they recruited the people from oklahoma to come to san antonio. in texas. do you know how much a train engineer was making? he was making $14,000 a month. you are telling me that they do not have any money? forget it. i was in san jose, i had not been there in a while. they had built a whole new eight lane freeway. where did they get the money from that? they were always saying we do not have any money. when -- when out of office, there were millions of dollars in the coffers for the roads. it was just never used. host: let us start with the mass transit. that seems to be a sticking point up to the release. the money being set aside for amtrak. can you elaborate? guest: for transit, there was a dispute by the negotiators of the legislation. some of them argue that transit had already been dedicated several billion dollars from sue covid aid -- from covid aid. individual senators from the urban settings rely on transit, they argue there is an additional need of about $40 billion to bring most of the transit systems around the country to a better state of rep

i had a conversation with city administrators in areas outside austin and san antonio, the fastest growing communities in america who will tell me they cannot build sewers fast enough, they cannot build schools fast enough to handle the influx of people because there are so many people moving in. there is a fun game to play. go to a shipping website like u-haul or a truck shipping website and check out what the one-way prices from san francisco to dallas and check out the other way. san francisco to dallas would be $1400 and it would be half of that going the other way. host: one more question from houston, texas, independent line, nancy. caller: how do you count all these aliens coming into our country that we had to take care of? how do you account for that on your census? guest: the constitution requires that everybody be counted. this is the founding fathers rules, not me. the founding fathers wanted to know how many people were in the united states at any given time and that they meant everybody. they didn't mean just citizens, not just residents, they said everybody. that's what the

host: that is san antonio, texas. we will go to our republican line. this is steve in south carolina. caller: that color from texas stole little bit of my thunder. -- that caller from texas stole little bit of my thunder. they give this was your daughter. i was a supervisor that a federal government building. the federal government took this very seriously. i have to be briefed every year over what constitutes sexual harassment in the workplace. all across the south and southwest we grew up calling girls sweetheart, sugar, honey. you cannot do that anymore. i worked with a fellow supervisor at the shipyard and he got time off for allowing hostile varmint -- a hostile environment to exist. a lady complaint men were telling dirty jokes and he did not put a stop to it. host: how does it apply to governor cuomo? caller: he is a person of authority. he holds the careers of people under him in his hands. people are generally scared to come on board with the supervisor who determines their future and commits that kind of crime. for somebody who knows the rule

texas is a good example of this were part of the houston, san antonio, and austin, dallas-fort worth, midland, and odessa areas had population growths. many of the state's other counties had population declines. rapid growth also occurred in parts of western north dakota. mckenzie county, north dakota, was the country's fastest growing county, increasing 131% between 2010 and 2020. williams county north dakota grew by 83%. i will replay the three decades again so you can see the changes over time. when we look more closely at the patterns of population increase and decrease this past decade, we see a strong relationship to population size with small counties tending to lose population and more populous counties tending to gain people. this bar chart shows it in detail. the graphic shows percent change in population this past decade by county population size in 2010. the four smallest size categories experienced population decline. counties with population under 1000 in 2010 lost 4.4% of their population over the decade. 10,000 to 50,000 people also lost people this decade on average.

host: greg, and afghan war veteran in san antonio. when and where did you serve in afghanistan? caller: i served in a province in 2013. i was in kandahar doing medical operations. host: what are your thoughts as you have watched over the past couple weeks the invents unfold -- events unfold? caller: it is horrifying to watch. i am not a warmonger. i want everybody to know that. i also believe in -- being a guy who has worked for several generals in the united states air force, we do not let the state department run the operation. that is how this fiasco developed. the strategic commanders of the united states military should be running the operation. when i watch all this develop, it is mind blowing. i do not understand why. host: go ahead and finish your thought. caller: i do not understand why any commander would give the authority to the state department to let them run this operation. host: in chicago, ralph, independent. caller: good morning. president eisenhower when he left office warned the american public about the military-industrial complex. as a vietnam veteran -- th

and just using my hometown of san antonio as an for example, there are over 300 polling places. the largest shift at any given time of sapd is about 150 officers who have arguably better things to do. what happens to us? do we finish her caster her ballot -- casting her ballot? if we do does she come back? what's the word of mouth as that experience spreads like wildfire, bad chisme? that can't be who we are and the idea this bill makes voting easier in this instance, i don't see how. there are no cases of voter fraud relating to voter assistance. in county if a, just to give you numbers -- in fact, just to give you numbers and i'll wrap up - mr. raskin: please. mr. bernal: the likelihood of voter fraud in texas is less than anyone of us being struck by lightning. mr. raskin: thank you, representative bernal, for your excellent testimony. and members are very patient. i'll hold off on my questioning and allow mr. mfume to go. then we'll go directly to the ranking member. mr. mfume: thank you very much, mr. chair. and members of the committee. mr. chair, i want to thank you as i

host: john in san antonio says covid vaccines have created six new billionaires. that is all i need to know about the motive behind mandates. just say no, i say. greg says your employer has a right to approve a mandate. jim in north carolina. this is now settled. jeff talking about the fda's decision to give full approval for the pfizer vaccine and what it means for mandates. [video clip] >> yesterday after a rigorous scientific review process, the fda gave full and final approval to the pfizer vaccine reaffirming its findings that the vaccine is safe and effective. this is a key milestone that will help get more shots in arms. we know that there are americans who have been waiting for the fda process to be completed before getting a shot. for those americans, the wait is over. now is the time to join the more than 200 million americans who have already rolled up their sleeve and got vaccinated. it's free, easy and it has never been more important to protect yourself, your loved ones in your community. it is not just individuals. institutions must step up and many

host: greg, and afghan war veteran in san antonio. when and where did you serve in afghanistan? caller: i served in a province in 2013. i was in kandahar doing medical operations. host: what are your thoughts as you have watched over the past couple weeks the invents unfold -- events unfold? caller: it is horrifying to watch. i am not a warmonger. i want everybody to know that. i also believe in -- being a guy who has worked for several generals in the united states air force, we do not let the state department run the operation. that is how this fiasco developed. the strategic commanders of the united states military should be running the operation. when i watch all this develop, it is mind blowing. i do not understand why. host: go ahead and finish your thought. caller: i do not understand why any commander would give the authority to the state department to let them run this operation. host: in chicago, ralph, independent. caller: good morning. president eisenhower when he left office warned the american public about the military-industrial complex. as a vietnam veteran -- th

i had a conversation with city administrators in areas outside austin and san antonio, the fastest growing communities in america who will tell me they cannot build sewers fast enough, they cannot build schools fast enough to handle the influx of people because there are so many people moving in. there is a fun game to play. go to a shipping website like u-haul or a truck shipping website and check out what the one-way prices from san francisco to dallas and check out the other way. san francisco to dallas would be $1400 and it would be half of that going the other way. host: one more question from houston, texas, independent line, nancy. caller: how do you count all these aliens coming into our country that we had to take care of? how do you account for that on your census? guest: the constitution requires that everybody be counted. this is the founding fathers rules, not me. the founding fathers wanted to know how many people were in the united states at any given time and that they meant everybody. they didn't mean just citizens, not just residents, they said everybody. that's what the

antonio, i think it was. in texas. to come and work there. do you know how much a train engineer was making? he was making $14,000 a month. now, then, you're telling me that they don't have any money? forget it. i was just in san jose a wild back. had not been there in a while because i'm from california. they had built a whole new eight-lane freeway. where did they get the money from that? they were always saying we don't have any money. because we had all kinds of potholes on our freeways. come to find out, when matron went out of office, there were millions and millions of dollars in the coffers for the road. it was never used. host: that was barbara in oklahoma. let me start with mass transit. that seems to be a sticking point leading up to this text, particularly the money set aside for amtrak. can you elaborate more on that? guest: for transit there was a dispute by the negotiators of the legislation. some of them argued that transit had already been dedicated, several billion dollars from covid aid to

i was at the san antonio riverwalk, and there were people everywhere. it was packed. people were having a good time. they were mingling together, they were not wearing masks. there were some people wearing masks. people are sick of it. host: tom in lake geneva, wisconsin, republican line. your trust in covid policy. caller: i don't have any trust in the government, in cnn. you guys are democrats, democrats, democrats. host: we are asking people your level of trust in government covid policy? caller: the same i would for government as i do for c-span. you are a democrat. host: ok. we will leave it there. we are asking on your level of trust when it comes to the federal government -- you can focus on the federal government. you can call us on the lines, 202-748-8001 four republicans. democrats, 202-748-8000. independents 202-748-8002. as we talk about this issue today, one of the things playing along in the senate is the expected or potential passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill. here to join us and tell us the latest about what is going on on that effort, the

i was at the san antonio riverwalk, and there were people everywhere. it was packed. people were having a good time. they were mingling together, they were not wearing masks. there were some people wearing masks. people are sick of it. host: tom in lake geneva, wisconsin, republican line. your trust in covid policy. caller: i don't have any trust in the government, in cnn. you guys are democrats, democrats, democrats. host: we are asking people your level of trust in government covid policy? caller: the same i would for government as i do for c-span. you are a democrat. host: ok. we will leave it there. we are asking on your level of trust when it comes to the federal government -- you can focus on the federal government. you can call us on the lines, 202-748-8001 four republicans. democrats, 202-748-8000. independents 202-748-8002. as we talk about this issue today, one of the things playing along in the senate is the expected or potential passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill. here to join us and tell us the latest about what is going on on that effort, the

host: tom in san antonio on that line for veterans of the war in afghanistan. go ahead. caller: i wanted to clarify that a lot of callers do not really understand how the afghan people see their country. it is a bunch of split tribes. they do not really see their nation as a nation. if you have a bunch of people that have no national recognition -- they do not realize afghanistan is their country. they just see their tribe and their land. they are not going to defendant. i'm not think it is their fault, but i'm try to say if you cannot get the people on your side -- you cannot get the people on your side if you're trying to get a democratic nation set up. there is just a lot of veterans have talked to and they are upset and feel we have lost battle buddies. we have lost the taxpayer money. it sucks. host: when were you there? what was your capacity? caller: i was there in 2008 and 2009. i lost buddies. i feel like -- i am sure i'm not the only one, but i feel like it was for nothing. there is a wave of people that are mad at this, not just the americans stuck over there.

david in san antonio, republican. hi, welcome to the conversation. caller: hi. how you doing. host: good morning. what's your opinion? caller: all i want to say. we are all worried about infrastructure and all this. if we don't nip this afghanistan deal in the bud, we are not going to have a infrastructure to worry about. we'll end up back with towers being blown up and everything else. our government needs to do the job they were hired to do. and they are not doing that. and the infrastructure is the least of our concerns right now. host: all right. david. as well as infrastructure, what democrats are calling human infrastructure in this $3.5 trillion budget package, they have also tied it together, the voting rights bill. so there are voting rights groups that have targeted those 10 centrist democrats in a new ad to pressure them to not hold up the budget package. take a look at the ad. >> joe biden promised he would build back better. and his infrastructure plan does exactly that. fixing our roads and bridges. making historic investments in clean energy, education, and broa