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Knows how to use fear to get what they want. >> brilliant, brilliant. >> and notion of victimization and in in case, third world nation. >> brilliant, brilliant. >> since the end of world war ii, western nations have given poor people around this world 2 trillion dollars, but it doesnt stop the u.n. or phonies like bono and nongovernment organizations for going out there and trying to shame western nations into giving money and by the way the poor nations never get it and someone puts it in thei...

You know, some madonna songs. vogue. >> well, we begin with the waterlogged west coast. second dose of wet and wild weather bearing down from san francisco to seattle. >> part of a parade of storms taking aim at the area like a giant fire hose. add to that winds gusting at 75 miles an hour. some homeowners are spending the night without power. business owners who have been flooded before, crossing their fingers they will be spared. >> we had water up to here. seven years ago i think it was, you ...

Politician as youll see tried to note the elephant in the room without ever naming it. >> there has been a series of extreme weather incidents. anyone thats -- thats not a political statement. thats a factual statement. anyone who says theres not a dramatic change in weather patterns i think is denying reality. >> and his endorsement of president obama this week new york mayor michael bloomberg rote in 14 months two hurricanes have forced us to evacuate neighborhoods something our city governmen...

Rods. we can argue about the cause for the weather change, and we can argue if the cause was human behavior or a natural cycle of weather patterns. but you cant argue about the effect. you can argue why the water is coming over the bank, but the waters coming over the bank. and when the water comes over the bank, it floods the tunnels and the subway system. that is a fact. and lets address that fact. yes, well argue about the cause and that argument is important because long term if you conclude...

Because this is no doubt a political topic, and its a controversial topic, and it becomes one of those lightning rods. we can argue about the cause for the weather change, and we can argue if the cause was human behavior or a natural cycle of weather patterns. but you cant argue about the effect. you can argue why the water is coming over the bank, but the waters coming over the bank. and when the water comes over the bank, it floods the tunnels and the subway system. that is a fact. and lets ad...

Sort of national flurosis? its a fight on the national level. out of necessity, can new york state and new york city lead on this issue because we have to, even if the rest of the country isnt ready to arrive at any consensus and make any big national decisions? >> were going to try. you know, what we practice in new york, rachel, is because we have a -- whatever divergent opinions you have anywhere in the country we have here in new york. we just have them more vociferously and with a slightly ...

Twice the size of manhattan actually broke off of greenland. this is intensifying, and we just basically have to change course or else what were going to see, what were seeing here is going to be repeated over and over and over again. this is $50 billion, perhaps, in damages. thats an extreme weather tax thats going to have to be paid rather than trying to avoid the worst consequences, which would be a much better pathway. >> there are other politicians who have brought this up. let me play a co...

Cold levels. we have the big switch in the pacific from where it was 10, 20 years ago. that is part of overall climate cycle that leads to hot, dry summers in the central part of the united states. leads to a lot of your cain activity in the atlantic like the 1950s and wenters of great variability. jenna: we concentrate along the coast a lot because it is densely populated. travel hubs are affected and has international simply kigs. you say we should have weather like this the next five to 10 ye...

Ems and firefighters are out there, not federal employees for the most part. >> thats right. >> and those are local workers who like are out there, you know, doing the work first. >> ezra, we know if the sequesters go into place, fema loses $878 million, thats a lot of money although we dont know whats going to happen with the sequester. are you bullish or bearish? >> on the sequester i think well go over the cliff but not that long. one quick point on the ryan e-mail, ryans budget would cut the...

Romney would eliminate fema. the conventional wisdom. low turn out will help romney and obama voters need more motivation to get to the polls times but the reality is we dont know. >> we arent talk being benghazi and talking about unemployment and the incrose in stod stamps . we are talking about a hurricane. this helps president obama. >> gretchen: and that helps the president, anthony and so what does romney do as everybody is talking about sandy? >> hes doing it. campaign bus is moving people...