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what ben bernanke said yesterday was exactly what the market expected him to say, we know things are weak, we know europe is a severe issue. him saying it even though they knew he was going to say it makes people more worried looking for something to hold on to and a little bit of hope. most people say this is a dramatic sell-off and you might see stabilization. that isn't the same thing as saying we aren't in a real economic problem, we know we are. >> it seems the markets are underwhelmed by the feds latest move to kick start the economy. is there anything they can do? >> certainly...

saying it, even though they knew he was going to say it makes people more worried, people are kind of looking for nothing hold on to, maybe for a little bit of hope, why you see this people are saying this is a rather dramatic selloff and might see stabilization that isn't the same thing as saying we aren't in a real economic problem. we know that we are. >> and steven, seems like the markets were also underwhelmed by the by the fed's latest moves to kick start the economy. is there anything at this point that policymakers can do to raise expectations? >> certainly not the fed. ander...

At the local and state level. yes, the federal government needs to stop putting unfunded mandates on the states, and the states need to stop doing it to lowellties. >> you're suggesting we keep passing spending bills, the teachers' union payoffs and on and on, meanwhile, we have all this money that hasn't been spent yet? >> what about just the average guy, the average woman, the average person who's here? what are we saying to them with all these entitlements? what are we saying about good, hard work? take that seed, bend over, put it in, water it -- >> you're talking about welfare, you're tal...

You've got a lot of people who are homeless, without homes. what are you doing for those folks? >> as i say, we have red cross shelters that are set up. i will be very surprised if tonight in many areas of mississippi you don't have many families who are taking in family members or people that go to their church or people whose kids go to school with their kids, whose kids play little league with their kids. this is a very, very giving state. and our people, particularly because of katrina, bend over backwards to help their neighbors and even to help people they don't know, as was the case so ...

Helping kids. i saw him turn his head towards the school as i looked to the school as well. he had taken off because i guess saw the gunman and then i heard the second shot and exited the truck and ran to the school. i didn't think i was running into danger, i thought i was looking for people that had been hurt. i saw dr. benke tackle the shooter to the ground a 5'7" man, dark coat on. i saw the rifle and saw him bend over, like hunchback like he was preparing to reload his rifle to take more action. i saw two or three other people tackling him with dr. benke and i looked to the right and saw ...