Federal officials who answered questions about flood damage and recovery efforts. Senator cassidy also discussed the Health Care Law replaced and bill. The town hall ran one hour. [applause] we are going to talk about many things. One thing i want to make sure we address our concerns people have about recovery from the great floods of 2016. That said, we have folks here that have resources, or at least explanations. I want to ask them to speak first. Then i will ask different people to comment. We are going to go around. If at any point you feel like you would be better off talking to fema than listening to this conversation, i will consider it more appropriate that you stand up and walk over and speak to fema because we need to have your needs addressed. Also, before i go forward, is my staff around . Or are they still circulating . I have three beautiful woman back there. I have michael, who specializes in casework for flood victims. Dale, are you here . He does casework. He may come
There. Dale, are you here . He does casework. He may come in later. Who am i seeing . Catherine stewart back there. With the bad light. With the bad leg. If theres an issue in particular that you think one of our staff can help you with, i need to go seek them out. I will tell you that scripture says the greatest among you shall be your servants. Our office desires to be the greatest service. They desire to serve you as citizens of looming as a of louisiana and the united states. So give them the opportunity. That said, and a particular order, do we want to come speak . Kathy is not here. You are speaking for her. Good afternoon. My name is casey. I work for the Governors Office of Homeland Security and emergency preparedness. Really quickly this afternoon, i wanted to update you a little bit on Hazard Mitigation funding that will be coming to the state from fema. We manage that program on behalf of the state. We are going to be working with the parishes, and in particular east baton r
Neighbors. Some say they feel sorry for the loved ones waiting on the outside trying to figure out what is going on in the inside. Well hopefully get audio coming for you this morning. It looks light out here, but its very much unfolding, a fluid situation. The standoff continues. And were also learning of a rally in support of the prisoners here. Thats scheduled for later on this morning. One of the claims of the inmates at this facility are the real and ongoing hostages but of course, the main situation thats being focused on right now is, of course, getting those two Corrections Officers out of that building safely. For now, were live in smyrna, matt delucia, nbc10 news. Now, 600 people work in that prison. Most of them work in the small delaware town. Ever since news broke yesterday, family, friends and neighbors and previous employees have converged on the facility, hoping to remain strong that this will end peacefully. I feel sorry for the loved ones on the outside that are waiti
Secretary, how are the prisoners able to take these employees hostage . Thats part of the investigation. To see how the takeover occurred. Because there are, hopefully, things in place. And our prison, there is almost 2,500 men there every day. And this tragic event is terrible. But every day our officers are there and they run that facility very well. Very safely. But it shows how vulnerable we are. Like a long, narrow hallway that everybody pictures. It is like three narrow hallways with a center hub. The letter would be a t, so to speak. Theres three tiers. One story. And then in the center would be the common area. Have you thought about the type of inmates that were housed in building c. The inmates housed in building c coming through our disciplinary process. Theyre either on their way up meaning they were in minimum security and they were moving into a more secure environment or highest security maximum and were on their way down and those two populations are together. Talk abou
Baby onboard he dropped her off in her car seat. This woman saw it all. He went back to the car and left. The baby was crying and cold. I hold it and she was pointing and saying mommy and mommy. I was like call the cops. Officers are now on the hunt for a 2014 blue or teal toyota rav4, jmt4312 license plate number. The little girl is okay. Authorities are launching a massive investigation into yesterdays take over at the Correctional Center in delaware. The siege ended at 6 00 this morning when police stormed cell block c. They found steven floyd unresponsive. He was declared dead a short time later. Action news was there as the body was transported from the prison to the m. E. s office. Authorities must determine the cause of death. For the latest, we go to action news reporter, dann cuellar. Investigators cornered off building c looking for evidence in the uprising and the death of steven floyd. He is being held a hero by compancoworkers and officials. Governor john carney set the mo