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Place. is that because you are hearing too many reports of people not evacuating? >> right, so were not necessarily hearing reports of people not evacuating. this is our standard emergency deployment of our personnel. and the way that we manage our geographic area because we have low-lying areas, roads that may be inundated with water. we prepositioned our emergency response equipment and personnel to include high-water rescue vehicles throughout the municipalities so we can get to whoever needs...

From here at headquarters and the region all offices through the states and locals and we have that. we want to make sure we have adequate amounts of water, mres and other critical supplies necessary should and when the storm impacts and we have that. having the time is great for that. also you have to have the mental patience and operational discipline to understand that you have to be here for the long haul and take care of the men and women behind me to make sure theyre ready to go when that ...

Reacts. there may be full activation of the sheriffs office. presently im going to ride along with the sheriffs office to go through some of the mobile home communities in the district and ensure that these folks are complying with the mandatory evacuation order, assist them in getting to shelters. we also have population that doesnt speak english or are possibly not here lawfully. that is not our concern and we want to make sure they feel welcome at the shelters. >> does this storm feel differe...

And the more we hear about this storm it sounds like this is a serious one. >> the governor desantis put out a statement, in fact, saying everyone in florida should have seven days of food, water and medicine. are you confident that people will be doing that? because we know theres always a problem with complacency when theres a threat of an incoming storm. >> we are cautiously optimistic that people are heeding the advice. this is not our first rodeo, if you will, with storms. francis and jean ...

The first woman president of the united states and a lot of people didnt show up. what is the gap youre talking about between motivation and activation? >> americans tend to really misunderstand what actions translate into political outcomes. so what we found in the survey is that women, democrats particularly, those who are most motivated. theyre motivated to make change, but what they spend most of their time doing is social media. when we asked them whether they were likely to go out and volu...

Hurricane katrina because we keep referencing hurricane katrina. the good news is that we actually learned a lot from the disaster and the mistakes made during hurricane katrina. two of thoseons youre seeing. -- those lessons youre seeing now. the federal government can pre-deploy and pre-active by declaring an emergency. this is what president trump has done. it means that the federal government doesnt have to wait for the state to make some calculation whether its in trouble. this just means t...

Rescue them. do you have any teams that are working on situations like that right now? is that the case? >> so at this point we dont have any active rescues that are working within the community. our county eoc has upgraded to a level 2 activation. were starting to get resources and different agencies together, liaison officers with the national guard for any potential mission requests that we have within that community out there. we also are going to be looking at any needs or potential request...

>> 900 members of the d.c. national guard have been called up to help with traffic control and security. thats nearly triple the typical guard activation for the event. overnight the pentagon began delivering a pair of m-1 abrams tanks to the national mall for a small stationary display of american military might. cnns barbara starr with more from the pentagon. >> reporter: it will be a very different event for the u.s. military which generally has not participated in national july 4th events. e...

Lincoln memorial where the president will speak. remember, the event is being held on the national mall, not a private space like the white house. so thats not sitting well with former defense secretary leon panetta. >> if the president does -- the president does a great deal of harm by politicizing this event. i think the military, frankly, we have always taken the position, those of us that have been involved with the military, that we dont have to display our power to anybody. were the strong...

Seats. those tickets will grant entry to the areas closest to the lincoln memorial where the president will speak. remember this event is being held on the national mall, not at a private space like the white house. that is not sitting well with former defense secretary leon panetta. >> the president does a great deal of harm by politicizing this event. i think the military, frankly, we have always taken the position, those of us involved with the military, that we dont have to display our power...