picture that one. i always appreciated it. the democratic congressman frank pallone. we have andrea with wnyc radio and covering new jersey politics for years and is now a professor. so thanks a, everybody, for joining us. this question of all the world knows of kim guadagno is about 25 seconds of a very stilted, scripted statement she read on monday and everybody has been trying to dissect it since then. jim, we ll start with you. what should people know about kim guadagno? first of all, it s a little troubling because the thought that the governor s office, if they did, sent up as a hardball a messenger up the turnpike to hoboken to deliver that message is implausible and here is why. what has she been the last four years? well, actually she s been a rote which and kawani speech maker and has cut ribbons.
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it certainly would help the situation if they know who this person is and they can already, if there is a negotiator, be getting some information about what might have provoked this. yeah, absolutely. as myself and you also have jim on from atf, a former negotiator, the best thing we could have would be some background on the person, what his name is, so we can start to talk to him. now, law enforcement obviously has the capability to resolve this tactically if they have to. but that s never their first choice. they want to get this guy out alive. obviously we want to find out what was his motive. was anybody else involved, were there any other plans, any other people involved. so there is a lot you d like to get from this person if we re able to take him into custody. and i m sure the police, fbi, marshal service, atf, every agency on scene is working toward that goal if they haven t achieved it already. and whether he s barricaded
all. gasoline prices are too high, even though they ve come down recently they re too high and we don t have any slack in this economy so this thing would be kicking our compli eco hat a time we re not circling the drain, but on the edge of the toilet. i don t think that consumers can afford the increase in the gasoline prices, nor can they afford the economic hit that they would take in that region, rebuilding at a time, again, where things are difficult in the first place. gary b, are you worried. i am not. jim had it right and then talking until he had it wrong. the east coast area that might be hit by the hurricane has about 6% of the refining capacity, that will put a little dent, sure, a spike in prices, but i think what jim was talking about, we ve been through this before. multiple times, hurricane katrina, hugo, et cetera, et cetera. the snow-ma geddon to hit the east coast, each time people