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Anticipating a natural disaster was something that craig was a master at. i dont know brock long, but his reputation was generally good. now, at the presidential political level, and ill include the cabinet level in this, its important to promptly consider disaster declarations, emergency declarations, put them in place, put the federal funding in place, but really to show empathy and to show the american public in the face of a disaster that the u.s. government cares. and showing up, simply sho...

So coordinating the prepositioning of resources, anticipating a natural disaster was something that craig was a master at. i dont know brock long, but his reputation was generally good. now, at the presidential political level, and ill include the cabinet level in this, its important to promptly consider disaster declarations, emergency declarations, put them in place, put the federal funding in place, but really to show empathy and to show the american public in the face of a disaster that the ...

River, people around the river. they expect it to crest at 17 feet above flood level, which is five feet-- more than five feet before where matthew crested two years ago. were going to continue to see inland flooding for days. waters will continue to rise. theyve issued a disaster declaration, fema has, for a number of counties in north carolina, i believe eight or nine. harnett has not yet been designated as a disaster area, but i was talking with fema this morning and they are continuing to ex...

Thursday night all along the coast. tropical force winds could be felt as soon as tomorrow afternoon. at this point, over a million americans are under mandatory evacuation orders. the president has approved disaster declarations overnight for north and south carolina. fema officials are urging all residents to heed every single warning. let me go to the director of the national hurricane center, one of the most important people we can hear from at a time like this. theyre saying potentially a c...

Is a blow to democrats who argued the republican drawn maps prevented fair and effective representation. the second case in maryland where republicans challenged a map drawn by democrats. the lower courts did not act improperly. okay. ahead, disaster declarations in two michigan counties ravaged by floods that left sinkholes and widespread damage. look at these pictures. more next. you wont see these folks at the post office

Before harvey hit, fema was reacting to disasters across the nation in many states you folks represent, and now in addition to those major disaster declarations, we were also responding to fire management assistance grants due to fires taking place. while there are many improvements to be made to ensure that the whole community response and that the asset management system continues to grow in a positive way, i do recognize there are many challenges ahead, particularly when it comes to californi...

Helping those impacted by harvey with a bridge to recovery. we are laser focused on the life-saving response mission of irma not only in florida. its going to be georgia and alabama. looking at south carolina as well. >> before speed 21 hit the florida keys, fema had more than a million liters of water, 1 million meals, 20,000 tarp than seven-day generators en route to texas along with 900 search and rescue personnel. major disaster declarations, federal support extends to the u.s. virgin island...

Get some things done in the congress you are going to have to develop some kind of bipartisanship. i commend him for doing it this last time on the debt ceiling and on hurricane relief. >> how do you think the trump administration has been responding to the back-to-back natural disasters? >> my sense is that lessons have been learned here, lessons have been learned from katrina and sandy. i have to say that fema, homeland security, they have actually done well in getting ahead of these terrible ...

Helping those impacted by harvey with a bridge to recovery. we are laser focused on the life-saving response mission of irma not only in florida. its going to be georgia and alabama. looking at south carolina as well. >> before speed 21 hit the florida keys, fema had more than a million liters of water, 1 million meals, 20,000 tarp than seven-day generators en route to texas along with 900 search and rescue personnel. major disaster declarations, federal support extends to the u.s. virgin island...

Local officials. make sure you understand who issues that warning and why you are being moved and take precautions. obviously governor scott has been leaning very, you know, very far forward. we have been in support of governor scott. we are helping him to address the fuel issues. yesterday the president proactively waved the jones act to be able to supply more fuel to help the governor get more fuel into his state. the president has been very quick to also issue disaster declarations in support...