you had talked about emergency preparedness must start with the community.what are some ways, beyond looking at had to which i thought was an excellent idea that we can involve organizations, i'm thinking of meals on wheels, area agencies on aging that have regular contact with seniors in our communities and would be aware of who would need help or who has housing that might not withstand the blow of a hurricane or storm were a flood. are they involved at your level with the emergency preparedness planning that you do? >> there are a lot of individual programs out there, but again, how do we engage mr. and mrs. jones, mr. and mrs. smith who have lived in the house for 50 years. that is a tough nut to crack because, when you have to evacuate 15000 people in ten hours, you don't really have the time to sit and say here's why you have to go. that is a difficult question. if we could get that answered , i think we will be well on our way. i did want to address the assisted living facilities, nursing home facilities, that is critical that they have their plan and

you had talked about emergency preparedness must start with the community. what are some ways beyond looking at the data, which i thought was an excellent idea , that we involve organizations like meals on wheels and area agencies on aging that have regular contacts. it would help us know who needs help or whose housing to sustain a hurricane or a storm or flood. >> there is a lot of individual programs that are out there. how do we engage mr. and mrs. jones who have lived in their house for 50 years. that is a tough nut to crack. when you have to evacuate so many people in such a short amount of time, you don't have time to say here's why you need to go. that's a difficult question. if we can get that answered we are well on our way. i did want to address assisted living and nursing home facilities. that is critical. they have ambulances and all the critical data to get out. i just received a 40 page document the other day. it seems as though were getting better but there needs to be regulatory agency to say and the local officials need to get this plan so

parishes having their own preparedness conversations about their populations.we had to scale it across the day to make sure that we were thinking regional and statewide. isaac is a great example of this. we did not flood in poorly ends but those nextsh to us did. because we were communicating, we were ready to take people from the surrounding parishes. ruralf those were pretty environments along the coast. without those pre-existing relationships when the sky is we will not be ready to help each other. though it is local, it has to be coordination scaled to bridge the gaps. mr. timmons: in some ways, i think the local communities can draw us into the way that they do it. there is a lot to be said about the power of community. i live in south carolina. we saw it a year ago and last week when we experienced some of irma. the broader community engagement, the local nature of this has done well in our rural communities. there are some challenges but there are also some lessons to be drawn that we can apply in other areas as well. sen. collins: thank you. thank all

sandoz death of seniors and the nursing home so that its is suggesting a troubling lack of preparedness and while we are making many strides we must ask ourselves can be better protect the most for honorable members of our community? those that could jeopardize in the next catastrophe weather a storm or earthquake or other unanticipated events. we should not have to wait for the next hurricane for that and named a disaster to strike. we will have concrete solutions to maintain those resources to relocating during the recovery period. to consider those challenges whether it is better to a shelter in place or evacuate and relocate looking into this issue it is a very difficult decision to make to ma particularly with dementia. just one day after hurricane irma went into -- slammed into florida a reporter walked into waste water contaminated to knock on the of mobile home door. he was told an elderly couple lived inside and did not heed the warning of officials to evacuate. now this was surrounded by water had an 88 year-old woman and 93 year-old husband who suffered from parkinson's and d

as the fema administrator said that we always have to look at not just the response but the preparedness and the resilience and i think it's important as we come together as a country we look at the changes in our world and make sure both in planning and response that we are adapting appropriately. reporter: same question, i hear you saying about the response and preparedness, but what about the cause? how important do you think it is for government to be focused in on the cause, what might be behind these massive storms? secretary duke: the data, i don't know what it particularly indicates. we haven't had a major storm like this in quite a while. we knew this was going to be a hard hurricane season. it was predicted by noaa. so i would think that our sister agencies in noaa and others are looking at whether this is an anomaly year or trend year and i think it's important to know that and we will continue working with them as they look at the data and try to determine is this a year of anomaly or year of trend. reporter: [inaudible] puerto rico now. secretary duke: we likely will be goin

the only way we achieve that is that we have to create a true culture of preparedness within our citizenry, we have to help them understand their true vulnerabilities based on where they dwell and where they work, and it's not just getting supplies for three days as many people are learning how important that is, it's also having the savings account for 3 to 6 months to overcome simple emergencies as well as the disaster, to activate insurance mole sis a policies and everything else. when it comes to the infrastructure side, we have to consider best practices when it comes to land use planning in the future. regardless of what caused this disaster, it's our job within the department of home land security and fema to manage the consequences. >> how important do you think it is besides preparedness for these disasters to focus on what is potentially causing these really massive storms? >> we have to understand and we have to look at data to make meaning testimony decisiful dec forward. i think that we can all agree that we do that on a daily basis. that is how we estimate how much power will

theiryou studied preparedness. good you talk about the impact of things like neighborhood mapping that they do, of who exactly lives in what neighborhood and the role the neighborhood groups, the committees for defense of the revolution play in disasters like this? >> they have all of the neighborhoods mapped. they nooks ackley who lives where. they knowwho the -- exactly who lives where. they know who the honorable and elderly live. a few days before the hurricane hits, they evacuate them all. they start with them. pregnant women get put in hospitals. people with infirmities get put in hospitals. others get taken to either shelters or with family or friends who are living in more secure houses. but everybody in cuba knows what they're going to do is a hurricane hits. plan, whether it is to go to a family or friend or whether it is to go to a shelter. haphazards no sort of organizing at the last minute will stop it is very, very well thought out. the civil defense system controls it all. the president of the civil

they executed their emergency preparedness plan and safely executed 250 seniors. and if at any time they thought they were going to have trouble evacuating in the time required they had additional help in the center and we would send ambulances and help if needed. but it was the older pennsylvanians, the seniors and those with disabilities but still lived in their home in the community that i worried most about, mr. and mrs. smith and mr. and mrs. jones who outlived their home for 50 years. in preparation we developed a grade designated areas for the fire department and for members of the national guard. we drove through downtown making announcements from vehicles, knocking on doors and posting evacuation orders. we left notes on the doors of the homes no one answered and made a check to ensure that evacuation. most people did on the first try but if anyone resisted, they took their names, wrote down the addresses and we spend address is and we spend additional time working to get them out of their homes. we successfully executed our plan because of the seamless c

we would say that the preparedness in terms of people securing themselves, their families, their propertieshemselves and their properties and themselves and their valuables would have been exemplary and as a result of the damage has been a minimal compared to what could have happened if you we re to what could have happened if you were not ready. what are your thoughts, prime minister, on the path of this harry kane and what it could yet bring in terms of damage when you think of other islands and other countries and nations that light in its path? —— the path of this hurricane. i understand that san martin has experienced significant damage so we have been lucky. we are not totally clear as to what the position is, the last time we had a report from the region was about 3am and we were told there was about 3am and we were told there was some property damage but not extensively and we hope that is still the case. we are arranging to fly to barbuda shortly to check it is clear so we can have a more accurate picture of the extent of the damage. but in any event, i believe because we are accus

president's homeland security advisor, tom, to discuss specifics on the federal government's ongoing preparedness and response after. doctor response effort.

so there is a disaster preparedness event. and i have someone from the sheriff's office to join me here. let's talk about the event. it is open to the public and you are encouraging people to come to figure out how to prepare for a disaster. >> this is part of our 2017 urban shield. this is paramount to us. this event is designed for the community to come out and prepare. you don't want to wait until the earth quake happens. we will have the sim yarlt out here. and the fire department will simulate a smoke inhielation and we will go over how to get out. we will have the red cross here to simulate how to put together an emergency kit. so there will be a number of public agencies to help you prepare and make it through an emergency. >> reporter: thank you and you will guide us through some things in the morning and we will join you a little later. the important thing is to make that people are aware of the preparedness before the disaster strikes. and later on this morning, we will be showing you what is inside these emergency k

they do put millions of dollars into disaster preparedness and recovery. but there has to be in it interaction and collaboration oo with the federal government. states are more limited in the amount of resources they have. they simply have a cap, there's only so much money the have versus a national government and it really needs to be that understanding that when the states when we have a certain amount the federal government has to commit. >> the senate health education committee has been holding a series of hearings looking at what washington can do for the individual insurance markets and the cost of premiums. they heard from governors last week.them tol i want to show you what a few of them told lawmakers on that havk committee. >> we have to begin to align incentives. some have talked about -- you have to do something on the user side as well to incentivize better behavioral choices. today i tell people healthcare is like going to the grocery ass store. the assistant manager me too when you walk in the door. you get to the cash register and they say

thank you for joining earthquake preparedness. thank you forjoining us.tion when you heard about the earthquake in mexico? well, i remember the earthquake that hit my city in 1985, that was a huge earthquake, and more than 10,000 people died that time. and i was praying for the mexican people. where use a price that the country had been struck? well, unfortunately —— were you surprised. where it has taken place, —— were you surprised. where it has ta ken place, the —— were you surprised. where it has taken place, the reason for earthquakes to happen, the plates are moving. earthquakes happen where they happened. you have a lot of experience with nepal. how did that particular earthquake, i believe it is the one in 2015 that we are talking about, that earthquake, how would that compare to what we're seeing in mexico? mexico's was stronger? well, the nepal earthquake was several times less than that of mexico this time. it is a 7.8. but the death toll was 9000. and that was considered well below. you know, all earthquakes are different. earthquakes sometime

they do put millions of dollars into disaster preparedness and recovery. but there really does have to be this interaction and collaboration and cooperation with the federal government. states are more limited in the amount of resources they have. cap,imply have kind of a only so much money they have for us is the national government, -- and therely really needs to be that understanding that when the states only have a certain amount, the federal government has to come in. host: the senate health education labor pensions committee has been holding hearings looking at what washington can do for the individual insurance markets and the cost of premiums. they heard from governors last week. i want to show you what a few of them told lawmakers on that committee. [video clip] >> i think we have to begin to align incentives. some have talked about reform on the provider's site. thehave to do something on users side, as well, to incentivize better behavioral choices. i tell people all the time that health care is like going to the grocery store and the assistant

the fourth division is -- are urth mission is preparedness. disaster preparedness. it's the v.a. that is apparent for military and natural -- disasters. fight to get the most nurses, health care professionals, nur doctors in te country. our first mission was to make sure that veterans health care and benefits continue. no medical center in houston stayed open. friday evening for now, making sure that there are 400 inpatients able to get the care that they needed. our operating room stayed open. we have mobile units throughout houston. down there with vice president, but i also returned -- with mrs. trump. personal commitment, to be able to make sure that veterans in the area in texas, 530,000 of them, knew that we were there for them and we would be there no matter what, was important for me. >> goes back to your management style. how do you mobilize and manage and get all of this done, and insurance done properly and efficiently? >> the jubilee people look at their leaders and make sure they're walking -- i do believe people look at their leaders and walking theey're walk. iis i

they gave them tips on assemblying their emergency preparedness can it. >> reporter: having that gallon per person and per pet per day and nonperishable food. david muir and amy robach will be live from the storm zone, with your "g.m.a." first look, abc news new york. (lauter) let's ask the experts. i feel as clean as shimmering mermaid. that's because only cottonelle® has cleanripple® texture. designed to clean better... how cottonelle® do you feel? advil liqui-gels minis. our first concentrated pill that rushes powerfulelief. a small new size that's fast, cause it's liquid. woohoo! you'll ask, what pain? new advil liqui-gels minis. >> in the morning buzz an arizona woman's criticism of cher led to the backlash from the singer and her supporters online. this happened earlier this week when cher was against the decision to end daca and offer her home to someone being supported. brenda webb took to twitter saying i'll believe it when i see it. cher shot back keep your eyes open. webb has since made all other social media account private. >> it's great what she is doing, and what she she

cuba has a very good track record when it comes to hurricane preparedness.t they are told by the government when it comes to the evacuation orders. indeed, for some there can be consequences if they don't carry out instructions as ordered. by and large, if they are trying to clear an area of population, they have quite a lot of success population, they have quite a lot of success in doing that. but there is a limit of what you can do against the storm of this magnitude. the real fear is the sum of the coastal communities along the northern coast of cuba, where we think irma is going to barrel along the coast before potentially heading up to florida. they are very concerned about storm surges which could be several feet about storm surges which could be severalfeet high about storm surges which could be several feet high and cause severe destruction on that northern coastline. the governor of florida was delivering another warning to people today to be on the lookout, not just people today to be on the lookout, notjust in people today to be on the lookout, no

in terms of preparedness, we are moving people down. we made sure property is secured, we removed physically we can that can be threat to life and property. what we will do in the morning early, assess property, remove limbs and downed power lines, continue to be in touch with first responders and utilities to hopefully have light, power, water. >> i wish you guys the best. we'll be in touch. going to be a rough night here, guys, they're certainly prepared. >> dylan, they are. thank you very much. we appreciate it. >>> we have much more ahead of coverage of hurricane irma as the storm lashes the southern part of florida and then up the southwestern coast. we have noted the eye is moving a little bit away from its projected path. we will find out what impact that will have when we come back after these messages. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the all new 2018 camry. toyota. let's go places. that airline credit card yout? have... it could be better. it's time to shake things up. with the capital one venture card, you get double miles on everything you buy, no

and all of this preparedness, is this simply because asa preparedness, is this simply because as a cityict, you have all these plans ready to go? i'm interested in this because while you're not a stranger to big weather events, this is the biggest. this is enormous, isn't it? this is massive. i call it a nuclear hurricane. a nuclear hurricane because of the damage and devastation it created to the entire caribbean as it has gone through some of the islands. the bottom line is you can only be so prepared. you can't predict where the hurricane will actually make land fall, but we are obviously planning for the worst. we're hoping for the best. but you know our residents are very, you know, resilient. they understand flooding. they understand issues like this. but we just want to make sure that no one wants to be a hero. we want them to be alive. that's why we need them to be alive. that's why we need them to be alive. that's why we need them to vacate and evak watt miami beach. you sound calm and resolute. are some people scared?” beach. you sound calm and resolute. are some people scared

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hit south asia in a decade have killed more than 1,400 people and focused attention on lack of preparednesset aid to millions of destitute people. our correspondentjustin rowlatt is in bihar — one of the poorest states in india and the worst affected by the floods. they're mixing up huge pots of vegetable curry and dhal, food for those left destitute by the floods, and there is no shortage of demand. but you can rebuild a house or replant a field. there are some things you never recover from. so they came down here to get provisions, and the water was just up to their knees. and then, when they turned to go back, suddenly there was this great surge of water came down, and it dragged them away, dragged the father and the women away, and the women managed to grab hold of the trees down here. she said she watched as her father was swept away. translation: now, he's gone. what do i do? sometimes i wish i had been washed away with him. this was the worst flood in the region for decades. almost a metre of rain fell in just two days, across a vast area of nepal and north india. it came down the ri

and that it might all gone in terms of preparedness. —— $15 million. —— hurricane irma.n economy. there is no money in puerto rico. ensuring the lack of preparedness, there are a lot of questions in the fa ct there are a lot of questions in the fact that a lot of these towns, because they lacked funding to prepare for all these hurricanes, that they weren't ready for this. so the damage that is being caused from hurricane maria is a humanitarian crisis that goes beyond just money. and the united states government and donald trump's administration, it did tweet that he wanted is a puerto rico, but this is good to be a serious conversation about how committed the united states is going to be with its territorial 3 million american citizens. ok, julio, thank you for speaking to us. it was my pleasure, thank you. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: unravelling the mysteries behind the artwork of jasperjohns, now recognised as masterpieces of american art. ben johnson, the fastest man on earth, is flying home to canada in disgrace. all the athletes should be clean going

at h.h.s., we take the work of pandemic preparedness extremely seriously. president trump and this administration are deeply committed to building relationships around the world to reinforce global health security. the united states and other countries have also invested deeply and strategically in national vaccine preparedness and we've had the chance to see that firsthand that vaccine production and research facility here's at hem and abroad. h.h.s. and private partners have constantly researching new ways to generate more pandemic vaccines cheaper an faster and we aim to continue investing in those capabilities. so in closing, let's revisit how each and every one of us can take charge of our own health and prepare ourselveses for flu season. again the three step approach. first and best defense is to get a flu vaccine. everyone six months and older, say it together, six months and older, should get an annual flu vaccination. it's best to get vaccinated before flu activity starts, that's usually in october. so the time is now. remember c. cdc.gov/flu, you

nurse.d still use more dpr chdalso email preparedness at fl health.gov. across theple country and across the world offer their support. i'd like to thank everyone was provided the resoues we left for. i know the entire country is with us. we have first responders ready to help us. florida,e will get through this. floridians have demonstrated that we know what it is to get prepared. neighbors are helping neibors. and strange are coming together to pull together. let's get together and hold through this. we will come back even stronger. you can follow my twitter account at fl governor scott for this life-saving messaging. tonight, remarks fronbn director christopher wray and nsa director at tomorrow mike rogers on intelligence gathering and sharing. they expressed the need for congress to renew fisa section 702, which authorizes the intelligence communityo access communications of not ericans outside the u.s.. it is hosted by the intelligence and national security alliance, and the armed forces communications and electronics association. see tonight at 8:00

what do you make of the preparedness in florida. absolutely fantastic.od preparedness in 2004 and it's the same again, they know what they're doing. . shone, thank you very much for speaking to we wish you all the best and perhaps we wish you all the best and perhaps we will speak to you again once things have cleared. a correspondentjoined me to tell us about the trajectory of hurricane erma and hurricane jose. hurricane irma is huge. they flew a plane over it before it was downgraded and they found that the eye of the storm was 35 miles wide and hurricane strength winds extended to 75 males which is why we have seen all the destruction that we have across cuba and you will see it as the daylight images but hurricane jose will see it as the daylight images but hurricanejose is will see it as the daylight images but hurricane jose is following will see it as the daylight images but hurricanejose is following a similar track at the moment and u nfortu nately similar track at the moment and unfortunately hurricane jose, similar track at the moment and unfo

this isa comes to disaster preparedness. this is a militarised country. authorities went around house—to—house, people do read the state—run newspapers and baywatch state—run newspapers and baywatch state—run tv and they tune into state—run tv and they tune into state run radio so they get information from the government. when it comes to evacuation, they are by and large response. there is are by and large response. there is a better response in cuba compared to elsewhere in the caribbean. you mentioned tourists, what is the situation, are they moving out of areas in danger or are they leaving cuba altogether? well, to begin with, thousands were caught up in this and a lot of them very worried, particularly those on the smaller islands off the northern coast of cuba. a mixture of a response by the cuban cuba. a mixture of a response by the cu ban authorities, the cuba. a mixture of a response by the cuban authorities, the involvement of the travel agents and of the embassies of the respective countries tourists were from has removed the vast majority fro

one main challenge that we fe is preparedness and not always fully ppared and some of that has to do with the way we oevelopment in our country and the fact we don't have the reurces to stand prepar for 20, 50, nce every or 40 years. host: does one help the other as prepared you are, you spoke about development, does thahelp in the future as of recovery and the amount of repair that has to take place obviously the best way to dealith disaster, not respond to it. do not respond, if it doesn't hit and we don't have a very good way to control that, do, be as to prepared as possible to limit mount of response we have to do. mitigation from the perspective of wanting to be super prepared r as prepared as possible to limit our need to respond. host: tim frazier with us, if ou want to ask questions about hurricanirma relief response and other topics, 202-748-8000 in eastern and central time zone. 202-748-8001 for the mountain zone.cific time -- residents, e rise 2-748-8002 state as a state, the cality have to deal with flooding and everything else, ow do you think they e prepared as far as

south asia in a decade have killed more than 1,400 people and focused attention on the lack of preparedness for annual monsoon rains. in many areas the authorities are struggling to get aid to millions of destitute people. you're up—to—date. stay with us. more to come. and the top story here in the uk: hospital managers in england have called for an emergency financial bail—out, saying they're preparing for the worst winter in years. nhs providers, which represents health trusts, says at least £200 million of extra funding is needed. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. asian market reactions. pyongyang's latest nuclear test and donald trump threats. and from a vibrant tourist town to a ghost town. why did authorities shut down a resort destination in china? good morning, asia. hello, world. welcome to another edition of asia business report. i'm rico hizon. thank you for joining report. i'm rico hizon. thank you forjoining us. it's a monday. a few things we are keeping an eye on from the business calendar. we start with china playing host to leaders from the b

expected to hit miami directly we had roberta of the american red cross check their emergency preparedness. >> as far as windows, we recommend they have shutters. >> he gave them tips on their emergency preparedness tip. >> a gallon of water per person and pet food. at 7:00, we will be live from the storm zone. i am diane macedo, abc news, new york. >> now, "good morning washington," on your side. big,: -- >> this is a dangerous storm, something that has never been seen before. do not even call 911. no one will answer. adrianna: get out, that is the message in florida as hurricane irma barrels toward the state. the death toll has climbed to at least 13 and part of the caribbean is destroyed. larry: pounding turks and caicos overnight, expected to hit the sunshine state this weekend. all public schools in florida are closed to give people a chance to get out of irma's path. the official telling you, do not even call 911. do not hang around and call us later because no one will be on the phone. adrianna: they want gas stations and stores to stay open have employees who need to get home and t

not only do we do response but you for a number of questions about preparedness.s an essential part of any disaster response is what you can do ahead of time. and this is a big part of what usaid does is help communities become more resilient disasters around the world and i have a personal saying that how we honor the people that have been affected by disasters, learning lessons for response and preparedness we can put in place, and again that is how we honor those that have been affected by disasters. .. >> >> the money is spent at the community level. >> there are a lot of players to that question but first the responsibility is if the bahamian government with all that assistance that comes into the country to coordinate that. is succeeded to capacity. so is this an option. so those principles under which with that humanitarian assistance involves the people they were helping so any intervention in the you are doing with those that are receiving data systems so any person that is responding internationally should be responding to those principles. >> i n here r

preparedness. ensure that the government remains funded and ensure a default is prevented. >> senators on the judiciary committee are still dealing with the russia investigation. donald trump junior meeting with congressional investigators today to discuss his june 2016 meeting with a russian lawyer after being told he would receive damaging information about hillary clinton. >> nancy pelosi says the fiscal agreement came after a long negotiation. there are many republicans who are unhappy with the president's decision for this combined hurricane and debt ceiling legislation may face an uphill -- an uphill battle in the house.>>> perhaps you noticed it. a little light drizzle.>>> i looked outside the window in san francisco and some umbrellas. the weather pattern changing quite a bit. less than a week ago temperatures topping 100 degrees. not the case today. solid overcast. parts of those clouds a few showers and measurable rainfall. taking a look out to -- 1/10 of an inch. would acre -- saratoga p

we have to prepare a true culture of preparedness. understand how the policy works. how to mitigate your house. there's a lot of pre-disaster mitigation that needs to take place. how do you actually mitigate your house from elevating your heating and air-conditioning systems, elevating your homes to mitigating them for wind, to do you have three to-six months of rainy day fund in your savings account to overcome disasters. the we've got a long way to go. these are landmark events. it's time to united states to wake up and take preparedness seriously. >> those are really good tips. i keep getting this question. i don't know the answer. for people who don't have flood insurance, what is there for snem? what happens? >> so unfortunately, there is individual assistance that's capped at a certain amount that fema provides to provide rental assistance. in some cases, it's findsing for those that may have lost their job result. but their only other option is really small business administration does low interest loans to help them repair and rebuild their homes that they ha

it includes earthquake and fire preparedness training. but it also has a weapons expo. >> whoo!pons that are prompting a protest today at the alameda county government center in oakland. organizers say they are also taking a stand against president trump's intent to lift restrictions to the transfer of military equipment to police departments. >>> donald trump, jr.'s meeting with the senate judiciary committee left some senators wanting more answers. the questioning centered around a june 2016 meeting with a russian lawyer. donald trump maintained his statement that nothing came of it even though he changed his story several times on why he agreed to meet. according to cnn, trump told the committee he did not tell his father about the meeting at trump tower. lawmakers say they have more questions. >> it raised more questions than it answered. there were huge gaping holes of information that we need to fill and we are determined to fill it by having him come back under oath in public. at least i will urge that it be done by subpoena if necessary. >> california senator dianne fein

government spent more than $50 billion on non-military emergency preparedness, and much is a contributed to local governments to beef up police and fire departments. >> we see the results in hometown heroes like the ones sent to places like houston and florida. here's scott broom. r homeland security money buy? how about local rescuers who can go anywhere in the world to help? northern virginia's task force 1 saving people from harvey and then to assist in irma recovery. 2 of 23 task force groups are direct descendants from 9/11, and they are not the only ones. they have better radios and more hazardous materials training. in montgomery county, maryland, the pace is $5 million a year. >> it's not just about putting out fires anymore. we are an all hazards agency casualty equipment. one radio, we push a couple of buttons, turn a knob and we can talk with anyone anywhere. >> reporter: the investments have delivered and in florida, they are delivering rescue and relief. scott broom in my mobile newsroom, wusa 9. >>> and you want to talk about jose? >>> do. i don't want to alarm anyone. but

ramping up for their military preparedness.are they doing in the face of this increased north korean aggression? >> reporter: well, the rugs hru have said that they're very concerned about that nuke test by the north koreans. we have to keep in mind russians also have a common border with north korea, poppy. what they're also doing is criticizing the u.s. they accuse the u of saber rattling, saying none of the rhetoric coming from the trump administration has been particularly helpful in all of this. and the one thing that the russians are very critical of, and very concerned about is obviously the u.s. moving assets into the pacific theater. and the russians have talked about even increasing their own missile troops in response to the u.s. moving some assets in there. it certainly is a situation where on one hand russians are saying, look, we don't condone any of what north korea is doing. we consider it a major threat, especially nuclearizing the korean peninsula. on the other hand they're criticizing the u.s. as well. then y

. >> we do not have a true culture of preparedness in this country. lot of work to do. >> fema said it had ten ships and barges en route to the region over 48 hours to bring generators, emergency power, food and water. and the uss comfort, a hospital ship is expected to arrive by the middle of next week. margaret brennan, cbs news, new york. >>> heads continue to roll at equifax over the massive data breach. ceo richard smith stepped down. just three weeks after hackers stole the personal information of nearly 150 million americans. >>> president trump assailed hillary clinton over the use of her accounts to conduct business. sex of mr. trump's top aide are guilty of the same thing. major garrett reports. >> reporter: government related business conducted on e-mail accounts that much is established. the white house insists no classified information was involved. it also says it aware, and the campaign was a pretty big reminder of the political and legal imperative of keeping private and government communications separate. president trump's most truste

to get some expert disaster preparedness advice. when it comes to disaster preparedness officials here at the san francisco department of emergency management advise not to get discouraged with the thought of putting together an emergecy kit because you are already more prepared than you thinkmost folks are more prepared than they think? what's that all about?such as... i don't know about you but i don't have one of these at home

and that includes ongoing emergency preparedness.hey just wanted to take the opportunity to remind people that they should be making their own plans as well. meanwhile, there is the sense that this is only going to grow more tense. with this expectation that north korea could launch another ballistic missile in the coming days. south korea's leader has been meeting with russian president vladimir putin. both a agreed that dialogue is the way to go. putin saying that sanctions or increased sanctions would be ineffective at this point because the regime is so set on having nuclear weapons they would, quote, rather eat glass than give up their nuclear wells program. >> yeah, you can clearly see this issue has divided countries like russia and south korea and china and the united states. tough talk coming out of washington. we'll see how it plays out, january miss macke fraher live for us. thank you. >>> we're tracking the hurricane. likely to do a lot of damage. i want to check with our meteorologist bon neill snyder standing by for us.

we have to hit the reset button and create a true culture of preparedness starting at a young age andiltering all the way up. >> one last question. [ inaudible ]. >> puerto rico was in debt before the disaster hit. i think as the administrator said earlier, the president has provided for one hundred% reimbursement of all the major response efforts by the federal government for the first 180 days. that will get us to a point we can reassess. thank you all. >> all right. fema administrator talking about the dire need and how the u.s. is really coming to the aid of puerto rico. a dire situation there. talking about the airport, the long lines. only a few flights every day. and you heard the presidentier today speaking, saying he will be going to puerto rico and also he hopes to go to the u.s. virgin islands next tuesday. the president today slammed the nfl and those taking a knee is more than big distraction from big agenda issues. >> i wasn't preoccupied with the nfl. i was ashamed at what was taking place. i don't think you can disrespect our country, our flag, our anthem. and swimming

the level of preparedness, people in florida versus what you witnessed in texas >> preparedness is equalterms of both storms people are taking this seriously. but fear factor, i would say, is a little bit more severe on this storm. in corpus christi they were more measured and not as worried about the impact this could be a category 4 or 5 storm. that was a category 3. even locals here who have been through severe storms before say they think this will be the worst one they've seen yet >> jackie, thank you very much >>> activist investor nelson peltz unveiling his plan to shake up procter & gamble in a 94-page white paper. in a 94-page white paper, trian wants peltz on the p&g board the company has been pushing back hard. among the highlights, trian wants p&g to reorganize into three autonomous business units. right now the company has about four global business units peltz's firm argues that the compensation plan is tied to three-year goals set too low he wants the board to groom more outside leadership talent. peltz is offering to lead a board study on how p&g can improve innovation tr

leaders spent the more -- morning conducting earthquake preparedness drills. president was on the southern coast visiting survivors from the other quake ys ag ato.ki >> this is a very active boundary. >>> in spite widespread damage, the u.s. geological survey says they are lucky the epicenter was in the role part of mexico. >> the strong city -- shaking was confined to about 1 1/2 million people. instead of mexico city were we are talking about 10 million people. >>> additionally, the seismic activity started below the earth's surface making the strength of the impact less severe. >> it was a depth of 30 miles where everything on the surface is a bit away. that helps to stave off some of the energy.>>> this ivor-- people have been pulled from cizeanue rkers. bble by ha bcefrir s its th ie clr ma tuneaight.>>o thank w you for that. now to hurricane maria that is pounding the caribbean. a category five storm slammed mile-per-hour winds. gu in st. croix, wind is falling as the storm church closer causing catastrophic damage to puerto rico. we have teen coverage t

>> reporter: he was confident overall in terms of the preparedness but what he's scared of is the storm surge. they're expecting a similar surge to what that city will see. so somewhere between 5 and 10 feet and it's not just the surge. it's a surge fuel fwhied high winds and a possible high tide. i did speak with the mayor earlier this afternoon and here's what he had to say. >> when you look at this storm, if you end up pushing all that water that came across the atlantic with that storm and you combine that, if i'm lucky to be at high tide and combine that with a little rain that's going to be there anywhere, that precipitation and the last element, the east wind pushing that water on the surface, those factors could all lead to a serious water issue here in the city of fort lauderdale. >> reporter: so the mayor says that they are as ready as they possibly can be but at the same time every official you speak to would like to see people get out as quickly as they possibly can. >> you're in a mandatory evacuation order zone. are people heeding it, do you think? >> you can see these car

hit south asia in a decade have killed more than 1,400 people and focused attention on lack of preparednessnnual monsoon rains. in many areas, the authorities are struggling to get aid to millions of destitute people. here, the brexit secretary david davis has said that the european commission is making itself look "silly" by saying that talks with britain aren't making progress. the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, says british people need to understand the "extremely serious consequences" of leaving. this week, theresa may faces a parliamentary battle with the first commons debate on brexit legislation, as chris mason reports. still some way apart, the uk and the eu — david davis and michel barnier at last week's talks. a huge sticking point is money, the divorce bill. today, mr davis insisted the uk would not be pressured into paying more than its fair share. we are basically going through this very systematically, a very british way, a very pragmatic way of doing it. and, of course, he's finding it difficult, and he wants to put pressure on us, which is why the stances this week i

. >> i hear you sin saying about e response and preparedness, what about the cost? how important do you think it is for government to be focused in on the cause, what might be behind these massive storms? >> you know, the data i don't know what it particularly indicates. we haven't had a major storm like this in quite a while. we knew this is going to be a hard hurricane system. it was predicted by noaa. so i would think our sister agencies in noaa and others are looking at whether this is an anomaly year or a trend you. i it's important to know that and will continue working with them as you look at the data and try to determine is this a year of anomaly or a year of trend. [inaudible] >> we likely will be going later this week. what's important because of the path of the storm, we are just beginning search and rescue in earnest today. so it's important that that be the singular focus. we believe that without starting at sunrise this morning we should be able to be in the area safely without disrupting any search and rescue later this week. >> what's the security p