rooftop rescue, connecting people to the appropriate government entity, the most vivid example was joe thomas's wife. she took a phone call from a man who found his mother's body. there was no one else to call. your urgency to continue this funding speaks to the need of the american people and i want to thank you for that. >> is there any closing comment? >> having spent a few years doing this, i understand that there is not a lot of advocacy -- consistent advocacy on the disaster -- on disaster response. one thing that we have seen as i know that you are focused on hurricanes, that is your geography and that is a big threat, but over the last 60 days there was an earthquake in the los angeles area and a pandemic. let's make this about the need for better capability to deal with catastrophic of events, because as the illinois senator told us, he is more concerned about tornadoes, these days. we have to make certain that we resonate the argument. >> what i will do is, i want to support what you have said. i will call a hearing on earthquakes, and i want to show what will happen when an earthquak

appropriate governmental entities and the most vivid example happened to someone you know quite well, joe thomas's wife, robin, was serving as a volunteer and took a call from a man who went back into his home and found his mother's body. there was no one to call about 211. i think that you were urgency to continue this funding and legislation speaks to the need of american people and i want to thank do for that. >> thank you. any closing comments? >> senator i just want to make also add thanks having spent a few years doing this i've gotten good at realizing there hasn't been a lot of efficacy on the hill, consistent advocacy on disaster response and recovery and to the .1 of the things we have seen with the ready come emt initiative is i know the you are focused on hurricanes your constituency, that's your geography, that's one of the biggest threats that you face but over the course the last 60 days have a little bit of a shake in the los angeles region and we've had a scare from pandemic and the one recognition and the one thing i strongly encourage you to do is let's make this about the need

appropriate governmental entities, and the most vivid example happened with someone you know quite well, joe thomas' wife robin was serving as a volunteer and took a call from a man who went back into his home and found his mother's body. there was no one for him to call but 211. i think that your urgency to continue this funding and this legislation speaks to the need of american people, and i want to thank you for that. >> thank you very much. all right. any closing comments? >> senator, i just want to make, also add the thanks to it. you know, having spent a few years doing this, i've gotten pretty good at realizing there's not been a lot of advocacy on the hill on the issues of disaster response and recovery. and to your point and one of the things that we've seen with the ready communities initiative is i know you're focused on hurricanes, that's your constituency, that's your geography, that's one of the biggest threats we've faced, but over the course of the last 60 days we've had a little bit of a shake in the los angeles region, we've had a scare from pandemic, and i think the one thing i

thomas jefferson? i think not. i think that joe biden needs to think before he speaks. if he needs to run, what he will say through the president's office, but so he does not have to -- so that president obama does not have to say it oh, my gosh, what did joe biden say? he needs to be that if something were to happen to president obama, he needs to step in immediately. whether we like it or not, he needs to be seen as a credible man -- and he is not. he needs to be seen as a person who is helping the white house when he speaks -- and he is not. i know that during the campaign there was a lot of ridicule of governor sarah palin -- well, having this person as vice president, they should be ready to become president. when i compare governor sarah palin to vice president joe biden -- i do not think he is a much better -- he is not harry truman or roosevelt. host: let me get you to respond to what this historian, robert writes. "despite his reputation for occasional gaffes, he has been an effective point man on obama's iraq, afghanistan and pakistan policies, the recovery ec