it's a lot more than just fema. everybody is expecting it's just fema who does the response and the recovery, they're mistaken. emergency manageable like a chair with four legses. one leg is the federal government, the second leg is the state and local governments, the third leg is the private sector and nongovernmental organizations and the fourth leg is a prepared citizenry that is properly insured and involves neighbor helping neighbor. well onfour legs to that chair are present, then disaster response and recovery goes pretty well. we have seen that model tapes in california, or as congressman ross said in florida. we have seen it take place in a lot of the minute and that's the common denominator success. that was not what was present going into puerto rico unfortunately and now i'm working every day to make sure that all four of those legs are part of that chair, because of one living is missing that chair is less stable and we have to do everything we took bolster state and local capability, private sector ca

and we met with fema and the fine employees from fema. you need to put standards in ace and when you issue a directive, make sure that everyone from san juan to the most remote part of the island in your shop know what that new directive means so that we do not shortchange the people of puerto rico. chair gowdy: the gentlelady's out of time and yields back. the gentleman from mississippi, mr. grothman, is recognized. mr. grothman: i'll tell you, mr. long, i think this is easily the busiest of the three committees. we had three people testify between this committee and subcommittee just constantly. one of the most on the ball people we have had testify before you. i'd like to thank you for the job you are doing. i think some of these people sit back home and watch these hearings and we have -- we make inflammatory statements we have to straighten things out for people back home. you hear this story that 3,000 people -- first of all i want to talk a little bit. you first took this job in the beginning of 2017? you had three hurricanes in 20

so here again -- hit fema. but going forward the real question if we truly care about what the future of puerto rico is, i'm telling you, we have got to understand how the power authority is prepared or capable or even if they are capable of rebuilding the grids and the infrastructure that needs to be in place to be more resilient. >> administrator long, let me be clear with you. what i'm saying to you is i think we're all about being effective and efficient. and so people died and we are all -- like you said, one death is one too many. and we're trying to figure out just like you how we deal with this in a way to prevent that in the future. and so that is why i'm getting -- into these questions. i'm not here to beat up on you, i'm trying to figure out what happened so we can correct it. because life is short. one last thing, mr. chairman, i know you have great indulgence, but we have been asking fema about this e-mail that i just talked about for quite a while. and we ask who sent it and what you did after you

not just fema's. don't have the authority, nor die want the court to do the permanent work to rebuild the power grid for the future. that is up to the commonwealth of puerto rico and to preppa and if we want to prevent deaths and make sure the infrastructure is mained, then i would strongly suggest that the committee call them to understand what their plan is going forward and how they're going to use billions of dollars of taxpayer money to rebuild the power grid and the infrastructure for the future. if you recall i had to ask for special authorities to fix all of the deferred maintenance of the infrastructure and i should have never been placed or fema should have never been placed in that situation to begin with. that opportunity happen across the rest of the globe. >> so here again -- >> well, okay -- >> -- here again -- fit hit fema but if we truly care about the future of puerto rico we have to understand how the power authority is prepared or capable or even if they're even capable of rebuildi

delegation we met with fema and they were fine employees. you need to put standards in place and when you issue a directive make sure that everyone from the most remote part of the island knows what that directive means so we do not shortchange the people puerto rico. >> the gentle lady is out of time and yields back. >> of the three committees this is easily i the busiest with the committee and subcommittees are the most on the ball to testify before us so i would like to thank you i think people sitting at home or watching thechse hearings we have to have those inflammatory statements we have to straighten things out for those attos home if you her the story that 3000 people, first of all, you first took this job the beginning of 2017? you had three hurricanes in 2017 and irma and maria. >> how many hurricanes quick. >> we have had eight to landfall six were majors but prior to me coming on board the nation had not been hit in 11 years. >> and you had three. >> six major but three and 17. >> when was the last time we had that much volume d

the fema trailer, the fema housing units are st not in our community yet for these people and it's been very slow, as i've said the bureaucracy is very impressive. >> reporter: fema officials point out that surveying damage and assessing eligibility when aer 98,000 have asked for help and information isime consuming process. they also told us there were other ways to house survivors besides the trailers. more than 18,000 have been approved for rental assistance, for example. tammy nichols was one of those approved. >> good morning everybody. now we're ready to start our day. >> reporter: but she told us there's nowhere to spend thene with so much of the housing stock damaged. iinstead, she's been livi this tent city with her disabled daughter. ne>> even though you have and a check there's not that many apartments even though g ey have this ng list there's not that many you know you have children you have disabled you have specific needs. >> reporter: one iss we've heard county officials bring up with us is thathere is rental assistance but there isn't necessarily places to rent from. th

fema is on the ground. i have been here since tuesday making sure we have the situational awareness on how to help the state achieve what needs to be done when it comes to the firefighting and taking care of people as far as the mass care issue. we have sent up centers and we're asking people to call fema or go to disasterassistan ce.gov. we have handed are close to $3 million directly to those who have qualified for assistance. firefighting is the main priority, taking care of people and making sure we can get people transitioning out of shouters -- shelters into long-term homes. we working with the state of california who has done a tremendous job making sure we know how we will do debris removal so we can help communities strive for a new normal. with that, i think it is time for us to turn it over to the commander. mr. president, this is a map of the fire. this is the first they when we most -- experienced the most significant damage. almost a thousand structures were burned in 12 hours. -- 8000 structu

fema is on the ground. i have been here since tuesday, making sure we have full situational awareness on how to help the state achieve what needs to be done when it comes to firefighting, but also taking care of people. we have set up disaster recovery centers. we are also asking people to call our hotline or go to our website to register. as of this morning, we've had over 12,000 people already registered into our system. we have handed out close to $3 million directly to those who have qualified for assistance. obviously, the firefighters are the main priority, taking care people and making sure we can get people transitioning out of shelters into long-term homes, and we are also working with the state of california, who was then a tremendous job in making sure they understand how were going to get the infrastructure backup so we can start to help communities like paradise and stratford. we think it is time to turn over to the incident commander. >> [indiscernible] fire frommap of the the very first day.

i got my fema done. tomorrow i'll come back and do social security. >> walk inside the fema disaster recovery center, and you'll hear a cacophony of questions. fema workers typing down names into their laptops. >> we want it to be as convenient as possible. >> a occ complaint. >> the line was so long because it took them so long to get here. >> it's going to take an enormous amount of time and resources to get the job done. >> and fema says they brought in 60 employees from all across the country to help run the center. ofal open every day for how long, fema says, indefinitely. nbc bay area news. >> difficult and frustrating time for those evacuees. >> not just people, pets. lots of animals got loose in the burn zone trying to escape the camp fire, including these sheep. you see them roaming through a neighborhood in paradise. bob redell is there and he posted this video on his twitter feed today. >> evacuees are extremely worried about their pets. some animals were transferred to the san francisco spca,

fema has been terrific. i appreciate the president himself being here and focusing the spotlight on one of the were strategies california has -- worst tragedies california has ever faced. president trump: thank you, jerry. i also want to thank fema, law enforcement. you guys have been incredible. firefighters are out there now. they have a lot of territories to cover. big area of a very intense flame very now next to a explosive area. it's a very big problem going out there. they are fighting like hell. we've never seen anything like this. it's like total devastation. but again, i want to thank everybody. brock is going to give a little presentation of where were going and why we're doing it. the men and women fighting this fire are incredible. more than 70 people are lost. we're looking for hundreds of people right now, literally hundreds that they're looking for. hopefully that's going to be a good conclusion instead of a bad conclusion. may be they left. lovedthey're with their ones or somewhere else. we'

i am waiting for fema to give me a home for a while. are so is fema aware of people like her? >> we are out there with our teams locating people and trying to get them information. we are working on the housing together with the county in the state. >> reporter: other people do not feel like that help is going to come fast enough. they're making tough decisions about where to go. >> we were able to get bus tickets to washington but my daughter cannot come with this. so i will be across country for my daughter at thanksgiving. >> reporter: so let's suppose for a second that we can get all of these people, no matter where they are, in contact with fema or whomever they should be talking to to find some available shelter, this is just one step of the problem. step two is finding a place to put those people. where are you going to do it? we take that question to fema coming up at 6 pm. back to you. >> all right 71 people are confirmed dead. and the number of missing exceeds 1000 people. the butte county sheriff says that this is based on raw data and some survivors may not know th

new information from fema about how they are getting money to fire victims in butte county. they explained the process to get the money tothe victims. >> the nice part is, the electronic payments are approved and the money can be in the bank account for them to buy things -- clothing, temporary housing, other expenses. it can move pretty quickly. >> 15,000 have registered with fema. 75% have been given full approval. those without insurance will get dirty $4000 from fema, 15,000 from the state, and 18 months of paid rent. it will be hard to find a place to live. >> institute county and paradise, the city with the most destruction, there is a 2% vacancy rate. very little housing in the county. they've got teams between local, state, and federal scouring the area to try and find what's available in the way of apartments and hotels. wear temporary housing units can be brought in but huge amounts of fire and debris have to be cleaned up. it may take -- take months or longer. >> the rain could affect hundreds of evacuees. it was a weekend of confusion because they turn the parkin

fema said seven to 15 days to let us know. >> reporter: i asked why fema hasn't dispensed vouchers or monetary aid yet. i have yet to get a response other than this one. >> shelters are supposed to fill that gap. that's the shelters. the shelters are supposed to serve that function in that transition and, of course, right now there's some public health concerns with some of the shelters. so that confuses the situation, makes it more complicated. >> complicated is simply the best way to describe this. however, literally just during this commercial break i got good news from fema via text message. transitional shelter is available now to those that have registered and are deemed eligible. that's the key, deemed eligible. they also this weekend will be getting phones so that they can get info that will eventually allow them to finally move into hotels. >> thanks, emily. >>> meanwhile president trump will be heading to the burn zone in butte county tomorrow and joined by governor brown and governor elect newsom. in a statement governor brown says he welcomes the president's visit and now

fema says it will take years to rebuild the 8600 homes lost along with the destroyed infrastructure. >> they may of paradise says she is grateful for the help from the state and fema and promises the town will rebuild. >> this is going to be the most challenging thing i have ever done. it is probably going to be the most challenging everything every -- any of us has faced. we are up to it. we are a close community and we are up to it. we are going to do it. >> mayor jody jones lost her own home as to the rest of the city council. in terms of lessons learned, she hopes people will opt into the alert system so they will get notices on their cell phone as well as their land lines. smoke from the campfire has practiced san francisco state university to cancel classes through saturday. san jose state has now followed suit in just the past hour. it announced the campus will be closed tomorrow and friday because of the poor air quality. >> a family from paradise who lost their home in the fire almost lost their daughter as well. she was actually at school when the fires broke out. they are

we know the fema folks. brock, i want to thank you for the job. it's been incredible. law enforcement is beyond anything i could be believed. to see everything that's happened here, nobody would have ever thought this could happen. so the federal government is behind you. we're all behind each other. and gerry and i have been speaking, gavin and i have gotten to know each other. we're all getting to know each other and we'll do a real job. this is all set to see. as far as the lives concerned, nobody knows quite yet. this is the kind of destruction. they're telling me this is an even as bad as some areas. some errors are even beyond this, just charred. one thing we have, we have the greatest people in the world looking to help the first responders, fema. you people have been incredible. law enforcement always, they never let us down. they never let us down. so we are here. kevin, thank you very much for the job you've done and the support you've given in washington. kevin, anything we can do, you know we're here. just bring it over to the office. reporter: what needs t

where is fema? today they got an answer. fema opened a disaster recovery center in chico. melissa colorado took a tour of that center. she joins us from chico. nine days in, that's a lot of time to wait when you are sleeping in a tent. >> reporter: hours and hours these folks have been waiting on the lines at this fema recovery center. originally, fema had a smaller location in oroville. this center in cheek ico is big. i askedem long is this center going to be open for? she said indefinitely. it's like walking into a giant california dmv office. >> the line is so long. >> reporter: almost overnight this former sears store in chico has transformed into fema's disaster recovery center. a place where cash-strapped camp fire victims can sign up for help. >> get people down here. it makes it convenient for them. we want to be as convenient as possible for the survivors. >> reporter: almost impossible when you consider the 7,600 families who lost their homes and the tens of thousands more who had to evacuated. cynthia johnson lost her mobile home and has been sleeping in a shel

. >>> we are getting new information on how fema is helping the fire victims in butte county. we talked to the former fema official about how victims can get money to help with their recovery. recovery. >> those payments come electrically. the money can be in the bank account for them to buy all types of things. it may be clothing, temporary housing assistance, burial assistance. things of that nature. it could move pretty quickly. pretty quickly. >> some 15,000 people have registered with fema and 75% of them have been given approval. those without insurance will receive $34,000 from fema. 15,000 from the state and 18 months of paid rent. but finding a place to live will be challenge. >> the county of butte, paradise, it is a 2% vacancy rate. meaning there is little housing in the county itself. what they are doing is they have teams between local, state and federal and they are out scouring the area to try and find what is available in the way of apartments, hotels et cetera. >> there are temporary housing units but first the debris has the debris has to be cleaned out. that

but the people that we spoke to here at the fema center in chico, many told us that today's visit by president trump was a rare, bright spot. >> this is what you see on tv. a you say those poor people, my heart breaks for them. and now we are the poor people, you know? >> reporter: she is one of thousands who have lost their homes in paradise. she has a practical issues on her mind. >> we are already bottlenecked down here in chico. fly over it instead of drive over the fire. print -- >> reporter: but most people were happy that the president made a visit. >> i think it is encouragement to everybody. he is going to help us. >> reporter: the president arrived at beale air force base early this morning. he struck a conciliatory tone. he did not threaten to cut off federal funding today. instead he said that everybody agrees that force management is an issue in california. >> i think that everybody is on the right side. the big issue, it is a big issue. >> reporter: the current governor and the governor elect joined the president on their way to chico. then they drove to paradise. there

fema allocated about $40 million. one city consultant put the tab at $96 million. the consultant says in some cases fema put a value of zero damage for those homes that were completely destroyed. >>> the family of a teenager who drowned at a contra costa high school is filing a lawsuit. back in may, ben curry was found unresponsive during swim class at the san ramon valley high school swim pool. he was taken to the hospital, where he died. surveillance shows curry's teacher standing on a diving board just 15 feet away, looking at his cell phone, not noticing the teenager slip underwater. the family is suing both the school district and the teacher. earlier this month, the district apologized for ben's death. >>> happening today, the debate over a potential school closures in redwood city heats up. the school board trustees are set to vote on a plan to close four schools and merge programs due to budget cuts. tonight is a public meeting several parents and teachers there are expected to weigh in. yesterday, parents and students held a walkout. nbc bay area was there

>> that was a question that we've asked of the fema administrator.to include more in the supplemental that we are currently working on to respond to the hurricanes. in reality, we have not seen the hard numbers coming out of the california fires. the administrator has assured us that they have sufficient funding in the disaster relief fund now to ensure we have got whatever assets need to come to us now. it's certainly my anticipation though that in the new year as we're addressing not only the california fires but that an additional request for disaster relief for this earthquake will be included as part of that request. we don't know how much. >> as for the immediate money, the governor did make a declaration. they're working on that as we speak. they're going to get that to the white house. i talked to general kelly. he said once it gets to the white house, the president -- right now he's in argentina, that should be north coming very soon to enable to state to get access to funds immediately. we're hoping that as early as today the president woul

one drill was inter agency with the coast guard, fema, navy and onnd on. lcu drill on treasure island. landing craft utility. more photo ops here. that is chief cochran's boat. the landing craft behind him so we had that come to treasure island northeast -- treasure island. there was a ramp in good enough condition to use. they came in, lowered the ramp and we drove a vehicle off. part of fleet week was about being able to get fuel during a disaster. how are we going to fuel up the rigs, all of the equipment that we need. this was a trial run. that ask not a fuel rig, it was part of the practice. also, for homeland security chief cochran today went to dublin to meet with the police and working k-9 foundation with some of our guys from our k-9 unit, and they offered an emergency medicine course then gave us some kits for the dogs that include trauma bandages, activate you had charcoal in case they happen to eat anythi anything. narcan for opioids. dogs can come across that and we want to be able to react and take care of them. they gave the dogs sleeping ba

this comes as fema set up a disaster center in the fire zone. kron4's gayle ong talked to fire victims in chico... to get their thoughts on the presidents visit. one week and a day later,butte county residents have gone from crisis mode to recovery modebill and sandy hughes escaped the camp fire raging through paradise..and lost everything.they are one of the many residents here at this new recovery center,put up by fema.it is a one stop shop providing resources needed to recover and rebuild.opens just one day before president trump is scheduled to tour the devastation to meet with first responders and victims. you drive up and down the road in paradise,you see homes burned to the ground.the air is thick with soot and ash. crews still combing through the rubble - looking for human remains.back in chico, residents waiting,hoping for answers as they look to the future.kenneth juhl (jewel) has a home in magalia and has no idea what he'll come back to, but is looking forward to president trump's visit. std and

in washington, i'm drew petrimoulx drew/anchor tag:the fema tag: the fema tag:the fema director sayss agency is swamped with claims and has provided more in individual assistance in the last 16 months than the previous 10 years combined. (grant) the fema director also said today that his agency is swamped with claims and has provided more in individual assistance in the last 16 months than the previous 10 years combined. (catherine) take a look at this.... a rainbow over the bay area once the rain stopped today. this is video from interstate 80-- coming off the bay bridge in oakland. (grant) time now to check on time now to check on our weather... with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. lawrence karnow: flooding continues in butte county after very heavy rain. heavy and gusty winds pounded the bay area. some local mountains had over 3 and a half inches of rain. showers continue on doppler radar. the showers will diminish overnight. there is another storm headed our way late friday night and saturday morning. we will get a break on sunday and monday but more rain is possible on tues

fema said it will be up and running by 9 a.m. this is a place to file a claim or request services, but for the time being people are only registering people for aid. help for housing is still a few days away. at the state level the insurance commissioner is asking insurers to speed up their handling of the claims. >> i've dad they write checks for up to -- asked that they write checks for up to four months of out of pocket expenses for people forced out of their homes rather than forcing those people to come up with their receipts every week, find the insurers to give them every week, write the checks now so they can cover the cost of their hotel, transportation, clothing and food. >> david jones is asking insurers to cover up to 25% right away of the value of the contents of people's homes. we are sharing ways to help the fire victims. the red cross, the salvation army among the big name charities taking donations. you can list your home on airbnb to help house fire victims. to date the company says 2,000 hosts around california

fema already handing out money to sort of assist with that? >> yeah. as of this morning, we know that 10,000 people have registered so far for assistance. of that there's been about $2 million in assistance provided, buying new clothes, temporary housing, hotel, motel, et cetera. there's about 1,000 people who have already received a month payment for rent. where are they going? housing in california is already short. they are a long way with the ability to go to hotels. >> fema can help in that interim period on a short-term basis getting folks a place to stay for the next couple of months let's say. can they help though in the long term way to find places for all of those people to live? >> it really depends upon what the community wants and the state wants. in this case, they are going to try to locate them in motels, hotels, apartments for a short- term and interim they will try to find them a location. unfortunately, this is going to be hundreds of miles away because there's nothing local to paradise, for instance, that they can get to quickly. an

we do have the funds and we will help out in every way we can. >> fema administrator brock long said his agency will bring in mobile homes along with temporary schools and hospitals while the long process of rebuilding gets under way. fema said it could take years to rebuild the 8600 homes lost along with the destroyed infrastructure. >>> federal and state officials are looking into hotels and rental properties to help house the thousands of people who have lost their homes. in the meantime, public health officials in butte county say that they are dealing with a norovirus outbreak at an evacuation shelter in chico. the neighborhood church had been providing a place for fire survivors to stay. we are told people with symptoms have been separated from the other evacuees and are using separate restrooms and are being cared for by public health nurses. >> the mayor of paradise says fema will be opening an assistance center tomorrow in chico. jody jones lost her home in the fire along with the entire city council. she said she has heard from some people who say they won't be coming back

hoy se acercÓ a fema para comenzar a reconstruir su vida, sin tener claro dÓnde lo harÁ. >>> quiero volvero paradise. >>> necesitamos asistencia de lo mÁs mÍnimo que me puedan llegar a dar para mÍ ya va hacer creo que mucho. >>> prefiero perder todo a perder a mi hija >>> la seÑora marÍa nos dijo que hace 2 aÑos perdiÓ su casa en el Área de la bahÍa, ahora nuevamente se quedÓ sin hogar en paradise y ademÁs tuvo que mandar a su hija de 2 aÑos de vuelta a oakland por la mala calidad del aire. >>> cÓmo es, mientras tÚ estas con fema el proceso de reconstrucciÓn y tu hija estÁ lejos a unas 4- 5 horas y la ves por telÉfono?. >>> ah estÁ duro, la extraÑo mucho. >>> el seÑor josÉ con dos niÑas nos dice que necesita ayuda ya. >>> necesito ayuda, porque necesitamos algo de ropa lo que sea >>> el camino serÁ largo y quizÁs sus vidas no vuelvan hacer las mismas >>> no tenemos recursos de nuevo y poder verlo anteriormente >>> proceso que para muchos no serÁ facil. >>> tenemos vida en el mundo. >>> un mensaje importante que la cruz roja quiere transmitir que ellos tienen espacios disponibles en los alb

fema hasn't set up any mass places to house people. >> reporter: frustration towards fema and say the officials is boiling over. >> you got one job, fema, one job, that's to house these people in a crisis. >> reporter: we spotted two fema officials surveying the crowd. tomorrow officials are opening up a local assistance center in chico to help the thousands who lost their homes sign up for federal disaster assistance. >> i don't want to leave the people who are depending on me right now, so fema, please come in. >> reporter: we've got a bit of good news. there is a new shelter here in butte county open today. it is at the butte fairgrounds in gridly, 200 bids a -- beds are available, but unfortunately, that is just not enough. >> we will follow their journey and where they can go in these nefx several days. our coverage continues on our website. you can watch the drone video of the fire zone and check the list of school closures here in the bay area at nbcbayarea.com. >>> okay. let's switch gears here. nbc bay area responds to some drivers who feel that their cars have a safety issue

. >>> camp fire evacuees looking for places to live and fema says help may soon be on the way. >> and coming up next, democrats nominate san francisco house minority leader nancy pelosi for the position of house speaker. ♪ this little home of mine, ♪ i'm gonna let it shine. ♪ it's energy saving time, ♪ i'm gonna reduce mine. ♪ californians all align ♪ to let our great state shine. ♪ let it shine, ♪ the power's ours to let it shine! ♪ unplug chargers - go, ♪ devices go off-line. turn thermostats down low, ♪ led's shine mighty fine. ♪ small actions quickly grow, ♪ to let our great state shine. energy upgrade california, will let us shine. ♪ >>> today democrats nominated nancy pelosi rar to lead -- house minority leader nancy pelosi to lead them in congress. she ran unopposed but she will need 218 votes to be elected speaker. a dozen democrats said they will not back her saying the party needs a new generation of leadership. nancy pelosi down played disputes and touted the group of representatives for their diversity and experience. >> let us just take a moment to dwell on the fact that

kron4's gayle ong is live in chico where fema just opened up a recovery center... (vicki) but we start tonight with kron4's dan thorn is live in concord tonight--it's one of the worst areas in terms of air quality.. dan? it's no secret the air quality is bad in the bay area--you can see it, smell it and taste it..and everyone is wearing one of these masks or at least trying to get their hands on them..here in concord the air quality is one of the top 5 worst in the region. i spoke with some people who are hoping for some relief.. the map from air now dot gov shows startling statistics.. the purple and reds represent just how bad it is across the bay area..so just áhowá bad is it?sot: we have very unhealthy air quality right nowkristine roselius (ro-zell-us) communications manager at the air district office in san francisco says you can help by following the spare the air alert currently in effect.. sot: we have a winter spare the air alert in effect that bans woodburning it's incredibly important that people do not burn wood right now and add to already polluted ai

i want to be with the fema and firstd responders. we will spend a lot of time and come back here probably landing at 4:00 in the morning. we want to spend a lot of time and discuss many things. i am meeting with the governor and the new governor. of things to talk about. we will talk about forest management. i have been saying that for a long time. it could've been a different situation. the one thing is that everyone now knows that this is what we have to be doing. there is no question about it. it should've been done many years ago. i think everyone is on the right side. it is a big issue. very expensive issue. very inexpensive when you compare it to even one of these horrible fires. lives inave a lot of addition to a lot of money. we will be out there talking to talking to the first responders and fema. they have been incredible. the firefighters have been unbelievably brave. [indiscernible] we haven't been briefed yet. the cia is going to be speaking to me today. we have not been briefed yet. as of this moment, we were told that

fema is on the ground. i've been here since tuesday, making sure we have situation awareness on how to help the state achieve what needs to be done when it comes to the firefighting, but also taking care of people's cars and that issue. we've set up the national disaster recovery center. we ask you to call the number or go to disasterassistance.gov to register. out close to $3 million to those who have qualified for assistance. obviously, the firefighters' main priority is taking care of people and make sure we can get people transitioning out of shelters and coming home. we're also working with the state of california, who has done a tremendous job, understanding how we're going to be doing debris removal and get power back up, so we can get back to the new norm. it's time to turn over to the incident commander. >> this is a progression map of the fire. the very first day, we experience the most significant damage, almost 55,000 acres in the first 12 hours. [indiscernible] there are still significant chall

you can do a lot of that online. >> fema is now running a housing assistance program.ema official told us that finding solutions for tens of thousands of evacuees is quote a huge challenge. >>> and on the heels of president trump's visit, senator kamala harris toured the devastation in paradise today. she met with emergency responders, local leaderses and evacuees -- leaders and evacuees. she and senator dianne feinstein are urging disaster relief legislation. >>> meanwhile fire victims in southern california could expect a new threat, rainfall could trigger mudslides in burn areas. here's the details from malibu. >> reporter: tonight hundreds of crew members were to restore power to malibu where more problems may be looming in a matter of days. one of the potential trouble spots is a canyon where about a dozen people waited for an evacuation order to be lifted after flames swept through. james and his wife want to go home, even if there's no electricity. >> we're going to camp in the dark. we have our camping stuff in the garage, so we'll camp at home. >> reporter: th

fema says it's just 2% of us.illion homes, condos and mobile homes but only 295 thousand. we know flood insurance is usually optional. the good news is that it's usually cheaper than regular homeowners' coverage so you don't have to budget quite as much money for a second layer of protection. if you have an insurance question or any other question for that matter, give us a call, 888-996-tips or online at nbcbayarea.com/responds. >>> 4:57 right now coming up on "today in the bay," kari timing out that storm pushing across the bay area right now. >> we can see the large storm that's moving through with a few thunderstorms and a mix as well. we'll time it out for you and what to expect as you plan your day coming up next. >>> the leftovers. flooding, slick roadways and the impact on the commute for riders as well. >>> plus, our team has fanned out across the bay area from flooding to downed trees. live coverage and new video coming into our news room of the lingering problems of the storm. this little home of mine,

our goal at fema is to support governor brown in achieving his response and recovery goals and being on the ground in malibu as well as the santa monica mountains in ventura and los angeles counties, now, here today i want to make sure, we're bringing to bear everything we can from federal resources to help california to overcome this town. right now, the focus is, obviously, life safety and life sustainment, mass care, we're providing support for mark and his staff in the local governments. we want to make sure that people understand that if they've been i am pack, individual assistance has been turned on as a result of the president signing the declaration, you can call 1-800- 612-fema. or disasterassistance.gov. the first phone call everyone should make is the insurance provider, insurance is the first line of defense, if you're not insured or underinsured, reach out to fema on their website. we have several feel and federal employees on the ground here to hall start helping our mayors and local municipal governments to navigate a long and complex recovery. so, this is going to be

>> correct, yes. >> fema is now running a housing assistance program. fema said finding solutions for tens of thousands of evacuees is a huge challenge. senator harris toured the devastation in paradise yesterday. harris and feinstein are urging congress to include disaster relief for the fire victim in the upcoming legislation. >>> pg&e had a second fire break out in the camp fire zone within an hour. >> there's a second fire according to the surveillance. >> those are the cal fire radio transmissions. they are looking into the possibility that a second fire may have contributed to the deadly blaze, breaking out 30 minute was a the first fire, 10 the power company told he regulators about the first one for the first one, and it waited a week and a half to file the incident about the second. a spokesperson e-mailed this statement, as more information became available about this location, we determined it was important to share the information with our regulator. cal fire has collected equipment on that circuit to see if it played any role in sparking th

so far, just about 90 fema trailers have arrived. laura anthony, "abc7 news." >> that's a long, long road. thank you very much. >>> now your accuweather forecast with sandhya patel. >> get any of your outdoor activities done, because three storms are headed our way. most of this week is going to be wet. a lot of crowds, moisture getting picked up in the clouds but it's evaporating because it's so dry. san francisco, oakland, san jose, you're all in the low 60s. 68 in morgan hill. seeing peeks of blue through the clouds. 65 in santa rosa. 64 in concord. we bring in our storm impact scale. level one, a light system coming in. it will be breezy. most areas getting up to half an inch. watch out for large breakers. the rain tomorrow by 9:00 a.m. in the north bay, as we head towards noon, starts to shift south and east. the rest of your timeline is coming right up. dan and ama? >> thanks so much. >>> now back to the camp fire. the scope of the destruction is just coming into full few. >> sky 7 flew over the devastat devastated town of para

he was met on the runway by outgoing governor jerry brown, incoming governor gavin newsom, and fema administrator brock long. mr.r touring fire damage, trump made remarks in paradise, california.

we're going to need help from the feds and help from the state. >> both cal-oes an fema pledged their support and others called on the mayor tree sign due to the chaotic -- to resign due to the chaotic evacuation and the growing death toll. >> reporter: do you feel like dot grfec i n't know that we could have had a better plan. the reason we couldn't get everyone out is you can't fit 26,000 people on the roads all at the same time. >> mayor jody jones says she will not resign. >>> there are reports paradise residents did not receive cell phone alerts which led to last-minute evacuations. mayor jones told us residents were notified by a reverse 911 call, but you have to have a land line for that and by a cell phone alert but you have to sign up for that. the mayor says they have encouraged residents to apply. >>> the sheriff of butte county says that he has requested 100 members of the national guard to help search for human remains. in butte county there are currently a half dozen search and recovery crews in the fire zone with more than 200 people still unaccounted for and it's a pai

they can replace document, apply for employment and fema documents. getting children back in school is also a priority. we need a hundred portables in this county to get them in a safe class. are eight campuses were damaged and paradise elementary school burned to the ground in the

and yet, you know, there is help on the ground, fema is here. they are not a quick fix as we know. >> reporter: at the paradise town hall they gathered to hear about recovery procedures. some filled out fema paperwork. jill was able to confirm the terrible news. her house was wiped out by the camp fire. she says she is feeling hopeful. >> i heard they were not going to put paradise back together it was a wash. it was good to hear we are going back. >> there are some in the community not feeling optimistic. >> reporter: hundreds of fire evacuees made the walmart parking lot a home for a week have been told they will have to leave by sunday at 1:00 p.m. federal help will not be ready for another week or 10 days. >> it will rain. what happens if it rains on it or the flood zones and tents are camped out here. we will have a major crisis on our hands for the community in chico if these people hit the streets. >> they need clothes and food and public and volunteers brought it to them. it sounded calis to my ear to say no, don't be where you are, come

more than 95,000 people in the disaster zone have asked fema for help.o far, just over 25,000 have been approved for housing assistance. a fema official told cbs news other applicants are waiting for insurance claims to be processed before they're approved for federal help. fema says the first mobile housing unit should arrive next week. >> do you kind of feel that people have forgotten about you? >> yes, i do. >> reporter: panama city mayor greg brudnicki says it's going to take a long time to rebuild. >> do you still need help? >> you betcha we need help. we were not planning on a catastrophic event that was going to carpet bomb this area, and it happened. >> reporter: omar villafranca, cbs news, panama city, florida. >>> coming up only on "cbs this morning," john dickerson talks with cindy mccain, the widow of john mccain in her first interview since her husband's death. she talks about her work with the mccain institute and advocating for victims of human trafficking. >>> plus we're talk with sheryl sandberg about how the social network responded to

because we've had no assistance, at all, from fema. >> reporter: fema does have about 8 o there is no way to make them available. >> we want to make sure it is a mobile for them, where they can go to where electricity's up and running. >> reporter: paradise city councilman is worried. his community will never be together again. >> my biggest concern is what made paradise paradise is people who lived here. and the longer and farther we keep people away the less likely they are to come back. >> reporter: and those who are still here are worried they may soon be forgotten. >> it's almost like we're past news now, but we're all still going through the same thing we when the fire started. we still don't have a place to live. we still don't know what we're going to do. >> reporter: now fema's hoping to have those trailers in place and ready to use for evacuees in the next couple weeks, but as the can councilman says, his worry is that by then many of these evacuees may have left the area, possibly for good. >> a few minutes ago, we showed you an aerial view from sky 7. we want to give you a

and it is done case by case and homes by homes. >> yes, we have applied for fema. it is just a matter of time getting an answer for them. >> for others, the best answer is a smog test and a full tank of gas. >> i consider myself a lucky person. i'm going to seattle. >>> maybe it's the fairgrounds, maybe family in the bay area and southern california. a lot of folks and camps like this one are starting to make their way out onto the roads to whatever is next. juliette? >> reporter: and now at 5:00 on our show, we showed you the piles of the donations that are accumulating with so many people helping. what will they do with all the donations after they need to move out? what will they do with that, do we know? >> yes, and the ones we showed you were at the rv camp. that is just one place where there were 175 people. i can't describe for you how much stuff has accumulated here where there were 300 to 500 people at one point. what they have decided to do is to put all the stuff that has been collected in the former toys "r" us. they will open that up and store all the

is fema on the ground? and what are they dng? >> reporter: fema is here. they have set up in an old sears, empty sears building, lots of services for peop with every disaster, the churches have opened their doors, the elks clubs. there's enough room for people. >.>> sreenivasan: there's quite a poax of the source of ts and mr. p.g.& e.then shelled accountable. >> in recent firestone there have been transformers and wind that have knocked them down. there has been a lawsuit filed against p.g.& e. after the fire in santa rosa last year, p.g.& e. started a system with they had the red flag warnings and the winds got over a certain speed and the humidity was low they would turn off power. and they actually were warni people that they were planning to turn off power in the. paradise are they didn't. but, of course, in the meantime, as people were getting these notices, locals were complaining, "hey, i have a freezer full of meat. do you really have to turn them off?" it was an interesting dynamic of people not really realizing what was coming. >> sreenivasan: i

tools and the grant requires the city to provide matching funds for 10% or 2 $73,000 and whereas the fema grant requires the sffd to complete the project by september 2019 and they wish to accept and expand to support the bureau equipment and front line now therefore be it resolved the fire commission recommends that the board of supervisors authorize the fire department to accept and extend the grant from fema in the amount of 2733.591 for the purchase of defibrillators and rescue tools. >> do we have public comment on this item? seeing none public comment is closed. commissioner. >> the resolution number was 2018-4. we passed 2018-2. should this be three? >> no, because three was the wetland cliff rescue we took off. >> okay. >> that was three. >> i would move for adoption and following the questions of any other commissioner. >> zoo i have a second? >> second commissioner hardeman. all in favor say aye. it is unanimous. thank you. >> item 7. resolution 2018-5. discussion and possible action regarding proposed resolution 2018-5 recommending the board of supervisor authorize the san fran

plus they also blasted fema estimates on unmet housing recovery costs. fema allocated about $40 million. one city consultant put the tab at $96 million. that consultant says in some cases fema put the value of zero damage for homes that were completely destroyed. >>> 13 california counties have yet to register for the new presidential cell phone alert system. but all of them are outside of the bay area. i want to show you a map of the 13 counties there. fema saying each must still register in order to notify residents if there is some kind of eminent disaster. but this does not mean those residents will not be alerted. that's because any county can ask a registered neighboring county to send out that warning or even a state agency. >>> california is failing to meet its climate change goals, according to a new report by the california air resources board. it found that carbon emissions from vehicles traveling in the state were increasing despite a decades-old law that required regions to plan for housing growth. california's right to die law is being uphe

>> yes, fema opened up an old shuttered sears department store.eople pick number, wait a while, get their number called and then wait a long time again, to it connects them to services there. it's mainly fema and the state office of emergency services, and there is aid available, but there just aren't enough homes, motel and hotel rooms to put up all the people who fled the fire. >> woodruff: you said people have to wat. they come, you said they take a number and then they wai >> exactly. it's a bureaucracy. some of the people i spoke with, you knw, coun't verify their rkdresses or didn't have the right paper i spoke to one couple, you know, i had gotten the voucher going to a motel room, but they came back to tie up other loose ends. they had forgotten their fema number and had to go back. so it'n'a pure i dot care si. i think people who might be struggling with oter issues might have a hard time b navigating tureaucracy and need help. >> woodruff: what's happening on thanksgiving tomorrow? is there any hope better living situation by then or wha

put fema on the job, make sure our first responders are supported p. getting the power that we need, support for those that lost their lives, it is just a big massive clean up after a terrible tragedy if is basically people right here, local people, state people, doing the work, the federal government provides some help, and a lot of money, and some expertise, and somehow we'll all pull through it together. >> is there any way to prevent this from happening again, mr. president? >> we have been talking about that on the ride over. i think we're all on the same path. we have to do management, maintenance, and we will be working also with environmental groups. i think everyone has seen the light and i don't think we will have this again to this extent. we'll have to work quickly, but a lot of people are very much -- there has been a lot of study going on in the last little while and i will say i think you're going to have, hopefully, this will be the last of these, because this was a really, really bad one. earn i know gavin is committed, we're all commi

they can replace document, apply for employment and fema documents. getting children back in school is also a priority. we need a hundred portables in this county to get them in a safe class. are eight campuses were damaged and paradise elementary school burned to the ground in the campfire. >> any kind of strings anybody can pull to get the port arthur ables in here, the sooner the better. >> reporter: fundraising is on the way but they hope someone will save them. >> our first priority is to get those kid in case the same school with the same kids in the same community. >> they're trying to call students to see where they are and how they are. they're looking for the students to be reunited. undamaged butte schools were looking to reopen the monday after thanksgiving but it's been pushed back. >> if you find a family member that's been staying with someone give them a call to update the list. >> they have taken more than one hundred off the list so that is a counter balance. >> here is some dramatic pictures of a town north of paradise in butte coun