mr. sanders' residents. he generously walked me to the roof.wanted to this corner, where the antennas are going to go, and they are, indeed, pointed away from the structure. at that angle, and you see now that you have a color copy of the little yellow area. does of the oval is the extent of the public limit, 58 feet in front, much less distances on the side because it is a directional antenna, and then the yellow or the areas that would be barricaded against public access. you can see how far short the yellow is of the deck. there is a red area. that is the area that planning staff was discussing for access. that would be the only area that would be a concern for workers. they have a different level than the public. so, very clearly, this is going to fall well short of that debt. the fcc exposure limits are easily met at the deck or any other place outside those yellow areas. i would be happy to talk about the directional nature of the antennas. as you can see, they have three different sectors or three different groupings to service the area.

mr. sanders' home with his two children. >> i do not know how many there are, but we can figure out the distance. each of the carriers have their own network, so there are maybe some that are not done by at&t but done by another carrier, and those are taken into account. the department of public health requires measurements, as well as measurements within 10 days afterwards. those are not just the at&t energy. it is the total energy of all facilities at that time, so if there is something across the street, it would be included. if it was something from pc bell, -- opa -- pac bell, they would be included. >> some of those will be removed, and the measurements were confirmed last week as to the cumulative rf. president chiu: supervisor co hen? supervisor co -- cohen: did you look at the alternatives? >> that would be outside what i do. >> we considered and analyzed whether those would be feasible. we looked and a preference on site. we would work with the city, for the fire department, for putting in -- we're trying to serve the caltrans station, so as close as that would be, we would do that, bu

mr. sanders: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. sanders: mr. president, i wanted to pick up on a point that the senior senator from vermont made earlier today. both he and i have had the opportunity to travel throughout the state of vermont to visit many of our towns which have been devastateed by one of the worst natural disasters in our state's history. we have seen in the southern part of the state, in wilmington, for example, the entire business district severely damaged. i have seen in central vermont a mobile home park almost completely wiped out with people who are in their 80's now having to look to find new places in which to live. i have seen a public housing project for seniors down in brattleboro severely damaged. a lot of seniors there are now having to find new places to live. we have been through the state office complex in waterbury, the largest state office building in the state housing 1,700 vermont workers, t

mr. sanders: i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sanders: madam president, as i suspect you know, the state of vermont has been hit very, very hard by hurricane irene. the storm caused widespread flooding resulting in a number of deaths, the loss of many homes and businesses and hundreds of millions of dollars to property and infrastructure that were damaged. i have visited many of the most hard-hit towns in the past week, including gludlow, mooretown and waterbury, and i was shocked and moved by the extent of the damage that i saw. many towns still have limited access because the roads and brinls that link them to the world have been destroyed. this disaster will go down in history as one of the very worst natural disasters in the history of the state of vermont. let me take this opportunity to personally thank the emergency rescue teams and all those aiding the victims of the floods for their outstanding work. local crews along with the vermont national guard and guard units from other states such as new hampshire, maip, and jil --

mr. sanders: thank you very much, mr. president. mr. president, my state of vermont has been hit very, very hard by hurricane irene. widespread flooding caused a number of deaths. the loss of many homes and businesses and hundreds of millions, perhaps a billion, dollars in damage to property and infrastructure. i have visited many of the most hard-hit towns, and i have been shocked and moved by the extent of the damage that i saw. irene will go down in history as one of the very worst natural disasters ever to hit the state of vermont. let me just share a few facts with you about the extent of the damage. already more than 5,200 vermonters have registered with fema. remember, we're a state of only 630,000 people and approximately 200,000 households and yet more than 5,200 vermonters have already registered with fema. mr. president, more than 700 homes were severely damaged or completely destroyed -- 700 in a state which has about 200,000 households. between 1,500 and 2,000 families have been displaced, their housing uncertain as we appr

mr. sanders: as you know doubt know, the state of vermont has been hit very, very hard by hurricane irenethe storm caused widespread flooding, resulting in a number of deaths, the loss of many homes and businesses and hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to our property and our infrastructure. i have visited many of the most hard-hit towns, and i was shocked and moved by the extent of the damage. many of these towns still today have very limited access because the roads and bridges that link them to their outside world have been destroyed. irene will go down in history as one of the very worst natural disasters ever to hit the state of vermont. let me take thu opportunity again to thank everybody who lent a hand to help their friends and neighbors who were stricken by the disaster. i especially want to commend and thank our emergency responders. they did a fantastic job. the vermont national guard and our local officials for all that they are doing to assist communities and individuals to get back on their feet. mr. president, we still do not know the cost of this disaster, but let m

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and one independent who i'm definitely not worried about, bernie sanders, after re-election will have to step up and say we're with you, mr. president. when does the president of the united states get total backing from the senate democrats without parcelling out, but if, but if, what if, what if -- no. this is crystal clear. it's time to have the rubber meet the road and travel hard over the republicans. it's time to tell the top 2% 450,000 millionaires in this country, that's who the republican party is protecting and the corporations. the president said he wants to re-do the tax code. that's what the republicans have been crying about for years. so let's get it on. no, we'll probably have more obstruction. get your cell phones out, and i want to know what you think. tonight's question, will republicans vote for any bill that asked for shared sacrifice from the rich? text a for yes, text b for no to 622639 and you can always go to ed.msnbc.com and we'll bring you the results later in the program. joining me tonight is january jan jankowski because she's had on the table for over a year a bill that asks the wealthiest am