what are we asking fema to do? do we support the locals in one hand and then, you know, manage, oversee and dictate how they contract in the other? >> i'm not asking you to dictate. i'm asking you to provide some oversight for the enormous amount of money, $30 million of taxpayers. >> i believe the total bill was over $300 million so i feel very certain we have strict oversight on what the taxpayers' dollars are going to. there are oversight measures in place with white fish and any other contract. >> is that part of your after-disaster report to have greater oversight on these kind of contracts and you don't think it should be? >> no, ma'am, i never said i didn't think it should be. i said we have current oversight and current policies and procedures in place to ensure that federal dollars are spent wisely and that they're spent for the allocation set forth in the stafford act as -- we have contract teams that will go out and assist local governments. they have done that in texas and florida and others so i believ

in response to hurricanes irma and rya, fema issued 40 -- maria, fema issued $40 billion. we deployed thousands of personnel and today 369 corps employees remain engaged executing recovery operations. additionally, we received 43 mission assignments in florida and georgia totaling approximately $45 million. detailed in my written testimony, mission assignments encompassed a range of activities including removal of debris, installation of generators to provide temporary emergency power and the construction of temporary blue roofs which enable impacted residents to move out of emergency shelters and back to their home. in response to irma and maria, the corps was tasked to assist and repair of segments of the puerto rican power grid. the collaboration of responders which includes the corps and federal agency partners, the utility industry and puerto rico electric power authority have now restored over 99.9% of the nearly 1.5 million customers who had power before the storms including these three major hurricanes, the corresponding in total to 32 events in 2017. among these d

what does fema require?t does support of those were building on the waterfront to make sure those areas are not with a huge waste to the jurisdictions involved, not to mention the private sector. can anyone build on the waterfront? what do you have to do to build on the waterfront? i have no information that the waterfront was implicated. i would be a full does it here -- i would be a fool to sit here and say everything is fine unless you tell me there are regulations or safeguards that have been required or are required for all who built on the waterfront. i would like to hear from both of you since the federal presence is involved. a majority of our population lives on the waterfront. when i was with the state of alabama, the governor asked me, how do we help hurricane evacuations? dan air-conditioning 50 miles from the coast. air-conditioning 50 miles from the coast. >> you have to build on the coast. >> exactly. me that wheng building occurs on the waterfront, i do not know what you mean by incentives, t

how did fema get involved in that? we expedited category b under the public assistance that would reimburse the commonwealth to do that type of payment. we expedited that. that was our priority at the time, obligation to the commonwealth. there were concerns. that's a question better asked to the commonwealth or to others. we -- to combat that, what we did in 2018, we hired 1,500 on the island. they're fema employees. they're going through the national qualification system now. we have over 4,600 staff on the ground. we have people embedded in every municipality. we've done a tremendous amount of effort from 2017 response-wise into 2018. we put that to the test as i elieve somebody mentioned with a tropical storm. we can turn that into a response organization within 24 hours. we ins creased commodities five-fold. generators are still connected to critical infrastructure. we know we're going to lose power in the storm but we will be able to power emergency power to those critical facilities. mr. defazio: thank you. my t

harassment of any kind will not be tolerated at fema. we tried to get a respon is story from corey coleman, but we have been unable to reach him. jeff pegues, cbs news. >>> coming up on "the morning news," superheroes to the rescue. cast members of "guardians of the galaxy" sign an open letter in support of the embattled director. >>> and back to school, a basketball superstar gives a gift to his hometown. this is the "cbs morning news." i: psoriatic arthritis tries to get in my way? watch me. ( ♪ ) mike: i've tried lots of things for my joint pain. now? watch me. ( ♪ ) joni: think i'd give up showing these guys how it's done? please. real people with active psoriatic arthritis are changing the way they fight it. they're moving forward with cosentyx. it's a different kind of targeted biologic. it's proven to help people find less joint pain and clearer skin. you lde ch of infectionsrk and lowered ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms of an infection. or if you have received a vaccine, or p

has fema been good? has it been helping out?wonderful. >> sullivan: jt over a week after the storms hit... >> all this 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 managers on the mainland were 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 meals and 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.k i that we need 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.va >> sulli fema's own documents point to problems beyond

fema's job is to respond to disasters.2017, its resources were stretched thin by the hurricanes in puerto rico, texas, and florida. today, fema administrator brock long called the allegations of sexual misconduct "deeply disturbing" and said "harassment of any kind will not be tolerated at fema." we tried to get a response to this story from corey coleman, but we have been unable to reach him. jeff? >> glor: jeff pegues, thank you very much. at least eight states are rushing to sue the federal government over its decision to allow a texas company to publish blueprints for untraceable homemade guns. but it may already be too late to stop this. here's tony dokoupil. ( gunfire ) >> reporter: five years ago, cody wilson launched what he now calls "the era of the downloadable gun," a time when anyone can use a 3d printer to make a working firearm. >> is it the end of gun control? like, i think it is in an essential sense. >> reporter: that era is set to begin at midnight this wednesday, august 1st, when wilson's company, defens

fema's job is to respond to disasters. in 2017, its resources were stretched thin by the hurricanes in puerto rico, texas, and florida. today fema administrator brock long called the allegations of sexual misconduct deeply disturbing and said harassment of any kind will not be tolerated at fema. we tried to get a response to this story from corey coleman, but we have been unable to reach him. jeff? >> jeff pegues, thank you very much. >>> at least eight states are rushing to sue the federal government over its decision to allow a texas company to publish blueprints for untraceable, homemade guns. but it may already be too late to stop this. here's tony dokoupil. >> reporter: five years ago, cody wilson launched what he now calls the era of the downloadable gun, a time when anyone can use a 3-d printer to make a working firearm. >> is it the end of gun control? i think it is in an essential sense. >> reporter: that era is set to begin at midnight this wednesday, august 1st, when wilson's company, defense distributed, plans

i had expertise with disaster response and relations with fema because the fema relationship is primarily to the states and local governments. and so while i was governor of arizona we had floods, we had major forest fires. so i had worked with fema. so i had all of those capabilities coming into the job. what i didn't have was the international relations experience. but i, i took that on and learned a lot very rapidly. >> host: what do you wish you could have gotten done? >> guest: you know, i wish that we could have gotten the technology done so that people could bring liquids and keep their shoes on when they board a plane, but the technology just wasn't there. the threat stream is, and that's why we had the airport security measures we do. i also bush that we had been -- i also wish that we had been able to persuade the congress to enact comprehensive e immigration reform. this is an issue that's just tearing our country apart, and yet there is a broad, common sense middle ground that i believe that there is majority acceptance of and recognition of its importance. and we got somethin

counseling services for fema employees which didn't exist before.ry sexual harassment training and he'll establish an office to resolve employee misconduct in a fair way. so lots of changes under way as a result of what they found in this investigation, poppy. >> good, you would think they should have had those things before this happened. thanks, renee, appreciate the reporting. it's one of the most destructive wildfires in california's history. firefighters say the carr fire is still growing, bringing with it a brand new set of problems. we have a live report ahead. there's a new place with daily laundry service. a place with a day spa. a place where seniors get the care they need in the comfort of home. home instead senior care. ahoy! gotcha! ah! nooooo... noooooo... nooooo... quick, the quicker picker upper! bounty picks up messes quicker and is 2x more absorbent than the leading ordinary brand. ahoy! (laughing) bounty, the quicker picker upper. just for a shot. with neulasta onpro patients get their dayr back to be with family, or just to sleep

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fema administrator long says he's setting up a new office to handle allegations of employee conduct and will launch mandatory training to recognize and prevent sexual harassment. pete williams, nbc news, washington. >>> to a warning for every parent from an olympic star and his wife, opening up for the first time since the tragic drowning of their infant daughter. skier bode miller and his wife morgan speaking out about a unimaginable loss to our savannah guthrie, hoping their message could help save the lives of other children. >> she was super adventurous and had no fear. >> reporter: it's been seven weeks since bode and morgan miller lost their precious baby girl emmy. her room sits untouched. this cannot be easy. why did you want to get the word out? >> it does in some way help to heal and maybe it will prevent it happening from >> reporter: it began morgan, her two sons and 19-month-old emmy were at a neighbor's house. >> the boys were right next to us and emmy would go back and forth, which was all of 15 feet, and all of a sudden it was too quite for me and i said, where is emmy a

he let her telework from his home according to fema. coleman of intimidating the staff and creating just a toxic work environment. fema says once their investigators approached coleman for an interview he resigned. all of these details coming to light. fema's straadministrator calline allegations disturbing, he said this harassment won't be tolerated at the agency and as a result he's ordered an independent party to analyze all other open complaints, counseling services for employees and mandatory sexual harassment. david? >> rene marsh in washington, thank you for that investigation. >>> meantime, houston police say this surveillance video captures the man they believe killed a prominent cardiologist shot three times while riding a bike in broad daylight. the killer is still on the loose. ed lavandera joins us now with more on this. >> reporter: good morning, they're hoping that any leads can be found in the mystery of a prominent and beloved cardiologist. this is dr. mark hausknecht who treated the president george h.w. bush in the '9

.>> reporter: following a direct hit from hurricane maria in september, president trump directed femas get back on their feet starting with a major housing program. as the hurricane season intensifies, many of the islands vulnerable residents are living in damaged homes. >> reporter: if -- >> if fema gave me more, i could've rebuilt, but they kept me waiting. >> reporter: circumstances very, and people can rebuild. >> i don't have the power to say look, please, how much of those -- how much are those wood panels? >> reporter: there has been significant improvement in restoring electricity, and businesses are operating normally again, but housing remains a challenge, with fema pointing out they are not equipped to handle long-term recovery efforts. >> fema is for emergencies, as an example, if you have an exam -- accident, you go to the emergency room, and they will stabilize you.>> reporter: they are facing a thursday deadline to pay for their own housing or move out, some hotel owners are offering work to the evacuees, making the best of a bad situation. pennies normalcy, getting bac

fema's not going to pay for their hotel rooms anymore.pacts about 500 households, 400 of them puerto ricans now living in florida the rest are in texas, survivors of hurricane harvey. dozens of activists protested wednesday calling on republican florida governor rick scott to get fema to extend the housing benefits. for the past nine months, since the hurricanes raked the island, fema has been paying for the survivors hotels. to date it spent more than 400 million dollars on shelter assistance. florida's democratic senator bill nelson in calling for a fema extension compared the situation to post katrina. >> use existing law, activate it it. you did it for new orleans. why not now for puerto rico. >> there is a significant political aspect to this story as well. both nelson and scott are heavily courting florida's puerto rican vote with scott including them during his campaign kick off to replace three term nelson. nearly 200,000 puerto ricans have moved to florida since maria and they can vote. governor scott released this statement, quo

fema is ending the program that provided temporary housing for those survivors. now the big question for so many of them is, what's next? nbc's maya rodriguez reports. >> reporter: when hurricane maria slammed into puerto rico nine months ago -- its 155-mile-per-hour winds ripped through homes and lives. david o'meara and his families are some of the thousands of puerto ricans left with nothing, who fled to the u.s. mainland after the storm. they found a temporary home at a motel in suburban orlando, paid for by fema. >> i don't have family in the states. it's very hard. >> reporter: but the program that helped david and nearly 25,000 other survivors of hurricanes maria, irma, and harvey, ends today. in a statement, fema said the program was, quote, a temporary solution that bridges survivors into more permanent options. permanent options, tough to find in florida's tight rental market. after multiple extensions, hurricane maria survivors have two options. find their own place to live or receive a one-way plane ticket back to puerto rico. >> this is one of the st

lÍderes políticos y activistas exigen que fema amplÍe la asistencia hasta por lo -6 meses. >> tenemosavÉs de un vÍdeo, que la agencia trabaja con las autoridades locales y estatales para conseguir ayuda. desde nueva york, enny pichardo, univisiÓn. patricia: una familia fue encontrada en una cueva en tailandia, pero su extracciÓn no es tan sencilla. el rescate podrÍa tomar bastante tiempo. mientras tanto, reciben provisiones y ayuda para un largo periodo, como nos explica andrea linares. andrea: las bombas de extracciÓn operan sin parar para reducir el nivla cueva. mÁ millÓn de litros son drenados por hora, pero las incesantes lluvias en tailandia dificultan el operativo. la misiÓn es poder sacar a los 13 miembros de un equipo de fÚtbol que fueron hallados con vida vistiendo camisetas deportivas en completa oscuridad. los niÑos cuyas edades oscilan entre los 11 y 16 aÑos y su entrenador quedaron atrapados el 23 de junio cuando las lluvias torrenciales provocaron la caÍda de un torrente de agua. la cueva es frecuentada por turistas. el grupo pudo refugiarse en una cavidad. un experto di

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. >> the fema was declared deceased at the scene. the investigation is ongoing but there were no signs of obvious foul play. 3 the 26-year-old woman had been released at the santa rita joe at one -- 1:30 a.m. . >> she was found with a bump on her head. santa rita is checking to see if the woman had the bump on her head when she was released. >> there trying to fill in the gap between 1:30 and 5:30 this morning when the woman was found. >> i can tell you in the review of the footage that we have so far she did not appear to have any type of head injury on her for head when she left our facility. we have her on body camera at about 10:30 that evening with no injuries to her. when she walked out of our release shoot she was also on surveillance video. she did not show or exhibit signs that she was in distress. >> according to kelly, the joe process is hundreds of people daily with over 40,000 coming to the booking office yearly. noticeable injuries would have been reported and the woman would have likely been treated by medical staff or

a fema hearing has been delayed until after the investigation is completed. anthony. >> jeff pegues, thank you. >>> leslie moonves remains chairman and ceo of cbs after a board meeting amid a sexual harassment investigation. the cbs board of directors, which moonves leads, met yesterday. six women accused moonves of harassment and intimidation in a new yorker article last week. moonves denies or says he doesn't recalm of tl many of th details of the report. anna warner is following the company's response. >> shares of cbs corporation has dropped 10% since friday when the story broke. cbs' board has taken steps t netary. probabse i work here, what do you think is going to happen? i don't know. >> reporter: on "the late show," stephen colbert brought up the sexual harassment allegations against his company's ceo. >> i like working for him. but accountability is meaningless unless it's for everybody. whether it's the leader of a network or the leader of a free world. >> reporter: his comments came hours after cbs' board of directors left their meeting with lesli

. >>> and coming up, shocking allegations to get to the former head of hr at fema. accused of trading jobs for sex. so we'll talk to the woman who broke the story wide open. >>> also breaking this hour, a jury has been seated in the first federal trial for former trump campaign chairman paul manafort. the first high-profile test for the special counsel, robert mueller. we'll take you just outside the courtroom coming up. with tripadvisor, finding your perfect hotel at the lowest price... is as easy as dates, deals, done! simply enter your destination and dates... and see all the hotels for your stay! tripadvisor searches over 200 booking sites... to show you the lowest prices... so you can get the best deal on the right hotel for you. dates, deals, done! tripadvisor. visit tripadvisor.com when we switched our auto and home insurance. with liberty, we could afford a real babysitter instead of your brother. hey! oh, that's my robe. is it? when you switch to liberty mutual, you could save $782 on auto and home insurance. and still get great coverage for you and your fa

for the past 9 months fema has been paying for the survivors hotels. many landed in central florida, in kissimmee. >> you did it for new orleans, why not now for puerto rico? >> reporter: with scott trying to replace nelson puerto rico can vote. they do that have the federal authority to extend this program. we are committed to taking everything action that everything family displaced in florida receives the best possible care. >> reporter: 4 years rar ago when -- years ago when governor scot won the election he did it with miami. >>> coming up, 5 people killed in an office in maryland. the tribute coming up. at at&t, we believe in access. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, we've created access from at&t. california households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits may qualify for home internet at a discounted rate of $10 a month. no commitment, deposit, or installation fee. visit att.com/accessnow to l

. >>> hundreds of hurricane evacuees will get to stay in their hotels longer as fema vouchbs were seto expire. a federal judge blocked the evictions. they have been pushed to mid- night on tuesday. fema's sheltering assistance program paid for hotels for thousands of people left without a place to stay. >>> sports wrap is coming up, here are joe and scott with what they are working on. >> lebron james made his decision and things got more interesting for the warriors in the nba's pacific division and why bay area baseball is looking up, sports wrap coming up. >> still ahead at 11:00 p.m. whifflings officials are warning north korea may not be living up to their agreement reached at the summit. >> and on www.ktvu.com, a california teenager being praised for an act of was havin hard time communicating with the man and asked if anyone knew sign language. she was able to communicate with him. the man's assisted living facility was waiting for him when the plane landed. he said it was the best trip he has ever taken. you are watching the 11:00 p.m. news. we will be right back. l be right b

their fema housing vouchers were set to expire last weekend. >>> let's check in with sal for a look at traffic. >> good morning. we have traffic that is doing pretty well in many areas. northbound 101 we will start in the gilroy area and talk about the super commute from gilroy to san jose. its been a very nice drive and it continues to be so all the way through into morgan hill and all the way up into san jose. it's a very nice drive so far with no major issues coming into the valley. we are also looking at 280 san jose northbound and a very lightly traveled.. i think todawiwill have lighter than usual conditions. some knocking off for the 3rd of july, a lesser known holiday. you can see traffic is moving along okay at the bay bridge toll plaza. 4:15. let's bring rosemary in. >>> good morning. we have a nice pleasant day in store. going to be a lot like yesterday. lot of cloud cover. the on shore breeze is back with us. temperatures below the average for this time of year. all good news for the firefighters in the north. we will stay in this pattern for today and for your holiday. wed

why should they be immune from the things that everybody else has to deal with fema you could go through the transcript. >> exactly and it happened when the washington post or new york times covers the case they pick the clips. so i'm completely unpersuaded anything i have heard why there should not be cameras but the bottom line is completely up to the just there is no groundswell of public opinion demanding that we have cameras in supreme court and as a result will happen. >> i'm with you it is one of our finest institutions of government that i do think should be on display. so talk about the mueller investigation around russia. when you hear and about president trump's lawyer being in trouble now to jettison his current representation potentially flipping and look at paul manafort, how does this relate to me? >> separate without michael : investigation not part of mueller it is the district of new york the person to oversee that investigation is trump appointed the southern district of new york is acting and reporting to donald trump department of justice so what happened in this inv

within hours, they request that from the fema office. it allows large aircraft to get a in the air very, very quickly. also, the governor partnered with the forestry and environmentalist. it is very rare have everybody go down the same page. >> let's look though at state resources. when you talk about this center, is there really someone there are no operations. it is 24 hours at a time. they are taking 48 hours. in boise, idaho sky fox is giving a live picture of the complex. if you are in those communities there right now. how concerned would you be usually, there is not enough time to get an adequate notification. in some cases, the fire is 24 football fields. if you are anywhere in the area where you think there is a concern, be prepared to go. get ready to leave, and you can always come back. >> it is such a hard decision to make you think this fire is coming towards your house, but obviously, the best decision is to just get out of the way. >>> a once vacant lot has been turned into a bike port rock. >>> we are talking air quality

[sfx: mouse click] >> shannon: the former head of fema's human resources >> former head of the human resources unit, corey coleman is under fire as an investigation by the associated press shows years of allegations of harassment. coleman created a toxic work environment including improper sexual relationships with subordinates and giving preferential treatment to fraternity brothers and hired women he met in bars and online dating sites and a number of unqualified people still hold their positions at fema. the house oversight committee plans to hold a hearing to examine the results and determine what role congress can play in making sure that never happens again. the first case to go to trial into russian interference in the 2016 election is not expected to feature kremlin collusion but rather the trial of paul manafort's lifestyle and money earned in ukraine before his involvement with the campaign. peter doocy gives us a preview. >> he was only trump campaign chairman for 3 months but the special counsel office for 3 years of work, pre-trump campaign financial records and the gove

the personnel of fema is under investigation after employees accused him of sexual harassment, along nstheir allegatio he assigned females to officers so male friends he hir could try to have sexual relationships with them. wo corey resign weeks ago and has not been questioned. he was not available for comment. brock long calls thele tions deeply disturbing and says he is asking the department of homeland security's inspector neral to investigate. officials are looking at whether coleman hired college fraternity brothers and women he met at bars and through dating websites. fema administratlo says he's setting up a new office to handle employee misconduct and wi launch mandatory training to recognize and prevent sexual harassment. pe williams, nbc news, washington. >>> to a warng for every parent from an olympic star and his wife opening up for the first time since the tragic drowning of their infaghter. skier bode miller and his wife morgan speaking out about a loss hoping their message could help save the lives of asther children. >> sheuper adventurous and had no fear. >> reporter

the fema director is working 24 hours. >> they have 500 buss coming. where they at?een here five days. >> we're seeing an american city being left to rot. with postally black people in it. you can't disassociate the reality of the visual. >> the destruction of the spirit of the people of louisiana and mississippi may be the most tragic loss of all. george bush doesn't care about black people. >> to say president bush doesn't care about black people is one thing. i think what kanye west was saying is america doesn't care about black people. katrina is a symptom of a much larger disease. we have to et eradicate racism if we're going to have equity. >> what do you make of the comments made? there was a racial component to sol of the people left behind and left without help. >> my attitude is is this. the storm didn't discriminate and neither will the recovery effort. >> i don't think it's true the president was racially motivated, but i think he was clueless. >> the calvary is and will continue to arrive. there are those who will complain and have complained that it is

fema released a report, calling 2017 unprecedented.astically underestimated the devastation hurricane maria would unleash on puerto rico, hampering the reaction. the agency registered 4.7 million households for disaster assistance between august 25th and november 30th alone, that's more than hurricanes katrina, reet a wilma, and sandy combined. >>> up to 100 cases of salmonella are linked to honey smacks cereal. 27 more people have been sickened in a multi-state outbreak that started in march. florida and colorado are the latest states to report illnesses, raising the total number of states to 33 and more than 100 people have been sickened by a para site possibly linked to mcdonald's salads in illinois and iowa. illinois reporting 90 cases with a quarter of the victims eating salad from mcdonald's in the days before they got sick. the fast-food chain cooperating with federal and local investigators. >>> hbo's "game of thrones" leading the pack with 22 emmy nominations for 2018. finishing a close second, another hbo drama, "west world,"

and hazard mittation plan and the key fema funding. and brian said we are approaching this update differently due to the station. and must develop the climate adaptation plan and if the hazard mitigation plan includes climate adaptation and the hazard and climate changes are closely related and some are getting worse due to clue mat change like the extreme heat events and flooding last fall and flooding will be in the rise and the precipitation patterns change. we are doing combined hazard mitigation plan and calling it the hazard and climate resilience plan. we are building on the great work plan and including some important updates. including assessing how hazards are changing in frequency and severity due to climate change and the londoner actions to reduce the impact. and we are fulfilling an important component of san francisco's commitment to develop a climate action agreement and how we are reacting to climate-related hazards. beyond meeting the requirements and this provides an opportunity for the area and lay out the strategic

this is fema's own report that i'm talking about. house democrats also have called for the creation of an independent comission to examine hurricane maria's officials death toll. it stands at 64...but house democrats believe it to be much higher. (jrstone) up next -- covered in red paint and on the run! new video of a police chase that officers say -- could have hurt innocent people in bay area neighborhood... (justine) plus -- northern california wildfires are aleady proving to be devastating thousands of acres of land... and destroying homes. how one home was saved from the flames.... (mabrisa)a look at your forecast coming up... (jrstone) a woman and her two great-grandchildren -- who'd been missing since thursday -- died in northern california's carr fire. (justine) the tragedy brings the death toll in the blaze to at least five. tens of thousands of people have been forced from their homes by the wildfire, which has scorched more than 95- thousand acres and is 17- percent... 874 structures destroed. doug johnson spoke with one s

i've talked to fema officials and army corps ficials. and the army corps has kind of fairly ben reticent about communicating how they're going to change but in talking to fema, they said basicalllike, we have learned a lot of lessons and you're going to see those an these cos come in to recompete for new contracts, new disaster clean-up contracts. you'll see those lessons reflected in the bidding process. >> all right. suki louis, wonderful work here. thank u for being with us. kqed criminal justice reporter, suki louis. we turn nowo the fires that are currently burning. this year's fire season in california ost to the w start in a decade. and climate change may be playing a dry hot conditions with warmer nights making it harder to fight deadly blazes and the multistage rout and they can spark fires burning quickly and out of control. and joining me now to discuss all of this is kqed scienceai editor miller. good to see you. cal fire responded to hundreds of fires this year. why has the start of this fire season characterized as one of t

the fema director's working 24 -- >> they tell us they've got 500 buses coming.been here five days. >> we're seeing an american city essentially being left to rot, with mostly black people in it. you can't disassociate the reality of the visual. >> the destruction of the spirit of the people of southern louisiana and mississippi may end up being the most tragic loss of all. >> george bush doesn't care about black people. >> to say president bush doesn't care about black people is one thing, but i think what kanye west was saying and the way it was translated is america doesn't care about black people. katrina is a symptom of a much larger disease, and we've got to eradicate racism if we're ever going to have equity. >> some of the comments that have been made, there was a racial component to some of the people that were left behind and left without hope. >> my attitude is this. the storm didn't discriminate and neither will the recovery effort. >> i don't think that it's true that the president was racially motivated. but i do think that he was clueless. >> the c

and i recently spoke with the fema head here who said about $1.4 billion still remains unspent. in addition tohat, they received funds through the community development block grant program, and that's meant to help people rebuild. but so far, there are more than 38,000 puerto ricans who have t'en denied assistance by fema. >> sreenivasan: talk about the basic infrastructure of power. do most of the people living ono puerto ricy have the capacity to turn their lights ou rly? >> most people are now connected back to the power company. ere's about 260 customers that remain without electricity. most of them are in about five to seven municipalitys, you know, many in rural areas. but powesr outage remain common. you know, every single day the power company reports outages, so there's not a stable system in place yet. people are still spending money to run gerators. others have opted to go solar. and the biggest concern is that ade power grid isn't y to withstand another storm. the remnan sof tropicarm barrow that hit puerto rico earlier this month caused turnpike 47,000 people to rem

in that process fema was put within the department of homeland security. it had no funding.he expertise or the professional group of people that it once had. it was in many ways an orphan of the entire homeland security apparatus. and it was fema that failed so miserably. >> we're going to make absolutely certain that the devastation that has been wreaked upon these people is taken care of and that we get their lives back in order. >> mr. brown, some of these people are dead. they're beyond your help. >> the people they put in place, brownie, for instance, this guy had been head of an organization that dealt with arabian horses. >> brownie, you're doing a heck of a job. the fema director's working 24 -- [ applause ] >> they tell us they've got 500 buses coming. we've been here five days. >> we're seeing an american city essentially being left to rot, with mostly black people in it. you can't disassociate the reality of the visual. >> the destruction of the spirit of the people of southern louisiana and mississippi may end up being the most tragic loss of all. >> george bush

because the the fema relationship is primarily to the states and local government, and so -- while ids, major forest fires so i worked with fema so i had all of those capabilities coming into the job. what i didn't have was the international relation experience, but i -- i took that on and learned a lot very rapidly. >> what do you wish you could have gotten done? >> i wish we could have gotten the technology so -- to the people could bring liquids and keep their shoes on when they border a plane. but technology just wasn't there. it was -- and that's why we have the airport security measures we do. i also wish that we had been able to persuade the congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform. this is an issue that just tearing our country apart and yet there's a -- broad common sense middle ground that i believe that there is -- majority acceptance of and recognition of its importance, and we've got something through the senate. the house and representatives wouldn't think of that. >> janet napolitano did your day start every day when you were a dhs? with a threat assessment?

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[sfx: mouse click] >> shannon: the former head of fema's human resources unit, corey coleman, is undere as an internal investigation obtained by "the associated press" shows years of allegations of harassment. according to the airport, coleman created a toxic work environment including improper relationships with subordinates. giving preferential treatment to fraternity brothers. they were also allegations that he hired women he met in bars and through online dating sites and that a number of unqualified people still hold their positions at fema. tonight, the house oversight committee says it plans to "hold a hearing to fully examine the results and to determine what role congress can play in making sure that never happens again." the first case to go to trial of the special counsel probe into suspected russian interference in the 2016 election is not affected to feature anything to deal with crime and collusion. rather, the trial of former trump campaign chairman paul manafort revolves around his lavish lifestyle and money he earned in ukraine long before his brief association of the

for male fema employees.dministrator says the harassment was a years long problem. robert wilkie has been sworn in as the secretary of veterans affairs. serving in the pentagon last year, he led efforts to defend trump's ban on transgender people serving in the military. he was once a member of the soss of confefederate veterans. replaces a doctor who claims he was fired by opposing the privatization of veterans fafairs. the trump adminirarationas -- fromd lock coming online wednday. -- to post the blueprints. 21 stateatattorn genener havee sent a aetter to jef sessions and mike pompeo slamming the atate dertmemen'ssecisisio sangng it danangeus a andould ve an unprecented impt on blic safy. tensf thousas of resents have his accu waited wildfires continue to rage through the state. thans engulfed more 100,000 acres in and around reading. increasingly strong wildfires have been linked to climate change. jeff sessions says the department is creating a religious liberty tax forcece to protect t religious groupss

enrique: segÚn el manejo de emergencias, fema mantuvo relaciones sexuales inapropiadas con subordinadas. patricia: la junta directiva de cbs decido vincular un consultor independiente para que investigue las acusaciones de acoso sexual. el presidente de esta cadena de televisiÓn estÁ acusado. seis mujeres denunciaron que las acoso sexualmente hace dÉcadas, pero el alto ejecutivo dijo que siempre sigue el principio de que no, significa no. enrique: mÉdicos en nicaragua dicen que fueron despedidos para atender heridos de las manifestaciones contra daniel ortega. los estudiantes en esa ciudad protestaron nuevamente contra ortega y estas disposiciones. [cÁnticos]tes regresaron a las calles y se rehÚsan a regresar a las aulas de la universidad convocÓ al reinicio de clases en la ciudad universitaria. >> no podemos estudiar sobre la sangre y los cadÁveres de nuestros hermanos asesinados. reportera: siguen pidiendo la renuncia de daniel ortega. han muerto mÁs de 20 personas en esta ciudad. estudiantes y pobladores protestaron por los recientes de idos de mÁs de 13 mÉdicos especialistas del hos

fema multi- school senior started with a 12 grade wanted to graduate from where they were at they didn't want to come over but then she said i didn't feel that i was giving up something i felt that i was working toward for freedom. you had the right to go there or the right tuesday and i wanted to make that adjustment that i had marched for and to hear martin luther king on the march on washington for because i was in the march on washington and this was the next to integrate. why stop now? >> and then shirley lawrence alexander also desegregated albany high remembered it this way. >> i anticipated that i wouldn't put myself about that but i was ready for whatever. because when you have gone that far there is no turning back you cannot turn back you stated you believe in and if you are going to run? i don't think any of us thought about running but to endure it to the end no matter what and that is the note on how i and the book. he met albany high school quickly became all-black and it only took a few years and the same thing happen where the first three first-graders desegregated it it