Governor John Bell Edward said the storm is the strongest to hit his statement did not sustain the catastrophic damage that had been forecast parties joined at the briefing by other state officials. Good afternoon and thank you for being here this afternoon. We have our usual lineup today the officials here today with m me. Chip klein is going to speak in just a moment. He is of course chairman of the cpra he will talk about coastal flooding we have secretary of department of transportation and development, shawn wilson who will speak in a little bit on roadways. And then we have fire Marshal Butch browning who is here to answer questions that you might have about the fire at the Chemical Plant and west lake. And obviously you can ask questions of any of the officials here. First of all it is clear that we did not sustain and suffer the absolute catastrophic damage that we thought was likely based on the forecast we had last night. But, we have sustained a tremendous amount of damage.
Chief of staff. Now, live coverage of the u. S. Senate. Vice president under the previous order, the senate will consider the following nomination. The clerk nomination, general charles q. Brown, jr. , to be chief of staff and general of the United States air force. The Vice President under the previous order, the question occurs on the nomination. Is there a sufficient second . It appears there is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote the Vice President are there any senators wishing to vote or to change their vote . If not, on this vote, the yeas are 98, the nays are zero. And the historic nomination of general charles q. Brown, jr. As the United States air force chief of staff is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. Mr. Alexander madam president . The presiding officer the senator from tennessee. Mr. Alexander thank you
Dornl speak and then build bill dorn from fema will speak and then we will have the commander of the eight district coast guard. We appreciate his presence. President trump approved a request that i made yesterday for a federal Emergency Declaration here in louisiana. That declaration covers five parishes. I spoke with the administrator of fema this morning and he confirmed that the president did sign the declaration upon request and obviously if we need to and the situation warrants we can add additional parishes to the declaration moving forward. We have a long way to go. As we told you all and the folks of louisiana last week, this is going to play out over several days and that is exactly what is happening. The storm is more or less stationary but to the extent that it is moving east in our direction. Obviously, ais dangerous situation for our state, especially those on the western portion of our state. While the Tropical Storm has weakened, it remains a named Tropical Storm and it
From fema will speak. Then we have the commander of the eight district of the United States coast guard. He will speak today and introduce himself to the folks of louisiana. We appreciate his presence. President trump approved a request i made yesterday for a federal Emergency Declaration in louisiana. That covers five parishes. Beauregard, calcasieu, cameron, jefferson davis, and vermillion parishes. I spoke with the administrator of fema this morning and he confirmed that the president did sign the declaration upon request and if we need to and the situation warrants, we can add additional hearses to the declaration moving forward we can add additional parishes moving forward. As we told you all last week, this will play out over several days. That is what is happening. But itrm is stationary is actually moving east in our direction. That makes this a dangerous situation for our state especially those on the western portion. While the Tropical Storm has weakened it remains a named Tr
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