normans, but i admire about the people there -- northlands, what i admire about the people there is that they are trying to find their way home. they are doing it on their own. if you look at the way theme of the cave in the way money was administered not just -- if you look at the way fema the cavbeh and the way money was administered, that city has been trying to find its way home on its own and not an illusion about what the country is and how hollow america actually is when it comes to certain things. i find that to be interesting and admirable. that is what i want to pay attention to now. i think we all are in that boat. a lot of things that we've believed were there to keep certain parameters and certain standards inherent in everything systemic in our lives, really were not there. they had been eviscerated over the course of decades. now we are where we are at, and new orleans is looking at us and thinking, what did you expect? we have been there. >> before asking the last question, we have some important matters to discuss. we have upcoming speakers. we have someone from the u.s.