brendan: eric spiegel, thank you so much. boom and bust in july. ♪ tom: good morning. i'm tom keene. i am paris scoping with brendan greeley. what do we have? brendan: erik schatzker is onset to talk hockey with you. that is not why he is here. he is here because you have dick parsons on today. he left espn and is coming straight to you to tell us that there is no money left in sports television? erik: first, let me mention that just like the jeffersons stephanie ruhle and i are moving on up. we are moving on up to 8:00 and betty liu is moving into noon. it is "market makers" from it :00 to 10:00. -- 8:00 to 10 cut. -- 10:00. dick parsons and is coming on -- dick parsons is coming on. i want to start with bill simmons leaving espn and going where? who would have a better idea? tom: who is bill simmons? erik: perhaps the most red sports commentator of all time. tom: i don't know. erik: grant land -- does anyone know? brendan: it is perhaps or was an amazing magazine. erik: a blog. we can call a digital destination. brendan: i

governor ed rendell, my good friend eric spiegel, the president and ceo of siemens america. and paul your row seat. -- and paul yarossi. tomorrow lunge her in ceo of schnitzer steel -- tamara is the president of the u.s. department of congress or in of directors. traditional and nontraditional allies as well, locust on the broad competitiveness implications of infrastructure investment. the nam is proud to lead this effort with our partners. the afl-cio. the u.s. chamber of commerce. the brookings institution policy program. the american society of civil engineer and holding america's future. over the last few years, infrastructure we cast transformed from a handful of events led by a small group of organizations to a nationwide initiative. this week, more than 80 affiliate organizations will host more than 40 events from alaska to washington, d.c. and everywhere in between. scores of mayors and legislatures are raising this with their members. the service sector is bringing their story to our nation's leadership and we will hear from our highest elect did and federal agency

we will hear from investment secretary foxx and siemens ceo eric spiegel. bloomberg government posted this to our panel. >> good morning, everybody. my name is josh east right and i had the agency here. -- i had the agency here. this is the kickoff of infrastructure week. those of you joining us online please feel free to keep engaging with us throughout the day on twitter. our mission here at bloomberg government is all about giving washington decision-makers the tools they need to do their jobs better. with dozens of bills already introduced a around structure issues, certainly this is a topic our customers want to know about. this is impacting everyone in this room and across the country. that's why we're hosting several events in partnership with our friends building americans future. we are proud to be hosting today's event with the entire steering committee for infrastructure week. i find myself thinking about london. you might ask why. it is because i live there full-time and part-time for the last 18 years. the huge and sustained infrastructure inve

eric spiegel, made some significant investments in north america that make a difference to a whole lot of people. tamara, chair of the chamber of commerce. can you all hear me? ok. understand that you have heard from or going to hear from anthony foxx and jeff sykes, but i would like to get to the point with you. as i said backstage with don the idea that there is actually debate in washington on capitol hill as to whether or not we need to invest in infrastructure is mind blowing. i have been here a long time. i understand the need for debate as to how to pay for what we need to do. i do not get the debate about whether or not we need to significantly invest in our infrastructure. 6.5 years ago, the economy was in recession. just short of depression. even before then, the middle class was getting clobbered. the operative word that everyone heard constantly was "outsourcing." top-down economics governed our policy. when we entered office, we knew there had to be drastic changes and we made them. very unpopular changes. we cut back almost $840 billion. every outside expert looked at it,

and governor rendell, and eric spiegel, president semens who has done -- north america, has made some significant investments in north america that make a lot of difference to a whole lot of people. and tamara lundgren of the chair of the u.s. chamber of commerce. is this on? can you all hear me? okay. the -- i understand that either you are going to hear from or have heard from anthony foxx and jeff zinse, but i would like to get right to the point with you. as i said backstage for a moment with don, the idea that there is actually a debate in washington up on capitol hill as to whether or not we need to invest in infrastructure is mind blowing. i've been here a long long time. i understand the need for a debate as to how to pay for what we need to do. i don't get the debate about whether or not we need to significantly invest in our infrastructure. 6 1/2 years ago, the economy was in recession just short of depression. and even before then, the middle class was getting clobbered and the operative word that everyone heard constantly was outsourcing, and top down economics governed ou