host: joining us now is eugene mulero. we are talking about the trump administration's plan for infrastructure. good morning. guest: good morning, pedro. host: what we know about the plan? guest: we know several things -- the white house wants to unveil it before the state of the union. plans beforeo has the consumer conference in las vegas. also, the $200 billion that are going to be from direct federal spending, we know from the white house infrastructure advisor, they are going to ask for money from existing federal accounts, and when you reach the $200 billion mark, that would incentivize $800 billion in private-sector funds. now, that is a different debate whether or not you can reach that mark over 10 years. also $25 billion will be allocated for rural projects. 3t is very difficult to get a p polling facility to be profitable along rural highways. then you will have a real push on the part of the white house and the administration to streamline environmental for construction projects, these big infrastructure projec

eugene mulero. things -- this is not a weird topic at all. this is something president trump touted in his campaign over and over again, then he will be the builder in chief. after the signing of the tax bill, president trump said he wanted to proceed with infrastructure. he had planned to have a package within his first hundred days in office. when you look around the country, everyone stuck in traffic, the first thing they complain about is the bridge is old and needs to be repaired. you have people with your transit systems -- this is something that affects everybody. from the president on to every member of congress. infrastructure is something that is always on the two-do list. to do list. -- on his point on the electrical grid, he does bring up a good point in there has been an increase in power outages due primarily to the age of electrical grid, and, again, that is part of what the administration, the u.s. dot, and members of congress are going to look at when they start working on this legislation -- what do they do to modernize that

the first guest is eugene mulero. we will talk about plans by the administration, how congress will react. that conversation next. next, will be joined by ght, who represents the state transportation officials across the united states. how money could come from transportation, and how state offices will take that money and what they do with it. those conversations coming up with it on "washington journal." there is a society in washington, d.c., the american society of civil engineers, and they put out a report card looking at infrastructure, in which they assign grades. it you talk about it is the senior managing director of the american society -- here to talk about it is the senior managing director for the american society of civil engineers. thank you. thank you for being here. talk about the purpose of his report cards. guest: we have been doing this since the 1970's. there was a report in the reagan foundation, and not much happened for a decade. in the late 90's we took up the charge on the report card -- a wa

with the trump administration's focus on infrastructure spending with transport topics reporter eugene mulero. then american executive director of the state highway and transportation officials frederick wright will join us. be sure to watch c-span "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. >> the winter of virginia's 94th house district race will be chosen at random by drawing a name out of a bowl in richmond this morning. it ended in a tie between a republican and a democrat. our live coverage from the virginia state board of elections begins at 11:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. in the afternoon, the washington institute hosts a policy of the ongoing -- policy discussion of the ongoing protests in iran. that is live at 12:30 p.m. eastern. white house press secretary sarah sanders was asked about new book "fire in fury," and president trump's statement criticizing steve bannon, who was discussed in the book. also discussed -- north korea, budget, and immigration policy. sec. sanders: good afternoon. light crowd.

this is eugene mulero. our first call for he is from elizabeth new jersey, independent line. bill, you are on with our guest. go ahead. >> caller: thank you, thank yo. once we start this infrastructure spending, the number one priority has to be the new york city metropolitan area. the subways, new jersey transit, long island railroad and metro north are a complete mess. we would've had a nice, new tom opening sometime this year for, under the hudson rail tunnel for new jersey transit which governor christie killed almost as soon as he got in office. but the nuke metropolitan area has to be the number one priority for infrastructure spending. >> host: okay, thanks. >> guest: that's a very valid point. elizabeth, new jersey, is right next to newark airport and you have both senator some new jersey, menendez and cory booker, they've been sounding the alarm that this new jersey, the tri-state area of connecticut and new york is a huge economic, come at the newly elected governor of new jersey phil murphy called new jersey? >> guest: this date train system a national disgrace due

>> coming up, we'll talk about the administration's approaches spending and ure we'll talk to eugene mulero and then states and infrastructure frederick wright, executive director of the american soeshs of state highway and transportation officials. and rand corporation's deborah to make who discuss how federal infrastructure spending more efficient. be sure to watch c-span's journal" live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. saturday, american history tv on c-span 3 takes you to the american historical annual meeting in washington, d.c. for live all day coverage, 8:30 5:00 p.m. eastern, join us as historians and scholars in 1968,t civil rights commemorating civil war reconstruction in national parks and the new birmingham national monument. live coverage of the american historical association annual saturday on american history tv on c-span 3. advisor hillary clinton talks about the 2016 presidential campaign. the trump presidency. 2018 elections. he spoke at the washington center for internships and academic seminars. bernardinosh and academic seminars. >> all right, friends

host: joining us now is eugene mulero. we are talking about the trump administration's plan for infrastructure. good morning. guest: good morning, pedro. host: what we know about the plan? guest: we know