From reporting by CNN's Jason Carroll, Aaron Cooper, Meridith Edwards, Alexandra Field, Tom Foreman, Miguel Marquez, Rosalina Nieves and Nick Watt.Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.President Donald Trump declared at his inauguration,"We will build new roads, and highways, and bridges, and airports, and tunnels, and railways all across our wonderful nation.
But if superintendent Brian Ganan wants to upgrade one system, he may be required to fix many others, which would be unaffordable. "You won't see sprinklers here, again that's because we are grandfathered in. Doors are not fire-rated, again because they are grandfathered in," he says."Part of the reason is the cost that it would take to repair all that. But it doesn't make it safe for kids."Even when things are working, it doesn't mean they're good.
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jasoncarrollcnn Yes, build that wall, forget the rest of the country...😒
jasoncarrollcnn Each year we should have Infrastructure Week where we focus on this! (written using the Sarcasm Font)
jasoncarrollcnn Much of the US is anachronistic...
jasoncarrollcnn She wall more important than keeping american roads safe wow...
jasoncarrollcnn Why don’t the democrats stop the nonsense and support trumps plan
jasoncarrollcnn China is x100 of America in infrastructure alone. America only investing in wars and weapons
jasoncarrollcnn Forget about roads and bridges 🌉 let’s build us walls.
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jaketapper jasoncarrollcnn It may be a lack of funding, but it sure as hell ain't for lack of taxing. California
jasoncarrollcnn This lady needs to chill and try to change her voice a little, I couldn’t get through the video because of it and this is a very important issue.
jasoncarrollcnn Too bad Congress would rather let that happen than give Trump a “win.”
jasoncarrollcnn What happened to all the shovel ready jobs Obama promised?
jasoncarrollcnn So... from 2008 to 2016 why didn't you report on this then? Oh yeah, it was a Democrat in office and you can't tell the truth when that is the case. This didn't happen in the last 3 yrs CNN. Just another reason why you are the Fake News and the 'opinion' channel.
jasoncarrollcnn Obama and Biden, all on you.
jasoncarrollcnn Thank you Congress for allowing this to happen. Investigate versus legislate.
jasoncarrollcnn Huh. Are you trying to tell us that the government has been taking our money and not spending it wisely? I am shocked. SHOCKED I say!
jasoncarrollcnn Come on Trump, sign the infrastructure bill.
jasoncarrollcnn exactly what is a great economy low unemployment DOING FOR THIS ….. NOTHING so tout on that trump
jasoncarrollcnn The truth is that we'll never be able to afford all of it. The new normal will be avoiding deteriorating roads and modified automobiles.
jasoncarrollcnn Dems don’t have time to work on infrastructure Their time is consumed with either running for President or holding hearings about Mueller report
jasoncarrollcnn There are plenty of funds! Our elected officials are just corrupt as sh*t and irresponsible with our money! Look at the billions spent on the CA bullet train to literally nowhere! How many years? How much money spent? And how many miles of track has been laid?
jasoncarrollcnn Road trip last spring FL looks good, but AL, MS, and LA were terrible! Specially LA!! 🙈 Holes everywhere and those bridges over the swamps...scary crossing them! TX was as good as FL though.
jaketapper jasoncarrollcnn Obama spend a Trillon dollars on “shovel ready” jobs. But the $ all went to his union buddies. Don’t ever say lack of funding. It’s lack of leadership.
jasoncarrollcnn Nálunk is nagyon rosszak az utak!! Magyarország!!!
jaketapper jasoncarrollcnn The majority of infrastructure problems are a state-based issue.
jaketapper jasoncarrollcnn Less TMZ Trump like coverage and more of these stories please . This is what is called journalism. You use to be good at it.
jasoncarrollcnn Are these the shovel ready projects Obama talked of which cost a trillion dollars ? Nothing was built ( all payoffs) not even one Cowfart !
jaketapper jasoncarrollcnn & we have v clean air! VOTE!!!
freepeeper jasoncarrollcnn My husband and I did a road trip three years ago, started in New York. We could not believe the state of crumbling asphalt on the roads, the dirty highways and rusty bridges. The subway was filth. It looked like a third world country. The homes in the suburbs were lovely though.
jaketapper jasoncarrollcnn Driving from Virginia to Detroit a few years ago, the marked difference between states was never more obvious than crossing into Michigan from Ohio, the roads weren't just bad they were dangerous, even the motorways had huge holes in them
jaketapper jasoncarrollcnn Libs will never give trump a win on infrastructure.
jasoncarrollcnn So is Democracy under Trump...
jasoncarrollcnn Yet the freakish drama queen money wasting democrats won’t support trump in infrastructure
jasoncarrollcnn Lack of funding?🤷♂️.....the roads should be paved in gold for all of the excessive gas taxes and tolls and other government theivery. 🤷♂️
jaketapper jasoncarrollcnn The so called President promised to rebuild America's failing bridges when he was campaigning the first time around. Here it is 2+ years later and not a damn thing has been done. 'Promises' kept my ass SMH. ImpeachTrump ConMan LiarInChief Resist
jasoncarrollcnn And Dems still playing politics with impeachment and denial of the southern border crisis. Illegals are more important to Dems than the common American citizens, shameful.
jaketapper jasoncarrollcnn But by golly POTUS wants a wall! Never mind bridges falling in.
jasoncarrollcnn Didn’t Obama get a trillion dollars to spend. What the hell did he do with it. Buy junk cars. Bail out unions. Provide welfare and food stamps. What an ignorant liberal fool. Obama worst president ever.
jasoncarrollcnn 'CNN investigates'...LOL That's a hoot. Must be a slow week for: 'Everything is racist' 'Migrant so called 'rights' over legal US citizens' 'Trump puts kids in cages' Etc, Etc. LOL. Please CNN. Don't pretend you are 'investigating' anything.
jasoncarrollcnn And we have the House spending hours on nothing.
jasoncarrollcnn Cut welfare spending. Don't spend a dime on illegals. Use that money to do something to benefit actual tax payers.
jasoncarrollcnn Gee, I thought Tariff Man was also Infrastructure Guy. Can't blame the Dems when self-proclaimed Grim Reaper is allowing every bill passed by the House to languish in his graveyard & baby 45 storms out of a meeting with the gang of 8. FlipTheSenate2020 VoteBlueToSaveAmerica
jasoncarrollcnn people don't feel the grandeur of america. decisions are not well made.
jasoncarrollcnn Maybe they should funnel money from border wall into the damn country instead of something as archaic as this
jasoncarrollcnn While Trump is spending millions building his wall. Let people into the country to help build the infrastructure and give these people a life. Kindness goes a long way and will bring rewards.
jasoncarrollcnn But all those tax breaks...
jaketapper jasoncarrollcnn We need another infrastructure week?
jaketapper jasoncarrollcnn Hasn’t it been Infrastructure Week for 2.5 years? Isn’t Jared in charge?
jaketapper jasoncarrollcnn Federal government funds capital road projects with no guarantee or plan for M&O funding. Local governments fail to earmark funding for M&O. Roads and bridges pass their useful life and need to be replaced. We should have never built so much in the first place.
jasoncarrollcnn Too bad nothing is going to be done about it. I bet the rich get some more tax breaks though.
jasoncarrollcnn Forget the wall; fix our roads!
jaketapper jasoncarrollcnn This would be a better investment in the country than supporting those poor golf course and private jet owners. 🙄
jaketapper jasoncarrollcnn I think its much more important that we continue to prop up a bogus Russian espionage investigation then work on the problems of our time, but then i’m an ATT shareholder.
jasoncarrollcnn Local and state gov't wasting of taxes finally catches up to them. Infrastructure deterioration takes a long time of neglect. HargroveForCongress2020 NY11 WalkAway LEXIT BLEXIT JEXODUS Libertarian LP20 VoteLP StatenIsland Brooklyn FlipItGold
jasoncarrollcnn Super power fallen down
jasoncarrollcnn Blame the crooked administration
jaketapper jasoncarrollcnn What an opportunity for infrastructure week
jasoncarrollcnn I must be lucky I guess. My part of AZ repave the same roads every year
jasoncarrollcnn Blame the Democrats
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jasoncarrollcnn Reminds me of all of that Omnibus and stimulus money Obama told us was going to repair this.
jasoncarrollcnn What ever happend to the shovel ready jobs. Was it not 2 trillion to boost economy?
jasoncarrollcnn Fake news:)))
jasoncarrollcnn I think that we could use the money more for the roads than spending all that money to repaint Airforce one like Trump wants to do.
jasoncarrollcnn Damn those Democrats and Obama spending money on illegals instead of infrastructure.
jasoncarrollcnn While DemRats do nothing but complain & LIE trying to make Trump look bad....NOT DOING THEIR ACTUAL JOB
jasoncarrollcnn This was an old story 10 years ago .
jasoncarrollcnn Lets donate our tax dollars to the human exodice at our southern boarder instead. Tent cities anyone?
jasoncarrollcnn Tell the Democrats, trump was ready. Then Nancy had a brain fart
jasoncarrollcnn You should see montreal !!!! Chunks of concrete fall off & onto cars on the highway! The overpasses that are falling apart have massive metal screens underneath to keep any loose crumbling concrete contained & potholes galore!!! constructioncorruption
jasoncarrollcnn Thanks Dems
jasoncarrollcnn Lack of funding? Let's talk about Obama's infrastructure plan!
jasoncarrollcnn This has been going on for years. Raise taxes, problem solved.
jasoncarrollcnn You are so short sighted and ignorant. It’s not a money problem, we have enough. It’s the money “management” part that gets all messed up. With kickbacks and corruption it’s amazing anything gets done.
jasoncarrollcnn Can't get the do nothing dems to do anything! CNN is joke news
jasoncarrollcnn it's your fault and your biased politics playing Socialist Democrat lies 24 hours each day. You are complicit in the destruction of our Roads and ILLEGAL immigration problems. We don't believe the Liberal FAKE MEDIA, soon you'll be out of business, the real Americans say so
jasoncarrollcnn Raise the gas tax to pay for it. Those who use the roads should pay.
jasoncarrollcnn A problem is no matter what level, politicians like ribbon cutting and not maintenance
jasoncarrollcnn Impossible. Obama's Stimulus Plan'...paid for by tax increases...rebuilt the entire infrastructure of the country. That's what he said, anyway.
jasoncarrollcnn Nah. Were so fkn backwards we build walls instead.
jasoncarrollcnn Get the money 💰 from billionaires and corporations
jasoncarrollcnn Amazing that trillion dollars didnt work. Whered it go? 🤔
jasoncarrollcnn how in the world you see the needle in the hay stack like that?
jasoncarrollcnn No were to busy spending taxpayers money on illegals instead of were taxpayers money belongs here for Americans to make our lives better! It's not happening due to the radical left !!😣
jasoncarrollcnn And I'm assuming this started in Nov of 2016, damn it Trump, how could you single handedly destroy our infrastructure
jasoncarrollcnn But the wall. Who cares about bridges we walk and drive on.
jasoncarrollcnn Of course they are, but must increase military budget a few trillion more so we can scare Kim Jong Un and stop him from testing and expanding his nuclear arsenals. Oh wait....
jasoncarrollcnn Cutting corners and pocketing the rest
jasoncarrollcnn Huge investment needed but it needs to be correctly funded
jasoncarrollcnn At least President Moron gets to golf at tax payers' expense. Who needs better roads and bridges? At least the Giant baby gets what he wants.
jasoncarrollcnn By the way... USA still works with Odebrecht as road contractors... please investigate further...
jasoncarrollcnn Meanwhile in America we continue to spend billions on illegal immigrants so the Democrats can gain votes in order to piss away this country.
jasoncarrollcnn But the illegal... I mean the “undocumented citizens” are well fed, insured, and get plenty of Government funding. WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!
jasoncarrollcnn Hasn't the POTUS just declared America was the envy if the World?
jasoncarrollcnn Except for Kentucky!
jasoncarrollcnn Think of the infrastructure we could have if we didn't give illegal aliens Welfare benefits. KAG 🇺🇸
jasoncarrollcnn There's s a bridge so bad near me that if it's bumper to bumper traffic, I wind the windows down & take my shoes off. Just in case it falls into the river. I wish I was kidding.
jasoncarrollcnn Meanwhile let's spent millions for a July 4th bash.
jasoncarrollcnn DonaldJTrumpJr realDonaldTrump What happened to the trillions of taxpayer $$ Obama spent on infrastructure & “shovel-ready jobs He charged Biden with overseeing that spending to ensure“not one dime was wasted!” Where did it go, JOE Your son’s pocket? AGAIN? wherediditgojoe
jasoncarrollcnn Trump and GOP want to privatize infrastructure so their rich friends can own the roads charging tolls every time you use them.
jasoncarrollcnn come to india🇮🇳here are much better roads than your country
jasoncarrollcnn BS, we must first get to the bottom of the Trump-Russia investigation, the economy, global warming, infrastructure and healthcare must wait. We need more 24/7 MSNBC/CNN coverage on this.
jasoncarrollcnn Build a face down wall over the pot homes and make big tech pay for it
jasoncarrollcnn Muh infrastructures!! Come on guys what’s another troll here or there
jasoncarrollcnn Not surprising there is a lack of funding. Dems have other priorities for our tax dollars!
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jasoncarrollcnn If the government stopped wasting billions upon billions on illegal aliens the problem would be solved in a short time.
jasoncarrollcnn But hey lets go to mars
jasoncarrollcnn If we can afford military bases in every time zone on the planet, you can bet your ass it's not due to a lack of funding. It's mismanagement of funding. Let's see if we can pick up on patterns. . .
Yes2Pot jasoncarrollcnn Meanwhile, billions of your tax dollars have been spent in Iraq! 🤣😂🤣😂😐🔫
jasoncarrollcnn This should have happened 10 years ago.
jasoncarrollcnn That’s cuz Hillary though. But naw seriously, there’s absolutely ZERO moneys left for anything else due to trump squandering it, which is also why he stormed out of the most recent infrastructure meeting with Chuck and Nancy.
jasoncarrollcnn Roads and bridges are collapsing. But .... but .... Hillary’s Emails. .....?
jasoncarrollcnn Is this the same infrastructure crisis we had in 2007? Or the one in 2015? Or a brand-new one? Tough keeping them all straight.
jasoncarrollcnn Democrats in Congress refuse to do their jobs and everyone suffers.
jasoncarrollcnn But lets give healthcare to illegals 🤔
I’m not sure what’s worse, our infrastructure or our political establishment?
I remember when Obama directed $800B dollars toward “shovel ready” infrastructure projects. That money was just pissed away by his incompetent administration.