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-- top of the hour, we will take you back to the fema directors that are going on right now. this news conference and we will listen to the very latest from winter park, florida, and get an update on recovery and rescue operations there. >> -- fema back to flood insurance. what kind of turnaround or how long until you expect people to be able to receive -- to face whats needed in their homes? how long do the inspections and claims take? >> yeah, one of the very first things that everyb...

the storm barreling through the northeast. governor desantis spoke to us on the massive search and rescue operation that continues at this hour and will for some time. >> weve had coast guard rescues, urban search and rescue teams from the state of florida, weve had the national guard down in southwest florida. people have been being rescued on a minute by minute basis and it will continue to go. >> dana: we have live fox news team coverage. jonathan serrie, robert ray and janice dean ...

Aboard a u.s. warship knows the mariners similar advisory system. channel 16. the faa doesnt know what causes notams and outage grid is the first known failure of the system in u.s. history. many pilots out there griping about how old it is. >> steve: we spent trillions of dollars on upgrades for infrastructure. you would think that something so critical to our nations economy, they wouldve updated that. instead they got a computer from the eisenhower years. >> southwest airlines ground and all ...

Two humpback whales that were seen entangled in fishing gear in Monterey Bay and near...

You can see florida and cuba, but what you dont see are the bahamas. that means that the islands are completely covered by that storm. another story we were watching closely. what was supposed to be a fun, overnight scuba diving trip, off the coast, turned into a nightmare as a fire burned on deck. 15 people are confirmed dead. a dozen more are unaccounted for. thats according to u.s. coast guard officials who spoke to "the los angeles times." theres many unanswered questions about what went w...

Weve seen it in the past with other fishing vessels and industry vessels, but this being a recreational vessel definitely changes things. the dive vessel probably quite a bit of compressed air. theres a lot of accelerants just due to the nature of the business they are in. could have affected this and made it happen just so quickly. >> martha: thats a great point. why would there be hatches that wouldnt be able to open in the event of a fire? >> we will have to wait and see. the coast guard has ...

We are looking for the tops of the head, shoulders. that is what is normally going to be sticking out of the water as they are treading water. we are looking for any signs of people on the shoreline, in the water. it breeds. any form of evidence that will lead us to more people. >> trace: i want to play this made a call. i want to play this for you and get your reaction. to go this is the coast guard on channel 16. what is your position? [inaudible] >> trace: you heard him there. he said he cant...

A recreational vessel. they need a certain amgt of life jackets on board, a amount of life raft, life rings, radios, a lot of equipment, a lot of protocols that are put in place on that in the event something like this does happen that they are able to respond. once we overheard the mayday call on channel 16, we were able to -- this is not something that you mess around with. so we launched every available resource that we had that was in the area alongside our partner agencies. but you this is ...

Are. you see that it is a cloudy day and it looks like they are just getting ready to brief. so lets listen in if we can. >> partner agencies and coast guard have responded to a vessel fire near santa cruz island this morning at 3:30 a.m. coast guard central los angeles, long beach watch overheard a heyday oig call via channel 16 of an engulfed 75-foot commercial driving vessel with 39 people aboard. crews from the coast guard and fire departments and vessel assist have responded. fire departmen...