[applause] cj, >> on this weekend's newsmakers, south dakota senatoron thune is our guest.f the senate republican conference he talks bat number of topics, including the 2014 mid-term elections, the country's transportation needs and the ongoing irs investigation. here is a portion. >> that is if you want to keep a user fee-based program, that's i think probably the most logical place that most folks would end up, and senator corker and senator mer murphy came out with a proposal, six-cent increase, first year, and thin index is after that and indexing help but you have more fuel efficient cars are more hybrids on the road so isn't raising the amount it has in the past but taking those things into consideration it's still something that highway users pay for, and so there are reasons why that, if you're looking at all the various scenarios and options out there if you have to raise revenue to do this, is an option that's being discussed. now, other things talked about as well. some members on the republican side and some democrats are talking about using repatriation, multi