joint news conference on the lead here in a couple minutes where you ll hear him address harvey a little more off the top. just to put a button on our conversation s conversation, the president leaves tomorrow morning for texas, and he alluded to a second possible visit next weekend. reporter: that s right, it s going to be a test to see not only how the president interacts not only with victims of the ground. he is a commander in chief along with a comforter in chief. does he go to congress and ask for additional relief? people are worried that the fema funds will run out. this is obviously a huge flood, hugely expensive as the president pointed out there, so there will be a number of challenges for him as he goes through the various chapters of dealing with a catastrophe. as you heard from local leaders on the ground there, a catastrophe they expect will take a very, very long time to deal with.
trapped residents had to be evacuated. the red cross set up an emergency shelter with dry clothes and foods. all of this rain could let up by the end of the week. in rockport, new york, they re still recovering from last week s storm which dropped more than a foot of rain. the state is seeking fema funds to get this covered. getting fema funds, the federal government has to declare this a disaster area. reporter: and in new jersey, struggling, after the storm knocked out power and up rooted trees. you can see on the radar now, just showers in the morning hours, typically in the afternoon when we get that afternoon heat. one of the changes we re seeing, remember, all about the location of this high. now, it s moving closer. remember, winds go clockwise around that high. it s actually meaning we re going to see a little bit more of a clearing along the immediate coast and the actual rain will push farther inland. kind of a trickier thing to
the deadly tornado claimed lives and left the city of moore in ruins. the president is expected to meet with victims and first responders and take e then take a tour of damaged areas. joining me from moore is oklahoma governor mary fallin. i thank you so much, governor. let me ask you first, what do you need of the president? what do you need to ask him for? well, we have first of all appreciate the president coming to oklahoma to see the devastation. it is huge here. and a lot of need here. but basically what i need is the ability to get through red tape, the ability to get the fema funds in here quickly and to get the services that our citizens need to help them recover through this terrible disaster. what do you think the biggest hurdle you face is? you know, you look at all of that that residents are going to have to sift through that s so evident behind you, and yet the first thing you mention is red tape. i m warning if bureaucracy is your biggest fear at this point. well,
look at. president obama is headed to oklahoma today. it s nearly been a week after the deadly tornado claimed lives and left the city of moore in ruins. the president is expected to meet with victims and first responders and take e then take a tour of damaged areas. joining me from moore is oklahoma governor mary fallin. i thank you so much, governor. let me ask you first, what do you need of the president? what do you need to ask him for? well, we have first of all appreciate the president coming to oklahoma to see the devastation. it is huge here. and a lot of need here. but basically what i need is the ability to get through red tape, the ability to get the fema funds in here quickly and to get the services that our citizens need to help them recover through this terrible disaster. what do you think the biggest hurdle you face is? you know, you look at all of that that residents are going to have to sift through that s so evident behind you, and yet the first thing you mention
that until 1999. right. we had six. it was a very similar storm. this time we ve had 24. that includes south oklahoma city. you know, it s one of those things if you had so many storm shelters would it really matter? we don t know. we don t know but let s talk about this for one second. i think a lot of people watching probably wonder why don t schools at the very least have them? an elementary school just three miles down the road from plaza towers which took the huge hit, they have a shelter. it was built with fema funds after the horrific may 3rd, 1999. why do they have shelter at one school but not three miles closer? it is about money and statistics. an f-5 tornado is very rare, 1% to 2% of the tornadoes. they don t happen very often. we are probably the only city in the world that s actual bin hit with it twice. it is the same reason they don t have safe rooms for earthquakes. they don t work. you know, all the time. don t you think that the schools here should have, ev