. >> bret: fast and furious as we look live at asheville, north carolina. significant president trump is stopping in north carolina first. u.s. army corps of engineers only half of the recovery done there and making a statement before he heads to l.a. with the fires. i will have a wrap-up on special report. >> dana: after los angeles he is going to nevada with a rally as well. this is the opposite of sleepy, everybody, buckle up. it will be a wild ride. history is being made and we get to be along for the ride. thank you for joining us and thank you for being my co-anchor today. "the faulkner focus" is next. here she is. >> harris: and we have that breaking news. president trump on the ground in north carolina and he has yet to come off of air force one. we're here for every moment of it. he wants an update from local officials on the recovery efforts after a category 4 hurricane helene hit this summer. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." president trump will be looking at fema and comforting people still hurting after losing everything

it's that's why asheville is so darn special.how how is the devastation uniting this community has? has the community been rallying around this relief effort? what can you tell us about that? >> yes, i think last time we spoke, i said that this whole situation has been heartbreaking and heartwarming. the heartwarming part is the communities have come together and bonded unbelievably well. neighbors have gotten together. there's town meetings, there's business meetings, and there's always this sense of rejoicing and rebirth and this considering everything that's been done, we are in a really beautiful place right now. >> and, joel, can you discuss the support you've gotten from the federal government so far? how was it going in the months right after helene? and what what would you like to see now? >> the the federal government has been fabulous in sending out people to help clean up our community. um, the national guard, the army, so many people. there's still so much work being done that the government is funding. and that's fab

asheville saw, of course, the most widespread devastation. historic flooding and mudslides damaged thousands of buildings and homes, tore apart roads and destroyed the city's water and power lines. after asheville, president trump will then travel to los angeles, visiting some of the sites impacted by the still blazing wildfires. right now, there are nine active fires burning across southern california. they've torched over 50,000 acres, more than three and a half times the size of manhattan. for some context. joining us now, nbc's kelly o'donnell, who's in asheville, north carolina, and nbc's liz kreutz in pacific palisades, california. kelly, we'll start with you. what are you expecting to see from the president's three state trip today? >> i would think one of the things the president will want to do is get a sense of how have things changed? he was here in north carolina as candidate trump back in october, where he saw the initial recovery. and now to see that here we are months later, and there are all kinds of businesses like this, home

for two months, asheville lacked running water.ans cannot take a hot water shower. they can't drink water. they don't know where to get it. it's delivered to them by somewhere -- they just go out and somehow find some. it's been four months since the storm made landfill, and still 180 roads remain closed and in ruins. later this month, the biden administration kicked 2,000 displaced north carolinians out of temporary housing into freezing 20 degrees weather. i don't know how they did that one, because it was cold, even while you're government provided shelter and housing for illegal aliens from all of the world. the days of neglect are over. they are over. as i said, in my inaugural address, we restore the integrity, competency, and loyalty of the american government. i think i said most of it in the inaugural address. we said a lot of things, but one of the groups of people i was thinking about is you and north carolina. a lot of that was in reference to you and what you have had to suffer. i am pleased to announce that under our

we lived in the azalea road area of east asheville. we watched our garage float by. we got to a point where it t crested about four feet up on the roof. we got out on the mud to higher ground. i got out and got over to her daughter's house where she saw i didn't have her. she lost it. she's ok. she's alive. we tried to make her way back in and gather things as best we could. you found a body right away. they were about eight bodies in our area for the first two weeks located. we were lucky we were not one of them and blessed. like other people, no insurance on flood insurance. we had to depend on fema. they did what they could do. of course, it is not enough. yeah, yeah. we are thankful to be alive. it is a long haul. i'm staying in a camper. i'm a big guy. i don't sleep in campers very well. the first night we spent in the camper, very grateful for the asheville dream center coming through with one. pres. trump: [indiscernible] >> yeah. it looks like a beach now. it is sand. pres. trump: can it be built on? >> yes. pres. trump: do you want to build again? >> samarit

right now he's at asheville airport in north carolina.just greeting some of the people there who were meeting him at the airport. now he's going to go off to see the devastation, much of which remains from hurricane helene. of course he took real hard shots at fema today when he was on the tarmac talking about how they have not been doing a good job and how he will direct personally where the money should go after seeing it in north carolina and later going to los angeles to see for himself what's happening after their devastating fires there. check the markets and they're all down, not by much and dow recovered at 58 and s&p popped up fractionally and nasdaq is down a little as well. lauren, come on back in. you're take ago look at some movers. start with oklo. lauren: nuclear energy. web bush raises price target from 26 to $45. david: that's a big price target. lauren: nuclear energy play ago vital role in empowering data centers and encouraged by the star gate announcement. david: intuitive surgical. lauren: they make the surgical robo

we are a small business in asheville, we make tea and focus on ingredients from local farmers.nd what happening in asheville and what needs to be done, my hope is the federal funds. that was a month ago. beside a japanese restaurant. we hope the funding will become accessible for things like small business grants and help with housing. david: the american relief act was 20 one billion dollars for farmers, $10 billion for direct economic assistance, a lot of money for relatively small part of the united states. have you seen anything close to that in terms of relief funds? >> we see relief funding from the state and otherwise there have been a lot of nonprofits raising money for grant funding. i will say folks still interested in helping can donate to a lot of those grant funds to our website. there's a list of those. in western north carolina, a drop in the bucket and has been lost. but has been out located is extremely important as a continued focus. david: when we last spoke with you, your whole inventory, you got to start from scratch. >> we are rebuilding, moved into tempor

so i just want to tell that say that asheville i know it well. it's a great place and we're going to have it be a great place. again. that was the one that was most severely affected. but north carolina is going to come back bigger, better, stronger than ever before. and you're going to be very thankful. and you've already seen i know that it really began four days ago, but you've already seen more action than you have in the last three months, and we're going to get it together. we're informing the army corps of engineers to get going, because you have a lot of river breaks and a lot of areas that you're going to need some pretty big work, and they're on their way. they're going to be working very much harder than they've been working in the past, and we're going to take care of it. any questions from the press of any of the congressmen? governor? anybody? >> sir, even if i'm an executive order on fema, getting rid of it. can you say more about signing. >> an executive order. >> to get rid of fema, please? >> uh, fema has been a very big disappo

let's get to cnn chief national affairs correspondent jeff zeleny, who is live on the ground in asheville, north carolina. for us, jeff, what more do we know about the president's visit there and what he's hoping to accomplish? >> well, boris. >> president trump is. >> clearly using. >> his first trip outside the white house on a coast to coast mission from here in north carolina. he'll end the day in las vegas, actually, before stopping in las vegas on both sides of the country, making clear that he wants to change how disasters are funded and managed in this country. of course, he before going to california, which is still a much more recent disaster, he said he wanted to visit a red state, north carolina. today is four months to the day since hurricane helene began its rampage across the south. and here in western north carolina. as you can see behind me, this is just one glimpse of so many of the sights we see as we drive around. and residents, of course, have been enduring this for four months. as an opport government works. one piece of project 2025, which, of course, was a blueprin

i just want to say that asheville, i know it well. it's a great place and we're going to have it be a great place again. that was the one that was most severely affectedded. but north carolina's going to come back bigger, better, stronger than ever before. and you're going to be very thankful. and you've already seen, i know that it really began four days ago but you've already seen more action than you have in the last three months. and we're going to get it together. we're informing the army corps of engineers to get going. because you have a lot of river breaks in a lot of areas that you'll need some pretty big work. and they're on their way. they're going to be working much harder than they've been working in the past and we're going to take care of it. any questions from the press? any of the congressmen or governor, anybody? >> what did you say about fema, getting rid of it? can you say more on getting rid of fema? president trump: fema has been a very big disappointment and cost a tremendous amount of money and it's very bureau

i think we are at a point, people have forgotten about asheville. and everything is stopped. >> we had purchased in may, big church. we are a small congregation and people said what are you going to do with this big building and i said only god knows and we had our dedication and the storm came the next week. and my son brought the first load of supplies and from there, i stayed there for about three months. i slept on the floor for three weeks because the need was so great. the people were so devastated. and i said i want to be here for them. and they were coming in just day and night and no need for me to go home. we had people from kentucky, tennessee, texas, indiana, oklahoma. we have not received any help like from the government or anything. i said, lord -- all over the state. [indiscernible] >> before the week was over, our church was so packed with supplies. we couldn't walk. it was up to the platform of things in our halls and rooms. someone said how long you are you going to be here. through the winter and even on if possible i said can we

the city of asheville went without running water for two months. a whistleblower testified some fema employees refus thelp people who were displayed trump signs on their property. i think that's true. when i read that. it's not nice. it's not too nice. but whoever those property people were thank you very much. michael, is that true? that's not good. about the property owners you put a trump sign on it they wouldn't help. fema. earlier this year fema kicked 2,000 north carolinianss out of their -- north carolinians out of their temporary housing in freezing temperatures. do you know about that? what happened? tell me. >> we had an incompetent administration under biden. we call it the disaster after the disaster. fema response. president trump: you had nothing but disasters since then. it doesn't matter at this point. biden did a bad job. some residents still don't have hot water, drinking water, or anything else. many of them don't have quarters. they don't have anything. they have a stipend for what they lost. we are going to take care of it. thi

but here in asheville, we're 122 days after the hurricane hit, and piles of rubbles all over the place, and i'm told they haven't gotten to the waterway, and even though they pulled out a million cubic yards of debris in the area hit, and one section near to me in polk county where as a popular spot for fishing and there is 2 million yards of debris and vegetation in that one area alone, and people involved in the cleanup say fema is not approving requests quickly enough. >> president trump: i'll also be signing an executive order of fundamentally reforming and overhauling fema or maybe getting red of fema, i think frankly, fema is not good. i think when you have a problem like this, you want to go -- whether it's a democrat or republican governor, you want to use your state to fix it and not waste time calling fema, and fema gets here, and they don't know the area and they've never been to the area and they want to give you rules that you've never heard about. >> reporter: the president said he's likely to recommend a change where states make a request directly to the federal governme

i'll just era. asheville, north carolina was all trumpet withdrawal and funding for anthony found sheet infectious disease expert who helped organize us respond to the coping. 19. pandemic opponents, so thought she social distancing recommendations and vaccine policies have given him a reason to fit threats on his life from full 70 that details for his former national security adviser and psychiatrist states saying they couldn't afford to pay on their right. i might go into seltz's and i'm asking the city to acquire a pricing for search and migrant should trump carry out to most people patients. i will the city's bookcase across the us border from san diego. sure. the guy on it was there for us now. so to, to describe for us what's going on in terms of preparations for unexpected influx of people. the, that's right. uh, not just tear and you want to, but all across the border. the different cities are preparing by initially opening the centers or their co reception centers. they're part of these, this program that the mexican president announced as we called mexico embraces you . which

president trump about to depart for asheville, north

for two months, asheville lacked running water.today, some north carolinians can't take a hot water shower. they can't drink water. they don't know where to get it. they have to. it's delivered to them by some where they just go out and somehow find some. it's been four months since the storm made landfall, and still 180 roads remain closed and in ruins. earlier this month, the biden administration kicked 2000 displaced north carolinians out of their temporary housing into freezing 20 degree weather. i don't know how they did that one because it was cold. even while your government provided shelter and housing for illegal aliens from all over the world. but under the trump administration, the days of betrayal and neglect are over. they are over. as i said in my inaugural address, we restore the integrity, competency and loyalty of the american government. and i think i said most of it in the inaugural address. we said a lot of things, but one of the groups of people i was thinking about is you and north carolina. a lot of that was

first, the president is going to asheville, north carolina.still trying to recover from the devastating flooding brought by tropical storm helene last september. then he'll be wheels up again, bound for southern california. just weeks after suggesting he could withhold aid from communities reeling from those catastrophic wildfires. before he boarded marine one, president trump suggested both natural disasters had been mismanaged and repeated an unfounded claim about california's water reserves. >> north carolina's been treated very badly, so we're stopping there and we're going to then go to los angeles and take a look at a fire that could have been put out if they let the water flow, but they didn't let the water flow, and they still haven't for whatever reason. >> let's start in asheville, where nbc's kelly o'donnell is standing by. kelly, the president is heading your way. i understand newly sworn in democratic governor josh stein will be there to greet the president. what else do we know about this visit? >> well, that kind of a greeting i

cnn's jeff zeleny is live from asheville. jeff, one of the main focuses for trump on this trip has been fema. and he has vowed to remake the federal agency. >> forest. it certainly is not what some of the people here in western north carolina perhaps were expecting, when they were certainly eager to have the president come here and members of congress to see the devastation that is just so very real. you can just see just a small slice behind me here of this once art gallery. now an abandoned building, and it's waiting to repair as so much recovery efforts are underway here. but it was the president and he was met by the democratic governor here, josh stein on the the tarmac. but then he started going after fema and talking about immediate relief efforts, but talking about the very existence of fema has had its time. >> i'll also be signing an executive order to begin the process of fundamentally reforming and overhauling fema, or maybe getting rid of fema. i think, frankly, fema is not good. i think when you have a problem l

he's the mayor of canton, north carolina, just west of asheville. it was hit hard by hurricane helene. mayor, it's great to see you again and get an update. just first of all, on the recovery efforts in your town. >> well, we're making. >> progress in canton. >> just like every community in western north carolina. we're still here. our people are continuing to show grit and grace across the region. over 30 counties. the amount of help and prayers from across the nation, both in politically, from, you know, from california to the carolinas, you know, you see people having our backs. but at the end of the day, you know, the grit and grace of people that have lost so much, their homes, their businesses, their loved ones, they're finding a way. these are tough times. but western north carolina, we just simply have tougher people. >> now, i know it's not clear yet whether or not you will actually get to meet with president trump or see him in person, but what would your message to him be? >> well, first off, we're honored to have the president in western

he is on his way to north carolina and he will go to asheville in the west of the state which was really washed away, and then he will go to california where ten wildfires are still burning around the los angeles area and he will do a tour of the pacific palisades and meet some of those affected as he will also in

jeff zeleny in asheville, north carolina, thanks so much. let's bring in cnn's daniel dale to get the facts on what trump said today and in the past about fema's response in north carolina to hurricane helene. daniel, walk us through the president's comments. >> jake. >> the president is totally. >> entitled, of course, to criticize fema. >> and today. and in. >> months past, he has delivered some. >> accurate criticism of fema. >> but he's also. >> said a lot of things about fema and the general federal response to helene that are just wrong, including a bunch of claims that i think could potentially dissuade americans who need federal disaster assistance from even applying for it. so. >> for example. >> trump said this month that fema is out of money. if you're thinking of applying for fema. >> aid, please know that. >> is not even close to true. fema's disaster relief fund had about $27 billion in it as. >> of. >> two weeks ago. similarly, the president has said repeatedly that fema has no money for north carolina because it took all that

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president trump is traveling to asheville, north carolina, today. he is en route there as we speak.o meet with those who are impacted by hurricane helene back in september. this morning he'll receive an update on recovery efforts and we'll bring that to you live at 11 a.m. eastern right here on c-span. also on c-span today at noon it's the 52nd annual march for life rally in washington, d.c. the event will include house speaker mike johnson, senate majority leader john thune and ron desantis and other advocates. live from the national mall at noon here on c-span. both those events are on our app, c-span now and online at c-span.org. the president also travels to los angeles to survey damage from the wildfires. we'll take your calls up until the end of the program in about 15 minutes. we'll start with marcy in north carolina. republican. caller: yes. i was just calling to see why the "washington journal" -- we have 15 minutes left and this is the first mention of the march for life rally. last year it was covered by a pro-abortion activist. and this year you have totally ignored it.

president trump about to depart for asheville, north carolina. he will tour the damage from hurricane helene and then going to head to los angeles where he will view the utter devastation from the outbreak of wildfires. good morning, i'm dana perino. >> good morning, dana. i'm bret baier in for bill hemmer. this is "america's newsroom." today he will be consoler in chief. yesterday he put the world on notice. president trump delivering a virtual address to the world economic forum in davos. top line message. make your products in america or get hammered with tariffs and sending a message to china and russia. here is what he told sean hannity? >> you had a conversation with president xi. we have problems with them. they have territorial ambitions with taiwan, electric -- >> i had a great relationship with him prior to covid and a good relationship with him. we had a very good relationship. i had a very good relationship with putin also. >> have you spoken to him? >> president trump: i don't want to say. >> good morning, dana and bret. president tr

take out those asheville voters." asheville voters vote left. concern. >> what a difference between the biden and trump administration's. four years, we watched jen psaki and karine jean-pierre and wondered if they even have access to the president? how often do they talk to him? one time jen psaki was asked, and she office get to the president trick when you're trump's press secretary, you get three calls before the sun rises. you know what he is thinking. it's not just the press secretary. he talks to the american people. an hour in the oval office, 45 minutes last night. he is transparent, accessible. he will tell you everything you want to know, answer every question, except his battle plans. those he keeps with him. >> and somebody else, the chief of staff. >> they work well together. they are a dynamic team. >> powerful team. more "outnumbered" in a moment. we are also pretty specialty end. [laughter] >> president trump acting on his bold agenda, starting with dei offices closing nationwide and ice raids sweeping the nation. how are cities

. >> brian: jacqui heinrich is in hard hit asheville with the details.ui. >> hey, good morning to you guys. yeah, this community is still picking up the pieces. fema placed more than 13,000 households in hotels since hurricane helene. but, early this month, about 3,000 were reportedly told that their vouchers were up and they had to get out with only days' notice and nowhere to go. they are reportedly about 2700 people left in the program. and congressman chuck daughters who represents this district. is he a republican. said he had to lobby fema to give people 21 days notice if they had to get out. he said that that agency agreed but there had been consternation that fema's disaster response has been biased against republicans. recall, the agency had to fire an employee after someone on its hurricane relief team said not to visit florida homes with trump signs during hurricane milton. and congress has been weighing plans to condition aid following the fires in california. president trump said this week on fox that a shakeup for fema is ahead. >> fema has

speaking in asheville, president trump again threatened to dismantle the us federal emergency agency,e white house has told federal agencies to start firing staff who work in teams designed to promote diversity. agencies have been given 60 days to start terminating the contracts of those who work in environmentaljustice as well deia, which stands inclusion, and accessibility. earlier this week, the president ordered all deia staff be put on paid leave. meanwhile the administration says it has started deporting migrants from the us. state department officials confirmed that two military planes flew about 80 people each back to guatemala. mexican officials say they rejected a request from the white house for another aircraft carrying a group of deportees to land in mexico. on his first day in office, president trump signed an executive order declaring illegal immigration a national emergency. president trump took executive action late friday — to limit us government funding for abortions and other reproductive healthcare. he signed a memorandum to reinstate a policy which bans global he

on the tarmac in asheville, trump questioned the need for a federal response.d trump, president of the united states: to have a group of people come in from an area that don't even know where they're going in order to solve immediately a problem is something that never worked for me. i'd like to see the states take care of disasters. let the state take care of the tornadoes and the hurricanes and all of the other things that happen. laura barron-lopez: shortly after, trump said he would sign an executive order to gut fema. donald trump: i think we're going to recommend that fema go away. laura barron-lopez: eliminating the agency would take an act of congress. and while fema assists states in disaster response, it's only at the request of governors. by afternoon, trump was shaking hands with families in storm-battered swannanoa, a small town outside asheville. donald trump: you need your riverbanks fixed. you need a lot of roads fixed, and we're going to get it done in rapid time. laura barron-lopez: all this while in washington donald trump: in my second term,

>>>>president trump arrived in asheville, north carolina, friday to receive a briefing on hurricane helene recovery efforts and to meet with families affected by the devastating storm. >>>>i'll be taking strong action to get north carolina the support that you need to quickly recover and rebuild. >>>>it's part of a disaster tour that also includes a stop in los angeles to survey the catastrophic wildfires that are still burning. the president's first trip of his second administration follows new criticism from trump about fema, the federal agency responsible for responding to disasters. >>>>i'll also be signing an executive order to begin the process of fundamentally reforming and overhauling fema, or maybe getting rid of fema. i think, frankly, fema is not good. >>>>trump said he'd rather see states handle their own disaster response, and that fema's role should just be to give states money. >>>>at least eight wildfires continue to burn in southern california, but there is some good news. firefighters say they are gaining ground on containing some of those fires. and this weekend, widespr

for two months, asheville lacked running water.can't drink water. they don't know where to get it. they have to. it's delivered to them by somewhere. they just go out and somehow find some. it's been four months since the storm made landfall, and still 180 roads remain closed and in ruins. earlier this month, the biden administration kicked 2000 displaced north carolinians out of their temporary housing into freezing 20 degree weather. i don't know how they did that one because it was cold. even while your government provided shelter and housing for illegal aliens from all over the world. but under the trump administration, the days of betrayal and neglect are over. they are over. as i said in my inaugural address, we restore the integrity, competency and loyalty of the american government. and i think i said most of it in the inaugural address, we said a lot of. >> presidents speaking. joining us now is democratic congressman and ranking member of the house budget committee, brendan boyle. you've heard some of the president's comm

i want to bring in nbc's kelly o'donnell, who's in asheville, north carolina. morgan chesky is in pacific palisades, california. so, kelly, you are in nc. the president meeting with families right now affected by the storm. one man just told him he feels lucky to be alive. what more can you tell us about the president's trip? >> well, in the latest interactions the president has had, he has been hearing directly from survivors who talked about water rising swiftly, the panic belongings to higher ground. the also hearing about the prolonged response issues of mold remediation, issues of trying to get debris off their property, how to begin the rebuilding process of their homes. for anyone who is hit by one of these life altering disasters, it is a long road back and it is difficult. and no doubt it feels lonely and very stressful. and the president's hearing about that right now. on his time here. he's also been talking a lot about the politics of and the approach that he has to government, which is definitely something that is really front and center in his min

. >> well, cnn's jeff zeleny is live in asheville, north carolina. the president also spent a lot of time actually bashing his predecessor, talking about how upset he was with the response from the biden administration. initially. >> erica, that was one central part of the president's message here, pointing the blame to the previous administration. of course, we are on the four month anniversary of the beginning of hurricane helene. of course, it took a few more days for it to reach this part of western north carolina. but as you can see behind me here, this is just a small sliver of the damage that still remains as the recovery efforts are still underway. so the people on the ground aren't pointing blame at which party was in charge. who is responsible? yes, there is criticism of fema from both sides, but. president trump, when he arrived here, he had a lot of blame for president biden. and he was clearly still on his mind. take a listen. >> they haven't done the job because they weren't really told to do the job by biden. i guess biden was thinking

. >> first, he'll travel to asheville, north carolina, where hurricane helene washed away entire roads and businesses. he campaigned in the area right after the storm there. then the president will fly to los angeles, where the fire situation is still active and still extremely dangerous. now, the president has threatened to withhold federal aid in california and has repeatedly attacked the state's governor. overnight, though governor newsom, gavin newsom tried to strike a conciliatory tone. >> i look forward to being there on the tarmac to thank the president, welcome him. and and we're making sure that all the resources he needs for a successful briefing are provided to him. i certainly plan on being there at the tarmac and and look forward to continuing to work, not just with him. the. administration. >> so there's that. and we just learned that president trump actually invited a man he has trashed for years to travel along. california senator adam schiff. he asked him to travel along to visit california's disaster zones. today, schiff's office conveyed the senator's regrets that he

and asheville, north carolina, minus 3. ginger zee with the forecast, but first, abc's victor oquendo in the middle of this storm. >> reporter: tonight, treacherous travel from a once in a generation gulf coast whiteout crippling the deep south. >> we've never seen anything like this. i mean, it's that simple. >> reporter: the first blizzard warnings ever issued for the state of louisiana. howling wind and more than ten inches of snow in spots. authorities shutting down dozens of highways, overpasses, and bridges. >> the challenge, i think, we're going to face is the bridges right now are acting like big ice trays. >> reporter: in new orleans, this drone video showing the iconic streets of the french quarter packed with snow. the city's downtown streets practically unrecognizable. >> i've seen snow before, but never in new orleans. >> reporter: in houston, both airports closed to all flights until tomorrow. more than a dozen airports halting operations across the region. thousands of flights canceled. it's 10:00 a.m. in dow

i'll just era. asheville, north carolina. the judge has bod, some of the journey. the 6 attack has freed from prison by donald trump from entering washington dc. they include ost keep us found to stewart. roads can be hawk, it has more in this from washington. earlier this week, donald trump, the now president of the united states, made good on a campaign promise to free those that had been convicted of the january 6 4021 attacked on the us capital. and as a result of their freedom, many of those january 6th attackers have been visiting the us capital and meeting with members of congress. stuart roads is among them. well, the federal judge wasn't too happy about that. and as a result, he has now put in place an order that prevents stewart roads among others, from not only no longer visiting the us capital, but also not entering washington d. c. at least not without the permission of the federal judge. so that is the new order. it is designed to prevent any sort of future attacks is sort of to keep lot order and also just to kind of keep in the forefront kind of a r

i'll just era. asheville, north carolina, thousands of anti abortion that to the so in the us capital for annual, circled much for life. vice president events spoke at the event in washington dc. well, president donald trump address the crowd by video. she advertise, see, was out that really. and this is the 3rd box for life since rose the way the federal rights are both invisible to by the supreme court activists here say that they want to fight for even more measures to prevent abortion suffice. so mean i'd say total dropped the types of regular credit. they're advertising of the band because it was his supreme court. norman, easy or instrumental, and over timing, the right, the federal rights sort of goals. and however, the housing goal without urges abstruse, donald trump, is distance himself from the anti abortion movement, say he would reach or are fed z found on the boston as the recycled. some states like florida don't cure fox and restriction of ocean to 6 weeks. the people here say that praying that donald trump does come round to that side of me and well being a catholic. i

i'll just era. asheville, north carolina still had a all out. is there a sending in the reinforcements to help calm police forces as i'm 23 bubbles, gain more ground and free train trips just one way or forward? he's a trying to clear the air entitled the now the eastern, but his feeling was tried once again. it won't produce violent weather, but it will please. the disappointment, i suspect, was riding from turkey down towards northern egypt and this line of shares that stretches across side to what comes out and the 2nd i think this might get a little bit worse. heavy rain seems lucky and talk to you just bear with height and then that tail might hinder heading towards golf so you might get a bit more right. but actually suggest is probably that one's up for the rest. temperature was over night, no big changes. 5 and the amount is a low 10 in garza, of course sub 0. if you are at some height. now, looks like sunday will bring that right up to the coast of egypt and maybe one day to away from the event. but wouldn't wanna guarantee it being par

i'll just era. asheville, north carolina now migrant shelters and the mexican city up to on our bracing for us surgeon arrivals. if donald trump carries out his mass deportation plan, i'll just say it was due to a gallery on the reports now from the mexican city located across the us, buddha, to san diego. there are 2 realities playing out at the same time. on one hand, what is expected to happen, but isn't quite happening yet, which is this masking for taishan of undocumented migraines that donald trump administration has been promising since he won the election. and on the other hand, is the reality of those people who are already here in cities like to juan on others, across the border, who basically were left with no real resources after their cdp appointments were canceled. earlier in the week after donald trump took office, the mexican government has announced that they will unveil at least a reception centers in cities across the border where they expect to receive all these people that are expected to be sent back from the us. this is a, this is going to be a place to process th

he stopped in north carolina with thousands of still recovering from her con. upon landing in asheville, north carolina, president trump said he wanted to over the whole how the federal emergency management agency known as fema responds to disasters. so we're going to be doing something on that the, i think most people agree i'd like to see the states take care of this. this is let the state take care of the tornadoes, that barricades and all of the other things that happen. and i think you're gonna find it a lot less expensive, you'll do it for less than half and you're going to get a lot quicker response. so that seems to be the recommendation. well, shortly we'll go to our white house correspondent kimberly hold fast. fillable is in as well, so we, so we know that donald trump will be guessing or to of the devastation there and also meeting with families. but how's that looking in terms of the devastation, several months later, from what you can see where you are? it's still it's hotel disasters. i mean, you look around and you can just see the remnants of people's lives. you know, r

he stopped in north carolina with thousands of still recovering from a higher con. upon lands in asheville, north carolina, president trump said he wanted to overall how the federal emergency management agency known as fema responds to disasters. so we're going to be doing something on that the, i think most people agree i'd like to see the states take care of disasters, let the state take care of the tornadoes of barricades and all of the other things that happen. and i think you're gonna find it a lot less expensive, you'll do it for less than half and you're going to get a lot quicker response. so that seems to be the recommendation. okay, well let's get more on this story from phil laval, who's also in nashville feel so we know that donald trump will be guessing it's who are hold of the devastation there and also meeting with locals. but how's that looking where you are? several months later now from the har can a salary disasters, i mean there's no 2 ways about it. you look at the river on this, this is where they go about that right in that i don't see for a 100 years and it just row

so we want to thank both >> combing up here on c-span today, president trump is in asheville, north carolina, to meet with with those impacted by hurricane helene back in september. this morning he'll receive an update on recovery efforts. that's expected to get under way soon. at noon eastern, the 52nd annual march for life rally in washington, d.c. we are expected to hear president trump's remarks delivered by video. and vice president vance will address the crowd in person. watch our live coverage here on c-span. also on c-span now, our free mobile video app, an online at c-span.org. >> democracy, it isn't just an idea, it's a process. a process shaped by leaders, elected to the highest offices, and entrusted to a select few with guarding its basic principles. it's wore debates unfold, decisions are made, and the tkwaeugs's course is charted. democracy in real time. this is your government at work. this is c-span. giving you your democracy unfiltered. >> american history tv, saturdays on c-span2. exploring the people and events that tell the american story. this weekend at 6:45 p.m. easte

. >> bret: fast and furious as we look live at asheville, north carolina.rump is stopping in north carolina first. u.s. army corps of engineers only half of the recovery done there and making a statement before he heads to l.a. with the fires. i will have a wrap-up on special report. >> dana: after los angeles he is going to nevada with a rally as well. this is the opposite of sleepy, everybody, buckle up. it will be a wild ride. history is being made and we get to be along for the ride. thank you for joining us and thank you for being my co-anchor today. "the faulkner focus" is next. here she is. >> harris: and we have that breaking news. president trump on the ground in north ca

caroline: president trump there speaking as he boards air force one in asheville, north carolina, visitingamilies affected by hurricane helene. but he spoke more about the federal emergency management agency, wanting to see them have less involvement in hurricane recovery and more state involvement when it comes to these natural disasters. also speaking about opec, the view on cutting oil prices. he was speaking about some of the immigration policies. indeed, once again criticizing some of the water policies in california. he plans to visit california next regarding those l.a. wildfires. but, mike, we have much more in president trump's policies. mike: we do. he has plans to become an ai superpower. this is touching off a global tech race and we're joined by michelle guida, the ceo of the krach institute for tech diplomacy at purdue to talk us through it. we have seen this week this stargate insurance announced, then meta today talking about this big investment in ai and data centers. those are all private sector initiatives. they going to be enough to keep up with what rivals, in particul

president trump is traveling to asheville, north carolina today.s going to visit areas that are still recovering from hurricane helene since it was hit last september. he slammed fema's response to that storm. he says they're getting in the way. after north carolina trump is going to head to la, he's going to tour wildfire damage. he's suggesting aid for los angeles should be tied to congress' reconciliation bill which we are talking about which could also include a debt ceiling increase but also immigration reform, energy permitting and tax cuts. then you've got house minority leader hakim jeffries, he calls that a nonstarter. this ties to the conversation we're having about reconciliation and fema is a big piece of this. >> it is. and the president doesn't stand for nonsense, for procedural hurdles that might get in the way. he wants to get it done. i think he's right about that. again, i think the issue of doing something for california, for the disaster victims, that tends to be -- has to be a bipartisan vote. so i'm not sure. i'm pretty doubtf

the president is going to look with his own two eyes what happened to asheville and other places and. which has been disseminated in some spots by the fires. he made it very clear last night chatting with sean federal response, fema, not so good and he has a better idea. have the states do it and the feds will give him the money. >> i will say that los angeles has changed everything. because a lot of money is going to be necessary for los angeles. and a lot of people on the other side want that to happen. >> sean: north carolina? >> the democrats don't care about north carolina. what they have done with fema is so bad. i'm stopping on friday. i'm stopping in north carolina. first stop. because those people were treated very badly by democrats. and i'm stopping there. we're going to get that thing straightened out because they are still suffering from a hurricane from months ago. and then i'm going to -- then i'm going to to california. fema is a whole other discussion. all it does is complicate everything. fema has not done their job for the last four years. you know, i had fema work

cheryl: president trump traveling to asheville north carolina to visit areas recovering from hurricaneoyed 1000 homes and killed more than 100 people leaving behind more than 50 billion in damages president trump slamming the biden administrations response on hannity. >> they don't care about north carolina the democrats don't care about north carolina, what they have done with fema is so bad fema is getting in the way of everything in the democrats use fema not to help north carolina. >> it makes no sense. >> i'm stopping on friday in north carolina at first stop because those people were treated badly by democrats and i'm stopping there we will get that straightened out because are still suffering from a hurricane months ago. >> north carolina congressman greg murphy, your reaction to this. >> good morning i think the president is spot on we had fema kicking people out of hotels fortunately they recanted the and word on khadija until may 26 i've even heard rumors that fema was disproportionately giving loans out based upon race, when you look at what happened to western north carolin

. >> he's supposed to be down friday, i heard, probably around the asheville area. >> bret: yes.i think it will bring more recognition. >> sandra: that's obviously a big part of it is, you know, making sure that these folks are not forgotten, and move on, and we keep circling back because we're really interested on everything that's being done to help, and you're part of the solution. i know that you were talking to some people who just lost absolutely everything. they still don't have homes. they still don't have heat in some cases. who are some of the people you're talking to and tell us a story about somebody you've been able to help. >> it's hard to do since i have over a hundred but there are families, single people to couples, just, that were displaced because basically we turned no one away. and tried to get them out of the cold. >> bret: james, what's the biggest thing that's needed down there, if somebody wants to help, and help you all, what's needed? >> our biggest need right now, i mean, they are good on the materialistic things, but now it's just like feeding a famil