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To florida, it's open for business, so they're going to have to get back on their feet very quickly. >> we understand that airports are beginning to reopen, flights are beginning to be rescheduled. the power grid is obviously critical as they pitch in there to help serve lunch as well, lunch from volunteers and volunteer organizations that are being provided. and you mentioned some of them, andy. but there are budget implications and economic implications that the agriculture in florida has probably been decimated. we're going to see price increases for citrus throughout the country. this is a...

With a tax plan as long as obamacare is implemented? >> that is right. there are tax provisions and budget implications and there is a need to sort it out before you move to the next step of reforming the tax code. you don't know until you deal with health care first. it has the affect of slowing things down until the summer and the question is, will there be enough momentum to it push it in this. and 2018, legislation gets harder. >> jon: the business community is split between those who export and import? walmarts of the world are heavily dependent on imports and companies selling overseas t...

Jenna: age is a big variable in the health care rollout highlighted with news today from the "wall street journal" that very few young people have signed up for health coverage so far through the exchanges. the system needs the young to help pay the bills for the old in part, but how we're defining young and old deserves some reflection because it has huge budget implications. young is loosely defined by obamacare as now under 26. 65 is the traditional age of retirement and the rest of our system was designed to start paying benefits at that age and after. with advances in medicine and diet, a...

To provide help and assistance, or the passage of what i like to refer to as the food, farm and jobs bill which currently has passed through the house ag committee and is pending action on the house floor. >> at the same time, there are budget implications. nothing is easy in congress right now. i don't have to tell you that. just to get agreement on something is going to be tough. there are also budget implications. there are some in the house, particularly the republican side, who are going to say how we going to pay for this. >> well, that's obviously a concern. but at the same time, there ...

Is that from zero to fourth grade, we're competing. we're doing well. from fourth grade on, our kids start falling behind. >> you are so right. this is the kind of information that people here are looking at very critically and saying, they cannot allow their children to fall behind. and so if they're struggling with reading in the fourth grade they say, let's give them a gift. hold them in third grade until they up that efficiency and proficiency in reading. and then move the child along. we used to have what they call social promotions. we still do. we just don't say that's what it is. becau...