Will array, the head, direct the director of North Carolina Emergency department Emergency Management. Think you, governor. Good afternoon, everyone. Of the governor said, were here with Fema Today to retake an opportunity to survey the damage not just here in Buncombe County but in the western counties that have been so significantly impacted by this event. We currently have 15 county eeocs that remain open with 31 states of emergency in place. Of the 92 Search And Rescue assets thAt The governor mentioned, three of those are federal teams, 22 are from other states, and 54 organic North Carolina. And really cannot overstate the importance of partnership both here in North Carolina as well as the support that we have had from our colleagues in other states as well as the federal government. Today, we are continuing to wrap up grandpa pushes our commodities particularly water and employees as well as fuel and other resources into the impact communities. We are increasing the number of a
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been speaking takes, i promise you. i have been speaking to takes, i promise you. i have been speaking to our- takes, i promise you. i have been speaking to our north | been speaking to our north america correspondent. what we have “ust america correspondent. what we have just heard america correspondent. what we have just heard from america correspondent. what we have just heard from the - have just heard from the president, also from the governor of hawaii, is a response to some of the criticism. the governor praising the president for stepping up to the needs of hawaii within six hours of this disaster happening. the president describing how he signed the necessary documents to begin to kick start that process of federal aid, the aid that was needed for the search and rescue operation and the other huge response that we ve seen over the last few days and weeks to this disaster. i think there was clearly a determination in this press conference to answer what has been quite
has been quite a loud chorus of criticism over recent days from local people that the drug government response indeed wasn t fast enough, it wasn t big enough for their needs. there are many differences of opinion for that but i think we have heard some response and defence of the federal government for mac actions, certainly from the president. joe biden also doing that, what presidents do in terms of consoling people, not immediately turning up but leaving a gap for the emergency services to get on with the immediate needs of people after a disaster, a presidential visit always involves a lot of people and a lot of disruption and a lot of security so he has left a certain amount of time, often described as the console in chief and that is exactly what brendan biden is doing now, and doing it how he always does it, bring himself to the situation, talking about his own personal experiences, his
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