prepare now. given this keeps changing and could affect several states, how prepared is fema, not just in florida which at first looked like it was good be ground 0, but how prepared are you and georgia and the carolinas customer. we are well prepared, we have been at this for five or six days and we have activated in the national response coronation center which you can see behind me. we have food, water generators, staff, helicopters, ambulance from florida from north caroli carolina. dhs decided a month ago to transfer money, $155 million from fema disaster relief to build more immigration hearing sites on the southern border. it now turns out in 2014 president obama did the same thing he transfer triggered $70 million to disaster relief to deal with a migrant crisis.
way to the world cup. four years ago today, do you remember this? remember this moment? that was four years ago today. donald trump announcing, which at the time was his long shot candidacy for the president of the united states. ladies and gentlemen, i am officially running for president of the united states and we are going to make our country great again. fast forward four years later and the president s own internal polls showing he may once again be an underdog. trump losing in head to head match ups to joe biden in several states that he won including florida, wisconsin, pennsylvania, iowa, north caroli carolina, ohio and georgia. the president says all polling
and tropical storm force winds extent nearly 200 miles out from the center. florence is forecast to slow down as it approaches the coast. so even today as we see outer rain bands from florence move into the outer banks of north caroli carolina, landfall is not expected for another 36 hours some time friday afternoon, friday evening or even early saturday morning. this slow moving very large hurricane will bring a long-term extreme rain, storm surge and hurricane force wind threat to eastern north carolina and south carolina into the weekend. in north carolina, we re particularly concerned about the pamilco sound and the noose rivers where 12 to 15 feet storm surge is forecast. 6 to 9 feet of storm surge are forecast. and several astronomical high tide cycles.
to the finish. a new quinnipiac poll shows the democratic candidate, tallahassee mayor andrew gillum leading congressman ron desantis by 50%-47%. the race will be the most closely watched race in november. desantis has tied himself to president trump, who endorsed him in the primary against more establishment figures. gillum would be florida s first black governor. days after winning the nomination, gillum was targeted in a racist robocall that came just after desantis told florida voters don t monkey this up by electing gillum. north carolina s unconstitutional gerrymandered map will be used in the upcoming midterm elections. a federal court ruling says there is insufficient time to redraw it before november, and imposing a new schedule for the elections would likely confuse voters and depress turnout. republicans hold 10 of north caroli carolina s 13 seats in the house. a redrawn map could affect the
citizens that wind is powerful by standing out in the wind on a live shot. you don t need to stick your foot in the water to prove that waves are powerful and that can take you out in the ocean. you ve been listening to a live press conference from north caroli carolina s governor pat mccrory, warn people, be smart, be safe, take precaution. they hope arthur passes quickly but again, saying have your emergency kits ready, have water, have your gas tanks filled. also, you know, he said that the state is prepared, their emergency responders are prepared, and they are prepared for a quick recovery once the storm passes in terms of utilities, road repair, et cetera. he did talk about the vulnerability of north carolina s highway 12 so severely damaged during irene really between two waterways there, very narrow, warned about that especially. if you re traveling in north carolina you want to stay off that, away from the coast, listen to the mandatory evacuati evacuations, 25 coastal adjo