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Otherwise they are paying too much money. i still remember being in austin minnesota and seeing one house and they had converted most to a park. moved most of the houses and they go thats the guy. thats the guy that wouldnt move last time. this is called flood mitigation. there will be some moving. im hopeful it wont be on the whole scale that would happen if we didnt do anything. if we just sit the way we are we see whats happening. we know that eight of the ten metro areas in the country thats...

This. there will be some flood mitigation and the infrastructure we have to do some to reduce carbon like more trins transit but some of course is going to be about mitigation and moving things and making it easier and building stronger levies we have to be honest about that or were not making it through. >> you talk about florida. there are other communities of course that will be impacted as well. i know naomi who willrd from new york city. a sunrise active it has a question. >> thank you naom...

Sensors interior reinforcement. we need to fix the legal system of immigration. the bottom line is, we do need barriers in certain areas. nobody wants concrete barriers. border patrol doesnt. they want transparent barriers so they can see through them. you may need retaining walls for flood mitigation on the rio grand. i think its unfortunate when this term wall gets thrown out there. were really talking about establishing operational control of the border. >> with all due respect. thats what mo...

Thats a nice pat on the back, but this is a detail job. the other detail, though, is the president rolled back the federal flood risk management standard about ten days before harvey hit. you can read that in "the new york times" and a number of other publications which will result in arias being refwoilt a lower standard than the already low standards for flood mitigation in the first place. thats policy mistake. and so if the president wants to focus on detail, he really should take a second l...

Unannounced was bill stepien, who showed up with his lawyer and just sat there delivering a message. number three, the mayor of hoboken who accused the chris christie administration of holding up hurricane sandy aid. she wanted flood relief money and shes gotten that now from the federal government. her city won a contest with hud for money for big money, a big check for the federal government for flood mitigation. number four is that moodys bond rating for new jersey, they downgraded new jersey...

Based on what he was hearing at the state house. we know constable told mastros team that development was a part of the conversation with zimmer. what he called a one-minute conversation with zimmer. we know two people sitting close to zimmer and constable at that event didnt hear that conversation. we know a third person who was sitting close by, matt doherty first said that he didnt hear the conversation, and also incorrectly remembered where he was sitting on the stage, but then later said he...

Development. and also the fact that you do have this very powerful governor and very powerful mayors, but i have been thinking about this same thing, this politics as usual? and the allegation that he would hold up funding for flood mitigation for sandy in order to essentially do a favor for buddies of his who are linked to this development project, that is way outside of the norm of what happens with politics. this is no sort of pet project, earmark, you support me on this bill and ill get you ...

And then down the line, hoboken turns out received less than 1% of the funds that that town asked for from the state for flood mitigation after hoboken was, again, 80% under water in that storm. now, were those two things related? theres no smoking gun e-mail chain that has turned up yet in the hoboken case to link the endorsement to the failed requests for help to the state. but it fits the same pattern. and proving that pattern in the way the governor chris christie has behaved as governor, pr...

Turns out received less than 1% of the funds that that town asked for from the state for flood mitigation after hoboken was, again, 80% under water in that storm. now, were those two things related? theres no smoking gun e-mail chain that has turned up yet in the hoboken case to link the endorsement to the failed requests for help to the state. but it fits the same pattern. and proving that pattern in the way the governor chris christie has behaved as governor, proving the pattern is relevant to...

Manager about whether or not the mayor of hoboken was going to endorse governor christie for re-election. her answer to the governor was no. and then down the line, hoboken turns out received less than 1% of the funds that that town asked for from the state for flood mitigation after hoboken was, again, 80% under water in that storm. now, were those two things related? theres no smoking gun e-mail chain that has turned up yet in the hoboken case to link the endorsement to the failed requests for...