he knows people. we also louisiana has a secret weapon in the white house with our former representative cedric richmond who is one of the president s right-hand men. and so i really do believe given all our state has been through in the last couple of decades that we re going to get what we need this time. you and i spoke in the hours before ida hit. you said everyone was concerned whether the levees would hold. well, they did, but the electric system didn t. is that the birth the bigges problem for most folks right now? yes, absolutely. nip who s been to the south, particularly in louisiana, you know how hot it get this time of year. indescribably hot and humid. for people especially elderly and people with health problems, it s really difficult and often deadly for them to be in this kind of weather without any fans or acs or anything. so that s kind of what we re doing.