at this time, would like to bring up robert fenton, l to bring up robert fenton, region— to bring upon, region nine fema administrator. we appreciate it. first, our condolences and prayer for those of lost friends and loved ones during this event. we want to be with you, not only now that through the recovery in the years to come. also, a message of safety, continue to heed the warnings of local officials. don't wait, listen to them, heed to their warnings. as all the speakers before me talked about, it's unity of effort. ijust like before me talked about, it's unity of effort. i just like to say one team, one fight but this is really going to take a whole community effort. it's just not government at the federal, state and local level, its business, private sector, nonprofits, the citizens of maui all coming together, working together to help recover. the devastation i saw today was significant. i've been with fema a26 years. beam to the biggest buyers in the country in the downtown area significantly damaged and a lot of lost structures down there. some of the programmes we will br

he's ap pointing robert fenton as the lead coordinator.nderstands the resources available to them in making sure that we're bringing that much-needed closure to individuals and everyone on the island should know, and everyone across the country should know that this is what we're devoted to. we're following the president's direction to spare no time, no expense to address the needs of the impacted communities. >> just zooming out, though, when you look at all of these natural disasters happening at the same time, and it just seems like the hit keeps coming. former dhs secretary, jeh johnson, someone who has held your role before, has told me he believes the climate crisis may be the greatest threat to u.s. national security. do you agree with that? >> i think it is one of the most prominent threats that we face. i was with the president in mayfield, kentucky, a number of months ago when a tornado devastated that community. i was in mississippi when i saw another community devastated by a tornado of unprecedented speed and strength and resu

we're expecting to hear from josh green, hawaii's governor, and robert fenton — he's the administratoralso speak, providing an update on what's happening on the ground. the local rare richard dickson should also be there. —— mayor, richard bissen. i'm sure there will be questions asked about whether or not the warning sirens did go off, there's been plenty of questions about the preparedness of maui ahead of the wildfire. as we await the press conference, which should be taking place injust press conference, which should be taking place in just a few minutes, scheduled for liz30pm local time there in maui, you can recapture you some of the latest numbers and updates we are getting in from hawaii. as we've heard, the death toll now stands at about 80 people dead and, as we've heard from local officials, including the governor himself, the total is likely to increase as search and rescue teams continue to now look through the town of lahaina. we understand many of those rescue efforts are beginning in full force and many people have not been able to get a look inside the affected buildin

at this time, we would like to bring up robert fenton, region nine fema administrator. >> appreciateu know, our condolences and prayers to those that have lost friends and loved ones during this event. we want to be with you not only now but through the recovery in the years to come. also, a message of safety. make sure you continue to heed the warnings of local officials. don't wait. listen to them and heed their warnings. as all the speakers before me talked about is unity of effort. i'd just like to say, one team, one fight. but this is really going to take a whole community effort. it's just not government at the federal, state, local level. it's business, private sector, non-profits. the citizens of maui all come together to work together to help recover. the devastation that i saw today is significant. i've been on many fires in my career. i've been in fema for 26 years, been to the biggest fires in the country. and the downtown area is significantly damaged, and a lot of lost structures down there. some of the programs that we will bring and that are important here is the abil

that's robert fenton who is currently a region 9 fema administrator.e's going to be detailed to oversee the effort, and the president is already saying that this is going to be an extremely long and challenging recovery. and none of this is going to be straightforward. he may be met on the ground with some criticism from some residents and folks that we've talked to, our teams there who have said that they have questions about the federal response and questions about what the president did or did not say in the immediate days following the devastating wildfires, but the president now is pledging that the 1,000 federal personnel on the ground currently will stay until the job is done, 450 of those are just detailed to search and rescue because that process will be pain staking. and then you're going to continue to see fema respond to this as the president over the weekend was also monitoring tropical storm hilary, which we're feeling the final effects of here now in california and that the president did see and was speaking to governor newsom of califor