really that bad? our own tom foreman shows us what it could be worth. >> reporter: laguardia airport handled 27 million passengers last year and any one of them would have, could have, should have complained, according to the vice president. >> if i took you blindfolded and took you to the airport in new york, you must think i'm in some third world country. and i'm not joking. >> some were laughing. >> as a proud new yorker, i didn't like that comment and i think it was not the right way to talk about it. >> on top of which the vice president's claim is not precisely true. on st. maarten look at planes