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He signed a major disaster declaration for six of our counties, which is a huge step. we are desperately trying to add more counties to that list, but its going to be a long road. theres no two ways about it. >> what do you need to hear from the president today as he comes to visit you? what message do you want him to be telling to your constituents? >> well, hes been pitch perfect from moment one on this. he and i spoke the morning after. he signed an emergency declaration two nights ago, a maj...

Is and find out directly from you all, what is most needed. fema has been, i hope, as responsive as weve intended them to be, 132 personnel from fema last year including 60 individuals and its in the management assistance team with 20 people who support the response operations, and mobile emergency response support teams, six of them to provide communication with logistic support, and on sunday when the governor -- when we spoke to the governor and he asked for the major disaster declaration, we...

Needed. now, look, fema has been, i hope, as responsive as weve intended them to be. im sure they have. 132 personnel from fema so far including federal search and rescue teams, including 60 individuals. incident management assistance teams of 20 people to support this response operations. and mobile emergency response support teams, six of them, to provide communication logistic support. and on sunday, when the governor, we spoke to the governor and he asked for the major disaster declaration, ...

He met with leaders to hear about the devastation that rocked this town. not just basements but entire houses. >> we spoke to the governor, and he asked for the major disaster declaration. we made it available immediately. so that we could speed federal assistance as quick as we could. fema administrators on the ground here in new jersey yesterday. >> people here in this area where biden is expected to tour say that the money is not coming fast enough. water levels reach the second floors of the...

The disaster declaration. thats something that some local state officials had really been hoping for. were also live in texas, the state where two controversies are colliding over restrictions on voting and abortion. in just two hours from now, the governor is expected to sign into law a plan opponents say would strip voting rights away from a lot of people, even with no evidence of widespread fraud in 2020. the law will ban drive-through and 24-hour voting, requires i.d. for mail-in voting and ...

The scientists and economists and the national security experts. they tell us this is code red. the nation and the world are in peril. thats not hyperbole. that is a fact. theyve been warning us, the extreme weather would get more extreme over the decade and were living in a real time now. look at the wreckage and the ruin. feel it. you can taste it, see it. precious lives lost in louisiana, new jersey, new york. families living in shelters, subway stations, decaying infrastructure pushed beyond...

Determined as far as the assistance goes, to expect more for that. and the significance of this disaster declaration, which often has seen a procedural thing, it is heavy for these communities. thats whats going to qualify them to get billions in dollars from fema that so many of them are desperate for. >> shannon petty piece, sam brock, allison barber, thanks. donovan richards is queensboro president in new york city. thank you so much for being with us. wow, you guys were hit so hard. whats it...

Show, new reporting -- shannon actually its your reporting the white house is suggesting it may expand the disaster declarations, right, shannon? >> reporter: yes. im sure rehema knows that firsthand on the ground and criticism from not just republicans, democrats as well, union county and essex county were left out of this disaster declaration. i asked the white house official about that and they said they are not done with this damage assessment. it is continuing and that more counties still c...

Listen to the economists and the national security experts, they all tell us this is code red. the nation and the world are in peril. and thats not hyperbole, that is a fact will stop they been warning us, the extreme weather will get more extreme weather will get more extreme over the decade and we are living it in real time now. but we can look around the wreckage and the ruin and the heartbreaks from so many communities, to feel it, you can taste it, you can see it. precious lives lost in lou...

Disaster declaration that with support from the biden administration, it could potentially ex pedite the individual assistance, but also for new yorkers that were just devastated by the storm last week. its really what i heard on friday, also, in manville, new jersey, for example. another area thats expected to be visited by president biden as early as tomorrow here, as he assesses the damage. so that is certainly the big concern weve been hearing all weekend long from those that have been hit h...