WEBVTT 00:02.500 --> 00:03.433 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: As we reported earlier, President Trump today unveiled his long-awaited infrastructure 00:03.433 --> 00:05.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% plan and spending priorities. 00:05.466 --> 00:07.700 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Both were overshadowed, though, by internal struggles at the White House and the questions 00:07.700 --> 00:11.433 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% of how top staff handled domestic violence allegations against two aides. 00:11.433 --> 00:15.533 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% It was a major focus of today's White House briefing with Press Secretary Sarah Sanders. 00:15.533 --> 00:19.000 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS, White House Press Secretary: The president and the entire administration 00:19.000 --> 00:21.166 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% take domestic violence very seriously and believe all allegations need to be investigated 00:21.166 --> 00:23.166 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% thoroughly. 00:23.166 --> 00:24.400 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Above all, the president supports victims of domestic violence and believes everyone 00:24.400 --> 00:26.466 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% should be treated fairly and with due process. 00:26.466 --> 00:31.100 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% QUESTION: Why haven't we heard the president say exactly what you just said right there, 00:31.100 --> 00:33.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that he takes domestic violence very seriously? 00:33.733 --> 00:38.300 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS: I spoke with the president, and those are actually directly his words 00:38.300 --> 00:39.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% that he gave me earlier today. 00:39.566 --> 00:40.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% QUESTION: But why hasn't he said that? 00:40.800 --> 00:41.866 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% He had the opportunity. 00:41.866 --> 00:43.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% He's been active on Twitter. 00:43.633 --> 00:47.600 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS: It's my job to speak on behalf of the president. 00:47.600 --> 00:52.400 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% I spoke to him, and he relayed that message directly to me, and I'm relaying it directly 00:52.400 --> 00:53.933 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% to you. 00:53.933 --> 00:55.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: And our Yamiche Alcindor joins me now for more. 00:55.966 --> 00:58.600 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% So, Yamiche, what the White House wanted to talk about today was the budget and something 00:58.600 --> 01:02.400 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% else, and we will get to that in a minute. 01:02.400 --> 01:07.400 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% But this lingering story is still hanging out there, reporters asking, how did the president, 01:11.133 --> 01:13.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% how did the White House handle this? 01:13.000 --> 01:15.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Why is this still going on? 01:15.066 --> 01:18.033 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% YAMICHE ALCINDOR: Well, this was, as you know, supposed to be infrastructure week. 01:18.033 --> 01:23.033 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% This is the White House's second try at infrastructure week and each time it's been overshadowed 01:23.633 --> 01:25.600 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% by this scandal. 01:25.600 --> 01:28.933 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% We're talking about it still largely because President Trump tweeted about it over the 01:28.933 --> 01:31.033 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% weekend. 01:31.033 --> 01:33.933 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% He didn't name Rob Porter, the other aide that resigned because of domestic violence 01:33.933 --> 01:38.933 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% allegations, but he said that people's lives were being destroyed and that they needed 01:39.900 --> 01:42.000 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% due process. 01:42.000 --> 01:45.500 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% Because of that tweet and because of the fact nobody really knows who knew what when at 01:45.500 --> 01:49.300 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% the White House, this has been an issue the White House is continuing to deal with. 01:49.300 --> 01:54.300 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% John Kelly, who is the chief of staff to President Trump, has said as soon as he heard about 01:55.933 --> 01:57.966 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% the allegations, that 40 minutes later Rob Porter was out of the job. 01:57.966 --> 02:02.800 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% But Sarah Sanders today from the podium said that it was actually 24 hours later that Rob 02:03.666 --> 02:04.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Porter resigned or terminated. 02:04.866 --> 02:06.900 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And even that detail is still murky. 02:06.900 --> 02:10.300 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% So there is the idea this President Trump continues to likely -- come to the defense 02:10.300 --> 02:12.500 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% of men who are allegedly domestically violating people. 02:12.500 --> 02:17.500 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% And you have this idea that Sarah Sanders said herself that the president dictated a 02:18.933 --> 02:21.333 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% statement to her in support of domestic violence victims. 02:21.333 --> 02:26.333 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% But the president, who of course has no qualms ever using his Twitter account to say whatever 02:28.233 --> 02:32.666 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% is on his mind, has not spoken publicly in support of the women here. 02:34.633 --> 02:37.600 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: And people were pointing to a series of these statements over the last 02:37.600 --> 02:41.600 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% several years where he's spoken out in more sympathy for the people have been accused 02:41.600 --> 02:43.600 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% of abuse. 02:43.600 --> 02:45.700 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% So, Yamiche, let's talk about the other things going on at the White House today. 02:45.700 --> 02:49.033 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% The president did roll out -- they did roll out their budget for the coming fiscal year. 02:49.033 --> 02:51.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Just give us the highlights. 02:51.166 --> 02:53.233 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% YAMICHE ALCINDOR: Some of the highlights are that this is a budget that's $4.4 trillion. 02:53.233 --> 02:56.300 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% That's 10 percent more than Republicans spent in -- or wanted to spend in 2017. 02:56.300 --> 02:59.866 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% The other thing that's happening here is that they're asking for $23 billion in border security. 02:59.866 --> 03:01.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% That includes money for the wall. 03:01.966 --> 03:05.500 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Of course, that's the wall on the border of Mexico -- then you have -- $28 billion, sorry. 03:05.500 --> 03:07.866 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Then you have $13 billion for opioid treatment services. 03:07.866 --> 03:11.600 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% That's a critical step since President Trump has declared a public health crisis about 03:11.600 --> 03:13.633 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% this issue in October. 03:13.633 --> 03:15.666 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% And then you have $200 billion for infrastructure structure over 10 years. 03:15.666 --> 03:18.300 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% So, then you have 17 -- I'm sorry -- $716 billion for military spending. 03:18.300 --> 03:21.833 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% The other thing that's happening here is that it eliminates 62 agencies, including the Corporation 03:21.833 --> 03:23.866 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% for Public Broadcasting. 03:23.866 --> 03:26.100 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% It eliminates a lot of entitlement programs, which is something that Republicans wanted 03:26.100 --> 03:27.100 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% to get rid of. 03:27.100 --> 03:28.100 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% They said 64 agencies. 03:28.100 --> 03:30.166 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Sorry about that. 03:30.166 --> 03:32.133 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Then they have $554 billion are getting cut from Medicaid; $250 billion are getting cut 03:32.133 --> 03:35.000 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% from Medicaid; $214 billion is being cut from the SNAP program, which of course used to 03:35.000 --> 03:37.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% be known as the food stamp program. 03:37.433 --> 03:40.166 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% The other thing that's really being cut is here the EPA. 03:40.166 --> 03:41.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% It's going to be losing $2.8 billion. 03:41.333 --> 03:42.900 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% That's a lot of money. 03:42.900 --> 03:45.233 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% Most of those programs are to eliminate climate change programs. 03:45.233 --> 03:49.333 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% So, that's a big deal, because a lot of people are saying that this is an administration 03:49.333 --> 03:51.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that has been hostile to climate change issues. 03:51.800 --> 03:56.800 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% And then the last thing that it does is that it adds $984 billion to the deficit in 2018 03:58.800 --> 04:02.033 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% - - in 2019, which is a huge, huge change for Republicans who have really been wanting to 04:02.033 --> 04:04.066 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% balance the budget. 04:04.066 --> 04:07.233 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: It's been noted that they don't even make a pretense of getting to balance, 04:07.233 --> 04:08.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% of worrying about deficits. 04:08.800 --> 04:10.833 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% So, the last thing, just quickly, of course, is infrastructure. 04:10.833 --> 04:12.600 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% This has been long awaited and the White House did finally push out their plan. 04:12.600 --> 04:14.966 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% YAMICHE ALCINDOR: The White House pushed out their plan today. 04:14.966 --> 04:19.433 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% And it's a plan -- it's an issue, I should say, that the White House should be able to 04:19.433 --> 04:21.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% get some bipartisan support on. 04:21.400 --> 04:23.933 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% The president, when he talked about infrastructure, it was a very popular thing. 04:23.933 --> 04:27.433 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% Bernie Sanders, when I was on the campaign trail with him, also talked about infrastructure. 04:27.433 --> 04:30.266 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% But the way that President Trump is talking about the infrastructure plan is essentially 04:30.266 --> 04:33.833 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% saying that states and local governments are going to be the ones bearing the brunt and 04:33.833 --> 04:35.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% paying for the most of it. 04:35.933 --> 04:37.366 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% The federal government would spend something like $200 billion, but that's a small fraction 04:37.366 --> 04:39.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% of what they want to spend. 04:39.333 --> 04:41.933 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% And today Senator Chuck Schumer came out and basically said that there are going to be 04:41.933 --> 04:44.500 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Trump tolls all across the country, saying that for President Trump to get this plan 04:44.500 --> 04:45.933 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% passed, it's going to have to turn into tolls and all sorts of fees being passed on to different 04:45.933 --> 04:47.933 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% Americans. 04:47.933 --> 04:50.333 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Republicans, on the other hand, some of them have been saying they praised this program. 04:50.333 --> 04:51.833 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% And some of them, of course, have been saying that they want more explanation, because they're 04:51.833 --> 04:53.933 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% very worried about the fact that they're adding to the deficit. 04:53.933 --> 04:55.200 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% JUDY WOODRUFF: A lot of discussion still about how this is paid for, in very early stages. 04:55.200 --> 04:55.866 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Yamiche Alcindor, so much going on. 04:55.866 --> 04:56.800 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% Thank you. 04:56.800 --> 04:59.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YAMICHE ALCINDOR: Thanks. 04:59.100 --> 05:01.700 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: So, as Yamiche said, the president's broad infrastructure blueprint does rely on 05:01.700 --> 05:02.233 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% states and local governments to fund much of the money that would be needed for a trillion-dollar-plus 05:02.233 --> 05:04.266 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% plan. 05:04.266 --> 05:06.300 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% It also would depend on a major infusion of investment from the private sector. 05:06.300 --> 05:06.966 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% We get some reaction now to all this from the Democratic mayor of the city of Los Angeles, 05:06.966 --> 05:09.000 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% Eric Garcetti. 05:09.000 --> 05:10.533 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% He's also the chair of a task force on the subject for the U.S. Conference of Mayors. 05:10.533 --> 05:12.266 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Mayor Garcetti, thank you very much for joining us. 05:12.266 --> 05:14.200 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% So, let me just start out by asking, what's your overall reaction? 05:14.200 --> 05:15.400 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% They are talking about leveraging federal dollars to state and local dollars and the 05:15.400 --> 05:17.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% rest of it, something like one to five. 05:17.033 --> 05:19.100 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% ERIC GARCETTI (D), Mayor of Los Angeles: Well, good evening, Judy. 05:19.100 --> 05:20.300 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% And any day that Washington is talking about infrastructure is music to my ears, but, of 05:20.300 --> 05:22.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% course, the devil will be in the details. 05:22.366 --> 05:23.166 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% But we have got a yawning $5.4 trillion gap, and we want to get home to our families quicker. 05:23.166 --> 05:24.400 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% We want to cut traffic. 05:24.400 --> 05:26.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% We don't want to be on unsafe bridges. 05:26.500 --> 05:27.833 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% And we need the next generation of ports and airports to help fuel prosperity in this country. 05:30.400 --> 05:32.566 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% So, since President Trump was elected, American cities have passed $260 billion of infrastructure. 05:32.566 --> 05:34.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% This only proposals $200 billion over 10 years. 05:34.933 --> 05:39.933 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% There is more money, for instance, in his budget for the wall than there is for the 05:41.900 --> 05:43.200 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% next 10 years for all the cities in America to have transit dollars and to fix their roads, 05:43.200 --> 05:45.166 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% to fix those potholes. 05:45.166 --> 05:48.066 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% So we're doing our part, and we want to see federal government do its part and not just 05:48.066 --> 05:50.033 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% take $20 out of our wallet and give it to themselves, give it back to us, and say, here's 05:50.033 --> 05:52.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% your infrastructure money. 05:52.000 --> 05:52.800 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% We want it to be real money for real jobs and for real infrastructure repair that this 05:52.800 --> 05:54.800 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% country so badly needs. 05:54.800 --> 05:56.833 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: Well, we know that is important to you and other state and local officials 05:56.833 --> 05:58.366 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% around the country, Mayor Garcetti, but at the same time, the federal government is -- has 05:58.366 --> 05:59.833 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% to be focused on the deficit, on how much spending there is. 05:59.833 --> 06:01.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% We just heard some red ink numbers that are pretty scary. 06:01.966 --> 06:03.233 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% You can't -- or can you, I should say, expect the federal government to come up with the 06:03.233 --> 06:05.300 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% lion's share of this money that's needed? 06:05.300 --> 06:07.333 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% ERIC GARCETTI: No, we expect them to do what they have in the past, and think about the 06:07.333 --> 06:08.266 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Erie Canal, the work the federal government did to help the interstate highway system 06:08.266 --> 06:09.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% or to build the Internet. 06:09.200 --> 06:11.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% These are things that pay back. 06:11.600 --> 06:13.733 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% And when we don't take care of our infrastructure, we pay billions, even trillions of dollars 06:13.733 --> 06:15.833 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% in lost competitiveness, in literally millions of hours we're away from our family, companies 06:15.833 --> 06:16.500 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% that don't start here in the United States because it's too difficult to get through 06:16.500 --> 06:17.966 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% the red tape. 06:17.966 --> 06:20.066 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% So this is money that helps bring more money in. 06:20.066 --> 06:21.000 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% And we're not expecting them to have the lion's share, but they actually cut existing programs 06:21.000 --> 06:22.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% in some cases to pay for this. 06:22.666 --> 06:24.666 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% And we want to work with Congress, both houses, both parties. 06:24.666 --> 06:26.300 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% We have got Democratic and Republican mayors who are ready to show how what we have been 06:26.300 --> 06:27.966 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% doing and have the federal government can come and help lead. 06:27.966 --> 06:30.033 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% But we're going to need that money to be paid for with real dollars. 06:30.033 --> 06:30.833 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% We should have done it with probably the offshoring of those overseas profits -- or onshoring 06:30.833 --> 06:32.466 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% of those, rather. 06:32.466 --> 06:34.533 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% But we will keep looking at other alternative ways to get in there. 06:34.533 --> 06:36.066 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: Well, we know the federal is also -- this administration is also looking 06:36.066 --> 06:37.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% to the private sector to come up with some of these dollars. 06:37.000 --> 06:37.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Why isn't that a good idea? 06:37.933 --> 06:39.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ERIC GARCETTI: It can be. 06:39.200 --> 06:41.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And we're doing that here in Los Angeles. 06:41.233 --> 06:42.166 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Denver was able to help the private sector build a new rail line from downtown to the 06:42.166 --> 06:44.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% airport quicker and cheaper. 06:44.200 --> 06:46.300 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% But don't expect the private sector to come and to redo water that right now in many cities 06:46.300 --> 06:47.733 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% is polluted or to always upgrade our electricity lines, to build out our port or our airports. 06:47.733 --> 06:49.366 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Those are things that we have to do with federal help. 06:49.366 --> 06:50.033 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% And American cities have a loud and clear message for Washington. 06:50.033 --> 06:51.266 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% We will help. 06:51.266 --> 06:53.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% In fact, we're doing more than you are. 06:53.366 --> 06:55.433 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% But we want some of our federal tax dollars back in our communities, from rural communities 06:55.433 --> 06:55.966 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% to our most densely populated urban areas, to match those dollars, as we traditionally 06:55.966 --> 06:57.633 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% have. 06:57.633 --> 06:59.700 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% And we both can count those dollars if we do it the right way. 06:59.700 --> 07:01.366 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: Mayor Garcetti, another quick point I want to ask about is what the president 07:01.366 --> 07:03.033 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% had to say about streamlining, in effect, the permitting process. 07:03.033 --> 07:04.233 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% He said, Washington will no longer be a roadblock to progress. 07:04.233 --> 07:06.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Washington is now going to be your partner. 07:06.366 --> 07:08.366 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% We know that a number of your fellow mayors are saying, hey, it's a good thing that they're 07:08.366 --> 07:09.033 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% talking about streamlining, cutting back on some of the federal regulations. 07:09.033 --> 07:09.966 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% What about that? 07:09.966 --> 07:11.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ERIC GARCETTI: Absolutely. 07:11.966 --> 07:14.000 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Any day we cut red tape is also music to the ears of America's mayors. 07:14.000 --> 07:15.233 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% And so I think that's a great part of this proposal, if it actually bears out. 07:15.233 --> 07:17.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% But we do need to have money to match that. 07:17.266 --> 07:19.866 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% We don't want projects to take a decade to move forward, two decades to move forward. 07:19.866 --> 07:21.400 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% We have built some of the greatest infrastructure in this country in a war, in moments of growth 07:21.400 --> 07:22.666 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% in this country in a matter of months or just a year or two. 07:22.666 --> 07:23.466 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% We should be able to do that again. 07:23.466 --> 07:24.900 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% So, that part is good. 07:24.900 --> 07:26.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% But we need to make sure there is also money to match. 07:26.133 --> 07:28.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Money is what moves projects forward. 07:28.166 --> 07:29.166 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% And we are stepping up, as I said, with a quarter of a trillion from America's cities 07:29.166 --> 07:31.200 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% just in the last year-and-a-half. 07:31.200 --> 07:31.866 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% We need the federal government not to space out $200 billion, which is less than that, 07:31.866 --> 07:33.866 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% over a decade. 07:33.866 --> 07:35.800 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: Mayor Garcetti, I also want to ask you a question about immigration. 07:35.800 --> 07:37.066 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% As you know, the Senate, the United States Senate is beginning a major debate tonight 07:37.066 --> 07:39.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% on what to do about immigration reform. 07:39.166 --> 07:41.133 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% Among others, the big -- one of the big questions being discussed in the Congress is what to 07:41.133 --> 07:42.600 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% do about these young people who were brought into the country without documentation as 07:42.600 --> 07:44.533 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% children and whether they should be given a path citizenship. 07:44.533 --> 07:46.566 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% There is something like 700,000 of them, so-called DACA recipients. 07:46.566 --> 07:48.600 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Right now, people are asking, are Democrats prepared, if Republicans give on that and 07:48.600 --> 07:51.166 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% keep that path to citizenship for these DACA young people, are Democrats, in turn, prepared 07:51.166 --> 07:52.633 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% to give on things like the visa lottery, on so-called -- what Republicans call chain migration, 07:52.633 --> 07:55.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% letting more family members in, parts of legal immigration? 07:55.133 --> 07:57.166 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% ERIC GARCETTI: My opinion is that we should hold the president and hold Republicans leaders 07:57.166 --> 07:59.233 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% who have said they are for these dreamers to their words, independent of other things. 07:59.233 --> 07:59.900 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% I'm the grandson of a dreamer who came to this country when he was 1-year-old fleeing 07:59.900 --> 08:02.066 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% war in Mexico. 08:02.066 --> 08:03.000 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% He volunteered to fight for the only country he knew in World War II and got his citizenship. 08:03.000 --> 08:04.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I'm literally here today. 08:04.466 --> 08:06.466 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I have seen the brilliance of these young men and women. 08:06.466 --> 08:07.266 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Paul Ryan, of course, the president, they have all said they want to do something. 08:07.266 --> 08:09.266 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Do that independent. 08:09.266 --> 08:10.466 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% And then negotiate the rest of immigration, whether it's border protection, whether it's 08:10.466 --> 08:12.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% the type of family reunification we have. 08:12.000 --> 08:13.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% That's the place where we can give and take in negotiations. 08:13.966 --> 08:16.033 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% But holding the dreamers hostage after people have publicly said and over 80 percent of 08:16.033 --> 08:16.833 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Americans support giving them a permanent pathway to some legal status, that needs to 08:16.833 --> 08:18.900 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% get done right away. 08:18.900 --> 08:20.900 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% People should -- I believe, kind of old-fashioned, that people should live up to their word. 08:20.900 --> 08:22.900 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: Well, we're going to watch that debate unfold this week. 08:22.900 --> 08:24.133 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Mayor Garcetti, Mayor Eric Garner, of Los Angeles, thank you very much. 08:24.133 --> 08:24.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% ERIC GARCETTI: Great to be with you, Judy. 08:24.666 --> 08:24.800 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% Thanks.