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Wilmington. you've got a huge problem with medicaid ahead. i know the stimulus funding has been helping you through some of the rough patches, but we're looking at the numbers. more than a billion dollars, 1.2 billion in medicaid spending for fiscal year 2009, the second largest cost to your taxpayers in delaware, and medicaid enrollment up almost 9% between june 2009 and june 2010. the national average was 7.2%. why the medicaid problem, first of all? >> well first of all it's good to be with you and thanks for having me on. delaware, like just about every state is certainly, we're facing a s...

Him in a real estate deal. >> so you being the curious guy and being an investigative reporter decided to ask him, let's see how that went. >> how are you doing, sir? charles leaf from fox 5 news. how are you? like to ask you a couple of quick questions, if i may. >> may i ask you a couple of questions, please? >> where did he get his money? >> doesn't this raise some questions that the two people that we know have links to the dealings in new york city real estate and in terms of this mosque, don't want to talk? they don't want to be public about it? why? i think that's a valid question. >> a...

This is more of the stimulus and bailout also talking about keeping the status quo. if you have a medicaid problem in your state or teacher lay-off problem prioritize spending cut unnecessary spending to make room for necessary things. that's what families do, businesses and that's what state governments should do at federal government should think about that. >> greta: democrats call it a stimulus bill? >> they call it a stimulus bill. >> greta: are they saying this going to stimulate the economy or help bailout? >> they say both. this going to help states and stimulate the economy. this is o...

This is more of the stimulus and bailout also talking about keeping the status quo. if you have a medicaid problem in your state or teacher lay-off problem prioritize spending cut unnecessary spending to make room for necessary things. that's what families do, businesses and that's what state governments should do at federal government should think about that. >> greta: democrats call it a stimulus bill? >> they call it a stimulus bill. >> greta: are they saying this going to stimulate the economy or help bailout? >> they say both. this going to help states and stimulate the economy. this is o...