he is machinist jim edwards and he survives. >> i feel wonderful. i said thank god i'm saved now. aid i'm with you, jim, relax, everything will be fine. i'm be right with you. nothing is going to happen to you. >> edwards is burned over 60% of his body. trapped inside the blaze, he had wondered if his time had come. >> the fire and everything was about ten foot away from me and from all of that heat and everything it was heating me alive and i just couldn't go nowhere. it was scary and i was just wondering if i was ever going to see the next day or not. i figured this was the end. >> over the next three years, edwards undergoes a dozen surgeries. along the way he contracts an infection that ultimately claims his eyesight. despite his hardships, edwards remains positive. >> the good lord felt like it was not my time to go. i feel like i still have something to offer, to give to people. i'm blessed to be here still today. i talk to people about how important it is to not take anything for granted because you can lose everything in a flash. >> in all, six people die in the fire. what

jim and alex and chuck todd. >>> for more on the issues we're joining by maryland congress woman donna edwards. i know you've got a lot of constituents directly affected by this. what are you hearing from them? >> i do. and we're hearing a lot from them. maryland actually happens to be one of these states that has one of the highest density of veterans in the country. i'm a daughter of a veteran in the united states air force. we need to get the report from the ig and then act on those concerns. i think it's really important, because we know this is a really systemic problem within the veterans administration, that we get it right, and not by second-guessing what the problems are. identifying them, and correcting them for our nation's veterans. >> are you convinced that the white house is taking this seriously enough and is acting quickly enough? >> well, i listened to the president today. i think what we heard from the president was somebody who, from day one, when he took office, has expressed his concern, that we've had greater resources put into veteran services than ever before, but also w

edward chow and cliff gaddy. if i may raise a question you ended your presentation on jim and i guess the question that emerges in my mind is if the chinease deal comes into life and the gas moving into the far eastern power markets, do you have views on what that means for competitive lng sources? i am thinking does this make it more difficult for canadian lng to come in and gulf coast lng from the united states? are we kidding ourselves with all of hoopla about the lng that it maybe subdude from the more optimistic forecast. >> i think the context is that assuming the deal goes ahead as as you say and gas from canada develops the infrastructure that is require we are talking about 38 of gas into northeast china into a market that is looking for 400 billion cubic meters of gas by 2020 if they meet their current target. so 10% of the supply for the market so there are plenty of room for supply and the chinese have developed a compass of supply. we have the western supply and the southern supply and supply on the eastern seaboard from lng and regasification is being expanded on the eastern sea board and the russia