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Exactly what we were looking at earlier, roads being washed out, houses being loft. in hurricane irene, you had about 1,100 homes lost in this general area. and of course, there was damage, and as this storm may do the same, went all the way up the eastern seaboard, brianna. >> and that's one of the concerns here. it's a category 2, which some folks say, well, that could be worse, but you're looking at flooding of 3, 4, 5 feet depending on where you are, you have a high tide, and that really increases the storm surge. >> one of the things that chad talks about very often that really matters he...

Home to an infrastructure that is not ready for them. that does not have programs for them. to employment that doesn't, a job market that will be. and we have nothing, you know, there are small -- in roads being made. but the, it's just not set up for it. and this -- guy that i spoke to at west point, the head of west point. this its so funny. i want to say, generalissimo. a lot of stuff on his plate. >> a lot of salad. >> a lot of salad. i said something about ptsd. >> he said we don't use the term? >> i am about to learn something. he said, because everyone comes back with it. that is the le...

In tunisia will spread to a country like egypt is much lower. >> okay. >> yeah, and interestingly hillary clinton reacted today. >> what did she say? >> in a way some people might say is just a bit tepid coming from the united states. hillary clinton said the egyptian government, is quote, stable, and it's looking for ways basically to respond to the demand of its people. so, you know, it's not necessarily encouraging protests there. >> sure. secondly, we've been watching also lebanon. >> yes. >> and then what is it beirut and tripoli? >> seen protests there from the supporters of saad hariri....

Is the fighting is occurring, particularly the south and east of the country, you are meeting many afghans who are very sick of the fighting and they're not seeing the building process. they're not seeing what was promised to them. all they're seeing is death. they're seeing their family members die, they're seeing their neighbors die, whether it be by the hands of the taliban or the nato coalition. but when you come to places like kabul, places in western afghanistan or other cities in the country that have seen progress, that have seen usaid coming in building schools, hospitals, roads being...

State that wants a bridge that's below code, and a lot of them out there, and say go build them, go fix them. why don't you start with monahan station in new york. start building rapid rail from the big cities so we can catch up to the europeans. why don't we do big stuff in the federal government anymore like eisenhower did, like lincoln did? >> that's exactly what we are doing in the recovery act. there are billions and billions of dollars in transportation investments that will be -- that are building bridges and roads. with regard to high-speed rail, the recovery act included more than $7 ...