Coming up chinese president xi jinping sets out his vision for the country at the start of the communist Party Congress is says that his dream is to turn china into a global superpower. And nearly. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program nearly one month after germans went to the polls chancellor Angela Merkel has started what could be difficult and complex Coalition Talks with other parties the first meeting between merkels conservative c. D. U. C. S. U. Party and the probusiness free democrats took place in berlin after two hours of talks Party Officials from the conservatives described the meeting as constructive. And that is a view that has also been echoed by the frame democrats lets bring in now Thomas Sparrow who you can see is out on the streets of berlin he has been following these talks for us and he joins us now for his as always expert analysis thomas so we hear that both the free democrats and merkels conservatives appear to be happy with the results of their first meeting d
Sunshine. The thing about today, cooler he. A whole lot cooler. And brisk winds will be northwest 10 to 15 sustained gusts as high as 25. All because of the cold front moving through this morning. 50s and we were 78 degrees yesterday. So its moving east as we speak. We have got showers that remain east and the cool are air ushering in as we speak. You will notice that the rain is real spotty compared to even just a few hours ago when the show started. So i think this is going to be out hour or two and we should be dry throughout the rest of the day. We have got showers in Ashtabula County and left over wet road from the rain we have had. If you are waking up, be aware of that as you leave. And look at future viewch the clearing trend is into the afternoon of the back to beautiful bright conditions. 1, 2, 3 00 into the evening its clear and going to get cold and, of course, tomorrow we have got so much going on its friday and the indians play and we will have a look at roads lets see wh
In 1989 to 80 during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. In recent years, significant disaster aid was provided outside the fema Disaster Assistance programs. These charts show how aid programs outside fema have grown. In fact, for Hurricane Sandy, there was less fema assistance from the department of housing and urban development or the department of transportation. We found these additional disaster aid programs dont have the same requirements and restrictions as the fema assistance. Fema assistance is tied to actual disaster damage and is for individuals, governmental entities or certain nonprofits performing governmentlike functions. Fema only spends money on eligible items for eligible applicants, no matter how much money fema receives. Fema mitigation funds must be used on cost and official projects to ensure the federal investment is a wise one. Fema makes every effort to get money in the hands of applicants as fast as possible to enable rapid recovery from disaster impacts. From the sandy
The 114th congress, i stated that my top Emergency Management priority was pursuing life saving and cost reducing disaster legislation and launching a Public Policy debate about the costs of disasters in terms of both the loss of property and human life. We follow that hearing with several round tables to help us understand what disasters cost this country, who pays those costs and whether the problem is Getting Better or worse. Early last year, Ranking Member carson and i introduced the fema format to call for the First Comprehensive assessment of disaster cost and losses in over 20 years. We also wanted to reform several Disaster Assistance programs to make them more efficient. If february, the house passed the fema legislation and we hope the senate will take up hr1471 and pass it soon. The purpose of todays hearing is to discuss what we have learned so far and begin exploring potential solutions, particularly the principals that should be driving those solutions. While there are si
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