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craig fugate, we appreciate your time. thank you. >>> fans of jimmy buffett are in mourning today following the death of the legendary margaritaville singer. ♪ nibbling on sponge cake, watching the sun bake ♪ ♪ all of those tourists covered with oil ♪ >> a statement on his website says the singer died peacefully at home surrounded by friends, family and music. he was 76 years old. the statement said, he lived his life like a song until the very last breath and will be missed beyond measure by so many. after starting his career as a country singer, he rocketed to fame when his music began celebrating the laid-back tropical lifestyle. a statement of key west dotcom said as well as being his home, key west and its characters became a subject of some of his most enduring songs. his fans, affectionately known as parrotheads. i'm so sorry for your loss. good to have you today. tell us a bit about him. >> well, first of all, we want to send out our most heartfelt thanks to jimmy's family for all the music. we want to send our mos

former fema administrator craig fugate, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> brianna? washington, d.c., a member of the far right group the proud boys who helped plot and organize the january 6th capital attack is facing a federal judge to learn his fate. prosecutors are seeking a 27-year prison sentence for ethan nordean after he and other proud boys were convicted of other charges related to the attack and last week dominic pizolli was just sentenced to step years in prison. cnn's jessica snider is joining us now. let's start with ethan nordena. what is he convicted of doing? >> seditious conspiracy like the other proud boys we're seeing at sentencing. he actually led the seattle chapter of the proud boys, and he's been convicted of plotting january 6 and the attack on the capitol but also encouraging the violence. now his lawyers have asked for a much lighter sentence than the prosecutor's 27 years. it's quite possible as we're just going into this sentencing right now that we may here from ordean. he may speak, other members of his family may speak. he did submit a

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we are joined by the former fema administrator during the obama administration, craig fugate, to talk about federal disaster response. welcome. you are currently in florida. can you tell us what you are seeing their and if you can assess the damage of hurricane a donya compared to other -- hurricane idalia compared to other hurricanes in the past? guest: this is in an area that does not usually see hurricanes. back in 1993, there was a storm called "storm of the century" that devastated these communities. one thing i was watching as i started seeing images come out was the difference between homes built after those storms and the ones that were not. in florida, the building codes work. the homes that were built later stayed up. the homes that were not were destroyed. but this is a very remote area. this is a very agricultural based region. there is not big populations like you would see in south florida. and a lot of the responses being driven by power restoration. then the potential is focused back on coastal communities were storm surge bank and areas got a lot of damage. host: pres