richard shelby is on that committee. here in kentucky it's widely felt we caught up with coach cal perry and he said it's obvious that kentucky it, the congress knows it, the senate knows it that these people don't deserve to be the middle of this. they are. you know, some of them have children with special needs. we had a woman who had cancer. we had a woman who was being thrown out of her apartment. >> what's your message to say mitch mcconnell, your home state senator, what do you tell people not to have this happen again? >> well, what i hope is they all come together and under we just got to make something work and everybody compromise. >> so, guys, coach cal he and his wife through their foundation gave out $200,000 to locals. gave out a bunch of grocery cards. it's an indication how through this entire shutdown communities have come together but it's the question of the breaking point how much longer can people last if, indeed, we have another shutdown after this three week period. now you guys can come at we with your bourbon jokes. so we'll call this the "morning joe" share. we're dealing it. >> i got to say, man, i