north dakota state and denver final ten seconds tied. e alexander for north dakota state, rise up. knocks down the three but things to do in denver when you're dead with 2.7 seconds left denver's brett olson, no way. >> yeah man, i'm the man. i'm the man. >> i meant to do that. >> unfortunately marcus bird cannot be the man with denver down two in the final seconds in overtime and north dakota state is your four-point winner. >>> lebron james and derrick rose only nba gape as they head into the all-star break. thursday night rose came out attacking. working on kyrie irving there and then later pau gasol with a rebound. look at how quickly he just weaves his way through the defense. he had 9 points in the first quarter. but he didn't stop there. less than five minutes to go the bulges up 17. rose. the leaning bank shot 30.7 assists for him, bulls, 113-98 over cleveland. >> lebron james had eight turnovers. >> and 31 points. eight turnovers hurt. >> we're not working friday. see ya. >>> up next in "the pulse," "fifty shades of grey" hitting

states like north dakota showing 2.8%. south dakota 3.8%. what is factoring into those states with lower numbers or with higher numbers? guest: some of the strongest it's right now, by and a lot of measures, north dakota is number one by almost every measure and that is because of the oil boom there. energy is really driving a lot of this, especially in the west. and sort of the middle corridor of the country from texas up to north dakota, states are doing very well. host: our guest is here to talk about conditions in the states, particularly as the national governors association meets today. you can watch it later on c-span, by the way. if you want to ask our guest questions you can do so this morning. you know, we put the lines bipartisan but when these governors meet, i suppose the partisan issues go out of it? guest: to some extent, yes. this is a bipartisan organization. as a said, a big reason is for sure that he is. to some degree, it is run by a democrat and a republican. governor hickenlooper: and governor herbert have a great relati

there is 21 applicants, come on, north dakota. stateficials declined to offer us their thoughts on why they are having trouble finding the right candidates even as people are applying for the jobs. consider this. the department that oversees the state's larger pipelines, they have explained what's going on with their inspector jobs. they say that i have trouble keeping inspectors because when they get someone into the job, they leave for a better paying job in the oil industry. that larger pipeline inspector position, that one is also open right now. that job pays up to $96,000 a year. the one for the smaller pipelines, that pays $51,000 a year. $51,000 a year is good money, right? but when you're competing with the most profitable industry the earth has ever known, maybe $51,000 is not enough to hold on to people. you may have to pay more. one official told us the pipeline industry is a competitive industry. we have and will continue to work to make the positions' salaries as competitive as possible. there are still two open positions.

part because of what's happening here in north dakota where advances in fracking have unlocked crude oil in the bakken shale formation in the western part of the state. north dakota is now producing more than a million barrels of oil a day. ten years ago there were fewer than 200 oil-producing wells in the bakken. now there are more than 8,000. >> they call it boomtown usa this is where all the money is. it's crazy the amount of money you can make here. >> this rapid pace of development and the flood of workers coming here, has given north dakota the lowest unemployment rate in the us. but it's also raised questions over the dangers of working in the oil fields. >> the more jobs you complete, the more money you make. the faster you complete them the faster you can get to the next job. let's say i mean you take your time. if you be safe you are not i bet you could cut your pay in half. >> fault lines spent six months investigating some of the risks in north dakota's oil fields and uncovered a dark side to the boom. >> a lot of these workers come to north dakota, get chewed up and go home to recover. i get calls from attorneys in other states all aski

the home state of north dakota and montana, the domestic order for the benefit of our consumers. it puts them right back in the saddle. we would have less energy security. the state is on board, the american people are on board. >> thank you for being the lawyer on this. i believe the america's national security and economic security is tied to america's energy security. i think the amendments, while not universally loved, strengthens the bill. we have seen gridlock grab this town. it will be a tragic shame. if the president didn't stand with us as we are willing to stand with him. willing to help him do the thing he could have done unilaterally with the stroke of his pen by striking -- by a special permit. >> when i was on the public service commission and we cited the first keystone pipeline, 216 miles greenfield, i saw every mile of the pipeline. i know it very well. these are real jobs. this lifts of middle-class america in a big way. the retail hardware stores needed a shot in the arm. they gave us that shot on the arm. we all understand you have political considerations and

at the time the pipeline burst, the state of north dakota had precisely zero pipeline inspectors.y approved funding for three inspector jobs, but as of january when that one burst, all of the pipeline jobs were vacant. now we covered this on the show last month after that giant brine spill. and then we decided to try to find out who, if anyone, had applied for these inspector jobs. we made a formal request to see the applications of people that applied for those jobs. it was very friendly north dakota officials that provided those applications to us under the state's open records law. between july and january, a total of 21 people applied for those jobs. applied for one of the three pipeline inspector jobs. just last month, they filled one of the three jobs. there is now one inspector for the 20,000 miles of pipeline. for the other two positions, the stay says they have not found enough qualified candidates. i'm obviously no expert on what makes a qualified pipeline inspector. there is 21 applicants, come on, north dakota. they did decline to offer us their thoughts on why they're

north dakota does not do that. we're experiencing this great energy renaissance in this country, right, the north dakota oil fields have transformed the united states of america into a net energy-producing nation right? it is a legit oil rush in north dakota. people are making their fortunes. they have man camps in north dakota man camps to house all the people that are coming into that state to produce all that oil. but even texas is taking more care for the safety of their oil they're shipping out of their oil fields than north dakota is. why doesn't north dakota have to do that too? here is the story for you. this is incredible. in september, north dakota held hearings about whether or not they, too, should start doing that. whether they too, should start stabilizing their oil before they put them onto bong trains and ship them next to your kids' elementary school. they were fairly intense for north dakota. people who were concerned on the safety side showed up to make the safety case. a lot of oil industry people showed up to make the oil industry not safety case. in the end, north dakota decided to flip the baby sort of. they decided to kind o

they have man camps in north dakota to house all of the people coming into that state to produce the oil. but texas is taken better care of their oil than north dakota is. why doesn't north dakota have to do that too? here is the story. this is incredible. in september, north dakota held hearings about whether or not they too should start doing it. if they should start stabilizing their oil before they put it on to bomb trains and ship it off. the hearings were in north dakota. people who were concerned showed up. people came to make the oil industry not safety case. north dakota decided to split the baby, sort of. they decided to kind of sort of gesture in the direction of making the oil their shipping more safe. they decided late last year after the spate of terrible explosions and terrible publicity, they decided to require the kinds of stabilizers they use in texas, to make the oil less flammable. they decided they would have oil producers in north dakota do something with the existing equipment they had on hand. they would do something called conditioning the oil. it is not the s

north dakota, a senator from that state republican joins us now. are they totally wrong on this?ommendations on dietary guidelines. they need to stick to nutrition, not get into other issues like climate change and that kind of thing. beef is a healthy part of any diet. we raise a lot of cattle in north dakota and other states in the midwest and nothing better some lean beef. stuart: this is the government saying not for health reasons, to protect the environment you should eat less meat. that is a new one to me. that is climate change coming in to the argument which used to be about health and diet carry ideas. >> this is change the debate. you are exactly right. we included specific language in the authorization bill for the department of agriculture, don't bring in other issues, focus on nutrition. we want good nutrition and the guidelines for ourselves and our kids but stick to the issue at hand which is nutrition. stuart: as i understand it there are the same number of cattle in america today that there were in 1952. it is the very low number. so cow flatulence which has eve

heavy snow from north dakota to maine, 27 states feeling the wrath of winter this weekend. boston with his snowiest month on record. listen to this. nearly 40 miles an hour here in michigan, and on this long holiday weekend, multivehicle pileups, delays and cancellations on rails. and while the center of this storm is moving out, a new storm is coming to the south. that forecast in a moment. but first, rob marciano starts us off. rob? >> reporter: the winds are blow in boston. and when it hit the atlantic last night, rapidly intensified, once again bringing conditions. yet another big storm barreling through new england. >> there's a little bit of dÉjÀ vu all over again in this will be our 4th major storm in the past three weeks. >> reporter: adding even more snow. snow drifts up to 6 feet high on top of this warehouse in seaburg, new hampshire, caused its roof to collapse. thankfully, no one hurt. the deep snow also blocking tail pipes and exhaust vents. on the coast of massachusetts, it was snow and wind. gusts over 70 miles per hour. and waives. snow blowing sideways all

part because of what's happening here in north dakota where advances in fracking have unlocked crude oil in the bakken shale formation in the western part of the staterth dakota is now producing more than a million barrels of oil a day. ten years ago there were fewer than 200 oil-producing wells in the bakken. now there are more than 8,000. >> they call it boomtown usa this is where all the money is. it's crazy the amount of money you can make here. >> this rapid pace of development and the flood of

the state of north dakota is covered with small wet areas. on every farm in north dakota there are spots about the size of this horseshoe right here that might be considered a wetland i usda. but 95% of the time they are bone dry. we have a road ditch along the edge of every square mile in north dakota. we have areas that will always flood for a couple of days in the ring time, but after that they are farmed or used in a very normal way. i think that this notion that somehow you as epa would need to be in charge of every little spot, that really is just not common sense. the people of north dakota, especially the farmers, when they hear that this is what is being proposed, they really react to that. they really just sort of feel that it makes no sense what so ever. i hope that we can keep that dialogue going. you have been good enough to come to north dakota couple of times. i hope that you will come again. i will show you some rope ditches. -- road ditches. i will show you some from the map so that you are sure of what we are talking about.

but at the same time one of the reasons that in states like north dakota and texas they have had such low unemployment is because of the boom in fracking. what happen en's oil prices drop, is that going to affect jobs numbers? >> on a macro level, it's going to affect the u.s. economy because it's going to put more money in the wallets of american consumers. they will buy things. that's good for jobs. bad for jobs in the oil patch. we have seen u.s. oil producers signaling they will start to slow down or stop production because they have a real supply and demand problem. there's a glut of oil out there. it's driving prices down. they can't afford that. in north dakota, they've got to watch to see when those oil fields become noncompetitive economically. there's a danger for that. gwen: the president made a side appearance in indiana saying i know your gas prices are low and you're happy about that. don't get used to it and start buying road hogs. they will go back up again. >> the old saying about gas pries is they go up like richt and down like a feather. they go up fast. >> if this

the state of north dakota is covered with small wet areas. on every farm in north dakota there are spots about the size of this horseshoe right here that might be considered a wetland i usda. but 95% of the time they are bone dry. we have a road ditch along the edge of every square mile in north dakota. we have areas that will always flood for a couple of days in spring time, but after that they are farmed or used in a very normal way. i think that this notion that somehow you as epa would need to be in charge of every little spot, that really is just not common sense. the people of north dakota especially the farmers, when they hear that this is what is being proposed, they really react to that. they really just sort of feel that it makes no sense what so ever. i hope that we can keep that dialogue going. you have been good enough to come to north dakota couple of times. i hope that you will come again. i will show you some road ditches. i will show you some from the map so that you are sure of what we are talking about. thanks, thanks again

north dakota on her own, and she coordinates with government agencies like the fbi. her work is unpaid. a local church has provided her with housing and a free office. >> in the whole entire stateam the only one, so far, that is providing direct services to victims of sex trafficking. ♪ >> in north dakota, it's winter half the year. instead of walking a strip, working girls have found another way to advertise their services. this is a classified website that pedals everything from used cars to apartment rentals. >> this is where the girls post up. >> buried deep in the site are ads designed to entice lonely men. >> new, new, new asian goddess. look at this. she looks very, very young. >> she does. >> they're clearly in a hotel. >> all of these girls look like they are doing this on their own, number one, but that they want it. >> they enjoy it. >> what do people need to know about the things that they're looking at on these pages? >> they're told to take selfies. they're told to look happy. they're told to look desirable. but the amount of clientele that they have to handle in a night, you know, i mean, it's not unheard of to have to service 30 men in a night. nobody enjoys tha

north dakota. our other states capitalizing? guest: you have texas, alaska. the states either have or are trying to build a strong energy economies. the last great example of how it can backfire the decline in oil prices is about half of what it used to be. consumers can spend that money elsewhere. for a handful of states, especially alaska were 90% of their general fund comes from gas taxes, it has put -- they were planning to spend $6.5 billion this year. there are $3 billion short of that. the have reserve funds. if those low prices are sustained, it will be a big issue for them. host: kathy from california up next. caller: i was wondering if you could give us information about the -- i'm sure gary brown is concerned about that. -- jerry brown is concerned about that. -- host: that affects the states who want to put -- from chicago rudolph. good morning. caller: good morning. this seems the united states department of justice does such a great job in attacking these things. >> now we are getting there. this is actually pretty good for us on a saturday morn

windchills more than 30 below. 27 states from north dakota to florida on alert.gara falls frozen over. the cold and snow blamed for dozens of roof collapses, and a new storm on the way. >>> new overnight, a superbug scare. nearly 200 people exposed to a potentially deadly bacteria at ucla medical center. those at risk being warned right now. >>> i never saw some of the warning signs. >> breaking her silence, nascar superstar kurt busch's ex opening up for the first time telling her side of the story after getting a restraining order against racing's outlaw. what she says about claiming of being a government assassin only on "gma" this morning.

north dakota. north dakota of course is a very big oil producing state, producing more than a million barrels of oil a day second largest oil producing state. what has been the impact on the state of this sharp selloff in the price of oil we've seen in the last year? >> maria, starts to see slow down. obviously the price of oil now over $50 a barrel. actually, we're locked in a global competition to see who's going to supply energy globally. opec, russia, now the united states. we're battling for market share. we have to continue to help build our industry in this country. so far we've seen some slow down in our state, not too much. how much more depends on what happens with the price. >> right. is it fair so say the rise in supply whether the shale revolution in america or opec and non opec countries. that's the reason oil prices have come down so much? >> maria without question one thing i often see, opec didn't decide to give us a christmas present this year. the reason prices are dropping over the last year from $3.27 a gallon to $2.17 a gallon is because we're producing so much more energy. tha

wind chills more than 30 below. 27 states from north dakota to florida on alert.n over. the cold and snow blamed for dozens of roof collapses, and a new storm on the way. >>> i never saw some of the warning signs. >> breaking her silence, nascar superstar kurt busch's ex opening up for the first time telling her side

and when you look at some of the biggest oil producing states like north dakota, we would be lower. think that as they take our wealth out, they ought to pay us for that and we can cut everybody's income taxes. furthermore, we have had a tax system that has been very, very positive for manufacturing. we don't want to get rid of that tax. but we want to raise it a little built so that our small businesses pay no income tax at all up to $2 million. i want to encourage entrepreneurship. >> very brave stuff but true to form you're ticking off both sides. on the left it's regresssive what your proposing. on the right business interests, saying you're going to scare business away. chamber of commerce in your state says if we have an anticompetitive tax climate we're not going to be able to grow jobs. >> neil, neil neil. we're not -- when i came in, we were 8 billion in the hole and had 89 cents in the rainy day fund and lot $350,000ment you here up almost 300,000 jobs since i have come in and we have the largest tax cuts in america and we're run egg the surplus of almost -- >> what you're

has been, it has been led by the oil and gas industry by the steel industry, by states like texas and oklahoma, north dakota others, those places and jobs are now going to suffer and the question is whether the baton can be passed from those states to other states that benefit from lower energy prices. the baton has not been passed and that will be the challenge for the american economy over the next six to 12 months. gerri: we will have to have you come back for the february report. since you are not too impressed with these numbers. >> i would like to know if brian williams will be in february report. gerri: i guess we will find out soon enough area. gerri: here's our question tonight. you consider yourself middle-class? login tonight and vote and i will share the results of the end of tonight's show. and even during tough economic times, americans rallied around each other when needed. here is a case in point. something happened at a target store in raleigh, north carolina. it's gone viral on the internet. target shopper saw a young man looking for a tie for a job interview and he wanted a clip on, but t

state. one of the fastest growing economies in the world. if it were not for north dakota, gary herbert would have achieved his goal of being the fastest growing economy in the country. we just keep chasing it and working hard to do the things that everybody has talked about. and the national media does call me and ask me why is north dakota so different from the rest of the nation over the last 10 years, and i think it is not that complicated. we have low taxes. we have a reasonable regulatory climate. we have a terrific workforce. we have a state government that we think is the most accessible government in the country. companies come to our state for that reason. you see deere and caterpillar building, microsoft is expanding. there is economic activity that is a long ways away from the oil fields. it is working well for us but at that pace, 10.4%, we have to go to stay on top of that. and keep everything going forward. inhighways getting built. buildings getting built. law enforcement expanding. all the social services you have to bring to bear. all that has to keep up.

states may be. similar legislation has been proposed in wyoming and north dakota designed to boost safety. now, the thinking is many schools are away from towns, so if the incident occurs police may not be able to reach the schools as quickly. there's financial costs involved - that's the thinking >>> for more we go to michael doran, the executive director of safe havens international, a nonprofit focussing on school safety, good to have you with us. the representative neville lived through a horror like few others. does he not have a point that if teachers were armed we wouldn't see an enormous bloodshed? >> it's a more complex issue than a lot of people realise. it's hard to say whether many of the educators would have been carrying a weapon on that day before the tragic event. and whether or not it would have made a difference depending where in the building. it's a hotly debated topic and will continue to be. >> could it serve as a deterrence if someone was plans to attack a school. might it make them think twice if they knew teachers could be armed? >> it can be. we do know - i worked

same thing with north dakota and wyoming there are four or five states with large extraction industries, very teeny, tiny populations and very large extraction industries so they really dominate the numbers if you let them stay in. but hydrocarbons, especially oil, really make a difference and that's alaska is the only one. there are couple of states that have tried to really move forward on this. i work with -- in 1991 we were going to get rid of the income tax. we did it by a bill every year just to make sure the numbers came in so you didn't do it one year with an automatic, and -- if the revenues didn't come in, we would have gotten pushback so we tried to do it with eight bills. fife was doing a great job. we had five years into the program. it was one tv of the heist taxed states in the nation arizona, and missed all the booms of the '80s just coming through the last throw year offers that when fife was indicted federally convicted and sent to prison and that put a crimp in our proposals going forward. now i got a call yesterday from john kyl, the new governor, a guy names doocy,

i'm sure it's the same in your home state of north dakota. but i think the point that we're trying to make here is that every community is unique, every community has their own needs and no one knows those needs better than the brauferts who serve those communities. -- broadcasters who serve those communities. i say as congress it's our duty to support broadcasters who do so much for their regions and communities and i appreciate you taking the time to make this -- make this hour happen. mr. cramer: if the gentleman wouldn't mind, i'd like to ask a question. i know we didn't rehearse this. in this era of all kinds of new information, technologies availability and ways of getting information, streaming and cell phones and smartphones and the like, maybe you could just share a minute or two about why it's still important that -- what role the broadcaster free, over-the-air broadcast through the spectrum why that matters in this era of new i.t.? >> well, you touched on it there, it's free. over the air, they can access it, they don't need any ki

>> well we certainly monitor that situation very very closely in states like north dakota louisiana andme time it's important to know that you know the average consumer is getting an effective raise somewhere between 600 and $900 depending on what study you look at. that's had money in their pocket. and what drives gdp growth in large measure is spending. and when people have more money in their pockets because the price of gas is cheaper, they spend it. and that spurs growth in other industries. so we're looking at the totality of circumstances. and i know for the folks that i talked to they welcome the notion that they're paying $2 or $2.15 for a gallon of gas. and they're paying 3 and $4 a year ago. >> finally, mr. secretary, the study out today about manufacturing auto matice inging automation and the notion that robots can go from 10% to 25% automation in the near 2025. high-paying jobs. is that why we're not seeing some of this wage pressure develop? >> well, again, at the depth of the recession we had roughly seven job seekers for every job opening now we're down to 1.7. there's

cramer from the rural state of north dakota you are recognized for five minutes barry thank you mr. chairman from illinois and ranking member from new york for balloting rural america and for reminding us their other rural places that are known for their urban centers. it's good to have them in alliance. my constituents with the north dakota water systems would be proud of all of you. you have done a great job today and i have felt right at home even with the unusual accents. it's a reminder that there are some things that we work together on that are very important. i won't delay except to tell you i hear a lot about the program fund folks and i think you raise a very important issue. it's incumbent upon us now as policymakers and eventually appropriators to look for opportunities to prioritize some of the things you talked about within the context of the entire act and given the constraints -- financial constraints we have we do have to be created but certainly we can prioritize. i want to ask for a little bit of elaboration one point. i thought the gao report was fantastic and i

states like north dakota showing 2.8%. south dakota, 3.3%. s factoring into those states with lower numbers? niraj: some of the strongest states right now by a lot of measures. that is because of an oil boom. energy is really driving a lot of this, especially in the west and middle corridor of the country. that is largely because of energy. pedro: our guest is here to talk about conditions in the states, particularly at the national -- as the national governmentors association meets. (202) 748-8001, our line for republicans. (202) 748-8000, our line for republic -- our life for democrats. and (202) 748-8002. i suppose partisan issues go out of it when these governors meet. niraj: this is about partisan organization. as i governor hickenlooper and herbert have a great relationship. i've seen them interact many times. they are jovial. they joke with one another. obviously, they disagree on a lot of issues, but they do steal ideas from each other. even yesterday, governor hickenlooper was talking about an idea he stole from utah. an initiative ca

keystone pipeline a perfect opportunity in middle america states to provide great paying jobs. north dakotawhat a great example, heitkamp senator north dakota because she has seen what energy production can do. you don't need minimum wage in north dakota. this will eventually land on his feet. >> i think gas prices will start to go up, we knew they always do it will be politically very difficult for president keep vetoing it if republicans park it and push it. >> 15 refineries are seeing people walk off the jobs picketing conditions at work places. that is starting to have effect we're seeing hit the gas prices at pump. you have that going on. but i think this is interesting among democrats who are problem ising to override president's veto, claire mccaskill, senator from missouri. no matter how much you look research is done. oil is coming out of the ground. pipelines are better than barges or trains. that is common sense. i will vote to overright the veto. interesting they're not just doing it for political posturings, they have reasons for why they believe the way they do. >> yeah. it is

windchills more than 30 below. 27 states from north dakota to florida on alert. niagara falls frozen over. the cold and snow blamed for dozens of roof collapses, and a new storm on the way. >>> new overnight, a superbug scare. nearly 200 people exposed to a potentially deadly bacteria at ucla medical center. those at risk being warned right now. >>> i never saw some of the warning signs. >> breaking her silence, nascar superstar kurt busch's ex opening up for the first time telling her side of the story after getting a restraining order against racing's outlaw. what she says about claiming of being a government assassin only on "gma" this morning. >> the driver was armed with a blue steel handgun, six dogs are in the van. >>> and dognapped. these six pooches stolen at gunpoint swiped in a doggie day care van. the desperate search right now for them and the men that stole them. >>> and good morning, america. you don't see a lot of people out there in times square today. it is so cold out there and take a look at some of these incredible pictures showing just how c

need to move that energy around our country safely and remember it is oil produced in my home state in north dakota and montana, domestic oil we are moving to refineries. when the president says no, that is music to opec's ears because it puts them right back in the saddle doesn't it? when our energy is declining because that very investment is blocked, opec will raise those prices right back up and consumers will pay more at the pump and will have less energy security. when you look at what is going on in the middle east and with isis, do we want to rely on opec for our energy? the congress and states and american are on board, mr. president we need you to join us and sign this legislation. >> thank you senator, for being the warrior on this. i believe america's national security and america's economic security are tied directly to america's energy security and it was easy to recommend to the leadership that we accept the senate amendments and senate one rather than go to a conference committee. i think the amendments, while not universally loved strengthen the bill, which i think is an important

state capital of charleston. it was hauling from north dakota to a transportation hub in virginia when for some still unknown reason train derailed and 20 of those tanker cars ignited. that fire began on monday. it was still burning today, three days into this disaster. more than a hundred people still evacuated from their homes tonight. finally at least the local water came back on. residents are still being advised to boil their water before they use it. >>> given the size of this oil train disaster in west virginia, given the size of the explosions and the fact that 20 of those cars exploded one after the other and it happened not out in the boonies, it is something of a miracle that there were not more people hurt. that said, there was one home burned in the blast. completely destroyed. the local nbc affiliate spoke to the man whose home that was. get this. he was home at the time of the accident when that oil train blew up and took his house with it. listen to this. >> i made it about 10 feet. i heard the house caving in behind me. so i ran out of the house in my sock feet in the snow. the house was engulfed i

what it means to a rural state is not that much different than what it means to idaho or north dakota or new hampshire. our challenge in smaller rural states is that we sometimes forget that our transportation network, 80%, small road and thousands and thousands of bridges run through rural states. if you take from on as an example, when you talk about crumbling infrastructure you could say vermont does not have that many people so why does it matter to the economy. it matters not only to vermont but we have as an example that to many states are in the same boat bordering canada. we are the transportation conduit to our biggest trading partner, canada. projections going forward it are that in the next decades we will see our freight transportation increase. we have a crumbling infrastructure right now. in terms of jobs and prosperity, the rural states carry a bigger burden because we have more to maintain and we all know that infrastructure is crumbling and it has got to be rebuilt. i want to make the point that when you look to this challenge of reauthorizing the transportation trust