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Elissa Slotkin: “The Gordie Howe International Bridge is now officially open.”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

Intel Brief: Gordie Howe opens, extreme weather planning and how Trump could interfere in elections

Published July 31, 2026 | Video Starts at 00:22

Welcome back to our weekly Intel Brief where we cover one issue of economic security, one issue of national security and one democracy issue. First, on economic security. Big news in the state of Michigan. The Gordie Howe International Bridge is now officially open. We opened it after some real back and forth between the Trump administration and the Canadians. (00:22–00:26)

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“Canada is Michigan's biggest trading partner. $80 billion of goods goes across the border every single year between Michigan and Canada.”
Intel Brief: Gordie Howe opens, extreme weather planning and how Trump could interfere in elections | Uploaded July 31, 2026 | 00:47-00:57
“2000 Canadian hospital staff come across the border and work in Michigan hospitals.”
Intel Brief: Gordie Howe opens, extreme weather planning and how Trump could interfere in elections | Uploaded July 31, 2026 | 01:07-01:14
“For a big five axle vehicle, it's $43 to go across the Gordie Howe, as opposed to $100 going across the Ambassador Bridge.”
Intel Brief: Gordie Howe opens, extreme weather planning and how Trump could interfere in elections | Uploaded July 31, 2026 | 01:41-01:51
“The Canadians paid up front for the bridge and we are paying them back through the tolls that are collected over the next few decades.”
Intel Brief: Gordie Howe opens, extreme weather planning and how Trump could interfere in elections | Uploaded July 31, 2026 | 01:52-02:02
“We've saw more tornadoes in 2025 than we've seen in over 20 years.”
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“The tolls on the Gordie Howe Bridge are $5.75 for a car as opposed to the Ambassador Bridge which is about $10 for commercial traffic.”
Intel Brief: Gordie Howe opens, extreme weather planning and how Trump could interfere in elections | Uploaded July 31, 2026 | 01:31-01:42
“The pedestrian side of the bridge... will be open on August 5th.”
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“March is very early for us to have tornadoes.”
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“If it's feeling to you that we're having more tornadoes, more severe tornadoes, more frequent. That is factual.”
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“Our elections are safe and secure.”
Intel Brief: Gordie Howe opens, extreme weather planning and how Trump could interfere in elections | Uploaded July 31, 2026 | 07:16-07:19
“We had what's called a tabletop exercise on different scenarios with which the President could try to influence elections.”
Intel Brief: Gordie Howe opens, extreme weather planning and how Trump could interfere in elections | Uploaded July 31, 2026 | 07:31-07:39
“There is sort of an authoritarian playbook that people, particularly abroad, use when they're trying to affect the outcome of an election.”
Intel Brief: Gordie Howe opens, extreme weather planning and how Trump could interfere in elections | Uploaded July 31, 2026 | 07:56-08:05
“We've seen it in places like Hungary and Eastern Europe.”
Intel Brief: Gordie Howe opens, extreme weather planning and how Trump could interfere in elections | Uploaded July 31, 2026 | 08:04-08:08
“The Department of Homeland Security has a responsibility to secure our elections from cyber attack.”
Intel Brief: Gordie Howe opens, extreme weather planning and how Trump could interfere in elections | Uploaded July 31, 2026 | 08:32-08:39
“Tabletop exercises and scenario planning is a very common tool that we use in places like the Pentagon.”
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