they are going to be in these areas. you need to do that third. you have to work with fema on and see how much you have to raise existing houses. i think what you're going to see in the jersey shore, when you come back in another couple of years, most homes within a four or five blk ocean pillarsnow on stilts, that comeshe water underneath to not create structural damage. all of those conversations had to be had at the local level in our state because new jerseyans have a tradition of being fiercely home rule, tonight -- do not like being imposed state downward, and will fight brutally to prevent it. my job was to go to these towns and convince them that this is something that needed to do. so far, with some exceptions, i have been successful. that is part of what we had to do to deal with the homeowner side of things, let people know that this is a new world in a different world, and if you want to live here, and if you do not want to sell out, this is what you've got to do to make the avoidime a storm comes, the risk to human life and damage to property. >> how many people took

debates survive to this very day. >> host: added fema become part of dhs? >> guest: it is interesting that in the very early days within the white house about creating dhs was not at all obvious that fema would go in there. there was a debate about whether they're right thing to do would be to have fema report directly to the president, especially in a crisis . white house decisionmaking about how big they wanted the department to become how much power the want of the secretary of homeland security to have been congressional decision making driven in part by the efforts of the senate governmental affairs committee to expand its jurisdiction in that putting fema in dhs. here's the challenge that arose, and a talk about this in the book. wind katrina hits norman's, the question of who is in charge turns out to be a very difficult and complicated question. you have the military involved, the national guard and the government, president's trying to figure out who is going to give them updates about this and what role the federal government should play, the secretary of homeland security,

if they are going to be in those areas. third, you have to work with fema on flood maps and the updating of flood maps and see how much you have to raise existing houses. what we have seen on the new jersey shore, if any of you have been there, and you come back in a couple of years, post homes within a doctor or five block area of the ocean will be on or five- within a four block area of the ocean will be on stilts, to create the war -- to ring the water underneath and not create structural damage. jerseyans have a tradition rule,ng fiercely home don't like these things imposed from the state downward, and will fight brutally to prevent it. so my job as governor was to go to these towns and convince them that this is something they need to do. so far, with some exceptions, we have been successful. that is part of what we had to withwith -- to do to deal the homeowner side of things. to convince them this is a new world that we are living in, and here,f you want to live tos is what we have to do make the fiscal damage to property and the loss of human life be minimal. refused to

the victims. help the first responders, brought food, clothing, shelter, and now fema is saying because of their religious affiliation they're not getting any grant money. this is going too far. what does the constitution say it? prevents excessive entanglement between the government and religion. that's not what we're dealing with here. i they otherwise qualify anywhere people -- fema, let them rebuild. >> you don't have coal in your heart? >> the constitution says separation of church and state and religious enconstitutions are tax exempt and they want to demand taxpayer money from federal programs and you can't have it both ways. so while we feel sorry for them they can't rebuild don't think the government should get involved in financing the rebuilding of religious -- wire year watching the pictures right now. that's somebody's faith-based group. >> they suffered. i'm a resident in new jersey and i've seen what has happened, and i think it's perhaps a normal thought that because they don't pay taxes, they should get the benefit. but that has nothing to do with the constituti

state of new jersey, people took to the it to document their experience. in fact, fema encourage people to quote let loved ones know you're okay by sunni a text message or updating your social network. and a truly miraculous story coming out of hurricane sandy, a woman noticed a facebook post showing the badly hit south seaside park, and she knew in a field grandmother was there trapped and she said the message to this page, and as result of grandmother was evacuated and save. one of the internet association megacompanies airbnb, spring to action following the hurricane as well. as you may know go, airbnb is an online marketers that helps find housing accommodations. which more than 100,000 people still homeless a week after city, airbnb partner with the city of new york to connect those without shelter to people who have extra space to as you can see on the screen, nearly 1500 airbnb members opened their homes for free to provide shelter to people in need. and, finally, just last month in oklahoma, so schmidt supplemented the traditional means of spreading the message to take sh

operation center. it's looking the fema operations and we're trying to getty folks from fema and the navy and the private sector. if you look at the other side of the briefing sheet i you can see some of the agencies listed. so again that's may 15 that's next wednesday and we're looking forward to seeing you folks there. any questions? >> thank you jill any questions? we look forward to it and i know we'll see many of you. we're going to give ail m r e's instead of hotdogs. if there's no questions we'll move on 80 and go to our administrator. thank you >> good afternoon, everyone the lifeline council is made up of any of our department heads that are critical to restoring san francisco after an emergency and also allow our utility agrees to get our telecommunications back up and running our water and sewer. our objectives are to improve the planning and restoration and he establish collaborations and recovery following a major disaster. we've got a huge independent study and we talked about our tangible story where we collectively worked with pg&e additional solving one our of of the

fema report directly to the president in the middle of a crisis but in the and the combination of white house decision making how big they wanted the department to be a and congressional decision making with the decision of jurisdiction and put it under dhs. when katrina hits new were linns the question of who is in charge is a difficult and complicated question. military, national guard, a government, president trying to figure out who gives updates. secretary of homeland security is a newly created position then you have fema. the voluminous reports written afterwardsspecors genere groups often highlights a big disconnect between out clearly everything looked on paper but how poorly it worked on practice. that underscores two points one it is difficult to predict how this works. it has a life of its own. the other point is a very powerful question to protect ourselves with this security? it complicated vhs response has is agency been created first and foremost, of terrorism or one that has to be the responsibility credibility bought it from the hurricane's but the way it was wri

my hometown. i am here today not just as a fema deputy administrator but as a bostonian and former paramedic. boston marathon creates a day like no other in boston. we's to celebrate our heritage and our streets fill with millions of residents to have visited from down the block and around the world. her most of my life i worked those street -- those same streets of boston. there were many nights i looked -- i went home proud to serve the residents of my town. in one moment we saw the terror and the talent he and in the next moment we saw compassion. ,e saw police officers firefighters, paramedics, emergency managers spring into action and perform what they do perfect -- and perform what they do have row play. as tip o'neill used to say, all politics are local. boston was no exception. powerless to support communities like boston in their efforts to prepare or respond or recover from and mitigate whatever happens that they may face. as a political commander in boston for over 35 mass casualty incidents and for all of the city's major events i can assure you that the committee landi

and we have to do a lot more with less. >> the president praised fema as an agency that is actually doing a good job with technology, more than half of those applying for hurricane sandy aid they are submitting their applications through the web or through a mobile app. the administration is also providing government data to help entrepreneurs and businesses increase their own effectiveness. >>> life inside virginia's governor's mansion revealed tonight why a former chef want as judge to throw out the embezlement charges against him. >> i'm liz crenshaw. alarming sound sent straight to your cell phone. what it means and why not to ignore it. >> we had rain today but this is a live streaming video from our camera high atop the gaylord at the national harbor. tomorrow more storms and could tomorrow more storms and could could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. mmmhmmm...everybody knows that. well, did you know that old macdonald was a really bad speller? your word is...cow. cow. cow. c...o...w... ...e...i...e...i...o. [buzzer] dangnabbit. geico. fifteen minutes could s

fema played a role in keeping people on the ground prepared. americans witness the strength of our committee. people came together to make that collective response more affective and efficient. this dream force is the that he might is only part of the management team. we must cap into the collective strength of our citizens in times of crisis. that april day, we saw how fema's approach to preparedness help the whole community including boston and massachusetts. through our training and community preparedness programs, we helped to make sure that the people who responded had the tools to be affective. following the event, eva collaborate with law enforcement and were ready to help when the president issued a declaration for the affected committees. many of the capabilities were built and sustained through fema preparedness grants. i can attest to the importance in preparing for public safety. both boston and massachusetts invested in systems that were critical in the response, including emergency patient tracking systems. the system made a difference on april 15. boston invest in gr

going to be in these areas. you need to do that third. you have to work with fema on the flood maps and see how much you have to raise existing houses. i think what you're going to see in the jersey shore, when you come back in another couple of years, most homes within a four or five block area of the ocean will be now on stilts, pillars to permit the water that comes underneath to not create structural damage. all of those conversations had to be had at the local level in our state because new jerseyans have a tradition of being fiercely home rule, do not like being imposed state downward, and will fight brutally to prevent it. my job was to go to these towns and convince them that this is something that needed to do. so far, with some exceptions, i have been successful. that is part of what we had to do to deal with the homeowner side of things, let people know that this is a new world in a-- and a different world, and if you want to live here, and if you do not want to sell out, this is what you've got to do the next time a storm comes, avoid the risk to human life and damage to

internet company fema s.a. twitter like platform almost exactly like it, 140 characters, etc.. we would love to be able to run twitter in china. >> at this convention i think there's been quite a bit of talk about the future of news and the pay wall, one to talk about financial models. there is a lot of discussion and debate on what is the right way and the right course to go to the of what are your thoughts on subscriptions when it comes to the on-line distribution? >> that is much more your expertise than mine. i'm going to make a diversion and come back to questions. he said to me it's funny the chellie will get upset. you have to be the founder to be the ceo of a company and then no, no, you need to bring a professional ceo. look what jeff link in the and on and on. i think the reality is that, you know, each of these people in the valley and whether it is a founder or the professional ceo they have this kind of super power and some weakness and at various times people either for get one or the letter and the personal ingenious that ever existed. and i feel that we about this model.

disasters are local. in boston -- and boston was no exception. but fema is powered to support communities like boston in their efforts to prepare for and respond, to recover from, mitigate, whatever hazards they may face. as a medical incident commander in boston for over 35 mass casualty incidents and for all the city's mainly events, including mar on thises, i can assure you that planning and coordination at the local, state and federal level played a ritical role in ensuring response. i'm also here to express and discuss how fema in part played a role in make the people on the ground more people ared that day. on april 15, americans witnessed the strength of the whole community. people coming together to help each other and make our collective response that much ore effective and efficient. the communities' approach to emergency management. we must leverage all of our resources and tap into the collective strength of our citizens in times of crisis. that april day we saw how fema's approach to national preparedness helped empower and strengthen the whole community, includin

boston marathon bombings last april. other witnesses included the fema administrator and massachusetts undersecretary for homeland security. wednesday this hearing is just over two hours. >> good morning to those of us that have joined us and especially those who stand. little less than three months ago the city of boston, where our oldest son christopher went to college, the city of boston suffered a heart attack terrorist attack during the 117th boston marathon. ironically he was there and not as a runner but he was there as a lot of people can across the country from mit and other schools just to be part of the celebration. the attack claimed the lives as we know of three observers and injured up to 300 people. as the events of april 18th unfolded, we wrestled with the fact that we were witnessing the first successful terrorist bombing on u.s. soil since september 11th terrorist attacks. just as we did in the aftermath of 9/11 we must learn from the boston marathon bombing and that is why the committee underfoot the lessons learned from this act of terrorism. in the fu

work with fema on the flood maps and see how much you have to raise existing houses. i think what you're going to see in the jersey shore, when you come back in another couple of years, most homes within a four or five block area of the ocean will be now on stilts, pillars to permit the water that comes underneath to not create structural damage. all of those conversations had to be had at the local level in ur state because new jerseyans have a tradition of being fiercely home rule, tonight -- do not like being imposed state downward, and will fight brutally to prevent it. my job was to go to these towns and convince them that this is something that needed to do. so far, with some exceptions, i have been successful. that is part of what we had to do to deal with the homeowner side of things, let people know that this is a new world in a different world, and if you want to live here, and if you do not want to sell out, this is what you've got to do to make the next time a storm comes, avoid the risk to human life and damage to property. >> how many people took the option to take t

year is to be announced may 20th. we've been working with fema so hopefully, we don't get reduced again but the mayor said because of sequestration the mayor made a trip to washington, d.c. and talked with janet napolitano >> we really needed to move forward in our projects and we had so many assets here that we need to protect we can't afford to be cut again. we'll let you know was we move forward lots of pieces and we hope no further cuts. and that includes my report. i think we can move right on to the public safety at mass gatherings. we put that on the agenda after the boston bombings. we have a meeting last week and many departments presented. we just ask for the police and fire to give very, very brief presentations on what we're doing to address special events but any of the rest of you who testified last meeting feel free to jump in from our prospective so i'm going to turn it over and here we go >> thank you and this is manage i think all of you know we're been doing a number of years now so we actually think about all this in advance. briefly our roll in the preevent is

metrics. the first is not a criticism of fema but a recollection of what happens in a post implementation stage there are additional things to be done. the daily events we're processing prior were 2 hundred and 54 a day. it's increased by a for about of 4 to 5 to 6 in the months following. so the same must be are requiring a tremendous much higher level of interactions. that's temp costs this year and it's something we hope to address in the additional positions there. you can see the increased call volumes and it is significant in 2013. this is the enabling complexity of health care. the changes in pharmacy benefits and to the members as they become medicaid eligible. almost 75 thousand for the year and this is the budget for temp services. so what happens with us, you know, again, just an indication of how important our staff is we immediately back them with temp services or use the open enrollment to meet the deadlines. we think all of that is a good indicator. and fbl a few other items that certainly effect our costs health care reform will be an additional responsibili

document their experience. in fact, fema encourage people to quote let loved ones know you're okay by sending a text message or updating your social network. and it to him a reckless story coming out of hurricane sandy, a woman noticed a facebook post showing the badly hit south seaside park, and she number 93 old grandmother was there trapped and she sent a message to this page, and as a result of grandmother was evacuated and save. one of the internet association member companies airbnb sprang into action following the hurricane as well. as you may know, airbnb as an online marketplace that helps find housing accommodations. with more than 100,000 people still homeless, a week after cindy, airbnb partnered with the city of new york to connect those without shelter to people who had asked his base but as you can see on the screen, nearly 1500 airbnb members opened their homes for free to provide shelter to people in need. and, finally, just last month, in oakland, social media supplemented the traditional means spreading the message to take shelter. in the immediate aftermath of the

week's storm which dropped more than a foot of rain. the state is seeking fema funds to get this covered. >> getting fema funds, the federal government has to declare this a disaster area. >> reporter: and in new jersey, struggling, after the storm knocked out power and up rooted trees. you can see on the radar now, just showers in the morning hours, typically in the afternoon when we get that afternoon heat. one of the changes we're seeing, remember, all about the location of this high. now, it's moving closer. remember, winds go clockwise around that high. it's actually meaning we're going to see a little bit more of a clearing along the immediate coast and the actual rain will push farther inland. kind of a trickier thing to understand. that as far as today, we're talking three to five more additional rain into the southeast. unbelievable. the flooding threats are high, farther to the north, more of a scattered storm pattern. but really in the southeast is where we're having the toughest time. flooding concerns will remain. and this pattern is going to stick around for really

. the county says fema which runs the alert system had upgraded the software unbee known as to contra costa county officials. fema says it did notify the county about the upgrade. county says steps now being taken to make sure something like this doesn't happen again. >> hard as it may to believe you are looking at a coyote on san francisco ocean beach. this picture is from the ocean beach bulletin. park department says residents and rangers reported 20 sightings in and around golden gate park. ocean beach borders the park. even though city officials say the animal have not caused any problems so far. >> tightly packed downtown san francisco neighborhood is getting a little green space. new park is located near the bay bridge on ramp at harrison and first street. 7 news explains a totally new kind of park that won't cost taxpayers a cent. >> amid the high-rises sprin springing up in san francisco rincon hill neighborhood there's one patch of green space. meticulous lyman cured. the grass glows in the sun light. for months empty. fenced off. private property. >> there is no public open

. clarity will provide certainty to both agencies and the contractors. it would be somewhat like fema. its mission is to oversee the relief or reconstruction activity in the affected country. the president would declare it over. the purported chain would be like mine. reporting to the secretary of defense and the secretary of state and national advisor. >> when would we hit that point in syria? in afghanistan, at what point has that designation been made? >> in syria, once we decide the decision is appropriate for us, that is when you have a government in damascus or any margin government that we know we can work with and conditions on the ground are sufficient for us to go in. to make that call, you need to have experienced professionals on the ground and hopefully within syria as well to offer that express political advice that is needed to make that decision. that is why you need a core of professionals devoted to this type of problem. it is widespread around the world. >> without this core of professionals, we are not able to make the decision of when there is a government we can work

, has gone too far and we should be asking questions, but rand paul is dead wrong. he wants fema to help victims of tornados in kentucky but not the hurricane in new jersey that's what fema is all about and what we should be doing. >> michael: and the hypocrisy is so blatant. sometimes it's a little more subtle. let's talk a little bit about this shutdown that they are threat inning. i reader harry reid saying if you don't think the government is going to be shut down, give newt gingrich a call. i'm sure you can get him on the call. are they threat? >> i don't think they are, but even the fact that they would be talking about them is totally irresponsible. we remember what happened during the government shutdown wh when -- bill clinton was president and a lot of people got hurt. it's paying our bills, and republicans now suddenly to make this a political football is totally irresponsible and president obama is very correct in saying last time you got me to make a deal with you. this time no deal. debt ceiling clean as a whistle or no deal. >> michael: and it seems foolish. they keep

-house staff. someone in july will come in and train us on fema 807. i think tom wants to train the outside engineers as well. we'll be hiring two more clerks for this program. i will be doing interviews next wednesday. on the average we've been getting about 5 phone calls from home owners. we've gotten phone calls from somebody as far away as china. i think she owns a building on balboa street and she wants to sell the building. i spent half an hour with her explaining the ordinance. she's not going to wait for the notification. she wants to sell the building. she's already engaged with an engineer and wants to start the process already. tom wants me to be concise and keep it to five minutes. that's the summary of what we've been doing with the department. >> can you repeat that section. you said we wanted to make sure that people wouldn't do a second floor rehab. could you speak to that? >> we wanted the work-related to the soft story related to work. we don't want someone to tag on for example a second floor restaurant on a second floor, then you have to worry about maybe sprinkl

prospective this is not a flood area concern for you. i understand it's not fema it's city but there was a flooding of 18 inches and they're now ready to raise their battery services to 18 inches but subsequent to a event or repairs i want to hear a little bit more about that why you don't consider it to be an issue >> it's a combination of water flows as well as sewage back up. this was mostly sewage back up. the sewer pipe has been upgrade to a modern steel pipe so that has addressed that concern >> this information is based on information we got from the public works and we'll submit that to the board today. further the last comment i would make on that prospective that map doesn't refer to our review for the facility but for new construction for the project so even if that were it wouldn't apply to this project >> i appreciate that if you put that in the report. we had the big sink hole a couple weeks ago. i think it might not certainly affiliate some concerns of the neighbors but we don't want to see this to begin with you i think it's important to articulate that from my prospective.

through fema for a variety of marina and water based projects. the goal of this funding was to enhance the department's water response capabilities. this funding expiration date was september of 2012 for the entire grant program with the department having to cease all grant purchases by june 30th of 2012. in august of 2012 the department was contacted by the fiduciary agent for this grant, that there was some additional funding available that had not been expended not necessarily in the city, but throughout the region, and asked the department if we would like to be able to expend it or if we could expend it over the next month in order to meet the grant deadlines. so, the department applied for and received an additional allocation of 3 76,000 above the originally approved amount to expend during this period and that is what's before you today. i apologize for the retroactive nature of the resolution, however, given the extremely short time frame and turn around time of approximately one month, it wasn't possible to get full approval before accepting the additional grant fundi

disappoint league slow response from fema, #sharknado. >> can you imagine pitching this? i have an idea about a tornado that sucks sharks. >> everyone wants to know what the sequel is going to be. >> it got one quarter the tweets the super bowl did. >> i'm going to go home and watch it. >>> i'm paige hopkins. this is "early today." >>> leading the news in britain, how microsoft handed the nsa access to encrypted messages. secret documents allege microsoft allowed u.s. intelligence access to its e-mail services including outlook and hotmail even allowing them to circumvent the company's own encryption. >>> filner, i need help. the mayor issuing a videotaped apology in response to allegations from political allies that he has sexually harassed numerous women. >>> topping our news, new developments in the edward snowden saga. the self-professed nsa leaker is accusing u.s. officials of threatening behavior and waging an unlawful campaign against his attempts to seek asylum. snowden making those comments in an open letter given to human rights groups this morning in moscow. he's still believ

3 [speaker not understood] houses were destroyed [speaker not understood]. fema is the federal agency for emergency preparedness and we haven't had any major earthquake in san francisco since '89, but we're praying and i believe that's a good thing to do even in your meeting, to pray that people can make it through okay a fun day so that business can start again on monday, july the first, which is why i'd like to propose to you all perhaps pcp on monday. thank you. >> thanks. next speaker. >>> my name is [speaker not understood]. i'm a volunteer physicians organizing committee, i'm also a resident of district 5. and i'm here to speak on the general topic of the need for mental health services in our city. and basically we find it unconscionable that we have a director of public health and certain staff from the mayor's office who are claiming that we have enough mental health services and there's a certain deal on the table with cpmc where there is zero psych beds in there. at the same time, we have many physicians who would love to be here who are fearful of retaliation, retal

coco county. the county says fema has now upgraded software or had unknown to contra costa county officials. the county says steps are being taken to make sure this does not happen again. >> police arrested a man accused of robbing a bank in redwood city. the 31-year-old arrested last night in bell monlt. police say he's the snekt a robbery at prof dent credit union. ist construction workers busy repairing front wall of a gas station after thieves rammed the business durings a brazen atm robbery. security cameras caught it on video. you can see thieves smashing into the gas station. >> still to come tonight almost $2 billion, still overbudget. project is eating up funds. >> plus, food trucks taking over. the new location where they're setting up shop and how they did on the first day. >> live on the roof of the broadcast center weekend is here and so are changes in temperatures. i'll be back with details coming up. >> putting hand and stick vacuums to the test. which of the smaller tools can get the job done? abc 7 news >>> there is a new arrival at san francisco international air

fema, i would argue it should be offset, and i've consistently said that every time there's been a fema bill come up. i've put in an amendment to say it should be offset by spending cuts and i think, frankly, if the american people could vote on whether or not we send the money to egypt or to new jersey and new york, i'm all with them. >> what if that takes a long time, senator? the frustration governor christie showed at the time was that this was taking really, really long and the folks in new jersey were really, really hurting and they needed it. >> my amendment was the same day that they passed the appropriation. if they would have passed my amendment they would have gotten their money but gotten one year's worth and it would have been offset with spending cuts. >> gotcha. >> and the spending cuts occur over time but the bill would have happened at exactly the same speed of time. it's really about whether or not you want to have responsible government or whether or not you want unlimited spending without offset cutting. >> do you like chris christie? >> i don't really know him

the moat fiction system it intended to send out a local warning but fema changed computer programs. instead of a localized evacuation, it went county wide. it was an auto mailted response that went a little bit further than intended. >> a little bit? >> we're trying to get that information. i would rather have too many people than not enough. >> as to how and why, still a matter of debate. >>> a mudslide closed westbound lanes ofs of the sierra. take a look. you can so cars trying to get throughout mud here this, began at gold ranch and today, heavy hail and flooding hit the area around 3:30 this afternoon there are no reports of injuries or trucks damage but the lanes may be closed until 11:30 tonight. >> construction on the new bay bridge is pushing forward. we don't know when it will open. very visible projects should be underway, though this, weekend. we are now live from treasure island with that story. >> landscaping and line striping starting this weekend. lane striping beginning on western end of the new bridge and the landscaping beginning more on the eastern end. this str

to do that third. you have to work with fema on the flood maps and see how much you have to raze existing houses. i think what you're going to see in the jersey shore, when you come back in another couple of years, most homes within a four- or five-block area of the ocean will be now on stilts, pillars to permit the water that comes underneath to not create structural damage. all of those conversations had to be had at the local level in our state because new jerseyans have a tradition of being imposed from the state downward, and will fight brutally to prevent it. my job was to go to these towns and convince them that this is something that needed to do. so far, with some exceptions, i have been successful. that is part of what we had to do to deal with the homeowner side of things, let people know that this is a new world in a different world, and if you want to live here, and if you do not want to sell out, this is what you've got to do to make the next time a storm comes, avoid the risk to human life and damage to property. >> how many people took the option to take the buyou

in .marter and faster ways until recently, when a natural disaster struck, teams from fema had to rely exclusively on in person inspections to figure out which damage needed help. now they analyze satellite and and getmagery assistance to the areas that need it most more quickly. after working sandy, most folks were able to sign up for assistance using fema's mobile and web apps. fema agents went door-to-door in some areas with ipads, helping residents who lost power and internet access sign up for disaster relief without leaving their homes. making sure we are delivering services better, faster, more efficiently. second, we've identified new ways to reduce waste and save taxpayers money. to get rid ofg overlapping i.t. systems, we have identified more than $2.5 billion in savings across the federal government. i have proposed and signed into of federalmination programs that were duplicative, not working, or no longer needed , saving billions of dollars a year. the basic principle is simple. taxpayers reserve the biggest and for their buck, -- deserve the biggest bang for their bu

, and better ways. so, for example, until recently, when a natural disaster struck, teams from fema had to rely exclusively on in-person inspections to figure out which families needed help. now they analyze satellite and aerial imagery and get assistance to those areas that need it most more quickly. after hurricane sandy, most folks were able to sign up for assistance using fema's mobile and -- app. s. fema agents went door to door in some areas with ipads helping areas those without power sign up without leaving their homes. so making sure that we're delivering the services better, faster, more efficient. second, we have identified new ways to reduce waste and save taxpayers money. for example, by working to get rid of overlapping it systems we have identified more than $2.5 billion in savings across the federal government. that's just the beginning. i have proposed and signed in to law the elimination of dozen of federal programs and cut even more that were dop cantive, not work or no longer needed. saving billions of dollars a year. and the basic principle is simple. taxpayers

. neil: some role in this? >> fema has tried to help these home owners out as best they can, but they're limited. >> are they telling you or in your case, your honor around? >> well, and my particular case early on may of this out with hotels and things of that nature, but monetarily we did not qualify for aid. neil: losing your home. >> the basically told us what you just said. here is a hotel for a certain amount of time. 9309 on friday, in january, i was told in a phone call myself, my pregnant wife and my two year-old needed to find another place to sit in this morning. judge articulator situation, but it did not matter. neil: added you articulate? >> i tried to be polite because the person on the other end of the phone clearly was making the decisions. neil: baby healthy? >> yes. baby matthew patrick was born on april 11th. mom and baby are doing well. adapting well. neil: with a story to tell them when they grow up. where you going to do not? >> our intention is to rebuild. are trying to negotiate the mine field. the unfortunate thing is that in the case of the homes were d

intrastructure. >> when fema came in and said let us come in with the rack quittes we were. >> and it's not just about natural disasters and accidents. 911 and boston bombing hougt taugt them that they'll be tackling the topic of domestic terrorism. >> this is a good time to remind everybody about prepare nor cal whether it's fire, earthquake or severe weather. we've got tips and information to help you make sure you're ready for a disaster just go to our web site abc 7 news.com and look for prepare nor cal logo. >> federal transportation regulators want to set a safety standard for cars and trucks by requiring them to require new technology. today the national transportation safety board recommended all new vehicles be equipped with sensor that's allows them to communicate with each other. computers analyze vehicles and can warn the driver of a phone shall danger ahead sometimes before the driver can even see any other vehicles. >> trayvon martin's father spoke on capitol hill today during first meeting of the congressional caucus on black men and boys. tracy martin was a special