help we can provide. if you call 800-621-fema, or disaster assistance.gov, what that allows to do is to regular store right new so you can immediately start receiving help. we want to make sure you get everything you need. a couple of final points. obviously, our biggest priority right now is getting power turned back on. we are very pleased that newark get power yesterday, and jersey city is getting power, we believe, today, but there are still big chunks of the community including this community right here, that don t have power, so it is hard enough cleaning up debris and dealing with boats that have been upended and roads that are blocked when people do not have power they are disabled in all
water filtration plants and some other critical infrastructure in the state. for that, we ve got emergency generators. we ve got a navy ship that has some helicopters that can help to move assets around the state as well. and so we re going to be working with governor christie s office and local officials to identify, what are those critical infrastructure, how can we get what s needed as quickly as possible. just a couple other things that we re concerned about. one is, as power starts coming back on, we want to make sure that people can also get to work. obviously, there are a lot of folks in jersey, who work in new york, in the city, and in other places, where transportation may be hobbled, one of the things that i mentioned to the governor is the possibility of us using federal assets, military assets, as well as taking inventory of assets from around the country that can be brought in, so we can help people get to their
obviously, they re disabled in allways and it s hard to get back to normal. so yesterday i had a chance to speak to the ceos of the utilities from all across the country, and a lot of the states that were spared, that were not hard hit or some states as faraway as california, they have pledged to start getting equipment, crews, et cetera, here into new jersey and new york and connecticut as quickly as possible. and one of the things that we ve been able to do, just to give you a sense of how this is an all-hands-on-deck approach, we re able to get c-17s and c-130s, military transport planes, potentially, to move assets, personnel, to speed up the process of getting power up and running as soon as possible. our first priority is, you know,
diapers and formula and has run out. those are the types of basic supplies and help that we can provide. if you call 800-621-fema, or disasterassistance.gov, if you ve got access to the internet, you can go to disasterassistance.gov, what that allows you to do is to register right now, so that you can immediately start receiving help. you know, we want to make sure that you get everything that you need. just a couple of final points. obviously, our biggest priority right now is getting power turned back on. we were very pleased that newark got power yesterday. jersey city is getting power, we believe, today. but there are still big chunks of the community, including this community right here, that don t have power. and, so, it s hard enough, cleaning up debris and dealing with boats that have been upended and, you know, roads that are blocked, when people don t have power, though,
but there is no all-clear that has been given. obviously, power still out for millions of americans. indeed, mike. and the president combining all those government departments, as you say, but actually leading himself. reporter: well, that s right. and you were talking about, if you want to get into the machiavellian nature of the trust you to do that. trust you to do that, viqueira. reporter: you have to take into the political profit mode is always in play, and that s as it should be. our system of government has made allowance for that. chris christie, his state is under incredible duress. it s been devastated. he s not going to be snubbing the president. it s important for both of these men, from a political standpoint. and, obviously, first and foremost, for the welfare of the victims and the people who have been distressed, who have had their property destroyed, who have seen their life savings literally watched out to sea, to work together. no one under these circumsta