my district was one of the hardest hit by hurricane sandy. we experienced firsthand how many bad contractors were really hired and how they totally failed the great people of staten island, south brooklyn and new york city. misinformation led to absolute chaos in the days after the storm. contractors on the ground kept changing the rules. victims while losing their paperwork over and over again were overpaid and people got rich. believe it or not my district office still has active cases during this recovery. you all and i don't want to be redundant because we are all here with the shared interest to fix something. sir, you said something that intrigued me, you said basically congress can't give you any additional authority. you are good to go. my question is simple. are we? in the event the next superstore or next hurricane is coming you said you learned lessons from the past. when another natural disaster hits my community or any of hours our communities will fema be there to get the job done? what else can we do to ensure that is the case?

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language,, last thursday, everyone agreed to just past the bill.disaster aid who went friend through hurricane sandy- the federal flood insurance program said they weren't responsible, even though the family had to flee their home. they said it wasn't due to flood, it was due to wind. the insurance company wouldn't pay because they said it was due to flood and wasn't covered by property insurance. she had to borrow what money she 401(k) and take on credit card debt. the home was worth far less than her mortgage. that drove her into bankruptcy and ruined their lives. someone should look at the federal flood insurance program. whenever you have two insurance companies, they point the finger at each other. it was so devastating for my friend. host: jennifer shutt? guest: this is one of the issues congress does regularly look at. was a two-weeks extension for the national flood insurance program. biggerll need to do a reauthorization. solution is to probably call your congressperson, your senators. there are people in those offices designed to do constituent service. they may be able to help with that.

highway in lower manhattan 2 years before hurricane sandy. back then i didn't really have a clear picture of. you were just a pair of little bits on a future shoreline. an old photograph is a surprisingly fragile trance and think. only a thin layer of silver metal in gelatin or a white one a base made of old rocks. such humble beginnings for something so precious. over the years left over chemicals acid and humidity can attack the image and yellows and fades. until eventually it vanishes altogether. i had a ragged out. i'm full of them images of people i'd never met all slowly decaying away. but i managed to stop that last. restore the faded images and even to put names to faces. this is my great grandfather. and this is my grandmother with her child my father. and this is me your great grandfather. this is your great grandmother one. of these boys are your great uncle simon and your grandfather ventured. and here is your grandfather with his grandmother. on and. right now the idea of being a grandfather couldn't be further from benches mind.

hurricane season. meg oliver in an area hit hard by super storm sandy. meg, what's the concern? >> reporter: when that monster storm came barrelling along this new jersey coastline, people had time to prepare thanks to early warnings made possible by weather satellites. coming up on ctm, why the government agency noaa is concerned cell phone upgrades could interfere with that technology. chnology. >> announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by toyota. let's go places. son so much fun. like go biking... ...mother's day... ...glamping... ...graduations... ...music festivals... ...motocross... ...ziplining... what makes an amazing deal even better? how about that every new toyota comes with toyotacare, a two-year or 25,000 mile no-cost maintenance plan and roadside assistance? your summer starts here. toyota. let's go places. but we're also a company that controls hiv, fights cancer, repairs shattered bones, relieves depression, restores heart rhythms, helps you back from strokes, and keeps you healthy your whole life. from the day you're born we never stop taking ca

we survived hurricane sandy, certainly. to see tornadoes in the area is pretty rare. have the threat again today. we had tornado reports across the mid atlantic and the northeast and across the plains states. in and around kansas city, they had a large wedge tornado. thankfully, did not go through the city proper but certainly outside of the city limits we saw damage and he destruction. we do have severe thunderstorm watches issued for parts of texas, through oklahoma and arkansas and i know we're talking about the tornado threat but the flooding threat is going to be dire in some of these areas, the arkansas river, mississippi river valley, the missouri river valley. so another day of severe storms including large hail, damaging winds, tornadoes. >>> but the flooding is going to be a huge concern, not only today but the next couple weeks as all of that water has to go downstream. we're talking about flood numbers, close to the great flood in the 1900s. this is a big deal, something we'll be watching over the next several weeks. cheryl: thank you so much. lauren: on w

and it was ravaged by hurricane sandy. what the climate crisis is going to do, what it is already doing to communities like mine all across this planet. and when a senate minority leader refuses to cosponsor the only plan on the table that is going to address the crisis at the scale that science and justice demands, then that is unacceptable. i will not stand for it, and neither should you. amy: and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. venezuelan president nicolas maduro is claiming to have defeated a coup attempt launched by opposition leader, juan guaido, the president of the venezuelan national assembly. on tuesday morning, guaido appepeared in an onlinine video, standing among heavily armed soldiers, calling for the mimitary to back what he cleled the fifinal phase of an effort o topple madaduro's government. guaido appeared alongside leopopoldo lopez, a longtime opposition leader, who was reportedly released from house arrest by renegade

as a company that survived hurricane sandy in 2012, the tariffs last year, which not only increased ourstically, but we also suffered from, you know, a source of lack of supply that one can only anticipate what a tremendous impact this is going to be. not only on us but other u.s. manufacturers. whether it's car or aircraft or whether it's medical devices or anything else. >> you heard the president there, and this is something he's claimed many times before. that fine, we don't have to do business with china. we can pak all this stuff again from high end to low end. is that true? all of a sudden, we would make the iphones. we would -- american companies would stitch the shirts, et cetera? >> that's absolutely not true because we're uniquely an american manufacturer. we make product, bought lot of product is actually made in china. so in our space, we rely on china for equipment. we rely on china for raw materials. and i think the biggest hit from the tariffs last year for us, as i said, was not so much the cost, which is obviously a major factor, but the lack of supply. and i think the

extremely devastatedmmer that crops in 2012 to the prolonged california dropped to the flooding of hurricane sandy and the record-setting rainfall delivered to houston by hurricane harvey. in the aftermath of these extremes, we are seeing inspiring examples of how communities, state and local government can work together to build climate resilience. in california, the state climate effort offered a roadmap that mitigates litigation, and a path to remedy injustice. in california and across the country, we're seeing examples of how to simultaneously reduce greenhouse gas emissions, sustain economic growth, address environmental injustice, and address climate resilience. committee for working to create a climate-resilient america, and i am happy to answer any questions. rep. castor: thank you for a much. dr. cleetus, you are recognized for five minutes. eucom that morning, and thank you, chairwoman kaster, ranking member graves, -- dr. cleetus: good morning, and thank you, chairwoman castor, ranking member graves. i would like to start with research last year on the impact of flooding on postal prope

the midwest in 2012 to the pro longed california drought, to the storm surge flooding during hurricane sandy and the record setting rainfall delivered to houston by hurricane harvey. in the aftermath of these extremes, we are seeing inspiring examples of how communities, companies and state and local governments can work together to build climate resilience. in california, the state's climate efforts offered a road map that integrated mitigation adaptation and quote an basingle remedy to remedying past injustice. in california and across the country we are seeing examples of how to simultaneously reduce greenhouse gas emissions, sustain economic growth, address environmental injustice, and invest in climate resilience for all citizens. i applaud the committee for working to create a climate resilient america and happy to answer any questions. >> thank you very much. dr. cleetus you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. good morning and thank you, chairwoman caster. ranking members graves and members of the select committee. thank you for providing me the opportunity to testify here

chip served with ted cruz who made a name for himself in holding up hurricane sandy relief.omplish. this has already been delayed months. it's going to pass when the house comes back in a week, but why do this if that's going to be the end game, anyway? >> this is what's frustrating about running in washington right now. this is the sort of pointless stunt. is he wrong on some of these things? no. there should be more funding for border security. this should have gone through a regular procedure in the house. but it won't make any difference whatsoever. this package will pass the house when they come back after the memorial day recess, so all this accomplished was bringing more attention to the congressman. i imagine it helped his campaign fundraising and delayed hurricane relief for people across the united states. >> and let's not forget included in that is puerto rico where they are american citizens and they've been waiting for more than a year for all this. >>> when we return, what to watch for in the week ahead. for. fisher investments tailors portfolios to your goals

what we did, we worried about puerto rico but chuck schumer complained with sandy when hurricane sandymoney and took 74 days. we're 211 days and it is one person. the president is trying to get this done. it is chuck schumer. everybody ought to call him and say why don't you care. >> julie: let's switch gears here. you have said the u.s. should consider a naval blockade on cuba to enforce oil sanctions because the sanctions are meant to block the flow of oil. would the blockade stem the oil between venezuela and cuba. >> absolutely. let's all understand what's going on. this is manmade, this disaster is manmade by maduro and the cuban thugs and russia and china and iran and hezbollah. but the biggest player here is cuba. but they killing -- maduro is killing his citizens. i was to the border of venezuela two weeks ago. the stories are devastating. moms with three little kids get one meal a day sleeping on the street because they don't have a job and no money. cuba is the one supporting maduro. his military is not supporting him right now. we have to stop the flow of oil. how can we do

language,, last thursday, everyone agreed to just past the bill.disaster aid who went friend through hurricane sandy- the federal flood insurance program said they weren't responsible, even though the family had to flee their home. they said it wasn't due to flood, it was due to wind. the insurance company wouldn't pay because they said it was due to flood and wasn't covered by property insurance. she had to borrow what money she 401(k) and take on credit card debt. the home was worth far less than her mortgage. that drove her into bankruptcy and ruined their lives. someone should look at the federal flood insurance program. whenever you have two insurance companies, they point the finger at each other. it was so devastating for my friend. host: jennifer shutt? guest: this is one of the issues congress does regularly look at. was a two-weeks extension for the national flood insurance program. biggerll need to do a reauthorization. solution is to probably call your congressperson, your senators. there are people in those offices designed to do constituent service. they may be able to help with that.