelosi praised chao's decision. caltrain's twitter account had some fun writing "and we thought we'd have to bet the california money on the warriors to get electrification done. feds came through, things worked out. #dubnation. >>> new details on president trump's proposed budget set to be released today. federal money for coast-to-coast cleanup is expected to take a big hit. in the bay area, the president is proposing zero funding for the san francisco bay which currently receives about $4.8 million. the politically perilous cuts to medicaid, college loans, food stamps and federal employee pension benefits guarantee the president's budget won't go far in congress despite the fact republicans control both the house and senate. >>> let's talk about your commu

secretary of transportation elaine chao still needs to sign off on it. >> up next, the fbi director grilledmey faces a barrage of questions. >> makes me mildly nauseous to think that we might have had some impact on the election. >> why he believes he had to do it and why he didn't reveal an investigation involving the trump campaign. >> also the fiery plane crash right into a busy intersection. how they got out of that plane. >> and an army photographer who captured her own dea ♪ >>> live where you live, this is "abc 7 news." ♪ >>> good evening again. we begin this half hour with fbi director james comey. >> yes, he revealed for the first time today why he decided the reveal that hillary clinton's e-mails were again under investigation. >> congressional members asked why he did it two weeks before the election and why he stayed silent on the investigation into donald trump's associates. >> here is abc news reporter pierre thomas. >> reporter: under the microscope since the election results came in. >> director comey, were you comfortable in the role you played in the election, sir? >> repo

senate environment and public works committee, we heard an update from transportation secretary elaine chao. she committed to working closely with congress as we continue to develop commonsense solutions for our infrastructure needs. she outlined some of the proposals the department of transportation is reviewing to include in this infrastructure package. during that hearing, mr. president, -- you were there as well -- the secretary told me that she is committed to working closely with my colleagues and me to develop a national infrastructure policy. i also brought up the issue of delays, due to burdensome regulations like the national environmental policy act that permitting process that directly affects nebraska projects. to address these delays, the nebraska unicameral unanimously passed legislation that would have allowed the nebraska department of roads to assume the nepa permitting process. a letter has been sent to the federal highway administration to begin that implementation of this program, and that could take up to 18 months to complete. i asked the secretary for an update on th

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transportation secretary elaine chao is holding up a $647 million federal grant. kalgs supporters point out california's republican congressional delegation is opposed to election trif indication because it pachlz the way for the high speed rail, something they oppose. now, i conducted my own poll on twitter and facebook asking you which design you prefer and just taking a quick look here, option 1 seems to be the winner. it seems many of us like the familiar. voting is open on the cal train site until midnight tomorrow. and we have a lincoln our website, abc7news.com. larry and alma? >> all right, kristen, thank you so much. >>> the people who run san francisco's iconic cable cars are trying a shut down or trying to shut down a political ad running in georgia. we showed you the ad last week which uses san francisco stereo types to attack a congressional candidate. the sfmta has sent a letter demanding the ad be pulled for using image of a cable car without permission. a group called the congressional leadership fund paid for the ad, it says it paid $623 to use th

elaine chao? who else is around? as soon as wheels were up to start this foreign trip, the "new york times" reported this story. according to the "times'" reporting, and the white house does not dispute it, the official white house record of the president hosting the russian foreign minister and the russian ambassador in the oval office last week, the official white house record not disputed by the white house includes direct quotes from the president telling these russian officials that thank god the pressure on him about russia is lifted now because he fired the fbi director. quote, i just fired the head of the fbi. i faced great pressure because of russia. that's taken off. lots of subsequent headlines about this story and discussion about this story today have been focusing on the fact that the president is also quoted in this official white house account of that meeting calling fired fbi director james comey, quote, crazy, a real nut job. you know what, though? when one of your work colleagues is somebody the pr

hear from barbara pearce bush, ceo and cofounder of global health court, transportation secretary elaine chao and chelsea clinton. all to get underway at 1:00 p.m. eastern. should start in a moment here. live coverage on c-span2. ♪ ♪ ♪ [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. our program will begin momentarily.

. >>> transportation secretary elaine chao announced monday that president trump will be releasing his infrastructure plan in the coming weeks. she spoke at an infrastructure forum in washington. other speakers include trade association leaders, manufacturing executives and they discussed the importance of public/private partnerships. from the u.s. chamber of commerce, this is just under three hours. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. >> good morning. >> i'm suzanne clark, senior evp here at the u.s. chamber and i am delighted to welcome you here today. now, when you have my job, you get to be in this room and say that sentence a lot. but i actually mean it today or mean it more than usual. not just because you're a charming audience, but because i started my career at the american trucking association and y

secretaryrtation elaine chao, chelsea clinton, and barbara bush were among the featured speakers at theare national conference. topics include ending global

i like elaine chao, i think she will be good in that job. getting something done for transportation is good. i also think in california, we want to use our own money to take diesel engines on caltrans, electrify them. we think that can help us keep our impressive environmental goals. but right now, this is about sequencing. what can they get done without getting the health care bill done? the have to get it all the way. the have to repeal it, but get it done so it is fine, so you can actually harvest that money, and use it. think the administration is a fickle. they can't move on with the things you want to do things that are necessary. frankly i'm still fumbling about is, license the president talking to democrats? he could get democrats -- if you want to democrats in good faith and talked about how to work on the obamacare bill without repealing it, because that is an artifice to come by the way -- and then get it done -- you can get a passed in the senate when -- that way -- then you can move on to tax cuts. there democrats willing to wor