one thing they re talking about in the house of representatives, is adding on this disaster funding. the trump administration set a supplemental budget request, additional to the usable budget spending here in washington, d.c. covering disasters, hurricanes, wild fires. he came in pretty low, much to the dismay of democrats and republicans. $44 billion. house republicans of democrats have lost that up to $81 billion, a lot of money, including the california wildfires, which were left out of the original package. we have not mention puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands. it is possible, kelly, they could tack that on to that bill at one point. again, we are back to table tennis. picking and pawning bills back and forth when they don t have a lot of time picked for friday night. that is when some people here on capitol hill wonder if they could stumble into a government shutdown at christmas time but that is very dangerous because then republicans, who controlled the house and senate,
cuts. if those are extended, that will add another $2 trillion to the debt. and if you look at what congress has to do this week, in trying to repair sequester in dealing with disaster funding, in dealing with funding for c.h.i.p., as well as other tax extenders, that could add almost another $1 trillion to the national debt. so we are on the path towards a national debt that could very well reach 100% of gdp. which would really be a disaster from a fiscal point of view. certainly would be. all right, mr. secretary, as usual, thanks so much for joining us. really appreciate it. you re welcome. just ahead, we ll get an update on that deadly train derailment as ntsb investigators are now rushing to the scene. and we ll also talk more about the president s new national security strategy and whether it s at odds with his personal views when it comes to russia.
the gulf of mexico have already been evacuated. as you know, hurricane nate is now the latest storm that fema is responding to, stretching resources and of course funds very thin. the house is scheduled to vote next week on nearly 30 billion dollars in disaster funding from the trump administration, but texas, florida, and puerto rico say they are going to need much more. joining me now is fema s deputy administrator. thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. of course. we are talking about resources that are stretched very thin what do you have prepared for this next storm especially when you re already in a number of places across the united states? this is our fourth hurricane in six weeks so certainly we re very focused on allocating those resources for all of our disasters. our current focus right now today on the 12:30 video teleconference i just got off with a dozen federal agencies as
their budget reconciliation time for tax reform. jon: chris wallace, we will see you sunday. thank you. julie: lights out in puerto rico, the aftermath of hurricane maria. there is still no power across the entire island, electricity may not come back on for several months we are told. puerto ricans also facing flooding, landslides and extensive damage to their homes. president trump signing an emergency declaration so hurricane victims will get the disaster funding they desperately need. chief meteorologist joins us live on the storm s path. so many of these places sought 50 inches of rain. areas of puerto rico saw 3 feet of rain in one day, that s why the flooding is so extreme. some of the river gauges there saw records 20 feet prior than their highest record, 20 feet higher than any kind of raining or flooding event you had ever
not getting too far into that and politics is way outside my lane. and a follow-up. at any point in time as you re taking a look at this issue, is there any chance that fema, the epa and some of the places that were cut will see more money go into their budget? i think that we ll put money in as money is needed to address needs. i think what you ll see here is the same trernd i alluded to earlier, 2004. a large stik in disaster funding and also elevate the cap on flood insurance and will end up having to do that again here. you ll see, though, over a longer span of time even the flood insurance budget is red and black, red and black again based on claims and premiums. we ll analyze it in that fashion, but i don t have a prediction for you on that. ma am, in the middle? i asked you two weeks ago about this i asked about housing. i wanted to know do you have an update on housing since now we have harvey and now irma and