we have a mechanism that exists at the federal level -- the highway trust fund -- that has served the public well. that is a user-based financing source that has provided the revenues to support federal transit and highway investment, but the highway trust fund is not keeping up. we are seeing changes in fuel economy, increases in fuel economy of the average vehicle, electric and more vehicles in the fleet. we see the need for additional investment because of inflation and other factors. the highway trust fund is not keeping up, and it has had to have been subsidized to maintain current levels of federal spending. is going to billion be a challenge outside of the context of tax reform. casting a vote for a tax increase that is freestanding, not part of a bigger package or compromise, we know it is a difficult challenge in washington. host: eastern and central time zones -- host: perhaps you work in the transportation industry -- bud wright of the american association of state highway and transportation officials joining us. the first call is from john. john from washington, state. go

just at the federal level, there as well.l levels these can be complicated administrative procedural processes and challenges. host: can that consolidation be done to keep the level of safety and things you have to consider as well? guest: it can be done, and we have examples where it can be done well. beginning with strong federal leadership, if that is the arent, to make sure laws honored and the public is heard. this is doable. it is not impossible. there needs to be a consensus and understanding of what that should look like going in, and not making it up. report, nots the everything is broken, the future of transportation and water funding. you can go to the rand website. our guest from the rand corporation. the first call is from ohio, democrat's line. caller: i lived in cincinnati, west of cincinnati. we do not have an adequate bus system, no subway, no trains. before i would allow one cent of my taxes to get a better train, subway, or bus to someone else, i want that here. on the west coast and east coast. zero in cincinnati. you cannot give me a legitimate reason my taxes sh

i know there's been an increase in various levels, maybe more on the federal levels, perhaps on the state, but i can tell you on the local level, it's very difficult to encourage women to enter the field of law enforcement. while those of us in the field encourage and try to mentor women, i wonder if there's anything on a national level or a federal level to encourage more women. >> we can probably all contribute to that one. but let me start out with that one, 20% of the united states air force today is women. 20%. 63,000 women serve in the united states air force. which 63,000 is more than the entire raf. and all careers are open to them. and i remember 27 years ago, for the first time, i graduated from the air force academy in 1982, served as an officer in europe during the cold war, for the first time in the first gull war, i remember our senior leaders, colin powell at the time and general schwarzkopf on national television, saying, talk about our men and women in harm's way, our men and women in uniform. i had never been included in that way before. it was always before that, our me

california anticipated that the cost-sharing subsidiaries for people 138% and 2 50% of the federal pottery level might go away and they enacted law that essentially allowed insureers to instead get their subsidiaries from another pot of federal money so it shifts from the cost -sharing subsidiaries to the tax credits and it will have little impact on policy holders through covered california, not zero impact but minimal impact. so we're fortunate to be in a state that thought ahead for that policy issue. >> very good. do you know if recovery california is making it well-known to the public? >> interview: they are, they are mostly the reason that it's effecting a particular plan so people who fall within certain income brackets are being navigateed towards that level plan so that the impact is least felt. >> interview: very good, thank you. and i guess you do have an update in regards to the new bell that is going through, i mean, what is the staff us righf the bipartiasan bill? has it changed in the last two days or three days? >> are you talking about the budget bill? >> the congressional budge

the federal level i want to partner. i have a bipartisan bill with senator young from indiana that would create portable benefits pilot program for states localities non-profits. i'm trying this kind of experimentation. the truth is we are already seeing some of the start. last year in washington state there was a bill put forward in the legislature that would create an affordable benefits system. a couple of days ago uber created a first step towards creating an important benefit system for their drivers and in new york city there has been work for three years right now in terms of trying to take the fund and move it to ridesharing companies. nowhere was this experimentation take place more than at the city level and i want to find ways to partner through the second thing we need to look at is the whole

many are focused on diversity efforts were focused on that at the federal level as well. in addition, it's hard to recruit when they feel like they're under attack group that the public doesn't appreciate the work they're doing. the attorney general has sent a message that we stand with

many are focused on diversity efforts were focused on that at the federal level as well. in addition, it's hard to recruit when they feel like they're under attack group that the public doesn't appreciate the work they're doing. the attorney general has sent a message that we stand with law-enforcement we believe the majority of law-enforcement officers are keeping us safe every day and doing their jobs in good faith. there's a bad actor will go after that person. because it undermines the integrity of everyone else. that does not mean that we paint with a broad brush. law-enforcement is an honorable position. >> where the final seconds. were trying to keep it on time. i think i'll panelists and guess in stage with us. [applause] >> thank you for coming. my name is kelly and you have my e-mail address. if you like information about what were doing, e-mails of our priorities please let me know and i will include you on the list. we encourage you to tweet and share stories. will be having more of these moving forward. thank you for your time. [applause] [inaudible] [inaudib

what we need to do is we need to think at the federal level and the state level of how we align incentives mostly for private sector to actually invest in human capital. i've been working on legislation again with a number of colleagues that would take the r&d tax credit model which has been extraordinarily successful and use that r&d tax credit model and provide the same kind of tax credit, not tax deduction for meaningful investment in upscale and low and moderate income that make less than $80000 a year. it must win sent that the right way, we will not have a workforce that is truly prepared for this 21st century. i see the red light is flashing and i only have two more pages. let me close with this. truth is, if we're going to get this right i believe we have to change a lot of the frame of our political debate. if we think about portable benefits, i'm not sure whether that's a democrat or republican idea. if we think about changing our tax code and arsenic system to recognize that we ought to treat investment in a human being, give that the same favorable tax treatment that we get if

early adopters actually shaped a lot of them at the federal level. a lot of people point to the power of the northeast organic farmers, particularly in shaping the federal legislation and what we know today. a lot of indications suggest they may be taking a consumer event sharing the law and labeling consumers foremost in any depending on who you ask that a vaccine on producer perspective and what it means to be organic. >> so how do these fringe groups kind of get the crowd to think about these regulation changes in states like california early on. >> california ended up having a group of individuals that directly contact good state representatives. the constituent spoke with representatives and took their concerns to something that we need to do something about it. the way the law was passed is an integrated elements, meaning they would pass the standard. they would say this is what it means to be organic, the producers in particular selling their goods at this time had to essentially make a good-faith effort to actually produce a because there was

appearing and consumers are interested but there are not necessarily any rules on the books at the federal level. >> what kind of lessons are there to be learned? statesemonstrates how can have a large influence and continue to influence federal though we see preemption in a particular areas. in those cases it is interesting to see how states will try to influence federal outcomes. it is more time, case specific. this demonstrates how certain ideas are incubated at the state level. they are incubated at this level marketsu may have present in certain areas that are not present in other areas. you have -- can innovate and tinker with how we engage in those practices and later bring the government into it at the federal level when it is necessary to ensure there is a baseline standard across the country. >> why is this important to you? >> i am an environmentalist and i like to eat. there is a combination. i love to eat a lot. i am concerned about it being exposed to certain chemicals and potential toxins and i'm concerned with where my food is coming from. i got involved because i like to eat and

so the 1990 bill at the federal level was adopted, 12 years for former roles to be developed by the usda national organic development, there's a void where we know there's a federal law and that it's going to be eventually hopefully implemented and the states don't know what to do, so we had over half of the u.s. states adopt regulation for this market on or before 1990, we have the 12-year low and we don't know at -- if the federal government is going to implement the law or what the law is going to be, states continue to adopt policy to try to fill the void and after 2002, we have one particular state, california, which actually has been pushing the envelope in terms of what can be labeled organic and covers things like cosmetics and pet food, these are also market where is with see the organic label appearing and consumers interested in buy ing but no rules at the federal level. >> what kind of lessons to be learned here? >> i would say demonstrates how states can have large influence and continue to influence federal policy even we see federal preemption and in those particular cases

we have a mechanism that exists at the federal level -- the highway trust fund -- that has served the public well. that is a user-based financing source that has provided the revenues to support federal transit and highway investment, but the highway trust fund is not keeping up. we are seeing changes in fuel economy, increases in fuel economy of the average vehicle, electric and more vehicles in the fleet. we see the need for additional investment because of inflation and other factors. the highway trust fund is not keeping up, and it has had to have been subsidized to maintain current levels of federal spending. is going to billion be a challenge outside of the context of tax reform. casting a vote for a tax increase that is freestanding, not part of a bigger package or compromise, we know it is a difficult challenge in washington. host: eastern and central time zones -- host: perhaps you work in the transportation industry -- bud wright of the american association of state highway and transportation officials joining us. the first call is from john. john from washington, state. go

at the federal level, they are exempted. but under san francisco law, that is not the case. in fact, we get filings if our office of internet communications. so, this isn't an area where we need to be looking at to expand. this is already encompassing this mode of communication. likewise, the electioneering communications window is much broader in san francisco than it is at the federal level. at the federal level, it's 30 days before a primary election and0 days before a general election. but in san francisco, it is 90 days before any election, which is much broader. and lastly on page four, state law has an impracticalability disclaimer and talking about political ads that have to be carried for by a disclaimer. if the communication so small it is impracticalable to provide a disclaimer, they are age to just provide a link where you can click and see the disclaimer on another place. that is different, again, than federal law which basically says if it's impracticalable, you don't have to do it. state law, again california law here, going a little bit beyond what federal la

and we're all i think i made clear what a difference i think you can make of the federal level that doesn't mean i don't want to see her when it's still cool plus i would love to see the reactions of all those old white men to have a go trans woman they wanted to lock up for simply because she couldn't handle grinning and bearing it while the u.s. military wiped out innocent women and men and children. i would love. to do just talk to you about the whole terri confinement for a few years of your life because you altidore war crimes. there was a little root of. all those she's running as a democrat she is calling the democrats to task for a lot of there's she would be the first trans woman senator she would also be the first whistle blower senator but she would not be the first prisoner of a. authoritarian state to turn around to become a prominent member of that same government i remember someone named what was it a blouse in crayon fellow or bananas don't love her so sometimes i. am speaking of persecuting activists undocumented washington state activist lara mora villa pando has been targ

system warns people in the levels are too high but local authorities say more needs to be done the federal level needs to spend more money for the for the local level at the moment we have what they call is for programs quickstart program which is a one billion euros which is not that that few money but regarding are looking to the cities in germany which are ninety cities so we have the problem one billion euro is not that much money and given that so far in january the fine dust alarm has been triggered seven times other local solutions are being explored such as the fine dust eater it uses three applications to filter out particulates and fine dust and although it's currently a prototype the project manager is optimistic we exactly in stuttgart might be able to on the one hand equip chorused that means everything that has to do with internal transport a proper transportation with act to find us for traditional systems or with a brick dust particle for the problem for a city like short got is that although many of the measures it is taking or it has plans to take do reduce some of the emission

is it the federal level, the state level or is it more at the local level? really think about when decisions are made within your local community, one thing i have come to recognize is that as much as we love local control of the school board level, or our community, you think about how inefficient that process can be and would hold the practitioners and professionals within the field for making the informed decisions of impacting learners. so, for example, school boards, people tend to join because they have an agenda. they may have an experience that they want to change in shape policy which may counter what the research may say. now, you flip that for a moment and you go to a private sector. let's say a hospital. if we were a community member that were upset with their local surgeons triple bypass surgery technique, we couldn't walk into the hospital a demand to join the board or sit on the vacant seat. help craft policy restricted surgeon from doing a particular procedure. but yet in education we do. that happens quite frequently and quite typically. so

and what advocacy looks like at the state level versus the federal level and if the prospects for one are better than the other. >> i think the difference is there are so many and so profound that i don't know if there's a way to begin to answer that question. i will say if you have somebody that could exist on a federal level and be a blueprint on things that could be produced on a state level. you don't have the sort of drug policies and drug laws that have been sort of peeled back. you don't have that necessarily. i think it's so many differences from doing time in a state prison to a prison in a different state to a prison in a different federal -- it's a lot. it's impossible to really quantify how different the experience is for one person in a state of maryland as opposed to another prison on the compound just like five minutes away. >> yeah. and overall the standard is pretty terrible across the board. you know, the thing with prison conditions, there's a lot of research on programs. that's something that varies across prisons. it could change or it might be at the stat

marijuana remains a schedule one drug on the federal level. the same category as heroin and lsd. igher because attorney general jeff sessions rescinded the obama era policy and replaced it with a memo saying federal prosecutors should enforce all drug laws. the u.s. attorneys have been given no indication they will start busting pot farms and shops but they could. that would slow down the golden goose. >> what lawmakers are doing is becoming reliant on this new revenue that's showing up and they are devoted to a central state program, even though they don't know what the future of this revenue is going to be. >> recreational marijuana is legal in eight states and more are considering it. >> eric: that's a pot of money. sandra. >> sandra: the immigration showdown heating up on capitol hill. a deadline just days away. will democrats shut down the government if they don't get their way? viggo there's a new app out there for sophie's leading social media grade the new feature on google's arts and culture app scans your photo and compares it to works of art from famous museums. the app

and then at the federal level, just a few thing. if f. too. -- the f.t.a. acting deputy administrator jane williams was in san francisco a few weeks ago. she met with a number of the transit agencies, and for an open round table discussion about things that are happening or rumoured to be happening in washington. a lot of interest in the north coming infrastructure bill. not a lot of details. we did have a chance to take the deputy administrator down into some of the central subway construction, which she was happy to see. and private sector funding such as the development fees we have here in san francisco, the zoning such as we've got at the transit centre district plan, which captures revenues for transit centre. she asked us for follow-up information which we subsequently sent and perhaps may or may not factor into the administration's thinking of the infrastructure bill. but it was nice that she took the time to come out here and understand transit from the region's perspective. which was encouraging. subsequently last week i was briefly in washington,

we are looking at those at the federal level. we have to look at them at the state level. but every city level with you, as mayors, we have to look at those too. we want to be and will be as the federal government part of your team before, during and after a disaster. but the focus has to be before. because that's where we can make the real difference. i want it leave plenty of time for questions. so i'll yield at this point. thank you. >> thank you so much for your comments. and thank you for focussing on the human element in the beginning. because i mean, as a person who's been an operator and working through multiple disasters, it is, while we're in the business, because of people. and although the technical piece and the monetary piece and piece that we kind of focus on but the reality of it is, it's all about people and citizens. so thank you for that. we do have the mayor of santa barbara could not be here. mayor kathy mario. she today cancel because she is in recovery meetings right now. so hopefully everything is going well for her. but mayor ponce, mayor melinda,

to also get the federal level. when they see that citizens get more and more and the pressure about fulfilling their local target so to speak to yet to protect the health of their citizens but in recent months germany's motor manufacturers have been committed to cutting emissions of nitrogen dioxide by a third but the current coalition government and the likely next one have admitted they must perspire own reaching pollution prevention targets the issue of air pollution is a developing danger in the eyes of the european commission but at the local level for people in stuttgart it's an ever present one dominant cane al-jazeera in the neck of valley and if you want to get more on that story and everything else we're covering this is wanita go. but look at the top stories for you now russian sponsored talks aimed at finding a political solution to the war in syria have wrapped up in the black sea resort of sochi the final statement said elections should be held to allow syrians to decide their own future russia's fore

ourun network, is the largest organization working state and federal level to reform our broken justice system. what does that mean? safely reducing jail and prison population. we're throwing a lot. of low-level non-violent offenders with dangerous criminals, what is happening, they're becoming better criminals, notng better citizens.. that is what we seek to address with our reform. >> host: here is one of the headlines the president was part of yesterday. it is h from the "washington times." trump embraces prison reform, vows to help break this vicious cycle. get your take on the meeting yesterday. we know your organization was part of ain coalition that was there. here is what the president on what he had to say yesterday. >> we support our law enforcement partners. we're working to reduce crime and put dangerous offenders behind bars. at the same time we want to insure that those who enter the justice system aree able to contribute to their communities after they leave prison which is one of -- >> live to the white house where president trump will sign a proclamation to mark martin

and what advocacy looks like at the state level versus the federal level and prospects if one or better are better than the other. obviously i'm sure they are better. >> i think the differences are so many and so profound and i don't know there's a way to begin to answer the question except i will say they can exist on the federal level and things that can be reproduced on the state level. you don't have the drug policies that have been peeled back. i think there are so many differences from a state prison troopers in a different state. it's impossible to really quantify how different the experience is for one person in the state of maryland is supposed to another person on a compound that's like five minutes away. that's generalize but overall the standard is pretty powerful across-the-board. prison conditions and there's a lot of research on programs. that might just be a function of who would use the word and it could change the network leads or it might do the state or county level. it might be depending on where the person is located in that there a lot of volunteers in t

i heard they have a gold-level obamacare plan that receives federal subsidies that cover 72% of the premier, so they pay about 28% of annual health care premiums through pretax the notion, but have access to free or low-cost care through the office of the attending physician and free medical outpatient care at the mattel is this military facilities --at the military facilities in the d.c. area. this seems a gay good deal, but one of the reasons you want to repeal the eighth -- at this all seems like a good deal, but one of the reasons you want to repeal the aca -- even if it is repealed, you will enjoy many protection such as pre-existing conditions and the protection under 26 protection. but 20 million other americans will not have these protections. for these tax cuts -- i am 61 years old, and i am deathly afraid -- no pun intended -- about what it is going to do to he future of medicaid. you guys are making it worse. guest: linda, to buy so much for the question. to your point, this is why the representative from arizona introduced in the house passed a bill that said whatever the rest o

plan for there and they will do the same now this happens everywhere and at the federal level as well we should do something for our young people for a promising young people. promising young people there's a whole system of preparing talented young kids starting with serious and there throughout the country so we have technology parks. and we have. youth platforms just did it that way sure and for engineering this. is a complex. diverse program and the leaders of russia competition is part of this program so we will continue working on this matter as regards to this competition specifically we did see some very talented young people very well different age groups but mostly young and it's not our job is not just to . our goal is not just to find a nice job for them. we need to help them develop the money that we offer and those prizes that support them to improve their qualifications to get their business education and so on and i can tell you that we have bigger companies. and government agencies are interested in hiring those people and they will certainly be part of our federal re

and that was just at the federal level. there were state agencies as well. so it can get for large-scale ojects, these can be complicated administrative procedural projects and challenges. host: can that consolidation be done in keeping levels of safety and those things you have to consider as well? guest: it certainly can be done and we have examples of where it can be done well. again, with strong federal leadership about what the intent is to make sure that laws are being honored, that the public is being heard. this is doable. it's not impossible. but there needs to be a consensus and an undergo of what that should look like going in and not making it up as we go along. host: here's the report, not everything is broken, the future of u.s. transportation and water infrastructure funding and other topics in there if you want to find it on the website, you can go to the rand website and find it there, our guest from the rand corporation, our first call comes from katherine from ohio. you're on. go ahead. caller: and my question is this, i live in cincinnati

women are underrepresented at nearly every level of office, holding only roughly 20% of elected seats at the federal state levels. but women are emerging as an ever-growing source of political power. and it's not just the women who are running for office. >> in alabama we saw that certainly among black women voters, where the driving force in the election of doug jones. and if that energy and that momentum continues, 2018 could be a year that breaks the mold and breaks our assumptions about challengers. and this could be the year of the challenger. >> it's the food that we have been hungry for. this is the moment for women to become a permanent mapart of leadership in this country. >>> next here, meet the wild horses in the wild west. and a horse trainer taefrpg us how to tame a stallion. than just a bathroom disease. you're a life of unpredictable symptoms. crohn's, you've tried to own us. but now it's our turn to take control with stelara® stelara® works differently for adults with moderately to severely active crohn's disease. studies showed relief and remission, with dosing every 8 weeks. stelar

and what advocacy looks like at the state level versus the federal level and if the prospects for one are better than the other? obviously i'm sure they are better in blue states. >> i think the differences are so answer in and so profound that i don't know if there is a way to begin to answer that question except i will say you have somebody like mark who started a clemency project that can exist on the federal level and is a blue print for things that could be reproduced on a state level but it's more difficult because you don't have the sort of drug policies and the drug laws that have been sort of peeled babb. you don't have that on the state level necessarily. but i think there are so many difference from doing time in a state prison to a different state prison to a prison in a different state to a prison in a different federal -- it is a lot. i mean it's impossible to really quantify how different the experience is for one person in a the state of mead being at jess on as opposed to another prison on the jess on compound that's five minutes away. >> huge variation. it's

we think this is something that does need to be dealt with at the federal level, and we do appreciate will work closely with states to find things that they can do. ultimately, this is better dealt at the federal level, because, again, we are talking about the internet and not something that can stay confined within the borders of a state. emily: michael beckerman, ceo of the internet association, thanks so much for stopping by. coming up, a u.s. lawmaker is not happy with apple, prodding the company about the company's slowing iphones. we hear from senator john thune next. and bloomberg tech is livestreaming on twitter, @technology. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> a member of congress is calling out apple over its handling of slowing batteries in older iphones. republican senator john thune wrote a letter to apple's ceo, tim cook asking for details on , how the company is handling customer complaints. in an interview on bloomberg television, thune said he was disappointed with apple's response so far. have beent think they sufficiently transparent with the american people. there are a lot of