peanut butter office crotch all right and in fact they're less fit for society because at least mr nutter butters make and dogs happy so i think we should view them as the same way we view those people on the t.v. show hoarders all right these people you don't respect anybody else who collects a million of something you know if someone tells you they've got a million shoes you're like what's the matter with you so we should view them like orders you don't make fun of hoarders but you don't go to them for advice no one walks into their houses and there's like wow you got a room filled with eighteen years worth of yogurt containers and another room filled with old coca-cola cans and expired parakeets this is really impressive but what struck me about this act the certina is that it just is so true and that the the billions of dollars being. cumulated by individuals whether it's larry ellison or bill gates or jamie diamond are these bankers in the corporate chieftains they are not circulating in the economy in any productive way the unemployment numbers are horrible wages are horrible the ec

joining me now from las vegas is philadelphia mayor, michael nutter, who is also the president of the u.s. conference of mayors. mrh for joining us. >> thank you, alex. >> mr. mayor, i have to ask you, we are talking about dysfunction and obstruction in washington. how frustrating is it to be a mayor, someone who very keenly is aware of where the rubber meets the road and sees what's happening in washington where nothing is getting done? >> well, alex, let me just say and i think i can speak for all the mayors in saying the mayor's job is possibly one of the best jobs in the united states of america. it's a tough job. it's a challenging job. but it certainly is a lot of fun, and you get to do things with your constituents and i'm the mayor of my hometown, greatest honor in elective office i think i'm ever going to have. so we see the things that go on in washington. mayors are about getting stuff done. we have that responsibility, and whether it's public safety or picking up trash, filling potholes, making sure there's water in swimming pools, looking out for the educational opportunities for our young people, it'

the mayor, michael nutter, is joining us now from the scene. mr. mayor, thanks very much. this building was being demolished, i understand. then all of a sudden, it collapsed. how is this possible? what do we know, how did this happen, mayor? >> what we know is we have an active demolition of a building which happens to be next to the salvation army thrift store. the store was actively operating. the building had already been partially demolished some time ago. this was an active demolition site. the building being demolished, of course, was vacant. we don't have all of the details, but we think it's pretty clear that part of the wall of the building that was being demolished collapsed onto the salvation army thrift store. the store was active and open. there were employees and customers. we didn't -- do not know how many people were actually in the store at that time. so active search and rescue continues. we're taking away the debris. we still have an area to be examined. and we are hopeful that we have actually gotten out everyone who was in the building, but at this mo