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Michael brown said in a statement, quote, fema has pre-positioned many assets to move into the stricken areas as soon as it's safe to do so. but the agency didn't move fast enough. days after the storm hit, lieutenant general russell was assigned joint task force katrina. he prevented a terrible situation from evolving into an even worse crises. he joins us now. general, good to see you again. we don't talk as much as we should other than during these crises but here we are facing a massive movement of people. mayors and governors and emergency responders telling people don't take chances on t...

Foch informing people about the risk. we have to work to get the most vulnerable population and here's what i'm talking about. after each one of these storms the majority of people that die are the elderly, disabled and the poor. everybody on medicare or medicaid who has dialysis, the government knows who they are. we need to send an ambulance and go pick them up before landfall because if they stay in their home they have a probability of not surviving the storm. we need to go get them. it's not an option. we need to get them. judges can make that happen. again, if you watched the data from k...

Evacuations tomorrow on thursday. >> director of emergency management for broward county. thank you. we appreciate your time. good luck to you. up to 37 million people could be affected by hurricane irma. joining me now, lieutenant general, commander of the joint task force katrina. we appreciate your expertise on this program and cnn. this storm is a monster. what more should emergency officials will doing to prepare right now? >> continue to repeat the message, don. the more they encourage people to evacuate. one of the downsides of florida being so well-organized, the governor and mayors, c...

Careful. mold is a large concern and actually a small problem. wear a mask. wash up after you have been working and be more concerned that you don't injure yourself, strain your back with all that physical activity that you are doing. you don't want to make yourself disabled while you are trying to fix up your house. >> is mold a virtual guarantee? if the waters did or the homes did get a few feet of water, is it a virtual certainty they will need to remove the walls or furniture because mold will come? >> sure. mold is yucky. you don't want it in your home. it's not a major health threat. we ...

Each other politically is just, it doesn't sit well with me knowing there are people out there hanging on to trees and politicians are patting each other on the back. that is the context i made that. it's not a, meant to be a front to anybody. it's bad karma to go around while people are hanging on to trees. that doesn't make sense. the focus needs to be on making sure we have the commanding control in position and we are getting ahead of the next disaster. one of them is, these two dams. those old dams were built in the 1940s. they are rated as a "d" by the american association of civil engin...