over emergency aid to the small town where the fertilizer plant blew up recently. 15 people were killed. numerous homes and school destroyed in the blast. now fema denied the city of west any money to help rebuild. the agency claims it does not warrant a major disaster declaration. the mayor can t believe it. i look out my back door, i know what a disaster looks like. if they don t know what a disaster looks like they need to come down here and look at this place again. the state s governor, rick perry and lawmakers are getting involved. the head of the fbi testifies on capitol hill where he is expected to face tough questions over the government s telephone surveillance program. edward snowden, the whistleblower in this case, is hinting that he may have more secrets to reveal. here s abc s tahman bradley. reporter: edward snowden remains in hiding but is still talking. i am neither traitor nor hero, snowden told the south china morning post. i m an american. snowden claims h
problem. translator: that the israeli government refuses to commit to terms of reference for the negotiations that are based on international law and u.n. resolutions and emphatically continues to intensify building settlements on the territory of the the state of of the future of state of palestine. like i mentioned just a short time from now delegates will hear from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he ll have some of the same points to hit as the president, president obama has hit. he may hit them own more strongly. will you see that live here again. we expect that at any moment. turning to our senior state department producer who is here with me. alise, what happens now? he s asking for statehood, he hand in the paperwork but how is this process expected to go? could go quickly but it could draw out for some time. it could. i think what president abbas is looking to do, get on a plane, go back to his people, claim victory that he went to the u.n. securi
well over $5 billion. now fema has less than $800 million on hand to get through the end of the fiscal year, september 30. harris? harris: i had mentioned that fema is running low on cash. what does that agency plan to do now? the head of fema says the agency is going to have to postpone certain projects related to previous disaster clean-up. he said in a statement earlier this week, quote, going into september, being the peak part of the hurricane season and with irene, we didn t want get to the point where we would not have the funds to continue to support the previous impacted survivors, as well as respond to the next disaster. one senior capitol hill aide tells fox that the obama administration likely will have to ask congress for more money to fund fema s expenses through september. and house gop majority leader eric cantor has said, quote, we will find the money if there is a need for additional moneys. but those moneys are not unlimited. and what we ve always said is we