host: hannah northey for e&e noise joining us. what are the next steps to watch for with this program? guest: i think people are waiting to see what happens with the build back better plan. obviously folks want to see more money. the price tag we talked about at the beginning of this was 60 billion dollars and here we have $15 billion. what will happen on capitol hill when they get the money. we are going to see by 2024 water utilities coming out with maps and people can see what lead service lines they have in their community and we will see more communities emerged with elevated levels of lead and that's going to be something that the water sector has to answer for and it's a public ♪ >> c-span's washington journal. every day we take your calls live on the air on the news of the day and discuss policy issues that impact you. wednesday morning, she discusses herbert's efforts to welcome and support every -- refugees from afghanistan. new york times editorial board member talks about her book american-made: what happens to people

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host: hannah northey, the vice president set 4000 schools was the figure across the united states. with that in mind to schools get first priority or is it homes or how is that determined? guest: this new lead and copper rule approved last year is the first time -- the first requirement for testing for lead in daycares and schools. that is pretty wild considering the timeframe. pres. biden: i promised when i got elected i would give it to you straight from the shoulder. i wanted to answer questions about the rising number of covid-19 cases. i want to start by acknowledging how tired, worried and frustrated i know you are. i know how you're feeling. for many of you this will be the first or second christmas where you look across the table and there will be an empty kitchen chair. tens of millions have gotten sick. we all experienced up people in our lives. but while covid has been a tough adversary we have shown we are tougher. and tougher because we have the power of science and vaccines that prevent illnesses, save lives, and tougher because of our resolve. let me answer some ques

host: our guest is hannah northey from e&e news here to talk about an announcement from the administration when it comes to lead pipes. can you characterize the leadpipe problem in the u.s. and what it's causing? >> lead is a neurotoxin that can flake off -- it's a legacy infrastructure issue. reports have shown that there are leadpipe's in the united

you are on with hannah northey of e&e news. go ahead. caller: -- was very important. -- with all the lead pipe. host: does not factor into all of these efforts by the administration? guest: it sounded like he was making the point about there is no argument about removing lead from homes. i think the administration does want to remove lead from homes. i didn't know if there was also a of private wealth. this has to do with lead service pipes connecting into homes. epa doesn't actually regulate private wealth. this has to do with the lead service lines. host: this is a viewer off of twitter asking if it's a revolving fund. what show do local systems have to pay for upgrading their infrastructure. >> the other funds are part of the infrastructure package. so it's going to be a mixture of that. it's the tippy seen how much these water systems are going to have to pay. a lot of this is forgivable loans so they don't have to pay them back. so it's mostly loans and grants. host: in new york. good morning. caller: i was confused a little bit in