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There were major disaster declarations in a dozen states. now, the bill did wrap in funding for other 2012 disasters including those declared at a number of fisheries across the country as well as $16 billion that could be used for other disasters over three years, as well as a small amount of money for prevention. regardless, if you take all of this funding, one, it was related to disaster relief, and even if you want to say, yeah, but it wasnt related to sandy, its still nowhere close to two-t...

White house to the fema, they been very helpful. this is the quickest turnaround ive ever seen from the time a governor made a disaster declaration to getting it granted. >> garrett joins us live from the white house with more. >> heather i want to touch on something, he added this is the quickest hes ever seen this approved. put this in context, previous presidents have approved and issued these disaster declarations, but typically its a much longer drawn out process. for example, just this aft...

Never lied. thats the good thing. thats the difference between abraham lincoln and you. thats a big, big difference. were talking about some difference. >> turning from politics now, the death toll from hurricane matthew continues to climb as residents in parts of the southeast are bracing for flood waters to rise even further. authorities say at least 19 people have been killed across four states by the storms path of destruction. five people remain missing in north carolina. president obama si...

About to get back to its pre-spill color because the toxic water is moving through next mexico now. when pushed, the epa could not explain why of all the agencies it was not able to prevent this disaster. they say there will be an independent investigation. the epa said it set up collection pools to deal with the situation. the 3 million gallons still moving. julie: what happen with these disaster declarations in new mexico and colorado. >> reporter: it frees up $500 million to begin the cleanup...

Wimberley, 11 people 11 people are still missing after the devastation of the flood waters that rushed through there. it is one of 46 counties who issued disaster declarations by texas governor greg abbott. >> well this is known in wichita falls and hayes county and in multiple parts of the state as the flood of record. meaning this is the highest flood that weve ever had in recorded history in the state of texas. >> nbcs charles hadlock joins me now from houston. obviously, charles, we can see ...

Were following breaking news. at least nine people dead in the ongoing flooding disaster across texas and the southwest. just now the texas governor greg abbott announced hes issued disaster declarations for 46 counties in texas. also breaking now, iraqs military, along with malitias loyal to the government launching whats being described as a major new military offensive aimed at trying to recapture territory held by isis. among the targets, ramadi a key city abandoned by iraqi forces a week ag...

Update. that will wrap up this hour of "jansing & company." im chris jansing. thomas roberts is up. good morning, thomas. >> good morning. good morning, everyone. surveying sandys wrath, this super storm leaving 18 dead, millions without power in 13 states and tens of billions of dollars in damage, but the storm system is not finished just yet. well bring you a full update on the storm track and then the fema response. president obama signs major disaster declarations for new jersey and new yo...

I want to commend everybody who is here for the extraordinary work they have done in making sure that lives were saved; that although there was tremendous property damage. people were in a position to get out quickly as you can see, folks are on the ground already clearing out the debris and making sure that they are able to recover as rapidly as possible. i want to particularly thank fema, and the state and local authorities because sometimes in the past we havent seen the kind of coordination ...

I want to commend everybody who is here for the extraordinary work they have done in making sure that lives were saved; that although there was tremendous property damage. people were in a position to get out quickly as you can see, folks are on the ground already clearing out the debris and making sure that they are able to recover as rapidly as possible. i want to particularly thank fema, and the state and local authorities because sometimes in the past we havent seen the kind of coordination ...

Necessary in response to these kinds of disasters. this time weve seen it. we made sure that we had the disaster declarations happen quickly. so that we werent behind the eight ball. weve approved individual assistance for this area which means that these folks if they suffer additional losses beyond what theyre insured for, that they are potentially eligible for some help. were going to provide with help and debris removal. and some of the other losses that have been suffered. i particularly wa...