our local waters team with salmon, crab, hal butt, saul and hering. they're managed for the most part in great shape. it makes it possible for our small family owned portfolio boats to make a good living. these top of the line products combine with local market street makes it a win/win for the local consumers. tourists come from around the world to eat at our famess seafood restaurants and see the boats. the fishermen and women add genuine color and tradition. salmon season has been one of the best in the last decade bringing transient boats to fill the slips, buy ice, dine in our bars and restaurants and unload their salmon. all this commercial generates millions of dollars for the local economy. it also helps to make fisherman's wharf a world class destination. the fleet thanks you for all your support. i'm sure my great-great, many more greats grandson will be here to congratulate you on your 300th anniversary. [laughter] >>> if you have any questions about the fleet or how it's going down there at the wharf, we started our -- which is the first o

>> hal: feels so good to be here for sausage fest 2013. yes, sausage butts> no. >> stephanie: who would like a singed sausage butt. >> i seriously was not making enough saliva. >> you could break the window with one of these. >> stephanie: good morning, hal sparks. >> i think your discussion of it stopped people from producing saliva all over the country. you could hear the sound of mouths drying up. >> stephanie: i apologize to the entire country for my cooking. can we move on? >> hal: no, we cannot. the stars remain. >> stephanie: we opened the show, we were talking about this whole -- bob cesta wrote a piece in the daily banter about how the fringes of the right and left are meeting in terms of greenwald, beck, alex jones saying all of the same -- i was saying this there is a big difference to me between the bush and obama administration. the bush administration fearmongerred and used -- politically tried to scare us over and over and over and particularly iraq is a huge thing we have to remember. this is the first time he's closed embassies. >> he didn't