as you pointed out, i mean, the real power, it comes to transportation in texas is the texas transportation commission. and it it it's really amazing to to read some of the accounts in the book and to get the sense that they're they're really sort of disinterested or in the sentiment of people in the communities that are going to be affected by some of these projects, whether it was the i-35 expansion. in the case of the i-45, you had someone that you write about ultimately filing a rights case with the federal government, put a pause on the project and my reading of it was that the texas transportation commission kind, they were kind of vengeful about it and said, well, okay, parts of this project you might want, we're going to, we're going to we're going to just didn't give that up. you're like, i get that because you're trying to block this this expansion i-45 and along those lines in san antonio we had an experience very similar where we had a project that was overwhelming only approved by voters it was a project dealing with broadway street, which runs north south from in san antonio.

yet we have a department of transportation, the texas department of transportation known as texting, who comes to every major city in the state and says, hey, we're going to fix traffic by widening this highway. all the evidence shows that doesn't fix traffic. and so a lot of that kind of catalyst for my book was learning about a highway expansion in austin where i live, i-35, which runs right through the middle of the city, just as it does here learning that intended to expand that from 12 to 20 lanes, promising to fix congestion and adding lanes would not fix congestion. and so i thought, why are we still doing this is the literal definition of insanity. yeah. and i think i should out that while you're looking primarily at texas, i mean, texas is probably an extreme example of the phenomenon that you're describing this is this is a national issue. i mean, this is big cities throughout the country with this. yeah, the book takes place in texas. but it is very much like kind of pitched the book as texas is the worst offender of something that everyone everywhere doing every state in

start bill like basically kneecapped cities so like i think you see it in transportation which is like the chairman of the texas at the senate transportation commission is this man, robert nickels. he rural texas. he has an enormous of power. but like his constituents don't really need or want transit. i certainly think like in rural texas are an appropriate solution. but like, i mean, the like voters in texas don't have much power in the state legislature and that is manifest negatively in many ways. and one of them is transportation. yes. in the book you don't really address the highway lobby, which is oil and gas motor vehicles, highway construction and suburban development. all those industries make a lot of money off of highway building and, you know, are you sure it's the transportation commission that's making these decisions? is it the highway lobby? oh, i mean, it's absolutely a story of political corruption. and i did do that reporting for my story in the texas observer that ran in 2021, looking the associated general contractors just as a as a slice of that highway lobby of how much money they give t

one of the mind blowing facts that appears in this book, and this comes from the texas department of transportation study, was the fact that on road emissions in texas, one half of 1% of the total carbon dioxide emissions in the world. i don't know if you were aware of that when you started. if you didn't i think you would be shocked, because i was when i read it. i knew we had an issue with emissions in texas, but that is an amazing statistic. >> i was shocked. actually wrote a story for the texas observer where i used to work about highways in texas. that led to this book and when i was reporting that story i was looking through txdot environmental documentation and it is like on the road assessment of greenhouse gas emissions. a super technical and there is, whatever, this graph showing texas emissions. worldwide emissions, texas, and on the road. i think the point of the graph is to say we sure aren't admitting that much on the roads. look at this little circle. i interpreted it as we, drivers in texas, are responsible for half a percentage of all the emissions in the whole world. that is stagg

yet we have a department of transportation, the texas department of transportation, txdot, they comeo every city and say we will fix traffic by widening this highway. all of the evidence shows that does not fix traffic. a lot of the catalyst for my book was learning about highway expansion in austin, where i live, i-35 which runs through the middle of the city, as it does here, learning they intended to expand from 12 to 20 lanes promising to fix u' congestion. and knowing adding lanes would not fix congestion. i thought, why are we still doing this, this is the literal definition of insanity. >> we should point alout that, you are looking primarily at texas, in texas, probably an extreme example of the phenomenon you describe, but this is a national issue, big cities throughout the country deal with this. >> the book takes place in texas but i pitched the book as texas is the worst offender of something that everyone everywhere is doing in every state in the country, democrat, republican, doesn't matter, every major city has a massive q highway expansion in the works. the infrastruc

texas. the national transportation safety board is investigating after a helicopter crashed into a houston radioower and burst into flames killing all four passengers on board, including a child. and we're learning the helicopter was on an air tour when the crash occurred and the tower lights were reportedly not working at the time. jury selection resumes this morning in the manslaughter trial of daniel penny, the marine veteran is charged with manslaughter for putting a homeless man, jordan neeley into a deadly chokehold in a new york city subway car. penny said he acted out of self-defense was pleaded not guilty. he could face 19 years if convicted. and former nascar star danica patrick throwing her support behind former president donald trump. >> it feels like voting for donald trump is like the vote of reason. it's like the actual reasonable choice. i think he is a man amongst the people. i feel like when you wrap that up with humility that he has. the sense of humor that he has. 9 off-the-cuff confidence that he has. his ability to be able to go so unscripted and be in so many scenarios whe

texas. too much, too much. according to the american transportation builders association, 56,000 bridges in that state, texas. almost double the number of bridges in any other state. do you be leave that? lauren: how much are the tolls? to go over the bridges? you don't have to pay a toll to go over every bridge in the world. thanks for sticking around to. don't forget to send in your friday feedback. send to a varneyviewers@fox.com. neil: something remarkable, relatively holding up which has anyone checked what's going on with oil? crude oil, north sea crude trading in europe, that's 1/3 day running. those numbers $73, bottom line this week they are up 7 to 8%. we all remember inflation-adjusted oil during the opec oil crisis. i remember is that but nothing close to that and the situation as it was back then, tensions whether it be in the arab world weighing on that so let's get the read on this and the strike that goes on another day. we were saying this is a resilient market in the face of this the craziness notwithstanding three days in a row, 10% jump in oil. >> the day starts in one place and we end in

texas. too much, too much. according to the american transportation builders association, 56,000 bridges in that state, texas.ve that? lauren: how much are the tolls? to go over the bridges? you don't have to pay a toll to go over every bridge in the world. thanks for sticking around to. don't forget to send in your friday feedback. send to a varneyviewers@fox.com.

texas, and troubled we have it available in california. states actually next year as well. out is katrina nicholas, bloomberg's transport editor. break the numbers when it comes to the tesla earnings, a beat on the top line and if you as well as volumes. >> this was a blowout quarter for the electric car maker. it's most profitable results in a year. third-quarter sales were bullied -- buoyed by sales in the separate truck and a spike in regulatory tax credits other automakers pay to meet their own emissions rules. for the third quarter tencent reported adjusted earnings of $.72 per share, and third-quarter automotive growth and margin excluding does regulatory tax credits came in at 17.1%. that was well above the 14.6% it was the previous quarter. expectations are coming into the set of numbers. after four consecutive bottom line misses we have had from tessa and a lackluster robotaxi underground yesterday, which left investors underwhelmed, and certainly with more questions than answers, so elon musk seems to have delivered the goods in this set of numbers. tom: he has delivered them in this set of numbers. will he deliver on

y la junta nacional de seguridad en el transporte dijo que ha abierto una investigaciÓn formal en el caso del helicÓptero que se estrellÓ en houston, texasarios estÁn pidiendo al pÚblico que envÍe cualquier informaciÓn que tengan sobre el hecho. incluso esos videos de vigilancia que hayan logrado captar escÁndalo en perÚ. el ex presidente de ese paÍs, alejandro toledo, ha sido sentenciado a mÁs de 20 aÑos de cÁrcel. lo acusan de haber tomado 35 millones de dÓlares en sobornos de la constructora brasileÑa odebrecht. >> esto para la asignaciÓn de contratos como el de una carretera que conecta con brasil. asÍ lo determinaron los fiscales a cargo del caso toledo, quien tiene 78 aÑos, gobernÓ desde el 2001 al 2006 condenando a alejandro toledo manrique como autor del delito contra la administraciÓn pÚblica en la modalidad de colusiÓn. >> se le impone 20 aÑos, seis meses de pena privativa de libertad. la misma que serÁ computada a partir del abril del aÑo 2023. >> es una sentencia histÓrica. es la sentencia contra un ex presidente de la repÚblica. y es un mensaje. es un mensaje. esta sentencia y la pena que se ha impuesto de que no debe haber

texas condenado por la muerte de su hija. ilia: hablamos de una alianza por nuestro voto, las acciones valen más que las palabras. así cumple adam schiff. ayudó a construir el transporteviendas asequibles, porque las rentas están muy altas. adam schiff: Él actúa, no solo habla. yo soy adam schiff, y apruebo este mensaje. ♪ ♪ [mÚsica] ♪ ♪ [mÚsica] ilia: un policÍa de seattle arriesgÓ su vida para salvar a un hombre que se lanzÓ a la vÍa del tren. intentaban convencerlo, el hombre cayÓ a las vÍas y resultÓ gravemente herido, pero el policÍa lo salvÓ. jorge: la policÍa de los Ángeles estÁ analizando nueva evidencia en el caso de los hermanos menÉndez. [habla en inglÉs] reportera: la familia de los hermanos menÉndez, quienes cumplen cadena perpetua por el asesinato de sus padres, hoy pidieron que la fiscalÍa emita una nueva sentencia. su tÍa de 92 aÑos apoya la sentencia. dijo que le fallaron sus padres. reportera: la procuradurÍa de los Ángeles estÁ analizando nueva evidencia, una casa donde uno de ellos enviaba a su primo y decÍa que era violado por sus padres, y la declaraciÓn del ex menudo rossellÓ, que dijo que el padre de los menÉndez lo habÍa violado. >> tienen que

los puertos desde maine hasta texas, sería la primera huelga en toda la costa desde 1977, afectando aproximadamente a 36 puertos que manejan alrededor de la mitad del transportena huelga portuaria de 2 semanas, toda esa congestión se va a extender hasta principios de año nuevo. y en enero es cuando los artículos de primavera empiezan a llegar a los almacenes. otras fuentes dicen que no está planeado ningún tipo de conversación antes de la huelga que comienza a medianoche. la casa blanca ha estado en contacto con ambas partes, pero no se espera que el presidente biden intervenga si estos no consiguen un nuevo contrato antes de la fecha límite del uno de octubre. yo soy silvana henao y ese es tu informe. cnbc para telemundo. gracias, silvana. vea, el departamento de educación de los estados unidos extendió el periodo de gracia del programa fresh start para prestatarios de préstamos estudiantiles que no han efectuado sus pagos en este período de 12 meses. protegió a estas personas de las consecuencias que surgen por la falta de pagos. el plazo original para este programa vencía hoy. pero un problema en el sitio web llevó al departamento a extender el plazo hasta

texas and california next year. atlanta will use it. when asked about the robot taxi, this is really jarring. >> we expect to be in production with the cyber cab which is really highly optimized for autonomous transport in, probably -- i tend to be optimistic and time frames, but in 2026. before 2027. let me put it that way. >> that did not inspire a lot of confidence. there was no timeline for the other stuff, including the robots. not many people can get away with what he just did. because he's a genius we will look the other way, but that was not good. there was not a lot of substance to that conversation. it's not hard to get a self driving car to drive a closed loop. i think it is pretty good but they did not too much to prove it. this is important because google has a whole fleet of autonomous taxis. we were in one in san francisco and i thought it was fantastic. plus with pricing there was little to no detail on the economics. he gave some info about average operating cost. if that is true the cyber cap does have a major cost advantage which uses the lidar systems. he was claiming it would have an average operating cost of $.05- $.10 per mile. he did not give any evidence. the market reaction

transporting migrants political theater and they are doing the same thing themselves. a spokesperson for mayor eric adams office tells me that most of the tickets they are sending people back to texastickets but in some of the cases they are sending people back by bus but not a case of those chartered buses just the standard flights and a buses but as i mentioned at the top of this there are still so many questions right now like how much they are spending just on these tickets and again we have seen a huge problem about being able to track the migrants who have those notices to appear and we are still waiting to find out how they will exactly tackle that issue. >> john: probably cheaper than keeping them there in new york city but we will see what governor abbott does when he gets a hold of everybody. maybe he will send them right back. brooke taylor for us. thank you. folks get moved around all over the place, sandra, and they have to a large degree become political football's but here's the thing cured what you do with them? federal government let them in the country and now it is the states that have to pick up the tab for them. >> sandra: don't underestimate how big of an issu

texas and california next year. >> whoa! >> that's with the model 3 and model y. then we expect to be in production with the cybercab, which is really highly optimized for autonomous transporti happen to be optimistic in timeframes. in 2026. yeah. before 2027, let me put it that way. >> joining us now with more is tim higgins. a cnbc contributor. it's really weird. it is almost down political lines. elon musk is someone who promises and never delivers for one side. i'll seen articles written and people on the other side saying i have seen rockets go up and land. the same rocket. i don't know how you discount this guy or poke holes in it. there have been some timelines that have been missed. do you believe these timelines? >> it is hard to say. what he is talking about is really cool in 2016 when he was talking the same thing that was really just around the corner. that said, you point out he has been successful in area where is nobody thought he could be successful. that gives him a credibility and it means we have to listen to him and we have to take him seriously. that's the second part of that, though and some investors pre-market are showing they will take it with a gra