governments. your governor there in new york says it s 50 billion dollar problem in terms of cost to new york, new jersey, you ve got to do something with rebuilding that coastline and all of the damage. in philadelphia, connecticut, the damage and cost to local government. so, i would put forward a bill, there will be a bill to provide emergency funding because the storm, as there always is, and the question about, you know, when we move and how we move it. i think we should move forward aggressively now because you know, i heard on fox business that it s 25 billion in retail sale losses, i mean, we there s going to be a real economic consequence here and we need to respond. neil: you know, maybe i m maybe the only one in the country that doesn t share your enthusiasm for fema because i saw a lot of fema officials and others slapping themselves on the back about the great job they re doing, congressman and looking at
that. and you have an exepa official saying we should crucify the oil and gas companies and on his resignation letter, president obama has been supportive of me and my work. when you have that attitude oozing out of the, it is no wonder speculators jump in the moment oil becomes reasonably priced and drive it back up. john what do you think? both sides are hopeless. we don t have a supply problem at all . we have a dollar problem and that s where rick unger is incorrect. president s can fix this. presidents that pursue a strong dollar have cheap oil. it is not supply. go back to the dollar. and weigh in here, mike if there was no supply problem, that means we have unlimited energy. no, we don t. supply situation does send
canada. it s little more than a post tropical cyclone but has bruised the eastern united states with property damage, flooding, and power outages. at least 20 deaths have been linked to the storm. more than four million customers still don t have electricity. businesses have a lot of clean willi ing up to do. the governor of virginia expects more reports of damage and death today. a state police official in flooded out vermont is afraid of what his crews might discover. the flooding s really bad in vermont this morning. now that the storm has moved out, business owners in new jersey have serious cleaning up to do. irene s rain forced a river out of its banks and into downtown mi millburn. business owners are mopping up floors and basements that are full of water. we have more from mill burn. what s it look like, chris? reporter: good morning, carol. you know, things look a lot better here on the streets of millburn. they don t sound quite right. [ alarm ] reporter: the
public shut be outraged. clayton: defend the tea party if you read the op-ed pages including the wall street journal and politico and the washington post , you are called the debt limit hob its saying the main result of the pointless crusade has been to damage mr. boehner s leverage and push the final increase into mr. reid s direction and this is what rush limbaugh talked about saying that the g.o.p. were being played like saps. guest: it doesn t matter what i do so in this case i vote with the democrats i am out rageous but if i voted with boehner, it is a no win situation, i want a solution. first year cuts are only $7 billion. we have a multitrillion dollar problem out here and i wish the balanced budget amendment was attached to the first bill, i didn t come here to go along and
clayton: defend the tea party if you read the op-ed pages including the wall street journal and politico and the washington post , you are called the debt limit hob its saying the main result of the pointless crusade has been to damage mr. boehner s leverage and push the final increase into mr. reid s direction and this is what rush limbaugh talked about saying that the g.o.p. were being played like saps. guest: it doesn t matter what i do so in this case i vote with the democrats i am out rageous but if i voted with boehner, it is a no win situation, i want a solution. first year cuts are only $7 billion. we have a multitrillion dollar problem out here and i wish the balanced budget amendment was attached to the first bill, i didn t come here to go along and get along but to stand on principle and do what i think is best for the united states of