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and running but we also understand the severity of the storm and the really, really catastrophic damage that it can inflict on thes southwest coast of florida. youre starting to see power outages, but youll see way more over the next 48 hours. youll have millions of people without power in the state within the next 48 hours. no question. this morning kevin guthrie, our team management has asked for additional high water vehicles from the department of defense and coordination of fema. ...

power. water as well. were going to get a live update on what hell hear and see as well. also this morning, court is in session. its the first day of the supreme courts nine-month term with justice ketanji brown jackson making history as its newest member. the history-making docket, the justices have teed up, after their last blockbuster term. opening statements are under way in a trial involving the oath keepers. their founder and other members are the first capitol attack defendant...

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Core strengths of fema. if you go and see the national response center here in washington, d.c., you have entities from all different parts of government, d.o.d., department of emergency, the red cross, and they really are coordinating these efforts. you have a large national search and rescue presence. you have local search and rescue presence. you have a lot of folks that, you know, can register for help by calling fema or going to a disasterassistance.gov. but there are other entities that ne...

Skb the mayors of tampa, st. pete and clearwater. my message has been absolutely clear. we are on alert and action to approve every request florida has made for temporary assistance, emergency assistance, long-term assistance that i have received. we discussed what we have done to prepare for the hurricane. that includes dispatching hundreds of fema personnel and activating thousands of national guard members. i have also developed a search and rescue team and deployed them to the mobile agencie...

Working with governors in the area, even before ida made landfalls, i made emergency declarations to help us respond quickly. fema prepositioned more than 4.3 million meals and more than three million liters of water before it hit. we deployed more than 250 generators and were working to get more in the area, especially the hospitals desperate need of them. the department of health and human services deployed 250 beds, federal, medical shelter in new orleans and five medical assistance teams ava...

Declarations for louisiana and mississippi to help us respond quickly. fema prepositioned more than 4.3 million meals and more than 3 million liters of water and other critical resources in the region before it hit. we deployed more than 250 generators and were working to getting more into the area, especially the hospitals in desperate need of them. the department of health and human services deployed a 250-bed federal medical shelter in new orleans, and five medical assistance teams available ...