. >> just last week maryland fwovrn nor larry hoeingen ands transportation secretary air elaine chao sound fund ago agreement for the 16 mile long rail line that officials say produce 6,000 construction jobs and connect bethesda with prince george country mark and amtrak. a long planned rail line in places highly unpopular. >> i love walking and biking on trail. and i cannot imagine they'll be able to cut us down five years and it's not a done deal yet. >> he put it in the public giant win for stat and national for capitol region. >> one of the six mile long rail line well be right here in connecticut avenue chevy chase like drive. there was another lawsuit filed yet by the group that is trying to soft trail. the group says there's still hope in the legal fight. live in bethesda, paul wagner, "fox5 local news". >> dispant mantling daca. president trump surprise expected to end the immigration program. people who support daca are ganlerring out outside the watch house and ronica cleary is in today too. ronica. >> we poll jays we can see if we can come back to ronica in a second. as yo

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more than seven thousand complaints last week and now senators are asking transportation secretary elaine chao. to look into the reports now it's certainly bad press from an industry that does not need help attracting negative attention these days in the aftermath of initial complaints airline started capping flight prices out of florida jet blue limited one way nonstop to ninety nine dollars as did american airlines and delta pledged to cap all fares including first class seats.

the vice president mike pence a section of labor alex on the cost of the sector transportation elaine chao sexually finishing rick perry secretary of veterans affairs david chilton. acting secretary herman security in lane do you. have old bean that today and we had the kind of add the. and tumble so it's. kind of one of the seniors in that department head of security addressing the press briefing today as wel. i think this administration wants to show. that they are not asleep at the wheel. they are pulling every federal lever they compulsively pull to show that they all across what the needs are. that they are liaising with the state that they've mobilized the national guard that they've got the marines on stand by. that everything that could be done is being done. but you still get criticism well i was going to say it's also getting very personal donald trump giving a million dollars of his own money. very nice gesture but is it going to be seen as anything more than that well i you know i think there's a time when the politics you can be damned if you do and you're damned if you don't.

more than seven thousand complaints last week and now senators are asking transportation secretary elaine chao. to look into the reports now it's certainly bad press from an industry that does not need help attracting negative attention these days in the aftermath of initial complaints airlines started capping flight prices out of florida jet blue limited one way nonstop to ninety nine dollars as did american airlines and delta pledged to cap all fares including first class seats to norm no more than three hundred ninety nine dollars for flights to and from florida through september thirteenth as the united states and president donald trump focused on an america first policy it's left a vacuum of trade power for other global players to fill now when trump pulled out of the transpacific partnership deal many thought the twelve country pact was dead in the water but the remaining eleven countries are revisiting their options just a couple of weeks ago meeting in sydney to breathe back life into the stalled agreement to talk about what future t.p. may have and whether the us is still a part of it

elaine chao, a member of previous administrations.er record at the department of labor was a terrible record. it faced many objections, much criticism. not just from unions, but from people who analyzed how you run a government agency. but she is back. now she's running transportation. and we don't pay a lot of attention. we tend to think of it as, you know, make sure that planes go and buses -- that is such a powerful agency. with regard to our safety, as regard to spending of money. donald trump is talking about a $1 trillion infrastructure program. very real possibility that a lot of that will be run through the department of transportation. but not in the way this a franklin roosevelt did. more with privatization, a lot of corporations coming out with more money than they have ever had. you really need to look at her and you need to look at her for one other reason, too. when donald trump had that horrible press conference on charlottesville -- >> she was standing there. >> right behind. do you know why she was standing there? bec

transportation secretary elaine chao released voluntary guidelines on driverless vehicles that give auto companies more flexibility in developing them our goal at the department of transportation is to help usher in this new era of transportation innovation and safety suring that our country remains a global leader and autonomous technology the new guidelines are scaled back from the ones the obama administration announced last year they're also at odds with recommendations the national highway traffic safety administration rolled out on the same day it wants a more active role in regulating driverless vehicles by making car companies install more safeguards the agency made the recommendation after finding that an inattentive drivers over reliance on an automated system contributed to a fatal crash last year so driving cars are in the valving technology and manufacturers are racing to mass produce them mr speaker i rise in support of this bill h.r. thirty three eighty eight the shaft drive act last week the house of representatives passed legislation that could get them on highways more

elaine chao was in the peace corps earlier in her life. people went into that and they grew. there is an element of danger. it is not quite political danger, i think there is actual danger to the men and women who went to those countries and we didn't know that and we send people out without any protection and we have seen that with attacks on the embassies. there was a naivete. but there was a wonderful idealism which justified itself. >> kennedy told a story of rising in the dominican republic. he is going to the town he will be stationed. joe said, how did you know that stop he said, gringo, red hair. the gentleman want to say that a peace corps volunteer wrought water and, for 30 years, they have had water. they never had a chance to thank him. so i want to thank you. you think about the ripples of hope. the other thing i have seen is that there are about a quarter million people who have been in the peace corps and it has impacted their lives. it is enormous impact. the question is, how can we galvanize that in today's environment? there are great programs out there. >>

there was a flight with the elaine chao, transportation .ecretary what are the rules for cabinet secretaries rules are somewhat loose, regulationent of the is clear. as an official with the government, you are supposed to ofe the most affordable form travel, specifically commercial travel when it is available. if there are not commercial flights available or other contingencies, including national security issues, there are exceptions for military travel. privatehave seen with travel is unique. we have seen secretary price taking private travel almost as a norm whereas previous would be say that incredibly unique. perhaps you are traveling to alaska and there is no commercial travel, you would take private travel. the regulations have been undermined and the trump administration is looking at ways to rain this in a little. -- rein this in a little. shery: thank you for joining us from the white house. sign up for the balance of power newsletter at bloomberg.com. get the latest on bloomberg politics in your inbox every day. i haven't done that yet. i have to do it. david: it's very easy, i as

transportation secretary, elaine chao said that infrastructure plan will be ready later this fall, whatspend whole lot of money on infrastructure, the question has donald trump and elaine chao figured out a way so it is is not coming so much from federal purse, but they can kno can inte the private sector. neil: a little bit of both. >> or a light of both, there is reason to be skeptical on washington d.c., both parties are broken, and president is trying to decide which party is really willing to make a compromise and work with him. neil: you are not confident that tax cuts, are going to do much to change? >> i think that if we have prudent tax cuts it could happen accelerate thetic and ex address debt situation, but if you talk about odds of a big tax cut this fall, flip a coin. when donald trump came into office and paul ryan and mitch mcconnell looked confident we might have said 80%, they control all branches of government. i don't know who? control now. neil: there is that, todd thank you, very much we should add that treasury secretary mnuchin indicated whatever they come up with

transportation secretary elaine chao released voluntary guidelines on driverless vehicles that give auto companies more flexibility in developing them our goal at the department of transportation is to help usher in this new era of transportation innovation and safety ensuring that our country remains a global leader and autonomous technology the new guidelines are scaled back from the ones the obama administration announced last year they're also at odds with the recommendations the national highway traffic safety administration rolled out on the same day it wants a more active role in regulating driverless vehicles by making car companies install more safeguards the agency made the recommendation after finding that an inattentive drivers over reliance on an automated system contributed to a fatal crash last year self driving cars are an evolving technology and manufacturers are racing to mass produce them mr speaker i rise in support of this bill h.r. thirty three eighty eight the shaft drive act last week the house of representatives passed legislation that could get them on highways

the transportation secretary elaine chao put out a vision which someatement, consumer groups criticizedaking a hands-off approach, allowing manufacturers to test driverless cars on highways. on the same day, the ntsb came out and said they need to be more active, pointing to the unfortunate tragic crash of a man in a tesla. where do you see the regulatory environment? what are your concerns about taking the steps forward safely? >> great question. if you look at what the administration has done, and what we have seen in the last couple weeks, that is very encouraging for this technology, because we are in the early stages. we really haven't served our first users yet, so it makes sense that we are careful and flexible so we don't unnecessarily or inadvertently squelch innovation. what we have seen in the house, which is something pretty special when you think about it, how many things has the house of representatives united behind recently? i can think of none, other than self driving cars, which passed recently that is very supportive and in line with what we saw from the secretary. i

. >> just last week maryland governor larry hoeing and and elaine chao signed a fund ago agreement for the 16 mile long rail line that will produce 6,000 construction jobs and connect amtrak and prince george county. >> i just love walking on the trail and i'm just -- i can't imagine they'll be able to tut it down for five years and it's not a done deal yet. i don't think this fair. >> governor billion private public project is big win for state and major benefit for the national capital region. >> one of the stations along the 16-mile long -- rail line will be built right here at connecticut avenue. and i'm right by connecticut and chevy chase lake drive and the station will go right in here. the people trying to save this trail say that they still have hopes for a legal battle. there was a lawsuit a second filed yesterday and filing an injunction tomorrow and hopefully get that the stop. there's still a legal fight to go on. if he have to see where it goes. live in bethesda, paul wagner, "fox5 local news". >> a laborer day doesn't just mawrk end of summer but beginning of fall. >> it

mitch mcconnell's wife, secretary of transportation elaine chao was standing beside donald trump yesterdaye press conference that john kasich and mitch mcconnell and other republicans have been criticizing. today, senator ted cruz had no problem saying the kind of thing that donald trump should have said if he had the decency to actually think these things. >> the president said that both sides were to blame and seems to equate the white nationalists with the counterprotesters. do you agree with that? >> you know, the president speaks for himself. the klan is evil. they are racist bigots. nazis are the very face of evil. their hatred, their anti-semitism is completely unacceptable. and i think we should speak unequivocally, condemning their hatred, condemning their racism. >> our next guest is a former republican who quit the republican party when donald trump secured the republican presidential nomination. pulitzer prize winning columnist george f. will joins us next. oy three-quarters of what it takes to replace it. what are you supposed to do? drive three-quarters of a car? now if you h

today transportation secretary elaine chao announced new guidelines for automated vehicles in an efforto encourage faster developments if the new rules make changes to obama era regulations that auto makers claimed slowed down innovation. consumer groups are worried about safety issues down the road. >>> who is the blame for a deadly crash that involved a tesla on copilot? effort to a certain extent. the ntsb says the driver of the car who died relied too much on the driverless system. the truck driver who failed to yield. with you but some blame was laid on tesla because the software allowed for pro longed disengagement from driving. tesla releasing a statement saying customer safety comes first and the auto pilot technology quote significantly increases safety. >>> a piece of highway history could be jurors. think of it as caltrans collectible. the circular freeway accents are hitting the auction block. they have phasing out the pavement markers feel bumpy. they're implement ago cheaper striping system. there are even some 7,000 dots long wishing in a sacramento warehouse and it's hea

lou: referring to the secretary of transportation, elaine chao.o much, ed rollins. >> thank you. lou: as tax reform languishes and as the president prepares to go full tilt supporting it, well, obamacare remains unrepealed, unreplaced, and you probably also might have missed one thing congress did find time to do. we want to share that with you. the house of representatives in the midst of all of this found the energy and the capacity to pass a bill that absolutely tears up federal rules regulating self-driving cars and preempting states from imposing their own regulations on so-called headless cars. the plan, pushed by a new, powerful lobby group funded by ford, lyft, uber and, yes, google. and run by the former head of the national highway traffic safety administration under president obama. the swamp is still in very good working order. and, yes, the swamp is far from drained. please roll the video now, and we'll show you this speed flyer who, that's his view -- not a bad one. a little close, you might think, for comfort. and, indeed, the thril

liz: amen, elaine chao, the labor secretary said we could have infrastructure plan later this fall.w component up 30% year to date for cat. great to see all of you guys. >> thanks, liz. liz: scott, scott and phil. closing bell 36 minutes away, goldman sachs announcing a growth plan it says will add more than $5 billion in annual revenue. pfizer at the very top, up a dollar. the gap jumping higher today after jefferies and jpmorgan boosted price targets for the often embattled chain retailer. upping to a buy with a price target of 39 from 35. jpmorgan upped its target to $30 from 28 bucks. well, it's at $27.52 right now. the gap among the s&p 500 leaders today. >>> up next, the trump administration putting the full-court press on for tax reform. blake burman live at white house right now. he's going to tell you how the billionaire in chief plans to sell the plan to america's middle class, and it may be tinged in democrat blue. "countdown" coming right back. i count on my dell small business advisor for tech advice. with one phone call, i get products that suit my needs and i get back

by the way, elaine chao, the acting -- pardon me, elaine duke, acting secretary of homeland securitythe people on the ground to determine if they have all the assets necessary to continue to move into position. this is very much a state-led operation with fema in kind of a backup and support mode. guys, back to you. >> tom, thank you very much. let's go back to lester and al in tampa. how much longer can you guys stay in that location? or lester, i don't see al. >> al just stepped away for a moment. i think we'll be fine here for several hours, based on the latest guidance we saw. it is looking more and more like the tampa bay area will take a direct hit. that's not good in terms of the storm surge. we've looked at it, the high tide will certainly affect the situation. we would expect there would be water where we are. this is kind of a river walk area here, the tampa river walk along the hillsboro river here. we've had people biking and jogging by. if you didn't know there was a hurricane coming, you would think this was showers on a regular florida day. but we do know there's a hur

transportation secretary elaine chao released voluntary guidelines on driverless vehicles that give auto companies more flexibility in developing them our goal at the department of transportation is to help usher in this new era of transportation innovation and safety ensuring that our country remains a global leader and autonomous technology the new guidelines are scaled back from the ones the obama administration announced last year they're also at odds with the recommendations the national highway traffic safety administration rolled out on the same day it wants a more active role in regulating driverless vehicles by making car companies install more safeguards the agency made the recommendation after finding that an inattentive drivers over reliance on an automated system contributed to a fatal crash last year so driving cars are an evolving technology and manufacturers are racing to mass produce them mr speaker i rise in support of this bill h.r. thirty three eighty eight the shelf drive act last week the house of representatives passed legislation that could get them on highways mo

and the secretary of homeland security, elaine duke, not elaine chao, obviously. krist kristen welker at the white house. elaine duke had to go back and direct the record with what she said yesterday saying she was happy with the efforts. she said obviously the situation down there is not satisfactory, but she's proud of the work that is being done. i was struck that there were a lot of platitudes being given about all the efforts that were going on down there but there wasn't a lot of substance as to what they're doing or how they're trying to change thing, how they're trying to make sure that logistics and supply -- logistics are clear and supplies are getting from the ports to the people. >> and that's, of course, the key question that remains and the administration has been very candid about the fact that that is the biggest challenge. they say they have 10,000 people on the ground, 7,000 who are in the military. and yet they're having this problem in terms of distributing the goods, the food, the water that they need to get to people who are suffering right no

amy: in a mill of your rodents at mitch mcconnell's wife -- the senate majority leader and elaine chao, the secretary of transportation -- her family probably benefits from the jones act that keeps eight out of puerto rico. and keeps puerto rican residents core. her family owns a shipping company. >> it is a virtual monopoly. , a smaller companies group of usual suspects, that benefit enormously from this status quo. in addition to the consumer goods companies. cars, the same car will cost $6,000 more in san juan than in miami. there's a very tight not a vested interest that are coming under the auspices of citizens united, lobbying intensively right now to do whatever they on thekeep the jones act neck of puerto rico. but hopefully, the human values and the humanitarian crisis that is basically exploding right now will basically offset the lobbying efforts. amy: juan, have you heard from your sister in puerto rico at this point? juan: no, i have not still. i have been trying to reach out to other people and even journalists in puerto rico who i know, but there is been no phone communi

and elaine chao and donald trump overturned that barely two weeks ago and most americans didn't even know it. that didn't affect houston. this is -- this is for the future. but let me warn you -- that what they did what they did was to say we refuse to learn from what is happening to this country. that is shameful and you can't let that occur in the dark without people knowing it be. i want to pay anxious to donald trump but eve attention to everybody else. makes us work harder stay up later. what's your question sir? >> so this regulatory capture piece that you're talking about is huge. i mean clearly these are the people who -- will enable all that invisible change. but they in turn are kind of being enabled too and you mentioned mitch mcconnell and paul ryan by a very compliengt congress, and part of why they get such a -- compliant congress is the jerry suppression that's going on. so -- knowing your wisconsin and redistricting maybe some of the other institutional factors? ivelg great question a lot on the table we'll relay that. >> with a wonderful group of people in in line th

i've spoke within elaine chao. they of lifted federal regulations to get gas to florida quickly. operating to bring fuel and supplies in. we are laser focused on how to get as much fuel to our ports as possible while they are open. i have offered school buses for transportation needs in monroe, miami-dade, and broward countys. at this time, miami-dade is using these services to help evacuate those with special needs and broward has buses on standby. monroe has said they do not need buses right now but our offer still stands. right now there is mandatory evacuation order in effect for the florida keys. this means all residents and all visitors. i was down there yesterday to do everything we can to make sure citizens can get out. we estimate there are 35b9 1,000 people that have evacuated from the keys as of 6:00 p.m. last night. if you near the keys and do not have a way out 1shgs 80-- call e number. if you near the keys and still at home, leave and get out. we can't save you after the storm starts. you're going to have unbelievable wind and storm surge. the entire lower keys hosp

department of transportation secretary elaine chao today and she's been very supportive. the federal d.o.t. has lifted federal regulations of fuel to get gas to florida as quickly as possible. all reports are open. and operating to bring fuel and supplies in. evacuations. right now, there is mandatory evacuation in effect for all visitors in the florida keys. tonight this order will go into effect for all residents. we estimate that about 25,000 people have already evacuated from the keys. listen to your local officials for evacuation orders. they will tell you if and when your area needs to be evacuated. so listen to the locals. if you're told to evacuate, don't wait. get out quickly. if you look at what happens f you wait, that's when we end up with the lines on the highways. when local officials tell you to evacuate, they do so because it's not safe to stay. we can expect additional evacuations in the storm continues so near to our state. everyone must listen to their local officials. individuals with special needs started being evacuated from miami this morning, and m

one of the things he has to work on and maybe that was the purpose of elaine chao in the middle of the day saying an infrastructure plan could be forth coming. is that a teaser to democrats, forget about estate tax or not, that's something they want to see, chuck schumer built a career on it, looks forward to it. nancy pelosi argued this through democratic republican presidents alike that's right, carrot he's holding out and might dangle at the dinner. >> and floated throughout the week. i would be nervous if i were republicans at the dinner. chuck andnance eerp in the white house, trump gave them what they wanted. they definitely want infrastructure. neil: are you saying he was rolled? >> uh, you could -- i could argue it both ways, i don't necessarily think he was rolled but set up with republicans, willing to cut a deal with the democrats. neil: that's not bad. >> clinton did it. clinton did it. neil: joe, you are absolutely right. >> scary for republicans because if you offer infrastructure and you want the massive tax cuts, you have a lot of deficit hawks who are not going to want

transportation secretary elaine chao is also set to unveil safety guidelines for self-driving cars today (mark) pizza hut is reacting to allegations that a manager threatened to fire workers fleeing hurricane irma. this after employees at one of its restaurants in jacksonville posted a memo online from their manager. in the memo-- the manager declares workers are only allowed to evacuate 24-hours before irma hit. and they must return within three days of their evacuation or they could be fired. in the statement pizza hut said the manager did not follow company guidelines. the company claims it does not have a policy that dictates when team members can leave or return from a disaster. pizza hut would not clarify if the manager involved was disciplined. (darya) a touching moment for a three year old who was recently diagnosed with leukemia. (mark) several nurses threw her a party in the middle of hurricane irma.(darya) here is video of her party. the little girl was diagnosed with the disease on friday. her birthday was on sunday. her mother, heartbroken says she had nothing prepared for h

transportation secretary elaine chao will reveal the new rules at a self-driving testing facility inakers criticized guidelines issued by the obama administration. >>> couple of piece of auto news nissan unveiling a redesigned version of its best selling vehicle, the leaf. the new model is a longer range version that can travel 50% further on a single charge it features advances in autonomous driving technology. the leaf is the world's best selling electric car, people don't often talk about it, because people talk about tesla often, but its range falls short of those offered by tesla and gm. the new model is $5,000 cheaper than the tesla model 3 >> model 3 that's the new one >> that's the new eest one. you know what i'm doing today? >> what? >> taking a test drive >> you ordered one >> no, i know somebody who has got one, i want to check it out. >> you are thinking about buying one. >> no we talk about tesla all the time i want to be more informed >> might have helped if you bought stock or made investments in your past life, that might have been an idea to get experience there >> i

i sent a letter last night to transportation secretary elaine chao asking her to look into this and whatmerican, and others, jetblue, have lowered their prices they've been very cooperative, giving people who need to or want to have the opportunity to get out of the hurricane path to be able to do so in an economical way unfortunately, united had not done that. at least as of last night. so we're hoping -- >> but are you suggesting that united is trying to gouge customers and take advantage of this or are you -- >> well we hope not -- >> not lowered their prices, and approached it the way some of the other airlines have? >> well, more of the latter, we believe. but that's what the investigation is about to find out what the facts are for sure. you know, i'm a former attorney general of florida we enforced the price gouging laws during that time. the current attorney general is doing the same and i'm glad that sheis. but it's important for all of us to be on watch for these kind of things we have to watch out for our constituents, the boss, the people we're here to serve and make sure tha