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Here. >> reporter: you want to make sure everything you put down here stays here? >> exactly. >> reporter: now, the plan is that since you've filled in this breach, if the oil comes this way, it's going to stop right here. >> exactly. what we have back here between elmer's island, which is what we're standing on, and grand isle, is -- i like to call it an estuary. it's a vibrant ecosystem and it's also an important breeding ground for shrimp, so it's ecological and economically very important to the local community. >> david mattingly, reporting for us. we're also learning, by the way, detai...

It's a great place. this is actually where i began my tv reporting career about 30 years ago, so i know these streets very well. and i'll tell you this, where i'm standing right now is important in a historic sense in a very big way. i'm only a very short distance from where jefferson davis took the oath as the only president of the confederacy, and right behind me, i'm standing at the spot where rosa parks boarded the bus -- >> wow. >> reporter: -- and started the montgomery bus boycott, the civil war, the civil rights movement all centered right on the ground i'm standing on -- where i'm sta...

Finishing a complete thought without wandering off on some meaningless tangents like when he was asked how the administration can promote vaccines in the african-american community. >> we have taken mobile fans and people to the communities, to the hardest hit communities and is beginning to have some impact but we have to talk about it more. for example i was just -- i get in trouble because my wife is a silly girl, a phillies fan, i just hosted the tampa bay buccaneers, there's a guy, a quarterback, what is his name? >> meanwhile the media standing on. >> of the presidency were the this is h...

Ago except me. >> in terms of the minimum wage what rubio said if you raise the minimum wage you are going to make people more expensive than a machine. >> one liners. the majority of americans do want a minimum wage increasement they think it will hurlt republicans if they don't say they have to raise it. >> losers? >> without a doubt ben carson. at this point -- this is the 4th debate for him. why hasn't he figured out an answer for he can am ecclesias c nomiccinomi -- economic issues. he doesn't have the talking points down. he needs better preparation. >> evan? >> i would agree, but toward...

Chuck and savannah are off this week and let's get to the rundown. the blizzard will go down as one of the worst seen on the east coast. in state after state, up and down the seaboard, millions are digging themselves out of the snow. we begin with jeff rossen in new york city. >> let me show you a typical scene around the northeast today. this is the sidewalk i'm standing on. 93rd street in the middle of manhattan. now, we're on the street. the snow is still very, very deep. the plows are taking care of the road, but they're also plowing in these vehicles. good luck getting this car out. down ...