Disconnected. joining me now is nbc news justice report ryan reilly and ryan nobles. ryan, it s good to have you. let s start with reilly. walk me three clark stepping down and why he anticipates he ll be a witness. they re really just far apart in where this is going to land. basically they are saying this is not operational because it was not accepted by the judge and to make sure it didn t go on a prosecutorial track, that it s all null and void. what s interesting on the gun charge is it s under significant legal challenges and probably will ultimately found to be unconstitutional. it s essentially a law that makes it unlawful for individuals who are addicts of illegal drugs to use guns, to possess weapons, which would apply to millions of americans, let s be honest here, we re talking just illegal users of guns, that would include
Out. you re seeing a lot of federal support in the area, so, for example, the state national guard has a duel status commander using not only national guard but title 10 active duty, dod personnel. a few hundred, and so that s an effort that doesn t have the fema logo on it. fema is the lead coordinator coordinating agency. you re seeing actions that this is going on. when you get requests from the state from maui county or directly from the state to request that the county and state can t meet, fema stands ready to support those requests. that s why we have full-time services in hawaii, and we are responding by bringing in lots of food, water, cots, blankets, generators, so that we re standing ready to support requests we get from the state,
People. reporter: and you heard it from governor green, he is not going to allow predatory investors to come steal the land from the people, as he puts it, and that s something locals are happy to hear. dana, thank you very much. external affairs officer with the fema management assistance team, john mills, thanks for being with us. do you think there s a way, there was a way that fema could have gotten there faster, could have gotten the support to locals faster when they say they needed it? katy, good to be with you. fema s number one priority is helping survivors who are directly affected by these historic fires. we have full-time staff in honolulu, and they were in action immediately. fema s role is not to lead the response but to support the state and to support maui county. we are working on multiple lines of effort, emergency services,
Products in the same communities that powered our nation with fossil fuels, we owe them. president biden right now speaking in the east room of the white house, again, it is the one-year anniversary of the inflation reduction act. part of it addressed climate change and that s what he s focused on right there, saying all of the aspects of this bill that address climate change will save consumers money, save americans money, and also create new jobs. he says climate jobs equal good paying union jobs. he s talking about tax cuts for electric vehicles, including electric vehicles that you can buy used for the first time. making fuel cells in america. saving $27 billion in electric bills for consumers. he s trying to tell people that this act, which was bipartisan at the time of its passage will save you money. the question is when will it start saving you money. joining me now to address that part of it, nbc news business and data reporter brian cheung.
Meet with the small business administration. we re providing money not only for critical need but we re providing money directly to survivors to help them repair or rebuild their homes, providing rental assistance, money, so they can rent a place to live temporarily. if they need to relocate. money for lodging reimbursement if they had to relocate, money to replace essential personal property. we have activated our transitional sheltering program, helping people get out of shelters and into hotels, and the state has also activated a similar program to get people out of shelters and into hotels. we re going to be here for the long term, katy. it s a long list of support. i hear you, you re not supposed to lead a response, not the way fema is intended to work, and a lot of criticism has gone to local and state officials, county officials, i wonder in looking back on it, i know it s still fresh, if there are any lessons that can be learned to get fema in faster to do all of the things that you just listed