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as we're talking about our preparedness and what we're doing and next steps. >> joining me now, craig fugatel eight years of the obama administration's administration. administrator fugate, thank you very much for coming to the saturday show. can you. we just heard la county sheriff luna talk about the impact this has been having on on his personnel. walk us through the magnitude of a disaster like this on local resources and first responders, physically and emotionally. >> well, i think the personnel there, what they were saying is not only are they responding, in many cases living in the community, they've actually suffered losses, or they have friends and families who have suffered losses. so this is not something that i think people understand that when you see those first responders, you forget they still have the connection to community. they're going through those losses. and this is why you bring in a lot of mutual aid. >> part of that is to be able to give them breaks, because this event is not going to be over until the drought ends and weather conditions improve. >> what are the s

craig fugate, appreciate your expertise. as always. >> thanks for having me. >> erica. >> migrant communities are on edge as president trump's mass deportation plan surges into action across the country. the mayor of newark, new jersey, says that his city was, quote, unfairly targeted on thursday when he says authorities arrested multiple people at a fish market and he's accusing officials of not producing a warrant while detaining undocumented residents and u.s. citizens, among them a military veteran. cnn has not been able to independently verify his claims. agents, though, are making the rounds in boston this week. our affiliate there reporting several arrests across the city. meantime, the white house says it is now using military planes to deport migrants. officials from the white house sharing images of people lined up and handcuffed as they boarded a flight. cnn's natasha bertrand joining us now live from the pentagon with more on this. so, natasha, in terms of the military role here, it is unusual to use a military p

craig fugate is a genasys board member. >> when i'm looking at maps and trying to figure out where i how far do i go, which direction do i go. >> reporter: he believes this new technology helps alleviate that. do i don't think ultimately that saves lives? >> well, that's our hope. and i think it lowers the barrier that we saw for some emergency managers who are always concerned about overwarning and creating more problems with too many people hearing the evacuation than aren't at risk jamming up the roads where people couldn't get out. >> reporter: a next step will be assessing whether alerts in l.a. gave people enough time and information to protect themselves. i'm david schechter. [coughing] hi susan, honey? yea. i respect that, but that cough looks pretty bad. try this robitussin honey. the real honey you love, plus the powerful cough relief you need. mind if i root through your trash? robitussin, with real honey & elderberry. gum problems could be the start of a domino effect parodontax active gum repair breath freshener clinically proven to help reverse the 4 signs of early gum

craig. fugate. fugate, fugate, fugate is one of those folks. can you explain to me?ll, i think, katie, one of the first things is there's just a big misunderstanding of what fema's role is and what fema does. you know, when i listen to some of the comments from earlier today about we should just give the states money, that it's their job. well, that is what fema does, right? we reimburse states for the costs that they incur when a presidential disaster declaration has been given. and so if you don't have fema, how is that level of coordination going to be done? and the other big piece of what we do is we coordinate all of the federal family. you know, these federal partners, like the army corps of engineers or health and human services or urban search and rescue teams, they don't just show up on their own. and so how would that level of coordination happen if you don't have fema to be able to mission assign them and get them into where they're needed? i'm not saying that there's not changes that are needed. we made a lot of changes over the last four years to try to

and i talked to the former former fema administrator, craig fugate, about that. he said, ok, that's not essentially entirely true. there was a big funding crunch for fema at the end of 2024. president biden did pass more funding for fema, but he said, look, we are kind of reaching the end of our rope in turns of funding. so it will need to be stocked up because the number of disasters being faced. and i wasjust thinking about the fact that, you know, we've again seen this clash setting up between a blue day governor, gavin newsom, and possibly donald trump, who has in the past threatened to cut federal disaster funding to california. one of the big issues that he's talked about is the fact that the north of california is water rich. the south needs more water. and there is actually it was interesting. there's a small fish that is in protected waters in the in the north, in a delta there that donald trump says is, you know, some worthless fish. and that's why farmers in the south are not getting water. all of this to say, i mean, this could be another clash then b

. >> former fema administrator craig fugate joins me now. as you've been watching all of this unfold over the last week, what's been on your mind? >> that a lot of this was something that people had been concerned about? a lot of people that have looked at wildfires were concerned that we were still seeing people building in these high fire risk areas, and so that with the conditions that we saw last week and continuing this week, many people were concerned in the in the wildfire space that if a fire got going, it would be catastrophic early, early estimates are saying this is going to cost tens of billions of dollars. >> where do they even start? right. is there not going to be a labor shortage, a supply shortage, just a manpower in terms of all the things that they need to do? >> well, it's going to be complex. and this is why you got to take this and get through the initial response, get these fires contained and under control. begin the assessment. one of the things that you know will be a big question was how many people had insurance.

. >> well, craig fugate, former fema administrator, thank you for discussing all these topics here at operation sierra storm and live with us here. broadcasting san francisco. we reallyn you very much and adjusting. i'll send it back to other that we're having a great time here. we're going to go to heavily mountain now and talk to the resort about snowmaking. so we'll have that coming up this week. looking forward to thank you so much. thousands of demonstrators covered san francisco civic center plaza for the 21st annual march for life. this is coming after president donald trump. >> vowed to support anti immigration efforts in his second term. he recently and forced a federal amendment that restricts government funding for most abortions. antiabortion advocates, cape testimonies, they were advocating for a pro life. all those pro-choice, how their own demonstration across the street. >> the future of cars is here from next gen infotainment systems to self-driving. i'll show you the coolest car tech show you the coolest car tech innovations. at cs after careful review of medical gui

craig fugate, as you know, was fema administrator during the obama administration. he's also suggested states needed to do more. that said, where's the line? where's the difference between doing more and doing it all? but is the president potentially on the right track? >> no, i don't think so. >> i mean, i think, as. >> the governor. >> said previously, look, every. >> government agency can do some sort. >> of reform. there's always. >> there's always room. >> for improvement. >> but i think. >> if you. >> look. >> at the capability. >> of the capacity. >> of. >> states when it comes to. >> these large. >> multi-billion dollars disasters. >> the states just. >> don't have the funding. >> and you never really. >> know where. >> these disasters are going to hit, whether they're manmade, whether they're natural. >> so you really. >> need a federal response. and i would i would differ. >> with the president in. >> that when fema goes in. >> to a disaster. >> the fema. >> takes the lead from the governor of the state. >> so saying. >> that, you know, fema comes in and.

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