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This is bbc news, im christian fraser. the white house reacts to a sharp rise in covid cases, with 0micron now the dominant variant. and he is propositioning troops and supplies around the country, president biden is making half a billion test free nationwide, and he is propositioning troops and supplies around the country, in case hospitals are overwhelmed. —— pre—positioning. in england, borisjohnson says there will no further restrictions this side of christmas — but that its too late...

What were they, and how were those lessons employed this time around? you mentioned the pre-positioning of resources. that would seem to be one of the biggest. >> so we learned a lot of lessons in response capability, but we also understood that it cant just be fema. everybodys expectation of fema coming in and saving the day is unrealistic. again, its a partnership. its anything from neighbor helping neighbor, to a prepared citizenry, working its way up through a strong local and state governme...

Multiple civilian deaths when a c17 took off from the airport. what more can you tell us about that investigation, and can you confirm -- >> i cant confirm that reporting, carla. youre getting information that i dont have. but it wouldnt surprise me in the least that commanders would be taking a look at what happened this morning with respect to the c17, and i wont get ahead of that process. there will be -- you can expect that we will take a look at this to see what happened and what we can lea...

0 that they are the ones that have protected our nation for the past two decades by taking the fight to the terrorists in iraq and afghanistan, and not allowing them to attack our homeland. and, unfortunately, we see the resurgence of the taliban and the reconstitution of al qaeda in afghanistan. so i worry about the homeland. but that is the very first thing that our president needs to communicate is to these brave men and women, a heartfelt thank you. the second thing is how are we going to ev...

Well over 100,000 people displaced meaning theyve left their homes and cant return. put that in perspective. there are about 44,000 in houston and the gulf of texas in the storm that they had. so this is two or three times bigger than that. >> bill: wow. what can the government do to people there now or for people? >> ive been doing this for 25 years and i can tell you this without question. the federal and state response and preparation to this point has far exceeded anything ive seen in my pre...

Hopefully the of pre-positioning of the assets will allow people to get in there as soon as possible. >> as a former fema official what do they have to do to get in there quickly after the storm surge is over to get their lives back to normal?. >> assuming the storm stays on the west, and they will have to come in from the east. they will have to do helicopter search and rescue did major assistant and then pulled debris and get up the power grid and then the power will soon follow but if that do...

Ordered to do so. shelters will be available and you should follow the directions of your local officials to go to the one that fits your needs. families is go to www.florida disaster. to learn where shelters are in your area. the state is staging supplies such as meals, the state logistic resource center for deployment as needed. le we will be pre positioning the good z once we have a better idea of the path of the storm. the american red cross is also established a disaster relief operation in...

Think you said -- take control of the looming confrontation with iran. what would that look like exactly? because netanyahu has really controlled the stage over the last couple of weeks. what should president obama do to take control? >> well, i think first he has to make the kind of statement i was describing. restating u.s. policy but doing so very forcefully. we have been saying to israel, weve got your back. were preparing for this. i think the broad pieces of this policy, this policy includ...

The writers or anything else. when you look at this, you look at the polls the new nbc poll, though everyone gets blamed, there is no question republicans come off worse out of this. thats why youre seeing republicans trying to play this negative ploy about the troop funding bill. they know this is going to hurt them more. theyre all about pre-positioning for what comes next. >> how about the writers, congressman mcdermott? if the president says well give you one or two writers, does that add to...