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Fema. already about 440,000 texans have registered for assistance from fema. and already fema has approved more than $79 million in assistance. one thing that we focus on is trying to move evacuees from these evacuation locations into a more semi permanent location, such as a hotel room. we want you out of convention centers into a place where you have a living room and a bedroom and your own bathroom. and we get you there as quickly as possible. and let me clarify. when i say we, that is fema get you there as quickly as possible. fema has been very proactive and has been moving this process v...

Assistance. one thing that we focus on is trying to move evacuees from these evacuation locations into a more semipermanent location such as a hotel room. we want you out of convention centers into a place where you have a living room and a bedroom and your own bathroom and we get you there as quickly as possible. and let me clarify when i say we, that is fema, get you there as quickly as possible. fema has been very proactive and has been moving this process very quickly. and i want to thank them for all that they are doing. also, however, maybe the most important thing i can say to you today...

How confident are you that the response will be much smoother this time around? >> well, case in point, one of the evacuation centers last year received 2,500 people after haiyan arrived. this time around, 300 families as early as yesterday were already in place in the evacuation center. a lot of the people that were in the vulnerable areas have voluntarily evacuated to the tacloban area, about 47 different evacuation locations. so we're definitely better prepared this time around. and as mentioned, agencies like world vision are already in place on the ground as opposed to last year where peo...

rob, help me out here. what's going on? >> they're filing out, don. they've just suspended festivities at lollapalooza because of the line of storms that's moving in the last couple years we've had a rash of accidents and unfortunate events with concerts and outdoor venues during summer time severe weather events like we're having right now. that's what's happening out at lollapalooza. we have another tower cam showing michigan avenue outside of our cnn bureau there in chicago. traffic at a standstill there as skies are darkening and things are getting a little more ominous. let's sh...

Trying to move evacuees from these evacuation locations into a more semi-permanent location such as a hotel room. we want you out of convention centers into a place where you have a living room and a bedroom and your own bathroom. we'll get you there as quickly as possible. when i say "we", that is fema to get you there as quickly as possible. fema has been proactive and has been moving this process very quickly. i want to thank them for all that they're doing. also, however, maybe the most important thing i can say to you today, if you're a texan who has been impacted and dislocated because o...