. >> reporter: gary rogers can tell you where donations to the aspca are not going. >> i don't know howy can put their head on a pillow at night, knowing there are so many animals out here that that money can be used for other things. >> reporter: rogers is president of the nassau county, new york spca. they investigate abuse and rescues animals in danger. >> one of the major problems that most spcas have is the aspca doesn't fund these agencies. we receive no money from them at all. >> reporter: we spoke to more than two dozen local spcas across the country. a few received grants worth a few thousands from the aspca which they had to apply for. most, like sullivan in houston, had received nothing. >> no spca across the country is part of the aspca. >> i would think a lot of animal lovers, pet lovers, would assume the aspca is some sort of umbrella organization. >> not even close to it. >> reporter: in 2019, the aspca took in nearly $280. the aspca says 77 cents of every dollar goes towards supporting the charity's mission. >> they say 77 cents goes to programming expenses. >> the devil

. >> reporter: gary rogers runs the new york s.p.c.a.ning mostly on volunteers. >> i don't know how they can put their head on their pillow knowing there are so many animals out here. >> o'donnell: how is the a.s.p.c.a. responding? >> reporter: they declined the question for an interview. they said 84% of a.s.p.c.a. donors also donated to a local animal charity, but what that survey did not ask was if people understood that local organizations with s.p.c.a. in their name is not in any way affiliated with the national a.s.p.c.a.. >> o'donnell: jim axelrod with our investigation tonight. thank you. much more ahead. headache in the sky. what caused hundreds of flights to be grounded. and comedienne kathy griffin reveals a serious health scare. and breaking news in the divorce of bill and melinda gates. and breaking news in the divorce of bill and melinda gates. so now we use our swiffer sweeper and dusters. the fluffy fibers? they pick up dust easily. grabbing it in all those hard-to-reach places. gotcha!!! and for our floors, sweeper's tex

if you have no business around here, get out, that's the advice this 63-year-old gary rogers from louisianagave his fellow residents just hours before hurricane ida hit his town. rodgers said, he expects the storm to be the worst one yet to hit the parish. and he was probably right. i had a hit homo with sustained winds of 150 miles per hour, leaving a terrible path of damage in the area. despite a mandatory evacuation order in, place rogers went against his own advice and stayed home. he's riding out the storm on his 47 football, and he's joining us now live from louisiana. mr. rogers thank you for joining, us first the obvious question, how are you? >> fine, much better than we were today. tell us about the storm and tell us, did it hit is hard you had anticipated it might? >> i didn't think it was going to be this bed, i don't even know what to call it, it was a monster. it's absolute detached devastation in south louisiana. >> have you been able to see? much would've been able to see? how can you assess the damage? >> the wind is still kind of low in about 30, but from what i'm seeing,

. >> reporter: gary rogers can tell you where donations to the aspca are not going. >> i don't know howlow at night knowing that there are so many animals out here that that money could be used for for other things. we save thereof lives. >> reporter: president of the nassau charity that fosters animals, investigates abuse, and rescues animals in danger. >> one of the major problems that most spcas have is that the aspca does not fund these agencies. >> reporter: wait, the aspca doesn't fund you at all? >> no. we receive no money at all. >> reporter: we spoke to more than two dozen local spcas across the country. a few had received grants worth a few thousand dollars from the aspca which they had to apply for. most, like sullivan and houston, and rogers in nassau county, had received nothing. >> no spca across the country is part of the aspca. >> reporter: i would think a lot of animal lovers, pet lovers would assume the aspca is some sort of umbrella organization. >> no, they're not. they're absolutely not even close to it. >> reporter: in 2019, the aspca took in nearly $280 million. t

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