today is been to. >> this week on "newsmakers," craig fugate.hank you for being here to talk about the last eight years heading the agency and the state of emergency management. also in studio with us is reid wilson of the national correspondent for the hill newspaper along with then, energy and environmental reporter with the national journal. ben: let's say hurricane sandy happened today. how would the federal response be different than clutter years ago in terms of the immediate response and how flood insurance is dealt with. -- dealt with? historically, energy has been one of the things at the local and state level that has coordination. localou are talking about states from the mid atlantic the densely populated areas, you tod to be able to give national utilities and their association that focal point. that is one thing we did definitely that the department of energy has codified into their function. program.evamp of the two things that stood out was the lack of trained people to go into the program and administer that, and a lack of focus

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. >> this week on "newsmakers," craig fugate. thank you for being here to talk about the last eight years heading the agency and the state of emergency management. also in studio with us is reid wilson of the national correspondent for the hill newspaper along with then, energy and environmental reporter with the national journal. ben: let's say hurricane sandy happened today. how would the federal response be different from what it was years ago in terms of the immediate response and how flood insurance is dealt with? craig: historically, energy has been one of the things at the local and state level that has coordination. when you are talking about local states with power impacts from the mid atlantic the densely populated areas, you need to be able to give to national utilities and their association that focal point. that is one thing we did differently that the department of energy has codified into their function. a total revamp of the program. two things that stood out was the lack of trained people to go into the program a

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. >> this week on "newsmakers," craig fugate. the administrator of the federal emergency management agency. thank you for being here to talk about the last eight years heading the agency and the state of federal emergency management. also in studio with us is reid wilson of the national correspondent for the hill newspaper along with the energy and environmental reporter with the national journal. i wanted to ask about the evolution of disaster response and preparedness overtime. let's say hurricane sandy happened today. how would the federal response be different than clutter years -- then it was four years ago, both in terms of the immediate response and how flood insurance is dealt with? >> we were able to add to the team, it was really the energy sector. historically, energy has been one of the things at the local and state level that has coordination. as sandy demonstrated, when you are talking about local states from the mid atlantic the densely populated areas, you need to be able to give to national utilities and their as