if local governments look to fema and get addicted to fema they are less inclined to produce that culture of emergency preparedness that you talk about in your strategic plan. i would like you to address a little bit of that potential moral hazard in fema doing an even better job. what we want is state and local governments be completely prepared so that it really can be state managed, locally executed, federally supported. with that i'll turn it over to my ranking member. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you, mr. long for being here today. i too want to start with the positive and recognize the progress that's been made since katrina. we've all witnessed a much more efficient and much more effective fema from the lessons learned in katrina and other catastrophes. however i can't get through this hearing as you might well imagine without talking about some of the problems that we continue to see. especially on contracting. i'm sure you're familiar with the report we issued this week or last week on emergency tarps and cheating contract. it was really problematic. fema approved this co

so this is fema's challenge.s nice to be able to have as much as you possibly can before the storm, but at some point you've really got to figure out, where's that storm going to hit? how do you go as fast as you can once you know? >> sullivan: fema documents indicate thawhen maria struck, there was no plastic sheeting on the island for the blue roof program. and an internal review by the puerto rican government found that after three months, only asabout 45% of those that kedha for a blue roogotten one. it said the program was plagued by "bureaucratic delays," a "lack of pre-planning," and continually fell "short of promises and expectations." when we checked the numbers, we found a glaring disparity. i mean, after 30 days in florida, you had 4,500 blue roofs up, and in puerto rico, after 30 days, you had 439. >> yeah, i think it goes back to how much material do you have? almost all the warehouses were empty. so when we hit, the amount of available supplies-- either generators, blue roof material, whatever it m

has fema been good? has it been helping out?wonderful. >> sullivan: just ov a week after the storms hit... >> all ts stuff from the ice box is all... >> sullivan: the federal government had 3 times as many people on the ground in texas, and twice as many in florida, as it did in puerto rico. >> just make sure that you and your neighbors are aware of that. >> sullivan: local emergency maegers on the mainland wer well-financed and ready to respond. nine days into the disaster, federal officials had handed out, on average, twice as much water and more than four times as many mealand tarps in houston and florida. is there any reason to believe that supplies were better pre-positioned in harvey in texas and in irma in florida, than they were in maria in puerto rico? >> i don't think so. w i think whneed to evaluate is whether we had enough. i do know we had supplies. i do know we had... but did we have enough for a category-four storm? >> sullivan: right. >> probably not. >> sullivan: fema's own documents point to problemspl beyond s

we don't choose this is fema's choice but i think fema is making a choice that is dictated by what their guidelines are as well. >> thank you. >> senator lee. >> thank you madam chair. thank you for being here. i would like to start with mr. alexander. are you concerned about mismanagement? >> no, sir. i am not. we have been a partner, we been in collaboration since day one and we been working out of their headquarters. i believe it has been a partnership that has led to our ability to get as far as we have. >> are you aware of any ongoing investigations regarding the missing inventory information for warehouse five, located near puerto rico's generating station? >> sir, i am not aware of any. >> can you tell us why the raid was conducted january 6? >> i don't know if i would characterize that as a raid. i believe it was just some of our personnel were there and they happen and noticed there were supplies in a warehouse that had not been previously identified when we were working to inventory the stock on hand. that would ultimately help inform what we needed to procur procure. >> since

burn what is fema as responsibility to help people rebuild their homes fema is a supportive agency ok we're not here to make people aware we're here to help them get back on their feet we've distributed over one point one billion dollars directly into the hands of our citizens in puerto rico so that they can you know do the you know pay for the repairs themselves or buy the material and do it themselves and a lot of talk was fema caught off guard by the realities on the island you know the fact that there's fifty three percent of the population living in formal communities. you know i don't think we were caught off guard i think you know we understood the reality of it when you have forty three percent of poverty in one place and in a place which is double the next closest stays that's an extra kind of challenge to a disaster response when it comes to title actually we've made some progress the government has actually shown really great leadership you know we have to be good stewards of tax dollars so i have to get some sort of validation from you that yes this was your home what woul

this is fema's choice. but i think fema is making choice dictated by what their guidelines are as well. >> thank you, madam chair. >> senator lee. >> thank you, madam chair for holding this hearing. thank you all for being here. i'd like to start with mr. alexander. are you concerned with mismanagement within prepa? >> no, sir. i am not. we've been a partner. we've been in collaboration with prepa since day one. we've been working out of their headquarters. i believe it's been a partnership that has led to our ability to get as far as we have. >> are you aware of any ongoing investigations regarding the missing inventory information for warehouse five located near puerto rico's palo seiko generating station? >> sir, i'm not aware of any. >> can you tell us why the raid of warehouse five was conducted on january 6th? >> i don't know if i would characterize it as a raid. i believe it was just some of our personnel were there and they happened to notice there were some supplies in a warehouse that had not been

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the communication with fema, u.s.army corps of engineers, other federal stakeholders has been a pretty substantially. right now i think the unitary command group, we can discuss maybe differences of what happens in the past of the truth of the matter is that federal officials and puerto rican officials official have been walking on the grounds holding hands together, working together for months now and they done great work. with the oversight board in prepa, prepa management runs the day-to-day operation. we do have to conduct fiscal and budgetary planning with the oversight board. they are included in the process, and from the regulatory point of view we have been working hard on improving relationships with the regulator to make sure that they are more involved in the process. there was confusion because the authorities between the interview regulator, between itself, now that it's in title iii, some of those issues have been litigated an result, some of them we are working together to figure them out. but that work

at the -- fema says it has no authority to hire firms employed by insure policies. >> reporter: femaas no authority to fire lawyers hired by private insurance companies. >> they're jacking around policyholders. that's unacceptable. and somebody's got to do something about it. and by god, it's supposed to be fema. >> reporter: senator john kennedy has a bill to change that. >> once they get that authority, i will chase them like a hound from hell until i find out that they've fixed this problem because i believe there is a problem. >> reporter: homeowners like wall wish fema had tightened its belt before making him pay out of his own pocket. >> that's not fair. and they say it's the american way. that's not fair. >> gerald nielsen, the lawyer who defends wyo said in a letter to he could not talk about his fees and expenses but that he was acting at the direction of his clients, and that all of his firm's bills were reviewed by clients and fema. fema did respond to our report overnight saying it will pay every dime policyholders are due, and it's created an oversight team to address bi

but fema doesn't administer all the policies. it out-sources most to private insurance companies called write-your-owns or w.y.o.s. they and all of their agents get paid out of the same pot of money as flood victims. some years up to two-thirds of that pot goes to the w.y.o.s, and the attorneys they hire to fight flood victims' claims. in effect, by paying their premiums on time every year, homeowners like the browns help fund the very lawyers fighting them in court. >> it's like people make money off disasters. the more they can make, the better. >> glor: a 2016 government report on fema found little oversight on flood spending, showing how one flood victim was charged $87,000 in legal fees just for preparation. the policy limit was $25,000. gerald nielsen's louisiana law firm was hired to fight richard and linda brown's claim. nielsen has been the go-to lawyer fighting flood victims for 30 years. not without upsetting congress. >> he dealt with sandy victims like they were the perpetrators, enriching himself at their expense. >

is fema going to handle this differently? >> that's what they say. say they have learned a lot of lessons from hurricane maria. what struck me though, i was talking to a fema administrator here on the island. he says in hurricane maria fema had just several dozen staff members here on the island. this time they say they will have 3,000 personnel if there is a hurricane bearing down on puerto rico. these supply centers, the one i'm standing in right now, they say they have four of them on different corners of the island. so if a storm hits one specific area they will be able to bring in supplies from another area. they say they have learned their lessons, but the critics who feel the federal or local governments didn't do enough they still feel the government didn't understand the full scope of this disaster and the harvard study reopened some wound that are lingering. >> and frankly your report to me only raies more questions about the federal government's interactions in particular. anyway, gabe gutierrez, much appreciated. thanks for coming on and

the northern california congressman says fema might not be. he and republican representatives have been speaking with officials who told him the federal organization does not believe it have the legal precedent to reimburse. officials told them-->> i do not pay for disasters caused by a lack of maintenance. >> fema is playing by the book and points the blame at the department of water resources and southern california water officials. >> they spent nearly $400 million, all of the early studies in public engineering's, and they did not spend a nickel on maintaining the spillway. >> if fema does not pay the biggest water users, those in southern california and others should pay. >> california says they are willing to spend something like $10 million, maybe $12 billion on the twin tunnels that could destroy the delta. my point is folks, you screwed up. >> it was february 2017 one 188,000 people were forced to evacuate after a whole threatened to flood the surrounding areas. if fema does not pay it means the $1 billion price tag will fall on state

but fema doesn't administer all the policies. it outsources to private insurance companies called write your owns or wyos. they and all of their agents get paid out of the same pot of money as the flood victims. some years up to 2/3 of that pot goes to wyos. and the attorneys they hire to fight against flood victims. >> come on, buddy. it affects paying their premiums on time every year. homeowners like ricky and mem ills melissa help fund the lawyers fighting them in court. >> how can they sleep at night doing to us what they have done? >> wall's insurance company hired the law firm of gerald neilson to fight ricky and melissa's claim. neilson's firm has been fighting flood claims on behalf of insurance companies over 30 years. not without controversy. after super storm sandy congress krilt sized neilson's firm for how it defended yyos whose engineers altered allegedly reports to avoid paying claims. >> he dealt with sandy victims like they were the perpetrators enriching himself. >> a new york judge called neilson's misconduct

today's bipartisan letter to fema expresses concern about the flood program after our report revealedt they called "a shocking lack of oversight by fema," especially related to litigation expenses. fema tells us it's been reforming the program, and insists it will pay every dime policy holders are due. r&b singer r. kelly is facing new accusations of misconduct tonight. a young woman is suing him for failing to disclose a sexually transmitted disease that she claims kelly gave her. the woman also accuses him of sexual battery. jericka duncan spoke with her. >> reporter: faith rodgers was 19 when she says she met r. kelly after his concert in san antonio last year. rogers says they kept in touch over the phone for two months before kelly invited her to new york city for his concert. she says he agreed to pay for her flight and hotel. the morning after the concert, she says kelly knocked on her door. >> he's like, "take off your clothes." and he says it, you know, with authority in his voice, not just-- you know, he's demanding me to do this. and i didn't take off my clothes because, wh

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fema and the army corps got to this area early today because of flat topography and access. as to whether the many contractors did a good job. >> if i had to give enemy a letter grade i would give average or below. >> mike williams describes it as somewhat rushed. he pointed to burned fence posts left partially emhe had bedded in the ground. one might call it frog with figurative splipt zbleers when will it be over for you? >> when the -- when the trees come back. >>? annett rosa, wayne friedman abc 7 news. >>> seven people have to look for other places to stay after an early morning fire in san francisco. started around 2:00 a.m. in an apartment at glendale and market streets. fire officials say a woman lichaj there saw the flame floridas and helped other residents of the building evacuate. one person was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. the cause of the fire is uninvestigation. >>> the san jose foothill play host to 27 s.w.a.t. teams battling to see who is best in the west. santa clara county sheriff's office has been of the hosting the event at gun range in san

fema has failed up. cleaned up nine months later. >> noaa trained volunteers pulled up 150 pounds of irma wreckage. crab traps, anchors. 100,000 of cubic yards of trash were still buried under water. monroe county says they submitted $35 million for fema reimbursement. to date, they've received $600,000. for its part, fema says it takes time but the monies will come. it's all about fraud prevention. trace? >> looks like it happened two weeks ago instead of nine months ago. thanks, phil. a new mission in search of the loch ness monster. that's next. dear great-great grandfather, you made moonshine in a backwoods still. smuggled booze and dodged the law. even when they brought you in, they could never hold you down. when i built my family tree and found you, i found my sense of adventure. i set off on a new life, a million miles away. i'm heidi choiniere, and this is my ancestry story. now with over 10 billion historical records, discover your story. get started for free at ancestry.com almost $800 when we

read the harvard study and that quote fema doesn't track deaths.n't our numbers. he went on to say that the agency depends on data from local coroners. white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders spoke about this just a few minutes ago. >> the president takes the situation in puerto rico extremely seriously and the administration has been monitoring that from the beginning. we have been supportive of governor roselo's efforts to ensure full accounting and transparency and those who suffered from this tragedy deserve nothing less. >> many of the deaths were caused by a lack of hmm, electricity and utility services after the hurricane decimated the island. gabe gutierrez is in san juan puerto rico with the latest. >> good afternoon, here in san juan there is a lot of frustration, not so much is your surprise after that harvard university study suggested this staggering statistic that more than 4,600 people may have died in the aftermath of hurricane maria. that number higher than the government's official figure of just 64. the question right

and i want to thank fema and their staff. they're dedicated persons, but reimbursement monies have not yet come to schools and other facilities, and people in desperate need. two other points -- domestic terrorism. the marc anthony conduit killed two people in boston but he killed two african-americans initially and it is inappropriate for us to think of his inclination and call it domestic terrorism. we heard nothing from the department of homeland security. finally, the president has gone to mar-a-lago one day out of every week that he's been president and 110 times he's played golf, and i want to know your response to the secret service's long hours. so, let me ask you to answer the african-american question, all the others i want in writing. the tsa retention question and the domestic terrorism, and you can just do quick sentencing. and secret service in terms of payment and the responsibility of taking secret service to these joyful places and the long hours that they have to do. tsa retention. are you working on that? >

. >> according to fema and the office of emergency services most of the work is finished. >> reporter: what a difference seven months can may in the charred ruins of coffey park. that was then and today -- mike williams has his future in his hands literally. that is the benefit of it being a contractor rebuilding the home p>> life for me will always be before the fire and after the fire. >> reporter: and after the cleanup. today fema and the california office of emergency services shed light on how they managed california's biggest cleaning project since the 1906 earthquake. >> i think everybody sort of underestimated the size, scope and scale of the magnitude. >> reporter: the state and federal government spent $1.3 billion removing 2.2 million tons of debris that spread out would cover 314 square miles. 314 square miles is a lot of debris, and this over here just a small portion of it. all these cars from the fire zone. more than a football field's worth. could you even estimate how many cars are here? >> i have absolutely no idea. >> reporter: christian burns works for one of seven

this was mandated to us by fema. >> reporter: foster city mayor is pitching measure p. you can't miss the signs. they're everywhere in foster city. voters haven't missed the point either. they know the backstop is a little thin, they want an equitable way to pay for the improvement. >> we're not ae opposed to the levee. we're opposed to the way it's being financed. the city has enormous reserves. >> reporter: he claims correctly that the city has at least $43 million in reserves, and isn't using any of it to reduce the cost of a $90 million bond. for the average homeowner in this lagoon-laden city. >> some contribution from the residents, if the money is too much, some from the city, some coming from the government. i think it has to be like that. >> reporter: why isn't it? why should taxpayers foot the whole bill? he says it's simple. emergency funds. >> we live in earthquake country. it will happen. when will it happen? when that day comes, will we need that cash money, will that money come to provide essential services to our community. >> reporter: the city council

>> jessica, why is the army ngrps of engineers lea >> so the army corps's mission was assigned by femat ended effective friday. right now, they're in the middle of what they've called an orderly transition to help the lower power company, t puerto rico electric power authority, take over the job of finishing the restoration, an tthen hardeni system, preparing it so that it's more resilie in the future. >> jessica, how long were the army corps of engineers on tha ground and wt did they do during that time? >> the army corps was brought in a week after the storm was hit. first of all, he had to secure materias, prepa because it was bankrupt and some of the administrativeifficulties they d had as an entity did not have a lot of backup materials on hand so the army corps had to do a mber of subcontracts to quipmentright kind of fid materials on the island, that was the t thing. and then once that equipment was there, they've been helping with goinnd the island, physically lifting poles, lifting lines, and installing t gheseerators, small generators that serve as backups to bring schools an

to get the lots cleared fema and the army corps of engineers need to build a new bridge. live in santa rosa, wayne friedman, abc 7 news. >>> thank you. >>> 7 people zpas displaced after an early morning fire in san francisco. break out at 2 "a" on a glendale street near market. a woman living near the you know saw flames. she helped residents evacuate. one person was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. the cause of the fire is being determined. >> announcer: now the accuweather forecasts with experience christian. >>> we had a nice sunny breezy and mild day around the bay area. a look the live doppler 7 you can see how priet and sunny. if you clouds. this is the view from sutro tower. 63 san francisco right now. 72 at mountainry gill roe and 57 at half moon bay. the western sky clear. looking well westward from emeryville. napa 75. 72 in invite o 78 fairfield, concord 73 .livermore and surface wind is brisk we have wind speeds of 25-mile-per-hour here at san francisco right now. 21 at half moon bay. and about 15 to 20 degrees around -- 1520-mile-per-hour around th

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army corps of gears and fema will be leaving. e current electrical mission through fema and the army corps must continue. under their contracts, without that expiration date. that's the reason. the alarming situation through fema and we are living in just 16 days away from the next hurricane season. i request fema and the army corps to extend the mission so crews can remain on the job until all areas are restored. this is a dass particular situation on the island and i request fema and army corps to help. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> permission to address the house for one minute. >> permission to address the house the house. mr. thompson: i rise to honor national police week. we are here in honor of national police week. accomplished by a joint resolution of congress in 1962, national police week pays special recognition to the law enforcement officers who lost their lives in the line of duty for the safety and protection of others. national police week is an

. >> do you anticipate fema moves there? >> fema is still slatded to move there, yes, sir. that could change and we would let you no he if that's the case. >> let me run through a couple quick things as well. coast guard and border patrol about the stepgs they have to go through and process of intradicting drugs on the water. they have the same steps but very different process. customs and border control can move rapidly through the steps. coast guard may take 30 minutes to move through the same steps. if you don't mind take a look at that and figure out why customs can work faster than coast guard? it makes it difficult for them and also a large cost savings if we can actually make those two consistent on it. i know there is from the omnibus bill decision requested of you additional authority to increase numbers and still waiting for that process to work through that. and one last quick question from you. are there asylum laws in rowscosta rica and be liz? -- laws in costa rica and abilities and other countries? it's my understanding cotasta rica is peaceful country. what

all his bills were reviewed by the clients and fema. >> we just want to put the house back together. we are still like this right now. >> what is your message to the people who could do something about this? >> just think about what we are going through. we are not asking for much. we just want our house back together. so we can just be happy again. that's all. >> still ahead here tonight. officers shoot and kill a man on his own property. why does the department's explanation keep changing? >> later, state of emergency declared as residents escape a large wildfire. >>> federal prosecutors reviewing a request for an investigation into a deadly police shooting in savannah, georgia. ricky boyd was killed outside his house. official explanation changed several times. here is mark strassmann. >> and then, boom. >> boom. >> he is, he is shot, he is fall in to the ground. >> she has seen the body camera video of police shooting her son 20-year-old ricky boyd. right outside the family's front door back in january. >> so horrible. to have to watch my child get gunned down. police wanted to q

you see the markings, the x there, that is familiar as we have seen with fema and katrina, the homes there, the x noting the date, the time, and if there was anyone who was in a vehicle or deceased. what we have been told is that no one at least now that we know has been killed from this tragic storm, that there are no significant injuries, but certainly somebody who is still missing. the gas lines are down, a lot of power lines are down and, poppy, a lot of people waking up trying to get back into the neighborhood, back in their businesses, so far being kept at bay because it is too dangerous. >> adding to the devastation, the fact that this exact city experienced horrific flooding two years ago. >> reporter: that's right. officials that we spoke with this morning say that it is actually worse than what we saw back in july of 2016, that some of the areas that had been repaired are now damaged and then some of those areas held up but then there is new damage, and that they said simply that the -- even the money, the resources that they have, $1 million from fema to get a program star

. >> according to fema, 1,833 people died in the aftermath of katrina in 2005.rto rico lost more than twice that number. two people who know puerto rico very well both join me now. both reported from puerto rico after the storm. gabe actually on a flight back here in a few hours. mariana, let me start with you, on the study, lay out for us what the findings were and how they got to these numbers. >> craig, this new harvard study surveyed more than 3,000 random households across puerto rico and they found this stagger figure. almost 5,000 people on the island who died from hurricane maria-related deaths. we're talking about a mortality rate according to this study of 14.3 per every 1,000 people across puerto rico. and this survey found that a third of those deaths were because of delayed or interrupted medical care. we're talking about people with chronic illnesses like diabetes. we're talking about cancer patients that were intended to, in time, or were in areas where the power grid broke down and that may have led or, in fact, led to their deaths according to t

>> we will pretty confident in our conversations with fema that the federal -- will be declared. specifically, we know that the public assistance portion. we definitely have exceeded the threshold that is required for the federal disaster declaration. >> reporter: assessors also looked into damage in individual homes. 532 homes were impacted. 115 ohms were destroyed or have major damage. if the state gets federal aid, homeowners can receive individual assistance. >> that was bridget d'amato reporting. supervisors are helping homeowners in montecito restore their property lines. the board approved $104,000 plan to set up about 70 key landmarks known as survey monuments. they should help get people a common set of reference points and could reduce the cost of pilot surveys. the mudslide killed at least 21 people and destroyed hundreds of homes along with many of the official public land markers. we will be back after the break. dog: seresto, seresto, seresto. jake... seresto, seresto, seresto. whatever your dog brings home to you, it shouldn't be fleas and ticks. seresto gives your

fema and the white house encourage all individuals in potentially affected areas to monitor local radio or tv stations for update emergency information and follow the instructions of state and local officials. the york post said today that geena haspel has headed four c.i.a. offices around the world and post-9/11 was senior level supervisor in counterterrorism "the post" further noted her integrity and significantly her political impartiality are unchallenged. she deserves quick confirmation without partisan theatrics. the bottom line acting director haspel has an unparalleled understanding of the c.i.a. and is the right person to lead it in these dangerous times. lastly on a lighter note i would like to congratulate katherine and alex, two members of the white house press corps, for over the gement weekend, i don't know even know if they showed up today, i would have given them a question, but since i don't see themming kevin we'll go with you. reporter: is it true the president and yourself and others had to convince geena haspel had to convince her not to withdraw her name from consi

fema says it will address foster city's progress and make a decision in october. >>> metallica is doing its part to address hunger. they were at the san francisco food bank today. mann created a foundation called "all within my hands" to give back to the community. he presented a check for $5,000 and pitched in to help sort food. the band has started a day of service. bands in cities across the country were invited to volunteer at food banks the band supported during last summer's tour. >> get the word out there that music fans can make a difference and hard rock fans can make a difference. >> they received a tee shirt for coming out and rocked out to their music. >> you should have been there. >> i love metallica. they were sorting food, listening to metallica on speakers. although next time, lars, ill meet you there. >> everybody has been talking about the fog. we'll take you to the micro climate forecast and a look at storm ranger, our mobile doppler radar, and you can see dry conditions from santa rosa to san jose. que do ha in san francisco we do have the clouds rolling in and patc

. >> fema asks is this dabbling and damage and cost to repair beyond what the state can imagine?er: if president trump signs the declaration, the state can get reimbursed for rebuilding costs. in 2018 alone there have been 14 federally declared disasters nationwide. what do you think is the likelihood that the president will sign hawaii's disaster declaration? >> we feel pretty confident in our conversations with fema that the federal disaster will be declared. specifically, the public assistance portion we definitely have exceeded the threshold that is required for the federal disaster declaration. >> reporter: assessors also looked into damage at individual homes. 532 homes were impacted, 115 were destroyed or have major damage. if the state gets federal aid, homeowners can receive individual assistance. ♪[ music ] >> breaking news from the north bay where two people are shot and the search is on for a gunman who police say is 80 years old. and just minutes ago, they said they think they know where he is. good evening, everyone. i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. a

bienvenida, dice la alcaldesa que las tareas de fema fueron las mÁs grandes de la historia pero.Ían ser algunas menos. aquÍ lo importante es que el gobierno de el presidente trump pudo haber hecho una labor, como ellos dicen, titÁnica. pero no lo logro, la ayuda no llegÓ a tiempo, todavÍa en puerto rico se siguen esperando los dineros que se han prometido para la recuperaciÓn y lo que sucediÓ fue que hubo dos crisis. una creada por la naturaleza y otra creada por la negligencia de la administraciÓn trump y eso, algunos en puerto rico le hicieron eco a la administraciÓn trump prefirieron mantenerse callados. no habÍa luz, todavía hay personas en puerto rico hoy, alrededor de 23,000 clientes y si tomamos una familia tiene cuatro personas, esta vez alrededor de 80,000 personas que todavÍa, a un día de que comience la nueva temporada huracanes, no tienen electricidad en su casa. esto generÓ problemas de que las personas no pudieran mantener la insulina refrigerada, que no pudieran estar conectados a red tiradores, de falta de atenciÓn mÉdica y ahÍ vino la segunda crisis. la causada p

fue hace seis meses y ahora la familia vive en un conjunto de casas mÓviles gracias a la ayuda de femaunio. todavÍa tenemos esperanzas de que haya otro programa. palmira: pero quienes lograron por medio de un familiar tener ayuda federal, se quedarÁn en las casas rodantes por sÓlo 18 meses. y los que estÁn esperando el pago de un seguro por propiedad, seguirÁn buscandodÓnde vivir. >> no tengo como un futuro. palmira: un nudo en la garganta es lo que nos dejan estos testimonios pero la esperanza es lo Último que muere. no es un proceso fÁcily muchos lo comparan con la muerte. la pÉrdida de tantas cosas al mismo tiempo. pero mitras haya vida, hay esperanza de poder resurgir entre las cenizas. por las calles de santa rosa queremos conocerlo a fondo. les pido que nos manden fotos. el viernes estarÉ en vivo desde las oficinas de california. ♪ ramÓn: comenzamos la semana con temperaturas bastante frescas y sigo la hora de saber cÓmo estarÁ el clima. palmira: y con estas imÁgenes del puente golden gate nos vamos a enlazar con suheily lÓpez belÉn. suheily: muchÍsimas gracias y saludos a nuestr

i just talked to fema. was the best response they could have given to maria, they acknowledge they can be better prepared for the next hurricane season. note the time. that begins june 1st. >> all right. in puerto rico for us, thank you so much. >>> some big changes underway at the white house for president trump. that story ahead. stay with us. good without the stripes. margo and sam had a vision, brought to life in one coat. whatever your home may hand you, behr through it, in one coat. behr marquee, #1 rated interior paint. guaranteed in 1,000 plus colors. find it exclusively at the home depot. you wouldn't accept from any one else. why accept it from your allergy pills? flonase relieves your worst symptoms including nasal congestion, which most pills don't. flonase helps block 6 key inflammatory substances. most pills only block one. flonase. >>> you can tweet the show. that's it for you. i turn you over to wolf blitzer in the situation room. thanks for watching. >>> happening now, breaking news. airing

let's talk through reaction to this news on the island and what you're hearing for example fema, any pushback now from the trump administration about what they're doing to be helping folks there. >> reporter: hi, hamlllie, good morning. there's a lot of anger but not much surprise. many people here on the island knew that the death toll was much higher than the number 64 than the government was putting out. the govern norv called thune thinkable. she says that there should be a day of mourning here in puerto rico from these numbers. again, as you mentioned, this is just an estimate in the harvard study putting it at least 4,600 people may have died in the aftermath of hurricane maria, but that death toll could be much higher in the isn't a situation where they were counting dead bodies. instead, they're going door to door, several thousand homes and asking different people. and also comparing a death rates in different parts of the year comparing it to other years. and that's their best estimate. but they indicate that while the numbers aren't precise, the death toll could be much hi

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and we're probably going to get some help via the fema for that. but our people feel they are ready. and fema is going to give us some additional augmentation as we go through that transition. >> brangham: officials say power has been restored to about 9 of the island. still, some 22,000 people have g yet their power back. nearly 30,000 nurses, pharmacists and radiologists join against the university of california today. they're pporting custodians, cafeteria workers and gardeners across the university's 10 campuses, picketg for higher wages. the walkout forced theystem's five medical centers to reschedule thousands of appointments and surgeries. and, wall street had a sluggish day. the dow jones industrial average gained not quite three points to close at 24,360. the nasdaq rose one poin and the s&p 500 slipped a fraction. still to come on the newshour: the world responds-- we talk to a critical senator, hear the state department's view and sito with a former israeli prime minister. new york's attorney general, seen as a leader in the #me-too move

the national guard has been activated and fema is also mobilizing resources right now. so far no injuries have been reported, but i will keep tracking things throughout the morning for yfrom the live desk. a magnitude 5 quake shook the big island. all eyes are on the island. >>> in the north bay 42 pigs are as flames came incredibly close. flames were spotted in the eves. crews did manage to put out the flames in 11 minutes. only hey, sawdust and shelving inside the buarn were burned. they don't know the cause but said there were heat lamps inside the barn to keep the animals warm. >>> a boat ran aground last weekend at linda mar beach. the four-person crew is stuck living in a hotel room and on donations. they say sea conditions just overwhelmed them. >> it wasn't really a matter of running aground so much as we were pushed aground. once the rip tides cause ut in the bay, they pushed us faster and faster. >> the boat is barely visible in the water and moving with the tides. sky 7 captured incredible video of that boat salvage attempt. you can watch more than 20 minutes

new signs fema won't help foot the bill for the massive repairs to the oroville dam. >>> here we are. in the midst of spring and it's starting to sort of feel like it at times but cool at night. >> it's interesting because this time of year can almost feel like two seasons within one day, where in the morning, it's like man, i need a jacket. then by the afternoon when the sun is out, there's spring. we got through lunchtime. now we can enjoy spring in the afternoon. cloudy in the morning, sunny in the afternoon. it really didn't get that warm today. our warmest spots are concord and livermore. low 70s. it's normal but i wouldn't call it warm. chilly. we did that in san francisco, even with the sunshine, 57. 66 in santa rosa currently. overnight tonight, upper 40s, low 50s. fremont, 50. fairfield, 50. san rafael and napa, 48. tiny little change in wind direction. westerly component to our west. any wind direction is some version of an onshore flow. tomorrow the wind simply turns to a northwest flow. that's a drier and warmer flow of air for us. some locations may be as much as 10 degre