my guide is craig schulz from amtrak. am i still seeing some of the damage from superstorm sandy on the-- on the ceilings and the sides? >> millions of gallons of saltwater inundated the tubes. the salts and chlorides really left behind by that saltwater have infiltrated the concrete and are essentially eating away at the infrastructure from the inside out. and so, what we have to do, basically, is, essentially gut the tunnel, right, down to the concrete liner, and essentially rebuild it from the inside out. >> sreenivasan: climate change is real, and this project would add some resiliency to the infrastructure. we also sat down with the chairman of amtrak, anthony coscia. amtrak is funded by the government, but is a for-profit. it also owns all of the ten-mile project site and the current tunnel into new york's penn station. how urgent is it to fix the tunnel today? and, what happens if you have to stop service to try to fix these tunnels, because they're too dangerous? >> we spend an incredible amount of time carefully

at 2,100,000 miles on amtrak coming you hear me now? not a joke. what happened was when you are a president or vice president, they keep meticulous mileage of when you fly in air force aircraft, so about -- i guess it was seven years in to my tenure as vice president, and i use to always take amtrak home on friday and try to go home and see my mom who was living with us the time after my dad passed and i try to get home, and the secret service were wonderful, they are the best in the world, they never liked me taking amtrak because it stops too often and too many people get on and it turned out, number three in seniority at the time, and terms of actual time on the road, a lot of the folks on amtrak became my family, no joke. and commuted every single day for 36 years as vice president in the united states after my wife and daughter were killed and i went home to see my family, never stop doing that. if so angelo, you remember? came up to me when they just had announced that i had flown 1 million some x number of miles on air force aircraft, and an

i commuted every single day. 200 and 63 miles a day on amtrak. from the time i got elected united states senator. when i was vice president, i used to like to take the train home because my mom was very sick. i would come home every weekend to make sure i would take the train. and secret service, legitimately would rather be polite because it is safe read too people can get on and off. i'm getting on one on friday, and one of the senior guys on amtrak, i got to know all the conductors really well. they became my friends. i fed them at my home on christmas and during the summer. and he walks up to me and goes, joey b, and i thought the secret service was going to blow his head off. (laughter.) i swear to god. true story. i said, "no, no, he's a friend." i said, "what's up, ang?" he said, "joey, i read in the paper - i read in the paper you traveled 1,000 - 1,200,000 miles on air force planes" - because they keep meticulous tabs of it. i said, "yeah." he said, "big" - i won't say the whole thing - "big deal." (laughter.) he said, "you know how many

you know how many miles on amtrak to travel? the boys and i figured out the retirement dinner, he said you travel to mailing, i think 180. how to get back answer, 267 miles a day figured what travel might to 19 days a year as vice president so charlie, i want to hear this about the air force anymore. [laughter] i am a trained guy. because it's also the single most significant way we can deal with air pollution. single most significant way to deal with global warming warming. it's what you help by making movement of ships and bridges safer and more efficient. my infrastructure bill, or when to make projects like this just the beginning. across the country, there are 45000 bridges in disrepair, some of them dangerously so. 173,000 miles of roads and poor conditions, we are going to create them totally new, we are going to fix them. it's going to be good union jobs for minimum wage, await you can raise families on. jobs outsourced, the largest investment of public transportation in the history of america replacing transit vehicles

i commuted every single day 263 miles a day on amtrak. from the time i got elected to the united states senator. when i was vice president i used to like to take the train home because my mom was very sick and dying. i'd come home every weekend to make sure i take the train home. i'm not criticizing them, it's safer. too many people can get on and off, except. i'm getting on one friday and then of the senior guys on amtrak, angelo, i got to know all the conductors really well. they became my friends. really. my genuine friends. i have them at my home at christmas and during the summer. he walks up to me and goes joey, baby, grab my cheek. i thought the secret service was going to blow his head off. swear to god. true tore story. what's up. he said, joey, i read in the paper, i read in the paper you travel 1,200,000 miles on air force planes. because they keep meticulous tabs. i said yeah. he said big -- won't say the whole thing. big deal. you know how many tiles myles you travel on amtrak, joey? i said no. he said the boys and i figured

travel 1,515,000 miles on amtrak. >> elaborate story but just to go back, amtrak employee is referring to died in 1993 and passed away, president biden so the conversation happened 7 years into his presidency, that he wasted 2015. the numbers are not lining up. >> it is weird. cory booker does a similar thing when he would tell the story about a drug addict named t bone or something like that, that person never existed so this is not uncommon among politicians. the weirder thing about president biden telling this story, part of his more that goes back a long time, this common man, the working man touched it. settling into the amtrak onto the train when someone is driving them to work. with their coffee reading the newspaper and to the private office, that part of the story is strange, him taking amtrak, that is the store he's making up. >> he said he was going to visit his mom who was sick but she died in 2010. 30 seconds. why do you think with all these stories, this is just one, a minuscule story, he gets confused but why do people let him get away with it? >> i don't think anyone le

as a frequent rider of amtrak, thank you, sir. next question pertaining to prevent political interference and this would be a question to start off, if could with ms. winters on you on this, you could be our leadoff but the inspector general's act of 1978 established the office ofinspector federibes those offices independent and that are charged withating promoting much needed accountability. as this commander -- as this committee considers legislative refo the inspector jennings that each of you share what you believe is the most important form that we in the congress may t learned under previous administrations, the important reform we in congress may want to consider. why don't you lead us >> in terms of the present bill, the reforms in there, i think the vacancies and replacement i.g.'s that are leaving government, take a reason, a president removes an i.g., that is a critical juncture in terms of making sure thatriate reform to ensure the next i.g. going in is truly independent. the othern the bill are equally important but t

and a lot of the folks in amtrak became my family. not a joke. i commuted every single day for 36 years as vice president of the united states after my wife and daughter were killed i went home to see my family and never stopped going and doing that. so angelo negri, ang came up to me one day when they just had announced i had flown one million something, x number of mienls air force aircraft. ang comes up, i'm getting in the car, he go, joey baby, what are you -- i thought the secret service were going to shoot him, i'm like, no, no, he's good, he's good. he said, i just read. big deal. big deal. whatever it was, 1,200,000 miles, air force, you know how many miles you did amtrak? i said no, i don't have any idea, pal. he said let me tell you, we were at the retirement dinner and we added it up. you averaged 121 days a year. 121 days a year, 36 year, plus as vice president uric traveled over two million miles. i don't want to hear any more about the air force. but in the build back better plan, i got more money for passenger rail than the entire

. >>> the shooting on an amtrak train. video appearing to show a man firing from the doorway. a dea agent killed what we're learning. >>> the debt limit showdown president biden accusing the gop of playing russian roulette and the other fight over his spending bills senator kyrsten sinema, one of the moderate holdouts followed into the bathroom by activists. her new response >>> and bubba wallace, the moment he drove into nascar history. >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening facebook tonight caught in cascading crises the sprawling social network including instagram and whatsapp suffering a worldwide outage some six hours long. users met with frustration as they tried to refresh their feeds. the outage fuelling wild speculation coming just a day after a company whistleblower stepped from the shadows with explosive claims that facebook put profits over safety the company's stock tumbling today. its worst selloff in a year as engineers race to fix the unravel the mystery of today's outage here's hallie jackson. >> reporter: massive and mysterious a glo

and i just want you to know that amtrak is here. they can tell you that you can -- you should name half the line after me. i am the most railroad guy you'll ever meet. 2,100,000 miles on amtrak. hear me now? not a joke. what happened was, when you are a president or vice president, they keep meticulous mileage of when you fly on air force aircraft. so about, i guess it was seven years in to my tenure as vice president, and i used to always like to take amtrak home on friday. i try to go home and see my mom who was living with us at the time after my dad passed, and i tried to get home. and the secret service are wonderful. they are the best in the world. they never liked me taking amtrak because it stops too often and too many people can get on and you don't know. but i -- it turned out i was about number three in seniority on the road at the time, if you -- in terms of actual time on the road. and a lot of the folks at amtrak became my family. not a joke. i'd ride every day. i commuted every single day for 36 years as vice presiden

. >>> new details tonight on a deadly shooting on an amtrak train in tucson, arizona. one federal agent was killed, another in critical it ootiroke os the d drugs. cbs' jeff pegues has the latest. >> reporter: when the first the amtrak train, onlookers didn't know what was happening until they saw a k-9 officer run toward the gunman. then someone yells, "get out of there, get out of there.” suddenly there is more gunfire. the officer backs off the train and runs for his life as the gunman fired again. the shootout continues with bullets ricocheting around tucson's downtown train depot. late today officials said it all started on the train with a confrontation between two dea agents and a suspect. >> they were checking for illegal guns, money, drugs. this is something they do, as i said, routinely. >> reporter: this time, though, it turned deadly. >> i am deeply saddened to confth died as a result of the injuries sustained during the shooting. >> reporter: the investigation is ongoing. jeff pegues, n. >>> tonight, the supreme court began its new term, one that could b

you know how many miles you travel on amtrak, joey? the boys and i figured out the retirement dinner. you've traveled 2,200,000 miles. i said how did you get that answer? 267 miles a day, we figured you traveled 119 days a year for 36 years, so joey, i don't want to hear this about the air force anymore. i'm a trained guy. because it also is the single most significant way we can deal with air pollution. single most significant way we can deal with global warming, it's going to help the vital maritime industry as well by making the movement of ships and bridges safer and more efficient. with my infrastructure bill, we will make sure projects like this are just the beginning. across the country, 45,000 bridges in disrepair, some of them dangerously so, 173,000 miles of roads in poor condition. we are going to create them, totally new. we are going to fix them. this is going to be good union jobs, you can raise a family on, jobs that can't be outsourced. we will make the largest investment of public transportation in the history of ameri

breaking news, federal agents shot, gunfire on an amtrak train. and tom's triumphant return, tom brady's hero welcome as he breaks an n.f.l. record. ♪ this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening, and thank you so much for joining us. we want to begin tonight with what has been a brutal day for social media giant facebook, instagram and what's app. all knocked offline for about six hours today leaving billions of users locked out. the cause of the outage still not clear tonight but reports the systems inside facebook were down, some employees had difficulty communicating and troubleshooting the problem. newborn stock tanked taking a nose dive today sliding nearly 4% and forbes said mark zuckerberg's fortune declined by nearly $6 billionch but the greatest cough to the social media giant may be new complaints made to the fcc, allegations from a former facebook employee, france francs haugen, who copied tens of thousands of pages of company research, accusing facebook putting

. >>> the deadly shootout onboard an amtrak train. the suspects boarding the train, later one of them opening fire. >>> president biden tonight accusing republicans of playing russian roulette with the debt ceiling after they voted to raise it several times in the trump years. a reported $7.8 trillion added to the debt under president trump. cecilia vega at the white house tonight. >>> the woman known as baby rowe, roe, breaking her silence right here. how she learned who she was. who approached her at 18. and what she now says as the supreme court takes up a case that could affect the future of roe v. wade. linsey davis is here. >>> the hospital shooting in philadelphia. the gunman wearing body armor and carrying multiple weapons. >>> the two hot air balloon accidents in new mexico. >>> william shatner tonight and what she's nhe's now saying abo heading to the edge of space. >>> and tom brady and bill belichick, and what happened after the hug. >>> good evening and it's great to have us with us you with us a new week here. we're goin

i commuted every single day 263 miles a day on amtrak. when i was vice president i used to like to take the train home because my mom was very sick and dying and i would come home every weekend to make sure i take the train home and secret service, would rather me fly because it is safer, too many people could get on and off and then on friday one of the senior guys on amtrak, i got to know all of the conductors really well, they became my friends. i mean, really, my genuine friends and i have them at my home during christmas and during the summer. and he goes up and said joey baby and i thought the secret service was going to blow his head on. wear to god, true story. i said he's a friend. and he said, joey, i read in the paper, i read in the paper you travel 1,200,000 miles on air force planes, because they keep meticulous tabs and i said yeah. and he is he -- i won't say the whole thing -- big deal. do you know how many miles you traveled on amtrak, joey? and he said the boys and i figured out at the retirement dinner. he said you trav

as a frequent rider of amtrak, i say thank you, sir. next question. pertaining to political interference. this would be a question for all of you. start off if we could with ms. lerner, with you on this. you can be our leadoff here. the inspector general's act of, i think it was 1978, established the offices of inspector generals at 12 federal agencies. describes those offices as independent and objective units charged with investing in -- investigating waste, fraud, and abuse and promoting much-needed accountability. is this committee -- as this committee considers reforms to the i.g. act to address the integrity of inspector generals, can each of you share what's the most important reform that we can accomplish or may want to consider giving lessons learned under previous administrations. what we in congress may want to consider. ms. lerner, why don't you lead us off -- mr. winters: in terms of the present bill, the vacancies and replacement of i.g.'s that are leaving government for, pick a reason, but for example, if the president removes an i.g.,

from this train as the amtrak station in tucson, arizona. the incident unfolding just around 8:00 a.m. local time. i can tell you, we have seen some very disturbing security camera video which we cannot show you at this moment, but i can tell you this, in that video, you see an officer running onto the train with a canine. you then hear about four shots fired by then the same officer with the canine runs off of the train and you see in the doorway of that train a man dressed in a black shirt and khaki shorts that fires a gun at the officer. we don't see if the officer was struck by any of those bullets, but it is a very disturbing unfolding scene. reports of some injuries. amtrak telling us that they are in touch with local and federal authorities and they are say no reported injuries to the crew or passengers which could imply that the injuries that are being reported are among law enforcement officers. we will try to get you confirmation of that put a disturbing scene unfolding right now in tucson, arizona. >> you will keep us posted as th

when you fly the aircraft and■ o i always used to like to take amtrak home onday. the secret service are wonderful. they are the best in the world and never liked me taking amtrak because it stops t often. in terms of the actl the road and a lot of the folks became my family. i commuted every single day for 36 years as vice■[ president afe killed. i went family, never stop doing that and. when it was announced that i had flown 1 million on air force aircraft. i'm getting in th9 car and he says -- and i thought theec service was going to shoot true story. i said iany idea. he said we are at the retirement center. i think 21 days a year, 121. you have traveled over to million miles. i don't want to hear anymore about the air force. but in the build back better plan, i have more money for passenger rail than the entire system thank you for the introduction. you've done a great job. i mean, it. i am a got elected i checked with the margin was in the state of delare and i found out that by want every precinct in scranton and i looked up and said mom, i did it. [applau

makes the largest federal investment in passenger rail since the creation of amtrak. makes the single largest dedicated bridge investment since the construction of the interstate highway system. makes the largest investment in clean drinking water, waste water in american history. ensures every american has access to reliable high-speed internet. tackles the climate change with the largest investment in clean energy, e.v. infrastructure, electrifying thousands of schools and transit buses. reconnecting communities. safe streets. $17 billion for ports. $25 billion for airports. this is what the president managed to negotiate with the r-kal cis-trant senate and get around the filibuster and this bill is not perfect. it's not the bill i would have written. but, you know, i oppose their decision not to correct decade-long cuts to the bus program, bus provision created a dedicated set-aside of polluting buses within the low and no emission program. that's kind of laughable. and tighten buy america. crack down a predatory chinese state-owned enter prices which was -- enterp

for a typical complaint that comes in, say, for example amtrak, we have a specific section that does that, that has a sifting process that assesses the facts versus the criteria of whether something's actionable or not. >> so we also want to be able to get you, and we've been very outspoken on this, the testimonial subpoena power to make sure someone can't just retire and avoid any kind of pursuit on this. we talked a lot about trying to get to who is the chain of succession if we need to get to an acting inspector general. we've spoken frequently about how to be able to get more inspectors general. this has been an issue of multiple presidents, that they just don't appoint an inspector general, they leave it open for a long time, and it becomes an issue. this seems to be a gap that i just don't though enough about, ask i'd be willing to be able to talk about because i never want the inspectors general office to be used as a weapon against somebody unjustly. because -- especially if someone's in their personal capacity and is having to hire their own potential attorney in this -- per

you know how many miles you did amtrak? i said i don't have any idea. we were at the retirement dinner. we added it up. you averaged 21 days a year, 121 days a year, plus as vice president. you've traveled over 2 million miles. joe, i don't want to hear anymore about the air force. but in the build back better plan, i got more money for passenger rail than the entire amtrak system cost to begin with. we're going to change the nation in a big way. shane, i want to thank you for that introduction. i really do. eric page, you've got a great job. i mean it. i'm a big fan and i, she when i got elected, it's the god's truth. when i checked the margin in the state of delaware, i called up here. she won that year, too. i found out that i won every precinct in scranton and i looked up and said, mom, i did it. i did it. look, it's great to be here in pennsylvania with the great close friend and governor. it's great to see you. and matt, thank you for the passport to let me back into the district. and you know, you know, we, it's interesting. i grew up not very fa

. >>> tense moments on an amtrak train in arizona, surveillance video shows a gunman and a dea agent was shot and killed twond oother officers were wounded officers had to tais the suspect when a second man began shooting the suspect was later found dead open the train him amtrak says no passengers or crew were hurt. >>> the nation is finally seeing some relief after the latest covid summer surge covid cases are down more than 30% in the last two weeks. the u.s. is not out of the wood just yet it is still the global leader for covid case itself and deaths more than 43 million americans have been affected over 7,300 have died >>> the "new york times" says johnson and johnson is planning approval for its booster shot this week. nbc news reached out for confirmation of the report the company didn't come as johnson&johnson did reit great it provided data to the fda. >>> news comes as the southwest airlines is the latest to require all employees to get vaccinated they join american, jet blue, alaska and united in complying with biden administration guidelines for contractors >>> now the e

a car hauler is hit by an amtrak train at an oklahoma crossing. at least four are hurt. "weekend journal" meet the minneapolis violence interrupters, community members. a new recruit joins the capitol police with a special assignment. >> this is the "cbs weekend news." >> yuccas: good evening, i'm jamie yuccas in in los angeles. adriana diaz is off. america's bumpy pandemic recovery has americans grappling with greater prices across the country. labor shortages and supply chain problems are fueling higher prices on just about everything. the latest data shows consumer prices up more than 5% over the last year. cbs' lilia luciano joins me in los angeles with the very latest. lilia, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jamie. prices keep going up because of the pandemic, and that supply chain backlog, and experts tell me it's only going to get worse. americans are digging deeper into their wallets this weekend. food, gas, heat-- everyday basics are getting more expensive. >> prices are ridiculous. >> reporter: consumer prices are at a 13-year high. gas is up 42%, energ

you know how many miles you traveled on amtrak? the boys and i figured it out at the retirement dinner. you traveled 2,200,000 miles. how did you get that? he said, 267 miles a day, we figured you traveled 119 days a year for 36 years, then your travel as vice president. he goes, so joey, i don't want to hear this about the air force anymore. i'm a train guy. because it also is the single most significant way we can deal with air pollution, single most significant way we can deal with global warming. it's going to be help the region's maritime as well by making the movement of bridges and ships safer and more efficient. look, with my infrastructure bill i'll make sure projects like this are just the beginning. across the country, there are 45,000 bridges in disrepair, some of them dangerously so. 173,000 miles of roads are in poor condition. we're going to create them, totally new. we're going to fix them. this is going to be good union jobs for a prevailing wage you can raise a family on, jobs that can't be outsourced. we'll make

i currently serve as amtrak's inspector general and a number of the i.t. community for the past 15 years and conclude as you said service at nasa as the inspector general for investigations. in 2019 they have been cigie chair michael horowitz appointed me to be an icy member and in 2020 the ig committee selected mate to serve as chairperson for a two-year term. my testimony will focus on three topics overview.c of the ig -- d our workload making we cannot survive ongoing matters and third are challenges which prevent opportunities for improvement. by law i.d.s have bounding oversight responsibilities for agencies and operations. amtrak for example includes it 24/7 nationwide rail service to 46 states and employs 17,000 people. as an ig in congress there is a tremendous oversight research such as an audit to investigate unfettered access to information subpoename power and law enforcement authority. these tremendous powers by the way are capable of igs across the federal ig community. to check this tremendous power congress in my view widely established int

one less truck. >> dana: but the survivor survived. >> jesse: amtrak. there you go. >> dana: anybody ever have a younger sibling that tried to play an instrument? my sister tried to play the trumpet. it was so horrendous. angie, i'm sorry, it's true. i found a picture of my face little video here is what i looked like when angie tried to play the trumpet. ♪ ♪ >> dana: my mom saying please make her stop. saxophone. >> jesse: got my younger pee and know lessons two years all she could play was hot cross buns. just burning money. >> dana: all right, katie. >> katie: i took pee piano and took the money instead. first rough mudder it's a nine mile 30 obstacle course mud run. it was super fun. i invited lots of people to take which challenge on. matt was the only one who said yes. first obstacle first mile really hard. we finished it. tough mudder. there is lots of pretty. >> dana: i volunteer jesse to go on the next one. indicate indicated come back next year. >> jesse: no thank you. >> katie: you will lose. it was fun. >> jesse: horse race. >> dana: ric

. >> will certainly, amtrak reform. at the time when i gutted, i was dealing with a group of republicans who wanted to defund amtrak and amtrak was and still is a company that was his money and so i was trying to negotiate allowed us to reform amtrak because right now, so much statutory so there is an in so actually testifying before the rules committee and having a bill to gain power to the people and amtrak to make their decisions as a business. now remember the old gentleman said, but if i vote for this, look have a route to my district. i said with all due respect, what i'm trying to do is take us out of it allows people happy is the bottom line and make it more efficient make those decisions. so he sent so that could go away. and i said yes and he said shoot, i'm not going to vote for it pretty. >> so is an important discussion to take place in terms of some of the things that are national rails make it impossible to not lose a vote with money so that is something that i was really looking at in aviation, a big iss

amtrak was and still is an amtrak was and still is an operation that loses money. and so i was trying to negotiate a deal which would allow us to reform amtrak. work like a business, because right now, so much is statutory, so even routes are written in. i remember actually testifying before the rules committee, how do we build this, basically gave power to the people of amtrak to make their decisions as a business. and i remember some old gentleman said, well, but -- so if i vote for this, will i still have my routes through my district? i said, with all due respect, congressman -- this was a republican. with all due respect, congressman, what i'm trying to do is take us out of it and for allow the people who have to deal with the bottom line and make it more efficient make those decisions. he was like, so that could go away? theoretically. he said, shit, i'm not voting for this. right then and there i knew. i kind of knew, anyway, but an important discussion to take place in terms of some of the things that govern our national rail system that make it impossible

he lies about his background on amtrak. also, that the border is secure, a live, there is not a crisis, a lie, and we have to call them lies, another thing affecting the polls now. joe biden does not have a mandate as it is because he has a 50/50 senate and a very slim, hairline majority in the house. so he doesn't have a mandate really in washington, he doesn't have a mandate in the polls now, and yet his staff is convinced he should be fdr, sprinkled with a little aoc, and it is a toxic combination for the rest of us. that is why it has led to inflation nation. if you look at the latest polls, sean, three quick things. number one, 54% disapprove of joe biden's handling of the economy. he has given us inflation nation. number two, inflation is now tied with kovic as the major concern in america. think about that for a moment. that is because the cost of living is something people need to grapple with. the same folks who benefited, the blue-collar workers, on energy independence under president trump and the tax cut and job

this all happened at an amtrak station in tucson. investigators say officers were detaining a man during a routine inspection for illegal contraband. that's what a second man they say, pulled out a handgun and began firing. the government exchanged several rounds of police. a special agent with the d. a was killed. and a second agent with a police officer were also wounded. investigators say the gunman was later found dead in a bathroom. the other suspect was arrested. well after one year pause. the blue angels are coming back to the bay area. up next here on the floor. we'll talk with one of the organizers about all the events this week leading up to the big air show for fleet week. and as we roll into fleet week we have a cool down on the way and even a slight possibility that maybe a few scattered showers. better details after the break. area thy sunny skies a little bit of haze at the higher elevations. we do have a cool down coming our way in fact, for some, we began to cool down a little bit today. let's take a look first at th

we will make the most of investments in our real system since amtrak did it 50 years ago but it's not enough just to invest in physical infrastructure. we will lead the world like we used to and if we do that can we have to invest in our people. that's what my second bill does come of the build back better plan. only about half of the three and four-year-olds in america are enrolled in early childhood education. in germany, france, the u.k. and latvia, that number is more than 90%. we are falling behind. it's not just early education. according to one study, america ranks 33rd out of the 44 advanced economies when it comes to the percentage of our young people who retain a post-high school degree. the united states, 33rd out of 44? might build back better plan gets us back on track to making four additional years of public education available for everyone in america. two years of quality pre-k in the front of school without interruption and investments in community college so our students can gain the skills they need and carve out a place for themselves in the 21st century economy. w

billion for amtrak? [laughter] that's a difficult example thing reagan wanted to do, right? what better transportation we would have today if we privatize amtrak i'm very proud of that that i worked for reagan. then i tell make kids, you worked for ronald reagan that is so cool. but stature keeps going up have you noticed that? the last thing i will say, i went out to south dakota at three weeks ago, rapid city so went to mount rushmore. there is room for one more, there is room a brick. >> wouldn't be amazing if we put ronald reagan on that? [applause] last word? >> i think he proved you really can change the world. you can change the destiny of the world for the good. for me the 80's started with the privilege of getting to hear about the reagan program from martin anderson, from the people who created it. but then seeing the consequences of that juxtaposed against my study of the economic system of the soviet union, of course still has the capacity for thermonuclear exchange to destroy everything. wha

. >> a lot of folks in amtrak became my family. not a joke. came up to me one day when i wa when they just had announced that i had flown 1 million x number of miles on aircraft rat he comes up he says and i thought the secret service was going to shoot them. i said no he's good, he's good. true story. true story. rambling about trains from huma train wreck. the only biden who knows about rails is hunter after he snorte a few fresh ones. so as america worries joe tells a debunked story about a dead amtrak worker. this guy's memory is so bad he' plagiarizing his own lies. as for the supply chain fiasco, we did that story last week. but like the president's memory it's only gotten worse. empty shelves, escalating prices . kat can't even buy here. she is the true victim. still nothing changed right because it doesn't affect the politicians, the rich, the activist class who are responsible for this mess. it affects you measly country bumpkins, and you don't wait. when was last time you were a design address to a gala event. for me it was thursday,