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>> upbeat talk from the president? some people were looking for more empathy or consoling, you saw him at the nrg. high marks i think for the initial response. the big question is, do they understand the scope of the hall getting in fema trailers and other supplies, helping with the rebuilding, inevitably there would be some hiccup in the system, but where is the president right now? >> well, he's back. he's promises things that he hasn't really -- that we don't know he can deliver at this point, particularly the funding package, which there seems to be political will, so it will get tangled u...

>> steve: time for news by the numbers. $76 million. that's how much new fema trailers will cost even though disaster victims prefer the smaller older ones. that's because the larger ones are put in commercial areas away from families' jobs and schools. zero. that's how many kids meals will soon be available at taco bell. zero. the company says it wants to focus more attention on millenials, the kids meals will be phased out beginning 2014. and finally, 24. that's the perfect score this california kid earned on his sat and he's not even yet in high school. he just finished eighth grade. he hop...

We can't keep borrowing money from china to pay for it. >> is there something wrong with disaster mitigation? future disaster mitigation? i think that would probably be a good idea given what happened in hurricane sandy. >> how building levees five years in the future in new york helps a person looking for disaster relief right now. perhaps you can explain that to me. >> what's wrong with thinking ahead? why are you so upset that the government would spend money without any offset. you must have been furious about the wars in iraq and afghanistan. >> we're furious about all of the profligate s...

Considered -- >> -- so upset the government would spend money without any offsets. you must have been absolutely furious about the wars in iraq and afghanistan. >> we're furious about all the profligate spending that went on. >> barney, one question if i might. for consistency, was this your position on katrina? >> yeah. we opposed the katrina relief bill. it wasn't offset. look what happened to the hurricane katrina bill. they passed a huge spending bill. it wasn't offset, no accountability. afterwards we heard stories about fema trailers being untouched while people were starving in the stre...

About fema trailers being untouched in new orleans while people were starving in the streets. >> ron reagan, if i can make an additional point reflecting on the first segment of the program. there are votes and there are key votes. club for growth says this is a key vote, which means it factors in -- barney, correct me if i'm wrong -- it factors into the rating they give to members -- >> that's correct. >> and so, therefore, ron reagan, this plays a role in primary season. you know, this is the sort of thing where if you voted for that, you got lesser of a score for the club for growth. you've...