dealing with power issues. our whole infrastructure, water, sewer, maybe we re making some headway possibly on the water, i heard. that would be great. i did see vehicles coming in, heavy equipment vehicles coming in. we ve seen power trucks coming in, but again, you ve got polls that are down. and there might be transmission line problems as well. it s truly remarkable to see the zafgs that we are in the midst of. this is mayfield, kentucky, you re looking at. barry, thank you. i know you have a lot of work to do, but our thoughts are with you and the rest of the town here. people have reached out very well. thank you, sir. i ll be speaking to a roorp from the kentucky state police in just a few moments to find out exactly what these rescue missions looking like and how they re coordinating all the help that s going on here. hour live coverage is going to continue here on msnbc. i am in mayfield, kentucky. we ll be back right after this yy
The global energy crunch which has sent natural gas prices to record highs and caused power shortages in many parts of the world is now spilling over to the island state of Singapore which is dependent on gas for power generation.
is there anything in hindsight, was there not enough focus on other places, too much focus on new orleans or this is just what happens? well, there will be time for questions at some point. today we are focused on life-saving efforts, it is an active and fluid situation. as i heard earlier in reporting, it is not necessarily safe for survivors to come back to the area at this point. we are focused on ensuring that folks stay safe, that they have food and water and supplies needed and there will be time for damage assessments and other assessments at a later point. you heard the other report from ellison barber. people have power issues, they ve got cash issues, they re looking for money, the atms aren t working. how quickly is fema able to start handing out some checks, some supplies in some places? well, first off, say the
foot hurt from something that fell, but all the kids were safe and accounted for. we were able to get out of the building. there were some structural dooling that happened the wall behind the kids collapsed, so we re so grateful that everyone got out of the building. so at what poirchlt did it collapse? after the quake or toward the end of the shaking? we were all in the building until it stop shaking, then we were able to evacuate. after that fact, it kind of collapsed. yeah, we were blessed. that is very scary. are you hearing anything from people in your community about damage? you re mentioning this wall, but anywhere else? any power issues? what are you hearing? there s power outages throughout the city. i ve heard that teal be coming on tomorrow morning. there s been fires, the hospital had to be evacuated because there were some structural
from a lot of military officials. he was in the same room as brock long. he s learning how most of the preparation has worked as planned. the wind was as bad. the rain was worst. that puts us into the flooding stage. they are still trying to figure out when everything is crested and when they can get the all clear. just to give you a sense how much medium are hurting, lady yelled from her car, we re really hurting here. we need food. let every one know. this is still a big challenge ahead. they have a lot of clean up. they have to figure out power issues and got to get a lot of these roads back scheduled to link in the state so people can bet gak to their daily lives. i know you spent the last several days flying in a helicopter above that devastated part of the country. i was there most of the week. you re right. it is far worst than most people realize. hans traveling there with the