iwant to assure you. — criswell. -- my yorkers... want to l assure you, we are taking this storm very seriously. as you will hear from dr brennan shortly, milton is currently a category four storm and will remain a hurricane as it crosses over florida. at your direction, mr president, i will be travelling down to tallahassee tonight to embed at the stadium seek tonight to embed at the stadium seek to meet with my team as well as the state partners and i will be there to assess the damages and the impacts immediately following the storm. we are working in" nation with the state to ensure that they everything that they need to support their priorities —— in close coordination. as you've arvos directed me to do, i am leaving for to make sure we are strategically placing our resources and team to respond in florida. there are currently over 8000 federal personnel on the ground in florida importing the efforts from hurricane helene as well as the previous storms that have happened over the last three years —— over 1000. at your direction,

now is dee anne criswell, fema administrator. >> joining me now is deanne criswell, fema administrator. administrator criswell, thank you for being with us. i know you were back in the air in a chopper today. are you seeing places that you simply can't get to on the ground still? >> lester, we are. we're seeing communities that are still isolated and having a difficult time getting commodities. talking to local officials and hearing about how they're getting food and water up into some of these more isolated parts of their communities. but we're seeing everybody come together. local, state, federal, nonprofit, private sector really coming together to make a difference. >> as the lead federal agency on the ground there, what's the order of priority right now? >> it is still life safety. there is a lot of search and rescue teams here on the ground. we want to make sure we're getting them into the communities. the next one is the commodity delivery. keeping that flow of commodities moving into the communities, making sure we're reaching people that perhaps haven't been reached yet. and th

thank you. >> i think we'll move on then thank you administrator criswell.ane center. >> thank you, liz. mr. president, madam vice-president, good afternoon. as administrator criswell mentioned, we are just hours away from seeing a potentially catastrophic hurricane land fall along the west coast of florida with the center of milton expected to cross the coast late this evening or very early tomorrow morning as a powerful major hurricane and a large hurricane at that. we are already seeing multiple life threatening hazards playing out across florida, multiple tornado warnings in effect across portions of southern florida, winds increasing, heavy rainfall spreading across much of the state and conditions are going to rapidly deteriorate over the next few hours, especially where land fall is going to occur along the west coast. that's where we're expecting that devastating storm surge of as much as 10-15 feet aboveground level from somewhere near the tampa bay region southward to port charlotte with significant storm surge extending hundreds of miles even fart

i was going to be able criswell. >> thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> absolutely absolutely. thanks for helping us get the word out there. >> where are you this morning i am right now in raleigh and i'm getting ready at to go meet the president. >> when air force one lands in spartans oh, good, good, good. >> good. yeah. i know you're in that mobile command center which allows you to do your work wherever you go, which is nice. >> absolutely. >> they a great resource that we can get anywhere. excellent. well, thank you so much for coming on. we appreciate it. and good luck today with potus and all the relief efforts i used to work in that part of the country as a local reporter back in the day, it's what's astonishing to me is there's a long time ago when i was a much younger guy, but was astonishing to me is that it almost looked like the hurricane made landfall in appalachia i mean it's that kind of destruction it was it was just an incredible amount of rain and three of rainfall. >> these valleys, as you know, that analysts exact

we'll begin with miss criswell. over to you, dion. >> thank you, mr.ident, i want to assure you, we are taking this storm very seriously. as you will hear from dr. brennan shortly, milton is currently a category 4 storm and will remain a hurricane as it crosses over florida. at your direction, mr. president, i will be traveling down to tallahassee tonight to embed with the ceoc to meet with my team and our partners and i will be there to assess the damages and impacts immediately following the storm, working in close association with the state to make sure they have everything they need to support their priorities. as you have always directed me to do, i am leaning forward to make sure we're strategically placing our teams to respond in florida. there are currently over 1,000 federal personnel on the ground in florida, supporting the efforts from hurricane helene. as well as the previous storms that have happened over the last few years. and i have directed, at your direction, an additional 1200 search and rescue personnel from fema, the coast guard an

have received regular briefings on the impact of hurricane helene, including from administrator criswell, an and over the past 24 hours, i have spoken with governor kemp of georgia, governor cooper of north carolina and many local officials. i have shared with them that we will do everything in our power to help communities respond and recover and i've shared with them that i plan to be on the ground as soon as possible, but as soon as possible without disrupting any emergency response operations because that must be the highest priority and the first order of business. the devastation from hurricane helene is immense. millions of americans are without power. thousands of families have lost their homes, entire neighborhoods have been destroyed, major roads have bee blocked or damaged, leaving entire towns inaccessible at this very moment. already nearly 100 people have been confirmed dead and hundreds more are missing. the destruction we have seen in alabama florida, georgia, north carolina, south carolina, tennessee and virginia is heartbreaking. in coordination with state and officials

you'll hear from administrator of fema, deanne criswell, the director of the national hurricane center, michael brennan the director the national weather service. can graham secretary of homeland security, ali mayorkas, and the commandant of the coast guard, admiral linda fagan, will begin to briefing with administrator criswell over to you, diane thank you, liz. >> mr. president, madam vice president. i just want to assure you we are taking this storm very seriously. >> as you will hear from dr. brennan shortly, milton is currently a category four storm and will remain a hurricane as it crosses over florida as your direction, mr. president, i will be traveling down to tallahassee tonight to embed at the state eoc to meet with my team as well as our state partners. >> and i will be there to assess the damages and the impacts immediately following the storm. working in close coordination with the state to ensure that they have everything that they need to support their priorities. as you have always directed me to do, i am leaning forward to make sure that we are strategically placing o

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. >> george: gio benitez is on the ground in north carolina, plus fema adviser deanne criswell. israel intensifies its operations in lebanon, weighs a counterstrike against iran. ian pannell is live in beirut, and one year after the okay october 7th attacks, martha raddatz speaks with the families of those still held in gaza. >> george: good morning, and welcome to "this week." 30 days until the final votes, this presidential race is as tight as can be. across the country, and in that handful of states where both campaigns are focusing their time and money. what will determine the outcome, impossible to know right now. will there be an october surprise or the surprise of no surprise? which side will do a better job of mobilizing their most mobile supporters? what new information, if any, will sway that sliver of undecided voters that could tip the election either way? this weekend, kamala harris was with storm victims in north carolina, and donald trump returned to the scene of his first assassination attempt in pennsylvania. rachel scott is there. she starts us off. good mornin

criswell, thank you. first of all, we're to fema is preparations for her can milton stand tonight anderson, we have been preparing for hurricane milton for several days now we've got thousands of people in the state of florida supporting the response and the recovery from helene, but also from some previous storms and this is the third year in a row that the west coast of florida it's gotten hit. >> but we've moved additional resources. we moved in search and rescue teams from our teams from the coast guard cbp, the apartment of defense. we've moved in commodities health care assessment teams, all the same resources that we moved in ahead of helene. so they can be ready to respond as soon as the storm has passed. soon as soon as they have needs, how stretched is the federal response to this point? i mean, obviously there's a lot of folks in north carolina in need and elsewhere are still from helene events just like this. >> but this is going to be a challenge, right? >> these are two very large events, ba

and i think kevin, i think administrator criswell has been very receptive to that. it makes sense. >> >> governor. in terms of the timeline, of recovery last time you were able to get service -- search-and-rescue teams to get out there >> that will happen again. yes. they will do in the dark. that is totally absolutely fine. it is just a question of making sure it is safe for them to go out. as soon as that storm passes and the fact that it came in earlier than thought, that is good for the high tide because the high tide is not here yet. i think it will help with this surge. but it will mean pretty much all over the rescues will be done in the dark in the middle of the night but that's fine. all of our folks are doing that. and they will be on target. >> there are so many people in the state, more than previous storms. are you expecting them to -- to be restored quicker than previous storms? are you expecting it even sooner? gov. desantis: we need to figure how much power is out. we don't know. so we will see. but i thought, we do not get hit with dorian. i thought

. >> and wanted to thank administrator criswell for for everything through this and dr. brennan, as well, the hurricane center's been really focused on this and on it with such great forecast the whole way i just wish we could minimize those impacts, but that doesn't look like what's going to happen. so mr. president, madam vice president, we continue to work the national weather service with our federal, state, and local decision-makers during the storms we actually have our scientists embedded with fema, the state and local emergency operation centers. and we also have our scientists embedded with the u.s. coast guard district seven to really help out with these decisions, to make sure that we're right there to answer the questions as they come up. other covering really the subtleties as you've mentioned in this forecast, dr. brennan mentioned those small changes can make a big difference. little wiggles really do matter though small wobbles make a difference in the storm surge and all these big storms, they wobbled and wiggle all the way in which we'll see that happen

fema director criswell was on the show sunday pushing back, saying there are resources there, we're doinge. you know, you heard trump use the term "katrina" over and over again. that's just one of those terms that just lives in people's minds and is, you know, synonymous with government, you know, not being able to respond to the needs of people following a devastating storm. i think what the white house is trying to achieve is more like a superstorm sandy response that we saw from obama in 2012. that happened toward the end of that campaign, and it was credited with really helping obama get over the top. it's a unique situation because harris is not directly involved in the response. she's playing more of a supportive role here along with the president. but i think there's a real push within the white house, within the administration to just try to push back on misinformation. >> two notes on that. the fema administrator will join us a little later this morning on "morning joe." a and in 2012 with superstorm sandy, there was a bipartisan response. there was that bipartisan hug from chris

but criswell says fema will also eventually need more funding from congress. >> in washington, i'm jessi tenure. >> next here on kron, 4 news at a wind from the lakers. the golden state warriors plan to get back now to the community. also pg e could be shutting off power to thousands of customers were going to talk with the utility about this wildfire prevention plans. actually where it's happening and why eugenie think cities to take this drastic move to turn off people's power. also, the san francisco unified school district also is reacting now students and parents and the mayor have now expressed their opinions about this. a scho >> in the east bay, a teenage girl is dead and her younger sister is in critical condition following a high-speed crash in richmond kron four's djegal reports the sisters were allegedly in a stolen car and that 2 teenage boys were allegedly seen running away from that crash. >> a stolen white infinity eventually came to rest near the train tracks along canal boulevard in richmond monday morning. police lieutenant donald patching says it was traveling at a hi

and i wanted to thank administrator criswell through this as well. and dr. brennan also, the hurricane center has been focused on it with such great forecast the whole way. i just wish we could minimize those impacts but that doesn't look like that's going to happen so mr. president, madam vice president, we continue to work at the national weather service with our federal, state and local decisionmakers during these storms. we actually have our scientists embedded with fema, the state and local operations centers. we also have our scientists embedded with u.s. coast guard district 7 to help out with these decisions to make sure they're right there to answer the questions as they come up. covering really the subtleties as mentioned in the forecast. dr. brennan mentioned the small changes can make a big difference. little wiggles do matter. small wobbles make a big difference. all of these storm surges, they wobble and wiggle as they move in. as administrator criswell said, listen to the local officials. 30 years with noaa, 30 years with the weather service,

. >> joining us now, fema administrator, deanne criswell who is in raleigh, north carolina, will briefs visit. thank you so much for taking a moment with us. we just heard from that mother having a hard time getting food and water for her kids, the basic necessities. you could hear the desperation in her voice. how are you helping her? >> ana, we had an opportunity yesterday -- i was with the governor -- to go visit two of the communities that have been isolated. we went to black mountain, and we went to marion. and the supplies have been continuing to go into these communities and other communities around north carolina. we're continuing to send food, water, baby supplies, into these points of distribution, like what you just saw on the previous report. what we're additionally doing now is we're sending an additional personnel that can start to do that last mile delivery, to help those locals with that last mile and start to walk around into the more remote areas, and deliver it to them. we're also sending our disaster survivor assistance team because we know that communications are l

clock to try to help victims of the last hurricane helene dan, thanks for joining us administrator criswell. first hurricane helene. now, milton, how is fema preparing for another potentially catastrophic storm? and do you have enough funds? >> yeah. >> hurricane milton is certainly going to be a historic event here in florida as we continue the initial response and recovery from hurricane helene, we do have staff on the ground that are prepared to pivot and helps support this response. >> but we're moving more resources are moving additional search and rescue resources in are moving health assessment teams and removing the army corps of engineers and we're also moving management teams and i'm here in tampa right now and i haven't team embedded with the mayor's team so we can have that open line of communication to quickly employees if people as soon as they're needed, what do floridians in the storm's path on the western coast of florida, need to know right now they need to get out they absolutely need to listen to their local officials, in evacuated i was just with the police chief, the f

proactive in our messaging to help dispel these rumors will certainly do that fema administrator deanne criswell. >> thank you very much. good luck today and we'll far beyond when it comes to fema. thank you so much. >> john. yeah. >> i mean, she's in it for sure. sure. alright. this morning, both donald trump and vice president kamala harris back in the campaign trail, trump headed to michigan where the polls show the race, basically tie. harris goes to arizona and nevada just as tight in the polling there and. it. all comes as former president barak obama heads to pittsburgh as some internal jitters begin leaking out from some democrats seen as alayna treene in detroit, eva mckend is in washington. alayna, first to you, what are we going to see from trump today? >> well, john, we're going to see donald trump here in detroit and just a couple of hours. oh, excuse me. i'm getting a little feedback. he's going to be a couple of hours speaking to the detroit economic club at 1:00 p.m. now, this visit comes as recent polling from quinnipiac university shows that the race in the blue wall state. tha

i was briefed earlier by fema administrator criswell, who is on the ground in florida. along with more than 1000 fema personnel. there is significant water and wind damage across central florida. as of this morning over 3 million customers are without power. structures have been severely damaged or collapsed. and tragically, no that lives have been lost. we are praying for them. and their loved ones. right now search-and-rescue is our highest priority, and we are also praying for those who are unaccounted for and for their safe return. it is very significant that many followed local guidance and have evacuated ahead of landfall. cannot minimize the impact of that. it is imperative that everyone continues to follow the direction of local officials. milton may have passed, that the danger it poses has not. downed power lines, flood waters, non-potable drinking water, and debris are creating deadly conditions. keep listening to local officials and shelter-in-place until it is safe. if told to do so. only use generators when and where it is safe to do so. you can find -- pe

. >> i write, things, liz, went to thank administrator criswell for this and dr. brennan their hurricane center has been focused on this on on it with great forecast the whole way and i just wish we could minimize the impacts but that does not look like what is going to happen. i we continue to work at the national feather in the federal that the storms and what we actually have our scientists embedded with fema and the state gimmick state and local operation centers. we have our scientists embedded with u.s. coast guard to really help out with these decisions to make sure they are right there to answer the questions as they come up. they arc covering for several days as you mentioned dr. brennan mentioned the small changes with little wiggles and small wobbles make a difference in the storm surge and all of these big storms wobble and wiggle all the way in. we will see that happening assist gets closer to lump all. as an administrator criswell said listen to the local officials and i can't stress enough 30 years in the weather service. this is a particularly dang

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>> right now, admintrator criswell is on the ground in north carolina.me back from traveling with her in florida and georgia. hurricane helene was a multistate event, and we have personnel spread across all of these states to help people recover. caitriona: the director of homeland security it said a little earlier that there had been over 100 people killed as a result of this weather, the storm, but that there were over 600 people still unaccounted for . are you expecting the death to rise? jaclyn: my heart goes out to everyone who is impacted. the bite and harass administration has been leaning forward. -- the biden-harris administration has been leaning forward. i would refer you to the states when it comes to that count. the most important thing we need people to know is if you are needing assistance, we want people to contact the red cross, 1-800-733-2767. if you are a family member, we want you to call 91 one as well. caitriona: what conditions are you aware of right now? jaclyn: right now people are experiencing the aftermath of floodwaters and mu

. >> and joining us now is fema administrator deanne criswell. administrator, thank you very much for coming in. you guys are so busy right now. you have hurricane milton bearing down less than two weeks ago. you had hurricane helene hit. how are you positioning staff and positioning resources for this while you're in the middle of still helping with the recovery from helene? and so many other states >> i think the first thing is we have dealt with multiple significant events before. if we think back to 2017 with harvey, irma, maria or even 2020, where every state had a disaster declaration and then we had significant hurricanes and a wild season so we are prepared for this. we plan for this. i'm not saying it's not going to be a challenge, but i know that we are going to be able to meet everybody's immediate needs. as hurricane milton comes in. we're pre-positioning resources like search and rescue teams, health care assessment teams, the army corps of engineers for power assessment and generator support, and a lot of different resources to meet

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a different government program, not disaster relief, despite the swirling misinformation, deanne criswell says the agency is ready and focussed to respond. frances? >> alice, thank you. >>> homeowners in florida are having a hard time getting insured as destructive hurricanes become more frequent. here's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: in the middle of hurricane helene. >> we saw the water come into the house. we immediately filed a claim. >> reporter: er pediatrician dr. meagan martin was already worried about soourns, showing the damage to her home on social media. >> now you have milton barrelling in. >> luckily as an er doctor, when the crisis hits, that's when i go into my focus mode. >> reporter: this is what her st. petersburg neighborhood looks like after helene. what have your premiums been like in recent years? >> we've lived there for eight years, and the premiums have tripled. >> reporter: on average, nearly $11,000 annually for homeowners insurance. flood insurance is separate. and it's not going to pay for everything. dr. martin says she is covered for $25,000, but facing $75,0

team administrator deanne criswell says the agency has enough funding for the immediate response to milton and other recent storms. but i've got to watch it every single day. these are catastrophic events affecting 6 states and it does have a drain on our budget. she says congress recently put 20 billion dollars into fema's disaster relief budget and i'm down to 10 billion dollars. so i've already spent half the money that was appropriated. the biden administration says that means lawmakers are going to have to reassess funding for longer-term recovery. efforts are going to be on congress. >> in a he says early estimates are that hurricane milton alone caused around 50 billion dollars of damage. and he insists survivor should reach out to fema for help. despite rumors that the agency is out of money, truth is we're providing all the resources president biden is scheduled to travel to florida on sunday to visit communities impacted by the storm. >> washington, i'm hannah brandt. >> coming up, forty-niners rookie receiver ricky pearsall could be nearing a return to the field after being shot

over the weekend at the president's direction, fema administrator deanne criswell traveled to florida on saturday , to georgia on sunday, and today she is in north carolina accompanying governor cooper in surveying impacts to the affected communities in western north carolina. the president has asked deanne criswell to remain in asheville, north carolina, given how acute the situation is on the ground there and he will receive an update from her this afternoon and from governor cooper in addition to the press conference that the administrator and the governor will hold today. also, as the president said earlier today, he is committed to traveling to impacted areas later this week as soon as his presence will not disrupt vital emergency response operations. so i want to walk you through what happens as we are facing a hurricane predicted to have the kind of impacts that helene has had. first of all, what we do before a storm. as helene was developing in the gulf, the president directed fema to preposition specialized capabilities across the region deploying incident management assistan

team administrator deanne criswell says the agency has enough funding for the immediate response to milton and other recent storms. but i've got to watch it every single day. these are catastrophic events affecting 6 states and it does have a drain on our budget. she says congress recently put 20 billion dollars into fema's disaster relief budget and i'm down to 10 billion dollars. so i've already spent half the money that was appropriated. the biden administration says that means lawmakers are going to have to reassess funding for longer-term recovery. efforts are going to be on congress. >> a a new he says early estimates are that hurricane milton alone caused around 50 billion dollars of damage. and he insists survivor should reach out to fema for help. despite rumors that the agency is out of money, the truth is we're providing all the resources president biden is scheduled to travel to florida on sunday to visit communities impacted by the storm. >> washington, i'm hannah brandt. >> well, if you're looking for ways to help out kron four's parent company nexstar media group is raising

now deanne criswell, director of the federal emergency management agency, or fema, is hitting back.os — take a listen. it is frankly ridiculous and just plain false. this kind of rhetoric is unhelpful to people. it is a shame that we are putting politics ahead of helping people and that is what we are here to do. we have had the complete support of the state. we have had the local officials helping to push back on this dangerous, truly dangerous narrative that is creating this fear of trying to reach out and help us or register for help. people need resources and we need them to get into the system. will oremus is technology reporter at the washington post. i asked him whether this type of disinformation is new. have you been surprised? is this a new type of disinformation that we need to be aware of? nothing about this is new, it isjust worse than in the past. when we talk to experts on disasters they say that misinformation always flourishes in the chaos after a horrible natural disaster like the aftermath of the hurricane in the south—eastern united states. what is different is t

. >> parte de lo que dijo dean criswell, administradora de fema, en una entrevista con msnbc, es que cada persona, cuando sencillamente no es verdad. >> cambiamos de tema. y es que faltando apenas semanasa las elecciones presidenciales, ambos candidatos continÚan haciendo campaÑa contra el reloj para ganarse a los votantes que continÚan indecisos. >> sabemos que kamala harris, que durante semanas habÍa sido criticada por no dar entrevistas, se enfrentÓ. ahora difÍciles preguntas en una que concediÓ al programa sixty minutos. aquÍ el reporte. entrevista tras entrevista, la vicepresidenta kamala harris busca dar a conocer su plataforma cuando queda menos de un mes para los comicios. en el programa six minutes. harris no respondiÓ si su administraciÓn debiÓ actuar mÁs rÁpido para evitar la crisis migratoria. pero se defendiÓ policies that we have been proposing are about fixing a problem. >> not promoting a problem. oka. but cuÁdruple and the number under your watch. we have done we have cut the flow of illegal. immigration by half. >> asegurÓ que el congreso debe actuar para solucionar

anderson, we do we can't see those gusts behind you and a fema administrator also in florida, deanne criswell. thank you for joining us from tallahassee. i know you just got a briefing saying emergency officials there. it seems administrator like flooding is the number one issue that we're seeing the life-threatening flooding happening in florida right now, you tell us what is your biggest concern as milton is making landfall? >> yeah kaitlan i. had an opportunity. i've been here just for a couple of hours right now to talk to my team, but also to get connected with director guthrie at the florida state of emergency operation center. >> and actually before the storm and the i made landfall, they had multiple tornado touchdowns that have caused some pretty bad damage i'm in other parts of the state, so that was a threat that we knew was a potential and unfortunately, if you did see multiple tornadoes across the state right now, we are seeing the flooding and the wind and the storm is just starting to move across the state. >> we won't know the full extent of that until the storm continues and

criswell: yeah. the biggest thing is people are not asking us for assistance.t registering for the help they need or they are afraid to approach some of our staff because they are unsure of what the government is doing. i think one of the biggest ones that i continue to here is that we are going to take their land from them. simply untrue. when you register for assistance, we give you an initial amount of money, $750, to help support of the media needs. and there are rumors out there that if you receive this money and he did not pay it back, that we would take you home. simply untrue. this is a series of assistance we give over time, those immediate needs. we've already given out over $60 million in north carolina alone for people's property losses as well as this immediate assistance. we will continue to give that money out. and as it relates to my staff, it is just demoralizing. they take it personally. they have left their families and their homes to come here and support people in need, but they are focused. they continue to stay focused on why they are her

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. >> wanted to thank administrator criswell. the hurricane center has been focused on this with great forecasts the whole way. i just wish we could minimize those impacts, but that does not look like what is going to happen. mr. president and madame vice president, we continue to work with our federal, state, and local decision-makers during the storms. we have our scientists invented with fema, state and local emergency operations centers. we also have our scientists embedded with the u.s. coast guard district seven to really help out with these decisions to make sure they are right there to answer the questions as they come up. they are covering the subtleties, as you mentioned, in this forecast. dr. brennan mentioned small changes can make a difference. little wiggles do matter. make a difference in the storm surge all of these storms wobble and wiggle all the way in. we will see that happening as this gets closer to landfall. listen to those local officials. i cannot stress enough, 30 years in the weather service, this is a

. >> i have received briefings on hurricane helene from administrator criswell and over the past 24 hoursi have spoken with governor kemp and governor cooper and many local officials. i have shared with them that we will do everything in our power to help communities respond to and recover. >> laura: well, that is fine and of course, the government should be mobilized to help, but that does not change the fact that biden and kamala harris were not at the white house driving era federal preparedness last week. >> hurricane helene, why weren't you with vice president harris commanding this this weekend? >> i was on the phone for at least two hours yesterday and the day before as well. with all of my security. >> laura: to your job isn't simply to be briefed as you hunker down in delaware or just proceed if nothing is wrong on the campaign trail. in your president, you are actually the nation's chief executive and your constitutionally bound to ensure that the laws are faithfully executed. implicit in the oval office as a pledge that your policies will prepare and protect us preemptively. th

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i just got a text early this morning from administrator criswell saying, "how did you do?t do you need?" thank you to the feds. thank you to the state of florida, what they've done to help us. now, we have to respond to all of the damage that is out there. but we'll get through this. we'll come out even stronger. >> we've been hearing that message about fema and the state government from mayors up and down the coast this morning. the big fear, as you've been pointing out, for the last several days, mayor castor, was about the potentially historic storm surge. how much storm surge are you seeing today? >> so the rivers and everything are going to crest. right now, and this is very tentative, it was at or below helene. that was 4 to 6 feet. they were talking about the -- predictions were 12 to 15 feet if that storm had gone up to the northern side of the tampa bay. so we'll have storm surge damage but nothing like what it could have been. it could have been catastrophic for tampa bay. >> we're sending our best to you and the people of tampa. we'll let you get out in the city

fema administrator dan criswell who botched maui response and now this tech needs to be fired immediatelyrah everard i was the cofounder of save our allies. enter military assets all over the place that can be deployed right now? >> the military is waiting standing by. we know the 82nd airborne is the best of the best in western north carolina is a war zone. they need our nation's paratroopers to get in there, have command-and-control and governor cooper needs to asked the white house to send the 18th airport corn in now. to coming too late. >> other reports of looting we are hearing? some troubling instances of looting half. >> there's a lack of law and order because there's no command-and-control so governor cooper north carolina's governor has to ask the white house to send in our best. we need a military leader in charge, not the 10% of the national guard that's currently activated by our governor but we need the full force of the 82nd and 18th airborne out of fort bragg. >> we are hearing reports about people needing body bags. is that true? >> yes, i gynecologist yesterday from 1 co

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. >> i'm joined now by the current head of fema, deann criswell.ou, first i just want to give you an opportunity to tell us what you think people need to know about how fema is preparing and prepared to deal with hurricane milton. >> i just landed on the ground here in tallahassee and i am at the state emergency center. i think the biggest thing that i've learned is that we had last night over 30,000 people that were being reported in shelters and they expect that number to be even higher which means people listen, people listen to the warnings and they evacuated. so that is really good news. we know that hurricane milton just made landfall. many of these communities that were preparing for the worst still aren't out of the woods. the majority of florida right now so you need to make sure that you are continuing to listen to your local officials and doing everything you can to protect yourself and your family maybe charge some of those phones up so you can continue to have communication if and when the power does go out but doing what you can to st

>> is the governor spoke about, fema administrator criswell is heading here on the ground. the governor has done a fantastic job. to the sheriff's department across the state, state representative, state senators, florida highway patrol, florida national guard. everybody made sure they could do every prevention and they are working with fema. that is the update from the federal side gov. desantis: gov. desantis:. i think the notice for this said administrator fema was going to be here. that was the intention i think her plane got diverted to sarasota so i think she is going to be at our sarasota briefing when we do that later today. >> what damage have you addressed in st. lucie county by unincorporated farmland? >> unincorporated farmland is agricultural. we have not had any reports of structural damage because it is agricultural. we are focusing on rescue missions and that area is to that half square mile radius in within fort pierce that we are doing the active rescues. everyone else is accounted for although there is damage throughout the county. they cultural area is a

vote for kamala criswell said, minutes ago, flatly, what you just heard is not true. there are rumors and their lives and they are hurting the very people that thousands of fema emergency responders are trying to help as we speak the room. >> i mean, what it does is it really affects the morale of our people who are trying to get into communities in fact. i would, say is people that have been impacted are afraid to apply for assistance. if i can't get them to apply, i can't give them the money in the region sources that they're eligible for the panel is back and pre-sale. >> i know you have some reporting on this. i will just say that i had lara trump, the former president's daughter-in-law, but also co-chair of the rnc on she's a native north carolinian and we went back and forth about this and it's just not stopping it's not i've covered female department alleged security for many years and what is being conflated here are two completely separate pots of money. >> there is money that is a disaster relief funds that we often talk about in this phase and rescue and re

criswell: yeah. the biggest thing is people are not asking us for assistance.hey are not registering for the help they need or they are afraid to approach some of our staff because they are unsure of what the government is doing. i think one of the biggest ones that i continue to here is that we are going to take their land from them. simply untrue. when you register for assistance, we give you an initial amount of money, $750, to help support of the media needs. and there are rumors out there that if you receive this money and he did not pay it back, that we would take you home. simply untrue. this is a series of assistance we give over time, those immediate needs. we've already given out over $60 million in north carolina alone for people's property losses as well as this immediate assistance. we will continue to give that money out. and as it relates to my staff, it is just demoralizing. they take it personally. they have left their families and their homes to come here and support people in need, but they are focused. they continue to stay focused on why th