i would like to introduce frank dean, he's the general superintendent of the golden gate recreational area and these going to talk for a few minutes about these marvelous parks that we have in the area that much of what is being occupied by fleet week. mr. dean. (applause) >> thank you, appreciate it. well, good morning. i'm so pleased to see fleet week continue to expand and evolve and include leadership seminars such as this and the opportunity to network with our colleagues and each other on search and rescue and public safety. it's just a great addition to the already exciting opportunity to see the navy and our armed forces at work. some of you may be wondering exactly why am i here, what's a ranger doing up here during fleet week. i'll try to explain that a little bit. this is our 40th anniversary of having a national park in san francisco. so, those strikev lands at the golden gate hills right behind that helicopter there are now part of the golden gate national parks. and that happened 40 years ago when the army decided that those lands were no longer necessary for national de

dean obeidallah. rick, i want to start with you. you're a democrat. leaving aside barney frank's argument for a second, let me ask you this, is it too soon for him to be making those comments? the same interview he referred to this as a teaching moment, a way of justifying something political he just said as having a valid point. is it a correct justification? >> you know, he is the one example of where it is a tough call. it really is because he wasn't trying to pin anybody, blame anybody so much. he was making a point. i have to tell you what he was talking about, i kind of woke up this morning thinking about something very similar and really wanted to write it and decided not to yet. >> john: if he says this is proof. it is tax day. this is proof that you pay taxes for government and you have first responders, you have infrastructure, i'm with him on that. as soon as he got to these hypotheticals about the sequester, which cannot be proved -- >> although, actually -- i don't want to do the same thing but in fact, first responders are going to feel pain from the sequester but m