with me now, dan mitchell, richard benjamin. welcome back to the show. this might be a little bit of a heated conversation. i will start with you. this sounds a bit absurd. to be able to sue because you don't get a job because you have been out of work. isn't that just -- you are just out of luck. >> you are out of luck, but what worries me more about this proposal is that if you have been unemployed for a long time, you probably are a little bit radioactive to employers because they wonder, why has this person than that of work. did not have good work habits, show up on time, steal from the company. you're already starting with all the liabilities and it's unfortunate for the people that are honest and hardworking and just one of fair chance. what happens when the government turns that potential employees it wants to get a job into a legal liability? vendor going to have companies, i think, going out of their way trying to make sure that somehow those people don't even come to the door because nobody wants us look employer tecumseh them on the basis tha

richard benjamin is joining us. and gary, you just think that this is beyond a mixed message? >> it is almost like the obama administration went in a room said, how could we worsen this? how could we make more people mad? we're in a situation, today neil 3 billion-dollars were headed to the deficit, we have a congame with they i sequester coming up, now let's spend more money, sending people out to spend more money in the cities, i feel like i'm watching saturday night live, but unfortunately it is the real world. neil: this is reminding locality city, states what moneys and opportunity are out there v via the federal government. >> this is a case where obama administration is trying to take political dynamics around spending how people view it and use it to their advantage, if you ask in surveys, do you know that government needs to cut spendings, then you ask them, would you support or oppose this being cut, then everyone is opposed to it they are trying to make as much federal money as possible going to things that individual voters will say, woe, don't take that away from

sybrina fulton and tracy martin, trayvon martin's parents join us, along with their attorneys, benjamin crump, richardis and makazive mandela. "starting point" starts now. we begin this morning talking about the devastating winter storm in parts of texas and oklahoma. already buried under more than a foot of snow. one local mayor says we have roofs collapsing all over town. we'll speak to him in a moment. highways and airports shut down. take a look at this photo taken by ireporter philip prince, an instructor too, spent eight hours stuck in his rig on interstate 40 east of amarillo, texas. two people have been killed. one on an ice-slicked road and another after a roof collapsed from the weight of the snow. severe weather is expected as far as florida. the massive system tracking to the north and east. wisconsin, michigan, illinois, all in its path. jennifer delgado is tracking the storm. erin mcpike is live in kansas city. we'll start with you. >> we're seeing snowfall two inches an houreer. very windy, looking at winds up to 30 miles per hour later today, and also, soledad, because of the snow last