i have been advocating them for a long time. it was a light hearted moment, a closed meeting between democrats. there was a lot of banter between the president and other members. i wasn't the only one but you're not going to find a bigger fan of president obama. we're friends. i am a freshman but have been with him five times since i was elected. >> so when he looked at you he knew who you were. >> he calls me dan. the thing he said that nobody seems to be reporting is he said he thought i was sort of classing up the place but i guess that is not as interesting. >> so no hard feelings. >> no. >> no animosity. >> no. >> he wasn't like ribbing you a little bit. >> here is the thing. i'm in the situation room with wolf blitzer talking about distressed cities. any way i got here is a good thing. the president and i are on the same page. i've been working with his administration even before i got elected on trying to find new ways to breathe life into distressed places. this manufacturing center is one of them but i am promoting a whole series of fixes that will