Last full day here on the Ukrainian border was a total blur. Spent the entire day shopping and refilling our tables at the refugee center and repeating that process over and over again. Greg and I spent a combined $6,000 today alone, mostly on kids toys, surge protectors, power banks, warm gloves and socks. We were able to find a few minutes to report back to MSNBC live, which will give you a bit of some insight to what it was like. Keith Kocinski from News 12 New Jersey flew in yesterday and followed us around today doing some great reporting of his own. There should be some powerful insight into the refugee crisis coming from his perspective tomorrow when that story airs! See everyone soon!
“I can’t believe that I have to be here. I’m the mayor of a 4,500-person town, one and a half square miles, and you guys are about to spend more taxpayer money on giving an international corporation who can’t manage their own budget the ability to come in and destroy my town at the Jersey Shore and our entire tourism economy,” said Point Pleasant Beach Mayor Paul M. Kanitra.
"They just do a wonderful job of helping those who've already served and helped us and helped this country and now really need help," Kanitra said. "They're involved with the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, so they're part of a larger nationwide network and they have all of the resources that that brings to bear as well.”