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Market so there can be a national clearing house for example to acquire and distribute this medical gear. there shouldnt be a situation where governors are telling us theyre being out bid on the open market by the federal government. that wouldnt happen if there was a centralized system. thats on medical equipment. another huge issue is testing. were not going to be able to get back to work, back to normal, until there is a massive increase in the number of tests available and the turn-around on...

Surge water is going to push water into those access canals all the way from the space center north to jacksonville. when it gets to jacksonville, itll get in the river and flow south. so the surge water damage i think is the biggest and people should heed the advice of the local government and evacuate. remember, you own your own evacuation. and that is the problem if people do not evacuate out of low-lying areas. first responders are going to do everything they can to get to you but it may tak...

What damage has been done. tracking dorian, still a category 5 storm. well see it category 5 over the next several days. tuesday we see the decrease into a category 4 storm. we are confident that the steering mechanisms are still in place, that we will see the turn. well see that turn to the north and also to the west. category 3 storm off the coast of florida. well talk more about that a little bit later but we still have major concerns along the coast. you need to prepare now. >> thank you. we...

Lot of parts in the south were left unprotected. now locals are left paying the price. rev, back to you. >> all right, mariana, thanks a lot for that report. the gulf coast region has never fully recovered from the material damage and the human cost of hurricane katrina in 2005 according to the department of commerce, it remains the single most catastrophic natural disaster is u.s. history. more than a million people displaced in new orleans and throughout the gulf. more than $120 billion draine...

Winds were going to be busy. so were going to have that chance to rest and gear up, plan for the next go. >> reporter: if youre stuck on this island and you cant get off, its 45-mile-an-hour winds. what do you recommend people do if they need emergency assistance? >> wait. thats it. theres no other option. >> reporter: theres nothing else they can do? >> nothing they can do. >> reporter: good luck deputy chief childress. wish you the best. and back to you, stephanie. >> thanks, matt. i cant beli...

Michael brown said in a statement, quote, fema has pre-positioned many assets to move into the stricken areas as soon as its safe to do so. but the agency didnt move fast enough. days after the storm hit, lieutenant general russell was assigned joint task force katrina. he prevented a terrible situation from evolving into an even worse crises. he joins us now. general, good to see you again. we dont talk as much as we should other than during these crises but here we are facing a massive movemen...

Foch informing people about the risk. we have to work to get the most vulnerable population and heres what im talking about. after each one of these storms the majority of people that die are the elderly, disabled and the poor. everybody on medicare or medicaid who has dialysis, the government knows who they are. we need to send an ambulance and go pick them up before landfall because if they stay in their home they have a probability of not surviving the storm. we need to go get them. its not a...

Evacuations tomorrow on thursday. >> director of emergency management for broward county. thank you. we appreciate your time. good luck to you. up to 37 million people could be affected by hurricane irma. joining me now, lieutenant general, commander of the joint task force katrina. we appreciate your expertise on this program and cnn. this storm is a monster. what more should emergency officials will doing to prepare right now? >> continue to repeat the message, don. the more they encourage peo...

Careful. mold is a large concern and actually a small problem. wear a mask. wash up after you have been working and be more concerned that you dont injure yourself, strain your back with all that physical activity that you are doing. you dont want to make yourself disabled while you are trying to fix up your house. >> is mold a virtual guarantee? if the waters did or the homes did get a few feet of water, is it a virtual certainty they will need to remove the walls or furniture because mold will...

Each other politically is just, it doesnt sit well with me knowing there are people out there hanging on to trees and politicians are patting each other on the back. that is the context i made that. its not a, meant to be a front to anybody. its bad karma to go around while people are hanging on to trees. that doesnt make sense. the focus needs to be on making sure we have the commanding control in position and we are getting ahead of the next disaster. one of them is, these two dams. those old ...