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Confirmed fema administrator resigned in february after he clashed with then homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen. the president picked someone else but his nomination was sent to capitol hill to be confirmed and has essentially come to a standstill up there and right now fema, the agency, is being run by this acting director, pete gainer, who we should note while he does have essentially a decade of experience overseeing natural disasters, this is going to be his first hurricane since he's been running fema in this acting position. now, of course he's not the only person in an acting ...

>> congress needs to pass an extension of the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance without drama and without delay and without needs to pass this without drama and delay and without linking it to some other ideological side issues. we've been through this before, remember? we've seen this movie. we don't need to see it again. the time for self-inflicted wounds to our economy has to be over. >> let's go straight to cnn congressional correspondent kate bouldan. kate, this is a surprising turn-around. what are you hearing there? what made them decide to make this move? >> jessica ...