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Impeachment trial of donald j. Trump. A new brief says the former president holds unmistakable responsibility for the capitol riot, and that it was obvious and foreseeable that his remarks on january 6th would lead to that riot and disaster. The president s new legal team faces a noon deadline to file a response. These are two developing story lines in the biden reset. Today he will form a new White House Task force to reunite children separated from their parents during the Trump Administration. President biden would like major Congressional Action on this topic, but primary number one is covid relief. The monday night meeting between the president and ten republicans was cordial but did little to fill the gap between what the republicans want and what the president is necessary. Today this new data point ....
This whole of government approach is what is needed to get the right resources to the people of maui, the resources and the assistance that they need and that they deserve. now, back a little bit to what we know so far on hurricane idalia, while it is still too soon to assess the total damages, we know that the storm made landfall as a category 3, which means over 120 miles per hour winds and up to 10 inches of rain in some areas. peak storm surge in some places along the coast, it has peaked right now but it could surpass once they measure over 15 feet of storm surge. we ll get exact numbers as they re able to go in and assess what the storm surge was. idalia was the strongest storm to hit this part of florida, to make landfall in this part of florida in over 100 years. but fema and the entire biden/harris administration, we ....
And an initial estimate of what we think the costs will be and what the amount of impact to these communities has been. just to follow on that, with what you ve seen so far, how long do you think it will take to get that full settlement, and how long will it take to understand the costs of recovery efforts? we have rapid assessment teams that have been prepositioned ready to go out as soon as it s safe to do so. those are personnel that will integrate in with the state personnel to see what the damages are. we also use technology. we use aerial imagery and satellite technology and our geospatial information to get a better idea so we don t have to put people out there. it allows us to make these decisions much quicker than we ve been able to in the past. it will take several days to get a full understanding but it will take longer to get a full picture of the total amount of impact to these communities. and yesterday you had said that fema s disaster relief fund was running low, ....