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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20171007:17:34:00

well as the gulf coast emergency management agencies is prepositioning, personnel, equipment, and supplies to the gulf in anticipation of what is likely to be a category 2 storm. of course we re doing this at the same time as actively providing commodities, personnel and other support to puerto rico and the rir gin islands virgin islands which is still very much an active disaster. you talk about commodities and funds. you hear so often from people that they simply need money. they need money to rebuild, to get access to food and water. the national flood insurance program already in debt. and we know that the white house asked congress on wednesday for an additional 29 billion in hurricane relief. but like i said in the intro, that just may not be enough. what are you doing? are you working with the federal government in getting more funds and how do you become an advocate in times like this? sure. well, we have sufficient funds for our disaster operations right now. if it becom

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170831:23:37:00

the red cross will be there with all sorts of supplied they can use whether it s clorox or mops or whatever they need. we will also be hopefully giving some cash assistance to help them get through those gaps until the fema asince comes in. and we ll be doing some case work with them. you know, a lot of times what they re saying is what do i do next, where do i go now. and so we have trained case workers that can help them get a recovery plan in place so they can begin to rebuild. we ll also go through the neighborhoods with meals to serve when they are trying to muck out their homes. i do want to ask you about this as well. i think this was in a piece that ran on the nbc nightly news tonight. it was an interview. i think his name is brad kaiserman. he s the vice president for disaster operations with the red cross. he was on npr the other day and was asked a pretty straightforward question just about how much of the money goes directly, that s donated goes directly to relief from

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170829:22:08:00

for what we knew in our hearts was going to be a recovery mission. those first responders suffering some of the hardest risk there. sergeant perez was a 34-year veteran of the houston police department. he died two days after his 61st birthday. just a short while ago, houston police tweeted this photo saying they have their hearts, their hearts are heavy, but they re going to get through this loss. certainly a lot of need tonight from them. tonight the pentagon mobilizing troops to help with disaster operations, including as many as 30,000 additional national guard forces available when and if they are called. let s get to cnn s ed levin in friends wood, texas just outside of houston. fred, i know you ve been with the rescuers since the beginning. what are you seeing there now? reporter: well, we re here in friends wood which is south east of houston. it is a vivid reminder this isn t just a devastating story affecting just the city of houston, but that it s widespread across the

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100118:23:28:15

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100118:23:28:15
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