other wild accusations that are out there all right. >> joining us now, republican congressman chuck edwards of north carolina. congressman edwards, i'm very grateful to have you on the show today. thanks for being here. >> yeah good morning so you've become somewhat famous for this press release that you've put out as you're region has struggled to recover from helene. >> and as you have tried to debunk the myths that are making it harder for fema to help some of your constituents. you said hurricane helene was not geoengineering by the government. fema is not stopping trucks. the faa is not restricting access to airspace. fema has not diverted disaster response funding. that top one in particular stood out to me not go engineered by the government. my question for you today, as people start to be able to head to the polls for early voting at how much do you think the response to helene, the recovery efforts from helene have enabled people to be able to get to their early voting locations if they want to. and is this misinformation that's still circulating around the hurricane affecting vot

every home. ♪ >> joining me now is republican congressman chuck edwards of north carolina.stated after flooding from helene. i'm a big fan of asheville. i try to get there is much as i can. i'm very sorry for what your district is going through. how are your kids the twins doing? just bring us up-to-date first of all, please. >> yeah, well, we clearly have unbelievable devastation here in western north carolina. there are parts of the district that have recovered already quite well, but we have so many small communities in the rural parts of the mountains of western north carolina that we will be rebuilding for months and years to come. >> on top of dealing with the active disaster, you are taking on this disinformation stuff that has been really spreading like another storm, like a wildfire about the recovery effort. there are theories about geo- engineering storms, fema seizing private land. can you tell me what is going on here? is this still spreading as badly as it was? i saw fema had to put up a page to dispel rumors about fema. >> yeah, it is still taking place, but

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. >> reporter: still, chuck edwards says there are legitimate questions about fema's response. >> it was more than three days before we ever saw the first folks in here from fema. >> reporter: the several governors now say the feds have provided the aid they need. some survivors are still desperate for fema's help. >> why aren't they here? why aren't they helping people that need it. >> reporter: ahead of hurricane milton, a watchdog says fema staffing is running on a razor's edge. for example, of the more than 1200 workers who specialize in disaster recovery assistance, just three are listed as available. but the fema administrator insists the agency can handle multiple disasters, saying it has a layered staffing approach. >> our thanks to gabe for that report. >>> hurricane milton has forced some of florida's biggest airstrike airntsbiggest airports to close. from nbc new york, we talked to concerned passengers at laguardia, airport. >> this is my first time in new york. >> reporter: at baggage claim at laguardia, airport, stacy callahan and her son quinn are making the most of a d

. >> reporter: still north carolina congressman chuck edwards says there are legitimate questions about fema's response. >> it was more than three days before we ever saw the first folks in here from fema. >> reporter: though several governors now say the feds have provided the aid they need, some survivors are still desperate for fema's help. >> why aren't they here? why aren't they helping the people that need it? >> reporter: ahead of hurricane milton, a federal watchdog says fema staffing is running on a razor's edge. for example, of the more than 1,200 workers who specialize in disaster recovery assistance, just 3 are listed as available. but the fema administrator insists the agency can handle multiple disasters saying it has a layered staffing approach. lester. >> gabe gutierrez at the white house, thank you. >>> now to new developments over that reporting in bob woodward's upcoming book involving former president trump and russian president putin and the claims trump secretly sent putin covid testing machines. garrett haake is covering the trump campaign in pennsylvania. garrett

. >> reporter: still, north carolina congressman chuck edwards says there are legitimate questions about than three days before we ever saw the first folks in here from fema. >> reporter: though several governors now say the feds have provided the aid they need, some survivors are still desperate for fema's help. >> why aren't they here? why aren't they helping the people that need it? >> reporter: ahead of hurricane milton, a federal watchdog tells nbc news that fema's staffing is running on a razor's edge. for example, of the more than 1,200 workers who specialize in disaster recovery assistance, just 3 are listed as available, but the fema administrator insists the agency can handle multiple disasters saying, it has a layered staffing approach. lester. >> all right. gabe gutierrez, thank you. >>> we'll take a break here. when we're back, we're with al roker and a late update on the path of milton. that's next. so when i had carpal tunnel syndrome, lower back pain, and shortness of breath, i thought that's what getting older felt like. thank goodness... ...i called my cardiologist. i h

republican congressman from north carolina who i know you've interviewed in the past, caitriona, chuck edwardsment debunking some of these claims. important, of course, because there are members of his constituency who are affected by hurricane helene. so, that was a really interesting aspect to that. and i actually was listening to the interview you did as well with congresswoman luna from florida about this issue. and what was her response to this, this question of mis and disinformation? because, again, for her state as well, this is crucially important. she deflected the answer there, i would have to say. and she said, in relation to the $750, she said, "ok, that's emergency money, but we know how expensive things are in florida. and $750 won't get you very much if you've lost everything and you need fuel for your car, and you need rooms and hotels and you need food and you need clothes," and so on. but there was an interesting bipartisan moment, actually, from the congresswoman, where she said she was awaiting a call from presidentjoe biden. so, she might have to cut short our chat becaus

today north carolina republican congressman chuck edwards sent a press release specifically aimed at conspiracies concerning chimney rock state park, which is a park in his district. these are quotes from that actual press release from an actual member of congress. hurricane helene was not jeo engineered by the government. local officials have confirmed the government is not seizing chimney rock. local officials are not abandoning such and rescue efforts to bulldoze over chimney rock. and it goes on and on and on like that. today president biden addressed this wave of insane conspiracy theories and directly called out the maga politicians responsible for promoting them. >> these lies are un-american, and there's simply no place for them, not now, not ever. former president trump has led this onslaught of lies. now, the claims are getting even more bizarre. marjorie taylor greene, the congresswoman from georgia, is now saying the federal government is literally controlling the weather. we're controlling the weather. it's beyond ridiculous. it's so stupid. it's got to stop. >> joining

representative chuck edwards and virginia fox. >> thank you, mr.resident, thank you so much for taking the time to come to western north carolina. we've seen other folks do a flyover. it is disheartening to see you here with some dust in your shoes. it means so much to the folks here whose lives have been turned upside down, whose homes have been destroyed, who have lost loved ones whose businesses have been destroyed. we're so incredibly honored that you're going to help keep the emphasis on us rebuilding this -- this beautiful community. for those of you who did not get to see it, i offered -- because i also own mcdonald restaurants. i know you perfected your skills behind the counter a day or so ago. it was my honor to present president trump with the french fry certification pin. thank you so much for being here. god bless you. thank you. thank you. >> thank you very much. kim morris here. you're very special. house speaker. and he's been a great friend of mine for a long time. and thank you very much for -- for -- where are you, tim? >> as the

. >> reporter: still, north carolina congressman chuck edwards says there are legitimate questions about than three days before we ever saw the first folks in here from fema. >> reporter: though several governors now say the feds have provided the aid they need, some survivors are still desperate for fema's help. >> why aren't they here? why aren't they helping the people that need it? >> reporter: ahead of hurricane milton, a federal watchdog tells nbc news that fema's staffing is running on a razor's edge. for example, of the more than 1,200 workers who specialize in disaster recovery assistance, just 3 are listed as available, but the fema administrator insists the agency can handle multiple disasters saying, it has a layered staffing approach. lester. >> all right. gabe gutierrez, thank you. >>> we'll take a break here. when we're back, we're with al roker and a late update on the path of milton. that's next. so when i had carpal tunnel syndrome, lower back pain, and shortness of breath, i thought that's what getting older felt like. thank goodness... ...i called my cardiologist. i h

i thought it was really instructive that the congressman from western north carolina, chuck edwards,man who is very conservative, came out this week and praised fema, said he was criticizing him for water wasn't coming in fast enough, he asked for a certain number of palettes. there weren't cell phones. temporary cell phone towers. you know, there weren't enough of those in his district. and he complained about it. within 24 hours, those things arrived. palettes upon palettes of water arrived from fema. to his credit, he praised fema. even though it's not helpful for him to praise the biden administration. we look for people like that who are telling the truth and get their messages out there. marjorie taylor greene is out talking about who controls the weather. i think most of us look at that as a scientific phenomenon, but even if you look at the bible, the bible would tell you that god controls the weather, right? >> you would think. >> it's not a they, it's not like the democrats or jewish people with space lasers that she thinks exists out there. >> i'm sorry. i'm just sorry, fo

representatives chuck edwards and virginia foxx, okay, where's chuck? there he is. >> thank you, mr. president. thanks so much for taking the time to come to western north carolina. we have seen other folks do a flyover. it is so heartening to see you here with some dust on their shoes, actually seeing what is taken place me in so much to the folks here whose lives have been turned upside down, whose homes have been destroyed. whose loft went back lost love ones and businesses have been destroyed. we are so incredibly honored that you are going to help keep the emphasis on us rebuilding this beautiful community. for those of you who did not get to see edits, i offered -- because you know, i also own mcdonald's restaurants and i know that you perfected your skills behind the counter a day or so ago and it was my honor to present president trump with the french fry certification pin -- so. thank you so much for being here. god bless you. >> that is really nice, thank you again. thank you very much. tim moore is here. you are very special. house speaker wh

. >> i want everybody to get the help that they need but it is notable that congressman chuck edwardsrepublican who was standing there shoulder to shoulder with donald trump was the one who had to release the statement after the hurricane debunking all of the junk. >> sandra: what does that have to do with getting people help on the ground? >> went donald trump and their allies tell people that help is not coming that the government does not care about you and they gave your money to undocumented people. >> people are getting crushed. >> sandra: i appreciate the debate. thank you so much to both of you. we will be right back. [jeff laughs maniacally] (inner monologue) seriously, look at these guys. they are playing great. meanwhile, i'm on the green and all i can think about is all the green i'm spending on 3 kids in college. not to mention the kitchen remodel, and we'd just remodel the bathrooms last month. with empower, i get all of my financial questions answered. so i don't have to worry. so you're like a guru now? oh here it comes— join 18 million americans and take control of yo

north carolina republican congressman chuck edwards addressing the reported threats on msnbc. >> we had two counties with folks reported with different militia groups attacking and threatening fema. >> in a statement to nbc news, fema writing in part for the safety of our dedicated staff and disaster survivors we are helping, fema has made some operational adjustments. according to the agency, disaster recovery centers remained opened, but at least two counties said fema staff would not appear at other planned locations sunday with officials in ash county saying the agency had paused their process as a precaution as they are assessing the threats. that included a temporary halt on accepting some aid applications. the heightened tension with fema's response to helene has been fueled in recent days by misinformation amplified in part by president trump. >> kamala has spent all of the fema money, billions of dollars on housing for illegal migrants. >> the head of fema calling those claims categorically false and promising that the agency's work will not stop. >> it doesn't deter us. we kno

republican congressman chuck edwards sent a press release specifically aimed at conspiracies concerningk state park, a parked in his district. these are quotes from the actual press release from actual member of congress. hurricane helene was not geo- engineered by the government to seize and access lithium deposits in chimney rock. local officials have confirmed that the government is not seizing chimney rock. local officials are not abandoning search and rescue efforts to bulldoze over chimney rock. it goes on and on and on like that. today, president biden addressed this wave of insane conspiracy theories and directly called out that maga politicians responsible for promoting them. >> these lies are un-american, there is no place for them, not now, not ever. former president donald trump has led this onslaught of lies, the claims are getting more bizarre. marjorie taylor greene, the congresswoman from georgia, the federal government is controlling the weather. it is beyond ridiculous, it is so stupid. it's got to stop. >> joining me is the only member of the united states congress wh

we heard that from chuck edwards, who was a congressman in western north carolina a republican who put out a fact check last week, and it was stunning reading through this fact check where he's telling people know the government is not manufactured actually in the weather, they have no plans to bulldoze your communities that have been affected here. they have not given away all female relief money to undocumented immigrants and again, this is a republican congressman in this syria. but this is what people are hearing and look, there's also a major concern not just for the safety of these female employees, not just for the people who are now maybe going to have to wait longer because of issues of delays. now they're female as you know, work had to stomp a little bit. but what about the people who are vulnerable, who are hearing these rumors, who are saying, maybe i won't apply for assistance even though they're entitled to thousands, maybe tens of thousands of dollars gabe, cohen brian stelter. thank you very much for injecting some reality. alright, this just into cnn music mogul sean

>> i mean, the big news has been so much that the republican congressman from north carolina a chuck edwardse to put out a fact check. this is the first factor he had to do. so as hurricane helene was not joe engineered by the government to these access lithium deposits in chimney rock, those that's the rumors that they're having to confront right now. >> yeah. i mean, that press releases just a remarkable modern document and that it kind of lays out point by point by point, all of these things and there are many more, many more than that and then says, look, this is none of this is true and now of course we're here. alright, let's turn now back to the campaign tonight. vice presidential candidate tim walz participating in a hunters and anglers for harris-walz organizing call. it's the latest effort by the campaign to try to leverage walz's folksy football coach and hunter persona to appeal to male voters. this push is coming after poll, after poll tells the same story. women are backing harris by a 14 point margin in this survey, men supporting trump by 16 points, that divide of course, par

we will be joined in our next hour by republican with carolina congressman chuck edwards. >> all right. time now for sports in new york liberty. now, one win away from their first ever wnba title after a shot from the ages for one of their stars, andy scholes has this morning's bleacher report, andy, good morning. yeah. good morning. kasie mean this was an all time wnba moment we had last night, sabrina ionescu common up in the clutch to move the liberty to a win away from their first ever wnba title, new york, they were down by as many as 15 this game, but they came all the way back and with the game tied in the closing seconds sabrina makes the move and pulls up from way downtown to 28 border putting the liberty up three with a second left, the lynx would then not get off a great shot. new york wins the thriller, 80 to 77. brianna stewart led the way with 30 points and 11 rebounds. but afterwards, sabrina called it the biggest shot of her career it just didn't really realize how far i was but like i said, it's a shot that i take often i take in practice, i take before the game like i

you want to protect congressman, one of your republican colleagues in congress, a congressman chuck edwards of north carolina. >> he's obviously trying to help his constituents recover in the aftermath of hurricane helene, which hit just at two weeks ago, he had to put out a statement debunking a variety of myths, conspiracy theories that reads hurricane helene was not joe engineered by the government. fema is not stopping trucks. the faa is not restricting airspace. fema has not diverted disaster response funding. and he says that misinformation chin is really causing problems for the recovery what would you say to people about what they should believe in times like this and what would you say to your fellow politicians about how they should be conducting themselves in this moment? >> well, look whenever there's a disaster, i think we should all come together, give out the right information, and and help people that's what we did in miami-dade. i was a mayor of miami-dade county who was not partisan and so for me it was always about saving lives, making sure that the folks in miami-dade co

so we had north carolina republican congressman chuck edwards put out a fact sheet online where he said, no, nobody can control the weather. you also debunked a bunch of other claims and another republican congressmen congressman carlos gimenez of florida, less diplomatic with his colleague posting on x, formerly known as twitter. he said, nobody can create or control hurricanes and anyone who thinks that they can should have their head examined. he was very clear. he was talking about cars. >> i'm so sorry to interrupt you. i want to get now to my colleague, dana bash. dana, i understand that you got vice president harris on the phone. >> that's right. brianna. thank you so much. vice president harris at believed that you are now on the telephone fresh off of that briefing that we all saw here on cnn. thank you so much for being here. what is the most important thing that you learned that you want to amplify for americans tens who are in the path of this dangerous storm right now the briefing was very helpful on a number of fronts. >> but most importantly, in getting the word out to fo

begging those who are spreading rumors to stop it, to cut it out at one in particular, congressman chuck edwardsrepublican and represents western north carolina, put out a fact check last week and it was stunning to read. he is telling his constituents to essentially do not believe that the government is going to take your land just because you were hit by a storm and is not true, do not believe that female recovering money is all being spent on undocumented immigrants. that is not true and do not believe that the federal government is going to bulldoze impacted communities from this the storm that also not true and look their implications here. obviously there's the safety of these female workers, but there's also a lot of concern that there could be people on the ground in these communities who are desperately in need of help. one who are now waiting for that help. but also what about the vulnerable people who are buying into these rooms? rumors who are too scared now to ask for help, who may be entitled to thousands, tens of thousands of dollars in federal assistance who may end up getting no

the republican congressmen, chuck edwards of hard-hit north carolina, had to post this letter today imploring his constituents not to believe some of the lies that are clearly out there, including one that had been pushed by donald trump he fact checks in the letter, quote, fema has not diverted disaster response funding to the border or foreign aid. >> also, this fema is not only providing $750 a disaster survivors to support their recovery terrorists today also, weighing in of irresponsibility and frankly callousness and the idea that somebody would be playing political games for the sake of himself. but this is so consistent about donald trump. >> he puts himself before the need it's of other, i fear that he really lacks empathy on a very basic level well, joining me now, former homeland security and covid task force adviser to vice president pence. olivia troye she has endorsed kamala harris for president. olivia. thank you so much for being here. i mean, here we are two hurricanes in as many weeks frankly, and people are panicking about the prospect of what this could mean in terms of di

congressman chuck edwards of carolina put out a statement saying the government is not geo-engineering hurricane. this is extremely frustrating for the republicans on the ground dealing with constituents who are reeling from this disaster. in a time like this, where individuals are so reliant on our institutions, the only thing that really makes things worse is this disinformation that people are putting out there for political expediency's sake. people like marjorie taylor greene and a raft of these house freedom caucus types who, you know, are continuing a long trend of disinformation. everything from the election to now milton. but i think they're going to have to face a reckoning when it comes to the decision to actually appropriate. as steve said, there is a long history of congress coming together to ultimately pass something. i believe during hurricane katrina, that's the last time congress did come together for a unanimous consent to approve fund, emergency funding right away. again, as an entire entity without returning to congress. i'm not sure that's doable with this congres

now the individual you saw standing next to him, as he said, that his republican congressman, chuck edwards, he has a whole webpage on his congressional site. >> just for debunking hurricane response myths and outright lies, including the one the former president told today in front of him. joining us tonight, washington post, white house bureau chief, tolu rooney tolu olorunnipa, republican media consultants strategist, brad todd, also cnn political commentators ashley allison and former republican congressman adam kinzinger. who now supports the vice president tolu. i practice that so many times and i said that's it up so there are seven so-called swing states. what? most important ones right now? well, clearly pennsylvania is a key state where both of these candidates are going to be spending a lot of time over the next two weeks, but the entire blue wall is incredibly important for kamala harris. >> that's why she was in all three blue wall states today michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania. she knows that if she wins those three states and the second district in nebraska, she is going to b

north carolina republican congressman chuck edwards addressing the reported threats on msnbc. >> we haddisaster survivors we are helping, fema has made some operational adjustments. according to the agency, disaster recovery centers remain open. but at least two counties said fema staff would not appear at other planned location sunday, with officials in ashe county saying the agency had paused their process as a precaution, as they are assessing the threats. that included a temporary halt on accepting some aid applications. the heightened tension with fema's response to helene has been fuelled in recent days by misinformation, amplified in part by former president trump. >> kamala spent all her fema money, billions of dollars, on housing for illegal migrants. >> the head of fema calling those claims, categorically false, and promising that the agency's work will not stop. >> it doesn't deter us. we know what our mission is. >> asheville business owners say it's a distraction and that more help is needed. >> i want folks to know that the government is here. they're helping. i know we'd

edwards of california. barney frank, massachusetts. dan glickman kansas. william hughes, new jersey. romano mazzoli, kentucky. jack reed, rhode island. george sang meister, illinois. pat schroeder, colorado. charles schumer. chuck schumer who was in the house at the time. new york, bobby scott of virginia and mike signer of okla homa. do any of those democrat names stand out to you? david jackson is effective on the committee. of course, schumer, who is perhaps the biggest proponent of gun control in congress, so he was someone that a lot of democrats rallied around because this was already an issue back in 1993. and he was cast as the villain by republicans and a lot because of his gun control views. so he he he very much was a player in both sets of hearings, both in 93 and in 95. and mike skynyrd's, an interesting name he's brought up. i believe he was defeated in his next election by a conservative coalition that included a lot of gun owners, gun, gun ownership groups. and so there's a feeling that the hearings may have cost him a chance to move on up and in congress, the republicans on the 1993 waco hearing. ham, fish, hamilton fish was the lead republican charles kennedy of florida. howard coble, north ca

edward kaplan production studio at maryland public television. we are excited to bring new tonight's debate presented by nbc news, nbc washington, wbal tv 11, and maryland public television. good evening, i am chuckoderator for tonight's debate between the democratic candidate angela alsobrooks and republican candidate larry hogan. let's begin by quickly covering the rules for today's event. the debate will last one hour and begin with 90 second opening statements from each candidate. then our panelists and myself will pose questions directly to the candidates. nbc news and our panelists have generated the questions. each candidate will have one minute to respond and he candidate answering the first will get an additional 32nd rebuttal. as moderator i reserve the right to follow-up as needed. and finally he will conclude with one minute closing statements from each candidate. there is a timekeeper who will notify candidates of their remaining time and when time is expired. in the interest of trying to cover as much ground as possible, we ask the candidates to adhere to these time limits. now let's cover our panelists. tracy wilkins is an investigative reporter. deborah weiner is an anchor at wbal

edward kaplan production studio at maryland public television. we are excited to bring new tonight's debate presented by nbc news, nbc washington, wbal tv 11, and maryland public television. good evening, i am chuckonight's debate between the democratic candidate angela alsobrooks and republican candidate larry hogan. let's begin by quickly covering the rules for today's event. the debate will last one hour and begin with 90 second opening statements from each candidate. then our panelists and myself will pose questions directly to the candidates. nbc news and our panelists have generated the questions. each candidate will have one minute to respond and he candidate answering the first will get an additional 32nd rebuttal. as moderator i reserve the right to follow-up as needed. and finally he will conclude with one minute closing statements from each candidate. there is a timekeeper who will notify candidates of their remaining time and when time is expired. in the interest of trying to cover as much ground as possible, we ask the candidates to adhere to these time limits. now let's cover our panelists. tracy wilkins is an investigative reporter. deborah weiner is an anchor at wbal tv 11 in balt