Hurricane harvey. Governor abbot said hes pleased response so ral far. This is 15 minutes. Thank you for inviting me to today and ou here want to echo the incredible here ship that weve seen at the local level here at the level. And the city the mayors and everybody pulling together in a typically fashion. A few years ago i was at the disaster in west texas and i had commissioner come up to a and said, texas isnt just place youre from it described i your family is and remember that especially on occasions like this because one pulling together as family as texans to try to help lives ho have lost their and their families and those who have lost their property and and those that are in a bad way right now as a result of i have to say but that Governor Abbot and his emergencyg out of the Management Operations Center in austin texas have done a job but it would not be possible work without the upport of not only the leadership of Governor Abbot but also folks throughout state and government. But as youll hear in a moment Fema Administration this is a long haul. Were trying to save peoples ives and trying to make sure they have a place to live and safe water to drink and sewage and the like. Y this is going to be along challenge and in addition to the website the governor mentioned assistance. Gov and some people might not have access to internet coverage but if they a phone call they can fema. 1800621 did i get that right . 1800621 fema. Thats the first step that people need to take to get the ssistance through the federal Emergency Management agency that theyre going to want to have in they qualify. Again let me close with this. Thanks governor for your i knowous leadership and that President Trump and his entire cabinet have been very aggressive ing and in their response but the only way we are going to get through is to make sure were latched together at the local state level and the federal level and i can assure you that we are. You. K thank you good day folks. Been saying emergency manage comment about partnership these se guys around me judges and mayors and first responders. Disasters begin and wednesday these guys and when theyre capacity has been steps in he governor with his support and providing tremendous leadership and support is my designed to back fill the overnors needs and make sure were here to support you guys and well be here helping you guys to recover. Have guys on the ground already here in Corpus Christi the area. While all eyes are on houston, fully aware that port rock and thers took a brunt theres a lot of damage. You know to this point were ontinuing to support the life safety efforts. In 8500 ally rolled members and people from around the federal government to be in texas and in louisiana are making sure were anticipating occurditional issues that there. Of those about 1100 are rescue. Rming search and its my job to coordinate the resources of the federal government. Seen the coast guard choppers and were back filling support guard as well for National Guard we have customs and Border Patrol in providing ople security to all types of things oing on from the federal government. The other thing youll see is you guys are very capable state. We all know it and you guys have capabilities and roviding Life Sustaining commodities and we are back filling that. 2,000,000 have over liters of water and tens of ready to backarps fill the needs of the citizens just north of y here in rock port trucks are pushing them ere to distribution of our state and how itstners and this suppose to work. Unified effort and were a team on each other going forward. As the governor said its and i want mportant to push this message. The first step to do if you one of those 18 countries under the individual declaration the president swiftly approved for he governor start to register now online first. Gov and thenstance as the senator suggests call and the process there. I have over 1300 Staff Members to the National FloodInsurance Program and the state nd obviously those people are starting to disperse through the state and we ask if youre a ahead and contact your yourance agent to activate policies and process claims on that as well. Continuing re also to help with power and you know n and folks as the senator suggests this is a very long event. Youre going to get frustrated is going to be frustrated for weeks. Normal riving for a new here. Were here for you to support ou governor as well as all the communities. Were doing our best. You. K one piece of news and that is authorized the deployment of all of the texas to address the challen texans are facing. That would include all of the 12 members of ilable the texas National Guard. Were to ensure that doing all we can to maintain safety and security of everybody the entire state of texas. Lastly and that is one thing i often say and thats our lives are not determined by the were challenged but how we respond to the challenges we face. Texans me i see challenged im always impressed respond. E way that we texans go way fellow that scue stranded people otherwise could have drowned. Theres heroes that literally texanshe lives of fellow what me is true of happened. What we i dont think it better. S im proud to be associated with women during this catastrophe over this past week. We ing who we are and what are i know that well get with h this even strong that ill take some questions. Firefighters association told fox news his firefighters are utilized as lack of planing which is why so many ivilians are part of the rescue. Have you heard that . I have to direct you to the city that. Uston on grade ar how would you responses. Ments the state of texas feeling for bout 710 days before the hurricane hit. On a daily basis. Duringtly multiple times the day. I spoke when the president on ultiple occasions and with his cabinet members ranging from ecretary of health and Human Services and Homeland Security and transportation. Energy. Out but also me the fema administrator and i a, a plus. Ade them as this is if not the largest of the zed as one largest disasters america has swift ced and to see the response from the federal government is pretty much unparalleled. So were grateful for whats so far but we know were early in the process but a it is the onent of way that leaders at the local responded. Hese are People Living off a few hours of sleep a night and they have one concern and thats for the men and women they their towns and counties. Yes . Some of your advice to what major said do you think people evacuated. Listen. Decisions about evacuation are something that are behind us. Are right now and we need to focus on first all weing life and doing can to rescue those who are in second get them to Evacuation Center and third help a bridge to where the future will be. Some of the biggest challenges. Well listen. He biggest challenge first is making sure we get every person to a secure place and then the long going to be period of rebuilding our communities. Were all thing that in this together and thats a long time to do it. We need the patience as we go rebuild that process to the community. In what way . They said whatever we need. Boats or food they said they participants in helping with katrina and they ere going to give some more precise ways my staff will ommunicate with them about specific needs. One more and then were out. And the path port what will be offered to those there that have lost their homes and cars. Butted somewhere else . Ly ask brock to answer part of it. I should have mentioned this to you. We have come here you may or may well be deporting getg to rock port so i will to see what challenges theyre mentioned busts we do have busts available where evacuating people and there are multiple locations. I greeted people on those buses around here that went to san antonio. So there are multiple Evacuation Centers and people can go to at one. Arge so thats two is for those still here, for re obviously is a need food and water as quickly as possible. Establish which i think it points of distribution. Second to e take a explain this goal. State of texas about to under go largest Recovery Housing missions the nation has seen. You start to wrap up the life Safety Mission and youre citizens who may be trapped or isolated youre shelter. Get them to a on individualgram assistance this allows anybody under a shelter that does not counties to be able to receive assistance to hotel or y find a the goal of this is to if we cant put you back your home because the flood waters are there we want to get ou out of the longterm sheltering and try to find them if you got them. Different facilities and be able to place people in those types places in some cases we have to look at alternative Housing Solutions and the last resort is to bring in manufactured homes and travel trailers to help us and have priority to be able to match those and bring but thats he state a long process. We dont start it right off the bat. Process has to be into the individual assistance and the try to find you the works to where your job is and where were working on so thats a long process. Is going to be frustrating. Proactively. Theyre the phone and going to be active in the office as well. White house announced some trump morrow president listen meet with state and local officials after hurricane harvey. Coverage on cspan networks and tonight a look at anniversary. July 1967. Federal troops called in and 43 people were killed. At some of the reasons why the riots began. Word ive come to overtime is uprising which i things ptures all the that are going on that week if you think about the things going for decades here in detroit oppress alize and africanamerican people. Destroy africanamerican that was the d build up to what happened and was a push back specifically against Police Brutality and you lso had lots of other kinds of the back the people in streets pushing back against the economic oppression and the discrimination like heather said and so an uprising all of that in way that, one of the things i think language has real power in our culture and the ord riot was used to dismiss all of those things after what happened. It was used to say, ignore this. Dont worry about the things are behind this, weve taken care of it with police move on. Nd well just just some of the event ooking at the 50th anniversary of the detroit riots you. An watch the entire event tonight on cspan. Our other programs include book author who is are currently on the Summer Reading members of the congress and American History t. V. With ectures in history focusing on Latino History and civil rights movement. Movement. This might be the only government class youll take. Youre be a voter and jury forever so i need to give you are help you in those pursuits. Tuesday night. Teachers. L discuss how Current Events effect their lessons on history politics and government. As a history component this a a chance for them to learn little about their story. With me. What i contribute where im is all part of this bigger story. 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