hurricane dorian clearly has had a huge impact on the people here.rough something so painful and traumatic that maybe if you yourself wasn't affected, you definitely knew someone, family or friends, co—worker, that had their life turned upside down. how do you get over that? but the people here refused to give up. it wasn'tjust about rebuilding their homes, businesses and shattered lives, but also about restoring the environment. i've come to meet rashema ingraham at a conservation on grand bahama, which is regrowing the island's ma ng rove forests. grand bahama really got hit hard. we lost about 70% during that initial dorian impact. and so these seeds that we have in the nursery now, they're almost ready to be planted into those devastated areas. mangroves grow on the shoreline of many of the islands here. they are a fertile area for wildlife and provide important coastal protection from the wind and waves. so, if you think about the fact that the ocean is one of the biggest catchers, or carbon sequesters, right? the mangroves are actually another

hurricane dorian clearly has had a huge impact on the people here.h something so painful and traumatic that maybe if you yourself wasn't affected, you definitely knew someone, family or friends, co—worker, that had their life turned upside down. how do you get over that? but the people here refused to give up. it wasn'tjust about rebuilding their homes, businesses and shattered lives, but also about restoring the environment. i've come to meet rashema ingraham at a conservation on grand bahama, which is regrowing the island's ma ng rove forests. grand bahama really got hit hard. we lost about 70% during that initial dorian impact. and so these seeds that we have in the nursery now, they're almost ready to be planted into those devastated areas. mangroves grow on the shoreline of many of the islands here. they are a fertile area for wildlife and provide important coastal protection from the wind and waves. so, if you think about the fact that the ocean is one of the biggest catchers, or carbon sequesters, right? the mangroves are actually another huge

on september 1st, hurricane dorian hit the bahamas.rms ever recorded in the region. and did you know that it was coming? it started out as a category 2, anticipated to be a category 3 on wednesda . ., ., you'rejust like, "i'm going to put everything in the house"? well, that was common. it's not great, but it wasn't anything that you weren't prepared for. by friday morning at 10:00, she'd changed to a category 5. indistinct voices dorian landed on a full—moon tide, so the sea levels were already higher than normal. so that is why, combined with the tornadic activity, we had so much devastation. it was a monster. and just being in that and having your ears... it sounds like you're standing next to a train. it's just constant, that roar. you're just hearing porches ripping off, roofs coming off, trees snapping. i didn't even hear my roof come off! as the storm departed two days later, over 75% of the island's homes were destroyed. hurricanes aren't uncommon in this part of the world, but according to the world meteorological organization

thinkingback to hurricane dorian, they evacuated over 750 vehicles from ocacoke island.fter the we were the first responders bringing over the necessarassistance to rebuild the dump trucks hauling off the trash. we bring we bring water. so it was a many months long he effort with our team coordinating after hurricane dorian. we, unfortunately, are seeing weather at our coast. we now have on highway 12, what we call sunny day storms. we will have complete water over sh sunny day on highway 12. so we are pretty much a critical lifeline to the island, to our poorest county in the state, which needs pull in revenues in the summer to year long. >> thank you ve much. mr. gardner, now back to rail. has amtrakever turned a profit in a year? >> no, sir. >> i think that's why the issue of bonuses and incentive pay is so touchy. dollar amount. so what's the prospects? what's the timeline where you think we can get to t where we can tua profit? >> well, congressman, i think, first off the sort of yard stick is forth in statue. it's a balance. >> i got that. i got that. >> so we're t

we bring the the a many months effort with our coordinating after hurricane dorian.w have on highway 12, day we will have complete water over wash on a highway 12. so we are pretty island, to our poorest county in the state, which needs to in summer to the county year long. >> thank you very . to rail. has amtrak ever turned a profit in a year? >> no, sir. >> i ink that's why the issue of incentive pay is so touchy. ly given the dollar amount. so what's the prospects? what's the timeline where you think we can get to a point where we can turn a profit? >> well, congressman, i think, stick is t it's a balance. >> i got that. i got thng to do both those things. before the ■n essentially to be at break even. we've lost of our business. so in the same stores to pre- pandemic. we're working hard to break even at the end of this decade. we are facing many expanded costs. ■o our cost structure is about 30 to 40% ■<■7b÷higher depending o area, so we're working ha there. we'll keep reducing losses every year, and look towards getting as efficient as we can. >> in my last 40 s

hurricane dorian clearly has had a huge impact on the people here.es, but also about restoring the environment. i've come to meet rashema ingraham at a conservation on grand bahama, which is regrowing the island's ma ng rove forests. grand bahama really got hit hard. we lost about 70% during that initial dorian impact. and so these seeds that we have in the nursery now, they're almost ready to be planted into those devastated areas. mangroves grow on the shoreline of many of the islands here. they are a fertile area for wildlife and provide important coastal protection from the wind and waves. so, if you think about the fact that the ocean is one of the biggest catchers, or carbon sequesters, right? the mangroves are actually another huge part of that element, where it takes in all of that carbon dioxide and it seals it into the soil. so we're going to be planting some of these? you're going to be planting at dover sound, so this is what you're going to be carrying. 0k. amazing! these are our little babies for today. right, right. already ahead of us

thinkingback to hurricane dorian, they evacuated over 750 vehicles from ocacoke island. after the storm, we were the first responders bringing over the necessary assistance to rebuild the dump trucks hauling off the trash. we bring the gas, we bring the water. so it was a many months long he effort with our team coordinating after hurricane dorian. we, unfortunately, are seeing more and more substantial weather at our coast. we now have on highway 12, what we call sunny day storms. we will have complete water over wash on a sunny day on highway 12. so we are pretty much a critical lifeline to the island, to our poorest county in the state, which needs to pull in its tax revenues in the summer to support the county year long. >> thank you very much. mr. gardner, now back to rail. has amtrak ever turned a profit in a year? >> no, sir. >> i think that's why the issue of bonuses and incentive pay is so touchy. and particularly given the dollar amount. so what's the prospects? what's the timeline where you think we can get to a point where we can turn a profit? >> well, congr

vehicles from ocracoke island during hurricane dorian lead into the store. after the storm we were the first responders bringing over the necessary assistance to rebuild the dump trucks, holly off the trash. we bring the gas, we bring the water. so it was a mini monthlong effort of our team coordinate with hyde county to do disaster response after hurricane dorian. we unfortunately are seeing more and more substantial weather at our coast. we now have on highway 12 what we call sunny day storms. we will have complete water over wash on a sunny day on highway 12. so we are very much a critical lifeline to the island, to our pores counties in the state, which needs to pull in its tax revenues in the summer to support the county here long. >> thank you much. mr. carter, now back to rail. i don't mean this as an antagonistic question whatsoever so don't take it that way, but had amtrak ever turn a profit in your? >> no, sir. >> i think that's why the issue of bonuses and incentive pay is so touchy, and particularly given the dollar amount. so what's the prospect

thinkingback to hurricane dorian, they evacuated over 750 vehicles from ocacoke island. storm, we were the first responders bringing over the necessary assistance to rebuild the dump trucks hauling off the trash. we bring the gas, we bring the water. so it was a many months long he effort with our team coordinating after hurricane dorian. we, unfortunately, are seeing more and more substantial weather at our coast. we now have on highway 12, what we call sunny day storms. we will have complete water over wash on a sunny day on so we are pretty much a critical lifeline to the island, to our poorest county in the state, which needs to pull in its tax revenues in the summer to support the county year long. >> thank you very much. mr. gardner, now back to rail. has amtrak ever turned a profit in a year? >> no, sir. >> i think that's why issue of bonuses and incentive pay is so touchy. and particularly given the dollar amount. so what think we can get to a point where we can turn a profit? >> well, congressman, i think, first off the sort of yard stick is set forth in statue.

and i'm so glad to see behind you the map of hurricane dorian, where he took a sharpie and changed thendreds of thousands of lives at risk by changing that forecast. no president has ever done that before, and no president should never do that. >> you remind me of it, but i think to myself, i can't believe. i remember the day he did it thinking this is crazy. bill, one of the things that you and i discussed a lot, and i talked to, i was talking to ben rhodes about this earlier, with people who are not going to vote for joe biden because they are frustrated with the israel gaza policy. there are some people who expressed that sentiment around climate. they don't thicken up is been done. but elections are about choices, and in this case they are binary choices. and it will only get worse with one choice versus the other. but there are things, as monica said, that the said ministration has done, that go farther than administrations in the past. >> yes, look. no one is ever going to be able to do enough on climate change, because it is the biggest thing that humans have ever done. we have