right, at least for a few day, willie, both sides will try to set politics to the side and focus on the response here to this storm. you ll recall president biden has met with governor desantis before in terms of after that last hurricane that hit the fort myers area and killed nearly 150 people and there was an apartment building collapse on the other coast of florida and the president traveled there as well. he and governor desantis have spoken several times. white house officials tell me in recent days their staff is in constant communication and we ll hear from the governor soon with a storm briefing and hear from the president later today. talking about how the federal government is helping surge help to that area. the president s already signed a disaster declaration getting federal funds and assets to the ground and we should note, willie, that soon enough there will be debates in congress about disaster funds relief aid to rebuild the areas there and, of course, in maui wit
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let s take one more question, guys. governor, your next question comes from the new york law journal. ryan, your mic is open. can you hear me? yes, sir. yes, thank you. so yesterday your attorney suggested that she had information that would call into question charlotte bennett s credibility. she did not specify what that information was or provide any evidence. ms. bennett s attorney says that might raise to the level of post-employment retaliation. what do you make of that and why do you think it s appropriate for your attorney to make those remarks without providing significant evidence to back up the claim? you know, i don t want to get into albany politics, which is what has been going on for the past few months. this is about a storm briefing to save lives of new yorkers. but you re at the law journal.
yes, thank you. yesterday your personnel attorney rita suggested information that would call into question credibility and she did not provide any evidence, ms. bennett s attorney that might raise the level of post employment retaliation, what do you make of that and why do you think it s appropriate for your attorney to make those remarks without providing significant evidence to back up the claim? yeah, you know, i don t want to get into albany politics which is what has been going on for the past few months. this is about a storm briefing to save lives of new yorkers. but you re the journal, if you think justice is to accept a complaint from a person without investigation and without credibility determinations and without looking at past actions