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Do. i think it recovery's going quickly. big thing is get the power back on. >> that's the big thing with storms like this, a lot of folks don't fully appreciate the fact it's not just a matter of reconnecting lines. first you've got to get the debris off of the lines, remove the trees in some of these places. a process that oftentimes depending on the extent of the damage can take days if not weeks. priorities for the fema response teams up and down the east coast, craig, outside the power outages. >> well, again, they've been positioned to do search and rescue, commodities have been prestage...

Help power come back on. so that we can get people's lives back together. >> sandra: it is a huge coordinated effort, as you well know. over the weekend, and i know i spoke with you on friday, but over the weekend, you made the point that there are unrealistic expectations placed on fema by congress and the american people. what did he mean by that? >> i think too much pressure is put on fema solely to be the 911 responder of all of these disasters. a lot of people don't realize that successful disaster response is one that is locally executed, state managed by the governor and his staff, and ...

All right. >> and president trump has been briefed and has spoken with bill war oig and t barr and governor abbott, who just released a statement saying that today the el paso community was struck by a heinous and senseless act of violence. our hearts go out to the victims of the horrific shooting and to the entire community in this time of loss. while no ready woulds cwords cp s solace, but join in our prayers for the victims and their families. we have deployed troopers special agents, texas rangers, tactical teams and aircraft to the scene in a support role. the state of texas will do every...

Come into the festival via the creek which borders a parking area and they used some sort of a tool to cut through the fence to gain access through the secure fence line. we have one suspect we know that is down, we have some witness reporting there may have been a second suspect. we don't know if that suspect was engaged in any shooting or whether they were in you a support role for the person we have accounted for. we have at least 15 people injured. we have four fatalities that we know of including the suspect. reporter: the police chief would not go into the range of possible injuries that...

>> it appears as though they had come into the festival via the creek which borders a parking area and they used some sort of a tool to cut through the fence to gain access through the secure fence line. we have one suspect we know that is down, we have some witness reporting there may have been a second suspect. we don't know if that suspect was engaged in any shooting or whether they were in you a support role for the person we have accounted for. we have at least 15 people injured. we have four fatalities that we know of including the suspect. reporter: the police chief would not go into th...