evidence, congressman, that there are boats, ships on the way to help people come to the united states? that there are charter planes going in to bring people to the united states? wolf, i ask you and your team to try to get a ticket out of chicago but didn t try other cities. that s $800 three weeks from now. and $1600 on the top end. number one, the people have lost their home, they have lost everything, they don t have the money to get out. we should have, also, a resettlement program immediately, an evacuation resettlement program. put them in a safe place, especially the most vulnerable, children and those of us in the united states of america that want to bring our loved ones here, it is easier. they will return if they want to. but right now the schools won t open for months. the lelectricity isn t going to open for months. i traveled through the mainland of you should see dead cows, horses, and there s no water.
romney has a long history of flip-flopping and dodging questions on a number of important issues. he s refused to, let s see, give specifics on his budget and tax plan. he s refused to say if he supports the lily ledbetter fair pay act for women. he s refused to say if he would enter one-on-one nuclear talks with the iranians. he s refused to answer questions relating to richard mourdock s rape comment. and finally, mitt romney has actually refused to go on nickelodeon and answer questions from children. now, if mitt romney can t answer questions from 5-year-old kids, how do you think that s going to play with the national press corps? and isn t it interesting that fox news can t even get an interview with mitt romney right now? for more, let s turn to congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz of florida. she s a chairwoman of the democratic national committee. chairwoman, good to have you with us tonight. it s a very strange strategy, being played out by mitt romney.
completely drained. stations at lower manhattan are still filled with water and are not able to be inspected. today, mayor bloomberg announced limited service is going to be restored tomorrow. many city residents still do not have power. utility companies estimate about 6 million households on the east coast still remain without power. electricity isn t the only thing in short supply. these cars, you re looking at, are not parked. they are waiting in line, stretching for miles on a new jersey highway. drivers are desperate to fill their tanks with gasoline, which is now in short supply. gas stations in new york city and long island have also reported shortages. in the midst of all of this, the presidential election is just days away. mitt romney was back on the stump in florida today. the candidate is still staying quiet on his commitment to fema, but a campaign spokesperson released this statement, so good
surprise. mitt romney has to manufacture a real connection to real people event, because, it just doesn t exist with this guy. the latest ohio poll shows romney trailing president obama badly on whether the candidate cares about the needs of people like you. president obama also leads on who is better at helping the middle class. president obama also leads romney by five points in ohio, in large part because romney s 47% problems just continue to haunt him. it is halloween, isn t it? let s bring in msnbc contributor, e.j. dionne, who is also a washington post columnist and author of the book, our divided political heart. you know, this storm, as devastating as it is, e.j., it seems to have created some real problems for the romney campaign. it s almost as if you see them, and they are thing, and you can see them thinking out loud, oh, no, now what do we do? staging events.
my fire department, city hall s under water, and about 80% of my residents are under water. and he s out there trying to make the best of it. so and i ve also seen some of the great aspects, ed. one thing i want to say, the better angels in people. it s amazing how you can see new jerseyians come together. a young woman from hoboken, whose basement apartment is flooded, has no idea what tomorrow brings. she s in a shelter helping other people, not even thinking about what tomorrow is for her. just one of many examples. senator, what can your residents expect? this is going to be a long road back, isn t it? it s going to be a slog. and just in hoboken, you re pumping 500 million gallons of water out so that you can get, you know, the wires recovered and then, ultimately, hopefully get the electricity back on. so this is going to be a slog. you know, we have substations, generating stations that got flooded. those, when we get those back online, something i asked the president mayb