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I still wonder how any governor, particularly one who is so concerned about government spent i -- spending, feels this is a legitimate use of taxpayer dollars. it's effective to the following extent. part of what's going on here, in her view, is they're trying to send signals to people don't pop your head aboveground because if you do, we'll bash you down. >> the whack-a-mole style of defense. >> the other thing they're doing is trying to gather facts. whether this is going to be fought out in the court of law or public opinion, they're not as advanced in a position as those trying to do them ...

Do if you're aboveground. and, you know, it's just tragic. >> all right. congressman, thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you. >> and obviously our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. certainly your wife who is here. and we'll see you later on today. >> we're watching all sorts -- >> means a great deal. thank you. >> thank you, tom. >> thank you, tom. we're now -- we're now taking a look, mika, over at the medical center. >> yeah. and lots of different pieces of equipment are being brought in. but as you can see, i don't know where they're going to begin trying to get ...

Is something that was obviously beyond human control. not human caused. it is way too early to think to have even think about that. some of the thing that went through my mind, again, possibly an underground power source or aboveground power source. we've had issues with manhole explosions. we hope that it is something like that and not something else. we cannot even speculate. we cannot even go there right now but we're human. and this day and age, an event like, this it is one of the first things that goes through our heads. you're at home watching and you're watching along with us. we're ge...

Decade led hamas' attacks against israel. the assassination the beginning of a barrage of air strikes on gaza that also targeted hamas' rockets. at least ten people were killed and dozens more wounded. we're at the beginning of the event said the israeli defense minister not at the end. israel's military warned hamas operatives not to show their faces aboveground. hamas which controls the gaza strip and committed to israel's destruction fired rockets into southern israel, they vowed revenge. saying the assassination, quote, opened the gates of hell. alex marquardt, abc news, tel aviv. now to...

Efforts. >> jared, you know that the president in the form of american jobs act has been pleading with congress to allow him to employee people, both in sectors like education and construction, to improve the infrastructure, aging infrastructure of this country. do you think that what has happened here is, in a way, going to produce an accidental stimulus, simply by the effect of this natural disaster, which will force the state of new jersey, new york, and other places around the country, to spend money on rebuilding? >> right, well, that's precisely the effect that i was just menti mentionin...