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Texas, hadnt met with the governor of texas and relief workers. if he had stayed in d.c. which is what some liberals were beg ging him to do to criticize him for that. he does plenty of things where he hurts himself. this is not one of them and for the people looking for drama and trying to exploit political division for their own gain, shame on them. >> lets be honest anything that president trump does he is going to be criticized. thats the way this president is covered by the media. >> someti...

Evacuation thats going to happen in that area. air transportation, large aircraft transportation all laid on to begin that operation. pulling people out, getting them to staging area, evacuation hubs and begin to move them out of the area. >> all right. we know that you have your hands full. we know youre keeping an eye on it. thank you very much for joining us and obviously well be bringing everybody the breaking details. back to you. >> all right. so harveys relative. what were seeing in texas...

Area and ongoing needs in the greatest harris county area. i have asked for and received an expansion of the number of counties added to the federal disaster declaration. it has gone from -- now the total is 33 counties, are part of the federal disaster declaration. weve added 14 counties. i want to list these counties so that people in these counties will understand that by being included in the federal disaster declaration, individuals as well as local governments are going to be eligible to r...

Part of the federal disaster declaration. we have added 14 counties, and i want to list these counties so that people in these counties will understand that by being included in this federal disaster declaration, individuals as well as local governments are going to be eligible to receive aid from fema. first im going to list 11 counties that are -- have what i call a complete federal disaster declaration, which includes both individual assistance, as well as public assistance. these new countie...

First, im going to list 11 counties that are -- have what i call a complete federal disaster declaration which includes individual assistance as well as public assistance. these new counties include colorado county, fayette county, hardin county, jasper county, jefferson county, montgomery county, newton county, orange county, san jacinto county and waller county. there are four counties added to the federal disaster declaration where public assistance is available, but individual assistance is ...

County, seguin county. there are four counties added to the federal disaster declaration where public assistance is available, but individual assistance is not. the reason for that is these four counties were not -- the subject of disasters in the way that these other counties are, but they are aiding in the support of the disaster. they include dallas, tarrant, travis and bexar county. these are all counties that are providing a tremendous amount of public assistance in dealing with these chall...

>> one of the keys to getting routine back is getting people back in their homes. when you look at the raw numbers, about 9% fewer people have flood insurance in houston than they did five years ago. do you understand whats behind that decline? because this flood is so far outside the area where people had flood insurance, whats the advice for home owners who dont have flood insurance? >> simply put, those that have flood insurance need to be activating their policies. those that dont will most ...

Governments are going to be eligible to receive aid from fema. first im going to list 11 counties that are -- have what i call a complete federal disaster declaration, which includes both individual assistance, as well as public assistance. these new counties, include colorado county, fayette county, harden county, jasper county, jefferson county, montgomery county, newton county, orange county, sabine county, san jacinto county, and waller county. there are four counties added to the federal di...

Medical emergencies? >> medical emergency, health emergency allows pour the greater flexibleability to have assets to help people in need from a medical standpoint. the disaster declaration allows for resources to come in and the early declaration allowed texas and luis ouisiana to prepare foe challenges that will exist that will go on not just for weeks or months, but literally for years. >> how do you plan? how does the federal government help today, tomorrow and in the weeks and months to com...

Continue to deploy more west of the harris county area all the way through victoria to the coastal bend region. we are also getting immediately 200 boats and 200 vehicles from the department of defense to be assigned where needed. as you might imagine, the most urgent location for that is in the greater beaumont, southeast texas area, as well as ongoing needs in the greater harris county area. i have asked for and received an expansion of the number of counties added to the federal disaster decl...