fema and small business administration are there to help the residents was homes and businesses were literally destroyed, washed away, or blown away. the federal search and rescue teams have been working with state and local officials in partners in treacherous conditions to find those missing. they will not rest until everyone is accounted for. i want to thank all of our first responders and everyone working around-the-clock. one of the brave teams who volunteered to be there from san diego county fire department set to travel all the way from california to north carolina to help but on their way they were in a terrible car accident in louisiana. we pray for their full recovery but it was a bad accident. we know there is more to do and we will continue to surge resources can you go food, water, communication, and life saving equipment. we will be there before and i mean it as long as it takes it finishes the job. as president i have seen firsthand the devastating toll that disasters like this tack on for families and communities, on ground many disasters since i have been president.

president biden saying, quote, the small business administration's disaster loan program, which is a ifeline to small businesses, homeowners and renters affected by disasters, has been exhausted. speaker johnson has promised that this and other disaster programs will be replenished when congress returns. biden encouraging people to still apply for relief and that the sba a will be able to process applications and will disburse loans as soon as they get more money. speaker johnson says there's strong bipartisan support to provide necessary funding when congress returns. in the meantime, they say fema has plenty of cash to address the immediate needs on the ground. speaker mike johnson saying, quote, there's no question these devastating back to back storms have stretched the sba funding program, but the biden-harris administration has the necessary disaster funding right now to address the immediate needs. when members return in just a few short weeks, the administration should have an accurate assessment of the actual dollar amount needed, and there will be strong bipartisan support t

and now, the small business administration is warning that the agency will very soon run out of fundings for homeowners and businesses. joining us now, democratic congressman from florida, jared moskowitz, it's good to see you. sorry it is under these circumstances, congressman, and i know you just filed legislation to help fund the sba for hurricane relief efforts. what do you expect that the need will be, and are you confident that it will be met? >> thanks, chris, for having me. we've got to go backwards, get a little history here. before congress left a couple of weeks ago, there was a cr put on the floor, continuing resolution to put the government open that had the $10 billion in it for fema. that failed. the speaker brought the second cr, he stripped the money out. he allowed fema to draw down their 2025 budget early. it's just an appropriation tactic. that gave fema $20 billion, but out of that $20 billion, $8 billion was for previous disaster that needed to be reimbursed because fema had stopped doing that because they ran out of money. you have $12 billion that fema has to pla

there are resources through fema and other government agencies like the small business administration has a loans that people may be able to access if they are eligible. then we have the nonprofit groups that work on rebuilding and other aspects of the recovery who will help to an extent. but our system is reliant on people having insurance to pay for the bulk of those recovery costs. we have seen in parts of north carolina, unfortunately a lot of people in this country do not have the type of hazard insurance that they needed to be able to rely on that as their primary recovery source. unfortunately what we have seen in disaster after disaster is that people get thrown into this complex system and try to navigate it as best they can but often fall through the cracks and it takes a really long time for them to be able to accumulate the resources that are needed for them to feel like they have reached the point of recovery. host: the new york times, after floods soaring premiums become a hot election issue. in north carolina, a proposed 42% rate increase raises the stakes in the race f

i don't know if you got one but so many got one millions of small businesses at linda mcmahon with the head of small business administration which was a big business but she was the head and she was phenomenal. linda mcmahon was phenomenal. so many people tell me about her that she was one of the best secretaries but linda mcmahon was in charge and they brought billions of dollars to people with small businesses and it was the greatest investment we made, it stopped us from going into a 1929 depression which is exactly what we would have had and she did a fantastic job. we are going to get your costs way down. thank you. [applause] >> i always tell people it is hot in the summer and cold in the winter and a long ways to drive anywhere, which i think a lot of americans are experiencing no matter what your energy is dependent and since joe biden has been in the white house and harris has supported every single one of his policies, did you hear on the view, did you hear her say she would not change a thing from what joe biden has done? it has cost the average american family 45 hundred dollars just in energy costs, just in en

might need to be more funding made available to a disaster relief program through the small business administration that is a program that helps business owners and homeowners as well recruit property and equipment that they might have lost in this storm and potentially anything that's coming after hurricane milton now, so far, house speaker mike johnson has been resistant to the idea of congress coming back early to address a disaster relief funding. take a listen to what he had to say just over the weekend we'll be back in session immediately after the election. >> that's 30 days from now. the thing about these hurricanes and disasters of this magnitude is it takes a while to calculate the actual damages and the states are going to need some time to do that. i'm from louisiana where a hurricane prone state where experts at disaster recovery, we've done this so a lot of questions about how this back and forth will play out at a time when the president has warned that there are specific programs like the small business administration, disaster relief program that could need more funding. >> one off

in a letter to congress late friday, biden sounded the alarm on funding for the small business administration setting the loan program that helps small business owners and homeowners recover from storms is expected to run out of funding around election day. officials in the administration tells cnn the loan program needs $1.6 billion in additional funding to meet the needs of roughly 3,000 new applicants impacted by hurricane helene now the short-term funding deal, congress pass late last month, didn't include that money and only included funding for the federal emergency management agency through december homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas echoed the president's warning on thursday. here is we are meeting the immediate needs with the money that we have. fema does not have the funds to make it through the season all right. >> i want to bring in sara lebowitz, nonresident scholar at the carnegie endowment for international peace. thanks so much for being here with us. so you've studied this issue. you've noted that this hurricane season has seen a huge spike in the number of fema a

small businesses. homeowners renters affected by disasters. the small business administration'saster loan program offers up to 2 million dollars for businesses. >>and up to half a million dollars for homeowners to repair or replace property. but the program is broke after receiving nearly 50,000 applications from hurricane victims and approving a 48 million dollars in loans. we need congress to do its job. additional funding for the low interest loans requires congressional approval. but lawmakers do not plan on returning to the u.s. capitol until after the election. house speaker mike johnson vowed to act and so that's the commitment that he made. that's what we want to see. in the meantime, sba says storm victims should still submit applications for the loans so the agency can process them and then provide the funds as soon as congress acts, the funding shortfall does not impact disaster relief from fema which provides grants not loans. we are not going anywhere. administrator deanne criswell says fema crews are still on the ground to help connect people to the money working d

small businesses. homeowners renters affected by by disasters. the small business administration's disaster loan program offers up to 2 million dollars for businesses and up to half a million dollars for homeowners to repair or replace property. >> but the program is broke after receiving nearly 50,000 applications from hurricane victims and approving 48 million dollars in loans. we need congress to do its job. additional funding for the low interest loans requires congressional approval. but lawmakers do not plan on returning to the u.s. capitol until after the election. house speaker mike johnson vowed to act then. and so that's the commitment that he made. that's what we want to see. in the meantime, sba says storm victims should still submit applications for the loans so the agency can process them and then provide the funds as soon as congress acts, the funding shortfall does not impact disaster relief from fema. >> which provides grants, not loans. we are not going anywhere. administrator deanne criswell says fema crews are still on the ground to help connect people to the mo

there's also aid for homeowners and small business owners through the small business administration. and there is money for renters through the department of housing and urban development but as we mentioned, this has been a very challenging hurricane season. and those funding resources are running out and running out quickly. so president biden is calling on house speaker mike johnson to bring congress back to pass that additional aid. he said he hasn't yet spoken with johnson and the white house and biden administration right now is looking to really figure out exactly how much money is going to be needed for this disaster relief. all these resources since that are so desperately needed, veronica all right, i'll take it, betsy klein, thanks so much well, this morning, the national weather service has issued flood warnings for hillsborough county. let's take a look as first responders took on the alafia river in hillsborough county on friday to rescue those stranded after hurricane milton ripped through the state. other neighborhoods are also watching for potential flooding. this dr

the small business administration says hurricane victims should still submit their loan applications, so the agency can distribute those funds. when congress acts. in washington, lucas tomlinson, ktvu, fox two news. >> the list is out for the best food cities in the united state, and one city from the bay area took the number one spot. and it's not the one you're probably thinking of. which city has new bragging rights? then get ready to pay more to pga while you may see your bill spike, that has nothing to do with [office noises] ♪ i like it like that ♪ ♪ ♪ que rico, i like it like that ♪ ♪ ♪ i like it like that ♪ firefighters and emergency crews are urging people to be cautious so they don't spark a wildfire. some communities, they say that cal fire has started putting up actual red flags to help warn people about the high dangers. >> historically, in california, some of our most damaging wildfires across the state have been in the fall months. september, october, even november. so our preparation efforts, you know, we are we are out of a fire season mentality in california. and we

we have also been working closely with the small business administration, trying to develop with them, to tap into areas technologies that are incubated by the u.s. government. very cutting edge ways, trying to formally bring those into our programs as well. i will be honest, it is not always an easy thing to do, given our timelines but definitely something it is top of mind. >> let me just speak to equity because that is such a core value for you and absolutely central to our climate strategies and one of the core underlying principles. concretely, it means we have committed to investing in indigenous people in local communities and especially when you think about the climate crisis, it is so fundamental to recognize that indigenous communities steward a majority of the carbon landscape. study after study demonstrates they do so better than others even in the context of management. these are communities that are not just not too often neglected or overwritten in the context of development projects, but in many cases, actively persecuted, many indigenous leaders are assassinated for t

it's state agencies, it's the small business administration is not just joe biden or donald trump in this matter. it's a comprehensive federal and state and state's effort what they have to do is then take their eye off the ball to tell people these things are false. and then these things are true. this is the news you can rely on. and this is what you can. it takes they're eye off the ball and makes it that much harder. and there's also brass politics in this, as alyssa mentioned, but it's also stupid politics. the reality is the area of north carolina that was hit is overwhelmingly republican. donald trump of the, of the 25 counties that are under emergency declaration, donald trump won all of them, but to there are about 185,000 more republicans. there are democrats in this issue, are in that area. so by spreading this misinformation, you're hurting your own voters first and we know donald trump takes his people sort of as a special, special case. he's damaging them for his own political goods. that's malicious christian, i mean, does the trump campaign have any explanation for wh

the small business administration says hurricane victims should still submit their loan applicationse agency can distribute those funds. when congress acts. in washington, lucas tomlinson, ktvu, fox two news. >> a city along the sacramento river delta is creating a community flood insurance program to try and protect neighbors in flood prone areas. the goal is eglinton is to provide money to people who are impacted by major flood events. that money will come from a $200,000 grant. hope is this could serve as a model for other areas. >> way to kind of take more power back into the community and plan for hardships in the future. and a plan for recovery to the city. >> will work on the program this year and present it to the voters next year on the ballot. the city is working to make this available to homeowners and renters alike. >> the city of oakland is now operating under a contingency budget due to a change in the terms of the oakland coliseum sale. a new finance report shows the revised deal pushes back several payments that were originally scheduled for september, november and th

the small business administration says hurricane victims should still submit their loan applications, so the agency can distribute those funds. when congress acts. in washington, lucas tomlinson, ktvu, fox two news all right, let's get back to our bay area weather. >> a live look across the oakland estuary this afternoon. pretty clear skies out there. and it is calm. but that is all going to change. meteorologist mark tamayo back with us. and mark, you're keeping tabs on that red flag warning that kicks in tonight. that's right greg. in fact, if you step outside for a few seconds, you probably notice things are changing out there with just that dry pattern. >> we tend to get to this time of year. in the month of october. here's a setup a wind advisory is in place. it's not for the entire bay area. the red flag warning is in place for the entire bay area, but the winds targeting the north bay hills, parts of the east bay out toward the inland valleys, and also the hills and out toward solano county as well. so the wind advisories you can see begins 11:00 tonight, lasting through your f

small business owners. there is aid through the small business administration. there is funding for renters through the department of housing and urban development, but all of this money during this very challenging hurricane season is running out and running out quickly. so president biden has said that congress needs to return and pass additional aid. now, he hasn't yet spoken to house speaker mike johnson says he plans to, but the white house is really still trying to get a sense of how much funding supplemental aid for the storm is needed. >> all right. betsy klein, so many people impacted by the storms. thank you so much. >> we'll all know this morning, a senior aide tells cnn that kamala harris's campaign will release a report today detailing her medical history and health information almost a year ago, former president donald trump posted a letter from his doctor saying his health was excellent but has never released his actual medical records. >> and justin new polling from the new york times and sienna college among black likely voters, a major divide.

. >> federal officials also announced the small business administration's disaster loan program has been exhausted. president biden is urging congress to reconvene and approve more disaster relief funding. >>> okay, get ready for another chilly morning. meteorologist angie lassman is tracking how long the cold will last. angie, good morning. the heater switch went on for the first time yesterday. >> yes, it did. in a lot of spots frances, and today it's going to stay on. we've got a whole lot of folks under these alerts this morning. 81 million people dealing with the freeze alerts from the plains to the southeast and northeast. we're going to see temperatures into the 30s and 40s over the next few hours. madison at 34 degrees. st. louis at 39. pittsburgh into the low 40s and new york city right now 46 degrees. in the afternoon, temperatures are going to be a little chillier as well. places like dallas, 68 degrees. that's all you're going to get for your high. 50s across the great lakes. mid-50s for boston. out west is where a whole lot more of that warmth is. above-normal temperatures f

federal officials also announced a small business administration's disaster loan program has been exhausted after warnings that funding would soon run out due to increased demand from hurricane helene. president biden is now urging congress to come back into session to address federal funding for disaster relief. >>> all right, you might want to break out that winter coat early if you haven't already. nbc meteorologist angie lassman is tracking a chilly start to the day. good morning, angie. >> chilly indeed. we've got plenty of alerts up once again. an extra layer is going to go a long way. 60 million people from parts of the plains to the neither east. these temperatures this morning are into the 30s for a couple spots. madison at 35 degrees. omaha at 34. even as far south as springfield, 38 degrees. the 40s are in place for pittsburgh and st. louis. just a little bit of a warmup this afternoon. the cool air has sunk further south. you'll see dallas, 68 degrees for your high. low 60s for st. louis. much warmer across parts of the rockies and plains where those temperatures will be above n

private loans one for more than a million bucks, plus three references to taxpayer backed small business administration loans totaling $6.5 million. if customers paid for work that the company didn't do well, where did all the money go? we contacted paulus bankruptcy attorney. the firm responded and said, no one from our firm is able to comment about mr. austin paulus anchor tiny homes customers like gary in cupertino, who you're going to meet here in a second. they want investigators to follow the money. so one of the things that i feel and most of us feel is there is no accountability. nobody is doing anything to these guys. the state contractors board has accused the company of taking too much money in advance and abandoning people's projects. it's now aiming to revoke the company's license, but customers want a criminal investigation. we checked the bankruptcy court for austin paulus dad scott and his co-founder brother colton. we found no filings for them or the company itself. yet dozens of customers have shared their stories with us. you can to snap the qr code on screen right now to fill out ou

his petition makes three references to taxpayer backed small business administration loans totaling $6.5 million. there's a lot of evidence. so recently, customer katy lucas visited the fbi in san francisco and asked federal agents to investigate. i want them to investigate the entire family. the fbi declined to confirm or deny any investigation, which it says is standard policy. there is one more member of the paulus family listed on its contracting licenses. austin and colton's dad, scott. we have not seen any filings in scott paul's name, but the state has moved to revoke his contractor's license, accusing him and his sons of taking too much money up front and abandoning projects. dozens of anchored tiny homes customers shared their stories with us, and you can too, snap the qr code on screen right now to fill out our consumer complaint form online. jess and audrey, i can tell you that the customers we have spoken with are looking to speak up in this bankruptcy proceeding. they are not going quietly. all right. well, we'll be along for the ride. all righ. thank you very much, chris. w

how much disaster eight does the small business administration have left? spite its name the administration does not fully help small businesses. it also provides low income loans to residents and homeowners whose properties are damaged by disasters. this could run out of money in the coming weeks depending on how much disaster milton causes. the agency needs $1.6 billion to stabilize its budget for fiscal year 2025 which only began october 1. it is already receiving about 3000 applications a day from hell lean survivors, said one official. -- from helene survivors so congress is expected to approve more disaster aid. congress is on recess until november 12 as lawmakers focus on campaigning but president joe biden said last week he could call lawmakers back to washington for emergency session to approve additional disaster aid." do you think congress should return to washington to approve more disaster aid? should congress be here while the country covers and responds to two hurricanes in two weeks? stephen in fort lauderdale, florida. what was it like in fo

the small business administration has dedicated 100 37 personnel to assist people who have lost war whose businesses are destroyed to get them back up on feet and understand what resources are available to them. we have an entire administration dedicated to this effort at your direction, and with that, i will pause. pres. biden: hey, mr. secretary, do you have any need from all of the departments and agencies in support of this response? is anything lacking? sec. mayorkas: we certainly do have all of the resources. we are well-positioned to continue to respond to hurricane helene, to respond to hurricane milton. we are meeting the moment and meeting the challenges, because of the extraordinary people who have spoken before me. pres. biden: i want to thank the governors. they have stepped up. all of this disinformation about how we are devoting all of this money to migrants and -- i mean, even one congresswoman suggesting that i control the weather and implying that i am sending it to red states, i mean, stuff off the wall. it is like out of a comic book. but, you know, people when they ar

biden's letter also warns that the small business administration program that backstops small businesses could also be weeks away from running out of money first responders are looking for the missing from hurricane helene as the death toll is now at least at 200 218 vice president kamala harris will be visiting north carolina today to see some of the communities destroyed by the hurricane. >> thousands of national guard members from different parts of the country have deployed to help with the recovery efforts there. and that includes some who live in north carolina and have families who have been affected by helene one of those is north carolina national guard captain remy adrian, he joins us now from raleigh, north carolina captain first let's talk about, as i mentioned, there this is personal because these are your people, right how has your family been impacted by this storm? >> yeah absolutely. so my family's from a small mountain town in western north carolina that was impacted right after the hurricane hit. >> you reach out to loved ones reach out to my family, didn't hear from h

going and campaigning and another federal agency is getting hit and not just fema, it's a small business administration and it's supposed to be helping mom and pop shops get back up and running after hurricanes strike. let's get to grady with more at the white house. reporter: fema's staffing shortages are not a concern but yet another hurricane barreling towards the united states making landfall in a matter of hours and i want to show you the latest numbers from fema's daily operations andfema will send some of the staff mott usually responsible for different disaster responses and praying to be pitched in. >> we'll have challenges along the way moving people around and this is what we're good at and what we've planned for and we have enough personnel between fema and federal partners to -- federal partners to continue to support the response from recovery efforts from helene as far as what we're seeing and potentially going to see from milton. reporter: pima has moan and government accountability office reports from last time revealed a staffing shortfall from about 35% meaning the agency could hire

biden says congress needs to return to session to approve more funding for fema and the small business administration. >> we want more money as we as we identify specifically, how much is needed. so i'm just telling everybody now, i don't want to hear that this is going to be the end of it. >> president biden says he will visit florida on sunday to assess the damage. our coverage continues on our fox local app, which is a free download for your smart tv. and in addition to ktvu newscast and content from our ktvu newsroom, you can also find more hurricane coverage from fox weather and our sister stations across the country. >> every decision that that management makes is really not in the best interest of the animals and staff. >> fresh concerns tonight about the san francisco zoo. after the release of a scathing report, reaction from city leaders and a response from zoo officials later in gmc sports weekend. >> the 49ers, coming off an important win in seattle and are very happy with their rookies, but more offensive help could soon be on the way as the team looks to next week's matchup against the c

small businesses. homeowners renters affected by by disasters. the small business administration's disaster loan program offers up to 2 million dollars for businesses and up to half a million dollars for homeowners to repair or replace property. >> but the program is broke after receiving nearly 50,000 applications from hurricane victims and approving 48 million dollars in loans. we need congress to do its job. additional funding for the low interest loans requires congressional approval. but lawmakers do not plan on returning to the u.s. capitol until after the election. house speaker mike johnson vowed to act then. and so that's the commitment that he made. that's what we want to see. in the meantime, sba says storm victims should still submit applications for the loans so the agency can process them and then provide the funds as soon as congress acts, the funding shortfpll does not impact disaster relief from fema. >> which provides grants, not loans. we are not going anywhere. administrator deanne criswell says fema crews are still on the ground to help connect people to the mo

small businesses for black men. why isn't the small business administration doing that right now for the black community? >> trace: makes sense. the research poll says the following, do you think kamala harris or donald trump have explained their policies and plans when it comes to addressing illegal immigration? you see their harris at 38%, trump at 69%. the problem here is she can't really afford to explain her actual position on this. >> right. so we do know her position. she has said now several times that she would not do anything different than what joe biden did and let's just look at what joe biden and kamala harris did on day one. they ended deportation's, they ended border wall construction, they ended remain in mexico, they proposed a bill that would reward illegal crossings with citizenship. i mean this has been one disaster over another and so if anybody does not know what kamala harris believes at this point, it's because they are blinding themselves to the truth. >> trace: a bc news, trust on the economy, who do you trust to handle the economy? trump 46, harris 38 and then you flip to the

small businesses and home buying. it comes as latino business ownership is growing at its fastest rate in over a decade, according to the u.s. small business administrationur economy for years now. joining us now congressman robert garcia of california, national co-chair for the harris/walz campaign. congressman, always a pleasure to see you. i thank you for being with us. now, donald trump just moments ago had this to say about vice president harris, take a listen to that. >> there's something wrong with her, too. she's slow. low iq, something, i don't know what the hell it is, but they lie. i've never -- we don't need another low iq person. we had one for four years. we don't need another one. >> how do you respond to this kind of thing? >> i think we can all agree that donald trump is unfit to be the president. he is a disgrace. that's another shameful comment the way he disparages people, the way he disparages women and all of us should be ashamed that someone like that is on the national stage running for president. that was supposed to be a round table where he's trying to reach out to different communities. so we're talking about the issues, we're

i don't know if you got one but so many got one millions of small businesses at linda mcmahon with the head of small business administration a big business but she was the head and she was phenomenal. linda mcmahon was phenomenal. so many people tell me about her that she was one of the best secretaries but linda mcmahon was in charge and they brought billions of dollars to people with small businesses and it was the greatest investment we made, it stopped us from going into a 1929 depression which is exactly what we would have had and she did a fantastic job. we are going to get your costs way down. thank you. [applause] >> i always tell people it is hot in the summer and cold in the winter and a long ways to drive anywhere, which i think a lot of americans are experiencing no matter what your energy is dependent and since joe biden has been in the white house and harris has supported every single one of his policies, did you hear on the view, did you hear her say she would not change a thing from what joe biden has done? it has cost the average american family 45 hundred dollars just in energy costs, just in energy costs

the small business administration could cover disaster loans. neil: the spa is at the edge. they have to be back after the elections. this will be a long haul, it takes $7 billion. >> $12 billion annually responding to natural disasters, it's possible the dollar figure for this year could exceed that. it may surpass what congress spent for here hurricane katrina. neil: we still have a ways to go this hurricane season. >> reporter: this is where alejandra mayorkas indicates he needs the disaster relief fund on capitol hill reloaded before the end of the season. that runs through november 30th. stuart: neil: if you don't get that money, fema can't help. seems incredible. >> that's the problem. you might remember after hurricane katrina in 2005, they were completely out of money. this is where congress came back at the end of the august recess to reload the fund because they don't have the dollars and we don't think that will happen in this scenario but we have a lot of time until congress comes back. they are due back on 12 november. neil: thank you for updating us on that. ha

those small business administration, they have community disaster loans they give out to businesses son a community is impacted and there is no business or the business is destroyed, the family that owns that small business can make it through and rebuild we knew they had no money when we left on break. i filed a bill to get them 1 billion more dollars to deal with hurricane helenian hurricane milton so that will be a problem. i'm worried about those community disaster loans not going out. neil: tight for time but i'm curious, full disclosure i own a place in your wonderful state but the fact of the matter is you've got millions more like me who descended on your beautiful state who know nothing about this, they are not aware of the preparation and everything else like hardened floridians are and i'm wondering, a lot of my thinking i came to this place for the sun and the lovely weather and low taxes and all that and now high homeowner insurance fees entire condo fees. how are folks dealing with that? >> this is going to continue to break the homeowners insurance issue we are having in

harris said that would be done through the small business administration in partnership with communityks and other lenders. she also through her support behind reparations. that cost is unknown but democrats in congress of already asked for $14 trillion on that issue. when pressed on her expensive plan for the economy last night harris has her plan will strengthen the economy while criticizing her opponent. let's look at her opponent. the nonpartisan committee says trump's plans would widen budget deficits by 7. $5 trillion over the next decade. donald trump in particular making a flurry of pledges from tariff increases to tax cuts which would include illuminating federal taxes on tips, overtime, social security, auto loans, generators and more. the former president said his economy will decrease inflation and his tariffs would support the economy by encouraging american manufacturing, both adding to the deficit according to the nonpartisan group. stuart: thanks very much indeed. now this. the mother of rachel moran was on fox and friends this morning, her daughter was killed allegedly

small business administration loans, fema grants to rebuild, and in some cases, they're having to doe. two weeks ago, halloween hit. they cleaned out all the debris. now they're back having to do it again. >> unfortunately, i was i do say that after storms there is a system in place where you get outside help to turn the power back on. so you have different power companies from across the country that can be flooding in here. right? >> yes we do. there's about 120,000 line techs working on the power grid in the united states. on any given day, 55,000 of them are in the southeast. both carolina and florida. so they've got a tremendous amount of resources coming in. and they're very good at this. there's no question. but there's challenges, too, because they've still got to get into areas that trees have fallen, the debris still on the road. they've got to cut it, toss it, get in there to be able to repair. >> can you remind us what years you were a fema coordinator? what may have been the big events or big storms that you handled? >> a number of them. but the biggest, probably hurrica

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the small business administration says it has officially run out of money for disaster assistance loansuld delay much needed relief forever people applying for much needed help. it it is pausing it offers until congress returns and approves more funding. a grand jury has indicted a father and son on murder charges for a mass shooting at a high school in winder, georgia. media reports say 14-year-old colt gray was charged with 55 counts, father collin gray charged -- faces 39 counts. colt gray is accused of killing two students and two teachers during a rampage september 4th. now to a story in strategic contrast. while republicans attempt to take control of the u.s. senate, setting aside larry hogan in maryland, their nominees are embracing former president donald trump. some democrats though seeking to hold onto the chamber are distancing themselves from vice president kamala harris. both presidential hopefuls will be in michigan tomorrow. senior national correspondent aishah hasnie is in detroit tonight. >> i wouldn't be here without trump's voters. >> in michigan out this warning in p

health and human services has providing hospital and health related support carriage of the small business administration has dedicated 137 personnel to assist people who have lost their businesses were destroyed to get them back up on their feet and understand what resources are available to them. we have an entire administration dedicated to this effort at your direction. with that, i will pause. >> hey, secretary, do you have any need for all the federal departments and agencies in support of this response? anything lacking? >> we certainly do have all of the resources. we are well-positioned to continue to respond to hurricane helene, to respond to hurricane milton, mr. president, we are making a moment and the challenges because of the extraordinary people who have spoken before me. >> i want to thank the governors. they have stepped up. ... disinformation going out about how, you know, we are devoting all this money to my grants and anyone congresswoman suggesting i control the weather and apply i send it to red states. but a step up for the wall, like out of a comic book. that people in trouble an

a different story for the small business administration, which provides low-interest loans to rentersners, and beyond. sba is saying it could run out of funds within mere days, mr. speaker. you've said it's premature to call congress back to get more funding, but has the possibility of leaving small business owners in a lurch change your calculation? >> congress will not leave small business owners wanting. i am a small business owner, and i'm from a hurricane-prone state in louisiana. we're kind of experts in this disaster recovery. the sba loan as you indicate side a small interest loan that helps people bridge the gap and helps people get back on their feet. it is a supplement to private insurance and other disaster relief funding, and so by definition, a necessity, it takes a few weeks to calculate it. congress is scheduled to come back right after the election. we're 23 days out from the election and that will coincide for most of these applications to even begin and many of them to be processed. now, fema has received thousands of applications already, and they're going through

hurricanes helene and milton are both likely to be $50 billion disasters and the small business administration'saking a dire situation even worse for folks in the hard hit towns across western north carolina, over 7,000 houses and businesses still don't have electricity: now, let's find out what janice dean wants to say about the weather. >> janice: let's talk about north carolina. because it has been below freezing for the last couple of nights, let's take a look at it you mentioned thousands still without power in and around the asheville area, look at the time current wind chill, into the 30's. 31 right now is what it feels like in asheville. we have frost and freeze alerts not only for the carolinas, down towards atlanta, georgia and up towards new england. so 7,000 without power in and around the asheville area and the next couple of days, lots of sunshine, but still very cool. at least for today and then we will go down to 33 tonight back up towards the you were 60's on friday. hyper is really building across the u.s. the west quite a bit of snow in the forecast over the next few days into

key federal program to help small businesses recover from disasters is looking at its own morning, with funding expected to soon run out. this is the small business administration have a disaster assistance program and it really provides critical aid to business owners, to nonprofits, homeowners, even some renters. but unlike fema, the they did not get an additional funding boost in the stopgap bill by congress passed just before l leaving town in september. congress allocated 20 billion to fema. as of yesterday that agency, fema, allocated 210 million, but the sba on the other hand, is set to run out of funding in a matter of weeks. the agency estimates they have about 100 million remaining. and they're asking congress for 1.6 billion for their disaster relief program. even president biden has warned congressional leaders that the situation was urgent in a letter saying that, quote, it is critical that congress ensures that no critical disaster programs, such as the sba disaster loan program, run out of funding during the congressional recess period. speaker mike johnson has said he does expect congress to pass that additional funding once lawmakers return on

former of the small business administration, who by the way went to school here. has to be -- look, she has to be the most successful person ever to graduate from this beautiful place. it is beautiful. linda mcmahon. i could tell you about her for days. she would hear. right? and you loved it. i said, did you like it? she said, i loved it, otherwise i would not tell you that forget it and a man you heard speak and he is a great patriot and a talented guy, went to harvard, did very well, not as good as the wharton school of finance of a but that is ok. but he has been a tremendous voice against china. and we have nothing against china. we just want to be treated fairly. peter is one of the few people that really understood what was happening. peter navarro. peter, wherever you are. peter. hi, peter. i heard peter. i said he is doing well. i did not get to see you, but now i see you. good job. good job today. good job forever. he was a strong voice on what you and i believe in. right? he was great. again, i want to thank elon musk for doing such a great job. he is n

letter to the congressional leaders friday night including you and he said specifically the small business administrationble. here's what he says. i wore the congress of this potential shortfall even before the rricane landed on america's shores. i requested more funding with them multiple times over the past several months and most recently my administration underscored this request as you prepared and continued the resolution to fund the gome. you call congress back before the election? do you need to? >> we'll be back in session immediately after the election 30 days from now. the thing about these hurricanes and disasters of this magnitude is it takes a while to calculate the actual damages and in the states they need some time to do that. i'm from louisiana where -- we are hurricane prone state. we are experts in disaster recovery. we've done this. you don't just send estimates to the federal government. you send specific needs and requests based on the actual damages and it takes in time especially with storms of this magnitude. congress will do their job. remember before we left washington, the da

>> the small business administration has now exhausted funds for its disaster loan program.ing to have to pause any new loan offers for disaster survivors. this happens after two major hurricanes have gone through the u.s. president biden said in a statement today that speaker joh johnson has promise this and other programs will be replenished to americans should continue to apply thr these loans and they'll continue to process applications and disburse loans. congress allocated 20 billion for fema before they left, but not for sba. at this point, congress does not seem poised to come back before november 12th. that would be a long time for businesses, homeowners and others to wait to get funding relief. >> emily, thank you. >>> a trio of big banks beating estimates. all posting top and bottom line beats. citi falling nearly 5% as it announced an increase of 315 million. the other two names flat. why do you think that was, tim? >> citi, their history proceeds them and until we get into a new era of 2.0, i think you've got a dynamic where people will assume there's some loans

urging lawmakers to replenish some disaster relief programs before they empty out the small business administration's disaster loan program is currently at risk of exhausting all its funds. congress is currently in recess until november 12th. some lawmakers have called on congress to return if necessary. there's been no such plans to cut recess short. there have been at least 220 people confirmed dead by hurricane helene. the deadly tropical storm swept through the southeast last week, and officials say it's going to be a long road to recovery as survivors work on rebuilding their lives and homes. these photos show the destruction in north carolina from the excessive rain and severe flooding, which washed away homes and communities. more than 200 people were unaccounted for in buncombe county as of thursday, and relief agencies are grappling with the damage now. they've also debunked claims that money is running out for disaster programs. >> there's a lot of misinformation about the fact that we are not going to have enough money because it's being redirected elsewhere, just plain false. >> fema says

department of transportation, the department of defense, the army corps of engineer, the small business administrationiden, vice president harris, have directed us, not only the department of homeland security, with fema in the lead but also the entire administration to bring the full weight and capabilities of our resources across the enterprise. and that is indeed, what we are doing in support of the state and local officials. >> for people waking up tomorrow in the region, either sheltering in place or those who have evacuated, what can you advise, based on what you currently know, about what they should be doing what they can expect tomorrow? >> i think we're going to see, by all indications, a significant amount of damage. what they need to do is follow the guidance of local officials. that is absolutely vital. it is the local officials that will have accurate information and the best interests of the residents in mind. we are seeing a tremendous amount of false information deliberately spread. and that is why we need the official voices to be heeded. >> understood. you mentioned false informatio

there is also the issue of a program at the small business administration, which officials argue needsbe funded more in order to help small business owners, as well as homeowners recover some of the property and equipment they may have lost in these hurricanes, but one big question is exactly how much they admitted the situation will be asking congress to provide earlier today. homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas would not put an exact figure on what they and we'll be asking down the road assessing the damage from hurricane milton, which is of historic strength and it also led to approximately 27 different tornadoes. >> so we don't know the impact. we don't know what's coming tomorrow, whether it's so another hurricane, a tornado of fire, an earthquake, we have to be ready and it is not good government to be dependent on a day-to-day existence, as opposed to appropriate planning has not spoken with house speaker johnson yet, but he says that he hopes to will see if there is any other pressure that he tries to place try to get this funding of put approved a down the road arle

the small business administration's disaster loan program is currently at risk of exhausting all funds. congress is currently in recess until november 12th. and some lawmakers have called on congress to return if necessary. but there's been no plans to cut recess short. at least 220 people are confirmed now dead by hurricane helene as of this morning. the deadly tropical storm swept through the southeast last week, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power. more than 200,000 customers are in the dark in south carolina, and nearly 190,000 are without power in north carolina. officials say it's going to be a long road to recovery as survivors work on rebuilding their lives and homes. these photos show the destruction in north carolina from the excessive rain and severe flooding, which washed away homes and communities. relief agencies are grappling with the damage. they've also debunked some claims that money is running out for disaster programs. >> there's a lot of misinformation about the fact that we are not going to have enough money because it's being redirected elsewher

the small business administration's disaster loan program is currently at risk of exhausting all its funds. congress is currently in recess until november 12th. some lawmakers have called on congress to return if necessary, but there's been no plans to cut recess short. there have been at least 220 people confirmed dead by hurricane helene. the deadly tropical storm swept through the southeast last week, and officials say it's going to be a long road to recovery as survivors work on rebuilding their lives and their homes. these photos show the destruction in north carolina from the excessive rain and severe flooding, which you just saw, which washed away homes and communities. more than 200 people were unaccounted for in buncombe county as of thursday. relief agencies are grappling with the damage now. they've also debunked claims that run money is running out for disaster programs. >> there's a lot of misinformation about the fact that we are not going to have enough money because it's being redirected elsewhere. just plain false. >> fema says they have 5600 personnel assisting with