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Of deferent things. you know, it got me thinking, when i was thinking about you, that you're probably the first person on the scene a lot of times and you may see some bad things happen to people, as a result. i mean, are you -- is that something you think about? are you trained as a first responder? would you administer first aid? >> that's one thing i will try always to do, but i was the first person on the scene to some devastation from this particular tornado. about three people i had to kind of help out of a big pile of debris and they had no one else out there to give them help and at le...

I'm not sure that i would want my kids to storm chase, so to speak. i mean, why do you do this? >> well, for two reasons. one is, it is quite exciting, to say the least. it is kind of part of my career, as becoming a meteorologist, i guess. putting my skills to the test out in the field. the other thing i can do, i can provide a lot of ground truth to the national weather service and the media so they can get the warning out to people who may not know about it, because sometimes the radar, things like that don't exactly show what these things are doing on the ground. and my purpose for being t...

If we can manage. a mile is usually a comfortable distance that we like to try to keep at, but i got a little bit closer to, i was a little bit more comfortable around wab and it was slower moving, so i think we could get a little closer to it. >> you know, now that i'm a dad, i'm not sure that i would want my kids to storm chase, so to speak. i mean, why do you do this? >> well, for two reasons. one is, it is quite exciting, to say the least. it is kind of part of my career, as becoming a meteorologist, i guess. putting my skills to the test out in the field. the other thing i can do, i can p...

Base of the politics is now with -- almost all of these federal government workers are unionized big percentage of the state and local municipality workers are unionized unions have huge impacts especially at the state and local level. one of the things that is bankrupting states like new york, california and other states that can't pay their bills these state local federal employees are paid 30 to 35% more than a comparable skilled worker in the private sector because of their clout in negotiation at the bargaining table. >> greta: my sarcastic thought last night we did the segment about the ...

Base of the politics is now with -- almost all of these federal government workers are unionized big percentage of the state and local municipality workers are unionized unions have huge impacts especially at the state and local level. one of the things that is bankrupting states like new york, california and other states that can't pay their bills these state local federal employees are paid 30 to 35% more than a comparable skilled worker in the private sector because of their clout in negotiation at the bargaining table. >> greta: my sarcastic thought last night we did the segment about the ...