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Wednesday. a devastating 2017 hurricane season has fema admitting the response capabilities were stretched at every level. this season included hurricanes harvey in the gulf and maria in puerto rico. the report is unprecedented. fema admits it underestimated the devastation in puerto rico. thats more than hurricanes katrina, rita, wilma and sandy combined. 4:50. money headlines. johnson & johnson will pay $4.7 billion in the baby powder lawsuit claiming it caused cancer. it caused two women ...

Thats more than hurricanes katrina, rita, wilma and sandy combined. ahead, the president says he got a very nice note from kim jong-un. >> who hasnt? >> not me. have you? >> tons. >> doesnt mean anything if pyongyang doesnt show up to a critical meeting. we are live in seoul with the latest. this is not a bed.

Of congress behind closed doors this afternoon. she defied a congressional subpoena to testify on wednesday. a devastating hurricane season has fema admitting its response capabilities are stretched at every level. the season included hurricanes harvey, irma and maria. fema released a report, calling 2017 unprecedented. fema admits it drastically underestimated the devastation hurricane maria would unleash on puerto rico, hampering the reaction. the agency registered 4.7 million households for...

Harassment of the witness. >> you need your immediate indicat -- you need your medication. >> that may be the winner of the race to the bottom. so lisa page will meet with members of congress behind closed doors this afternoon. she defied a congressional subpoena to testify on wednesday. a report from fema admits the resources were stretched at every level. this includes harvey in the gulf and irma in florida and maria in puerto rico. fema admits it under estimated the devastation that the hur...

Relief camp family of six shares a donated rv and a a woman pregnant shares a tent. >> it seems the aid is as fickle as the storm. >> it is. >> if you could talk to the head of >> pull your head out of your ass. >> i identify with samanthas frustrations. when you have lost everything youve worked for, its a tough situation. >> reporter: brock long knows something about frustration, and baptism by fire, wind, and water. since taking over fema in june, nearly 5 million people have registered for d...

Fbi is now investigating how the small company white fish energy landed a $300 million contract to rebuild the islands power grid. a contract that is now in the process of being canceled. nbcs gabe gutierrez remains in san juan. >> craig, good afternoon. fema administrator brock long saying the call this hurricane season historic is an understatement. he says nearly 4 million hurricane survivors have registered for fema assistance and that is more than hurricanes katrina, wilma and sandy combine...

Of course. and i think everybody here recognizes theres a lot of work to be done in puerto rico, but with your leadership sir and everybody here, were committed to achieve thag in the long run. >> in the last 50 days though to put this in the context for america, from the virgin islands to california, weve been working in 20 different states, disasters in 20 different states. in the last 50 days under the presidents administration, weve registered close to 4 million americans for individual stan...

With those obstacles, weve gone about 15,000 d.o.d. personnel in puerto rico, about 2,000 fema personnel, hhs and others. the response is there. do we need to do a lot more? of course we do. i think everybody over here recognizes theres a lot of work to be done in puerto rico. with your leadership, sir, with everybody over here, were committed to achieving that in the long run. >> brock, in the last 50 days, though, to put this into context for america, from the virgin islands to california, wev...

More on the recovery efforts. >> reporter: this recovery effort will be ongoing for months and years to come. right now, the stage that were in is the piles of trash that you see in neighborhood after neighborhood where we are as -- an area northwest of houston, a neighborhood called nor chester, and if i could, i want to point out right over here, this home was built up, specifically so that the flooding would not hit it. it was built up several feet, but like all of the other homes in this nei...

Says his city is 95% dry and mostly operational. still floodwaters from hurricane harvey could take another two weeks to fully recreed in some areas. the storm killed 38 people and tens of thousands are still living in temporary shelters. >> the. graphic size is far larger than katrina and sandy combined. we have over 5 million people affected in this, its the swath all the way from corpus christi to beaumont. so its going to need more than what was funded for katrina. >> people in southeast t...