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For their local and global efforts, Barbara and Lee Malany were named finalists for the The State Journal-Register’s 58th annual First Citizen Award.

Is another reminder that we need to be prepared for the next hurricane and super storm. they're gonna come and they're gonna come more frequently and more ferociously. i have been working closely with the governor and our colleagues in congress on both parties, on my build back better plan that will modernise our roads, our bridges, our water systems, sewers, and drainage systems and power grids, and transmission lines. the cost to life, property and infrastructure has been a staggering. still climate change remains at divisive political issue. and so over the years, america has ignored warnin...

This isn't about being a democrat or republican. we're americans and we'll get through this together. we just got to remember we not only have to build back, we have to build back better than it was before. so when another super storm comes, it's not the damage done. so thank you all very much. i'm going to see the rest of the folks in the neighborhood here. but every time i'd walk out of my grandpop's house out in scranton, pennsylvania, he'd yell, joey, keep the faith. my grandmother would yell, no, joey, let's spread the faith, let's get this done together. thank you. [ applause ] >> that's...

Made this a much, much less tragic type of storm than it could have been at least in louisiana. >> absolutely. now, of course, if you're in areas like thiebaud, you were hammered. we are we put in systems and built resilience, it worked. now we need to build resilience not just for levees and flooding but also for the power system. i spoke to the president when he landed. we spoke about the infrastructure bill. if we bury the power line, they don't blow down in storms. power is intact, life goes on. it's cheaper to do it that way. cost more not to do it that way. >> neil: senator, you took hea...

Flood waters inundated communities along the rivers. we're talking about a situation here where the majority of the victims that died were submerged in their vehicles, swept away because of the waters. it all happened so fans here. in kentucky we know a veteran state trooper, a police sergeant, brian mole died when his car was swept away at 3:00 a.m. wednesday morning. he was out there trying to help people in this storm and tragically lost his life. it's shocking the level of damage as well as the loss of life that we have seen from what is the remnants of what was a category four hurricane u...