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Its hard to say for certain. it kind of depends on what grid youre on. a lot of people have better grids, because thats where the hospitals are located. so that can be a factor. it just depends on where youre located and how severe the winds are, where it takes down the power lines or not. if it does, it may take a while to get power back on. >> youve been some public service for a long time, have been through many storms, so lets look forward a bit. what do people need to brace themselves for a...

Usual. i feel like its going to do a lot of damage to this part of the country. >> do you think that folks here in gainesville recognize the threat thats here? we hear our reporters from cnn over in miami or tampa talking about the storm surge and all the damage that can come as a result of that, but here in gainesville we are pretty far inland. >> it will primary wind damage. but 100 miles an hour wind will do a lot of damage and it will take down power lines and it will be a while before power...

Were going to have flooding. were going to have all these issues. everybody is going to have to be patient, and its going to be hard to be patient. everybody is going to want to go back to your home and see what happened. but, you know, weve got at the state, local and federal level, were going to have everybody in here trying to get us back -- were going to try to get the fuel back, power back on, try to get the roads cleared, try to do everything. also in the beginning, what were going to want...

Bring more fuel from neighboring states after the storm. we know fuel is important. were doing everything we can to get more fuel in the state. floridas prepared. every single florida gaurdsman that can be deplayed has already been deployed to prepare and respond to this storm across the state. we have so many members of our law enforcement that are putting their lives at risk to help floridians get to a safe place and they will not stop until it is no longer safe. we cannot thank our guards men...

We know fuel is important, were doing everything we can to get more fuel in the state. so were prepared, every single florida guardsman who has been deployed has been deployed to respond to the storm across the state. we have so many law enforcement putting their lives at risk to get to a safe place and they will not stop until its no longer safe. we cannot thank our guardsmen, cant thank our law enforcement, any of our first responders enough, theyre putting themselves at risk to take care of e...

States after the storm. we know fuel is important, were doing everything we can to get more fuel in the state. floridas prepared. every single florida guardsman that can be deployed has already been deployed to prepare and respond to this storm across the state. we have so many members of our law enforcement that are putting their lives at risk to help floridians get to a safe place and they will not stop until it is no longer safe. we cannot thank our guardsmen, our law enforcement, we cant tha...

Corpus christi is one of them. mayor, thanks for being here. i know youre very busy and corpus christi is among the hardest hit, you simons devastation, bring us up to speed as to where the community is today. >> corpus christi, were making progress fast in terms of the basics. we have our power back except maybe a spot here there within the city. our streets are clean of debris. we dont have any wires or anything going across city streets. our water and wastewater facilities are up and running,...

Philosop philosophy. the ive been working on that issue for 20 years going back to the clinton administration trying to build a clipper chip into every one of these devices. its something i continued along with another senator to raise concerns about in our country. >> so it was policy not personal when it came to chris ray. that leads us to the last topic, which is if you want to talk about congress taking its power back, in your case, the senate, there is no topic that goes under that heading ...

Dictated it. when we give power back, students benefit. this executive order puts us on that track. i thank the president for signing this executive order and for his commitment to an education policy that puts students first. its my honor now to introduce the governor of the great state of nevada brian sandoval. [applause] >> shepard: thats the latest from the white house. one of the more interesting things there, do you want to vote this week? john roberts is at the white house. they asked him...

Theres a lot of ugliness and a lot of americans would appreciate it as jessica says, knock it off and get to work. >> because i think-- >> go ahead. >> i was just going to say this resistance is about getting power back, its not about helping people, its not about making our country move forward, and so you can expect for this kind of language and this kind of attitude that you see in maxine waters its going on for eight years they want the power back. >> oh, please, no. >> so im putting togethe...