fema. [indiscernible] [indiscernible] >> what's going on, guys? [indiscernible] >> good to see you. i assume you guys have been busy. [indiscernible] [laughter] [indiscernible] [laughter] [indiscernible] pres. obama: we will be sure to have that happen. everyone is all lined up? let's get this done. one, another member of congress here. to begin with, i just want to say thank you to the outstanding officials behind me who has been on the ground working 24/7 since this flood happened. it begins with outstanding leadership from the top, with the governor john bel edwards, and we very much appreciate all the outstanding work he has done, his better half, first lady of louisiana, i know has been by his side every step of the way. we are grateful for her. i know they have their own cleaning up to do because the governor's mansion was flooded as well. in addition, i want to acknowledge senator bill cassidy senator david bitter, , reverted gary graves representative cedric richmond, , the mayor of baton rouge kip holden, and somebody who i cannot brag enough about, one of the best hires i

management agency denied urban area security initiatives in orlando the last two years, fema's reasoning was terrorists were unlikely to attack orlando if fema was wrong. the deponent of homeland security and federal emergency management agency must allocate preparedness funding in a way that recognizes recent terrorist threats, specifically fema must change its methodology to listen to appeals of cities that are closest to the threat. there on the ground, the first responders, they know what the risk is. people pour into central florida in the greater orlando area containing soft targets like amusement parks which see large numbers of people congregating on location. suicidal terrorists seek out soft targets because it allows them to do a lot of damage in a relatively short time. the orlando area at risk to reflect this fact. i agree with law enforcement personnel from central florida including sheriff deming the relative risks for orlando should include volusia and brevard county. the strategy includes these counties with assistance following the terrorist attack at the polls

about, one of the best hires i made as president, the administrator of fema, craig fugate, who has done such an outstanding job, not just in dealing with this particular incide, really rebuilt fema 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

you do, your information will be updated. in the coming days, you will also see an awful lot of fema activity going on in your communities and in your parishes. disaster assistance teams are on the ground and will be in your neighborhoods to help you register and access fema services. 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

can't brag enough about, one of the best hunters i made as president, administrator of fema who has done such an outstanding job not just dealing with this particular incident but rebuilt fema, so that there is a change of culture. and everybody knows that when a disaster happens fema is going to be on the ground cooperating with state and local officials rapidly and with attention to detail and keeping the families who have been affected uppermost in their minds. we appreciate that. it is hard for craig to be here because he is a florida gator and he has been seeing a lot of su t-shirts. i had a chance to see some of the damage in louisiana. i come first and foremost to say who lost loved ones. we are heartbroken by the loss of life. there are also people who are still desperately trying to track down friends and family. we're keeping helping them in every way 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 in some cases ha

eastern on c-span. fema has received more than 85,000 applications from residents in that state for federal disaster aid. thursday, homeland secretary jeh johnson joined governor bell edwards and others to talk about the federal response to flooding. they spoke to reporters in the baton rouge, louisiana state police emergency operations center. >> good afternoon and thank you for joining us today. i'm proud to be joined by the u.s. department of homeland security secretary jeh johnson and i want to thank secretary johnson and all of our federal partners for their quick response and the way that they work with us here to respond to this unprecedented historic flooding event and to plan the transition into an effective recovery. 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 has they -- as they begin opening these centers. we are not out of the woods and as i have been saying for six days th

can't brag enough about, one of the best hires i made as president, the administrator of fema, craig fugate, who has done such an outstanding job, not just in dealing with this particular incident but has really rebuilt fema so that there is a change of culture. and everybody knows when a disaster happens, fema will be there on the ground cooperating with state and local officials rapidly and with attention to detail, and keeping the families who are affected uppermost in their minds. we appreciate everything craig has done. it's hard for craig to be here because he's a florida gator and he's been seeing a lot of lsu t-shirts as we pass by. we've had a chance to see some of the damage from the historic floods here in louisiana. i come first and foremost to say that the prayers of the entire nation are with everybody who lost loved ones. we are heartbroken by the loss of life. there are also people who are still desperately trying to track down friends and family. 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

fema programs that most people think of. the big ones are assistance to individuals, the payments going out to folks like in the louisiana flooding right now to help them with everyday expenses and necessities and temporary housing assistance. it also includes longer-term localry items to rebuild infrastructure like schools, subway systems, public infrastructure and things like that. the $95 billion is not the total amount the federal government the actual number is much more difficult to quantify. for example, the department of housing and urban development issued over $30 billion over that time. when that number is thrown out there that doesn't mean fema programs but there is a lot more spending as well. host: so that doesn't include the flood insurance program? guest: that is a longer-term insurance program. how is that money appropriated, how does fema decide how much money they need each year? guest: it is a complex process, but in short they do it waste on the storms that have happened over the prior 10 years. they look how much has been spent and they estimate a good number they

transition into an effective recovery. 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 process of ripping

administrator of fema, craig fugate, who has done such an outstanding job, not just in dealing particular incident, but has really rebuilt fema 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 busine

by this flooding. 95,000 louisiana residents now seeking help from fema. the maximum, by the way, payout from fema it for flood damage is $33,000. historically people never get anything close to that amount. many say that the government actually should be doing a lot more and doing more for help. in the next hour, i'm going to have head of fema on to respond to critics of the program and of course the pleas of the residents of louisiana. but first, i want to go to nick who's one of the residents asking for help. his grocery store was flooded. nick, how hopeful are you -- we have a photograph of your grocery store on screen now that you'll be able to get the kind of help you need to recover from this from our government? >> yeah. i'm just hoping that they come through, you know? i mean we haven't seen president obama here yet. i mean i would think, you know, back in katrina whenever everything came up in new orleans, president bush was there, and i know he was chastised about it not being there early enough. but we're going on a week now, and we haven't seen the president. we do a

everybody. 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 the beginning of july when alton sterling was sh

risk for terrorism. a fema official testifies about a grant program for urban areas and orlando police chief and the sheriff of orange county florida also talk about their response efforts after june's attack at the pulse nightclub in orlando. oversight committee held this meeting early last month. >> good morning. and would like to welcome everyone this morning to the committee on oversight government to reform. of this morning, we are actually conducting a joint hearing with a subcommittee as transportation public assets and also the national security subcommittee. the title of the hearing in this morning and a subject is addressing oversight of the urban area security initiative grant program. probably can't start this hearing without just maybe a moment of silence to remember the 49 individuals who were killed in orlando. as we also last night and nice, our great allies lost some 84 people so, so let's just take a minute and pause here and remember those. [moment of silence] [moment of silence] >> thank you. is quite fitting that we do meet today to discuss one of the government pr

who i can't brag nough about, one of the best hires i made as president, the has istrator of fema, who done such an outstanding job, dealing with this particular incident, but has fema so that culture. change of and everybody knows that when the disaster happens, fema's there on the ground cooperating with state and local with als rapidly and attention to detail and keeping the families who have been most in their mind. so we very much appreciate everything craig's done. to be here r craig because he's a florida gator and he's been seeing a lot of lsu tee-shirts as we've been passing by. i just had a chance to see some of the damage from the historic here in louisiana. i come here first and foremost 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 are desperately trying to track down friends and family. helping themeep on every way that we can. who can see ybody just the streets, much less the inside of the homes here, been up lives have ended by this flood. suffered nesses have terrible damage. fami

administrator of fema, craig fugate who has done such an outstanding job not just in dealing with this particular incident but has rebuilt fema. everybody knows when a disaster happens fema will be on the ground cooperating with state and local officials rapidly and with attention to detail and keeping the families who have been affected uppermost in their minds so we very much appreciate everything craig has done. it's hard for craig to be here because he's a florida gator and he's been seeing a lot of lsu t-shirts as we've been passing by. i had a chance to see some of the damage from the historic floods in louisiana. i come here first and foremost to say that the prayers of the entire nation with everybody who lost loved ones. we are heartbroken by the loss of life. there are still people who are desperately trying to track down friends and family we are going to keep on helping them every way that we can. as anybody i think 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 te

trying get to many homes per day. sound no i.d. fema representative i can only do 10 a day, when you are thinking there are about 80,000 homes affected, that is a lot of man hours sound president barack obama - zachary, la"we are going to continue to support and help you until we get folks back in homes and lies are rebuilt." it's the worst natural disaster in the u-s since superstorm sandy in 2012 but according the american red cross donations are barely tricking in. - louisiana's governor says they're going to need more money to pay. sound governor john bel edwards - (d) louisianawe are going to need a lot more help. "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 st

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 there. the demonstrations following the shooting death of an armed african

hires i made as president, the administrator of fema, craig fugate who has done juch an outstanding job not just in dealing with this particular incident but has really rebuilt fema so that there is a change of culture and everybody knows that when a disaster happens, fema's 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. so we very much appreciate everything craig's done. it is hard, by the way, for craig to be here because he is a florida gator and he's been seeing a lot of lsu t-shirts as we've 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 heartbroken by the loss of life. there are also people who are still desperately trying to track down friends and family. we're going to keep on helping them every way that we can. as i think anybody who can see just the streets, m

president pulled out some high praise for fema in the state of louisiana. >> one of the things that i did in walking through each of the homes was asked have you contacted fema and filed and they all said that they had been in touch with fema and acted professionally. some of them had already been out here for inspections. i could not be prouder of the work that fema has done. >> of course the visit is not without controversy and they praised the decision to make it a national priority a. the president did sign a federal declaration a week and a half ago of john edwards request for that preparation. he said that both the fema director and joining me now is the governor of louisiana and welcome to the show, sir. >> thank you chuck. happy to be with you. >> now, i know that you have been thrown into the little bit of the political hot potato campaign and having to do with the criticism on the right and having go on the time and then the left and then the photo op. give me your take on both visits. >> well, first of all i don't have time for the politics right now. it's too distrack titi

brag enough about, one of the best hires i made as president, the administrator of fema, craig fugate who has done such an outstanding job not just in dealing with this particular incident, but has really rebuilt fema so there's a change of culture. and everybody knows that when a disaster happens, fema's going to be there on the ground cooperating with state and local officials rapidly and with attention to detail. it's hard by the way for craig to be here because he's a florida gator. and he's been seeing a lot of lsu t-shirts as we've 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 heartbroken by the loss of life. there are also people who are still desperately trying to track down friends and family. 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 busin

the best hires i have made as president, the administrator of fema, craig fugate, who has done such an outstanding job not just in dealing with this particular incident, but has really rebuilt fema so that there is a change of culture, and everybody knows that when a disaster happens, fema will be on the ground cooperating with state and local officials rapidly and with attention to detail and keeping the families who have been affected uppermost in their minds. so we very much appreciate everything craig has done. it is hard for craig to be here, by the way, because he is a florida gator, and he has been seeing a lot of lsu t-shirts we have been passing by. i had a chance to see some of the damage from the historic floods here in louisiana. i come here, first and foremost, to say the prayers of the entire nation are with everybody who lost loved ones. we are heartbroken by the loss of life. there are also people who are still desperately trying to track down friends and family. we will keep on helping them every way we can. as anybody who can see just the streets, much less the inside

as tsa. shelter assistance is a temporary fema program that will pay for eligible citizens who have been displaced to stay in a hotel on a rolling 30 day basis. for tsa you must have registered with fema and indicated your living in a car, a hotel, a shelter, or at your place of employment. if you selected one of these categories when registering, fema will automatically call you beginning today and direct you to a worksite with information on available hotels and how to arrange a room so make sure that your contact information with fema is up-to-date. when you register you will have to have indicated that you are , orng in a car, hotel shelter or at your place of employment. if you have been displaced or staying with friends or family, you are not eligible for tsa. this is to ensure the limited rooms are available to those who need them most. second type of housing assistance is to find rental property by visiting www.lahousing.org. this website collects all types of rental property available right now in your area. we also want to encourage property owners to lift your property an

after that. fema really working closer with some of the local municipalities. do you think that's the difference in this case? >> well, i think for sure, katrina was a cruise recall for fema in particular. and as a result, as you said, a lot of process, were changed, a lot of local governments beefed up their emergency response apparatus. 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 fu

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job not just with this particular incident but has really rebuilt fema so that there is a change of culture and that everybody knows that when a disaster happens, fema will be on the ground cooperating with state and local officials rapidly and with attention to detail and keeping the families who have been affected uppermost in their minds. we very much appreciate everything craig has done. it is hard for craig to be here, by the way, because he is a florida gator, and he has been seeing a lot of lsu t-shirts passing by. i had a chance to see some of the damage from the historic floods here in louisiana. i come here, first and foremost, to say the prayers of the entire nation are with everybody who lost loved ones. we are heartbroken by the loss of life. there are also people who are still desperately trying to track down friends and family. we will keep on helping them every way we can. as 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 terrible damage. families have, in so

didn't live in the floodplain and still got flooded? a former fema fish calling the flood insurance program a melting iceberg about to break off and crash. "countdown" coming right back. what powers the digital world? communication. like centurylink's broadband network that gives 35,000 fans a cutting edge game experience. or the network that keeps a leading hotel chain's guests connected at work, and at play. or the it platform that powers millions of ecards every day for one of the largest greeting card companies. businesses count on communication, and communication counts on centurylink. [announcer] is it a force of nature? or a sales event? the summer of audi sales event is here. get up to a $5,000 bonus on select audi models. liz: we're just getting this breaking news. fema, the federal emergency management agency, is now apparently giving a grace period for victims of what you see on your screen, the southern louisiana flooding. they're going to have a grace period to renew their flood insurance in case it had expired. fema announcing extension at this hour, giving policyholde

friday. they signed up for federal assistance from fema, thousands are without power, 100 plus degree heat. i will update you tonight at 6:00 pm on making money but here is trish reagan. trish: we will go to jay johnson as soon as he begins speaking, a really tough situation in louisiana with so many people dislocated. we will cover that this hour but happening today hillary clinton on the defense meeting with law enforcement leaders in new york amid donald trump's direct appeal, the only law and order candidate, trump slamming mrs. clinton and president obama for their politically correct war on isis as he offers details on his plan to combat islamic terrorism. is it enough to help him? i am trish reagan. here is mister trump, watching here? >> general flynn and other generals, these are great people. if you were -- they are fighting a politically correct war. if you were given your head, go in and get them out, how long would it take? they are telling me they could do the job very very rapidly. trish: donald trump speaking in milwaukee. last night on kennedy's show. hillary clinton

. that's why we are in public safety and that's part of the mission. >> fema says it has more than 1100 agents working on the ground to assist in getting temporary housing established and people signed up for federal disaster dollars. but politics aside republican or democrat, this is a tragedy affecting human beings in our own country who have a very long and tough road ahead of them. sandra? >> all right, casey. thank you. >> donald trump's tour of flood damaged louisiana included a stop at a baptist church with evangelical leader tony perkins. and the g.o.p. nominee was caught on a hot mike knocking president obama for playing golf during the disaster. >> doesn't want to go trying to get out of a golf game. >> i heard he was trying to stay under par while we are under water. >> he will never be under par. >> mark thiessen, former chief speech writer for george w. bush and fox news contributor and richard fowler is a nationally syndicated talk show host. mark, i will start with you first. here, donald trump is he is running for president. he is on the ground in baton rouge before

? >> first i want him to know that we appreciate the response that we've had thus far from fema and other federal partners, but that we are now closing out the response phase, getting into the recovery phase. and we are going to need a lot more help. this community cannot recover with only the assistance that comes from fema. >> reporter: and i want to the give you an idea of how high the water got. it got about eight feet in this neighborhood, about to the bottom of that roof there. picked up that boat and lifted it. you know, it was just so overpowering that most people in this neighborhood, andrea, they lost everything. >> really is heart-breaking. and it is political, of course, tammie as you await the president and he'll see the governor, donald trump who was there on friday, briefly said, tweeted out, president obama should have gone to louisiana days ago. instead of golfing, too little, too late. the governor was quoted as saying to the president, don't come until we're ready. right now it would interfere with the recovery and rescue operations. thank you to tammie lightener

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from fema. then we had the fema administrator come in. the department of homeland came in.head there have been a lot of people here providing updates. the president has not been here, and that is a point that a lot of people were concerned about, not just from him not being here but you know, i think there are a lot of people in louisiana who feel like this is not gotten the attention, and perhaps that will lead to fewer donations, but a lot of people, having the president here, they feel like that would send a clear message to the rest of the country that this is serious and louisiana is hurting right now. host: one person who has visited louisiana is donald trump. i can see from your story that you were following him yesterday during his visit. tell us about how that went. guest: yeah, so, donald trump came yesterday, and he spent over three hours here going to the hardest hit areas of the state, going into neighborhoods, talking to people who have lost their homes. viewing the recovery efforts with national guardsmen who have been assisting with the recovery. many of those l

event, but to help us plan and transition into a quick recovery. 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 contaminatio

? 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 washington for help, getting in our boats and rescu

, guys. it is important to remember since fema is to begin an official tally of how many homes were damaged by the floods. that will play a significant factor in the funding available. we are in one community where a majority of residents have flood insurance. about 12% of the total homes effected are covered by the insurance. many people here don't have insurance from contents. that's what you see behind me. that is where officials hope the federal government will step up. that is the message, christine and boris, that the president hears. >> thank you, polo. >> on top of the damage, the trouble for louisiana is not over. more storms and flooding weather is on the way for louisiana. karen maginnis. >> as we look at the short-term, we are looking at a few isolated storms. the bulk of the activity is in texas which has seen problems over the last few days. as we go into the next three to five days, we have an old frontal system that will be stationary and that is where we will pick up precipitation. some areas saw just about their entire year's worth of moisture in the last couple da

of devastating flooding there. fema is opening three disaster recovery centers in the state where 13 people have died, thousands left homeless. president obama is set to visit baton rouge tomorrow. he will meet with local leaders and get a first-hand look at the effect of the floodwaters. republicans, as you well know, have criticized the president for not cutting his summer vacation short and visiting the area, pointing to donald trump's trip there on friday. louisiana governor, john bel edwards, has defended the response, saying an earlier trip by the president would have drained resources needed for the recovery. nbc's tammy leitner is live in baton rouge with the latest on the recovery efforts and the president's upcoming visit. so tammy, thousands of people still -- i saw this morning, close to 4,000 in shelters today in the area. >> reporter: that's right, tamron. and this homeowner nice enough to allow his their home. the water came up about 2 feet high in this house, but they had to take out the sheetrock. the homeowner, deborah, still has a lot of her possessions in here. sh

people have registered for assistance from fema. it is raining yet again. we have more from polo sandoval. >> reporter: christine and boris, the downpours are adding insult to injuries for many families trying to clear out their homes of all the damaged material and gets on with rebuilding. behind me is a snapshot of what you would see if you drive the streets of southern louisiana. we have seen yard after yard of debris piled high. much of this is furniture and of course in some cases, some of the things that are hard to replace. new numbers from the state of louisiana suggesting that just over 60,000 homes have been damaged in some way. those are some preliminary numbers, guys. it is important to remember that since fema officials are expected to make it on to the streets and begin an official tally of how many homes were damaged by the floods. that will play a significant factor in deciding how much federal funding is made available. we are in one community where a majority of residents do have flood insurance. only 12% of the total homes effected are covered by the insurance.

flood insurance. so far, more than 80,000 residents have registered with fema for federal disaster assistance. 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 st

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 all the people who died. meanwhile police r

. we don't have any fema, no government, no nothing. >> the historic flooding has forced more than 106,000 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 clin

mapping out, as is fema. i really do not. a developer is telling me one mall alone is roughly $30 million hit. the stores were still opening. we were moving into the second phase of the mall opening. that's just one mall. so we have substantial damage here in livingston parish. >> woodruff: how would you h describe the main challenges now facing the people around you? what are you facing? >> well, i think we've made it through the rescue phase. we've moved into the recovery phase. now the hardest part is going to be trying to get people some help to get them back in their homes, which were severely damaged in one way or another by the flood. it could be anywhere from twotw inches to eight, nine, ten feet in some areas. so the real problem is we also have schools that were damaged. so the real problem, the challenge ahead is to try to get these people back to their homes as quick as we can so the kids can get back into the schools once they can so there's some sort of normalcy there. certainly we'll assess and help them do that any way we can, but that will be a long, drawn out, slow proce

insurance. so far, more than 80,000 residents have registered with fema for federal disaster assistance. the maximum amount given by fema is $32,000. thousands southwestern louisianians cannot go home yet. floodwaters are keeping them from their homes. more than 1700 are staying in shelters which has been turned into a shelter. >> this is really about, you know, making sure people are taken care of and have a roof over their heads and have that kind of comfort. >> reporter: omar villafranca, cbs news, louisiana. >>> florida is reporting two new miami beach but officials in miami say the wynwood area is the only active area where active transmissions are occurring. miami beach's mayor stressed there is no link to miami beach, a popular tourist destination that makes $24 billion a year for the city. >> we have been working with all of our businesses, all of our residents. we are making sure there's no standing water anywhere in the city that would be an area for breeding or anything like that. >> the number of locally florida now stands at 35. >>> to the olympics, where america

woman's home. >> what have you lost? is gone. >> she says 100 -- fema says 100 -- fema says 133,000 people have registered for assistance. >>> here is the latest on a massive wildfire burning in southern california. some evacuation orders have been listed. tonight many residents are returning to the neighborhoods to find homes burned to the ground. in all of the flames destroyed 200 outbuildings. that fire is now 68 percent contained. >>> there is growing concern after florida officials identified a new zika virus zone in miami beach. 5 people have been infected ringing the total to 36. today ground mosquito spraying was done it private homes. aerial spraying is not effective in the area due to the strong ocean gusts. according to the cdc, the 1st beach can be traced back to mid july. the city's mayor told us he was not aware of it. >> when did you find out there were cases? >> we found out yesterday. we found out at 12:00 on the governor gave us a press conference. >>> a new travel advisory from the cdc warns pregnant women to avoid miami beach as well as the previously established