Left of the airport terminal again weve just arrived when youre flying in you can really get a sense of the devastation theres a conifer forests all around has acres and acres of trees literally split in half it sounds cliche to say this but it but it looks as though a bomb went off here if you were to drive in that direction now that the waters have subsided you arrive at marsh harbor there are thousands of people who live there the latest estimates that we heard were somewhere around 13000 homes that were practically leveled by by this hurricane theres no electricity theres no Cell Phone Service or dozens of people here effectively. Of effectively homeless waiting for evacuation waiting for supplies that again is another concern the potential shortage of food shortage of water and shortage of medicine the United Nations on tuesday evening had already said that this is a crisis that can only be made worse if there isnt immediate action by the international community. Stephen much andr
There is kiva and then foundations where individuals can invest into those funds would be invested. Those are the two kinds of examples. One is an individual organization that has had a strategy such as kiva and then the other is an investor type of strategy. One thing i would add there is a federally funded program and one of the things you can do match savings for and without federal funding you can raise an additional match to that. A lot of the programs out of the country deal with dollars from individuals to help match the savings. There are also institutionalized groups like Angel Investors who do look at a wide range of applicants and i have heard that they are rich folks that just hang out on kickstart her but think generous amounts of donations to start ups. One of the questions we had e is which entrepreneurs are going to get funded so there need to be mechanisms to allow the lower income entrepreneurs to take advantage of that. If you care about this issue you should really
And another twist in the discovery of a mass grave in pennsylvania. What police are now learning about the bodies buried there. Its all happening now. Leland this friday we begin with President Trump heading home, heading to new jersey and he faces a growing firestorm in washington over russia. This is a second hour of happening now. Julie good afternoon to you, the president returning from his third overseas trip as commander in chief to face a jampacked agenda in the nations capital, including the battle to repeal and replace obamacare. The big question now, how much can the white house get done amid the controversy over russia . Leland a White House Correspondent standing by for the president s arrival near his golf club in new jersey. Hi, kevin. Good to be with you all, you are right. A long flight back from paris, the president will be making his way to familiar territory and a chance to take part in a familiar pastime as he makes his way over with the first to his golf club for t
Live from the north lawn and doug, is this the last senior personnel change you think we will see or what do you think . Well, its hard to say with this house. Changes come back and unexpected here. We are coming upon the month of august when changes are frequently made in washington if changes are to be made before washington ramps up to full speed in the month of september. This was arguably the most, tumulteos and scaramucci tirade at the new yorker reporter and failure of skinny obamacare bill and lastly the sacking of senior staff Reince Priebus. Trump and priebus put the best face. The president tweeted, quote, i would like to thank Reince Priebus for his service and we established a lot together and i am proud of him and priebus refusing to answer questions about all of the infighting and alleged backstabbing among white house staffers. Here is what he told shanty. Im not going to get into the subject. Its getting into mud. Palace intrigue stuff is distraction and takes away fro
Thank you for joining us. French president , emanuel macron says Lieutenant Colonel died a hee owe. He persuaded a gunman to let him take the place of a female hostage in a supermarket. He was wounded and hours ago, frances interior minister announced he died in the hospital. Police killed the gunman after hay stormed the building after a fourhour stand off. By then, the gunman killed three other people. Melissa bell is following the story. Me indianapol melissa, tell us more about this officer, what he did that has so many people calling him a hero. Reporter it is the tale of extraordinary heroism. It took place in the supermarket behind me. It remains kcore donned off thi morning. Its where the killing spree started with a carjacking, then an attack on the police, then a hostage situation inside. What he did was offer to replace the female hos tonlg being held, to take her place. It isnt simply he saved her life, but he helped bring that stand off to an end by leaving his mobile phon