and we're joined on the phone by rear admiral peter brown. admiral good morning.hat are you dealing with and what are your concerns? >> good morning. and thank you for having me on the show and give an opportunity to explain how the entire coat the storm. i'm in charge of what covers south carolina, georgia and most of florida, the area under the direct impact of hurricane irma right now. for the past several days we've been repositioning and protecting our people, and our operational assets, our airplanes, our small boats. and mostly, we've taken them to shelter outside the threat area of hurricane irma. and we've positioned them and readied them, to be able to respond to our top priorities which are life-saving search and rescue operations. and then restoring the ports, especially the fuel critical ports of ft. lauderdale and tampa. >> you know, obviously when a storm passes through, it's not like someone flips a switch and the seas calm down and the water waves calm down. how quickly after irma goes through, admiral, do you think you'll be able to get those res

with me is rear admiral peter brown one of the coast guard members who's in charge of this entire recovery operation for puerto rico and the virgin islands. what is the number one need right now, sir? >> thank you, poppy, for having me on your show and the opportunity to talk about what the coast guard did to prepare and what we're doing now to respond to the storm. so the coast guard's primary responsibility is for life-saving search and rescue operations. and so before the storm, we sheltered in place some of our assets, our small boats and our helicopters, those helicopters stayed at our air station on the west coast of puerto rico, and some of those helicopters will be in the air right now going out toward the eastern side of puerto rico and the virgin islands where we've already had a couple search and rescue calls to begin to work those cases. we expect that there will be more requests for life-saving search and rescue assistance and we actually have more aircraft coming. we staged six wing aircraft at the naval station guantanamo bay, cuba, and we also have our coast guard cutters,

and we're joined on the phone by rear admiral peter brown. admiral good morning.hat are you dealing with and what are your concerns? >> good morning. and thank you for having me on the show and give an opportunity to explain how the entire coat guard is preparing to respond to the storm. i'm in charge of what covers south carolina, georgia and most of florida, the area under the direct impact of hurricane irma right now. for the past several days we've been repositioning and protecting our people, and our operational assets, our airplanes, our small boats. and mostly, we've taken them to shelter outside the threat area of hurricane irma. and we've positioned them and readied them, to be able to respond to our top priorities which are life-saving search and rescue operations. and then restoring the ports, especially the fuel critical ports of ft. lauderdale and tampa. >> you know, obviously when a storm passes through, it's not like someone flips a switch and the seas calm down and the water waves calm down. how quickly after irma goes through, admiral, do you thin

want to talk to peter brown, a commander with the u.s. coast guard.ommander brown, thank you for joining us. you are in orlando but staging a response for the entire region. >> that's correct, george. thank you for giving me the opportunity to explain how the entire coast guard not just my command in the 7th district is preparing for the storm. my command is normally located in miami but over the past few days we relocated our people and assets out of the storm's path, out of miami and the keys and tampa, st. pete area. and along with the rest of the coast guard we repositioned those assets outside of the storm's path in places in alabama, georgia, south carolina and north carolina. helicopters, boats, coast guard cutters and people across the country ready to respond to our top priority, saving lives and reopening the ports of south florida. >> right now you're prepared to deploy across the region. you have already had to work on the situation in puerto rico and south. >> that's right. my district is also responsible for coast guard operations in pue

joining me on the phone now is rear admaterial peter brown of the atlanta coast guard.he coast guard conducted a very thorough search of the area just to make sure everything was safe. what types of things were you looking for? >> well, don, thank you for the opportunity to come back to your show and explain how the united states coast guard has responded to the multiple impacts of hurricane irma in the united states. with regard to the port reopening specifically, the coast guard together with the army corp of engineers and national geographic and atmospheric association and pilot association worked to review the aspects. one of them was navigation, and the other was to make sure there was no under water debris obstructing the channel in anyway. and the third one was to make sure there's been no shoaling, no shipping of sand or water sediment that would reduce the ships navigating. and then as you stated for the port of tampa, everglades, fort lauderdale, and for port canaveral in florida, today all those ports will reopen with some restrictions but allow the free flow

powerful storm was going to stay in florida in the coming days so i want to check in with admiral peter brownn miami. he joins us by phone as well. admiral thank so much for joining us. what is the coast guard doing right now to prepare for this hurricane? >> thank you, don for the opportunity to explain what the united states coast guard is doing. i'd add that being responsible for florida i'm also responsible for the operations in puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands dealing with the storm. we have hundreds of people in puerto rico right now who are hunkered down as others are. we are ready to be able to respond as soon as the sun comes up tomorrow. we have health continues that will remain in puerto rico to be able to provide rescue as needed. >> so, my question is how are you protecting that rescue fleet right now in. >> our helicopters are on a reinforced concrete hanger in a southwest corner of puerto rico which was only brushed by tro tropical storm region during the storm. ships sailed out of the way of the storm and to the south. as soon as the seas allow us to return we'll be mov

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want to talk to rear admiral peter brown. guard. thank you for joining us. you're in orlando.ntire region. >> that's correct, george. thank you for giving me the opportunity to explain how the entire coast guard, not just my command, the seventh district is preparing if for storm. over the past few days, we have relocated our people and assets out of miami. out of the storm's path. and the tampa-st. pete area. we repositioned the assets outside of the storm's path. in places in alabama, georgia, south carolina, and north carolina. helicopters, boats, coast guard cutters. and people. from across the country. who are ready to respond to our top priority, savoring lives and reopening the ports of south florida. >> right now, you're prepared to deployregion. you have already worked in puerto rico and south. >> that's rit. for coast guard operations in puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands. those response operations have been going on for several days now. we have been able to reopen the ports in san juan and others. working diligently to get the ports in st. thomas and st. john

perfect sense because irma is expected to hit florida in less than 48 hours, joining us now is peter brown, commander the seventh coast guard district. tell under the circumstances where we find you at this 0 hour and hower' preparing. >> good morning, alisyn. thanks for the opportunity to explain what the coast guard is doing to prepare for the storm. also how we're responding to the storm in puerto rico and u.s. virgin islands. this is part of the seventh's area of responsibility. with regard to puerto rico and virgin islands, the storm passed to their north on wednesday doing significant damage in st. thomas and st. john and virgin islands and affecting puerto rico primarily with wind and rain, and we've been very fortunate there that we've been able to reopen the ports of san juan and several other significant ports in puerto rico and reestablish ferry service within puerto rico and its neighboring islands which will allow first responders to get to where they're needed most which will be the islands of st. thomas, and st. john. and part of puerto rico. yesterday we had helicopters in

want to talk to rear admiral peter brown. a commander with the u.s. coast guard. orlando. you're staging a response for the entire region. >> that's correct, george. thank you for giving me the opportunity to explain how the entire coast guard, not just my command, the seventh district is preparing if for storm. over the past few days, we have relocated our people and assets out of miami. out of the storm's path. and the tampa-st. pete area. we repositioned the assets outside of the storm's path. in places in alabama, georgia, south carolina, and north carolina. helicopters, boats, coast guard cutters. and people. from across the country. who are ready to respond to our top priority, savoring lives and reopening the ports of south florida. >> right now, you're prepared to deployregion. you have already worked in puerto rico and south. >> that's right. my district is also responsible for coast guard operations in puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands. those response operations have been going on for several days now. we have been able to reopen the ports in san j

joining us is it peter brown, u.s.istrict seventh coast guard commander. >> thank you for inviting me to explain how the coast guard prepares to end and response to hurricanes. >> heather: tell us what you are doing right now. >> my district include south carolina, florida, georgia, and the u.s. virgin islands. puerto rico and the virgin islands, the hurricane has already passed and we've already had helicopters in the air and boats in the water performing search and rescue where needed and to reopen the economically vital ports in puerto rico and the virgin islands because they are critical for commodities and people moving around in those islands. in florida, particularly in the keys and the miami area, we've been moving people out of harm's way, heating the evacuation orders given by local leaders. getting those assets and people out of harm's way and repositioning them in a way we can respond to the storm as quickly as possible afterwards. particularly in the cases of tampa and the florida everglades, restoring tho

the powerful storm was going to slam florida in the coming days with, so i want to check in with peter brown, the commander of the seventh coast guard district in miami and he joins us by phone as well. thank you so much for joining us. what is the coast guard doing right now to prepare for this hurricane? >> thank you, don, for the opportunity to explain what your united states coast guard is doing. and i would add that in addition to being responsible for florida, i'm also responsible for coast guard operations in puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands where we're dealing with the onset of the storm. we have several hundred people in puerto rico right now who are h hunkers down as others are. we're working to respond as soon as the sun comes up tomorrow. we have a number of helicopters that remained in puerto rico to provide live search and rescue. >> how are you protecting that rescue fleet right now? >> the helicopters are in a reinforced concrete hangar on the northwest corner of puerto rico which was only brushed by the tropical storm force winds. the cutter fleet, the ships based in

we anticipated some of that but let's talk now with the coast guard admiral peter brown. he had a coast guard operation for florida, south carolina, georgia, puerto rico, the us virgin islands and, if you're with us, i have a lot to ask you. i will jump right in. >> thank you, harris, for the opportunity. we appreciate your time. we know you're busy. i want to get an idea of what kind of assets you have in place and where you are right now and how long after the storm is out that you anticipate that you can get in to help people. >> that is a great question. as you correctly described earlier, the storm is so big and it goes across the entire state for her claim force winds we've actually had to take most of our assets out of florida so our patrol votes in the caribbean sea are far away from the wind and waves associated with the hurricane and even our aircraft that we normally based in miami and clearwater -- we have had to take them out of state to georgia and alabama for shelter and safety. we will plan on returning those aircraft to board as quickly as we can after th

want to talk to peter brown, a commander with the u.s. coast guard.k you for joining us. you are in orlando but staging a response for the entire region. >> that's correct, george. thank you for giving me the opportunity to explain how the entire coast guard not just my command in the 7th district is preparing for the storm. my command is normally located in miami but over the past few days we relocated our people and assets out of the storm's path, out of miami and the keys and tampa, st. pete area. and along with the rest of the coast guard we repositioned those assets outside of the storm's path in places in alabama, georgia, south carolina and north carolina. helicopters, boats, coast guard cutters and people across the country ready to respond to our top priority, saving lives and reopening the ports of south florida. >> right now you're prepared to deploy across the region. you have already had to work on the situation in puerto rico and south. >> that's right. my district is also responsible for coast guard operations in puerto rico and the u.s

joining us now on the phone is admirable peter brown of the u.s.vises coast guard operations in southeastern united states and he joins us on the phone as he is flying now down to puerto rico. nice to talk to you, sir. >> good morning. and thanks for allowing me to talk to you and explain what the coast guard is doing. we are on the way there now with the c-130 aircraft and a number of relief personnel. we are trying to get back to full operating capability. they returned to service and assist the people of puerto rico. it >> leland: right now, admiral, what are the biggest challenges that they face right now? what is their main focus? >> our first priority is always saving lives. rescue operations, like what we saw yesterday, that is priority and it continues to be. at the same time, we are also working hard to restore the ports of puerto rico, critical relief supplies, personnel, fue fuel. the island is completely dependent on water transportation. >> leland: how bad are things right now? communication has been bad for just about everyone, typica

peter brown/u.s.ion guidance given by the governors, the local mayors and other officials and get out of the way, basically to run from the water, the storm surge."the urgency is spurred by the destruction irma has wrought in the carribean.irma shredded buildings, toppled cars, and left streets submerged in water.kristen holmes/miami: "and as hurricane irma heads towards the florida coastline, today is really all about transitioning from business-as-usual to being storm-ready. governor rick scott says that public buildings are all closed to at least monday, now this includes government offices, public schools, public universities, and this is so those areas can be used as either staging areas or shelters. reporting from miami, i'm kristen holmes, now back to you." ( mark ) and take a look at this new image from space... you can see three hurricanes in the atlantic and gulf of mexico. irma is the largest storm in the center of your screen. hurricane jose is the smaller one on the right. it has just bee

peter. trade to the police chief refuses to hold an american flag and the browns came after several playersee during the national anthem preseason. recent statements made by the president of the cleveland police association would believe they are against participating in events with our cleveland browns that leads. this is simply not the viewpoint of all of our officers. these comments come after police and paramedics unions backed out of the ceremony say they don't want any part of a team that disrespect america. we'll talk to the heads of the unions refusing to participate at the 8:00 hour "fox and friends." heather: we want to hear from him. the school apologize to dr. teacher tells students that they can't wear make america great again t-shirt. [inaudible] heather: well, several students and parents complain enough to the video went viral. the cherokee school district in georgia sending out a statement saying the students did nothing wrong and the teacher is the one who lack it inappropriately. todd: let's check in with pete hegseth to see what's coming up in a labor day edition. good m

peter doocy is live in west texas for us. >> there are more than 37,000 people at 270 shelters across texas. 2,000 shelters acrossless. in houston it includes 1,000 at the george r. brown roads were closed. kay bailey centers starting to fill up with residents. fema more than 507,000 people register for disas ter assistance and they have already served 4.7 million meals and 3.4 million liters of water to those desperately in need. coordinating cots for 14,000 people with nowhere else to sleep also finding hotel rooms for almost 15,000 survivors through their transitional shelter assistance program. but, enough evacuees are starting to return home at a mega shelter in san antonee is closed now and few dozen displaced people up there will be staying at middle school for a few weeks. biggest shelter here in harris county where houston is does remain the nrg center. that's where the most resources are going. that's where emergency officials hope to consolidate shelters. a handful of lawmakers, including the house majority leader kevin mccarthy are going to be at the nrg center. the house of representatives at some point in september is expected to vote on the nearly $8 bil

bloc. 277, tester 434, heitkamp 5:4, merkley 660, white house 750, van hollen 756, brown 890, cardin 900. baldwin 904, peters 950, heitkamp 976, cantwell 995, stabenow 1104. white house 1105. harris 1021. sanders 1023. sanders 1023, cantwell 1065. wyden 1088. lee 470, moran 601, portman 712, mccain 874, johnson 879, rawb crow 927, flake 945, more rain 1006, tillis 1031, strange 1034, lankford 1038, scott 1050, pittman 1055, tillis 1063, sullivan 1073, strange 1086, graham 1096, isakson 1032. mr. mccain: mr. president, i ask to add durbin 1100. i intentionally omitted him the first time around in hopes it wouldn't be noticed. the presiding officer: the senator's request is modified. mr. mccain: i ask consent that the numbers at the desk be reflected in the list. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator's request is modified. is there objection to the modified request? without objection. mr. mccain: mr. president, i yield back. i yield back the -- my remaining time. the presiding officer: all postcloture time is expired. the clerk will read the bill for the third time. the clerk: calendar 175, h.r