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>> go ahead, david. >> i will tell you how it affects the government, when you have the defense secretary who has troops on the border, when you have stuff that you think is crazy going on, that's not a government functioning well. things that are boring like eternal process and things like that, it matters a lot, especially when there's a crisis, an attack on the country or a natural disaster. you want decisions to be made well. here you have a president who is ranting and raving about not being able to go out, you know, on a proper trip to honor american servicemen that died in world war i, ...

a week after irene hit the east coast, the central gulf coast is getting ready for storm with flooding rains. louisiana governor bobby jindal already declared a state of emergency. oil companies are pulling workers off the rigs in the gulf. some places including new orleans could get as much as 20 inches of rain. texas could really use some of that rain from the tropical system. it doesn't look promising. 14 big wildfires are burning in that state. just one of them west of dallas. firefighters are finally making some progress. they've got about the fire half contained or so. >> we ca...