. >> and from heidi zhou castro in san antonio you, we turn to pineville, kentucky now where jonathan martin is. and jonathan what is the situation in that part of the country? it seems it has almost come full circle? >> reporter: yeah, and in this area, it's really about diversifying the economy. this area is known as coal mining country. so many people here for generations have depended on coal mining for work, but in the last few years there has been a downturn in that industry, a lot of people have lost their jobs, and as a result businesses have closed. several of these businesses right in a row are just closed. the situation is pretty bad around here. if you think about the per capita income, it's just over $11,000, and the latest numbers show about 30% of the people are living below the poverty line. so money will be coming in -- there will be a $1.3 million small business loan to help some of these businesses that have closed, and help those that are open to because more sustainable, and provide job training, and leadership training to get these folks back to work, people who

joining us now from pineville kentucky.s jonathan martin, jonathan, talk to us about this that you are now, this section of kentucky and why it fits the parameters for one of the presidents promises. >> as you mentioned it isn't only one of the poorest areas in the entire country, but if you look at this region, this eight county region, and look at the numbers $11,000 that is the per capita income for this area. and as you mentioned anywhere from 30 to 40% of the people living below the poverty line, you don't even have to walk far, just downtown. and you can see business that is are closed and you talk to people who are really struggling. keep in mind, this was coal mining country. this is how people made their living. but recently, thousands of people have been layed off, these coal mines places have closed in large part because of the new regulations that have come out, so you have people who are making 70 or $80,000 who are suddenly wondering what am i going to do, how am i going to sustain living how will i feed my fa

i todd, up next from pineville, arkansas. republican line, good morning. caller: good morning. question i would like government to shrink. would like washington to become less intrusive in our lives. when you say you want starting to sluhrink, where? >> primarily laws. the amount of control that the government has over our aily life with intrusion into education which should be a statish skpaou not a federal intrusions into health which i find no reason for the government government to be health. in our >> brad from st. paul, minnesota. democrats line. >> caller: yes, i would like to see national pass a minute number income that is labor. d to >> you can expand on that? >> many of your callers believe big.government is too my opinion that is capitolism is too big. watching your network earlier this evening and i saw a onservative say that the unemployed should be dragged to in chains. hat is not what i call small government. there are so many people in this country who are not getting by necessarily s not the answer. there are so many people that i income.have no they have no c