fema or this outside the plo?this confusion is a recipe for failure and also another thing madam chair the department needs to follow the law and you even have written letters to the president on this. another critical issue i hope we can address is the role of the department of defense. during a mega disaster department of defense forces will be needed quickly in and i understand there is an effort to thwart, first obviously what is the effort of dod, they need to be quickly and we saw how well how they responded during katrina. and i have to be well coordinated with fema and a half to be a supporting role to the states, this is when they run out of resources is when you need dod to come in and if it is a big disaster to come in big red anderson that debarment is recommending a change when responding to disaster and have heard that the change and potential change has caused frantic considerable concern among a number of governors and i have to admit that i share many of the governors' concerns. so i hope we can t

>> it was the fema ig.after a catastrophic disaster, what has to be considered, building codes are only for a life safety protection. in other words, the building won't fall down. what we did after north ridge was worked with the hospital, specifically the ucla hospital system, to rebuild those buildings for a continuity of operations so if there was another earthquake, those buildings not only would not collapse, they would be able to be fully functional. obviously hospitals are sanctioning anything critical after a disaster particularly an earthquake. those kinds of innovations that we took and ran with, what frances has talked about and what we have talked about, unfortunately, state and local governments are so strapped post disaster, they cannot meet that match. it is the last priority when it should be the first priority. we have all sorts of evidence that shows that when we do the mitigation for $1, the federal government saves $4 in future disaster costs and the congressman that talked about floodin

] they say fema puts too much faith in temporary trailers and no plan to get people into real homes. fema says it is supposed to be a temporary fix. 3,000 families are still in trailers from katrina. >> well, your pick of the day. it was as -- marketed as advertised. >> do you agree with my pick of the week. >> it's early. >> tomorrow not bad. it might be my secondary pick of the week out there. rare that we get a week with two picks of the week. this is the tower camera looking back to national. you see the potomac in the background. it's a gorgeous day that turned into gorgeous evening. there is a little cloudiness trying to come up from the south. it won't be a big deal. we will remain dry. look at this, you never see this in july, not never but you rarely see it in july. temperatures today, lower 80s at all three airports, same temperature for a high. 81 degrees. i don't have to tell you how nice the humidity has been today, how low it's been. that will continue into tomorrow as well. there will be a little more humidity tomorrow but a little bit, not much. 79 now in the city. 75

fema says that they need help.hey say that this might be response -- reasonable if there were mass quarantines . shepard: where are they with this thing? >> the vaccine is not completely ready. they have test doses that they want to start testing. it will not be ready for a while. it wants to start the campaign in the fall. take a listen. >> clinical trials will occur over the next few months. over the next month we will have additional information about this type of vaccine that we will use and within the next two months we will have a great deal more information about the actual virus itself and whether it has mutated. >> those who should be at the front of the line? adults 19 to 24, it seems to hit young people the hardest. shepard: were they seeing that in other parts of the world as well? i know that they were seeing that in the united states. >> the problem is that it keeps changing, that is the real issue. morphing, mutating, coming back in different ways. they have to be careful. the people at greatest risk

fema did not want to see a disaster either. i am not here to suggest that first responders should be armed with flashlights and water and medical supplies and a calculator, that is not what we were about. but we did recognize the gravity of the situation and the need to provide on the ground resources. that, coupled with a web based technology that was owned by the state. that provided the financial structure specifically designed to meet the guidelines that were required to insure an honest government. working with officials, we established the first state based audit system for public assistance. along the way, the government accountability office there special recognition and then again in december of 2008. in fact, it was reported that finan and the state reduced the burden on applicants for meeting public assistance requirements and gain immediate access to key documents that helped officials make project approvals. you all understand that when a local official said that i need to do it and i need to do it now, what can i

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now, it's fema that actually possesses these qualities. congress -- members of congress do not. indeed, peopl, fema has informee that many past earmarks would not even qualify for the predisaster program under the established guide line. the result is that low-prior -- low-priority programs get funded and that high-risk projects do not have the adequate resources they need so that people in those areas can truly be protected from natural disasters. these funds i think are too important to be passed out based on political dealing. and the association of state flood plain managers support this amendments and notes that a key element of the predisaster program is the encouragement of hazard mitigation planning. according to the association, congressional earmarks -- quote -- "congressional earmarks unfortunately undercut the local planning process when it became theaft thevident that the proced be short circuited by getting a congressional earmark." mr. president, this year the senate has earmarked all of its funds. the senate has earmarked nearly half of its funds. the earmarks ar

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. >>> fema is the focus of controversy again. a new report says it was too slow to respond to charges that thousands of trailers given to victims of hurricane katrina contain potentially hazardous levels of formaldehyde. an inspector general's report says nearly a year passed before a testing program was issued. and nearly two years before occupants were warned about the problem. thousands of trailers are still in use in louisiana and mississippi. >>> huge waves pounding southern california are about to get even bigger. and it couldn't happen at a better time. forecasters say the swells could reach up to ten feet today, just in time r surfing championship in huntington beach. surfers are being warned to use some extra caution. >>> and now, to this morning's weather from around the nation. more scattered showers and thunderstorms for the east coast. with the heaviest downpours in maine and. >> nancy: >> nancy:. much-need rain stretching through south texas. strong tomroh ws from wisconsin to nebrask a high of 93 in omaha.91 n . st

and unting on her fema officerto help change the face of law enforcement a country where women have long be treated like pperty. >> you have a countr in a time where a fele comesup and says, i have been abus by my husbd, and a maleofficer downplayst. they lk at it, like, well, is yourusband so bad? you don'get that attention. you need unt maybe somebody's hurt oread. but now the females are listeng to them. >> reporter: the parade feme strength extend to the military and the united nation peacekeepers, where all-women contingent from india underscores the governmens commitmento law enforcement and its zero-tolerance approach to sexual violation. liberian president ellen johnson surl was swep into office, promisi swift punishment for crimeagainst women. four years ago a new law was passed broadening the definition rape and making itunishable for u to a lifesentence, and the presidenhas made it such a priority that t anti-rape message is now being marketeds aggressivelas soda pop and cell pnes. it's all part of a very public campaignto encourage ope talk about sexual olence. someen are alr

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while famil fema has committed resources, providence e.m.a. does not have enough to fulfill the requirements. it plays a role in our state operations. the greater providence medical response system which serves eight communities representing 06% of the state's population -- let me say that again, this o.e.c., although it is placed in providence, essentially coshed natcoordinates the emergency response for 60% of the people of rhode island. this is a critical facility not just for one community but for a significant number of rhode islanders. so this will be a facility that is not only necessary but extremely efficient and integral to the protection of a significant number of my constituents. while i understand the administration believes that funding should be allocated for a risk-management framework, i support the committee's decision to fund these projects. the facility is needed in my state. we know the improvement is needed. the federal authorities have pointed it out to us. it will not only protect the small portion of one city, it will

. >> i started calling all major agencies like fema. >> reporter: he was housed at government expense like other katrina evacuees. he was living alone at the capital park plaza apartments then came a breakthrough in the search for a family member. >> he said lloyd was his brother's name. >> reporter: she located a lloyd griffin on the web. >> there was one particular that kept showing up from new or leans. >> reporter: he'd been in news reports. >> had a picture of his brother and his wife. i turned the computer and said is this your brother. he said that's my brother. that's my brother. >> reporter: new orleans police were called in to help. load had thought his older brother might be dead. >> i thought my brother had passed. i thought he was dead. i didn't express that to nobody. >> reporter: a reunion was planned 24 hours after his family was located and he was headed home. >> back in town. >> reporter: with a police escort late friday to washington, ronald reagan airport, housing staffers acquired his ticket, a local charity so others might eat provide add suitcase of new clothes.

and a house panel on fema's response to major disaster response preparedness. that is live coverage on c- span3. >> on "the communicator's" digital media conference. that's tonight on c-span2. during the conversation on civil rights and race relations. that is sunday, august 2 on c- span2. >> a couple of news headlines from the associated press -- the associated press reports president barack obama will continue his quest for health care overhaul this week. as lawmakers go on wrestling with the details. the president will stump for the plan this week in stops in n.c. and virginia while lawmakers try to make progress before the august recess. aides say he will continue talking to lawmakers on how best to move health plan through congress even if there are no floor votes before the august recess. the associated press reports the senior republican on the judiciary committee is building against supreme court nominee, sonia sotomayor. alabama senator jeff sessions says he does not think sonia sotomayor will be able to resist the pull of the judicial activism once sh

fema is going to save nearly 4 million by refurbishing or selling the emergency trailers instead of ditching them. the department of justice is doing its part by ordering double sided photocopies. the move will save $573,000. the forest service will no long erie paint the white vehicles green immediately after buying them. overall the cuts amount to $102 million that. >> is unbelievable. i mean really unbelievable. >> $500,000 to couple on both sides. >> ant the painting of the advance. >> and the trees. >> that's a lot of copies. >> this weather is a copy. >> it is. >> day before, day before. >>it's slightly different. >> it is? >> year not featuring showers and thunderstorms today. a slight chance but for the most part it's quieter today than it was yesterday and will be tomorrow. >> that's good. >> so there you go. a little different. still a summertime pattern. ut otysten, snd utof the north and west 5 to 10 miles per hour. that is making it feel a little better. here is max hd radar. a search for showers and thunderstorms. again, today should be quieter than yesterday. we don't have the

fema is getting in on the act. they are going to scrub those trailers and sell them.an, do you know anybody needs a trailer from katrina? $320,000 found in an unused telephone lines line round. who has $300,000 of unused phone lines line around -- lying around? did you know that white house personnel receive all of the free diet cokes and coax they want, courtesy of the u.s. navy? it was reported -- the free diet cokes and cokes they want. if it saved $100 million every 98 days for the rest of president obama's term, it would total $1.50 billion or just three days of interest for the federal deficit. they just now realized that paper has two sides. sean: joining me now with more on this unbelievable story is gubernatorial candidate john kasich. congressman, you have a balanced budget. 0.006%. you are laughing -- you have a balanced budgets. >> as long as you are spending someone else's money, they do not care about it. it would be almost laughable if it were not so serious that the debt this year, this one year, is going to be almost $2 trillion, and they find a measl

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if you want that, just think of the head of fema being in comarnlg of your healthcare. andrew: the thought should be perished. it is hard to think that could happen, but that is what could be coming if the president's proposal isn't stopped. thank you very much. there is growing talk of a possibility of a third bailout. a third bailout? why? the economy has not bounced back. george w. bush's first stimulus that went directly to taxpayers. the second $787 billion stimulus that was rushed through and passed before anybody had time to read it -- in fact, unemployment has now risen to 9.5%, and many economists believe it will hit double digits before the end of the year, and actually at this point, the quick fix, which has been neither quick nor a fix, has funneled only about 10% of the $787 billion the government is authorized to borrow to the states. this, according to the democratic senate leader harry reid, so if the leader of his own party doesn't think we need another bailout because we've only spent 10% of the bailout they authorized in february, then why won't presi

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fema is being criticized again for how it handled hurricanes katrina and rita and the aftermath. a new homeland security report says the agency did not act fast enough to high levels of formaldehyde in housing. it's a chemical used to create trailers, and is known to cause cancer and breathing problems. >>> a general in the u.s. air force says it's not clear when coltan reid will be able to return from surgery. he went in for gallbladder surgery, but something went really wrong. surgeons nicked his aorta, and they had to amputate both his legs. >> i will be the loudest voice inside the united states air force for you if you need me. >> all my husband wants to do is serve his country. >> now, his family may not be able to sue. a decades-old law doesn't allow service members or their families to bring any lawsuits against the government for medical mistakes. >>> new details on what detectives seized from the office of michael jackson's doctor. it's one of the most popular stories on cnn.com. court documents show they took a powerful appetite suppress ant, an anti anxiety pill, rolo

the plan calls for regional teams to respond at the direction of fema.that development came as hearings were held on capitol hill to get an update on the delivery of an h1n1 vaccine. bottom line, they are working on it. >> it will not be available for use for several more months. clinical trials at the national institutes of health and among the vaccine manufacturers are now underway. >> when it is ready, a panel at the centers for disease control recommends that healthcare workers, pregnant women, and those who are between the age of six months and 24 years old should, as a rule, get the shots first. the elderly should get the seasonal flu shots but should wait on the h1n1 shots until the groups more at risk have been vaccinated. >> the idea was after these other younger age groups have been addressed, if supplies are adequate an global circumstances permit, vaccines could be offered at that time. >> why are medical experts so concerned? it is the fact that the virus is still claiming victims in summer, not a traditional flu season. even on chill, six s

. >> i started to call major agencies like fema. >> reporter: griffin was housed at government expense like other evacwees. he was living alone at the capital park apartment and then a breakthrough in the search for a family member. on thursday, housing staffer vii ryan got a name out of him. >> he said lloyd was his brother's name. >> she located a lloyd griffin on the web. >> one particular one kept showing up from new orleans. >> he was one of the first evacwees to move in to a new home built by megastar brad pitt. >> had a picture of his brother and wife and i turned the computer and said is this your brother and that's my brother, that's my brother. >> reporter: he had thought his older brother might be dead. >> i thought my brother was dead. i thought he was dead. i didn't express that to nobody. >> reporter: a reunion was planned 24 hours after his family was located and he was heading home. >> you will be on bourbon street by morning, back in town. i don't know about that bourbon street. >> reporter: with the police escort to washington on friday, housing staffers acquired hi t

once they got there, they found a fefemale, an adult asian fema, who had been tied up and stabbed to death. we understand she was stabbed multiple times and found in a bathroom of the home. which we understand is being used as some type of business. we believe an acupuncture business. fame fairfax police are out in force, going door to door in this combined commercial residential area, trying to find out information about what happened here. we understand that they very early on requested the services of a korean language interpreter. she is here. and right now they're waiting to begin their investigation. we understand that the victim is still inside there and they are trying to find out right now, who was in there at that time, also, a search for a suspect. back to you. >> jackie benson, thanks, jackie. >>> opening a new credit card open your credit score? can you refreeze meat after it's been thawed? and is there a green way to keep aureen f crenshawli w cnshaw wn wants to know if opening up a new credit card affects your w>> wee went to transunion to understand how cretlyal lccae

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we know now from fema estimates that this is not enough to pay for the declared disasters already onhe books. based on current needs, an appropriation of $5.8 billion is required. i understand we cannot afford that within the discretionary spending of this bill, but i am hopeful that this is addressed in future budgets. this administration has worked hard to break the cycle of requesting emergency funding for the wars in iraq and afghanistan. yet, no one has suggested fixing the way we budget for natural disasters. last year alone, $11.7 billion in emergency supplemental appropriations were provided for disaster relief. we cannot continue to kick the can down the road, relying on supplemental emergency appropriations to pay for known costs. katrina was a catastrophic event. exceptions were made to regulations and policies to speed assistance to those struggling to recover from the enormity of the losses. but now some of these exceptions to the regulations are becoming the standard rather than the exception to the rule. this kind -- it's kind of interesting that at the time of katrina

i'd like to thank fema for their technical guidance. this bill includes language from h.r. 1525 that i authored to provide technical changes to federal flood zone designations. this legislation makes a number of modifications to the national flood insurance act in order to give communities clarity to help them restore and improve their flood protection systems. from my hometown of sacramento to louisiana bayou to the plains of the midwest, communities are advancing flood protection infrastructure in order to keep americans safe and secure. however, as we work to conform to changing dynamics of flood protection, these communities are seeking clarity as to the -- as they work to meet federal regulations. public safety is my absolute number one priority, and during the last year that i worked with local, state and federal flood protection officials, that remains our priority. this bill will give communities clarity so they can continue to uphold public safety and promote proper protection. specifically, this legislation will update current

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gates that would establish five regional military teams that would respond sort of at the direction of fema. one presumes to maintain order and to enforce quarantines if necessary. right now it's just a plan put for the by northcome. it has not yet officially been proved to our knowledge. shepard: brian wilson live on capitol hill. thanks. word of a bird strike involving a commercial airplane. we're told now this is the plane which was hit right here. an american airlines md-80 forced to make an emergency landing in st. louis shortly after takeoff. there were 140 people on board at the time, according to the airline. we're told a passenger on flight 449 saw a bird fly into the plane's right engine and the plane was still climbing. american now reports that engine was quickly disabled. the jet was on its way to los angeles from lambert, st. louis international airport but the bird strike forced the pilot to turn back around. we're told nobody was hurt. the federal aviation administration reports that since 1990, 89,000 bird strikes have been reported, but that that's just a fraction of the a

surprising in this country our industry if you ask them have you done anything they are saying is that fema's job or homeland security so they're waiting for the government level but in europe they have the critical financial centers, computer centers and some of your privately owned electrical grids on their own. so if you want evidence of a group of people that make hard decisions they've made these issues and i'm sorry, cliff --

he said he couldn't debunk rumors that fema facilities were going to be used as concentration camps.shington post." that's why we're listening to him. >> oh, well. >> the fact is that voice is being heard and some people believe it. in fact, i assume that people who live to him on a regular basis mostly do believe him and are willing to listen to what he has to say because they think it has some value. >> and the more provocative he is, then, you know, the more attention he's going to get and we're going to talk about it and it will be picked you were online and the more viewer he is gets. it's like the coulter strategy as well. the more provocative they are, the more attention they get. >> what did you make, lois, of the fact that the fox news network, their top executive made a point of coming right out saying he does not speak for us. came out and said don't count on us to back up this guy's point of view. >> they know they're dealing with a very popular president and a very hot issue. i mean, we've justco

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conserve those in need in a better way enter partnerships are stronger than ever in our relationship with fema is stronger than ever. i feel we are very prepared to deal with whatever comes our way. >> can you give us some examples of how disaster response has changed since hurricane katrina, lessons learned? if a hurricane hit tomorrow, what could the victims expect from the red cross? >> in addition to learning that we had have partnerships on the ground in the community, we have also gotten warehouses throughout the disaster-prone areas with supplies. it is there, it is ready, and that is an important element of making sure that we are prepared. we also need to educate the american public, which we do on an ongoing basis, that they should be prepared, particularly those in disaster-prone areas. that they should have a kit, they should have an evacuation plan, they should stay informed with maybe a battery operated radio. preparedness is a key, where we need people in the country to be prepared, we need employers to be prepared to have evacuation plans. everyone should have a contact list, w

the loudest voices criticizing croneyism and nepotism and you can find many blogs michael brown at fema lot of dhs nepotism, which i investigated and covered and uncovered myself. and also you know you can take a look at my files and see even most recently all of the work that i've done criticizing the porkacrats in alaska. don young and ted stevens. i think that my critics suffer from immoral equivalence cri when they can't take a look at the book where i was written and they say where were you without informing where i was. bush is not in office anymore. barak obama is and that's why i wrote the book. host: a couple photographs inside the book this was the former fwover of illinois and mayor of chicago and president obama. guest: yes. i think it was very important to set the stage for the atmosphere, the culture, the political machine that barak obama grew out of. and there is a section in the book specifically on the episode involving barak obama, valeri jarrett, his senior white house advisor and -- from chicago and the connections to the rod blagblag scandal. -- rod blagojevich sca

in this country our industry, if you ask them have you done anything they're asking them isn't it fema'sjob or the government. in europe they've actually done critical financial centers, computer centers and some of your privately owned electrical grids they've done it all on their own. they made this decision to go forward again. i'm sorry, cliff -- >> no, it's a very important point. >> in fact, i just spent a couple days last week with a private firm in cumberland maryland who are putting in communication nodes that fit in a small trailer. this is private sector seeing a need, putting it together, ready to put it out on the market. so again, hey, we're americans. let's do some stuff from the private sector from bottom up. it should not just be wait for a government scenario. private sector should be doing this and, in fact, some banks are quietly working on this. so you'll still get your bills next month. [laughter] >> i don't know how they'll be delivered. at least i had to make one smiling comment in this otherwise rather brim discussion. -- grim discussion. >> on that note i'll men

i want you to think about a greek fema come a great tragedy or you have to heroes who are clashing with pens -- swords and now you have these two people john adams also getting on in years, clashing with pens and these letters, on and on. he writes 10 letters to her, each over 20 pages long. some of the clemenses are funny as only john adams can do. she keeps saying you misconstrue everything that i say about to. and you know, i can't ride a pen nj the value, this is a history of the american revolution in and there are other people here. if you want a man more you should write your own history. you'll never finish it, of course, because it is much too long with everything you say about to herself. he says some really cutting things, he says you have a -- share 31st chapter is like mustard after dinner. [laughter] and she writes nothing is more disgusting than mustard after dinner except the way you see in your letters all with vinegar and niter and misconstrue everything i say. and finally she quotes him after one of his interminable letters and she says, the true historian the one who

the plan calls for military task forces to work with fema.s killed 303 people in the u.s. so far. a california business woman is suing state officials over iou's that they issued. she claims they broke the law by issuing hundreds of thousands of iou's to people like herself. she says she will have to close her business if the state doesn't pay her the nearly $28,000 that they owe her. they say issuing the iou's was perfectly legal. a custody deal has been reached over michael jackson's three children. katherine will keep permanent custody over the children. debbie rowe will retain parental rights, but not seek custody. she'll get visitation rights, but no more money than agreed in her original deal with michael jackson. we'll give you details as soon as they become available. the labor department just releasing new jobless numbers. there were 584,000 new unemployment claims last week, 14,000 more than expected. right now 6.2 million americans continue collecting unemployment claims. check this out, a car chase like you've never seen before. a

through years of mismanagement and lax oversight by monroe county and fema, many keys' homeowners built what they considered legal downstairs enclosures. residents with nonconforming enclosures are denied the ability to acquire flood insurance. in an area with a long history of hurricanes and other severe weather events, this is intolerable. florida keys homeowners are required to bear the price of mistakes made by the county and fema for structures that were issued permits and were legally constructed. this is a community which cannot afford the expense of renovating existing structures while they struggle to make ends meet week in and week out. while homeowners continue to struggle with onerous regulations, the issue of water quality is also a major concern for key west and the entire keys. the florida keys serves as the entry point to everglade national park. it's surrounded by the national marine sanctuary as well as one of the largest and most vibrant coral reef systems in the world. this is an area of national treasure and as such, ensuring the cleanliness of the waters surroundin

our relationship with fema was stronger than ever. >> can you give us some examples of how disaster responseanged since hurricane katrina, some lessons learned? if a hurricane hit tomorrow, what could the victims expect from the red cross? >> in addition to learning that we had to have partnerships on the ground in the community, we have also gotten warehouses throughout disaster prone areas and supplies. it is there and it is ready, and that is a very import dow element of making sure that we are prepared. we need to educate the american public which we do on an ongoing basis that they should be prepared as well particularly those in disaster crown areas. and a battery operated radio, preparedness is lucky. we need the country to be prepared, we need to employers to make sure they have the evacuation plans. everyone should have a contact list, who is going to pick up my kid if disaster strikes, where are we going to go, what is our evacuation plan, we are constantly educating the public to take those 3 steps, have a kid, have a plan and stay informed. that will go along way in helping the n

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you better call in fema, because we're going to need disaster aid. but here it is, the water has to go down to the farley nuclear power plant and it has to get down to the fishermen and oystermen in apalachicola. big story. all the water rains in some spots, it must come down into the lake and it must also come down into some of these other reservoirs because everybody needs some drinking water all the way from georgia, all the way down to florida's and obviously the oysters need its a well. we'll see rainfall on the basin but not very much. we'll also see, as we move ahead, we'll also see airport delays across parts of the northeast. boston, new york, laguardia and jfk. i don't believe this water story is over. and, in fact, the judge said you must stop taking water out of lake lanier, but i'm going to give you three years to figure it out, so you don't have to stop taking it out just yet. so, all the commissioners and all the congressman must figure it out and ask permission to take water out of the lake. we'll see. >> no kidding. we'll follow it.

the pentagon is considering a plan in which the military would work in conjunction with fema and provide support to relief efforts. that may include everything from air transport to testing viral samples from infected patients. the proposal needs final approval from defense secretary robert gates himself. >>> a new study released by the cdc reveals interesting information about swine flu and pregnant women. cnn medical correspondent eliz dth cohen is here to explain. tell us what's in the report. >> what they found in the report is that pregnant women are more likely to get complications from swine flu than people who aren't pregnant. these numbers are very revealing. pregnant women infected with h1n1 are four times as likely to be hospitalized as people who aren't pregnant. when you look, it's a little scary. 266 people have died in this country from swine flu so far and 15 of those have been pregnant women, which means that 6% of deaths have been pregnant women. that sounds small, but that is more than the percentage of people who are pregnant at any one time. sort of overrepresented i

the first that i will mention is coordination with fema.we have regulations to be coordinated between the agencies and we were told that that was a fairly extensive, cumbersome process. that was the reason for that. another one, another category, this is a place, one area where we disagree with spa, we think that the act is clear in calling for regional marketing plans, to have plans that are specific to the types of disasters that can occur in specific parts of the country. that is where it seems like there is some disagreement over whether what is already there at the national level meet the requirements of at act. that is one where we have a fundamental disagreement. some of the others, such as having programs that involve traffic lenders, those -- those programs, spa wants to conduct pilots before firming on an actual program to get the experience of the program. that is one where even though spa has not met the requirements in terms of deadlines, we are fairly sympathetic to because the general work dealing with insurance and guarantee