Lot of people and we have a lot of very important guests and i want to make sure that everybodys time is honored. Im just thrilled to be able to have a conversation about something that just continues to challenge us in a very significant way in the country, and theres no reason to believe its going to abate. All of us are going to suffer through disasters of one type or another, and cities along with states and the federal government, have been working very, very hard, before and significantly after september 11th to make sure we organize ourselves as a country so that we can recover quickly from disasters that happen so we prepare for them, and so that we build in a way where were resilient. When bad things happen we are not hurt nearly as wood bad and other im thread tile elaine duke, who oversees fema and the recovery agencies as well. Mayor Sylvester Turner of houston, texas, who went through his own trauma. The mayor of key west florida. Paul rain worth who has served in many cap
Ensuring state and local governments have the proper safeguards to properly alert the public of an impending emergency is absolutely critical. False alerts not only create unnecessary panic, they undermine the Emergency Alert system leading to public distrust and what happened in hawaii must be addressed to make sure it never happens again. It is essential that americans have an Emergency Alert system they could trust and i believe they do. There is much that is working well with the Emergency Alert system. In fact it is arguably a model Public Private program through the warren act. Industry partners including those represented here today have been investing to improve the system and working collaboratively with government and Public Safety officials to carry out the mission. We special did not want to overlook the successes but as recent events have shown, there are problems that must be addressed. Todays hearing is the first of two on Emergency Alert systems. The near future will ho
Alerts like we saw with the hawaii Ballistic Missile warning earlier this month. Ensuring state and local governments have the proper safeguards to properly alert the public of an impending emergency is absolutely critical. False alerts not only create unnecessary panic, they undermine the Emergency Alert system leading to public distrust and what happened in hawaii must be addressed to make sure it never happens again. It is essential that americans have an Emergency Alert system they could trust and i believe they do. There is much that is working well with the Emergency Alert system. In fact it is arguably a model Public Private program through the warren act. Industry partners including those represented here today have been investing to improve the system and working collaboratively with government and Public Safety officials to carry out the mission. We special did not want to overlook the successes but as recent events have shown, there are problems that must be addressed. Today
Lingering showers here in Prince Georges County north of upper marlboro. Most of it went toward anne arundel across the bay bridge into queenstown, kent island and north of easton. So 404 and up toward chest are turn going to see some of that. However chestertown going to see manufacture that. However see most of that. However, toward great falls this will drift in toward the American Legion ridge in bethesda and thats about it. Most of the stuff will be gone in the next one to two hours. Tomorrow well start out near 70 in town, 60s in the suburbs, 50 west of i81 and a nice day, sunshine, highs in the afternoon and lows in the mid 80s, back with the details in a few minutes. Right now d. C. Police on the hunt for a suspect in a sex assault they say may have been the victims uber driver earlier that same evening. Its at least the third time this summer a drive for the Popular Service has been connected driver for the Popular Service has been connected to a possible assault. Our Garrett
We had a dramatic drop in the humidity overnight. 64 now in morristown. Down to 54 at sussex and monticello. There goes the front offshore along with the showers and thunderstorms well offshore. Dew points, measuring the amount of moisture in the atmosphere have fallen between the pleasant and invigorating category. There you go. Here is the day planner. 69 at 8 00 in the morning. Sunshine from start to finish. 84 by 4 00 in the afternoon. Somebody pleasant and invigorating, we send it to Debbie Duhaime with a look at the commute. Thank you. Good morning to you and everybody. We will tell you about a problem in the bronx. Northbound deegan right at the cross bronx an accident blocking a lane. So, delays go back by the stadium. Watch out for a broken water main on east 80th, closed between first and second with a broken water main p. George Washington Bridge lower Level Construction. Lincoln and holland construction as well. Outside, the Staten Island expressway eastbound slowing down b