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We know that as a city, we've done all that we could do prior to, to be prepared as you said, draining retention ponds, just making sure your gutters and things of that nature are cleared out. that way you're able to move the water as best you can as a municipality to do your part. >> and what about assistance from, you know, both federal and state, from both levels, federal and state levels? are you getting everything you need? >> well, as of right now, you know, we in florida have a long history of, i think, doing a great job as a state, responding to these type of crises, and the state has ...

Water as best you can as a municipality to do your part. >> and what about assistance from, you know, both federal and state, from both levels, federal and state levels? are you getting everything you need? >> well, as of right now, you know, we in florida have a long history of, i think, doing a great job as a state, responding to these type of crises, and the state has done all that it should, you know, declaring an emergency ahead of time, and we've done that here locally as well. so our expectation is that that assistance will continue to be coming in its proper form. >> what about shelter...

Three-person race? >> well i'm not sure. it depends on what happens in iowa. these national polls are important, but we need to understand that what's happening at the individual state levels, will in some ways determine the trajectory of the primary, so let's think about it. remember hillary clinton thought she had it wrapped up. she was kind of, she thought she had the black vote wrapped up. what happened in iowa, obama beat her and then things changed so we need to be very careful in terms of how we read the polls and when we see biden has such a strong lead, but when we think about the sup...

Keep the pressure up even after they come back? >> i think -- i don't have much confidence in mitch mcconnell. i mean, he said -- look, he said i'm going to put it front and center. there is already a house bill that's been passed. there is no more deliberating. we know what's needed in terms of the background checks and the red flag issues. front and center, i think in russia they say niet, right? this is just a stall tactic. this is mitch mcconnell after all. think what phil was saying, you know, they have survived other massacres before without taking on the nra. so i just -- i don't have m...

In the local and state levels. now, that's not ideal because you would want federal standards and national standards for gun control. and i think that's important because when people are feeling frustrated and the polling is showing that frustration, they can definitely show it when they vote in 2020, but also before that, you know, the activity that's being done on the state and local level is actually promising because i think those people, those leaders have to be much more responsive to the demands of their populations, especially in many of the cities. >> juliette, phil, thank you so much...