mr. perez, nice job. i lived there are 22 years in the '50s, 60s and 70.er was a civil engineer who maintain government contracts. the panamanians and americans got along great and the influence of america in panama created a middle-class that no other central american country enjoys. panama at 137 bank charters when i was down there. but in 1962 with the cuban missile crisis it was cuba and russia who sit about it instigators down for the riots, that happened throughout central america. i would encourage you to look into that. but i appreciate you taking the topic on. thank you. god bless. >> guest: thank you very much trauma let's hear from sean in new york, line for republicans. good morning. >> caller: the morning. >> guest: good morning. >> caller: professor, may be -- how are you doing today? >> guest: all right. how much just to bounce off of thema woman who was just on, dot like she's got it commits amount of background and knowledge of there. i mean, my dad actually was neatly needed and he spent time in panama and was stationed down there. i gues

mr. perez's thank you and the vice president's leadership and her folks in congress your bipartisan infostructure legislation provided 10 billion dollars for resiliency to improve the resilience of our grid so that when the grids do go down the can come back on quicker $10 billion we've already gotten out the door is being invested in communities all across the country. we need more of that we need to continue to focus on infrastructure because info structure matters. >> it matters a great deal for example one of things i knew what i did not put a number on it this would be a lot easier if the electric lines were running underground and the middle of the forest but it cost like six times more? six times more were doing a lot more underground and thanks to yourleadership on the infrastrue funding. it is not cost-effective everywhere. [inaudible] >> is obsolete necessarily have the funding and support to do those quickly as we can. >> i think we are moving in the right direction. look, this is really, really, really difficult for families to have to deal with. you know i have a family memb

mr. perez, nice job. i was born and raised in the canal zone.y father is a civil engineer who maintained government contracts. and americans got on great and the influence of america in panama created a middle class that will other central american country enjoys. panama had 137 bank charters when i was down there. but in 1962 with the cuban missile crisis it was cuba and russia who sent a lot of instigators down for the riots. that happened throughout central america. i would encourage you to look into that. i appreciate you taking the topic on. god bless. guest: thank you very much. host: let's hear from shawn in blacksburg, new york, line for republicans. good morning, sean. caller: good morning. guest: morning. caller: hello, professor. how are you doing today? guest: all right. caller: just to bounce off the woman who was just on, it sounds like she has a tremendous amount of ground. my dad actually was navy and he spent time in the panama area i'm a was stationed down there. what is your take on the chinese influence in that area, and what

given that everything is equal like mr. perezsaying, then why would president trump have a problem with it? that is my question. guest: i suppose the president-elect should be asked that question. and that is a question that is better asked him. i will say that the neutrality treaty and the way that the tolls, not the tax, that are imposed on shipping companies. they are not imposed on countries but the company is. most of the shipping companies are not american, by the way. the largest are either european, and there are a couple of chinese shipping companies. most of them, the large ones, are not americans. those tolls are applied based on a formula that has to do with what they are shipping, the weight of the ship, the size of the ship, the market conditions, right? whether you have to increase passageways or decrease passageways relative to the water supply in the panama canal. it is a very technical process. and why the president -- the president-elect is concerned about the tolls? i am not entirely sure. they are applied tec

mr farage has responded to the comments, calling them a surprise. and the red carpet is ready to welcome the stars for the 82nd golden globes will take place in los angeles later — wicked, emilia perezn across the uk due to heavy snow and freezing rain. there are amber warnings in place in parts of northern england and the midlands. forecasters say up to a0 centimetres of snow could fall in some places. my colleague at the bbc weather centre, nicky, how is it looking now. martin, it is raining here in leeds and the snow is beginning to melt. it is turning to that sludgy stuff you get after you have had a downfall of snow. we are still in the amber alert.

mr farage has responded to the comments, calling them a surprise. and the red carpet is ready to welcome the stars for the 82nd golden globes which take place in los angeles later. wicked, emilia perezm london. i'm balancing my phone on five blocks of foolscap paper and a book and trying to lean it in the right way, just so that you can see me. so i hope it works. a true broadcaster will find the angle. i'm the loose wheel. i'm the loose wheel in this operation. i know my role. how did you guys spend your new years, ringing in the new year? well, i had christmas off, and then they said come in to work for some easy shifts with some filled back half hours. and then all hell broke loose yesterday.

mr. speaker. i rise today in memory of martin tiger besch, william "billy" demayo, eliott wilkinson, nicole perez, karim badai, brandon taylor, nicarai dido, matthew tondaroi, hubert geatureau, edward petifer, drew dauphin, terrence kennedy, and latasha poke. these precious lives were taken from us far too soon. we honor them. not just as names but as fathers, mothers, children and friends who brought light to new orleans and to this world. last week i stood with president biden at the bourbon street memorial. we reflected upon the profound loss felt by our community and our nation. in the quiet of st. louis cathedral, we lit candles and prayed for healing. for the injured survivors, for the grieving families, and for a city shaken but not broken. this was not just an attack on new orleans. it was an assault on our shared humanity. our spirit of joy. and our enduring strength. let me be clear. new orleans will never let these lives be forgotten. we will rise from this pain with unity, love and resilience, as we always do. may god continue to bless the victims, the families, the great city of new o