, i'm going to make them go get on the playground. fema is here. they are going to be here between 10:00 and 2:00. do not move. we are going to give you instructions on how to get supplies, and how to get into the line for fema. do not move. everything that we do, we are going to do in order so you can get properly serviced, so you can move on with your day. finally, look at the building behind you. we ask for your prayers and condolences. there is a service there this morning. if you have parked in the very , if you have parked in any section close to the church, i'm going to ask if you don't mind moving your car and parking in the rear. we only want to make sure we respect the families and the service that they are having at 11:00. we are not getting ready to start right now. we are going to start and a few moments. if you don't mind giving them some space, and moving your car to the rear, that would help us out. would you join me in a moment of prayer this morning? would you bow your heads? heavenly father, we come before you this morning. we think that you are a good god in the midst

playground >> fema is here. they will be here between ten and 2:00 p.m. do not move. we will give you instructions on how to get supplies and how to get in the line for fema. do not move. translator: [speaking in native tongue] >> everything we do, we will do in order so you can get properly serviced to move on with your day. translator: [speaking in native tongue] >> finally, look at the building behind you. we ask for your prayers and condolences. there is a service there this morning. translator: [speaking in native tongue] >> if you have parked in the very front, in any section close to the church, i'm going to ask you, if you don't mind moving your car and parking in the rea rear. translator: [speaking in native tongue] >> we only want to make sure we respect the family and their service that they are having at 11:00 a.m. translator: [speaking in native tongue] >> we are not getting ready to start right now. we will start in a few moments. if you don't mind giving them some space and moving your car to the rear, that would help us out greatly. translator: [speaking in native

you instructions on how to get supplies and how to get in the line for fema. do not move. everything that we do we will do in order so that you can get properly serviced so you can move on with your day. okay. finally, look at this building and behind you, we ask for your prayers and condolences there is a service there this morning. if you have part in the very front, in the very front, if you parked in any section close to the church, i'm going to ask if you don't mind moving your car and parking it in the rear. we only want to make sure that we respect the family and their service that they are having at 11:00 o'clock. we are not getting ready to start right now but will start in a few moments. if you don't mind, give them some space and move your car to the rear that would help us out greatly. heavenly father we come before you this morning and we know that you are a good god in the midst of our diversity. we ask your blessings on today and we ask that you continue to flourish us that we would have all that we need. we give our trust to you, lord god. in the midst of this deposit

:00ington journal," at for those on the coast. a city submerged. roy wright is with fema, thank you for being with us. as you look at this picture, and we are getting account the less than 20% of the residents in harris county have flood insurance. what does this mean for the program? guest: i think there's an immediate need related to texas in the eastern coastline. we watched this continue to move up through louisiana. the first posture fema takes in one of these disasters is understand we have survivors who don't have insurance. but they aredon't, all survivors that require assistance from us. and we talkons about this more broadly for folks across the country that can make that active decision to buy insurance, but they we look at those who do and those who don't. if you have a flood insurance policy and you're in one of these affected areas, adjusters are already on the ground and are going to be working to pay that claim. for those that don't have insurance, being there to help them as well and working with volunteer communities. you will see folks register for disaster assist

. you talk about back to back to back storms in the hurricane season, is fema able to handle this in general or services and funding running dry, able to deal with it? >> well, fema did a fantastic job in response to my state's disaster with harvey and i think the president signing the advanced directive is helpful, we had the same scenario play out here in florida and behind me are the representatives of fema, representing all the sectors who are working with the people on the ground. with pre-positioned access after that was signed waiting out the storm. one the storm blows over, they will immediately go in and start to do search, rescue and recovery and rebuilding. so to your point, it's hard to imagine yet another hurricane of this magnitude hitting the united states. the congress, we just voted yesterday to appropriate 15.5 billion dollars for disaster relief fund for fema, both for harvey, but also for this hurricane irma as it hits the florida coast as we speak. neil: and even if the well would formally run dry for fema, it can spend and address and deal with funding issues la

followed a call just an hour or so ago with all of the representatives including fema, department of defense, other federal agencies and the red cross. where i urged that our united states military demobilized, much as we would in responding to a natural disaster in connecticut -- that it be mobilized. or texas or florida, or other places in this country, on the mainland where we have seen these kinds of storms. the three point 4 million people in puerto rico are almost exactly the same number as the population of connecticut. that thend believe response would be better in connecticut if we faced the same kind of natural disaster. disaster, isade the failure to move food, fuel, medicine, water and other necessities as well as medication equipment from ports and airports to the interior of the country, even to major cities, where currently, apparently, the lack of drivers and passage makes it difficult. whether this supplies of food, fuel, medicine and water, are or need on the island to be increased on an emergency basis, whether there are shipments, the simple fact is that puerto ri

outlines the forms of system available. here's a look. >> tell us about fema's mission here and how long you guys have been here since hurricane harvey. >> we got here in texas on the 27th. came down to houston on the 28th. some got here before me. a bulk of our team arrived after that. our goal is to assist the state of texas as they recover from the effects of hurricane harvey. there are a lot of things that go into that. a lot goes into that. a lot of sheltering stuff. there are people that as we move them into the recovery phase, they start to look for short term and long term housing so collusions. we are here to support the state. this is actually a disaster recovery center. what we do here is help people register or fema assistance or come in and help answer some of the questions they may have. we understand at the end of the day it can be a very confusing process. here is where we try to have that face to face interaction they may not be getting online or on the phone, help walk them through that step and make sure they are getting the right customer service. >> how many dis

what harvey and now irma are expected to cost. and fema is running low on cash. nbc's tom costello is at fema headquarters in washington to tell us more about it. tom, good evening. >> reporter: lester, good evening. to put it bluntly, fema is right now burning through cash. a billion dollars in a week. that is half of what was in its disaster fund. now with irma bearing down, that burn rate is likely to accelerate. with 30,000 people on the ground in texas alone, fema and its budget are maxed out. from search and rescue to delivering food, water and generators for those who have lost everything. >> there's no savings. there's no insurance. we don't know where to go. we're depending on assistance from the federal government. >> reporter: now facing hurricane irma, at fema headquarters in washington, employees are working round the clock seven days a week. fema chief brock long has been on the job since june after a career in disaster management at the state and federal levels. >> the important thing for the american public to understand is that nobody in the united states, regardless

your satellite phone. are federal officials showing up, whether u.s. military personnel, fema officials, are they showing up with satellite phones to help these puerto ricans right now, all u.s. citizens communicate and tell their loved ones they're okay? >> reporter: well, i could tell you from my vantage point, wolf, we were with a doctor who's responsible for taking care of lots of people and she had no way of communicating. so if the satellite phones here -- she's someone who should have one, clearly. her job demands one, especially under the current situation, she doesn't have one. so i can't speak for the whole island but i think there's a theme here and that is that there's a lot of things that are necessary already on the island, antibiotics, pain medications, satellite phones. the problem is getting those items from point a to point b. they haven't been getting there and, as a result, this doctor, very frustrated, as you might imagine, has gone without. >> our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta, thank you so much for that report. a powerful report, indeed. i

break. plus, we'll talk to a former fema official about how they prioritize relief efforts ahead of a catastrophic storm like irma with all of flar in its path. >> this is a complex forecast. anybody from alabama to north carolina should be watching this storm very closely. it's not a question of if florida is going to be impacted. it's a question of how bad florida is going to be impacted. i can guarantee you that i don't know anybody in florida that's ever experienced what's about to hit south florida. so, i was at mom and dad's and found this. cd's, baseball cards... your old magic set? and this wrestling ticket... which you still owe me for. seriously? $25? i didn't even want to go. ahhh, your diary. "mom says it's totally natural..." $25 is nothing. abracadabra, bro. the bank of america mobile banking app. the fast, secure and simple way to send money. super-cool notebooks, done. that's mom taking care of business. and with the "25 cent event", office depot officemax takes care of mom! now, all this just 25 cents each! ♪ taking care of business when only the best will do... tem

. people are asking us where is fema, where they can find fema, where they can find the supplies they desperately need. this gas station opened a few moments ago. people are lining up. there are massive, massive lines. if you look down the street, this isn't street parking. these are about 100 vehicles as far as the eye can see parked here. they have been waiting in line for hours. i spoke to the gentleman they are front of the line. he told me he got here at 9:00 p.m. last night. they ran out of gas. so he parked his car and decided to go to sleep, to wait until this morning when the police finally showed up to direct people into this gas station to get what they need. i spoke to one woman who said the lines aren't just at gas stations. she was at a supermarket yesterday and she was waiting several hours to get inside. she became extremely disappointed when she finally got inside and there was no water available. the food she was looking for just wasn't on the shelves. it is a serious problem. it is keeping a ton of supplies, 10,000 shipping containers full of goods at the port. hope

disaster recovery center. we've got to different portions of fema, our individual assistance which is the safest most people, looking for. each of those tables they could either register they are survivor or answer any questions they may have to do a status check in some cases. they can sit with our mitigation folks to figure out as a start the recovery process how can they make sure there let's risk next time. there's number of agencies and and a number of other disaster recovery centers will have state health and human services, department of motor vehicles 12 with documents and drivers license and things like that. the department of veterans affairs, sorry, the veterans administration is. the federal level to help them with their services as well. we have a large number of representatives from the small business administration. we really parted to give as a look at how we can help people recover. providing assistance in the form of grants, provide a maximum $33,000 piccola people won't come close to the maximum grant but we want to make sure providing as much assistance as we can. you

trump about the urgency of relief efforts. it's a good thing, but with new technology, fema is moving money faster than ever before. that's why there's a sense of urgency to get this relief package done. right now, we're thinking about everybody in irma's path and this hurricane, 185 miles per hour. our thoughts and prayers are with the people who are in the path of this current hurricane. this morning, we had another productive meeting, that's why i was a little late. we had a productive meeting between the house and senate in the tax reform. we are working on the details, this is our number one priority this fall. as you may have heard me say earlier, we want americans to begin the new year with a new tax system, it's high time. we haven't done this since 1986 and the rest of the world has passed our country on. it's time we get back in the game of being competitive and we will get economic growth when we do this. it's about growth. it's about fairness. it's about finally giving american families tax breaks. lastly, i want to highlight a new report from the commission on evidence-ba

you seen anything. nobody saw no fema or trucks coming in. what i saw today was private organizations, disaster relief and hope particularly going out and doing things. we've been talking to these doctors asking what do you need. one doctor was telling us what she needed specifically. and also came up with a plan to sort of have and address those needs. >> we're tied up here because we don't have anti-biotics to give the patients and we have no place to get them. >> i kept thinking to myself how difficult this would be. if these life saving supplies are on the island why aren't that getting to the people that need it. what's standing in the way? first i want to draw the disaster management assistance team, hhs, this is the federal government and see what they have to offer. i was with the doctors yesterday volunteering and this is what they're asking more. we've been waiting outside for 40 minutes outside the hhs tent. we know they have communication, they have to run it up through two lines of kplands and they'll get back to us. but it's been 45 minutes. we're going to try somewhere

. >>> fema, meanwhile, under pressure, with irma bearing down on the u.s. and the cleanup from harvey just starting. the agency is being put to the test. i'll talk to the man who ran fema during hurricane katrina. former director, michael brown. >>> also, we've done all we can do. that's what the mayor of miami beach said about preparations for irma in his city. have folks heeded that warning to leave? mayor phil levine will join me this hour. david. what's going on? oh hey! ♪ that's it? yeah. ♪ everybody two seconds! ♪ "dear sebastian, after careful consideration of your application, it is with great pleasure that we offer our congratulations on your acceptance..." through the tuition assistance program, every day mcdonald's helps more people go to college. it's part of our commitment to being america's best first job. ♪ [car tires screech] [bell rings] super-cool notebooks, done. that's mom taking care of business. and with the "25 cent event", office depot officemax takes care of mom! now, all this just 25 cents each! ♪ taking care of business you wof your daily routine, so wh

over their head while they figure things out, it's helping them figure things out. fema inside, computers, also looking for children who are here. school has been pushed back to start until september 11th for many schools here but they're still looking for awy to get them to school once school starts and keep them up to date on their curriculum. many different ways trying to help these evacuees. the other concern they of had is they have a lot of volunteers, a fantastic number coming and showing up to help the people here. they're saying with the holiday weekend coming up and after people will go back to their normal lives but they are asking people to remember a lot of these people will still need help going back to their homes after the water recedes and pulling out all of that destroyed furniture, everything in there. while the immediate need and response has been fantastic, they're hoping people here in the greater houston area and across the country remember that there's still going to be months of work ahead. >> right. so many people really don't know how to navigate, you

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heading heading crews expected to get there by today or tomorrow. >>> fema crews like all of us are waiting for daylight today to see how bad the damage in florida is. >> they have been sending rescue and relief teams to the state as well where one of our local fema task teams is this morning. melanie alnwick is tracking all of this. >> reporter: president donald trump declared a disaster declaration for florida but as you mentioned we're really not going to get a sense of what some of the damage is especially on some of those islands that were cut off the florida keys, sanibel, marco island as well, those taking those direct hits and we really don't know yet the extent of the damage there and the extent of the need as well. but we can tell you that fema is already on the ground in the u.s. virgin islands and puerto rico. they tweeted out this map here showing what they've been doing. they're providing meals water incident management and three urban search and rescue teams, there are two of those from virginia. issue ban search and rescue teams one and two were activated for both pu

already -- in an already dangerous place. word is that fema is hiring. we will verify. >>> more animals from texas are headed to shelters here. all this as another powerful hurricane gets fired up. the news at 11:00 starts now. >>> here are the headlines in harvey'ser since he left work: the death toll has gone up again, now at 37. more than 13,000 people have been rescued as door-to-door checks are almost over, and it appears harvey could be the worst natural disaster in u.s. history. with an estimated cost of $190 billion, that is billion dollars with a b . even though the worst is gone, dramatic rescues are still happening in the danger zone at this hour. houston firefighters plan to wrap up those door-to-door checks tomorrow. and get out or die, a blunt warning from a tyler county judge to constituents north of beaumont. people there were told to evacuate after the flood gates were opened on the natchez river. the fire -- a fire caused danger for -- with explosions and fire rocking the plant this morning. they are still keeping an eye out because the loss of power could caus

on who you ask. according to fema, there is not a single container at the port that contains fema aid that is not being moved. fema has 11 supply points across the island, it is moving water and food as well. when you talk to crowley and when you talk to the puerto rican government, they will tell you, there are thousands of containers at this port, right now, with aid, that is not being moved. so, a little bit of a discrepancy when it comes to what is happening at the port. let me tell you what i saw, i did not see much movement of containers while i was at the port today. a minimal amount of trucks moving containers. when i stopped some of them, they were commercial trucks, furniture stores and drivers that were not aware there was a need for drivers to get relief aid across the island. that is what the government is saying. the government in puerto rico say the aid supply, the aid coming in is stuck at this port because they haven't been able to find the drivers. if they could find the drivers, they don't have the diesel. that is the complexity of what we are seeing at the port

report coming up. >>> and we'll talk to a former homeland's security about fema's response to hurricane maria. stay with us. >>> welcome back. it is the bottom of the hour. we continue to follow the latest with hurricane maria lashing the eastern dominican republic after pounding puerto rico and throwing the entire island of 3.5 million people into darkness. the hurricane smashed into the struggling u.s. territory as a category 4 storm. 70% of homes had their roofs ripped off. it could take four to six months to restore electricity. >> i'm 54 years old. i've never seen devastation like this one. puerto rico and san juan we had yesterday is no longer there. we have to reconstruct, rebuild, reinvent it. we have to be resilient, and we have to push on. not with our bodies, with our hearts and soul. i'm concerned that we may not get to everybody in time. and that is a great weight on my shoulders. >> i imagine a lot of people are feeling like that this morning. joining us now is our correspondent tammy lightener. good to talk to you this morning. give us your assessment from the ground. >>

strain on fema which is already stretched thin because of hurricane harvey's damage in texas. >> tom talks to fema about what's being done to prepare and respond. >> with 30,000 people on the ground in texas alone, fema and its budget are maxed out. from search and rescue to delivering food and walter and generators to those that have lost everything. >> there's no savings, there's no insurance. we're depending on assistance from the federal government. >> fema headquarters in washington, employees are working around the clock, 7 days a week. brock long has been on the job since june. >> the important thing for the public to understand is nobody in the united states regardless of who you are is immune to disasters. >> fema was coping with 20 federal disasters including the wildfires out west. fema has been spending $9 million an hour. the $8 billion approved by the house today is likely fema won't run out of money this week but it's a fraction that it could cost to recover from hurricane harvey alone and hurricane season doesn't end until november. >> we don't just hand out b

---el congreso evit que por lo menos por hoy la agencia federal del manejo de emergencias, o "fema", se quede sin fondos para atender todas las emergencias. pero lo que le preocupa a muchos es que el dinero que aprobaron los legisladores no es suficiente para ayudar a todas las vctimas del huracn harvey. ahora el huracn irma y otros posibles desastres naturales. ---desde la sede de "fema" en washington dc, "juliana monsalve" informa. roll open under take juliana lot :01 :19 :37 1:00 1:37 usted se imagina gastar unos 9- millones de dlares por hora?! eso es aproximadamente lo que est gastando fema en sus esfuerzos de recuperacin tras el huracn harvey y ahora en preparacin para el huracn irma, que ya azot puerto rico y otras islas que son territorio estadounidense. s/ cong. darren soto (d-fl) "estamos haciendo doble los fondos para preparar para irma tambin" este viernes el congreso aprob $15-mil millones de dlares para asistencia para desastres naturales. pero eso no ser suficiente. nat - solamente para harvey se estima un gasto de $180-mil millones! s/ cong. ral grijalva (d-ar) "eso

former fema director under president clinton james lee witt james, good morning. >> good morning. >> i want to ask about small business there are all kinds of small businesses, whether they are operating in tourist attractions in that area who are really going to need to get back up and running for their livelihood one of the things that fema does is assist with getting people connected to small business loans after an event like this how quickly is that process really going to be available and what should people know about it >> well, first of all, if you're a small business owner and you had flood insurance, that will be a factor that you'll have to show and prove to sba. and then also sba, if you have an existing loan on that business and you need "x" amount of dollars to rebuild the business to reopen, then they can actually rework that loan and also the damages that -- money you need to repair the damages into a new loan at a very low interest rate so it's important that small business owners that's been affected is to make that application to sba as soon as possible to get

in just a matter of hours? i'm going to speak with the former fema deputy director next about that. >>> and as 25% of florida's population is escaping to safety out of irma's path, we've got drivers confronting issues with where to find places that are open with gas. we've got gasbuddy.com. this morning talking about critical shortages in miami, fort lauderdale, with at least 65% of stations out of gas and that's followed by gainesville, florida, and west palm beach with more than 50% of stations out of gas. situation not much better in tallahassee. tampa and st. pete, running on empty and followed by orlando with about 34% stations out of gas. we've got shortages in georgia and south carolina now, just beginning to creep up. we're going to be talking more about the impact of irma live from miami after this. ♪ gloria always went big. so we helped her plan a memorial service that no one would soon forget. ♪ this one's for you, gloria. ♪ only a dignity memorial professional can celebrate a life like no other. find out how at sanfranciscodignity.com. >>> as soon as winds get low

actually running the government under president trump. then former fema director, michael brown will join us to assess the damage done by hurricane harvey, the government's response, and the lessons he learned from the failure of katrina. all of that coming up in just a moment. ♪ >>> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. > >> john nichols joins us to discuss today's announcement to end daca, the nation's cover story and his new book, "horseman of the trumpopalypse field guide in america". >> when you're trying to combine b biblical principle and politics -- >> no laughing matter here. how surreal was it, i even saw that president obama, who hasn't said much since he left the white house, went on his facebook page today to sound off on this move. >> he promised that he would. >> yeah. he kept his word. so president obama sounded off today on this announcement by the white house -- by mr. trump. he's rescinding the daca provisions. what do you make of this? >> i think it's what jeff sessions and a few of these people wanted to do long ago. long before

will be the second major hurricane to strike the u.s. in less than a month. fema and the red cross are stretched thin after coordinating a response to harvey. jeff goldberg got in both organizations' command centers today and he continues our live team coverage with the details on how they are making it all work. jeff? jeff: yeah, fema says this is undeniably a difficult situation. they are definitely being stretched very thin but they can handle the two emergency disaster responses happening at once. more thn workers are fanned out across the south dealing with the two hurricanes. while coordination efforts are happening here 24/7. inside fema national response coordination center the pace is quickening and the concern is growing as irma approaches florida. >> there is really no community in the country that is ready for that kind of disaster. it does not look very good. >> katie fox is the acting deputy administrator at fema where the federal workers and the volunteer groups are coordinating with the state and the local officials in florida and other southern states to determine

determined than >> so we talked quite a bit about fema sdaingtser relief fund. >> absolutely frevring congress funding it to actually could it handle this? especially talking about back-to-back storms. right now let's bring in elena treen reporter for axios. >> thank for coming. >> thanks for having me. >> let's listen in today. we know tom boss ert from homeland security was talking today during the white house press briefing about fema response and where he tand. let's listen to that first. >> there's a number of priorities for federal government right now because the storm is ongoing our priority is life vaving and life sustaining and we're trying to marshall resources where we're needed it's prioritization effort. we're worried about floodsing, housing debris an power restoration and power r tore ration is access to fuel, refined fuel. >> federal government has a lot on its plate to deal w we're not just talking about irma we're talking about harvey and then what may come after that. it fema prepared to handle both back-to-back storms? >> right, so, it was a lot at once. and i don

containers are involved with fema distributions. you are getting mixed information here from all over the place. the reality is when we go to the communities inside the island they say we have not received the aid we need and we are not getting help or water. we also visited yesterday a nursing home where they tell us they have not had power for the last eight days and they were affected by the prior hurricane, hurricane irma, so it's a dire situation. just to give you an idea there's only 86 branches of local banks here operating with some restrictions, so cash is also beginning to be a problem. the story here is that, yes, aid is getting here to puerto rico. distribution is an entirely different matter, poppy. >> yeah, that's one of the big issues right now, just getting around the island. we did learn half the island has water now, and we also know the number of gas stations open -- boris sanchez at a gas station where cars have been lined up all night. boris, what are you seeing? >> reporter: hey, there, john. it's an impressive sight. this gas station has been open for about two

request for fema last week which has allowed the agency to continue to meet the most immediate needs in the region. it has become clear that in the face of a disaster of such magnitude, much more is needed to assist these states, local communities as they recover and rebuild. last friday we received the administration's initial request for supplemental funding for hurricane harvey. we're grateful for the speed of this request and recognize the urgency of the situation we brought this bill to the floor tay. the bill contains $7.4 billion for fema's disaster relief fund which will allow fema to continue its efforts related to harvey, as well as any additional disasters that may strike. the bill also includes $450 million to support the small business administration's disaster loan program that will small businesses small busines homeowners come back from the disasters. we have been working closely with the texas, louisiana members, our leadership, and the appropriations committee has done its due diligence to garne teeth fund will go make best use of taxpayers' dollars. i want to thank al

clz or doesn't he local expertise to do the plan, create the plan, mandated by fempeople fema, fema approves the plans. we have plans that are out of theyor ineffectual because are generazed, not localized to the local hazard, tha because local community lacks expertise to write the plan themsves and do for the plan.red th contract that out to contractors to do cookie-cutter plans, ere a contractor may get money to newest plan for a cnt virginia and use the same level of analysis throughout the same florida andounty in obviously the risks are different from west virginia than they are in florida. is a better approach, taylor-made approach costsh locality, but that money. guest: that costs more money and local expertise is sent. happen, we get external contractor to write the fema, it checks the box, allows funng to come into the count and he we move down the on the put the plan shelf until something happens and obvusly it is the right time to review the plan and know you have good plan is not when dealing with disaster. that, i was going to ask somebody at fema has to check the box

sense of normal si. here is a look. >> go ahead and tell us a little bit about fema's mission here and how long you have been here since hurricane harvey. >> we got here in texas ton the 27th. a bulk of our team arrived after that. our goal is they respond to the effects of hurricane harvey. there are a lot of things that go into that. a lot of sheltering stuff. there are still people that moved into the recovery phase. they see that their homes have been destroyed. we are here to support the state. this is actually a disaster recovery center. what we do here is help people register or answer some of the questions they may have. we understand it can be a very confusing process. here is where we try to have that face to face interaction they may not be getting online or on the phone to make sure they are getting the right customer service. >> how many disaster relief centers do you have and how big is the staff on hand to handle the volume? >> i think we are up to 22 disaster recovery centers. yesterday it was 20. so that number is constantly changing. we have about 4,000 people support

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because there is a separate account fema has access to called the disaster relief fund. that funds the initial disaster efforts so that congress does not have to quickly appropriate additional money to fema. so this is -- we are at the end of the fiscal year. it was only down to about $2 billion, hard to say exactly how much, so they wanted to make sure they had enough money continued disaster relief money and then bridge as they make a reasoned decision on what the level of funding should be. host: we are talking about numbers in the billions of dollars. take a look at the screen. this is disaster relief from hurricanes past. 2005, $45 billion went to hurricane katrina and rita. 2005o hurricane katrina and rita. 2012was $13 billion, and hurricane sandy, $18 billion spent on that effort. how does that inform lawmakers as they move forward? guest: some of it is you have to figure out what is the total amount. in 2005 with katrina, you had initial chunks of change --billions of dollars approved for katrina. katrina continued to receive spendingrelief five years after the disaster occ

10,000 shipping containers that were stuck here at the port in san juan. we heard from fema that said that that wasn't the case. that there were no containers stuck here. i did hear from an official from a company that manages these who says that it is important to get them out to those who need them. the supplies that are inside are vital. he says that the average puerto ricans, it doesn't matter who this aid is coming from from the federal government or from anyone else as long as they get supplies. and people that i'm hearing from here on the ground say that they are simply not getting them. desperate puerto ricans line up outside the san juan ice plant, some say they've been waiting since midnight, many just hoping for a small bag of ice to keep their remaining food or medication cool. but for the fout straight day, they are told there will be no ice. they should try again tomorrow. maria says she does not know what to tell her daughters when they ask for food. >> translator: i'm getting desperate. this is no way to live really, they should bring us water or supplies because

harvey leaves behind a historic residue of injury, death and destruction. fema administrator brock long has warned the recovery will be a "slow and frustrating process." repairing or replacing homes and businesses will take years, and it will cost tens of billions of dollars in insurance settlements. the victims are relying on it. but, as we first reported some two and a half years after hurricane sandy devastated parts of the east coast, sandy's victims were hit by another disaster-- we called it "the storm after the storm." many people said they were cheated out of their insurance claims. thousands of claims remained unresolved for years, and there was evidence that many homeowners were victims of apparent wide-scale fraud, where original damage reports were later changed to make it look like the damage wasn't as bad. hurricane sandy damaged or destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes and rearranged neighborhoods. long beach, new york, was one of them. this was bob kaible's house the next day. the yellow one, with a sand dune >> kaible: the beaches decided that they didn't want t

urgency of our relief efforts. it's a gad thing, but with new technology, fema is moving money faster than ever before. that is why there's a sense of urgency to get this relief package done. right now we're thinking about everybody in irma's path. this hurricane, 185 miles per hour. our thoughts and prayers are with the people in the path of this current hurricane. this morning, we had another productive meeting. that's why i was late. we had another productive meeting between the white house, senate, and house on tax reform. this is our number one priority this fall. as you may have heard me say earlier, we want americans to begin a gnaw year with a new tax system. it is high time, been done since 1986. and the rest of the world has passed our country on. it's time we get back in the game of being competitive. and we'll get faster economic growth when we do this. these about growth. it's about fairness. it's about finally giving american families a tax break. lastly, i want to take a moment to highlight a new report from the commission on evidence-based policymaking. this is

fema. i can tell you the white house has been outstanding. i talked to president trump three times yesterday. i talked to ministtor brock ng with fema already today. i talked to him multiple times yesterday. talked to so mancabinet levels. i was -- i talked to ve president pence yesterday. the white house and everybody at the federal level is showing up and they are going to -- my belief is they are going to show up and do everything they can. got -- the mission -- the reurces they're providing. the -- d.o.t. is working hard to clear the roads and inspect bridgeall across the state. we nd d.o.t. to inspect the bridges fore they go to th barrier islands. it was a top priority aftermath ue. if you don't need to be on the roads, don't get out. i mean, it's still -- there's still more -- againthere are powerlines, all sorts of things like tt that we're working on. t me just go on down. i've never used this to do this before. the u.s. navy, navey coast guard, everybody is going to be providing resources. e navy deployed the u.s.s. iwo jima, abraham and new york. power outages, we have 6

efforts. it's a good thing, but with new technology, fema is moving money faster than ever before. that's why there's a sense of freedom urgency to get the relief package done. right now are thinking of everybody in irma's path. this hurricane is a hundred and 80-mile per hour. this morning we had another productive meeting. between the house senate and white house on tax reform. our committees are in the midst of working on the details. this is our number one priority this fall. we want americans to begin the new year with a new tax system. it's high time. the rest of the world this past our country on. it's time to get back in the game of being competitive. we'll get faster economic growth will we do this. it's about growth. it's about fairness. it's about giving the american families a tax break. last week, all highlighted new report. this is something i consider very important. spent a personal project of mine. senators petty, murray, and i came together to start this. the mission is to completely re-examine the way government solves problems. look at something like the war on

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context. thank you so much for the graphic. joining us now is fema administrator brock long. thank you very much for taking time to talk to us. i remember talking to you two weeks ago basically exactly this time as harvey was barrelling down on houston. so now, today, what are you seeing? >> well, bottom line is very similar to the way we lean forward with harvey. doing the same with irma. the numbers are coming up. nearly 3,000 federal work force in place. not only in the virgin islands and puerto rico but also in florida. basically south carolina, georgia, north carolina as well. immobilized to the southern eastern united states. three navy ships are off the coast of puerto rico to support life saving missions today. >> so as you look at this model on our screen where it does look as though florida or at least its entire coast line is going to take this direct hit, what's your biggest fear? >> right now we just need people to heed the evacuation warnings being issued in the state of florida. but i expect more of those warning orders to be issued by local and state officials in georgi

they're also getting help from fema. they're also computers in here to help them work out what their next steps are. they really have learned from different natural disasters, from katrina and rita, to here, harvey, lessons along the way that are helping implement steps for these people and move them along so hopefully they can get on their feet in the near normal. >> a lot of patience being packed there. with many folks who don't have places to go, who continue to remain there. good to know lots of resources are pouring in. stephanie elam, thank you so much. >>> as more people return to home, the damage and the floodwaters they find themselves in, could pose very serious health risks. cnn's senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is live for us in houston. elizabeth, you and your team have been testing the water and you found some very nasty stuff in it. >> that's right, fred, we went out with some professional water testers who are wondering what lurks in this sort of brown water and the results were shocking, even to these professional testers. let's take a look. let's

resident who's had been made homeless had some questions for those fema officials. listen to this exchange. >> what are your sources for like food-wise and gas-wise and water? >> we're reporting that need that the mayor reported to us. we're reporting that back to san juan and somebody in san juan will be -- >> how long will that take? >> look, we are the first to come here apparently, so -- >> because for us to move back in here -- >> yeah. >> because it's blackwater. it's called blackwater. >> yeah. >> there is no type of moving back in there. >> reporter: so those fema officials say that they had brought a satellite phone for the mayor, who could not communicate here with the capital of puerto rico, with san juan. they pledged that there would be many more visits in the future from fema to this town. but it does raise a question. it took nine days for fema to reach this town called florita. it makes you wonder after a hurricane in the state of florida, would it take nine days for an agency to reach a town in any part of the state of florida? i wonder. >> did any of those fema r