host: we have three minutes left with our guest craig fugate.st: one of your first priorities was to get individuals to take responsibility for developing plans, all emergency plans pur. i do not know if you can measure success at this point on something like that? have you figured out a way to communicate effectively what you are trying to do? guest: i do not know. there is not going to be any other way to get where we need to go. if you look at what happens in most disasters, the people that should have and could have got ready -- were the most vulnerable assistance. -- vulnerable citizens. when you get to a storm the size of katrina, that even if government is working efficiently, we cannot get to everybody fast enough. who suffers? the week, the poor, small children, people with disabilities, the elderly. we have to stop looking at the public as the viability and as a reason -- and look at them as our resources. i went down to haiti. i saw haitians taking care of themselves. doing such things as figure out how the charge cell phones, using p

union president fugate said in a business where response time matters the proposal is a risky move. >> it literally, blows up in your face. two, three, four, five minutes is tops. >> in west baltimore. >> find some other way, to cut the budget. >> joy lepola, fox 45 news "late edition". >> well fugate said when you call them fees or taxes they may be the only way of mitigating the cuts. and that brings us to the question of the day. how do you think baltimore city should balance its budget? so far 67 percent are calling for cuts. 27 percent of you think raising new revenue. 6 percent do both. one writes charges more to provide water in the surrounding counties. i don't know enough about the process, but maybe this is a lucrative option. >> many time maryland communities could have to panels dollars more to fund teacher pensions. part of the operating budget approved today by state senate. it cuts $120 million from the governor's original spending plan. also calls for shifting up to half the cost of teacher pension to say local subdivisions. >> you know, it is hard. you know, nobody wa

how would you say director fugate is seen? what is the perception of the new fema under the obama administration? >> it is much improved. it benefits greatly from being on the flip side. he is viewed with competence and experience in his field, and i think the atmosphere as a relationship between fema has become so acrimonious it was of a standstill, and they came in, brought in new people, and a good different approach, and fema is no longer was it -- what it once was in new orleans. >> how is he perceived in capitol hill? >> he is received with a good deal of credibility. one thing that happened after hurricane katrina is congress required whoever becomes a fema administrator have experience, and he comes out in the background u. the big thing about fema and congress is the budgeting and how the money is being spent and how to account for the period there is about $30 billion across the country since 9-11, and there is no real way to measure the success of how live is being spent. he mentioned today he is going to create a n

fugate is our guest on "newsmakers." more on the announcement friday that harding would pull his nomination to the tsa. the firm owned by the decorated general who withdrew his nomination to leave the transportation security administration has received a cona consulting contract worth almost $100 million. ruth is joining us on the republican line. caller: morning. i was calling you on -- nancy pelosi in 1968 -- then she turned around and there are two cameras. there was a man in the chair -- he turned around to nancy pelosi and said, now what we do? we have lost money in the stock market, have nothing. she says do not worry, they will pay as. they did give them their purse for that year, she and amanda. then she turned around later and asked if she bought her the news over in santa rosa, and turned over theire. [unintelligible] they said to go ahead and get hold of nancy pelosi and ask her about her vineyard. host: what are you talking about? what year is this? caller: [unintelligible] she just keeps going with that. i h

stephen fugate president of the fire fighter's association joins us this morning. >> good morning. >>n you because this isn't the kind of news you expected to get out of budget cuts. >> not at all. we anticipated cuts in service but the level that was disclosed yesterday. >> fire companies, what impact would that have on the city. three permanently and the other 4 rotating closures. >> we would continue the rotating closures, and another three closures. anyone from the department from the chief on down is acknowledging that those reductions in services will result in additional injuries and deaths. >> these cuts are on top of cuts that you went through last year. how much more bear bones can the fire department get? >> we are at bear bones. we have been in bear bones for quite sometime. i'm not going to challenge the mayor's decision and how to balance the budget but quite frankly we need to work together and try to, you know, avoid these type of cuts in our department. >> are you confident that that can and will happen. this was a preliminary budget and the mayor still has to come ou

. >> on news makers this week, greg fugate, administrator of the federal emergency management agency,ses the budget and oversight of fema and how the agency has changed since katrina. "newsmakers" sunday at 10:00 a.m. isikofeastern and pacific - span. >> students have a submitted winning videos on one of the country's strength or challenges. at a 30 a.m. during the program, meet the students who made them. before a preview of all the winners, visit studentcam.org. >> at the open -- opening session of the arab league summit in libya, secretary of -- the secretary told attendees and that's peace talks between israel and palestine could end in failure. this 30-minute the event is courtesy of a 24 hour news network based in dubai. >> mr. chairman of the summit, your majesty, your excellencies the mind your arab citizens, ladies and gentleman, this summit is held in may. critical moments and as we extend our -- this summit is held in a very critical moment and as we extend our gratitude for the chairmanship of this summit, it gives great responsibilities. i would like to express gratitude