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Achieve with every new regulation we enact. building infrastructure that can withstand natural disasters should be one of them. this is about engineering, not about politics. >> yeah, i mean its just bizarre. the government should not be building buildings under water or that will foreseeably be under water. >> there are some people who are still a little puzzled about what the role of climate change is, but nobody should be puzzled about being able to take a ruler over the side of the banks in ...

Well rebuild it. >> reporter: tom ross is confident when this is built back, this will be built stronger. this place was built in the 1970s before building codes were in effect. hes confident that it can withstand hurricanes in the future. but his wife cant look at this building. brian todd, cnn, florida. joining me now on the phone is cammy clark. she is the public information officer for monroe county in florida, which consists of the southern most tip of florida and the florida keys. thanks...

Compromise. obviously much different situation following an true, following katrina, we operate in a much heightened state of emergency right now and we get people out. abby: specially after harvey. i think its a huge wake-up call. >> its a preview of haiti, take the warnings of officials seriously, andrew was a warning. everyone -- you talk to floridans, they remember andrew 25 years ago and building codes, construction, the way they do things in florida is completely different. it doesnt mean ...

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Telling us what to do and how to live and how to do business and how to can a product and i ask them permission for everything i do in life. you want to control everything then you come out here and run the damn thing. >> what does the government do that has him frustrate. >> this is just part of the regulations we have to deal with right here. they are just going on and on and keep growing. >> government regulations stapped him from canning and selling his crops. >> we missed an be entire harve...

>> and im tired of them at telling us what to do and how to live and how to do business and how to can a product and i ask them permission for everything i do in life. you want to control everything then you come out here and run the damn thing. >> what does the government do that has him frustrate. >> this is just part of the regulations we have to deal with right here. they are just going on and on and keep growing. >> government regulations stapped him from canning and selling his crops. >> w...

Government. >> and im tired of them at telling us what to do and how to live and how to do business and how to can a product and i ask them permission for everything i do in life. you want to control everything then you come out here and run the damn thing. >> what does the government do that has him frustrate. >> this is just part of the regulations we have to deal with right here. they are just going on and on and keep growing. >> government regulations stapped him from canning and selling his...