you said its future waterfront property in gainesville. >> gainesville is landlocked and i like to say that my daughter will inherit waterfront property in gainesville which is smack in the middle of the state. the level rises significant around the country but five of the most, according to some states, five of the most vulnerable metropolitan areas are located on the us coast. but the other thing that contributes to erosion is engineering projects and the loss of the mangroves . the living shoreline generally our best defense against sea level rise is not concrete seawalls which actually contribute to erosion but it's the restoration of the living shoreline. the seagrass beds, oyster beds, coastal marshes and mangroves. they mitigate, they do the best job at mitigating the active sea level rise but at the sametime , they are carbon sinks. they absorb a lot of carbon out of the atmosphere but also out of the water whereas concrete seawalls will admit carbon dioxide for 1000 years, believe it or not. >> here in illinois, we get down there every now and then . how cold people are we for

gainesville, adam tuss, news 4. >> i puty kids to work, right? i have legos at my house. have whole bunch of stuff at my house. >> i'm thinking my kids are l fallingtle short in that department. >> way to go, kids. >> yeah, no kidding. >>> a lot of guys shave before work. chuck and i have to do it all the time. even if we don't want to. not the man whose beard is on display at the national museum of natural history. >> this is the longest beard ever recorded. you can stay a guess at how long you tnk it is. 17 feet and six inches. the beard belonged to hans langeseth, a in north dakota farmer who died in 1927. >> the kids say their dad's final wish was to have his beard cut off and held for post airport. they did that. 40 years later they donated i t smithsonian. seems like something maybe better suited for one of those ripley's believe it or not museums where. his droemz were fulfilled, though. see? >> i guess. >> now you can think of things that you can do to have your legacy in the smithsonian museum forever, chuck bell. what do you think? >> maybe his glasses. >> befor

here is david curley. >> reporter: a striking sight for gainesville, florida drivers as a plane lands on their highway. it was a small plane in trouble. the tower wondering, as those drivers saw the cessna landing on i-75. >> we've got a plane that landed down on the interstate. >> reporter: officials say the pilot actually did a good job of finding a break in the traffic and putting the plane down between vehicles. >> by the grace of god, nothing struck it. no injuries. >> reporter: the plane owned by a flight school apparently suffering engine trouble, landing safely with two people on board. this part of the interstate is surrounded by swamp, according to a police officer who said the pilot had little choice. david curley, abc news, washington. >> the pilot is now being applauded for a job well done. he put it down great. no damage to the airplane, no injuries to any passengers. didn't hit anybody down on the ground. >> and you look at the landing, it was fairly textbook for a highway. >> apparently. >> a runway. >> i don't know about textok. they say as they started recognizing th

gainesville, adam tuss, news 4. >>> good morning, everybody.akeup weather time. >> we'll be back in a second with a 'tis of all the goodies. >> an emotional reunion and hope for families separatedcr after sing the border. how a mother and son will re narrator: david blair is the un-trump. 100% pro-choice rating from naral. endorsed by th washington post - "the best chance of injecting a dose of tality into a county that badly needs it." in business, he exposed drug company kickbacks. mp nurse susan: david'any saved customers over $9 billion. ployees: david was a very progressive ceo. we had 401k.er paid mty leave. job creator. progressive. pro-choice. an eagerness to listen, a passion for innovation. david blair for montgomery county executive. zbloinch a look at the radar. it's not what we typically want to see as we start our friday. it is going to be wet as you head outside. good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. >> i'm chris lawrencen for aaron this morning. chuck is outside braving the elements. he has a few friends along with him. ut we're

meet in gainesville, adam tuss, news >> look at them making their pitches. >> i know.l disclaimer to the pin cushion girl, my niece. >> so cute. >> proud our kid ceo. i'll be there tomorrow, too. the business fair, please join us. you'd love it. >> indoors, right? >> yes. >> that's where a lot of people want to be, right? >> only because it is going to be hot tomorrow. chances of storms are low through the day tomorrow. >> ok. >> what about today? >> another story? >> we have storms. that's why we're wther alert. heavy downpours and storms possible. it been hot and humid recently. yesterday wasn't that bad. today, going to be back in the '80s -- 80s. torrow, around 90s. we're more settled through next week. take a look at these mperatures. it is a mild morning. temperatures are in the 60s right now. 50s in some spots. visibility is down. the fog is outasthere. ou make your way out and about this morning, just know -- i couldn't see thee top of washington monument coming in today -- it is a little on the foggy side. a little on the teary side. gr sunglasses. i do believ

in gainesville, adam tuss, news 4. >> day -- adam told me he was impressed with the kids.hey had to come with a budget plan. >> pitch it. >> like "shark tank." they wntt in f of the business leaders, and these kids gave presentations about how they'd get off the ground, how they'd make money. see it tomorrow at the business fair. >> what did we do with our lives? >> i was looking at david. ou >> where weret 6 years old, right? >> at least you have the ms down because you're tracking the forecast. >> not doing too bad. >> yeah. they're going to be doing better than am. at 6, they're already starting that way. >>> we'll all be doing well into sunday. sunday is a lot better than saturday, in terms of conditions for the weather. you can see here, we have showers out there right no mainly in the shenandoah valley. some are heavy. i shouldn't say showers. shouun say rstorms. that's what we're seeing out there. now, as we go through the middle part of the day, we'll have a chance for showers but also a schance to seee sunshine. after 1:00 or 2:00, that's when the chanc increase,

in gainesville, adam tews 4. >> impressive group of people.i love, they pulled this together within a few nths. and how the business community, these mentors have taken time out oda their over the weeks, to let these kids set up it.lan, a budget, present it's like "shark tank." that's what they've gone through. they're not just going to put up their display tomorrow. they've been working toward this. some of our viewers will meet out there tomorrow. i'm excited about that. bring your kids. >>>t is inside right? >> it is. >> tomorrow is the better half of the week,right? >> so hot though. temperatures around 90s. better chances come later on this afternoon for a shower. that is why we are in weather alert. look at the fog out there. pretty thick in a l of places. visibilities are down quite a bit. all across the area, too. as you make your way out to work- it issaturday. well, we are at work. if you're going to work or making your way out the i door, is going to be a little foggy. that's what you're going to encounter out there. be ceful out on

in gainesville, adam tuss, news 4. >> very cool. >> training them early. >> love that. >>> protests growingoting of an unarmed black teenager in pittsburgh. dramaticell phone video coming up next. >>> at 5:00, a tearful reunion between a mother and son who been separated at the aruna miller: almost every law i write comes from listening to peoples' stories.ll i'm aruna mier, and growing up as an immigrant, i know we have the power to improve peoples' lives. that's why in the state le, i fought for more computer science in our schools.ng gps tracor domestic abusers. and some of the strictest gun safety laws in the nation. in congress, i won't let donald trump undo the progress we've made. i approved this message for all our stories. woman: it felt great not having hepatitis c. it's like a load i was just excited for it to be over. harvoni is a revolutionary treatment for the mohr common type ofic hepatitis c. it's been prescribed to more than a quarter million people and is proven to cure up to 99% of patients who have had no prior treatment with 12 weeks. certain patients can be cured with

mainly just drizzle on and off the past few hours but abo to again downpours gainesville centreville, also some intermittent lightning. it is moving northeast wards, have a better chance of seeing fhe ne done for t the night. new flood warning through the city ofwinchester, parts m h culpeper, virginia, a a aerial flood warning across northern and central virginia today. a lots of standing water on t roadways are the past 24am hour s and creeks out of their nks. so be careful even tomorrow morng driving south and west. that's where we have the flash flood watch in eect until late lutodeght. dc but we'll tee showers ourselves. nimpoveratghurere rising closer daybreak, much warmer and m more like summer tomorrow. 87 degrees for that high te utme clearing late b alsoe. aatp erchance much thunderstos. i'll go over those weekend storm chan and have groourl seven-day forecast still ahead. back upstairs to sarah and guy. >> two men are behind bars tonight accused of robbing and beating a man. c montgoounty detectives say the man just stood there and watched the man getce hit twi by two diffe

all of it caught on camera on a packed i-75 south of gainesville and suddenly a small plane comes inn front of oncoming traffic. luckily, no one was hurt. the plane suffered mechanical issues. the pilot unable to return to the airport in time. >>> up next, one of the country's biggest music parties and the superstar honoring teachers who struck a cord in their lives. our spotlight is next. muscle pain. only aleve targets tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. aleve back & muscle. all day strong. all day long. this looks worse than i thought. mike and jen doyle? yeah. time for medicare, huh. i have no idea how we're going to get through this. follow me. choosing a plan can be super-complicated. but it doesn't have to be. unitedhealthcare can guide you through the confusion, with helpful people, tools and plans. including the only plans with the aarp name. well that wasn't so bad at all. that's how we like it. aarp medicare plans, from unitedhealthcare. (ch'that could neverme people wahappen to me, and say, i don't smoke that much, so i'm not really a smoker.' well, i didn't

i was reading up the pastgu couple days in gainesville the future waterfront property. >> it is landlocked. i like to say my daughter will inherit waterfront property. five of the most vulnerable metropolitan areas are located on the west gulf coast. the other is engineering projects contribute with the loss of the mangrove band of the living shoreline generally. the best defense against the level rising is not a concrete seawall that actually contributes to erosion but the restoration of the living shoreline. the seagrass beds, oyster oyster beds, coastal marshes and mangrove forest. they do the best job to mitigate the impact but at the same time, they absorb a lot of carbon out of the atmosphere but also the water.r. where a seawall will e-mail it carbon dioxide from 1000 years believe believe it or not. >> here in illinois with some the golfoblems faces? >> we met this for a general audience. whether you vacation there or have a family member, everybody is connected to the .oal and i said earlier 85% runs through the gulf of mexico. and that water comes from a long way away. the missis

he avoided all the cars on interstate 75 in gainesville. nobody got hurt. >> good piloting there. >>> the head of the epa scott pruitt is under fire once again this morning for alleged misuse of his security detail. "the washington post" reports pruitt ordered agents to drive him to several locations to look for a particular kind of moisturizing lotion that's offered at ritz-carlton hotels. the report also says pruitt ordered his detail to pick up his dry cleaning. his conduct is the subject of at least a dozen investigations. >>> kim kardashian west is sharing the details leading up to president trump's decision to commute the life sentence of first-time drug offender alice johnson. the reality star told cnn she se made daily calls to the white house for seven months after reaching out to ivanka trump and jared kushner. she said the president called her himself to tell her that johnson was being released. >> so you're sitting there, the phone rings and it says donald >> no, it says unknown and it was a secretary on the line that said she h

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you can see the black smoke right there above the hospital in gainesville, texas. they did race to evacuate the patients. there is word of injuries tonight. abc's mar kuls moore frcus moor now. >> reporter: tonight, smoke billowing from coryell memorial hospital in gatesville, texas. rescuers rushing to the scene to evacuate patients in desperate need of help. >> they've got an active fire at the maintenance building and people trapped. >> reporter: hospital workers seen assisting patients in wheelchairs, fanning them in the brutal texas heat. ambulances called in to help transport patients to other hospitals. officials saying several are injured. and tonight, there are reports the explosion occurred in a section of the building under construction. >> i have a gas explosion at the back of the hospital. >> reporter: these images showing the moment of that powerful blast. debris flying into the air. police calling the situation an ongoing emergency. and tonight, investigators are still trying to figure out what caused this explosion that, david, was so strong, it kno

or gainesville, florida. it didn't merit a lot of attention.certainly wasn't a precondition to the meeting. there is concern when the president speaks highly of the leaders and praises them that it's of the moral leadership that the u.s. often provides around the world and presses leaders to do better on human rights and to do more on, you know, forcing democratic institutions. >> you know, he says there is a history of president trump talking about leaders and he talks about the great control. they have the great power. these sorts of things. i'm wondering, can you see any connection between him offering comments and any potential progress in terms of resolving the situation in could one at least potentially be connected to the other? >> will, first of all, i think it's per postrous -- i mean he is mass murder. she a dangerous man. he killed his own family. to some extent this is simply a named talk by the president. if he is doing it because he thinks it will change their strategic objectives and nuclear weapons won't have an impact on it at

a web search finds in 2015 a brandon genest was a staff member at a camp in gainesville virginia.on his bio it says i babysit for several families in the northern virginia area... even since i was a child myself, i always enjoyed working with those younger than i am. standup dan kerman/martinez 141-151genest remain here at the contra costa county jail in lieu of 1.2 million dollars bail. he is due back in court on june 18. in martienz, dan kerman kron 4news (pam) a woman connected to a suspioire at a pre- school in union city .. has now been taken to ctody. 39-year-old kristina romo was arrested for attempted arson at the safari kids pre- school... police say they were able to catch romo after a person identified her from surveillance video. the fire was first reported last month. investigators say, the motive is still not clear. (ken) 35 people treated in the hospital after being exposed to a toxic cloud at a swim club in san jose. (pam) the youngest patient was just six- years old. kron-4's justine waldman shows us ... a hazmat team had to respond to the scene. an empty pool at

stocks letter broad-based rally but the gainesville before the close on worries about u.s.rade policy. the dow gained 55, the nasdaq up three. >>> comcast suffered a major outage today that affected customers nationwide. the cable companies is one of its network partners had a fiber line cut. the outage impacted business and residential internet as well as video and voice customers. service has been restored, comcast is one of the nations largest pay-tv providers. >>> if you have a credit card, the bureau of consumer protection announced that citibank must pay $335 million after they failed to raise the interest rates. they prayed more in interest than they should have. they said nearly 2 million cardholders will get an average refund of $190 is been back governor jerry brown signed new legislation to protect her internet privacy. rivacy the new law is supposed to regulate how businesses collect and sell a person's data.>> when it comes to your online privacy, california is just passing the strictest law in the country. meant to give consumers more information and control o

. >> in gainesville, adam tuss, news 4. >> wow. >> creativity, it's s likerk tank for kids. >> never too early. that's amazing. >> t creativity is amazing. >> as we keep an eye on ther, raou can see the rain about everywhere at this point. >> yes. i think we have been getting it a lot. people farther south of us have been getting it worse. francisco-likesan kind of day where we've got that layer kindf erset cloud layer, it's cool as well. temperatures in the upper 60ts. he good news, it's not going to be a washout of a en weekend. let's take a look. the folks farther south of us, this is flooding taking place in richmond, virginia. so wed mis by just a hair and farther south is where they'll be seeing the most active weather today. they could see thunderstorms as well. for us,t's justain. i want to take you to our maps. you can see where it'sn highlighted green. we are seeing flood warnings in our area as so here's a look. flood warnings are highlighting the t'board. but primarily for fauquier county. that's whatrehe bright is. spotsylvania, stafford, fredericksburg until 4:30 p.m.r

a web search finds in 2015 a brandon genest was a staff member at a camp in gainesville virginia. on his bio it says i babysit for several families in the northern virginia area... even since i was a child myself, i always enjoyed working with those younger than i am. standup dan kerman/martinez 135-145genest remain here at the contra costa county jail in lieu of 1.2 million dollars bail. he is due back in court on june 18. in martienz, dan kerman kron 4news146/std 146/std4news146/std (vicki) health officials have added the state of california to the list where cut melon may be contaminated with salmonella.(vicki) food and drug administration officials say cut watermelon, honeydew, and cantaloupe sold at well-known grocery stores have been recalled. some of those stores include walmart, wlagreens and even costco. anyone who has recently purchased cut melons are advised to throw it away. california is one out of 23 states who have received warnings. (grant) a warning tonight for parents... alameda county health officials y there is a spike of whooping cough cases compared to this t

four years ago she told angie goff about her new life in gainesville married with a daughter overseeing a foundation that raises funds for wom shelters. this is what she said then about the night that changedfo her li ver. >> do you feel bad for what you did? >> yes, i did. yes, i did because it was a crime. it was something that done but it was not done on purpose. >> now those involved in the case wonder if the renewed atntion that comes with the anniversary will tie it to the me too movement, could put both of them back in the spotlight again. i'm jaulie carey news 4. >>> prince wliam county police still have the knife she used in the attack. >> and you have a chance to see it tomorrow if you'd like. police aren holding open house at the new charlie dean police station along davis ford roa inr woge. the knife is among several crimes and the opens house r from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. >>> a mother turns her pain into purpose after her son drowns at day care. >>> also tonight we're tracking in and the potential for flooding in parts of the region. amelia is going to come back with a loo

a web search finds in 2015 a brandon genest was a staff member at a camp in gainesville virginia. on his bio it says i babysit for several families in the northern virginia area... even since i was a child myself, i always enjoyed working with those younger than i am. standup dan kerman/martinez 141-151genest remain here at the contra costa county jail in lieu of 1.2 million dollars bail. he is due back in court on june 18. in martienz, dan kerman kron 4news (ken) san francisco's mayor-elect, london breed, went back to where it all started as she declared victory after last week's election.(pam) the city's first black, female mayor delivered a passionate speech at her elementary school. our grant lodes joins us now ... with london breed's message for san franciscans. (grant) london breed's speech was infused breed's speech was infused with memories of heryouth -- both happy and challenging. she talked to an enthusiastic audience in the gym ofher old grade school -- now called rosa parks elementary. she said walking its halls today reminded her of old friends and favorite teachers.

a web search finds in 2015 a brandon genest was a staff member at a camp in gainesville virginia. on his bio it says i babysit for several families in the northern virginia area... even since i was a child myself, i always enjoyed working with those younger than i am. standup dan kerman/martinez 141-151genest remain here at the contra costa county jail in lieu of 1.2 million dollars bail. he is due back in court on june 18. in martienz, dan kerman kron 4news ( robin ) police in san francisco arrested and charged a man... for kicking and killing a small dog. police say 24-year-old nicholas cornelius was seen on video abusing the three-year-old dog. it happened earlier this month in an alley off market street.. near the montgomery bart station. the dog-- named puppet-- suffered a fractured skull and died from his injuries. cornelius is facing felony animal cruelty. ( robin )a woman connected to a suspicious fire at a pre- school in union city .. has now been taken into custody. 39-year-old kristina romo was arrested for attempted arson at the safari kids pre- school... police say th

gainesville, adam tuss, newz 4. >> you pa i to have your package delivered, right? but take a look at is in how they get to the door? whoa. next at 5:30, what fedex is saying about this viral video caught on camera in northern virginia. >>g and speakf virginia, we have some flood warnings now down across parts of central virginia for madison and green counties. already more than an inch and a lf of rain in those flooded areas there. be careful. number one safety rule for drivers, turn around, don't drown. if you can't see the road, don't drive on it. sounds simple, doesn't urit? >>>eam is working for you on school safety. wait until you hear how many achers are working without a license in one of our local school districts. [thoughtful sigh] still nervous about buying a house? a little.d thought i co-stress with some zen gardening. at least we don't have to worry about homeowners insurance. just call geico. geico helps with homeowners insurance? good to know. that's really good to know. i should clean this up. i'll get the dustpan. behind the golf clubs. get to know

video posted op by a witness shows the smoke pouring out of the hospital in gainesville qb, southweste person we have learned has been killed. 12 otherseninged. all the victims were construction workers no patients hurt. part of the hospital has collapsed. emergency respond frers all over central texas have been dispatched to the scene. >>> well, now to the simmering trade war. it's causing whiplash on the stock market as you may have noticed. and new tension between president trump and harley davidson, the motorcycle company. abc news reporter maggie reule has more. >> the brewing trade war over tare i haves is roaring stateside. and american icon harleyly dachds is saying they plan to move informing manufacturing overseas citing the trump administration tare on aluminum and steel is a direct reason for the move four days ago. europe retaliated against the taur i was by slapping a 31 processors tariff on motorcycles. driving up the cost of a sibl o single bike more than $2,000. >> of course the consequences are that the american companies and the american business and american consum

a freshman from brown university, from gainesville, georgia, dhruv gaur.more at the university of central florida from sarasota, florida, hannah sage. and a freshman at tufts university from los altos, california, william scott. [ laughter ] >> steve: oh. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: the knicks, saw that, and they were like, "good enough, we'll take him." [ laughter and applause ] jual ♪yeah, yeah. >> nope. >> jimmy: i just saw that today is world book day. [ cheers and applause ] people were going to celebrate, then said, "eh, i'll just wait for world movie day." [ laughter and applause ] get this, at this weekend's london marathon a man proposed to his girlfriend while dressed as a t-rex. [ light laughter ] which backfired, when his arms were too short to open the ring box. [ laughter and applause ] some tech news, i heard that some g-mail users have been getting spam messages from themselves. which got really confusing for the one guy who actually is a a nigerian prince. he's like "wait, what?" [ laughter and applause ] and finally i read about a man who was

cover, you know, up to 400,000 people across our commonwealth, and 3,700 of my constituents between gainesvilleve access to quality affordable health insurance, which is incredible. so, recognizing the math, they understood that either they could be part of the solution or, eventually, when democrats do take back the majority, and we will, as long as people are willing to knock on doors, make phone calls and get involved in campaigns, then, well, it's either they would be left behind or they could be apart of, you know, bipartisan change. and that's what we had, where, you know, state senator emmett hanger in particular, he's a republican co-chairman in the senate finance committee, he genuinely wanted to work in a bipartisan fashion, you know, between the senate and the house, to get this done. and the house prappropriations chairman, chris jones, he was very interested in making sure we had a fiscally sound budget that, you know, not just protected, you know, not just delivered health insurance for so many people, but also put virginia in that same, you know, fiscally, you know, great state t

that's the size of a city like south bend, indiana, or gainesville, florida, and it really didn't meritf attention. it certainly wasn't a pre-condition to the meeting. so i think there's concern when the president speaks highly of these leaders and praises them that it's -- it's an abdication of the moral leadership that the u.s. often provides around the world and presses leaders to do better on human rights and to do more on, you know, forcing democratic institutions. >> in general, as ken says, there is this history of president trump talking about autocratic leaders. he talks about the great control they have, the great power, these sorts of things. in this instance, i'm wondering can you see any connection, any potential connection between president trump offering these kinds of public comments about kim jong-un and any potential progress in terms of denuclearization, in terms of resolving this situation? could one at least potentially be connected to the other? >> well, you know, first of all, i think it's utterly preposterous to talk about how the north korean people love with fe

florida's developed-- development program in gainesville has it in the upper '80s tickets a great program it goes right it teachers in the same constructive way. we went to the state legislature about two months ago and they have given us to counties and said if you get in the 70s we will put this through the state, so we think we can get florida-- [applause]. >> thank you. >> you know it's been some years since i was actively involved in, you know, education k-12 but i spend a lot of time on it when i was president and it was one of my main jobs, maybe my main job when i was governor, but one thing we learned is that one of the big reasons for school dropouts is that passed the eighth grade if you don't have a high level of reading comprehension you cannot do the math or the english and people get bored and they quit and it's very important-- the kind of an program cr does are important especially because we still have the shortest school year of any advanced country except for belgium. >> how do you know how long the belgium school year is, sir? who the hell knows that? [laughter] >> i

a web search finds in 2015 a brandon genest was a staff member at a camp in gainesville virginia.is bio it says i babysit for several families in the northern virginia area... even since i was a child myself, i always enjoyed working with those younger than i am. london breed formally declared victory as san francisco's mayor -elect today... .. she did it with an often emotional speech at the elementary school she once attended.. catherine heenan is here with details.. (catherine) london breed got a big welcome in the auditorium of what's now rosa parks elementary... she talked about old friends and favorite teachers...and about the many people who helped her step up from poverty to success... breed says the problem -- she was an exception. not the 'norm.'the mayor-elect is promising to bring new opportunitiesto the city's young people. london breed - their normal won't be hanging out selling drugs on the block.their normal will be college - living in the city. their normal will be paid internships when they're in high school. and we as a city will have to roll up our sleeves and

you live in gainesville. i saw the use of the future waterfront property in gainesville.dlocked. and i like to say that my daughter will inherit waterfront property right smack in the middle of the state. level rise is significant. but five of the most vulnerable metropolitan areas are located on the u.s. coast. and but the other thing that contributes to erosion is engineering projects.and the loss of the mangrove, the living shoreline generally, our best defense against sea level rise is not concrete seawall spirit which actually contributes. but the restoration of the shoreline. the oyster beds, coastal marshes and mangrove, they mitigate, they do the best job at mitigating the impact. at the same time, they absorb a lot of carbon out of the carbon dioxide appeared out of the atmosphere but also out of the water. where as a concrete seawall will emit carbon dioxide for thousand years. >> here in illinois, again, we get down there every now and then. how culpable are we for some of the things that the problems that the gulf faces? >> we are all culpable. i wrote this bo

host: gainesville, georgia, robert, democrat. good morning. caller: good morning. and thanks.e been on some mission trips in my day, and our effort was to try to sort of focus on indigenous efforts, where people are trying to help themselves. i read a piece about a bucket truck and a little neighborhood had bought a bucket truck in puerto rico, and they were doing a real humans effort to get the wires reconnected. i would like to ask mr. olasky, what would be the best way to help the people help themselves? i think they really want to do that. thank you so much for taking my call. guest: i think the best way, the most bang for the buck comes from giving to church efforts that have proven themselves effective over the years in puerto rico and other disasters like katrina. basically 10k years ago on the experience of katrina and other disasters that show that private groups, church groups were much more efficient than the federal government. are churches more efficient than other private groups, for some reason? guest: they do more with volunteers, so in other words, there are g