tom sherwood and david culliver are with us this morning. david, talk about the impact in the washington region and why people are so on edge about this. >> good morning, pat. one of the things i noticed as soon as this story was put online on the nbc washington facebook page, it got more than 300 is their shares. clearly folks are concerned as you me that they're looking at is prince george's county. why prince george's county? well, while they're making these leaner cuts so to speak. they're going to be focussed on state department. dpa, health and human services. sure, you've got employees that live across the region. specifically in prince george's county. telling our megan fitzgerald this past week that he thinks this is going to make the economy worse, not better. his plan of action to work with area governors, congress, and try to do something to stop this. >> tom, this is not a done deal, but the trump administration came in saying we've got to, you know, shrink the size of government. what has to happen first? >> you're correct, abo