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Are you begging your bosses for more men? >> no, im not, because we have more than 4,500 national guard coming in. >> reporter: two weeks after the haiti quake, the u.s. had 22,000 troops on the ground in a foreign country. >> i dont know how much we can bring without impacting the economy of puerto rico. if i keep flooding the place with food and water, when are they going to open their supermarkets? >> isnt it true fema had a presence in new orleans for several years? people were living in fem...

Former soldiers? we met them at the airport. >> oh, yeah. they were beautiful people. >> thanks to juni and his mini monster truck, we get past another mudslide and track down one of femas top men. >> they come in in two-week rotations. are you begging your bosses for more men? >> no. >> why not? >> we have 4,500 coming in. >> two weeks after the haiti quake, the u.s. had 22,000 troops on the ground in a foreign country. >> i dont know how much more we can bring without impacting the economy of ...

Trailers for years? >> we were in new orleans just two years ago and we left 5,000 mobile homes there, and we were there for seven or eight months responding there, and we are going to be in puerto rico and the virgin islands also for as long as it takes. >> despite what the president says? >> you know what, we dont follow -- i dont see the tv, so i dont pay attention to that. i pay attention to the mission i have in my heart, which is fixing puerto rico. >> in just a few hours we have been out ...

Quake they had troops on the ground in h a foreign country. >> i dont know how much more. >> isnt it true that fema had a presence in h new orleans for like seven years, people living in fema trailers for years. >> we were in new orleans just two years ago and left 5,000 mobile homes there. we are at harvey and puerto rico and virgin islands also. for as long as it take zpls for as long as it takes. despite what the president says. >> you know what? we dont follow. i dont see tv. so i dont even ...

Back on line for months. 90% of cell sites out of service. >> we heard from the podium yesterday that this is a good news story. the puerto rico response is a good news story. according to puerto ricos governor an airplane with cash will soon be arrivesiing to eas pressure on banks. buses in san juan resume limited service this morning with more routes expected to reopen next week. u.s. virgin islands still facing trouble as well. two thirds of the cell service on the island still knocked down...

>> upbeat talk from the president? some people were looking for more empathy or consoling, you saw him at the nrg. high marks i think for the initial response. the big question is, do they understand the scope of the hall getting in fema trailers and other supplies, helping with the rebuilding, inevitably there would be some hiccup in the system, but where is the president right now? >> well, hes back. hes promises things that he hasnt really -- that we dont know he can deliver at this point, pa...

>> steve: time for news by the numbers. $76 million. thats how much new fema trailers will cost even though disaster victims prefer the smaller older ones. thats because the larger ones are put in commercial areas away from families jobs and schools. zero. thats how many kids meals will soon be available at taco bell. zero. the company says it wants to focus more attention on millenials, the kids meals will be phased out beginning 2014. and finally, 24. thats the perfect score this california ki...

We cant keep borrowing money from china to pay for it. >> is there something wrong with disaster mitigation? future disaster mitigation? i think that would probably be a good idea given what happened in hurricane sandy. >> how building levees five years in the future in new york helps a person looking for disaster relief right now. perhaps you can explain that to me. >> whats wrong with thinking ahead? why are you so upset that the government would spend money without any offset. you must have b...

Considered -- >> -- so upset the government would spend money without any offsets. you must have been absolutely furious about the wars in iraq and afghanistan. >> were furious about all the profligate spending that went on. >> barney, one question if i might. for consistency, was this your position on katrina? >> yeah. we opposed the katrina relief bill. it wasnt offset. look what happened to the hurricane katrina bill. they passed a huge spending bill. it wasnt offset, no accountability. after...

About fema trailers being untouched in new orleans while people were starving in the streets. >> ron reagan, if i can make an additional point reflecting on the first segment of the program. there are votes and there are key votes. club for growth says this is a key vote, which means it factors in -- barney, correct me if im wrong -- it factors into the rating they give to members -- >> thats correct. >> and so, therefore, ron reagan, this plays a role in primary season. you know, this is the so...