a new truck, most of them wouldn't fit in the stations because they're too old and they're too small. the city's got a lot of challenges ahead. it is going to go to the courts and this is going to be a big story for a long, long time. >> brian sullivan, thank you so much for your reporting. david axelrod is an nbc news and msnbc seen dwror little bni analyst. david, thank you very much. this is a tragedy, an american tragedy. i think of detroit and i think of the whole southern migration north and the opportunity in the auto industry obviously. and what detroit meant to all of us. we know how this happened but what's the fix and what is the role of the federal government? >> first, as i listened to brian's report i thought about my own experience back in the early '90s. i work with dennis archer who was the mayor of detroit.