given the devastation, will $7 billion be even close to enough money from the federal government? it will not be. however it s very clear that the president has made it clear, congress is making it clear, this is just a down payment. let s not compare it to sandy. let s compare it to katrina. the population and geographic size is far larger than katrina and i think sandy combined. we have over 5 million people. it s the swath from corpus christi over to beaumont. it will require even more that was funded for katrina, which was $120 billion. in addition to that, we are trying to rebuild the state of texas ourselves. that s why we have created this new fund, called rebuildterebui.
engaged almost immediately as we begin to recover, which is why i believe my $150 billion recovery fund aids package has to be taken seriously. as i ve heard that it is. and that we have to begin to get the monies down here to spread it in places where we re not even aware we need those resources. we may need them dealing with the whole energy corridor at this time. one thing is clear, that $6 billion initial emergency funding president and congress talking about today, certainly just a down payment. we re talking about numbers well above even katrina and sandy combined, perhaps. congresswoman lee, i know you have urgent issues to attend to as we watch this fire develop. thank you for taking the time. we wish you the best of luck. thank you, jim. and you re right, it is a down payment, and i believe my leadership republicans and democrats will work with us. thank you. good luck to you, congresswoman. if you ve just joined us now, you re watching a major fire at
risk, but also we don t know the price tag for this yet. it could be very costly and we don t know if conservatives will demand offsets to cut spending to pay for it. we heard governor abbot say it s early, it could be as cost lil as katrina and sandy combined. katrina about 100 billion, we are getting into what do they say? billion here, billion there. that s a devastating a. money. john kirby, as you look again, and some of these are live images that we are seeing as it continues on the left is a hospital in beaumont, texas, that lost clean water supply. you re seeing the military out in force, coast guard as well, they re going to be there for some time. yeah, i think so, jim. clearly the message the defense department is saying is that they re going to be there as long as needed. the civil authorities goat decide that. it s up to governor abbot to determine how much he wants and for how long he wants the military presence. they are certainly going to come prepared to stay as lo
zimmerman in the trayvon martin murder trial. one important florida lawmakers praises the decision saying the state is a safer place because of the law and the decision to preserve it. 22 states have stand your ground laws which give individuals the right to use deadly force when they believe their life is in jeopardy. hot button issue across the country. enjoyed the last two mornings about with you. i m so glad you ve been here and i m inviting you back monday morning! i love you. we worked together in chicago. i love you too. we are old friends, old friends but not that old. that s it for early start. new day starts right now. breaking news. one of the strongest storms in the history of the planet. stronger than katrina and sandy combined is lashing south asia this morning. we will show you what could happen there and here. president obama says he is sorry to those who have lost coverage due to obama care but
the worst has not yet come. check out the pictures. the island nation is getting socked by the storm right now, massive in size and strength. what you re looking at is 300 miles across, about the length of florida s entire east coast. easily historic, perhaps the worst we ve ever seen. again, the worst could be yet to come. how many people? 10 million in this storm s path, hanging on in the face of winds gusting get this 235 miles an hour. that s stronger than katrina and sandy combined. we have someone there. kathy novak in the philippines, getting us up to date with where we are right now. kathy, what do we know? what we know is this is for sure the strongest typhoon we ve seen in the world this year. as you say, stronger than sandy and katrina combined. and just pummeling more than two-thirds of this country. so far, officially we can only confirm three dead and seven wound but that is largely because the government agency that is dealing with the risk