hit new jersey but spit despite it was the second most it's truthful storm in history trailing katrina sandy caused more than $68 billion in damage and it happened in new york state it happened in the real estate to our bridges and tunnels and roads all things were flooded with significant damage. the energy infrastructure was seriously damaged being e merged in seawater. thank fully we've landowner a lot sandy's 14 foot storm surge we talk about this is a storm surge of 14 feet 2 feet higher than any in the history. that's why the electrical system was flooded and the brooklyn tunnel was flood and lower manhattan and queens were completely underwater we took away many, many lessons i have to give and the gentleman is going to be surprised i want to thank governor cuomo i said it he really, really jumped 0 into action and not only responded to the storm in a significant way but afterward looked at our energy infrastructure and made some critical changes to it but the bottom line is what happened it in new york at least we're getting hundred year storms every two years; right? so we have to c

hit new jersey but spit despite it was the second most it's truthful storm in history trailing katrina sandy caused more than $68 billion in damage and it happened in new york state it happened in the real estate to our bridges and tunnels and roads all things were flooded with significant damage. the energy infrastructure was seriously damaged being e merged in seawater. thank fully we've landowner a lot sandy's 14 foot storm surge we talk about this is a storm surge of 14 feet 2 feet higher than any in the history. that's why the electrical system was flooded and the brooklyn tunnel was flood and lower manhattan and queens were completely underwater we took away many, many lessons i have to give and the gentleman is going to be surprised i want to thank governor cuomo i said it

katrina. it took them longer for sandy. sistance is vital, having worked closely with them in 9/11, katrina and sandy, i can see a professionalism evolving. in fact i was in their offices just last week on unmet needs of some of my constituents who are still suffering from sandy. but obviously this has not evolved into a sandy-type situation and hopefully it won't. >> at this point there's no reason to think that it will. just really how do they determine how much money is doled out? is that just -- >> congress, congress. congress votes for it. the president and congress agree. the various areas submit their unmet needs, their challenges to congress, and it's reviewed and goes through committee. it goes to the floor and is voted on. >> let's pivot and talk about the economy. of course the jobs numbers. >> good news. happy birthday, america. some good news, finally. >> unemployment rate ticked down to 6.1. 288,000 total jobs added. in fact the april and may numbers were also revised upwards as well. that's the lowest unemploy

after hurricane sandy, katrina, as i mentioned, and in the philippines, most recently. >> the players are also partnering with physicians for peace. >> it is an organization that operates under the montra of teach one heal many. we sends medical professionals to the fields to train, support and empower, health care workers with the worlds' under served population. >> trust giving tens of thousands of dollars to help with relief efforts in several nations, including the dominican republic. >> players want to be able to give back to the communities where they grew up. in the the dominican republic home to many baseball players. >> rehabilitation care, with a.m. too tees -- amputees, not something just one time occurrence. that's why we like to train the local professionals in the countries to make sure that they can see and help those patients even after the influence is gone. >> players and physicians for peace have been working together since haiti, to finds out more about their effort, go to players trust.org. >>> in los angeles, adam housley, fox news. >>> well, it is not your ordin

katrina. before that, hurricane sandy's aftermath. before that, the gulf oil spill. then it was h1n1 flu. the for the hood shootings. earthquake in haiti. chicago housing policies. financial crisis. benghazi. irs. now the border crisis. all comparing to katrina. this is going to be president obama's katrina. i'm just wondering, what is it the president's katrina, according to the right? >> i i just had a hip replacement. so that's the president's katrina, my new hip. >> do you have video of the meeting taking place with president obama and some of the leaders down in the -- >> they know bush blew it during katrina. we know that. we know lives were lost. you were there. i was there. we know that people were dying in the superdome. this has nothing to do with katrina. this is nothing more than to reflect, simply deflect anything that happens, it is katrina because bush blew it and they want it make the president look like he did it. >> the president is -- he is dealing with a humanitarian crisis and humanitarian mission to help, do the right thing and help these children. that's exactly wha

the underlying legislation was used in the recoveries from hurricanes katrina and sandy and used to get new body armor in a hurry for troops in iraq and afghanistan when supplies ran dangerously low. shortly after the outbreak of the korean war was when congress first enacted the defense production act which we call the d.p.a., granting the president broad powers to access prompt, adequate and uninterrupted supplies of industrial resources to satisfy national security needs. during that war, the d.p.a. was used to establish a robust national defense infrastructure which later provided the u.s. strength in ensuring -- in the ensuing cold war. since then, the d.p.a. has been used only sparingly in recent years, congress expanded the executive's use of the d.p.a. to include the protection of critical infrastructure and needs arising from civil emergencies such as hurricanes in addition to its defense purposes. when it was enacted, the d.p.a. consisted of seven titles, including some controversial wage and price controls. as the korean war wound down, four of those titles were allowed to ex

. >> in this day of post-katrina, post-irene, post-sandy, people are sensitive when it comes time to hurricane season. how well were people there in pamlico county able to prepare for this storm? >> i think people here were very prepared. irene taught us a big lesson in 2011. we took a severe hit. we did have one of our county shelters open and we sheltered about 50 folks and 10 animals last night for the duration of the event. >> talk to me about fourth of july celebrations. i'm sure you had a lot of adjustments and postponements and cancellations had to be made. >> everything is back on schedule here locally. we have a couple local events going on in our surrounding counties also have some events. we've had to move fireworks around but the show will go on. >> minimal cleanup for you all and a matter of get something power back on. so you all can be safe as you do it. happy fourth of july. we appreciate your spending this afternoon with us here filling us in. >> you, too. have a good weekend. >> you, too. >>> as arthur moves on away from north carolina, the northeast is bracing for

and is an america that wasn't ready for katrina, wasn't ready for sandy going to be ready next time? we're just learning this moment that president obama has been briefed on the storm. will that conversation turn to long-term preparedness? let's go to an expert on survivalism on this. he's a man who has his flashlights charged, his zombie ax is ready. ayton edwards from the national preparedness network. a big advocate for greater infrastructure for preparedness for storms to come. if any part of the country is braced and ready, it has to be the outer banks. they are pros at this. >> it has to do with the individuals. one of the things people do and they tend to do this all the time is they rely on government to be this all-powerful, i don't know, like father/mother figure that's going to come in and rescue them when in raelts you're kind of on your own. so many people spread over so large an area that there's really no way that the responding mechanisms can get to everyone when a ka catastrophy happens. they are their first responder. and that's what people have to learn. >> that's

whether hurricane sandy relief. whether katrina relief, anything else. people are not good people designated for people that need it and take it for themselves because of greed. those people should be severely punished. >> this is signature legislation. >> i agree. >> you're releasing a law and a website that wasn't ready for prime time, verification process is obviously all messed up, what happens to the people that are getting subsidies that shouldn't get subsidies? this is enormous mess. >> this fault picture and broaden it out to the two court rulings yesterday, one says the government can subsidize health insurance. the other says we can't. we have dual rulings. your take on that? >> 30 seconds or less what is going to happen is what is going to happen is the court in washington, that ruled it illegal. >> yeah. >> government, obama is going to ask for not three judges but all the judges on the court to rule which could be in his favor because they're mostly democratic judges. if they agree with the richmond court, then the supreme court will not hea

everybody is sensitive in the world post sandy and irene and katrina. how did everybody do? >> our responders were outstanding. we were ramped up early. irene battered us here. we learned a lot of lessons. we put it in motion. everything was handled accordingly. no injuries and everybody went home safe. >> you're referencing the past with irene. we are deep in to the summer season with the fourth of july and a lot of tourism expected. talk about the impact of the storm on north carolina's tourism business. >> the impact here we had quite a few folks in town for local celebrations. we also have two large camps here. they evacuated about 1600 children yesterday. all went off without a hitch. the tourism is picking up today. in hopes our celebrations will continue without any problems. >> all right. and sir, as far as your plans, all things considering. you said it was a success this time around with lessons learned. how are you going to be celebrating today, sir? we'll probably be cleaning up our debris. we worked all day yesterday and last night. we were able to let our staff

superstorm sandy, industry average loss 2.3%. katrina industry loss 18.1%, they had a surplus 1%.n has gotten better, there have been no major casualties or calamities, management posted result that beat the street by 3%, 4%, 10%, more recently 27%. the street is looking for $3.87. here's the thing that people watching the show are going to like. you want to sleep at night? this stock is changing hands one times book, a p/e ratio of 12. recent management hiked the dividends, 44 cents to hide out if that's what you want to do. if history is an education, you get paid bigtime with this. kate what do you think? >> i like that they are making money when competitors are losing money. that's a good sign. >> sleep at night? i don't sleep now. this is a snoozer. if you want to be defensive, kate, you hit it on the head, if you want to invest in insurance company, this is the company you should go with. charles: hitha, people structuring their portfolio, listen, there was one reason i gave a very high volatile big risk idea and then tried to counterbalance it with something that might be j

-- are sorry that some intercessions had to leave it, but hurricane katrina and 05 cost taxpayers one never 25 billion piperidine sandy, has center sanders said, cost $60 million. no, i think this whole country live through those disasters. we want to mitigate those disasters in prison and his what your rule is about where precisely, i want to make a point. my colleagues, want to make a point. my colleagues, want to make a point. this is my porridge, and i think it gets overlooked my colleagues are certain informed on this. i just think this is one other huge piece of deprivation that is rather new to the debate. under this proposal and 2030 air pollution benefits, the other pollution benefits will total $62 billion per year. what does that mean? reduction of particular matter, 50,000-ton reduction direction of sulfur dioxide, 425,000-ton reduction. nitrogen dioxide, 410,000 reduction. this is huge, and this speaks to the issue is senator white house put to, that we can move to clean energy or clean up the energy we have, which i believe is possible. and save our kids, some of the families, save our health, premature

that's why you go to hurricane disaster zones like sandy, he noted, like bush was criticized for katrinaent should be going to the border. >> toy plant part of rick perry conversation with peter last night to that very point. >> you can pick up the phone to the dod and have 1,000 national guard troops temporarily assigned to the border and the message gets sent to central america very quickly. that's what i think -- if the president is serious about addressing this issue if the president is serious about border security, he can pick up the phone and have it started tomorrow with the dod. >> jean, did the white house underestimate this issue? it seems as though they are always reacting to the v.a., to this crisis, to that crisis, rather than anticipating that this was developing along the border. >> yes, they are reactive and that's one of the reasons i think that the president didn't go down to the border is because it would draw a whole lot more attention to in problem that they have got down there. of course you have senator menendez on who was saying the system is working because wire

katrina. the financial crisis. the swine flu, the underwear bomber, haiti earthquake. the bp oil spill, hurricane sandy, and the irs scand scandals. the obamacare rollout, and finally, now, i can add to the list the border crisis. >> and the auto bailout. that was obama's katrina. >> and the other part of this. i'm glad you brought up the katrina part. it's picking up some steam with regards to the specific crisis. we heard from the congressman on the broadcast yesterday. and we also heard from a congressman last night. how is it the president can go and be 230 miles away from this and not show his face? is that the reason? is the white house in the back -- are they saying in meetings, you know, we can't go because we remember hurricane katrina. we know the optics there. is it knowing that? >> i don't think so. i think there's a lot of optics here. i think the president, you know, nobody wants to have the president. the president is not going to be pushed by people to show up somewhere again just for political theater. i think, you know, being in control or dealing with the crisis does not mean standin

-- are sorry that some intercessions had to leave it, but hurricane katrina and 05 cost taxpayers one never 25 billion piperidine sandyas center sanders said, cost $60 million. no, i think this whole country live through those disasters. we want to mitigate those disasters in prison and his what your rule is about where precisely, i want to make a point. my colleagues, want to make a point. my colleagues, want to make a point. this is my porridge, and i think it gets overlooked my colleagues are certain informed on this. i just think this is one other huge piece of deprivation that is rather new to the debate. under this proposal and 2030 air pollution benefits, the other pollution benefits will total $62 billion per year. what does that mean? reduction of particular matter, 50,000-ton reduction direction of sulfur dioxide, 425,000-ton reduction. nitrogen dioxide, 410,000 reduction. this is huge, and this speaks to the issue is senator white house put to, that we can move to clean energy or clean up the energy we have, which i believe is possible. and save our kids, some of the families, save our health, premature dea

like to note i'm sorry senator sessions had to leave, that hurricane katrina in 2005 cost taxpayers $125 billion and hurricane sandy as senator sanders has said cost $60 billion. now, i think this whole country lived through those disasters and we want to mitigate those disasters. and that's what your rule is all about. lastly, i want to make a point for my colleagues -- my colleagues, i want to make a point. this is my point. and i think this gets overlooked and i want it because my colleagues are so informed on this. i just think this is one other huge piece of information that is rather new to the debate. der this proposal in 30e air pollution benefits not carbon put that aside. the other pollution benefits will total $62 billion per year. what does that mean? reduction of plat matter, 50,000 ton rematter. reduction of sulfur dioxide. nite jen dioxide, 410,000 reduction. this is huge. and this speaks to the issue that senator white house spoke to that we can move to clean energy or clean up the energy we have which i believe is possible, and save our kids, save our families, save our health, premature death, ast

katrina a photo-op? i wonder if you criticized george bush when he flew over connecticut? was sandy a photo-op? he doesn't care because -- i am not trying to put you down. >> late for that. >> but a true liberal does not a true progressive -- >> let's move to the next topic. i want to give you a chance. president obama proclaiming status quo during an appearance in texas accusing critics of standing in the way of ideas to strengthen the middle class. president urging americans not to let washington cynicism discourage them from letting their voices be heard. >> there are plenty of people who count on you getting cynical and count on you not getting involved. so you don't vote. so you give up. you can't give into that. america is making progress despite what the cynics say. >> does he have a point because a lot of people have cynicism about congress based on the quote i just read from peggy noonan. >> peggy noonan has her own point of view. congress has a 16% approval rating. president is in the 40s. so you want to tell who is doing worse in terms of public perception. you're nodding your head t

that hurricane katrina in '05, cost taxpayers $125 billion. and hurricane sandy cost 60 billion dlars. i think this whole country lived through those disasters. and we want to mitt gait mitiga disasters. lastly, my colleagues, i want to make a point. my colleagues,i want to make a point. colleagues, want to make a point. this is my point. i want it because my colleagues are so informed on this. i just think this is one other huge piece of information that's rather new to the debate. under this proposal, in 2030, air pollution benefits will total $62 billion per year. what does that mean, reduction of particlat matter. reduction of sulfur dioxide, 425,000 ton reduction. nitrogen dioxide. 410,000 reduction. this is huge. and this speaks to the issue that senator white house spoke to. that we can move to clean energy or clean up the energy we have, which i believe is position. and save our kids. missed work, missed school. so i want to say, administrator mccarthy, i can't tell you how much i appreciate you're taking this job. as one who kind of sug jesed it. one of

like to note, i'm sorry, senator sessions had to leave, that hurricane katrina in '05 cost taxpayers $125 billion and hurricane sandy as senator sanders as senator sanders has said, cost $60 billion. now i think this whole country lived through those disasters. and we want to mitigate those disasters. and that's what your rule is all about. lastly, i want to make a point for my colleagues. my colleagues. i want to make a point. my colleagues, i want to make a point. this is my point, and i think this gets overlooked. and you want it, because my colleagues are so informed on this. i just think this is one other huge piece of information that's rather new to the debate. under this proposal, in 2030 air pollution benefits -- not carbon -- put that aside -- the other benefits will total $62 billion per year. what does that mean? reduction of particulate matter. nitrogen dioxide, 410,000 reduction. this is huge. and this speaks to the issue that senator white house spoke to, that we can move to clean energy or clean up the energy we have, which i believe is possible. and save our kids, save our families, save our health,

sandy. he's not doing that. to me it's politics. >> photo speaks 1,000 words. look at what president bush -- remember this photo from hurricane katrina. he was flying over what was happening at the time. there's the photo right there. >> he wasn't heading to a big high priced fund-raiser like the president is this time. >> that's why the president is going to texas. is it kind of a lose-lose situation for president obama because there may be a photo like that as he's flying over texas tomorrow. is that worse than actually going to the border and then so-called owning the situation or crisis? >> i think what matters more is whether or not this thing gets fixed. where we are two months from now will determine whether or not this was a mistake. i don't think anyone will talk about this border trip. what the american people want is this crisis fixed. administration stepped up today. they made it clear that congress has to do their part. let's be hopeful that both sides can work together to bring this crisis to an end. >> we'll see. speaker boehner has not committed to signing off on those funds. all right. want to switch gears to this. s

superstorm sandy caused widespread destruction and death along the eastern seaboard, and it was not so long ago that hurricane katrina devastated the gulf coast. we cannot stop these windstorms but we must make sure our communities have the tools they need to prepare and respond to and recover from these disasters. h.r. 1786 re-authorizes nwir, an important program that helps several agencies and communities to develop and implement new building codes to minimize the loss of life and property during windstorms and to reveal effectively and safely after such storms. i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support he important bill. i also want to thank mr. bucshon and mr. peters for introducing h.r. 5056, the research and development efficiency act. i think we can all agree that when federally funded researchers are spending more than 40% of their time on administrative burdens rather than doing science we are not getting the most we can out of our investments in r&d. while we must continue to prioritize both safety and accountability in federally funded research, we should not be creating piles of unnecess