fema.gov, or 1-800-621-fema. federal assistance alone will not be enough to make people's lives whole again, so i'm asking every american to do what you can to help get families and local businesses back on their feet. if you want to help, governor edwards put together some ways to start at volunteerlouisiana.gov. that is volunteerlouisiana.gov. the reason this is important, even though federal money is moving out, volunteer help actually helps the state because it can offset some of its costs. obviously, private donations are going to be extremely important as well. we want to thank the red cross for everything they are doing, but there are a lot of private philanthropic organizations, churches, parishes around the state and country who want to help as well. that is how we are going to make sure that everybody is able to get back on their feet. let me just remind folks, sometimes once the floodwaters pass, people's attention spans pass. this is not a one-off, this is not a photo op issue. this is how to make sur

we will turn to our federal witness, mister kamoie, with fema. and mister desantis, mister lynch oversee the national security subcommittee and they oversee, in this program, this urban area, terrorism risk assessment, fema conducts the assessment and put in the record reference to their response after central florida was denied in january, multiple times their response on behalf of dhs. with that introduction welcome, mister kamoie and representative from fema. >> thank you, members of the subcommittee, good morning. i'm brian kamoie, administer of grant programs, on behalf of secretary jay johnson, thank you for the opportunity to discuss fema's efforts to assist state and local partners to prepare for and respond to terrorist attacks. the recent shootings in dallas and orlando and last night's tragedy in france are reminders how important it is for our nation to be ready to respond to all types of hazards including man-made threats. our thoughts and prayers are with the victims of these tragic events as well as law enforcement officers who ris

so that there is a change of culture and everybody knows that when the disaster happens, fema is going to be there on the ground, cooperating with state and local officials rapidly, and with attention to detail and keeping the families who have been affected upper most in their minds. we very much appreciate everything craig has done. it is hard, by the way, for craig to be here because he's a lsu t-shirts as we have been passing by. i just had a chance to see some of the damage from the historic floods here in louisiana. i come here first and foremost to say that the prayers of the entire nation are with everybody who lost loved ones. we are heart broken by the loss of life. there are also people who were still desperately trying to track down we're going to keep on helping them every way that we can. as i think anybody who can see just the streets much less the inside of the homes here people's lives have been upended by this flood. local businesses have suffered some terrible damage. families have in some cases lost homes. they certainly lost possessions. priceless keepsakes. woman

fema.gov or one 800-621-fema. federal assistance will not be enough to make people's lives whole again. i'm asking you what you can do to help get local families and businesses on their feet. if you want to help, if you want to help, governor edwards put ways to start at volunteerlouis.gov. that is volunteerlouisiana.gov. the reason this is important, federal money moving out, volunteer help actually helps the state because it can offset some of its costs. obviously private donations are going to be extremely important as well. we want to thank the red cross for everything they're doing. there are a lot of private philanthropic organization, churches, parishes around the state and around the country who want to help as well. that is how we're going to make sure that everybody is able to get back on their feet. so, let me just remind folks, sometimes once the floodwaters pass, people's attention spans pass. this is not a one-off. this is not a photo-op issue. this is how do you make sure that a month from now, thre

or by calling 1-800-621-fema. 1-800-621-3362. even if you're not in one of the 20 parishes part of the major disaster federal declaration, you can register your assistance claim by calling the number i just gave or by going online. thus far, we have had 86,500 registrations with fema for disaster assistance. as many are waiting on borders -- waters to proceed, -- recede, others are just beginning the process of ripping up carpet, damaged drywall, and -- i encourage you to document the damage with photographs. i urge everyone to visit our website for tips on cleanup and protecting your health. that is emergency.la.gov. as soon as possible, you should restore electricity and air-conditioning to make sure you do not suffer mold contamination unnecessarily. i traveled from the southeast to the southwestern portions over the last few days. together, we are working very hard to make sure every available resource is getting into the hands of the people across the 20 parishes who most need it. we are working around the clock to make sure

but fema's obligation here. what they say that they're doing is that they're giving people a life vest, not a lifeboat. they're just trying to get them to help them get through some trouble times so that they can rebuild. they're not actually giving them enough to rebuild themselves. not making excuses for fema, i'm just telling you what fema's point of view on this whole theme is. and the problem that you have is lack of insurance in most of these places. and it's how you get that insurance. is it mandatory in the low income areas you're going to have to get subsidies for these insurance. but only 45% of businesses in the high risk areas had insurance. only 12%, say, in baton rouge had insurance. and that's one of the problems you had post building is because a lot of these people either didn't have the money or didn't have the preparedness to pay that $700 a month for that hurricane insurance. charles: you know, john, it's really one of the tough because things we want our government obviously to respond to on

, will fema pay for that or not? if they do, how many times before they said no more? guest: we call that repetitive loss flooding and it absolutely does happen. there have been cases of many repetitive loss properties. the quick answer is yes. fema is part of the national they insurance program and can rebuild the house or repair it several times over. host: when is enough enough? guest: i don't have that on the tip of my tongue. host: is that something the gao has recommended? guest: we have certainly talked about it in our work, particularly about sustainability in the program. these sorts of properties -- they are not the biggest drain. they are a drain on the system it is one ofam but the problems with program and why does not sustain. the program does not take in enough money to cover its costs. host: it is in clarksburg, west virginia. here.: i was in the flood stream andng a small i had flooding insurance. had. the only one that it came up through their. live with a to checkout for $5,000. and -- theymy house

fema teams are starting today to make assessments. i'm happy to say that the first post-flood small business administration opens today in the town of walker. i want to thank the louisiana department of economic development for their hard work as the begin opening these centers. we are not out of the woods and as i have been saying for six days this is an ongoing event. we still have floodwaters and in some cases record floodwaters as they move south in the river in the west on the side of the mississippi river. housing will be a major issue. i want to stress that if you have not done so, you need to register your damages at disasterassistance.gov. 1-800-621-fema. 1-800-621-3362. even if you're not in one of the parishes part of the major disaster federal declaration, you can register your assistance claim by calling the number i just gave or by going online. thus far, we have had 86,500 registrations with fema for disaster assistance. as many are waiting on borders -- waters to proceed, -- recede, others are just beginning the proces

i could not be prouder of the work that fema has done. that doesn't mean there won't be folks who need more help and we won't have constraints statutorily and congress will have to step up. but it does mean the basic infrastructure and architecture we have in terms of disaster response i think has been high quality, and i'm very proud of them for that, and i want to publicly acknowledge that at the moment. all right? thank you guys. >> now it appears the president has wrapped up his remarks there after touring some of the flood ravaged areas in louisiana. let's bring in bret baier, anchor of "special report" on the fox news channel. we heard the president say americans will have to focus and do everything they can to help the citizens, something that will take months if not years to recover from. there's been plenty of talk about whether he should have been there sooner. he said it's not about politics. >> right, shannon, he says it's not a photo op. but it is a photo op, wherever the president goes it's a big deal and it brings national

so that there is a change of culture and everybody knows that when the disaster happens, fema is going to be there on the ground, cooperating with state and local officials rapidly, and with attention to detail and keeping the families who have been affected upper most in their minds. we very much appreciate everything craig has done. it is hard, by the way, for florida gator. and he's been seeing a lot of lsu t-shirts as we have been passing by. i just had a chance to see some of the damage from the historic floods here in louisiana. i come here first and foremost to say that the prayers of the entire nation are with everybody who lost loved ones. we are heart broken by the loss of life. there are also people who were still desperately tryingo we're going to keep on helping them every way that we can. as i think anybody who can see just the streets much less the inside of the homes here people's lives have been upended by this flood. local businesses have suffered some terrible damage. families have in some cases lost homes. they certainly lost possessions. priceless keepsakes. woman

these disaster assistance will be wearing fema badges and it is important to remember that fema never charges for any of their services. so no legitimate fema worker is ever going to ask you to pull out your wallet, pull out your check book, give them a credit card. that will not happen. you will also be seeing disaster recovery centers opening where fema representatives will be able to address your specific needs case-by-case. these will be one-stop shop centers, they will have the red cross of these disaster recovery centers, the small business administration, and other agencies in order to make sure that you receive the assistance to which you are entitled and which you need. also, the louisiana economic element will be opening more business recovery centers so that small business owners can get the help they need to get back on their feet. in addition with respect to the small business administration, and livingston paris the business recovery center was opened in walker yesterday. on monday, august 22, the small business administration will open a recovery center in ascension par

he pointed out fema has done a great job. they've been here doing a great job and funds are there but they won't last forever. let's listen to what else he had to say. >> let me just remind folks. sometimes once the floodwaters pass people's attention spans pass. this is not a one-off. this is not a photo-op issue. this is how do you make sure that a month from now, three months from now, six months from now people still are getting the help they need? >> and keep in mind it's going to take time and it's going to take money to rebuild. hurricane katrina was 11 years ago. after that for weeks and months and years that followed we watched victims relocate, rebuild and so we know how long it takes to recover. kate? >> i've covered many of them myselves. it's devastating. i know the president is still on the ground meeting with families of the officers who were shot and killed in baton rouge? >> if you remember, the shooting that happened in mid-july, three baton rouge police officers gunned down then there was the shooting in th

fema.gov or 800-621-fema. now federal assistance alone won't be enough to make people's lives whole again so i'm asking every american to do what you can to get families and local businesses back on their feet. if you want to help, governor edwards put together ways to start at volunteerlouisiana.gov. that's volunteerlouisiana.gov and the reason this is important is because even though federal money is moving out volunteer help actually helps the state because it can offset some of its costs. obviously private donations are going to be extremely important as well. we want to thank the red cross for everything they're doing but there are a lot of private philanthropic organizations, churches, parishes around the state and around the country who want to help as well. and that's how we'll make sure that everybody is able to get back on their feet. so let me just remind folks. sometimes once the floodwaters pass people's attention spans pa pass. this is not a one off. this is not a photo-op issue. this is how do y

kamoie with fema. fifa again, a quarter of this -- fema again, a quarter of this review, mr. desantis, mr. lynch oversee the national securities subcommittee and the oversee dhs. but in this program, this urban area terrorism risk assessment, fema actually conducts the assessment and, in fact, we will put in the record reference to the response after central florida was denied back in january, and multiple times their response on behalf of dhs. so with that introduction let me welcome mr. kamoie, the representative from fema to testify. >> thank you very much, chairman mica, chairman desantis and members of the subcommittee, good morning. i am assistant administrator for grant programs at fema. on behalf of secretary jeh johnson and administer to craig fugate, thank you for the opportunity to discuss dhs and emacs efforts to assist our state and local partners to prepare for and respond to terrorist attacks. the recent shootings in dallas and orlando at last nights tragedy in nice friends are reminders of just how important it is for our nation to be ready to respond all type

be prouder of the work that fema's done. hat doesn't mean there aren't going to still be folks that need more help, that we're not constraints some statutorily. but it does mean the basic ackbone, the basic infrastructure and architecture we have in terms of disaster high se i think has been quality. and i'm very proud of them for that. i want to publicly acknowledge the moment. all right? thank you guys. >> what's your name? >> here. come on. got to have the podium. we got to have the podium. here. you get on one side. on the other. that way, we can look like we're press conference together. come on. how you all doing? all right. [ inaudible conversation ] >> do you have video? a happy i can wish her birthday. she's the one with the birthday. what's her first name? tell me when you're ready. you happy nt to wish birthday. everything is going to be okay. mom and dad, they got this covered. all right? all right. god bless you. all right. thank you. all right. all right. [ inaudible conversation ] [ inaudible conversation ] >>

flooding in louisiana, right now we're waiting for a live press conference from the governor and from fema officials. we'll watch this carefully and go to it as soon as they begin. in the meantime, we'll show you what it is they're talking about. these floods have now cost the lyes of nine people. more than 20,000 people have been rescued, many of them swift water rescues. the sheriff of livingston parish says more than 100,000 people in his parish have now lost everything they owned. this flooding was triggered by more than two feet of rain and sadly, there is more to report in the forecast. so it is a crisis of epic proportions there. we're going to just tune in to find out exactly what this latest news conference will tell us in terms of the emergency response and the state of emergency there. in the interim, as we wait for that live update, and watch those pictures, we are also watching the election story. >>> donald trump calling himself the law and order candidate and arriving today in a city facing some serious unrest. trump is making a stop in milwaukee following violent protests t

"this community cannot recover with only the assistance that comes from fema" until then from fema"that comes from fema" until then the community is coming together to rebuild, hoping to get help they need sooner than later. and while we talk about the need the red cross says its received $7.8 million dollars in donations for flood victims?? and while that's a lot it's "not enough" to cover an estimated $30 million dollars in costs. in baton rouge, sarah rosario the storm and its flooding have damaged an estimated 60- thousand homes and forced thousands to seek temporary housing. at least 40 state highways remained closed. decision 2016 ... a federal appeals court says early voting in wisconsin can continue.in july.. a district judge struck down a host of state election laws.. including early voting limits. the judge granted a request to stay the photo i-d law.. but refused to put a hold on other parts of the ruling. idea to make college more affordable for students. the republican from oshkosh is floating the idea of getting rid of some instructors... and replacing them with educationa

fema.gov, or 1-800-621-fema. now federal assistance alone is not going to be enough to make people's lives whole again. so i am asking every american to do what you can to help get families and local businesses back on their feet. if you want help, if you want to help, governor edwards put together some ways to start at volunteerlouisiana.gov. that's volunteerlouisiana.gov. and the reason this is important is because, even though federal movie is moving out, volunteer help actually helps the state because it can offset some of its costs. obviously private donations are going to be extremely important as well. we want to thank the red cross for everything they're doing, but there are a lot of philanthropy organizations, churches, parishes around the state and around the country who want to help as well. and that's how we're going to make sure that everybody is able to get back on their feet. so let me just remind folks. sometimes once the floodwaters pass, people's attention spans pass. this is not a one-off. this

these disaster assistance will it isring fema badges and important to remember that fema never charges for any of their services. fema worker ise ever going to ask you to pull out your wallet, pull out your check book, give them a credit card. that will not happen. seeing disaster recovery centers opening where fema representatives will be able to address your specific needs case-by-case. these will be one-stop shop the red they will have cross of these disaster recovery centers, the small business administration, and other agencies in order to make sure that you receive the assistance to which you are entitled and which you need. also, the louisiana economic morent will be opening business recovery centers so that small business owners can get the help they need to get back on their feet. addition with respect to the small business administration, and livingston paris the business recovery center was opened in walker yesterday. on monday, august 22, the small business administration will open a recovery center in ascension parish as well as in east baton rouge parish at two locations

since dhs and also fema would not change their assessment, we moved forward. and even before, i can the horrible pulse massacre, we began changing legislative language. i would like to submit for the record also language that we have included in the dhs appropriations bill, and that's both legislative language and report language to make changes in this program, give back to congress some of the data and information and assessment prior to it becoming effective your so without objection we will put that in the record. since again the horrible events of orlando, our committee and subcommittees have conducted an investigation. let me just go over briefly and conclude with some of our findings. some of this is astounding. of the money since 2011, almost half of the urban area security initiative funds, almost half of these funds, our unexpended. we have a slide here that shows $1.1 billion of the $2.8 billion in these awards, or about 40% remain unexpended. it's stunning that while orlando got no money the last two years, unexpended funds, listen to this, from bo

. 1-800-6epeat that, 1-800-621-fema or fema.com. -- fema.gov. federal assistance alone will not be enough to make people's lives whole again, so i'm asking every american to do what you can to help get families and local businesses back on their feet. if you want to help, governor edwards put together some ways to start at volunteerlouisiana.gov. the reason this is important, even though federal money is moving out, volunteer help actually helps the state because it can offset some of its costs. obviously, private donations are going to be extry

fema.gov or 1-800-621-fema. but federal assistance alone will not be enough to make people's lives whole again, so i'm asking every american to do what you can to help get families and local businesses back on their feet. if you want to help if you want , to help, governor edwards put together some ways to start at volunteerlouisiana.gov. that is volunteerlouisiana.gov. the reason this is important, even though federal money is moving out, volunteer help actually helps the state because it can offset some of its costs. obviously, private donations are going to be extremely important as well. we want to thank the red cross for everything they are doing, but there are a lot of private philanthropic organizations, churches, parishes around the state and country who want to help as well. that is how we are going to make sure that everybody is able to get back on their feet. let me just remind folks, sometimes once the floodwaters pass, people's attention spans pass. this is not a one-off, this is not a photo op issu

we're going get the assistance that we can out of fema. we're going to work to get the community development and block grant assistance. we need it with the transportation that was heavily damaged and this is going to require the effort and there was con con kreegs and then it's coming in baton rouge as well, and this is a big month long effort, and it's going require assistance from the administration and congress. >> on our show yesterday dr. t anthony head of nih said that he was afraid that it was going to set the state back and zika a problem and mosquitos. what have they recommended and what can you do to mitigate the problem? >> well, you know there's a civil lining in every cloud and the fact of the matter is that some of the assistance that we're able to get and the major declaration is assistance to pay for spring and mosquitos that we did not have beforehand. so with passing the bill that obtains the funding and zika and mosquito control, we're going to have the funding available to us. we're going to have stagnant water all ove

fema.gov or 1-800-621-fema. now, federal assistance alone is not going to be enough to make people's lives whole again. so i'm asking every american to do what you can to help get families and local businesses back on their feet. if you want help -- if you want to help, governor edwards has put together some ways to start at volunteerlouisiana.gov. that's volunteerlouisiana.gov. and the reason this is important is because even though federal money's moving out, volunteer help actually helps the state because it can offset some of its costs. obviously private donations are going to be extremely important as well. we want to thank the red cross for everything they're doing, but there are a lot of private philanthropic organizations, churches, parishes around the state and around the country who want to help as well. that's how we're going to make sure everybody is able to get back on their feet. so let me just remind folks, sometimes once the flood waters pass people's attention spans pass. this is not a one-off.

i could not be prouder of the work that fema has done. that does not mean that there will not be folks who need more will not have some constraints statutorily, and congress will need to step up, but it means the basic infrastructure and architecture we have in terms of disaster response, i think, has been high-quality. i am very proud of them for that and i want to publicly in knowledge -- acknowledge them for that. >> [inaudible] president obama: hey, melissa ott. how are you? come on. here. we have to have pictures. we have to have a podium. you get on one side, you get on the other. that way, we can look like we are giving a press conference together. how are you all doing? do you have video on that? that way i can send video. ok. tell me when you are ready. i want to wish you a happy birthday. everything is going to be ok. mom and dad have this covered. the president has your back. have a wonderful birthday celebration. thank you. >> god bless you. that happensma: when it is hot. [captioning performed by the national captioning insti

1-800-621-fema or go to disasterassistance.gov. it's disaster loans through individual grants. our focus right now we have a lot of people in shelters and looking at what kind of housing assistance, renter's assistance to help people move from shelters to longer-term housing. >> you mentioned flood insurance. according to fema, 42% of homeowners who live in these high-risk flood areas in the state of louisiana, 42% of them have flood insurance. in low-risk areas, it's about 12%. why is flood insurance not mandatory in those parts of louisiana, especially in those high-risk areas? >> well, it's a federally backed mortgage it's required. other than that, it's like everybody else. you're responsible for yourself. if you don't live in the high-risk areas, you may not have that requirement. but this will mean for most folks, the fema assistance is limited. we're not going to be able to make people whole. the ones that will do the best will be the ones with flood insurance. >> craig fugate who runs fema, updating us on the scene in luis

you don't see fema. you see people in pickup trucks pulling out of people's houses. >> we just hope, you know, that -- we just hope that the government steps up because so many people don't have anything. they need to get help. >> waiting on fema to try to come and see what they can do for us. we went to my house today and can't salvage nothing but a microwave. >> so we hear you. so many morning we're going to pose those questions to fema administrator kcraig fugate. i know fema is on the ground. how can these people get help? >> first thing is if we haven't gotten to them, because we're out in the streets and in the shelters registering people, is to go to disasterassistance.gov. we've already issued $100 million. now we've issued it. there's 100 million dollar that's been placed in people's accounts to begin the mediate recovery, get a place to stay. those numbers will continue to go up. this is a large operation and substantial amounts of money are getting to people. because so many people were impact

what does fema provide after $33,000 per individual in grant money? not enough to fix a house so what we are looking at is 44,000 people in this area alone, devastating loss of life, 13 people dead. >> really tough when you see these kinds of natural disasters and you hope people can recover from it as soon as they can but a big part of that is fema and their ability to get money out to people as quickly as possible and if katrina is an indication how the government works it is not encouraging. another story we are following for all of you right now in rio. they are holding a press conference about those swimmers who said they were held at gunpoint. i assume this is in portuguese. >> we can try -- trish: it is in english. let's listen in. >> provide translation, we can try to help you afterwards if you do not speak english. name and rank. chief of the civil police. a police chief, chief of the police station to support tourists. we want to thank the people who provided this face, to try to accommodate you because we were unable to accommodate so many

marks for fema. we now take it for granted, that was not always the case, but it has nots been such under two administrations that organization pulled itself together since katrina. >> one thing just to throw in to this whole conversation about the politics and optics of when obama should go and trump go. we know about the war in iraq is sort of why president george w. bush's popularity faded and led to a real reckoning within the republican party, if you look at the poll numbers, it's in the wake of his handling of hurricane katrina in which his numbers really begin to drop. we know for a fact that when events like this happen and you have the eyes of the public, not just the political people, but the eye us of the public on it, they are judging and looking and making sort of long-term decisions about how did this person do and what did it mean? that's what's difficult. but we know for a fact, herself ri suggests people are looking and making judgments based on what our leaders and those who want to

have fema and other agencies stepped up so far? >> i can't answer that because i have not seen the more talked to them. other than members of congress who are friends of mine who checked in with us i have not spoken to government officials. all our response has been faith-based citizen to citizen. i have had calls from pastors and churches across the nation sending relief workers, volunteers, money to feed people, we have been 1000 people a day a hot meal. what is that? when you don't have appliances or a home to live in a hot meal goes a long way and this is faith-based driven. in terms of our operation, one of the first places i called was franklin brand, 48 hours they were set up on the church parking lot helping people pool out there waterlogged belongings. i can't speak to the response of the government. i have not heard from them. maybe they will check in with us. our response has all been from the faith-based and neighborhoods, neighbor helping neighbor and that might be why it didn't get a lot of attention. we were calling

it is indicative of lessons fema learned during sandy. that is a great step forward. liz: it's a pr lesson and makes people feel better. adds to the whole deficit of the program you just artic he lated, does it not? what makes this a melting iceberg of an issue? >> part of the issue, more and more people live in floodplains. i need to say here, so many people who have been affected in louisiana by these floods are not people living in floodplains, that is really important thing i think your viewers need to understand. this was really historic rainfall in areas that haven't seen floods like this in over a century. i think it's a very important distinction to make. most of the people, many of the people impacted would never thought to buy flood insurance because they don't live in a floodplain. most homeowners insurance couldn't cover flooding. the answer to the question of why it's a melting iceberg, we're seeing more and more severe climate events, whether flash flooding or river flooding or this kind of incredible, what really amounts to a cyclone over land which is

and built stronger ties with fema. so, what you are seeing this year, is in this case, with the flooding, fema by comparison to katrina, and other hurricanes in the past, they've been far quicker it respond, they've been on the case, and their response isn't getting the kind of blow back and criticism we've seen in the past. >> we saw people who were stranded inside the super dome for days. people on their roofs for days. people that were stuck on the highway and the president at the time george bush was criticized for being on vacation and just doing a fly-over, and it still was an optic thing. but president obama went to a fundraiser earlier this week for hillary clinton, so people were saying this is all about optics if he had time to go to the fund raiser why couldn't he just show up here for few minutes, and take a look at the folks down in baton rouge. >> and that get back to the catch 22, no matter barometer of the president or the government's engagement in this and the response is what the people on the ground

fema before. employees of puerto rico know and work disasters. -- go and work disasters. there is a report that one in four people in puerto rico have zika, so if they are working with fema in louisiana, i would like to know that they are being screened for zika. and that it's really the only comment that i have about it. host: all right, that is cynthia from columbus, mississippi. "the advocate" did publish this story that said west nile, zika concerns are heightened as louisiana becomes a breeding ground. there could be an increase in west nile cases, and even potentially a bigger threat of zika virus. we are going to have standing water all over louisiana, governor john bel edwards said this week. our last caller for the show this morning will be richard from independence, missouri. richard, go ahead with your thought. caller: good morning. the question about disaster relief i think needs to get broadened into what is going to happen with greater frequency with respect to climate change. fires,

so many people have with fema. the maximum any household is getting is about $33,000 and she tells me that is not nearly enough to cover her starting over. tamron? >> and to the reaction of the president visiting there, have you had a chance, tammy, to get some thoughts from folks there about his visit? >> absolutely. you know, residents are angry he has not come out here yet. but i've asked them, is it too little, too late? and they said no, they really want people to know what's going on here and they want some help. these people want to start over. they want to remanufacture, and a lot of them started doing that. i think people are happy he's coming out tomorrow. >> reporter: the fema reaction. we can focus on the president but a lot of people on the ground are fema, state workers. what's been the reaction to how fema has set up shop in helping? >> reporter: you know, as far as assistance they're getting right now, food, water, blankets, shelter, that type of thing, people are very happy. but it's the financial

which is complete difference than this fema director. number three and most importantly and i think the most important thing that folks don't understand is even though donald trump went there, because his plane was there, what safety plane couldn't land? what plane of resources couldn't land? what police officers were taken off the street helping the survivors? that's the question. >> we know there are 13 deaths related. >> not at all, mark, not at all. >> hold on. hold on. we have had our final political thoughts there it's absolutely devastation down there. and these people have a long road to recovery. >> absolutely. >> we hope everybody does their part and chips in. thank you both of you richard and mark. hillary clinton draping former secretary of state colin powell into her ongoing email scandal. and he wants no part of it plus, under mounting criticism, a surprise confession from the clinton family charity. but only if hillary becomes president. peter swirs has studied the clinton foundation for years. he says this is too little,

fema he said is now in place. telling you the money fema has spent. he's giving you numbers to call personal donor want to give something else. he's giving you all of the need.ation that you >> host: i guess the question that some of the criticism comes from is whether it looked bad that he was still on vacation and that he was golfing last happening.s was sentineln in the sun writes "when disaster strikes a right to have the president make his presence felt. if obama had been on business somewhere else, but the fact he was on vacation and playing golf with celebrities had to gall from louisiana and elsewhere ." >> caller: since this is their disaster, has to understand one thing. as the president of the united states of america, and this is my personal opinion, you have a staff. you have a staff of people. writing avernor statement saying it isn't time for you to come, you have to that.t i always think of governors as the president of their state. you are listening to that. you're watching it on the news. came at the right time. he came when it was m

fema teams are starting today to make assessments. flood smallst business administration center opens today. departmenthank the beginelopment as they opening the centers. we are not out of the woods. as i have been saying. this is an ongoing events. in somefloodwaters and cases, record floodwaters as they move south. housing will be a major issue. stress, if you have not done so, you need to register your dam urges -- your damages. even if you are not in one of the 20 parishes that are part of the major disaster declaration, you can and should register your disaster assistance claim by calling the number or going online. we have had 86,500 registrations with fema. still waiting on the water to reseed. others are beginning the process carpet, drywall, removing damage from their homes. , document your damages by taking photographs. i encourage everyone to look for .ips it is important you clean out your homes as soon as possible. restoreas possible, electricity and air-conditioning so you don't suffer mold contamination. we are working

. >>> the first congressman to survey flood damage in louisiana says fema's response has been pitiful. he toured the baton rouge area today and he chairs the subcommittee with jurisdiction over fema and says the agency has been too slow and setting up mobile homes for families while they repair their damage permanent residents. fema says it's working to speed up efforts. >>> orlando major visitors as concerns of zika virus rise around the country. there are 43 known cases around florida but no mosquito transmitted zika cases in central florida. zika causes a mild illness and most people but can lead to severe brain related birth defects if women are infected during pregnancy. >>> coming up why police need your help in catching vandals taking potshots at cars and homes in northern virginia. >>> cooler weather headed this way. >> troomor >>> search teams in central italy have recovered two more bodies from the rubble of last week's earthquake. it brings the death toll to at least 292 and authorities promised to investigate whether or not following building codes had a thing to do with a

fema says 1/5 of claims come from outside of the flood areas. there could be problems in areas that are high risk. mortgage lenders require flood insurance. the federal classification can change and existing homeowners may not be adding the coverage without the lender notified. a lot of the houses don't have coverage. you are talking about financial catastrophe. >> it speaks to how unprecedented the storm was. so much flooding where it typically does not flood. >>> a terror attack on a wedding in turkey leaving dozens dead. why the age of the bomber is shocking the world as the vice president gets ready to head to ankara. >>> isis is the primary suspect in the bombing at the kurdish wedding over the weekend in turkey. what is disturbing is the age of the suicide bomber. authorities believe the bomber was between 12 and 14 years old. this week, joe biden is set to travel there to deal with the coup of the nato ally. let's bring in correspondent ben wedeman. ben, what else do we know about the bomber? >> reporter: very little beyond that. we don't

fema says 1/5 of all claims come from homes outside of the high risk areas. that is the main issue in louisiana. there can be problems when areas are designated as high risk. mortgage lenders require federal flood insurance on homes in the regions. it doesn't apply if you own your home outright. the federal classification can change and homeowners may not have been told to add the insurance. >> it is a tough situation. >>> terror attack on a wedding in turkey leaves dozens dead. why the age of the bomber is shocking the world as vice president joe biden is getting ready to visit the country. ♪ ♪ only those who dare drive the world forward. introducing the first-ever cadillac ct6. i'm hillary clinton, and i approve this message. michael hayden: if he governs consistent with some of the things he said as a candidate, i would be very frightened. gillian turner: he's been talking about the option of using a nuclear weapon against our western european allies. max boot: this is not somebody who should be handed the nuclear codes. charles krauthammer: you have t

>> well, you know, fema hass really stepped up at this point. i met with administrator craig fugate with governor edwards and his staff at the governor'sor office. it was a very good meeting. they assured us any asset we need for, it would happen. so far it has. what i need now, which would be really great for our parish and for surrounding parish, is for the president to declare this a 90/10 payback for fema versus a 25/75. that would help us. he can do that, and i hope he will do that very soon, because what that means is the parish will owe back 10% versus 25%. i quite frankly don't know where the 10% is going to come from, but i know 25% right now is just going to be astronomical. >> woodruff: well, as we reported, the president wases there in baton rouge today. there has also been some political criticism that he didn't get there sooner. how do you see that? we know donald trump was there last friday. what do these visits mean for the area? and did the politicians get there as soon as you thought they should have?ha >> well, you know, as fa

charles: when we read that 70,000 people have requested assistance from fema. that 9,000 have filed for flood insurance but over 400,000 homes have been affected. this is an area that normally does not have flooding issues. there is really, how do you prepare -- how did you cash up focatch up for something you never thought you would have to deal with it. >> unfortunately we have a lot of issues with louisiana with disasters, we have had several thins this past, we train for these typing of, events year round, our mod sell the same could regard less of a hurricane or flooding, we have a mass of flooding event in march, it just so happens that kind of spared baton rouge and new orleans areas. but you have 33 parishes in louisiana impacted by that just kind of put this in perspective, you have 40,000 people register for federal assistant about 90 day window with that. we're already at about 85-86,000 people registered now. the number continues to climb. but this event, and registration process is only open fur 4 days. charles: -- open for 4 days. charles: it is r

it meant homeowners could not get fema money for repairs. this investigation, which

we don't have no fema, government, no nothing. we are doing this ourselves. business up without any body's help. if they show up. fine. if they don't. we are going to put this back on the map. >> reporter: the hiss toreic flooding has forced more than 106,000 people to register for fema assistance. a one-week total the agency hasn't seen since superstorm sandy. fema remt representatives tell some places are unreachable and active in all 20 hard hit parishes. >> we did have teams on the ground as the waters were rising. we have teams here t through. we want to be here. want to be here for survivors. that's our goal. >> already. more than 36 million dollars in federal assistance has been approved for this area. but this morning, 3,000 people remain in shelters. >>> miami mayor phillip levine asking for federal help to squash the zika virus in its track. five cases reported in two miami communities. they're the first known cases of u.s. mainland. meanwhile, thousands of students return to school. and some of their parents are very concerned. david begnaud report

amount of money fema will allow them. you know, if you're not a part of the federal flood insurance program, fema will allow you $33,000, but the average that they loan out is about $7,000. that's a big gap, martin. we didn't have high numbers of insurance people here. in terms of a ratio of people to homes and insurance. we're very low on that because we got a gap here. something is missing in between the insurance companies and the bankers telling people whether they live in a wetlands or not. we have to fix that because we're way underinsured, number one. and number two, what fema are offering is $7,000. you cannot replace all this %-p. fema is going to have to adjust their numbers or this community, many people will not get back in their homes and this would have a catastrophic effect on the chemical corridor for america that we run here as well as the petrochemical industry because people cannot move back in their homes, martin. >> there is often a quick jump to want to compare or try to compare what is going on in l

people to register for fema assistance. a one-week total of the agency hasn't seen since super storm sandy. fema representatives tell us some places are still unreachable, but they say they are active in all 20 hard hit parishes. >> we did have teams on the grounds as the waters were rising. and we have teams here all the way through. >> more than $36 million in federal assistance has already been approved for area. but there are still more than 3,000 people living in shelters. manuel, cbs news, demain springs, louisianna. >> tough to see what they're going through down there. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news". >> california wild fires move close to a national landmark. we'll show you why officials are hoping this one will be spared. katie? >> and jim, once more we're looking ahead here to a nice refreshing change of pace. it is already underway as we've got a bit of a breeze out there, the humidity has dropped, and it is a pattern that's going to last us a i'm hillary clinton, and i approve this message. michael hayden:

the maximum amount given by fema is $32,000. thousand of southeastern louisianians cannot go home yet. floodwaters are keeping them from their homes. more than 700 of them are staying at celtic studios, which has been turned into shelters by studio director patrick people are taken care of and that they're going to be able to have a roof over their heads and have that kind of comfort. >> reporter: more than 4,000 people are still in shelters because they can't get to their homes because of the water or they don't have a home to go back to. scott, 950 fema workers are on the ground in louisiana, and more are on the way. >> pelley: omar villafranca in the flood zone. omar, thank you. today, health officials in florida said two more people have been infected with zika that makes 35 now infected by local mosquitoes. crews have been saturating the so-called zika zone with insecticide, hoping to contain the virus which causes severe birth defects. today, donald trump took his struggling campaign to a battleground state that he cannot