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Inevitable, just delaying the j logistical planning of it. robyn kurnow, doing yeoman's work in the early morning hours of south africa, thank you very much. for more on mandela's charitable legacy and how you can get involved go to cnn.com/impact. well, take a look, little rock, arkansas, under a severe weather emergency right now. several inches of snow fell onto a layer of sleet and frozen slush, making driving incredibly dangerous. it also looks just like this across central texas and most of oklahoma. a line of winter storms is stretching from memphis to the great lakes this evening b...

Of congress back in their home districts today facing their constituents still feeling the impact. joining me for daily fix chris cillizza msnbc contributor and host of post tv's "in play." kelly o'donnell and luke russert. kelly and luke you have been doing yeoman's duty. >> nice to be off the hill. >> good to have you home. welcome home. >> for sure. >> kelly, people are still going to be very angry about the way this played out and it's only kicking the can down the road. >> one of the best things about congress getting out of town, they do have to look their neighbors, the the people they ...

Romney, during the primaries, in answer to a point-blank question from john king, about whether or not we should get rid of fema and send this responsibilities to the states, he said, yes, and then even better, you could go further and privatize it. i mean, the aftermath of a storm, is one in which it needs a coordinated effort between state, federal, and local government, which president obama and governor christie and governor malloy and the other elected officials in the region affected have been doing yeoman's work. i shudder to think about what we would do down here in florida in the afte...

In harm's way and making sure that we can get things cleaned up and get them -- their needs taken care of and make sure -- >> but, i mean, mitt romney has talking about privatizing this part of the government. this has been his philosophy. >> yes, and as a floridian, that's very disturbing. i can tell you that because six months of the year in florida, we are in harm's way, potentially during hurricane season. you know, the idea that mitt romney, during the primaries, in answer to a point-blank question from john king about whether or not we should get rid of fema and send this responsibility ...

The problem is that the storm surge can move the oil further inland. the other problem it creates is that boom that's there to block the oil, that can become a projectile and do more damage than good because it can go in and destroy, you know, already further harm the marches and potential wildlife so, all of that is unknown, but they think they he -- i was talking to officials this morning, they feel they have got a good handle on this, because they had a dress rehearsal a few weeks ago with hurricane alex and learned some things from that and hoping to implement them with now tropical storm ...