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To reform FEMA, Congress should modify the Stafford Act, lower state cost-sharing provisions, and overhaul the agency’s procedures.

Hurricane ian devastated the west coast of ian. which we know about disaster declarations in and around the state and how rare as it to hav a type of hurricane like this i november? >> this is the last thing these floridians need, causing a lot of problems especially when it comes to approach impaired so many places in florida two thirds of all counties in florida are under an emergency declaration at this hour. president biden has declared a state of emergency in florida. this is a rare hurrica...

Venezuelan migrants back to mexico. they say its going to drive down numbers. the city has said they noticed numbers have subsided and they dont intend to declare an emergency. >> critics are going to say its the white house not wanting bad press. are you hearing this from other mayors? is it weird that the white house would say this to a mayor or is this -- is this normal? what have you learned? >> its common for these conversations to happen. the government is providing federal funds to these ...

Back up. the lee county coast area, up into charlotte county, they have the brunt of the storm surge and then inland flooding. they are still not able to get it back up, that is why they are getting them into these shelters on the mainland, getting the basic services, and then the next step is getting fema assistance to provide temporary housing for those who dont have a place to go back home to. >> we know that president biden has approved disaster declarations in three states and puerto rico. ...

A recent study examined natural disasters, eviction rates and rental laws to determine where U.S. renters could feel most at home.

A new study determined which states have more bad luck than anywhere else in the country.

A new study determined which states have more bad luck than anywhere else in the country.

A new study determined which states have more bad luck than anywhere else in the country.

>> bob, two hospitals in your state have issued disaster declarations. can you explain to us what that actually means on the ground? and how bad its gotten to -- to make that necessary? >> well, thanks for highlighting the -- the issues. um, and actually, we had a third hospital in maryland this afternoon went to whats called crisis standards of care. there are really three levels. there is conventional, contingency, and then crisis level. many of our hospitals have already been operating on c c...

Enough testing. we are going to put the full force of the federal government behind expanding testing by launching a covid-19 pandemic testing board. we continue to work on making at-home testing available. from the start, americas failed to do enough with covid-19 testing. >> as for those who are getting tested here in the united states, what we are now seeing is an average of more than 200,000 new covid cases a day. the highest since january of this year. states including florida, maryland, an...