joining me now is democratic senator peter welch of vermont.ator welch, thank you for being with us. last summer, your state experienced devastating and historic flooding. what did you learn during that experience that may lend any assistance or advice to folks in california right now? >> well, i'd say a couple things. first of all, it's incredibly devastating in the aftermath. it's obviously incredibly devastating for the folks who lost their homes and their businesses. kids who lost their schools, five schools, i think have been burned. and that trauma continues. the initial shock, you start to get over it, but then you have a destroyed school, a destroyed home, a lost business. so that's one. and it really requires each of us who have been so lucky as not to have been directly impacted, to reach out and remember to keep reaching out. second, there's a real challenge with fema and response. fema does a great job in the initial recovery. but then when you're trying to deal with the bureaucracy about getting if you're on the town select board,

back to friendships and his freshman class come another different of my does peter welch from vermont. >> a freshman at 70 come was any? >> i love it. we obviously do not see eye to eye on many things. >> from vermont, i guess not. >> i took people in alabama, here like in vermont. bernie sanders. peter is committed to figure out how to get back to some symbols of regular order and you will be a driving force on the democratic side of how do we bring in minutes we truly believe will improve the bill and how do we get back to working to get a more productive way. >> we running out of time. one important follow-up question. question. i couldn't help but notice when the ap top 25 college basketball poll came out this week that auburn number one and alabama number four. some straight talk. is alabama not a basque bostick? >> we are going on that for a little bit for sure. we're going to regroup on the football side and right now we are focused on basketball season. >> you're going to regroup. katie britt, thanks to you all. thank you very much. thank you, guys. [applause] >> please welcom