fema uses p.d.a. findings in the wake of a disaster to determine the extent of damage and the subsequent unmet needs of individuals, businesses and the public sector in the affected community. this bill would ensure greater consistency for p.d.a.'s across fema's regions by creating a training program with the goal of ensuring that data collected -- is done in a more consistent manner. as communities across the country experience more extreme weather events, timely and consistent p.d.a.'s have never been more important to the recovery process of disaster declared areas. i support this legislation and ask my colleagues to do the same. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from missouri, mr. graves, is recognized. mr. graves: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. graves: h.r. 4358 is going to improve consistency in fema's preliminary d

>> we have the history of how fema works, which is, as some point, they will declare an emergency over, and the program will end. i don't pretend to know when that will be, so i just want to characterize that as a major risk here and something that the board needs to consider when they're asking their questions. unlike the rest of the emergency here, which the federal government has declared in perpetuity given notice that it's ending, this notice has come from the government for noncongregate options by the end of the year. our expectation is they will extend that month by month by month, that the federal government is leaving us on a very short leash here for the federal reimbursement program. >> supervisor preston: they told us in september it was going to expire in october; they told us in august auguit going to expire in september. i understand in your role as controller, you have to acknowledge that we haven't gotten any sign from the federal government, and all we have is a new administration that's looking to look far more favorably on the homeless than the current. is that rig

but i think there is the risk that fema will fall away at some point. i share your belief that it's not going to happen in the current fiscal year. i think it's worth reflecting that this program so demobilize a $200 million program that we've set up, we need to do it at some point because regardless when we do, we need to do it, we probably will be facing a world without fema. so your question about kind of the programatic costs, one way to view this is we currently have a $200 million program in place for the current fiscal year, and we have $300 million in general fund money supporting it, with the vast majority of the rest supported by fema or other emergency resources that come from the state. so emergency continuing that program indefinitely without those financial resources would be crushing for the city. >> supervisor ronen: but what i -- i want this -- i want to see the -- i want to see the projections. i can't do this kind of math in my head. i want a spreadsheet that says, you know, this is what we've spent so far, this is what -- assuming th

these what fema is supposed to deal with. our view is that should be done when it comes to deploying the national guard or covid real relief that should be paid for. that's something kamala and i will be very focused on. fourthly, we discussed the implementation of a national mask mandate. 10 governors democratic and republican need for mass masks north southeast and west is not a political statement. it's a patriotic duty. fifth, we discussed making testing more available and accessible. anyone who wants a test should be able to get one, period. and finally, while we focused on the immediate needs to control the virus, the governors also raised and talked about how much we have to build back better, especially on infrastructure and education and so much more. this is not a one-off meeting. i committed -- we committed. we agreed that we will continue to work and meet with the governors on a regular basis. continue to seek the input and that our covid teams will follow up and coordinate on issues coming out of that call. becau

i think you will be as impressed as i was at fema earlier today when i heard the detailed plans for the virtually immediate distribution of vaccines when they become approved and available to the american people. from very early in this pandemic had the presence direction we have followed an approach to this pandemic that was federally supported state managed and locally executed and to that end this past monday we completed our 41st conference call with all of the nations governor, every state and every territory. there we spoke about our current circumstances where we have seen cases and hospitalizations rising but we also continue to speak to them about the expansion of testing the availability of supplies in our ongoing efforts to continue to drive forward toward the development and the distribution of the vaccine for the american people but as we gather here today with cases and hospitalizations rising across the country president trump directed us to host this briefing to describe the ongoing work of our task force and their partnership with state and local officials and their par

lemonis: and how many fema buyouts were there? rick: none as yet.er been. rick: yeah, yeah. lemonis: wow. woman #4: we're so excited. we're overjoyed. almost every day we come down here in tears. lemonis: i think at the end of the day, it's the resiliency that you have to be grateful for, right? woman #4: yes, absolutely. lemonis: you have your faith... peter: amen. lemonis: ...and you have your community, and that's all that matters. ♪ what's happening with the marina? have you sent them an invoice yet? rick: yeah. we got the invoices out. lemonis: how much was that? rick: about a quarter million. lemonis: okay. have they gotten it yet? rick: oh, yeah. lemonis: they're in receipt of it. rick: they're in receipt, but they won't sign, you know? lemonis: okay. well, you still got it, so... lemonis: so how do you think that's gonna play out time-wise? rick: there's a hearing date on the 20th. lemonis: the owners of the marina have now received a proper invoice for their past-due fees. it'll take a while to resolve this issue, but there should be some m

that is what fema supsed to deal with. our view is that should be done when it comes to deployi the national guard for covidelief that should be paid for. that's something, and i we are focused on and importantly we discuss discussed the implementation of a national mask mandate 10 governors, democrat and republican imposining masking requirements and recognize the need for universal -- north southeastnd west. it's not a political statement. to pay to rabbit duty. fifth we discussed making testid accessible and everyon should be able to get one. matt reid final well we focused on immediate need to control the virus the governors also talked about infrastructure and educationnd so much more. this is not a oneff meeting. iommitted, we committed and we agreed and we will continue to work to meet with governors oa regular basis continue to seek input and our covid team ll follow us and coordinate o issues coming out of that call. some have very competent people on their covid team in their state. the bottom line, we can dthis.

that is what fema supposed to deal with. our view is that should be done when it comes to deploying the national guard for covid relief that should be paid for. and is something kamala will be focused on. we discuss discussed the implementation of a national mask mandate. 10 governors, democrat and republican imposing masking requirements and recognize the need for universal masking. north, south, east, and west. it's not a political statement. it is a patriotic duty. fifth we discussed making testing more available and accessible. anyone who wants a test should be able to get one. finally, while we focused on immediate need to control the virus the governors also talked about how to build back better, especially with infrastructure and education and so much more. this is not a one-off meeting. i committed, we committed and we agreed that we will continue to work to meet with governors on a regular basis. continue to seek input and our will follow up and coordinate on issues coming out of that call. some have very competent

speaker, i rise of h.r. 8266, the fema assistance relief act, as amended. h.r. 8266 is a bipartisan bill i ntroduced with subcommittee chair titus, representatives thompson, lowey, roybal-allard, and several other members representing districts ravaged by natural disasters year. simply put, this legislation would increase the federal cost of certain assistance provided by the federal mergency management agency, fema, under the stafford act. bill would , the adjust the federal cost share for all declared disasters in 2020, the year of the pandemic, the year of record of record the year floods, the year of more than any other time in history. not less than 90%. and further adjusts the federal covid related declarations to 100%. across this country, including my district in oregon, continue to struggle to recover twin crises. combating covid-19 pandemic facing extreme weather events -- fires -- and has issues that science linked to climate change. tribal, and territorial governments are seeing their public health resources anagement stretched thin or outright

is there any opportunity for fema to increase their funding? and would you say that there's an outstanding support level out there right now, embedded within proposal that the dems have in the house of representatives? >> that's a great question. i think that -- i don't know if the controller would like to weigh in further on fema, but what we are understanding generally -- sort of -- irrespective of who is in the white house, let's put it that way, that one of the challenges of working with fema is predictability of their timeline. so we looked back at other disasters across time and it sort of doesn't matter who's in the white house. fema often sort of picks up and disappears with a pretty short timeline, right? we all remember the tragedies around that. that's one of the things that we manage against. i just wanted to use this opportunity to note that. to your specific question, i think we're keeping a close eye on that and, of course, the mayor's office is advocating closely with our friends in washington and soon to be further friends in w

effort of vaccinations, under operation warp speed, and i think you will be as impressed as i was, at fema earlier today, heard the detailed plans for the virtual immediate distribution of vaccines when and become approved available to the american people. from very early in this pandemic president's direction we've followed an approach to this pandemic that was federally state managed and locally executed. and to that end this past monday completed our 4 isst conference call with all of the governors. every state, every territory. about our current circumstances where we see cases and hospitalizations rising but continue to speak to of at the expansion timing. availability of supplies and our ongoing efforts to continue to toward the d development and the distribution of a vaccine for the american people. as we gather here today, with cases and hospitalizations across the country, president trump directed us to describe briefing to the ongoing work of our task force and our partnership with officials and our partners in the private sector to continue to put the america first. first, let m

fema's field hospital in el paso. and this illegal halloween party packed with people. >>> gaining strength. tropical storm eta in the caribbean sea tying 2005 for the most named storms in a season. our weather team tracking its path. >>> and touching tributes to sean connery. >> bond, james bond. >> from the dashing 007 to the role that earned him an oscar. >> he pulls a knife, you pull a gun. he sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. >> the magical moments on screen and how hollywood is remembering him this morning. >>> good morning. if you're waking up in parts of the country that use daylight savings time, we hope you enjoyed that extra hour of sleep. >> i know i did. >> the mood. i didn't even realize it was happening. i woke up and was like, that felt good. >> best morning of the year. >> we're a little biased because we don't get as much sleep as we like. >>> that is all happening as both campaigns make every hour count making their final push for votes in the battleground states

he was at fema, i received a detail briefing on plans.l pernod to come today to make the presentation to the american people. that is in a sense putting us in a position literally the day after one of these vaccines is approved we'll be shipping vaccines to the american people and within a day after that we'll be seeing those, vaccines injected into americans, with a particular focus on those most vulnerable and those that are providing health care to the american people. finally we'll talk with a bit about the way forward. as state and local governments are continuing to act and take mitigation measures to slow the spread. i can assure them as we did again governors this week we'll support decision making at the local level. we'll continue to support the decisions that are made in each individual community based on the circumstances on the ground. with that being said president trump wanted me to make it clear that our task force, this administration, and our president does not support another national lockdown. and we do not support clo

fema is, in my view, the agency of our government, best at deploying, marshalling resources like ppe, like ventilators, for example. this administration did not, in my judgment, make effective use of the defense production act and so there's simply a lot more we could have done at the national level with the resources we have and that we train to use over the years to shepherd resources and allocate them to the communities that need the most at the time they needed them. and so, there's been an underutilization there. i hope our government at the national level now is thinking about the vaccine and how the vaccine can most effectively be deployed in the places, for the people that need them most on a priority level. and that's the next big challenge. along the way, it's basic messaging to the american public about physical distancing, good hygiene, the mask, wear the mask. we're all in fatigue right now after nine months of dealing with this virus, but we know what it takes to flatten the curve. if people have the discipline to stick with what we know works. >> great. sue, let me go t

worked with fema to get ppe. these gapsentified in supplies has evolved over the past several months. as i testified in june, when the pandemic hit, tracking supply status at 170 centers proved to be a challenge. system forcedted officials to rely on manual daily inputs of ppe inventory for medical center staff. v.a. has created a tracking tool to enable enterprisewide decisions. remains anter input manual process since inventory systems do not communicate with tracking tool. v.a. is well aware of the shortfalls in its supply chain. rollout of the system and initial locations have been delayed by almost one year and full implementation is many years off. i understand v.a. hopes to speed up timeframe. v.a. has several other supply chain issues underway. will implementa. regional readiness centers to address challenges relying on inventory management system for ppe during national emergencies. v.a. is developing a new iteration of its medical prime vendor program. our forthcoming report identifies challenges with t

home has suffered from water leaks and flooding after those recent storms, she applied for help from fema for both storms but only received $140 which is far different than the there says that she received after hurricane hit in 2005. >>this death so damaged a hot water tank was damaged a whale with damage. i mean it don't make no sense. i mean what is governor abbott is doing would the money to help people. i mean. i don't know what to do no more. >>the woman says that she is now just waiting and hoping that more assistance will come soon. >>still to come tonight here on kron 4 the san francisco 49 ers dropping the foreign for after a rough loss to the seattle seahawks kron 4 sports director just do moss will break down where things went wrong. and now the team tries to recover. a day of the dead celebration unlike any other we'll show you how families are remembering victims of the coronavirus pandemic more kron 4 news at 10 o'clock still to come this sunday night. >>today is the day a day that are known as dia de los muertos in spanish. the holiday highlights, the traditional mexican c

having worked at fema at the same time, provided some of that same report. assessedet value was using market research from contracting officers. certainly had to go out and look for proof that they are authorized distributors. bese types of items have to verified and validated. many of the products that needed to be purchased cap standards that moved and shifted. the entire market space had shifted. we certainly have the criteria but backget the item, to your initial question, the market price and value fluctuates from the start of this. it is supply and demand. they have significantly challenged, level 3 and level four. prices went from low market value to a peak in the march timeframe, way more and tripled. we do our best with the fair market value that we have and we do things like not proof of life , to make sure we had proof of product to make sure we were vetting the vendors properly and getting actual product delivered that met our standards. >> thank you for that information. i look forward to any additional detail you can provide. any additional que

. >> la portavoz de fema dice que los deslaves o inundaciones pueden ocurrir repentinamente, por lo quetante prepararse un tiempo ya que las lluvias están a la vuelta de la esquina. hay que estar listos para cualquier emergencia. >> efectivamente, como mencionábamos en el reportaje tendremos escasa lluvia en esta próxima semana, pero hay que estar preparados para una emergencia y tener una aseguranza. >> significa que este fin de semana no tendremos lluvia. cuéntanos. >> (música). >> hablemos de eso y las condiciones del tiempo. un sistema de baja presión al norte de la bahía que traería pocos acumulados de lluvia, los modelos registran casi cero. temperaturas actuales. >> (información en pantalla). >> y hemos visto esos llamados vientos del diablo. >> (información en pantalla). >> el cambio de temperatura debido a un sistema de alta presión, ha sido más cálido que el día de ayer. >> (información en pantalla). >> a partir de mañana esto va a cambiar. vea las ráfagas de viento de las últimas 10 horas. >> (información en pantalla). >> estamos viendo esa imagen detrás de la gráfica el aero

fema is one of those 22 agencies that's in homeland. well, before fema can move in the resources pertaining to a hurricane, flood, wildfire, tornado or anything like that, the stafford act has been to be engaged that gives fema the authority to go out and perform its mission. >> and may i interrupt you? do you mean the staff in -- fema staff itself or our staff? >> the stafford act -- >> i'm sorry. i'm sorry. >> right. which is the trigger that provides the resources. well, stafford act is on another committee. it's not in homeland. so fema is sitting here with all the resources to address the natural disaster, but they're in neutral because they don't have the authority to go and help american citizens. and sometimes our experience has been those authorities are sometime days, if not weeks, before they engage. but if that authority was within homeland, fema could do its job day one. and so it's those kinds of things. the other thing -- give you a good example, is with i.c.e., immigration customs enforcement. well, if you have a problem

used to house separated migrant children at the border. >> whenever fema comes into any community, it's not a good thing. it means their resources have been strained to the breaking point. >> reporter: the virus still taking an unimaginable toll. kentucky sergeant michael keene, a veteran with no preexisting conditions, died from covid just days after his son was born premature. the baby now in critical condition. mother and wife nicole left picking up the pieces. >> he was my world. he was my everything. our entire lives changed in a couple of weeks. nothing for us will continue to be the same. >> reporter: health experts continue to say small gatherings with friends and family are a major source of viral spread. dr. deborah birx said she doesn't go so far as to say people should avoid thinking but they should avoid gatherings. trevor ault, abc news, new york. >>> the new way to holiday, as we've been talking about, traditions that we typically enjoy this time of year will be different because of the pandemic. one of the biggest challenges for holiday shoppers this year could be gettin

fact is that this is a national emergency that's what fema is supposed to deal with. that should be done when it comes to deploying the national guard or covid or relief, that should be paid for. you know, that's something kamala and i will be very focused on fourthly we discussed the implementation of a national mask mandate ten governors, democrat and republican have imposed masking requirements and recognized the need for universal asking. north, south, and east, and west it is not a political statement. it is a patriotic duty and fifth, we discussed making testing more available and accessible anyone who wants a test should be able to get one, period and finally, while we focused on the immediate needs to control the virus the governors also raised and talked about how much we have to build back better, especially on i infrastructure, and education, and so much more. this was not a one-off meeting i committed -- we committed. we agreed that we will continue to work and meet with the governors on a regular basis, continue the seek their input and that our covid tea

we are working to impact this for buildings in the fema flood hazard zone. it is about 66 existing buildings and 200 parcels. we are working on the implementation for that. supervisor safai's legislation to require demolition debris to obtain permits from department of environment is pending in land use. the hearing to review access and involvement in the building permit process will be heard at tomorrow's gao committee meeting at 2:00 a.m. tomorrow. we have an ordinance supervisor fewer proposed an ordinance two weeks ago to require the rent board to maintain an inventory of residential rental units and report information on those units. this is mainly a rent board issue. i note it because d.b.i. would have some role in providing information to the rent board about buildings. finally, proposition h passed. this is the save small business proposition mostly regarding planning code issues but it does add a 30-day deadline for permit possessing for certain small businesses, mostly just change of use permits for small businesses. we are working with the plannin

the fema intake center will be at maria carrillo high school, that's on montecito boulevard.en from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. monday through saturday through december 16th. >>> now to your morning money report. companies that are making it more enjoyable to stay at home during the pandemic are poestin really strong profits. peloton's revenue more than tripled last quarter to 7$750 million. papa john's pizza saw sales grow nearly 20%. and roku's revenue went up 75%. >>> let's take a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets under way. we are down right now about 113 points. >>> tesla's latest product has nothing to do with cars. elon musk's company is now selling tequila. it is $250 a bottle. it's already out of stock. the bay area-based company says tesla tequila was aged for 15 months in french oak barrels before being moved into the hand blown glass bottle that we see here. orders are to be shipped later this year. musk joked about drinking what he called tesla-quila a couple years ago. now we have tesla-quila, folks. >> i have an update on something else that

and also by the expertise of the people who work for fema. other people who are experts in emergency preparedness and response part of a political appointees who for other reasons. so i think there's plenty that we can do to improve the situation. whether we actually do that, whether individuals or governments take the steps that are necessary. we have to wait to see. in any areas because it costs money. so hurricane this treasure house, they are very difficult decisions that have to be me and one of the most difficult i thank you so that the fact that people still want to live on the coast. and people are building right in the ocean's edge. often times in floodplains. unless we have better planning. that is going to be a continui continuing, refrain well into the future. jack: were starting to see climate change refugees from the coastal areas. i live in florida, in the center of the state. we become something like the climate refugee city. any are coming to gainesville. because they feel safer there. less congestion. they feel more out of h

and also by the expertise of people who work for fema. are they people are expert in emergency preparedness and response, or are they political appointees who are there for other reasons? there's plenty we can do to improve the situation, whether we actually do that, whether individuals or governments take the steps necessary, we have to wait to see in many areas because it cost money. to hurricane proof your house. there are difficult decisions that have to be made. one of the most difficult has to do with the fact people still want to live on the coast. people are still moving to the coast. people are building light on the oceans edge, oftentimes in floodplains or in areas are likely to get walloped by hurricane. unless they're better playing and zoning, that's going to be a continuing refrain well into the future. >> so we live in an era where we are starting to see climate change refugees moving away from coastal areas. i live in gainesville, florida, which is in the center of the state and we become something of a climate refugee cit

the fema intake center will be at maria carrillo high school, it will be open from 10:00 a.m.monday through saturday through december 16th. the last day to register is december 16th. >>> the u.s. has set another covid-19 daily case record. more than 120,000 infections were recorded on thursday. many states are also breaking records for the daily number of cases, that includes colorado, illinois, minnesota, pennsylvania, utah and wisconsin. a new study from the cdc shows that working in an office setting instead of remotely may double the risk of contracting covid-19. the agency says bosses should allow and encourage employees to work from home to help slow the spread of the virus. about 300 full-time nonessential workers took part in the study back in july. everyone involved took a covid-19 test. the cdc says that most of the people who tested positive reported commuting regularly to work and tin the two weeks prio getting sick. >>> the next time you visit your doctor, dentist or take your pet to the vet you may have to pay more to cover new covid-19 relatedsurcharges. a box o

of funding that they get at the federal level and also by the expertise of the people who work for fema are the people who are expert in emergency preparedness and response or are they political appointees and there for other reasons. i think there is 20 that we can do to improve the situation whether we actually do that, whether individuals or governments take the steps that are necessary, we have to wait to see in many areas because it costs money to a hurricane proof your house, one of the most is under difficult decisions is having to do with the fact that people still want to live on the coast, people are still moving to the coast and people are building right on the osan edge often times in floodplains that will be walled by a hurricane and better planning and zoning that will be a continuing reframe well into the future. >> i'm starting to see climate change refugees moving away from coastal areas, we become something of a climate refugee city and more and more people are leaving and coming through gainesville because they feel safer there, less congestion, they feel more so out

state to get ambulances from fema for surge. importantly those are staffed ambulances, so ambulances with their crews from fema going into minnesota to help them deal with patients and the need to move patients among hospitals that are overwhelmed. but then look at the other side of the front page. trump trying to nullify election. he wants gop lawmakers to ignore will of voters. giuliani relies on lies and conspiracy to push case despite claims states cannot legally override the results. when you look at that front page in toto, it's like, oh, yeah, that's right. these two unimaginable things, these two worst-case scenarios are crashing down on us at the same time. worst-case scenario in terms of democracy. worst-case scenario in terms of the pandemic. we have to deal with both right now today. if we live through it, we'll be able to tell our kids and grandkids someday that we dealt with both at once because we had to, but first we have to live through it. the efforts of the president to throw out the election and try to stay i

victims must apply for fema assistance by december 11th. now this comes as another deadline looms for fire victims in sonoma county. they are urging residents to sign up for debris removal programs next month. contractors are expected to clear debris, ash, and hazardous trees. >>> there are more transportation options for those who make less money. riders with clipper start cards will get discount affairs at more transit agencies. that's why a pilot program gives discounts to riders on muni, b.a.r.t., cal train as well as golden gate transit and ferry. clipper start holders will have 50% fare discounts on san francisco bay ferry, sonoma, marin. that program for adults whose household incomes is below $52,000 a year. >>> here we go monday morning. i hope everybody had a great, restful weekend. it could be a short one for a lot of folks with thanksgiving around the corner. what are we looking like weatherwise, kari? >>> it's going to be all quiet here. we're not looking at any major changes. we've had some fog to deal with this morning, and i

approved by the outside independent counseling and reviewers, we have already put together a military and fema plan to distribute vaccines in large seven-figure numbers across the country and i might add it will be done for free. anybody who is not covered by insurance, anyone with prior conditions and so forth, we will just give it to you for free. we've got the distribution and we are waiting for the go-ahead. that is probably the ultimate solution. but again, coming back to the economy and today's gdp and my suggestion we can get a self-sustaining recovery, we are not going to shut down. but i will tell you what else -- we are not going to raise taxes, we are not going to re-regulate, and we are not going to end oil, gas and power. robert: the stock market has had a rough stretch. it has slid in recent days. is president trump concerned about that and are there any plans policy wise to address the stock market in the coming days or weeks? larry: not specifically, bob. i spoke to the president last evening about the economic releases. we know the market is correcting. we know the market is f

i spoke to fema today and as reported at our last meeting, we are receiving requests from states for ppe, but we are meeting all of those requests. according to our team on the ground, we believe we will meet the requests for ppe and equipment both from the strategic national stockpile and from the commercial market to make sure those needs are met. the american people can also be confident because of the system you established that since this past july, we are able to track ppe on a hospital by hospital basis so we can continue to , on thatas you said extraordinary record in america, where no american who required a ventilator has been denied a ventilator, no american who required an icu bed has ever been denied an icu bed. help is on the way. right around the corner. as one of the members of our task force said, the cavalry is coming. we want to encourage every american to make sure our health care system has the resources to support the supplies they need. ,s we see cases rising particularly in the heartland of this country, but in communities all around the country, continue to p

that's what fema is supposed to deal with. our view is that should be done when it comes to deploying the national guard, covid or real relief, that should be paid for. you know, something kamala and i will be very focused on. and, fourthly, we discussed the implementation of a national mask mandate. ten governors, democrat and republican, have imposed masking requirements and recognized the need for universal masking, north, south, east and west. it's not a political statement. it's a patriotic duty. fifth, we discussed making testing more available and accessible. anyone who wants a test should be able to get one, period. and, finally, while we focused on the immediate needs to control the virus, the governors also raised and talked about how much we have to build back better, especially on infrastructure and education, and so much more. this is not a one-off meeting. i committed, we committed, we agreed that we'll continue to work and meet with the governors on a regular basis, continue to seek their input, and that our cov

fema sending 25 ambulances to minnesota to help in transferring patients between hospitals due to capacity issues. 15 members of one family in arlington, texas, diagnosed with the virus after a small birthday party. >> took every single precaution with the exception of gathering. you are not immune. your family's not immune. staying at home, you can prevent the spread of covid-19. >> reporter: officials focused on the holiday season. >> more family gatherings. 37 days between today and january 2nd of significantly increased social activity. >> reporter: the cdc has urged americans to avoid travel and to celebrate just with those in your own household. >> when you're eating and drinking, obviously, you have to take your mask off. we know now that those are the kinds of situations that are leading to outbreaks. >> reporter: on friday pfizer filed for emergency use authorization from the fda for its vaccine. moderna expects to pile by the end of the month. there is concern many americans may not be willing to vaccinated. >> i think this is very unfortunate because this has been exacerbated by

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place hotels and the operations associated with them and with city's reimbursement commissions to fema, the federal emergency management agency. since july, we have been in this what we called unified command structure. the departments that represent the command organization at the open are department of public health, department of emergency management and human services agency with the department of homelessness and supportive housing. so the city -- in addition, the city's administrator office, the controller's office, and other departments play major rolls in this -- roles in this unified command, and today, i'm joined by my colleagues, ben rosenfield. so at this time, i'm going to turn it over to ben rosenfield, who will talk about the operations. >> thank you. good afternoon, supervisors and president yee. i was asked to provide some very high level overview on the budget for this program, so i thought i would run through a couple of high-level comments, and then, after abigail presents, i'd be happy to answer any questions on the board's mind. as you know, the s.i.p. budget is r

coming up people are protesting in pittsburgh and fema says ballot counts continue across the country will. >>hear about their demands. >>plus the latest on a judge's recent decision to limit governor newsom's executive power. under the pandemic related state of emergency. and continuing coverage of the 2020 election democratic presidential nominee, joe biden. >>apparently nearing the finish line as president trump is insisting he has being cheated of a whim. the latest in live report. right after the break. >>i'm a breakfast romine for lawrence karnow tonight. i'm tracking the possibility of showers and cold temperatures. i'll have your complete. forecast coming up after the break stay with us. >>so former vice president joe biden is on the verge of victory were waiting to see if he comes out and speaks tonight and if he does we'll bring it to you meanwhile, president trump is vowing to keep fighting for a second term and washington correspondent jessi turnure joins us with the latest from the trump camp as divided nation waits for some results just say we've been saying it's quiet t

but i missed it fits a lot and others 6 in followers of fema who are fugitives right now are separated in a different different file according to what we have read from the court order. ok, so the many thanks for that update from istanbul. one of the greatest players of all time and an inspiration to millions, just some of the tributes flooding in for argentina's football legend, diego maradona, who has died of a heart attack at the age of 60. millions of fans have been remembering his achievements around the world. sports stars, politicians, and the head of the catholic church, pope francis have given their praise for the man, argued to be the best ever to play the game. fellow football, great! and one time rival pele said he had lost a great friend and the world has lost a legend. maradona kept in argentina to victory in the 1986 world cup and his work to help poor communities in his country. tour is about reports from buenos aires. the what anya is in disbelief. he's devastated that player. the home i don't know has passed away anything. i'm sad because i knew this was coming. not s

>>now to the east bay where fema police have arrested a man they believe is responsible for 20 armed robberies, 40 year-old nelson ramirez a suspected of robbing more than 20 convenience stores at gunpoint dating back to october ramirez was arrested during a traffic stop earlier today, he had reportedly told his victims that he was committing the crimes in order to care for a sick child, but later confessed to police that he did not have any children right turning now to our rainy weather here is a live look at the radar showing almost the entire bay area's getting wet right now which is good news for more on the storm let's check in with our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow i see that storm rolling through today finally getting here, especially the afternoon started to pick up and now the main front is headed in the south bay but we've got more behind that so we're going to see more rain overnight tonight but a becomes more broken more scattered showers throughout the night tonight and then we start to some of that instability. that's when it could get really fun out there toward

we have been able to take the care's money from the federal government to fema and to the v.a., haves. have been able to place veterans in the hotel rooms. we've provided food and a gift card and storage and cell phones. we conduct wellness checks. that's what you do. >> obviously, michael, the end goal is to get the veterans into personal housing. do you feel they are on their way to finding a p.m. place to live? >> that's our job. we've been able to take hud dollars, section eight programs, housing vouchers. who couldn't use a rental subsidy. these are housing subsidy, there's been in set aside for veterans. we intend to maximize the use of hud. we're going to proceed that way and move those 200 in the bay area. i know along with finding housing for veterans, another aspect of the services is trying to improve the health and the mental well being. how much more important that's that become during the pandemic. >> we see a lot of seniors, we have 60% of those in a housing program are 60 or older. they have complex health problems, they have been on the street and have physical pain

that is what fema is supposed to deal with.to deploying the national guard or covid or real relief, that should be paid for. something the vice president and i will be very focused on, and fourthly, we discuss the implementation of a national mask mandate, ten governors, democrat and republican have imposed mask requirements and recognise the need for universal masking, north—south and east and west. it's not a political statement, it's a patriotic duty. fifth, we discussed making testing more available and accessible, anyone who wants a test should be able to get one, period. finally, while we focused on the immediate needs to control the virus, the government has also raised and talked about how much we have to build back better especially on infrastructure and education, and so much more. this is not a one—off meeting. i commit, we commit, we agreed that we will continue to work and meet with the governors on a regular basis, continue to seek their input and that our covid teams will follow up and coordinates on issues comin

the first in the nation program, working with fema and working with our federal partners, called great plates. great plates to have restaurants otherwise closed or otherwise due to the covid-19 restrictions. they simply cannot operate at capacity. to program allows people serve the most vulnerable that are in need three hot meals a seniors who are wisely being cautious in terms of their own movement and who otherwise do not have access to meals on wheels and other programs providing support. program, we encourage more utilization and access with this program. it allows counties to provide 75% reimbursements with additional reimbursements, to meals, threefree hot meals a day, to our seniors and provide the opportunity for small businesses and restaurants to stay open providing those meals and getting paid for providing those meals through the program reimbursement with fema and the state, working with our counties. food industry0 jobs have been supported since the initiation of this program, almost 18 million meals provided. we went to get this to a whole other level -- we want to get t

i spoke to fema today. as we have heard reported at our last task force meeting, mr. president, we are receiving requests from states for ppe, for personnel, but we are meeting all of those requests. according to our team on the ground, we continue to believe that we will be able to meet the requests for ppe and equipment, both from the strategic national stockpile, also from the commercial market to make sure those needs are all met. the american people can also be confident because of the system that you established. since this past july, we are able to track ppe, gowns and gloves and n95 masks on a hospital by hospital basis. we can continue to deliver, mr. president, on that extraordinary record of america where no american who required a ventilator has ever been denied. no american whoever required in icu bed has ever been denied. , is thatnews today help is on the way. it is on the way around the corner. as one of the members on our task force said recently, the calvary is coming. we want to encourage every american we will continue to make sure that our health

i spoke to fema today, and as we heard reported at our last taskforce meeting, mr.resident, we are receiving requests from states for ppe, for personnel, but we're meeting all of those requests. and according to our team on the ground, we continue to believe that we will be able to meet the requests for ppe and equipment , both from the strategic national stockpile, also from the commercial market, to make sure that those needs are all met. and the american people can also be confident, because of the system that you established, that since this past july, we're actually able to track ppe gowns and gloves and n95 masks, on a hospital-by-hospital basis, so we can continue to deliver, as you said, mr. president, on that extraordinary record in america, where no american who has ever required a ventilator has ever been denied a ventilator, no american who has ever been required an icu bed has ever been denied an icu bed. so the good news today, through operation warp speed, mr. president, is help is on the way. it's on the way right around the corner. as one of the mem