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We will call the hearing to order today we are welcoming the administrator of the federal Emergency Management agency to discuss the Response Recovery to hurricane harvey, irma and maria and the wildfires spread across california. Thank you for being here to join us. The magnitude of the disaster we are experiencing this year is unprecedented. I want to thank you and the thousands of personnel who deployed and continue to work tirelessly to help the communities and families get back on their feet in the wake of every instance of the devastating events. Congress has passed to emergency suppleme...

Fires. The largest is the thomas fire. It started last night at 6 30 pm in venturers Ventura County. And there are two other fires of the battling in los angeles. Video from earlier today shows how strong those santa ana winds are. The wind gusts have been recorded up to 60 miles per hour. Governor brown has declared it a state of emergency. 150 structures have been involved. A competitive swimmer watched his home burn. I have some important things from my athletic career i will was not able to get the certificates for. And their words i got from a world record. And my wife got pictures and so...

Firefighters cant get an accurate count of how many homes have been destroyed in the wildfires burning in Southern California right now. Here you see the remnants of a home that could not be saved. We know that fire crews from the bay area are helping their brothers and sisters in the southland. It is different stating situation all too familiar to us in the bay area. Early similar, not only the video that we have been broadcasting but the images were starting to see in the newspapers. Also what we learned from the fires in the north bay, what firefighters learned, hopefully they are putting i...

Thank you, jim. Thank you, christine. Christine, you have a good voice. Lets move on. [laughter] let me join jim in welcoming you all to phoenix. I am pleased to see some any western governors here. We have a Great Program planned, and im delighted we can share this time together. Over the next two days we will have visits with Top Administration officials including the secretary of labor , the secretary of u. S. Foreston, service chief who will be visiting with us momentarily. And although he was not able to stay for todays activities, we visited with the secretary of agriculture. We will hea...

Ladies and gentlemen, i am proud to present the 32nd governor of the state of south dakota accompanied here in phoenix by the first lady of south dakota. The chairman of the western governors association, the honorable dennis dugard. Thank you, jim. Thank you, christine. Christine, you have a good voice. Jim, well. Lets move on. [laughter] let me join jim in welcoming you all to phoenix. I am pleased to see so many western governors here. We have a Great Program planned, and im delighted we can share this time together. Over the next two days we will have visits with Top Administration officia...