Watch quote washington journal 7 00 eastern tuesday morning. Join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, Text Messages and tweets. Continues. Host we are joined next by former federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator craig fugate. Thank you for being with us on washington journal this morning. Guest thanks for having me. Host a number of items on our plate including the covid19 response. First, to the response to hurricane laura. The hurricane coming effectively the same week marking 15 years since hurricane katrina. What lessons do think fema and the federal government learned in terms of response to hurricanes in particular . Guest i think the biggest lesson was that we dont wait until we are asked to start getting ready. To be ana, there seem lot of confusion about the governor having to make requests and what femas role was going to be. Congress, after katrina launched substantial legislation. Governors are going to be is he dealing with this. The federal
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