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Transcripts For MSNBC Velshi 20240707



fort myers beach, florida, one of the cities that was hardest hit by hurricane ian, hurricane ian made landfall on wednesday afternoon in florida as a category four hurricane. it was just a few miles shy, two miles per hour shy of being a category five storm, the likes of which have only been experienced four times in u.s. history. at this hour, more than 1.2 million people across florida are still without power, and as of late yesterday parts of the county where i am now, where ian did make landfall, did not have access to clean drinking water. in fact, much of where i am now has no access to power either. hard to know exactly how many people are displaced this time, officials are estimating it is in the thousands, possibly tens of thousands, at least 34 people have been confirmed dead so far, 12 of them here in lee county. after hitting florida eons rain grain strength over the atlantic ocean. what across florida, went out in the atlantic, and made a second landfall a ....

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Transcripts for MSNBC Velshi 20240604 13:03:00

Thank you for having me and let me just say our thoughts and prayers are with all of those who suffered such devastating losses in this terrible hurricane. lost homes, livelihoods, and in some cases lives, the u.s. d.o.t. are proud to be part of the whole government effort. both getting on the ground, particularly to assess what is happening on the transportation front, to work with reopening airports and making sure we are getting critical supplies to the area. but, you are right, there is going to be a much longer process to assess all the damage and start to work with state and local officials to see how we recover and rebuild. let me ask you about the things you are thinking about right now in terms of infrastructure, in terms of transportation, as we drive around southwestern florida you come onto a road and it is close because there is a vote on it. or there is a tree across it, or there are power lines down. while there are power lines that are down in the street, you cannot r ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130306:15:49:00

Tau about outgoing outgoing mayor villaraigosa, who is term limited here. he was a game player, but also plagued by personal scandals which los angeles times is covering, such as the affair with a tv anchor. does he have a future in national politics? i think we ll have to wait and see. he s been very coy saying what he wants to do next. he had a very mixed term with the scandals that you mentioned, but he s been effective in getting some of the rail projects going forward, a lot of work on transportation issues. he was discussed as a potential pick for obama s cabinet on the transportation front. there s a lot of opportunities coming up here. obviously after jerry brown finishes his run as governor, there s potential po villaraigosa to run. we have some upcoming stars ....

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