some of the house democrats are saying about her. what do you make of all this? these are volunteer folks, veterans who advise her on veterans issues. it s not good when members of your own team like that are abandoning you over a principled stance here. listen, kyrsten sinema has curved out this space of being opposed to certain things that democrats overall as a party have been running on for years now, and one of the issues being those taxes that you just talked about with lauren, so that inevitably opens up sinema to potential incoming from the left and from democrats in her party. we know she s not up for re-election, of course, until 2024, so there can be time for her to deal with her politics on this back home, but nonetheless, clearly, by being sort of a thorn in the side to the party in this process, she s clearly ruffling feathers. david, that leads us to tonight. it s a big, important night for the president.
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flat-bottomed boats, high-water trucks and helicopters just because the magnitude of the number of people needing rescues is really significant, and the federal government is we are leaning hard, and we re getting enthusiastic cooperation. it s just a logistical challenge moving even more high-water rescue vehicles into the region. eric: are you satisfied with that cooperation? there are 3,000 national guard or so, 5,000 fema workers on the ground but, clearly, you ve got, you know, volunteer folks, people at the american spirit helping each other, neighbor versus neighbor or with neighbor getting the boats out, their own boats and rescuing and keeping track of neighbors. well, that s right. and i will say that is always an incredible thing to see when in facing a natural disaster. sadly, texas is a big enough place that we have more than our fair share of natural disasters, and when they hit, you know, i ve visited with a number of communities in the wake of a disaster whether it