On the trail they will see him in the role of commander in chief including later this hour when he delivers a statement on the hurricane from the white house. And perhaps voters will be wondering how a president romney might handle the very same situation. One indication comes from a primary debate in june of last year, when governor romney made the case for shutting down fema and passing the responsibility on to the states. Fema is about to run out of money and some people say do it on a casebycase basis and some who say maybe were learning a lesson here the states should take on more of this role. Absolutely. Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, thats the right direction. And if you can go even further and send it back to the private sector thats even better. Were borrowing 1. 6 trillion more this year than were taking in. Including Disaster Relief . We cannot afford to do those things without jeopardizing the f
[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] heres a look of some of what is ahead on sees him. Janeidge along with harman testify on the threats the u. S. Is facing 12 years after 9 11. The remarks from another Homeland Security person. A little bit later, a dc circuit of appeals argument in the case of verizon versus the sec. We will look at whether they should treat all traffic equally. , leadershis week awarded the congressional gold medal to the four girls who died in the earning of Church Bombing in 1953. See the ceremony tonight starting at 835 eastern here on cspan. Thisg up tomorrow, continues. This video competition is underway. It is open to all and high school students. We are doubling the prize money. Most important issue you think congress should consider in 2014. You should show varying points of view. Need more information . Visit studentcam. Org. Testifies onridge the type of threats the u. S. Is facin
Eight glorious years. He went on to become after that become governor of pennsylvania. Our neighbor to the north. And first secretary of the department of Homeland Security. Since stepping down as governor, hes not only led the department, but hes also served as chairman of the National Security task force at the chamber of commerce and on boards of the institute of defense analysis, the center for studies of the presidency and congress and chairman of the National Organization on disability. Meanwhile, he travels the world as head of his firm, ridge global, and any other number of entities. Somewhere along the line he convinced a woman named michelle marry him. They have two wonderful kids that weve been privileged to know, leslie and tommy. Delighted to see you and thank you for your friendship and extraordinary Serve Service to our country. Next, jane harman, former congresswoman from california, 36th district. During her tenure in the house of representatives, congresswoman harmon
Connell job astarte is all over it. It is so much more. You have been on it from the beginning. One of the things i have been advocating over the years is the power rating. If you do not find the real high winds and one small area, like we see in some of the storms like charlie, remember charlie, it will spread out, it will be a larger area of very strong wind and you will get the same net result as it hits land. What we have been saying at whether bell is when it took the turn to the northwest, we have been on this for the last five or six days i actually believe it is a bit stronger than what the Hurricane Center is saying. South of montauk, there have been wind gusts of 130 Miles Per Hour. That would be close to what that barometric pressure is. That is now down as low as we have ever seen it. This is an extremely serious situation. All of the new jersey shore will be devastated. We will have record high tides in new york city. The only bright spot for new york city in this area is
Already starting to fall, and fema, federal Emergency Management agency, says the storm damage from wind alone could reach 3 billion. Were also going to be hearing from the president about 45 minutes or so from the white house. He is going to be making a statement, updating the conditions of what the federal government is doing to tackle this horrific storm. Forecasters expect that sandy will make landfall as early as tonight. The eye of the storm appears headed for jersey shore. The delmarva peninsula. Its an area that includes delaware, parts of maryland and urban search and rescue teams already standing by in maryland, waiting for deployment orders from fema. Coastal maryland getting ready, already pounded by a strong waves, high surf. Martin omalley is following developments from the Emergency Management center. Governor, first of all, thanks for joining us. I know this is a very busy time for you. I was just in maryland over the weekend visiting with family and friends, and clearl