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A fire broke out at a small Utah County airport Sunday afternoon.

Year. what kind of assistance are you providing on the ground there? >> we have an amazing opportunity to provide spiritual and emotional care and direct assistance whether it's a hot meal or direct needs. our goal is to be present with people. listen and hear their stories and meet the direct need. >> rick: i'm sure the need for spiritual and emotional care is huge right now. >> it is absolutely huge. people are grieving. a community that was very tight knit has been disbursed. we have this unique opportunity to provide that community, whether it's our distribution center or the other shelter...

With the cameras on, which is that the reconstruction from a disaster is a giant political opportunity. suddenly there are billions or tens of billions of federal dollars to be allocated usually by local politicians. the vice president said you build bigger and better. where there was a park there is now a park and a bike path. where there was a park and a bike path there are now bathrooms. every one of those things can be delivered by your local members of congress and state senators aand sem bleepeople. it is a dramatic political opportunity, one of the reasons why there's a tendency often t...

His disaster professionals. >> good afternoon, mike. i think that hurricane harvey is going to be a real interesting test for president trump. i mean, on paper it looks like he has very qualified people at the helm at fema; brock long seems like a very serious disaster relief guy, certainly not a political hack, eric hyberger, his chief of staff, a longtime veteran at fema from 9/11 and the 2004 hurricane season. so i really think these guys have potential. but the question is what they're going to do and whether they're going to make their boss look like a hero of a goat when all is said and ...