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Lives are at stake. >> joe, as you know, i was governor 10 and a half years, worked with feema, worked with you. you were there. so i understand the relationship. one of the things very not heard almost anyone in the news media talk about is the role fema should be playing. i know that the excuse officially has been well, but with a stafford act, its dealing with such things as excuse me, natural disasters but reality is that feem yaz very much involved in aftermath of september 11th that. is no...

Peoples lives and livelihoods are at stake. >> joe, as you know, i was governor for ten-and-a-half years and worked with fema and you and you were there at fema when we had the worst ice storms and tornadoes and i understand the racielationship, i havent heard anyone talk about this is role fema should be playing. i know the excuse officially has been, well, with the stafford act it is really dealing with such things as natural disasters, but, the reality is fema was very much involved in the af...

Audience the question. craig fugate this is current director of fema, a job you had, one of this most outstanding, capable and qualified people in emergency management, in the country, he was in florida, jeb bushs director of emergency management, the hand-picked person for barack obama to head the agency. >> thats correct. >> why isnt fema involved in the cleanup and in the management of the disaster of the gulf coast. >> well i think they have been sidelined in a support role to the coast guar...

Troops to the border. again, in your county where this was shot, in your professional opinion, are thousands of national guard troops what you need there? >> you know what? i think border patrol is what we need. we have had troops here before. they have been in a support role here in santa cruz county. they have been very helpful to border patrol and theyve been welcomed by the community as well. however, i dont think they should be placed here on the border to be making contact and having confr...

Sending 3,000 national guard troops to the border. again, in your professional opinion, are thousands of national guard troops what you need there? >> you know what? i think border patrol is what we need. we have had troops here before. they have been in a support role here in santa cruz county. they have been very helpful to border patrol and theyve been welcomed by the community as well. however, i dont think they should be placed here on the border to be making contact and having confrontatio...

Bringing security to those communities. >> donald, i hear the frustration in your voice because theres only so much you can do there. and im thinking about senator -- im thinking about senator john mccain in arizona who just two days ago, we reported on this show, was acting secretary of the homeland security division, janet napolitano please, send us the national guard. is that what youre also asking for? >> well, were not asking that but the governor of texas is and has been very adamant about...

The fbi, has been in a support role and that is normal and they havent given the details of what they found, and that is -- makes total sense, martha, they are doing a good job of keeping the information outside of the public awareness because the investigation is so important, and obviously, a large crime scene is here and, in the sense that the lake is not huge but snakes through these foothills near next to all of the homes and a lot of hiking and jogging trails and the park and so you have a...

Or the victims have been cared for, now we move to a role to support the firefighters as far as any potential injuries or that may occur as a result of the work they do. so we move now towards a more medical support role for the event and towards the public safety aspect. >> so two people transported, can you talk about the severity of their injuries? >> i dont have a lot of information regarding that, its my understanding they suffer from some burn-type injuries. i dont have any indication that...

Leading that search and rescue operations and joined with thai navy s.e.a.l.s. they will be taken through the early section of that cave into chamber three, we believe they are handed over to a second team of military, most likely. who will then take them out to the stretches and the waiting ambulances. you say see the coming hours ambulances heading in the direction for the hospital. this has been an extraordinary gathering of experts. just a short time ago, i spoke to an israeli diver who is p...

I dont think they were specific yet what its going to be. i think when it was president obama, it was somewhere on the order of 1200 national guard troops. when governor perry did it, it was about a thousand. again, its a big, big border. >> does the lack of specifics and clarity about how much its going to cost and how many troops are involved -- why doesnt that bother you as much? >> the details, im not too worried about that because i think there are legal limitations on what the national gua...