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Oversight. we'll be taking a very close look at efforts underway. particularly to minimize environmental risks affected by the leaking oil. we'll be meeting with other federal, state and local officials deployed to the area and helping in the response effort and we will be meeting again with bp officials to discuss clean-up planning and operations. as the president and the law made clear, bp is the responsible party. it is required to fund the cost of the response and clean-up operations. but our visit to louisiana and the affected areas tomorrow will also help inform our investigation into th...

This has led to a seamless integration of these resources throughout the event. we continue to prosper and utilize these agencies and up to 60 at this time and over 800 responders who are supporting this effort integrating into the unified response and ensuring a successful search and rescue effort. thank you. >> now the director of the florida division of emergency management kevin daughtry. >> good morning, everyone. as far as state resources, because of the weather we have a new tent system which i'm sure you guys will appreciate. in addition to that. we have over 440 state employees in the...

Estimate and find actuals don't meet the estimates we'll rectify. with respect to flood insurance, see how many claims come in. $8.6 billion round about available. >> hoping on the efforts to evacuate americans in the caribbean. the state department's task force working around the clock in operations. can you assess those efforts and give a message to americans right now in dire straits in the caribbean. what's the expectation for evacuation? how soon can the americans get the americans out? >> preaching caution to make sure people understand this is an ongoing effort and still going to be lon...

Safety between jose and irma. this has been a large event and you'll see a lot of positive stories from it. now control expectations. on an island where we have to transport commodities, food and water. we've assembled two of the most powerful naval relief flotillas in recent memories. i'm going to cut to the oak hill, mccarolina and the abraham cleaning, the iwo jima. that is an aircraft carrier, this is an operation has never been mobilized for this type of response effort. to the extent it meets the needs, i hope it does. we're saving hundreds of thousands off the island.

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