Outlines the Disaster Relief funding request. He testified before the House Appropriations subcommittee. We will call this hearing to order. We are welcoming the administrator of the federal Emergency Management agency, mr. Brock long, here to discuss the Response Recovery to hurricanes harvey, irma, and maria, as well as the wildfires that spread across california. Thank you very much for being here and joining us. I want to thank you and the thousands of fema personnel who have deployed and continue to work tirelessly to help communities and families get back on their feet in the wake of devastating events. Congress has passed two y supplementals which have provided an additional 46 billion to ensure femas ability to respond to the aftermath of such disasters. While some of these efforts are already underway, there is still a very long road ahead. Today, we look forward to hearing from you on how this third supplemental request will enable the communities to start down the path, the
Being forced to leave and leave right now. All of this as President Trump tours the devastation beginning in corporate us krity Vice President pence will head to texas later this week Contessa Brewer will get the latest on relief and recovery earnings there lets go to john kern an, pretty dramatic scenes in dickinson, a lot of water between here and houston, turned into a bayou. I wish i could say that was the end but apparently not after opening down triple digits, the dow is positive. And investors brushing aside fears about north koreas latest Missile Launch United Technologies and caterpillar and apple leading gains and financial and material stocks the biggest laggards right now. Lets get you caught up on the latest on harvey the storm setting a rainfall record for tropical cyclones in texas. The National Weather service just over 49 inches of rain has been observed at locations southeast of houston flash flood warnings remain in effect throughout houston, about 300,000 people by
If either of these reservoirs were to breach their berms, look what is out there . 3,000 homes and residences out there, all in jeopardy. That is what is threatened at this hour. Already water is going out the spillway, crossing what is route 6 out there. That road out there is route 6. Already water overbreaching that. And headed into those homes. Theyre hoping though, that is as bad as it gets. It is pretty bad. Well show you next hour what that looks like. For now, it holding. They hope it continues to hold. Neil jeff, thank you, very, very much. By the way to jeffs point, it rice it is really not just houston but Hillary Vaughn is here. Hi, hillary. Reporter they got off one of people just rescued. They were waiting since 4 00 a. M. For a response. What did you feel waiting for the rescue crew . Obviously keeping the girls safe. Luckily were in a second story home. We hunkered down there. We wanted older neighbors to get out first. Were ablebodied, so. Reporter what did you decide
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