an easy way through this, because his party is so fragmented, and both wings are so entrenched. it feels very tribal in westminster today. i know you were there too. although he has won the vote tonight, i do think the events of the day have been a real dent to his authority. we have seen open infighting, displays of party disunity laid bare, and also, some mps, particularly on the right of the party, accuse the government of the party, accuse the government of dark art tactics, of the whips office, accusing them of threatening mps that there would be consequences if they defied the three line weapon voted against the legislation. i m told by people close to the whips office that there was no suggestion or threat made that mps would lose the party whip. but clearly, there is a lot of turmoil that has been laid bare to the public today, and it is not a good look for the party. when you think of the fractious nature potentially of the last few days, compared to infighting in
also, you know, the rain, it s still raining in a lot of areas, so even though the sun is up, the storm is passing through, now is not the time to go out and venture if you don t have to. listen, i want to thank all the emergency management personnel, the state emergency management director kevin guthrie, those swift water rescue crews are out there trying to rescue people who didn t evacuate or water came where it wasn t anticipated. that s how the state emergency management response got one of the best in the country. we thank fema for coming behind that with resources and dollars to help reimburse the cost of response and to help this area recover. there are a lot of people who are going to require a lot of help, congressman. i thank you for bringing that up, and i thank you very much, congressman, for being with us this morning. so i want to just let you all in on what and how we re doing it. the water, as the congressman
we heard the sound bite from the national hurricane centre, they repositioned the storm you can see over my shoulder the storm and its centre is located close to downtown los angeles, within the last two hours we have heard reports of a lot of flash flooding, swift water rescue crews and added roadways from western la county to ventura county, the remnant local track towards nevada bringing the potential of flooding towards lake tahoe in the sierra, some of the headlines we are seeing over southern keller you, half the state under these flood watches, high wind warnings and the ongoing tropical storm warning across southern california, where rain totals impacting some of the driest parts of the state, in many instances some locations in the high desert even the famous death valley seeing more rainfall coming down in a few hours time than is typically seenin hours time than is typically seen in an entire year. you throw that much rain down even in a city sitting let alone a mountain and
destructive flash flooding like we are seeing across california tonight. we are seeing across california toniaht. ., , , ., , tonight. how equipped are these arts of tonight. how equipped are these parts of california tonight. how equipped are these parts of california to tonight. how equipped are these parts of california to deal - parts of california to deal with flooding like this, you mention palm springs, a desert city it has been deluged and death valley will have so much rain, we understand a lake emerge within it? it rain, we understand a lake emerge within it?- rain, we understand a lake emerge within it? it will be interesting emerge within it? it will be interesting tomorrow i emerge within it? it will be i interesting tomorrow morning once the skies clear you will see a lot of these lakes forming in these areas that sit like a bowl so the water has nowhere to go, like around death valley. this particular storm thanks to our partners at the national hurricane centre wa
U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand on Wednesday urged the Federal Emergency Management Agency to approve any request from New York State for a major disaster declaration following