yankeeish out there who do not understand houston, we're not talking about a rinkky dink 'burb like akron or charlotteton is... tell the people houston's ranking in america. >> we're the fourth-largest any the. >> stephen: new york, los angeles, chicago, houston. it's a huge city. >> it is. >> stephen: in your first term-- this is your second term right now, houston added over 125,000 private sector jobs, balanced two city budgets, didn't raise taxes or cut police and firefighters. what is it that houston's got going on that the rest of the country doesn't? because i don't know if you watch the news but it's like we're reenacting gotham city in the rest of america. (laughter) are you the batman? >> absolutely. i invite everybody to come to houston and check it out for themselves. we're a very livable city. >> stephen: really? livable. my understanding is that you combine the heat of texas and the humidity of new orleans. (laughter) >> we have jobs. >> oh, you have jobs. jobs and air conditioning. >> we're very... we're a foody town, we're an arts town, we're a sports town, a theater town, anything you