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Who are making these things happen. when you look to the federal, you know, relief that comes, that's day three, day four. that's when the feds come in. that's when you start looking for support. those things, those emergency things, always pop up in the budget. we had a surplus last year. we didn't use it. we haven't had a really serious hurricane since katrina so maybe we don't need this anymore. those things are oftentimes ripe for being slashed when you want to cut costs or save the budget but those are the things that help americans when we are in a crisis like this. i find it interesting...

And boeing 777 training captain, ross aymer. what are pilots supposed to do in an emergency? >> good evening, judge. we are trained -- pilots are trained from day one obviously to handle an emergency. every six months we go back to the training centers into the simulators and they throw anything they can find at us, try to get us to remember all the procedures, all the emergency things that we are taught. so they're trained -- every airline pilot is trained and trained and trained to handle every possible emergency that they could get in their way. >> well, if there is an emergency, we should ...

Particular spot we wanted to hit or, you know, and, you know, being stubborn that we are we tried that. >> larry: were they looking for any particular type of fish? >> the usual. amberjacks, some snapper, some yellow, you know, lemon sharks. >> larry: describe the boat. >> 21-foot everglades. i don't know a whole lot about boats, but, you know, there was some room. it wasn't a real big boat. there was plenty of room for, you know, the four of us, but anything more than that, especially, you know, our size would have definitely been cramped. >> larry: was it fully equipped with emergency safety...

Yellow, you know, lemon sharks. >> larry: describe the boat. >> 21-foot everglades. i don't know a whole lot about boats, but, you know, there was some room. it wasn't a real big boat. there was plenty of room for, you know, the four of us, but anything more than that, especially, you know, our size would have definitely been cramped. >> larry: was it fully equipped with emergency safety gear and the like? >> well, you know, it turned out that, you know, the emergency things, i forget what it's called, he didn't have one of those. for the most part it was all there. unfortunately when we neede...

Things. >> reporter: thanks so much. go get dry. the water is continuing to rise. we can tell you for a fact it has been since we got here. >> maya rodriguez in houston. thank you, maya. clint, it strikes me -- struck me for several days now watching these pictures, the disparity between what we see, the effort being made on the ground and some of the language from washington, d.c., over the past several months, especially among elements like the freedom caucus, members of the republican party freedom caucus in the house about the need to pare down government. the only answer in houston is a...