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When you look at what was going on post-katrina, many were wondering if they could come back here, decades of out-migration. we have reversed that. highest ever per capita state income ranking in our state's history. eight different credit upgrades. our highest credit ratings in decades. and also the fewest number of state employees in decades. we measure success by how people are doing in the real world not the government sector. i know a lot of politicians, ps are and democrats, don't like that but that's how we measure success. >> we'll see you on the campaign train. see how voters react. g...

In ocracoke have experienced more damage than we have. >> 44,000 people remain without power. what specific areas were affected there and what's the status of the effort to get the power back on for those people? >> here in pamlico right at the mouth of the pamlico sound, the noose river, we're in good shape again. our power company has been vigulent. they've been out all night and early morning. have got most of our residents restored and tourists are in town for the holiday weekend. hopefully we'll carry on without incident. >> in this day of post-katrina, post-irene, post-sandy, people are ...

Them tangible benefits. after decades of running, they are the dog that caught the bus. they now have the program. they need to show that it can work. instead, in the initial rollout at least, they still ultimately have time to reverse this, but in the initial rollout they've had kind of a disastrous first few weeks that have compounded the doubts, compounded the problem that the program is meant to solve. >> this president always talked about what government can do for you. he wants to embark on immigration reform, which means securing the borders, and who has to secure the borders, governmen...

And are on the other side of katrina, we recognize the deep power of charity and the ways in which good people, conservative, liberal, white, black, northern, southern rushed in with charitable acts post-katrina. but charity is not justice. and without government intervention to fundamentally rebuild the city, to change sort of the practices, all the charity in the world, no matter how good-hearted, is simply insufficient. >> this country was founded on the idea of limited government. the first constitution we wrote had to be thrown out the window, the articles of confederation, because it pro...

>> we talked about the degree to which these food deserts exist across the country. post-katrina, it's even more complicated about bringing fresh produce, healthy food to people, hasn't it? >> yes. you know, food deserts are an issue across the country, and not just low-income neighborhoods. we have new orleans east, still looking for commercial districts to come back and it's something for me shouldn't be part of the american landscape. the first lady put out a call of action to go toto put in these