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at usaa, we believe honor is not exclusive to the military. and commitment is not limited to one's military oath. the same set of values that drive our nation's military are the ones we used to build usaa bank. from free checking to credit cards to loans, our commitment to the military, veterans, and their families is without equal. ♪ visit us online to learn what makes our bank so different. usaa. we know what it means to serve. (announcer) everything you need to stretch out on long trips. residence inn. >>> now to the deadly fire in the casino in mexico. >> mexican officials have arrested five suspects in connection to last week's fire that killed 52 people. they say the alleged arsonists were targeting the casino, not civilians. the suspects are all members of a drug cartel. they set the fire because the casino owners had not given in to an extortion demand. >>> officials will blaming pacific gas and electric for a pipeline explosion. they say the owner missed a lot of units to detect a faulty well. it killed eight people and destroyed 38 h

and to his left, martin valentine, senior manager with usaa insurance the very distinguished panel. we thank you all for being with us and we thank all of you in the audience for being with us as we begin. you heard the national alliance for public safety gis mention very briefly. we want to talk about who we are. as you can see where a nonprofit organization. activation of that and that's very important to many of the members of the spam and many of you in the room are practitioners who have worked with us and spent some time in some of the leadership teams and practitioner network that we have run the country. as you can see we done regional leadership teams and have those established at nine fema region. 3000 plus practitioner networks spread across those regions over the last few years. we represent 800 plus state and local agencies, represented in a way to have, too many of our working group sessions and many of our training sessions, and we're happy to have the state record with other organizations. we are certainly pleased to be here. why are we here today? you can see from t

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our next panelist is martin valentine, senior underwriting portfolio manager for usaa who provides insurance banking investment retirement products and services to 8.4 million members of the u.s. military and their families. mr. valentine leads efforts to help usaa members to build disaster resistant homes to make more durable communities. he is an expert in loss mitigation and catastrophic risk-management was 21 years of experience. he works closely with the federal alliance for safe homes which most of us know in the insurance institute for business and home safety to promote strong, well enforced building codes and loss prevention programs that protect homes and families. he is the co-chair of the insurance institute for business and home safety residential alliance committee and serves on the fortified state for living taskforce. mr. valentine earned his m.b.a. from state liu university and holds finance from the university of south florida. he of the chartered property underwriter and holds an associate management education. >> appreciate that. we have some first responders here who hav

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usaa.hat it means to serve. >>> we have the two-minute warnings for the white house briefing, and sometimes two-minute warnings can be longer. we'll bring it to you as soon as it starts. we will keep a close eye on the podium. we will bring it to you as soon as we can. >>> of course -- >> you have seen youtube videos like this before in egypt and libya and intunisia where governments are forming, but there is from syria where protests have not worked out and the situation is growing bloodier. a human rights group said 2,000 people have been killed since march. and we can't confirm those numbers. joining me now is our reporter. we see syria erupting, bloody streets. why isn't this working? >> one word. the military. the military is standing by the regime. it's a minority sect, and that's important. those presidential guards and military commanders standing by the government are from that same sect. going down meaning the whole regime goes down and that sect becomes the target for reprisals p

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at usaa, we believe honor is not exclusive to the military. values that drive our nation's military are the ones we used to build usaa bank. from free checking to credit cards to loans, our commitment to the military, veterans, and their families is without equal. ♪ visit us online to learn what makes our bank so different. usaa. we know what it means to serve. >> alisyn: time for a quick check of headlines. new video shows firefighters rescue ago family trapped inside their new jersey home. this is patterson, one of the hardest hit by hurricane irene's floods. right now conditions are so bad there, there is only one bridge open that leads into the city. >>> and tsa is releasing photos of animals that people tried to smuggle through u.s. airports. the latest incident, two birds wrapped in socks, taped to a woman who tried to sneak them on a flight from los angeles. then in miami, a guy got busted with seven snakes in his pants, along with three turtles. all wrapped in women's stockings. he's an animal lover. >> steve: meanwhile, are they cutti

have edward rob rob an attorney with robinson & robinson lcc and to his left martin valentine with usaansurance. we thank automatic of you for being in the audience today as we begin. you heard the national alliance mentioned very previously. we want to talk about who we are. as you can see we're a nonprofit organization practitioner led and that's very important. many of the members on the panel and in the room are practitioners who have worked with us and spent some time in some of the leadership teams and practitioner network that we have around the country. as you can see, we've done regional leadership teams and have those established in nonfema regions. 3,000-plus practitioner networks spread across those regions over the last few years. we represent 800-plus state and local agencies and represent them in a way that they have come to many of our working group sessions and many of our training sessions. and we're happy to have those and we coordinate with other public safety and gis organizations so we're certainly pleased to be here. why are we here today? you can see from the sli

>>> a big victory for the usaa.rnia little league team, did you see this, claiming international glory. gotta love this! you have to stick around for this story. the feel-good story. we're on the ground. gregg: you know, tornadoes, earthquake, it's nice to report this story! a little league team from california inspiring big league national pride, the team from huntington beach, california beat out a team from japan to take the little league world series title sunday. phil schuman from kttv is live in huntington beach with more. hi phil. >> reporter: gregg, a big day here, the team coming back tonight, and they're planning a parade for saturday september 10th, the first time ever a little league team from orange county has won the world series. dramatic moment last night, i'll tell you, two outs, bases loaded, high score -- tied score, bottom of the sixth, this was the winning run, a solid shot that scored the run, a 2-out single, made it a 2-1 win over japan, the championship of the little league series, that was b