lookingh jared woodard, at what people are doing with their money, that will be most interesting. after what we heard from senator mcconnell, the mystery of what we have seen today from disarray and the republican party's reality of what it means for the funding of our transportation. that could be dfw in dallas, they could be airlines coast-to-coast, amtrak even, or the mta. pat foy joins us right now. theare listening to dialogue in washington. on the desperation meter, how badly do you need federal help after the shortfall you are seeing? patrick: on the desperation index, we are facing a fiscal tsunami, which has left our infrastructure intact, but demolished 40% of our revenues. we exhausted the last of the cares dollars we got several months ago. that was about $3.9 billion in funding. we need an additional $3.9 billion, and these are shocking numbers, to get us through the remainder of the deer. i revenue sources come from our customers, and the remaining half of our revenues comes from subsidies which are economically sensitive. you get a feel -- tom: you get a feeling was