emergency management agency saying i didn't lose anything in the hurricane when i lost almost everything even my clothes because everything got wet the beds my furniture everything i lost everything and i got nothing now and that is despite u.s. president declaring relief efforts in puerto rico a success. i think we did a fantastic you know the you know we're still hoping for to feel the governor is an excellent guy. and he's really happy with the you know. we have poured billions and billions of dollars were revealed. it was a very tough when he became the thermocline talkers the former left tenant governor of puerto rico and he criticized the u.s. president's handling of the disaster. or do apologize we don't have that from kenneth mcclintock so let's move on the former prime minister of malaysia has been arrested again and is facing twenty one money laundering charges already facing a string of allegations led to billions of dollars that went missing from the state investment fund when he was in office millions were transferred to najib personal bank accounts. fifteen liberians includ

i would likow to call on director chris rodrigez whole s our emergency management agency. >> thank youmayor. the d.c. homeland security and emergency management agency is the central coordinating agency for the districts overall responti to pot hurricanes here in the nation's capitol. sinceast week at the mayor's direction. hcema has been monstering the storm and briefing her senior leadership team. we have been coordinating with district agencies as well as our key regional and federal partners regarding any necessary ahead ofe need to take hurricane florence making landfall. as of this morning, ashe mayor said, what we can tell you about the predicted path of the hurricane is that the district will experience heavy rain, and that will result in localized and surge of flooding. particularly among our low lyi areas. downed trees, power lines and possible outages and transportation disruptions. >> it's important to note that weather forecasting associated ith this hurricane and with all hurricanes iscomplex. it's constantly changing. but again under the mayor's leadership, we're not goi

government's emergency management agency after the storm it sent hundreds of relief workers to the island. a little while later i got a letter from fema saying i didn't lose anything in the hurricane when i lost my fridge the washing machine i lost almost everything even my clothes because everything got wet the beds my furniture everything i lost everything and i got nothing not that. many puerto ricans have similar stories washington promised forty four billion dollars in aid after the disaster puerto rican authours he's say that only received a quarter of that victims in need of financial assistance say the bureaucratic hurdles a huge total damages from the hurricane are estimated at one hundred billion dollars the power outage on the island was the longest in u.s. history electricity was only fully restored in august twenty eighth seen and the next hurricane will likely ted downed power lines again hurricane maria claimed around three thousand lives most died in the aftermath of the storm due to the fact that for months there was no drinking water or power nothing worked on the island

a un de eso que pase, y serÁ inspecciÓn nada antes de ponerla en funciÓn, fema (federal emergency management agencyblemente no esquÍ tira el auxilio porque las autoridades no quieren poner en riesgo a su agentes, hablamos * de personal de la policÍa bomberos y primeros auxilios a estas personas se les dio una indicaciÓn especial para poder estar bajo esta zona, pero estÁn bajo su propio riesgo, fue lo que aclararon los titulares, una situaciÓn que se estÁ viviendo, esperamos que prÓximamente llegue el huracÁn, pero estamos pendientes a ante cualquier eventualidad, regresamos contigo. >> estaremos atentos jorge gracias por la informaciÓn en minut minutoss mÁs janice tendra mÁs detalles. >> grupos defensores de inmigrantes se anotaron una importante victoria como parte de un acuerdo la aed traudminiÓ donald trump aceptÓ los casos de asilo que fueron pasados esto permitirÁ que los padres que perdieron sus casos en etapa de miedo creÍble, vengan una segunda oportunidad para enfrentar sus casos. la comunidad salvade salvador,Á exigiendo que la administraciÓn donald trump extienda el tps para no ser depo

and south carolina and virginia are strong and they have strong and experienced local emergency management agencies as well. as i've been saying the successful emergency response and recovery you can equate it to the chair you're sitting in with four legs. the four legs represent different things. one leg is the federal government. that's us. and the response we put forward. the second leg is the state and local governments. the third leg is our ngo partners, nongovernmental organization partners that owns a lot of the infrastructure. the fourth leg is the sis citizen. any time you have all four present going into a disaster things are going to go fairly well. people will get frustrated because it's a disaster and stuff is broken. i feel confident that all four of those legs are going into this event, unlike other events we've seen in the past and when that occurs, look, we're going to have problems and have to troubleshoot some gaps that pop up, but we have solid communications with all the governors and with the state directors and regional partners and everybody involved. we are truly prepositio

and state emergency management agencies to enable a coordinated whole of government response. the coast guard has positioned 40 aircraft immediately outside the storm's path which is about 20% of the coast guard's total aviation assets, to be ready to begin search and rescue operations as soon as it is safe to do so. in addition we have shallow water response boat teams and deployable specialized forces to provide law enforcement, maritime security and oil and hazardous materials response teams to come in immediately once the storm passes. we have over 7,100 coast guard members involved in the response so far and are ready to fly in more resources and assets when needed. the ports of wilmington and morehead city in north carolina and the port of virginia remain closed at this time. the coast guard and army corps, noaa and other port partners are prepared to restore port operations with assets that had already been prestaged as soon as it is pofpblet for those of you in the path of the storm, we continue to urge stow stay off the water -- urge you to stay off the water. one oth

winds and heavy rain systems move along the gulf coast.sot rupert lacy harrison county emergency management agencywe are not taking this storm lightly. simply because we want everybody to be safe."a curfew went into effect tuesday evening in

this is part of the federal emergency management agency testing of the presidential alert system. eryone will get a message at 2:18 in the afternoon on october 3rd. theessage will read, presidential alert followed by this is a test of the national wireless emergency alert system. no action is needed. you cannot opt out of this. the test was scheduled previously for thursday but was delayed because of the impact of florence. >> think before you post. sounds like something you often tell your teen about social media, now the fbi is turning the phrase into a nationwide campaign. it's part of their new public awareness campaign. they'll host a news conference to laumpl tnch the #thinkefore post. >>> if you noticed a lot of scammers calling your cell phone, it's n your imagination. a new report by the ormmunication firm predicts the next year m than 44 of all calls made to cell phones will be robocalls. scam calls drastically spiked from 4% to 29% in the last year. the best way to avoid the calls is to sign up for the do not call registry. >> well, surprises and upsets at the emmy awar

carolina to washington, with more than 1 million people already evacuated, the federal emergency management agency is staging critical supplies now. mindful of what happened last year, hurricane maria, a new estimate shows nearly 3,000 people died in puerto rico. >> puerto rico was an incredible unsung success. >> if he thinks the death of 3,000 people is a success, he really doesn't know what this was all about. >> reporter: a report from the government accountability office shows fema was short staffed for maria. they didn't have enough people. that delayed the response, plus the report found more than half weren't qualified for their job. >> there's a lot of lessons we learned from 2017 and we are at the ready. >reporter: ready for a life-threatening storm barrelling toward the eastern shore. and back here on capitol hill, recovery turns political with some republicans expected to insist on budget cuts to compensate for the cost of that cleanup. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> at 4:33, happening today, the man charged in a crash that killed a chp officer is due in court. we could get up

government's emergency management agency.after the storm, it''s an hundreds of relief workers t to the island.. a littttle while later, i got a letter from fema saying g i di't lose anything in hurricane. i lost my washing machine, refrigerator, almost everything. everything got wet. i lost everything and i got nothing. reporter: many puerto ricans have similar stories. washington promised $44 billion in aid after the disaster. puerto rican authorities say they have only received a quarter of that. people in need of financial assistance say the bureaucratic hurdles are huge. total damage from the hurricane estimated at $100 billion. electricity was only fully restored in august 2018. the next hurricane will likely tear down power lines again. hurricane maria claimed around 3000 lives. most died in the aftermath of the storm due to the fact that, for months, there was no drinking water or power. nothing worked on the island which was not well off in the first place. a few months before maria struck, puerto rico had declared it

officials with the national weather service in the federal emergency management agency warn residentsrolinas that hurricane florence remains a threat, despite downgrading to category 1. florence made landfall near wrightsville beach, north carolina as a category one storm and is now carrying maximum sustained wind of 80 miles an hour. more than .5 million people in the region are without power and they face at least another day of heavy rain and wind. >> i do want to emphasize that this is only the beginning. florence is a very slow mover and will continue to track along the north carolina and south carolina coastline for the next 24 to 36 hours. it will not get to columbia, south carolina until monday, midnight morning. says iema's jeff meyer hope people blot -- brought flood insurance because you're going to need it for this event. in the philippines, a typhoon has picked up speed as it heads closer to land, more than 5 million people are risk from the storm

ahead of hurricane florence emergency managers watch these so-called full house index and informal gauge for fema the federal emergency management agency to determine how quickly a community might bounce back economically after a disaster former theme administrator craig started using the this when he was the florida department of energy and management commissioner here now to explain the legal journalist molly barrows of ring of fire network joining us from beautiful pensacola florida molly thanks for being with us how does this waffle house index actually work. well you know waffle house is good at so many things who knew that they were a model for disaster preparedness of course the twenty four hour chain is often open during natural disasters providing hot meals for people in the community as well as first responders they're also a meeting place for people in the community they can disperse resources as well so they have three color coded indicators red is were closed don't stop by yellow as we're open but we're serving a partial menu and then green is were open it's business as usual full menu and this is helpful for emergency res

confirmed $10 million was shifted from the federal emergency management agency's budget into immigration and customs enforcement. this morning on their website, fema says that's a rumor that the money was shifted, but it was for travel and training, not for preparing for or t watching the prenapproaches. thank you. >>> e at epidemic levels. nbc's rehema ellis has more. >> reporter: vaping now the it thing for teens. the fda calling it a dangerous epidemic. >> the disturbing trajectory of use we're seeing in youth and a resulting path to addiction must end. >> reporter: the agency sending out warning letters to retailers and giving an ultimatum to the makers of the popular juul and four other manufacturers. they have 60 days to show that they can keep their nicotine products out of the hands of underage users or face a possible ban on all flavored e-cigarettes, especially appealing to the estimated 2 million regular users in middle and high school. >> the most popular flavors usually are mango or the mint. >> reporter: emily lynskey did a high school project on vaping. >> they don't know

the head of the federal emergency management agency, brerock long, wilburse the government for misusing work vehicles and willcceep his job, ding to the head of the department of homeland security, kirs ien nielsen. ernal investigation found that long used government vehicles for trips between his home in north carolina and washington, d.c., "without proper authorization." lo acknowledging his mistake and said he accepts "full responsibility." four gunmen fired on a military parade in iran today, killing at least 25 people and wounding 60 others. the islamic republic news agency says that two of the attackers were killed and two others have n captured. both the islamic state and the al-ahwaz separatist group have claimed responsibility for the attack. today's parade was one of many throughout the country to mark" sacred defense week" that commemorates iran's war with iraq. >> sreenivasan: last sunday, the woman accusing supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault came forward publeicly. prssor christine blasey ford alleged in an interview with the on post" that kavanaugh for

the head of fema, the federal emergency management agency, brock long, said this morning that rescue and recorory in the nas will be "ugly, but we'll get through it." long also denied a report thathe s being asked to resign after allegations that he misused government vehicles commuting from washing.c. to his home in north carolina. long said he is cooperating with an internal investigation. >> we comply everyday; we'll make meaningful changes. you know, i have ner made-- i would never intentionally violate any rules, you know, that i was there-- aware of. typhoon mangkhut made landfall r mainland china today af striking hong kong and the island of macau. itn reporter ronke philips has more on the deadly storm that has already killed dozens of people in the phfoippines and is ing hundreds of thousands to evacuate in china. >> the world's most powerful storm this year wrecking havoc on the seaside village on the southern koa of coast of china washing cars and boats into homes. giant waves and storm surgesla ed the coastline. e thoses brinough to venture outside were no contest for the

the us federal emergency management agency has ordered more than a million people in coastal areas of south carolina to leave their homes as hurricane florence bears down on the us east coast. the two carolinas, along with virginia, could be worst hit by this storm, which is 500 miles wide and due to make landfall on thursday. many are getting away from the coast, but some are not heeding the warnings. gary 0'donoghue reports. this is the calm before the storm, storm that is barrelling towards the carolinas with winds up to 130 mph, expected to make landfall overnight thursday into friday. this storm is a monster. it is big and it is vicious. it is an extremely dangerous, life—threatening, historic hurricane. more than 1 million people have been ordered to leave coastal areas in both north and south carolina, some highways have been made one way to smooth the flow of hugely increased volumes of traffic. people don't understand that when they say it is time to evacuate, there is no emergency services, the restaurants are closed, there is nothing else open, you need to go back and get b

government's emergency management agency after the storm it sent hundreds of relief workers to the island a little while later i got a letter from fema saying i didn't lose anything in the hurricane when i lost my fridge the washing machine i lost almost everything even my clothes because everything got wet the beds my furniture everything i lost everything and i got nothing not that. many puerto ricans have similar stories washington promised forty four billion dollars in aid off to the disaster puerto rican authours he's say they've only received a quarter of that victims in need of financial assistance say the bureaucratic hurdles a huge total damages from the hurricane are estimated at one hundred billion dollars the power outage on the island was the longest in u.s. history electricity was only fully restored in august twenty eight hundred and the next hurricane will likely ted downed power lines again hurricane maria claimed around three thousand lives most died in the aftermath of the storm due to the fact that for months there was no drinking water or power nothing worked on the i

. >> reporter: as rising waters continue to flood the carolinas, the federal emergency management agency's focus now is on search and rescue, and fema is promising to help victims of florence rebuild their lives. >> we're meeting their demands as they're coming up to us. we'll get through this. it will be ugly but we'll get through it. recovery is always a very frustrating process for people when they've lost their livelihood. >> reporter: north carolina's lawmakers say the state is still recovering from hurricane matthew two years ago. and now this. >> i think that it's fair to say in terms of economic impact, rebuilding that we are talking in the billions of dollars. >> reporter: president trump sunday praised fema's response to florence tweeting "as the storm begins to finally recede they will kick into an even higher gear. very professional." this as brock long defended the president's controversial tweets last week about puerto rico's death toll from hurricane maria. the puerto rican government in one study claimed close to 3,000 hurricane-related deaths. president trump said it was m

in the last hour, the federal emergency management agency has given an update on the situation in norththe storm moves inland, as the weather service just pointed out, large amounts of rain falling over both states and it will continue to fall. please urge citizens not to try to drive through high water, you don't know the depth of it, it's not safe, don't drown, turnaround. fema is well positioned to support the state, we have rescue is ongoing, hundreds of thousands without powerjust as anticipated. we are poised and ready to go in when conditions are safe to start the restoration of all critical lifelines. i urge everyone to wait for local officials to give the all clear for citizens returned to the impacted areas. as you know, the president declared a major disaster in north carolina, that opens up lines of assistance in the individual and assistance side. 0ther declarations will be anticipated to follow. we have thousands of people in shelters with adequate resources to support our state and local partners on that, we have adequate meals for emergency feeding, adequate generators f

we were very much in recovery and respond mode least that's what the federal emergency management agency say the storm of course has now been downgraded to a tropical storm so now that those winds that we can slide you that means the national guard and all the helicopters they have can get up off the ground they can go out over the affected areas and check for damage and check for the possibility of flash flooding and that's the big concern at the moment they're saying that this storm has broken all records in the amount of rain it brought in the last couple of days and then maybe more to come that's the big concern because florence is not moving inland as storms normally do it's kind of lingering over north and south carolina so there's a possibility of mudslides and rivers in land flooding that telling people that most deaths in these kinds of situations come from people driving into fresh water so there are lots of warning to people not to cross any roads that are flooded with fresh water as you said almost a million people have lost power it may be more than a week till they get that

emergency protection agency. >> thank you, administrator long. i'm the director of office of emergency management. e.p.a. is the lead federal agency for inland releases of oil and hazardous substances through emergency support function 10 under the national response framework. in addition to request for assistance from our states, tribes, and local government, partners, some of the things that peafment is currently doing prior to hurricane florence is to determine the status of preparation at chemical, oil, and production facilities that may be in the path of the storm. and to identify any releases and discharges of hazardous substance for oil caused by the storm. the agency has identified sites under superfund risk management program and the facility response plan program for oil that may be in concurrent projected path of the hurricane and we're trying to assess any prelawful concerns. we're -- prelandfall concerns. we're working with state, tribal, to work with drinking water. in north carolina, south carolina, georgia, virginia have waivers which is to help ensure there's adequate fuel supply and gaso

reporter: we circled back to the money issue and i called a representative from the federal emergency management agency has already allocated billions of dollars and relief aid. >>> i'm sitting in front of the mayor and he's telling me they have only gotten $260,000. is that true? let him know this. >>> the man from fema just told me that the money is given from fema to the central government. and it's up to the -- it's incumbent on the central government to then distribute it to the municipalities. you were aware of that. have you called san juan to ask -- [ speaking in spanish ] >> reporter: david maldonado handed us off to mark martin. >>> thank you for idung us to him. whsor 25 ar ound t nonprofit that has raised more than a million dollars in donations. >> thank you for all you're doing. >> yes, sir. >> see you, buddy. >> reporter: so, let's go to the ferry. >>> this ferry is how most of the people get to and from the main island of puerto rico. over lunch mark martin told us the prices for the ferry may be going up soon. >> i think the people didn't realize that we are -- there goes the ferry. >>

hundreds of thousands left without power and the update we just received from north carolina emergency management agencyore than 770,000 people as of 3:00 in the morning, 17 minutes ago, were without power. many times they rely on their radios, portable radios as a source of information. a correspondent with fox news joins us from wilmington, you are in the business of painting that word picture. it is the middle of the night, but from what you saw and what you did have what have you been seeing? >> reporter: we have been seeing a city rocked by horrible catastrophe. when we drive around the city you see nothing but down trees, power lines that are down. you could pool into any neighborhood and find a roadway blocked by a tree and find at least 3 or 4 instances where trees fell on properties coming close to a house. i drove past one house where the tree had fallen and missed the house by a foot or two. very scary conditions and what happened this morning or yesterday morning with this young family and this mother and her infant is almost miraculous that it hasn't been repeated and it goes to show how da

the federal emergency management agency is the primary source of flooding insurance in u.s. -- the u.sare $20 billion in debt. our next guest is from philadelphia. talk to us about the lack of flood insurance and how much it is a key concern for you. >> this is a concern because of the potential for flooding from storm surge and inland flooding. there are projections the storm do something similar to what harvey did last year which is stall out and drop record-setting amounts of rain. people happens, many suffering flood damage will not have flood insurance. included in most standard homeowners policies. you have to buy a separate policy to have the coverage. romaine: are there no government incentives that would push people to get these policies? carolyn: if you are in a fema special flood hazard area, one hundred year floodplain's, you are required to have flood insurance if you have a loan from a federally backed regulator. when you look across north and south carolina, in these areas, it is only on average about 20% of people that have this. it is much higher along the coast. picku

the federal emergency management agency is testing a new warning system. o alert americans to emergencies -- like severe weather and missing children. most cell phone users will receive the alert thursday afternoon. the message will be titled "presidential alert" but will indicate it is only a test of the national wireless emergency alert system. major cellphone carriers including at&t, verizon, and sprint will participate. fema will also test the emergency alert system on radio and television stations thursday. (live) taking a live look outside at san francisco's embarcadero.... (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with meterologist mabrisa rodriguez. the bay area will the bay area will the bay area will the bay area will see slightly warmer temperatures on sunday and monday, but daytime highs will remain below normal. expect 60s along the coast and 70s inland. slightly cooler weather is forecasted for tuesday. warmer temperatures will begin on wednesday and continue on thursday where the bay area will see 5-15 degrees of warming. near average temp

security documentation shows, a transfer of 9-point-8 million dollars from the federal emergency management agencyration and customs enforcement. senator merkley says, any shift in funding... makes it more challenging for fema to respond to natural disasters... like the hurricanes happening right now. (ken) a shocking find in puerto rico, as the island continues to recover from last year's hurricane maria. this is 20-thousand pallets of thousand pallets of bottled water. they are stretched across an unused runway in the puerto rican community of ceiba. fema brought in the water with other emergency supplies in the aftermath of maria. but the water has remained relatively untouched. it's unclear why that's the case. critics say the discovery is another example of the u-s government's poor response to maria's devastation in puerto rico. the head of puerto rico's general services administration says the water will likely be returned. almost three-thousand people died in puerto rico from the storm. lawrence is here with the lawrence is here with the weather outlook lawrence karnow: there were some big

. >> one of the primary missions of the federal emergency management agency is preparedness. but a federal review has revealed that their supply warehouses were empty. every tarp and cot had been sent to the virgin islands for irma. >> fema had only a handful of satellite phones and less than 100 generators on a blacked island in need of thousands. >> we are out of food. we're running out of food and water. >> reporter: from vee a case in the east to maya gez in the west, we documented day after day of desperation. the only help coming from neighbors or kind-hearted combat vet who's flew down on their own dime and slept in an abandoned airport. >> i think we're at like 30,000 meals, 35,000 meals. >> wow. >> i don't know how many -- that's just with the small trucks we've had, and by hook and by crook getting supplies. >> reporter: celebrity chef jose andres rounded up an army of volunteers and managed to hand out 3 million meals. but all the while, there was one common refrain. where is fema? >> as soon as i got off the chopper, a gentleman came toward me and he said hey, who

this is bloomb ♪ was firstrk crumpton word news, the federal emergency management agency, fema, saysy for hurricane florence. it was said today that the agency is planning for devastation. >> this one obvious door a storm we recover from in days, it will take a good amount of time to get a full recovery. but we are focused on the critical missions we have to perform following the storm, opening the roads, and supporting legs -- state and local partners. >> florence is forecasted to hit the carolinas as a category four hurricane later this week and it is going to be the strongest to hit the region and 64 years. yearsa marked the day 17 ago when terrorism struck home, ceremonies and moments of islands were held in new york and at the pentagon and in shanksville, pennsylvania. president trump spoke in shanksville, at the field where united flight 93 crash, calling it a monument of american defiance. passengers and crew

. >> reporter: one of the primary missions of the federal emergency management agency is preparedness. but a federal review has revealed that their supply warehouses were empty. every tarp and cot had been sent to the virgin islands for irma. fema had only a handful of satellite phones and less than 100 generators on a blacked-out island in need of thousands. >> we are out of food. we're running out of food and water. >> reporter: from vieques in the east to mayaguez in the west, we documented day after day of desperation. the only help coming from neighbors or kind-hearted combat vets who flew down on their own dime and slept in an abandoned airport. >> i think we're at like 30,000 meals, 35,000 meals. >> wow. >> i don't know how many -- that's just with the small trucks we've had, and by hook and by crook getting supplies. >> reporter: celebrity chef jose andres rounded up an army of volunteers and managed to hand out 3 million meals. but all the while, there was one common refrain. where is fema? >> as soon as i got off the chopper, a gentleman came toward me and he said hey, who a

achievement, she is a national leader in the field of emergency management and the past six years served on the federal emergency management agency national advisory committee. advisory council, excuse me. also represents san francisco on the big cities emergency managers association board of directors where she is been a powerful mentor and influencer throughout the united states. anne, i want to say thank for your public service. thank you, the city of san francisco has been extremely lucky to have a leader like you. i'm grateful for your friendship and your mentorship over the years. i think you have friends and family also in the chamber with you here today. would anyone like to stand up and stand in acknowledgment for their love and support of anne cronenberg? thank you for being here. colleagues, join me in celebrating anne cronenberg. [applause] anne, i know this is a bittersweet moment, it is for all of us, there are several names on the roster that would like to speak before we hear from your remarks. and i first want to recognize my colleague, supervisor ronen. >> supervisor ronen: thank you. anne, we are going to miss

refugio y el cÓdigo postal al 43226. >> daniel portavoz de fema (federal emergency management agency) el centro huracÁn entrÓ tierra adentro en la porciÓn sureste en carolina del norte, seguirÁ moviÉndose bien lentamente como decÍas a 6 millas por hora y tiene vientos de 80 millas por hora y con algunas rÁfagas un poco mÁs fuertes, ahora toda ha porciÓn costera estÁ sintiendo los vientos huracanados que estÁn alrededor del ojo del huracÁn por eso toda la porciÓn que estÁ en las costas del sureste de carolina del norte van a estar experimentando los fuertes vientos especÍficamente desde el ojo del huracÁn, ahora este continuara moviÉndose de esta manera lentamente traerÁ mucha lluvia en estos momentos para toda la porciÓn de las costas y tambiÉn la porciÓn central de carolina del norte, y seguirÁn viento que las condiciones se ira deteriorando durante el resto de hoy, ya que el sistema se estÁ moviendo muy lentamente. >> vemos marÍa que se estÁ moviendo el huracÁn en contra los mancilla del reloj lo que nos hace pensar que estÁn algunas zonas que en este momento estÁn sintiendo viento

the federal emergency management agency's director issued a warning tuesday saying the next 48 hours, "extremely critical."most rivers are still flooding as parts of the tar heel state are seeing the results of record rainfall from florence. many communities continue to deal with flood waters and rivers that have yet to crest making travel a dangerous situation.sot gov. roy cooper, north carolina"while road conditions are starting to improve in parts of our state, rising creeks, streams and rivers continue to make travel unsafe in may areas of our state.i can't stress enough, never drive though flood waters. don't drive around barricades."residents and officials are watching the cape fear river very closely....as they expect it to continue to rise before the water recedes.meanwhile, parts of the northern mid-atlantic and southern new england states are expected to receive "heavy to potentially excessive rainfall."president trump plans to visit the carolinas wednesday to inspect areas impacted by hurricane florence. state agencies say they are prepared for the visit.sot erik hooks nor

winds and heavy rain systems move along the gulf coast.sot rupert lacy harrison county emergency management agency director"we are not taking this storm lightly. simply because we want everybody to be safe."a curfew went into effect tuesday evening in harrison county mississippi, which covers biloxi and gulfport.as harbors and vessels were ordered to evacuate due to the risk from storm surges.in long beach mississippi people were preparing for this storm. picking up sand bags at government distribution points in order to protect their homes against flooding.in louisiana have the national guard on notice - 350 members will be ready to roll when given the signal.and if you plan on traveling to the gulf coast in the next few days, check your plans.some airlines have warned of delays and flight cancellations.in gulfport, mississippi i'm omar jimenez. ( ken ) we're ( ken ) omar jimenez. mississippi i'm in gulfport, cancellations.flight of delays and have warned some airlines plans.check your next few days, coast in the next few days, check your ( ken ) ( ken ) we're joined now by chief meteorologist la

winds and heavy rain systems move along the gulf coast.sot rupert lacy harrison county emergency management agency director"we are not taking this storm lightly. simply because we want everybody to be safe."a curfew went into effect tuesday evening in harrison county mississippi, which covers biloxi and gulfport.as harbors and vessels were ordered to evacuate due to the risk from storm surges.in long beach mississippi people were preparing for this storm. picking up sand bags at government distribution points in order to protect their homes against flooding.in louisiana have the national guard on notice - 350 members will be ready to roll when given the and if you plan on traveling to the gulf coast in the next few days, check your plans.some airlines have warned of delays and flight cancellations.in gulfport, mississippi i'm omar jimenez. (pam and (pam and lawrence chief meterologist lawrence karnow has been tracking this storm .. lawrence where is this storm going next? lawrence karnow: high pressure brought more sunshine and warm weather to bay area today. it was still hazy but the air quality

winds and heavy rain systems move along the gulf coast.sot rupert lacy harrison county emergency management agencyr"we are not taking this storm lightly. simply because we want everybody to be safe."a curfew went into effect tuesday evening in harrison county mississippi, which covers biloxi and gulfport.as harbors and vessels were ordered to evacuate lawrence karnow: high pressure brought more sunshine and warm weather to bay area today. it was still hazy but the air quality improved. highs today were in the 80s and low 90s inland with 60s at the coast and 70s and 80s around the bay.you can see numerous thunderstorms over the sierra. on the satellite you can see as high pressure brought plenty of sunshine to the bay area but it will weaken slightly over the next couple of days. this should allow for slightly cooler temperatures too. highs tomorrow will be in the warm 80s inland, 70s and 80s around the bay and 60s with patchy fog at the coast. it will warm slightly on saturday before cooling again sunday and into monday. (vicki) bart station agents say they are monday. (vicki) bart station agents

the federal emergency management agency has already paid $87 million of the cost but there's no guarantee more because one report attributes the spillway failures to negligence by the state. the rest will be paid by water contractors who bought into the state water project. >> it's not paid for by taxpayers. >> reporter: the wild card, how much will water contractors including cities pass on the costs to residential water users and farmers? in sacramento, lonnie wong, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> we have nice thursday weather to talk about. it was cooler in some places. but still a nice day. not overly hot or poor quality. we have a pattern that we're stuck in. you have storms in the midwest and tropical storms and hurricanes in the pacific and in the atlantic. big rain on the eastern seaboard. we have this standing pattern continuing. we are not doing lots of local fire stories which is what you want. the marine layer is pushing inland. out to the livermore valley and a nice looking weather pattern for us. it's spilling over into the sierra nevada but out in the great basin and beyond that and c

documents showing the trump administration took nearly $10 million from fema -- the federal emergency management agency -- and gave it to ice -- the immigration and customs enforcement agency -- to build more detention centers. this is senator jeff merkley speaking with msnbc's rachel maddow. >> working hard to find funds for detention kim's. this is part of the child separation policy. that is how this information came into my hands because of my wowork on the issue ofof tryingo stop t thehildld sepeparations. but in fact -- so $10 million comes out of fema when we are facing our hurricane season, knowing what happened last year. amy: this comes as the health and human services department says it will triple the size of the tent camp where migrant children are imprisoned in the desert outside el paso, texas. the trump administration established the tent camp in tornillo in june as a temporary shelter amid the administration's zero tolerance policy, which included forcibly separating children from their parents. officials say they arere now expanding it to contain 3800 beds for migrant children. meanwh

with more than 1 million people already evadeated, the fal emergency management agency is staging critical supplies now. >> we're fully prepared. food, medical, everything you cannima we are ready. >> reporter: mindful of what happened last year, hurricane maria, a new estimate shows nearly 3,000 people died inue o rico. this morning president trump tweets, fema did an unappreciated grob there. >> if he thinks that the deaths of 3,000 pele is a success, he really doesn't know what this was all about.re >rter: a report from the government accountability office shows w fem short staffed for maria and they didn't have enough people. that delayed the response. plus, the report foundo than half weren't qualified for their job. a lot of lessons we learned from 2017 ande are at the ready. >> reporter: ready for a life-threatening storm barreling toward the eastern shore. so that's the recovery effort. then there are the politics of recovery with some republicans here on capitol hill expected to insist that there be budget cuts to compensate for the cost of the cleanup. tracie potts, nbc news wash

with more than 1 million people already evacuated, the federal emergency management agency is stagingtical supplies now mindful of what happened last year hurricane maria. a new estimate shows nearly 3,000 people died in puerto rico >> puerto rico was an incredible unsung success >> if he thinks the death of 3,000 people is a success, he really doesn't know what this was all about. >> reporter: a report from the government accountability office shows fema was short-staffed for maria. they didn't have enough people that delayed the response. plus the report found more than half were not qualified for their jobs >> there's a lot of lessons we learned from 2017. we're at the ready. >> reporter: ready for a life threatening storm barrelling towards the eastern shore. that is the management of the storm recovery, but then there are the storm politics on capitol hill where some republicans are expected to push back and insist on budget cuts to compensate for the cost of the cleanup. >> tracie potts live in washington, thank you. >>> let's get a check on the other top headlines outside of mo

an investigation into the use of government vehicles by brock long, head of the federal emergency management agency, has now been referred to federal prosecutors for possible criminal charges. long went on "meet the press" this weekend to defend the government's handling of hurricane maria in puerto rico last year including the president's baseless rejection of a study revising the island's official death toll. >> he said democrats did it to make him look bad. do you believe any of these studies were done to make the president look bad? >> i mean, there's -- i don't think the studies -- i don't know why the studies were did you think. >> and here to help me understand all this, jeh johnson, former secretary of homeland security under president barack obama. i want to talk to you a bit about what's going on right now with the hurricane. first i want to get your reaction to what brock long said this weekend on "meet the press" when he was talking about the very concept of induced deaths after natural disaster like we saw in puerto rico, the george washington university finding 3,000 sort of elevated