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President's address when he was citing bridges. bill shuster, who is taking the committee on transportation has talked about the importance and need for this. and i think there is a great opportunity for congress to come together. in my own district, it's not only roads and bridges, but dike systems that we have identified since katrina that need to be addressed. and as you know, ed, and so eloquently say, this is what can put america back to work immediately. and addresses these very important and critical issues of infrastructure right away. >> you know, we've got the firearms issues. we've ...

>> yeah. and you know what? i covered connecticut for quite some time many years ago. and there are neighborhoods on the coastline that get flooded during a thunderstorm. >> yeah. >> how are you going to keep homes from getting decimated up and down the connecticut coastline if. >> listen, we've ordered evacuations or suggested ev evacuations that affect 362,000 people, one out of every ten residents of the state of connecticut. but it's the small towns and it's the big cities. it's new haven, bridge fort, stamford, norwalk, fairfield, they're all going to be adversely impacted. we're waiting ...

Be into the neighborhoods and help distributing the sand bags. this is one such neighborhood. you can see here that the sand bags are up. behind me though this is already spillage from the red river so this is all yard you see back there and then beyond that is the river, itself. it is rising. it's expected to crest by sunday morning about 7:00. we're looking at 38 feet. right now it's at 31 so still a few feet to go but the fight is not letting up. in fact, thousands of volunteers pouring in from area colleges, high schools out today, and those kids are out, about 1600 of them rolling up thei...