We will, and first, i have a lot of family and friends that are down there in the great state that are suffering right now and our thoughts and prayers certainly go out to everybody that is down there. When you try to separate though that devastation and it is horrific, you look about the economy which in houston which is a 500 billion economy and how it affects the greater economy over 20 of the nations refinery ability has been shutdown. The Colonial Pipeline that goes from houston to new jersey that carries most of the gasoline is not even able to run at times because theres not enough fuel coming from lake charles into houston. That will affect gasoline prices and oil prices. The immediate loss in houston is going to be more of a regional event as far as job loss and as far as economic destruction. Overall though once you start seeing feds step in, the state step in and insurance step in, you will start seeing this slowly recover. What happened in new orleans is a bit different bec
Their bills. Neil youd think just whatever funding youre going to have emergency or otherwise have it dont tie it or attach it to anything or put provisos on it . Absolutely not. Straight up or down vote on the aid necessary to make sure the people in houston not only can get through this first period but i could tell you from the Hurricane Sandy period that if this lasts for a while afterward s then the rebuilding on the people are going to need to get their areas back to what it needs to be. Neil well gary says hes right also here charlie gasparin o, ben stein and charles payne, jerry willis off this week so gary, your view is do it get the aid out there, dont start quibbeling about it. 300,000 people have applied for aid, neil. 80 of homes do not have Flood Insurance. These people need help and they need help quick. You do a standalone bill, two words standalone. Though disclaim turpitudes no caveats no nothing get the vote in get the money out, if you need to do it in tranches fine
Thank you for your patient. We got a little bit of a late start. Were going to have a great session this morning. Im the morning anchor. At the cbs affiliate here in washington, d. C. Im honored to be back as a moderator of the teachers conference. We did it last year as well. This is a very special occasion. Had a chance to meet some of these gentlemen. Im meeting some new friends this morning as well. Before we get under way and we honor our greatest generation and well go over the goals on what wed like to try to get done this morning, i would like to call up, before we get started, chairman of the friends of the World War Ii National memorial Josiah Bunting iii to say a few things. [ applause ] our greatest ally and most famous ally during the Second World War was winston churchill. Who famously said succeeding generations must not be allowed to forget their sacrifice and their example. And to me the beauty and the urgency of assemblies like this was people like this. Is in fulfill
This is a very special occasion. I had a chance to meet some of these gentlemen. We get underway and honor our greatest generation and look over the goals of what we would like to get done, i would like the chairman of the friends of the World War Ii National memorial. [applause] our greatest ally and most famous ally during the Second World War was winston churchill, who famously said succeeding generations must not be allowed to forget their sacrifice and their example. To me, the beauty and the urgency of assemblies like this, with people like this is what sir winston urged us to do. It is a great honor for all of us and we cannot wait to hear what you have to say, thank you. [applause] as we get underway, we would like to set a few goals to see what we would like to achieve because these gentlemen are valuable resources and we need to soak up as much as we can because they can have a story to tell. We would love to try to learn as much as we can from this panelist panel of heroes.
This is a very special occasion. I had a chance to meet some of these gentlemen. We get underway and honor our greatest generation and look over the goals of what we would like to get done, i would like the chairman of the friends of the World War Ii National memorial. [applause] our greatest ally and most famous ally during the Second World War was winston churchill, who famously said succeeding generations must not be allowed to forget their sacrifice and their example. To me, the beauty and the urgency of assemblies like this, with people like this is what sir winston urged us to do. It is a great honor for all of us and we cannot wait to hear what you have to say, thank you. [applause] as we get underway, we would like to set a few goals to see what we would like to achieve because these gentlemen are valuable resources and we need to soak up as much as we can because they can have a story to tell. We would love to try to learn as much as we can from this panelist panel of heroes.