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>> so there is no chance of -- you say recovery mode. no chance of further rescues? >> presently the coast guard has full efforts in a response positive dhur right now. we're currently still in the response phase. >> are there divers in the water looking in the wreckage? >> i don't have any additional information regarding that at this time. >> what does response effort mean? >> search and rescue activities, yes, ma'am. >> so what can they be doing at this point? >> right now they are conducting shoreline searches for any available survivors. >> you can give insight, what is the distance from ...

How do you fix them? >> the weather service has these conditions will likely continue until wednesday. >> bret: thank you. let's get an update on the situation and nebraska. ben sasse joins us now. thank you for being here. he did a tour around your state and you said that there was a hundred year flood in 2011 but this is much worse. >> we are with the national guard on saturday visiting some of the most impacted communities. it is quite stunning. and it three counties and 53 of them have issued emergency declarations. >> bret: what do you they need most? >> we are still in the response phase...

Jon: got a thousand fema workers on hand. exactly what kind of things are they able to do? >> john, the last part of course -- i know you've got a thousand fema workers on hand in the area, specifically what are they able to do? >> what they're doing right now is at the local and state officials need additional assistance because every disaster starts and ends at the local level. a local community to assess an additional response made five the state assesses additional response needs. where there are gaps that's where they reach the national response coordination center and state and local off...

Please don't use social media in order to call for help. call 911 or channel 16 to reach out and get help. the areas will still be hazardous. so please stay in a safe location while coast guard and other partners assess the damage and we'll let you know when it is safe to do so. thank you. >> next up we have the office of disability integration coordination at fema and it's incredibly important for fema to help our partners do everything that we can to render the highest level of functional access of needs that we can. not only during the response phase but also after the recovery phase. so li...

Finally once the storm has passed, please stay in a safe location while partners assess the damage and let you know when it's safe to do so. thank you. >> thank you. next up we have the office of disability integration coordination at fema. it's incredibly important for fema to help our partners do everything that we can to render the highest level of access needs we cannot only during the response phase but also after the recovery phase. say a few words. >> good morning. as the disability coordinator and director of the office of disability integration and coordination our responsibility is t...