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You say we re not prepared. it s hard to be prepared for this sort of thing. what else could we be doing to make sure that we are in a better position after that first phase of the storm hits and when you need to rescue people, when you need to rescue critical infrastructure, keep power on, et cetera? no, i m embarrassed with those numbers. we measure water a gallon a day for people. we ve evacuated over a million. those numbers don t work. that s why they need to try not to be first responders. they need to provide what governors need and leave the governors and the counties. those numbers are not impressive at all. the good news is the defense logistic agency it s good and bad news. their warehouses are there in virginia. if they have to evacuate, we won t have access to those stores. but they have other ways of moving logistics around. remember, the first phase of this thing, we will lose. lose, lose, lose. the storm will turn the lights ....
and governor, since you ve been there and on the ground to see this first hand, say if you were in the white house, what would you have done differently? look, the response, the conditions in puerto rico are deplorable. 70% without power. and until you have power, thomas, you can t get the place running again, right? everything requires power. fuel pumps require power, communication requires power. it s just not acceptable that 36 days and you still haven t gotten the power on. yes, the island had significant damage, but restoring the power grid is basically poles and lines, right? we know how to do that. it s a question of personnel. it s a question of equipment and personnel. and the call just has never gone out. i said to the governor when i was there the other day, look, if the federal government ....
That s the idea of passionate conservativism that george w. bush rode to power on. when his approval rating was down to 30%, conserveatives said we have a terribly unpopular president and we got barack obama. that s what the tea party movement came from. it was to fight barack obama. let me interject. your piece makes that point beautifully. i think there s truth to that historical. sometimes you prepare for these segments. find me a number that supports this thing. let me put up very conservatives in february of 2013 on both bushes. 74% favorable and 21% unfavorable among the very conservative. jeb, 37, 43. if you look at where george ....
6:30, flight 370 s expected rival time in beijing. 7:24, six hours after the plane flew off course, malaysia airlines publicly announces flight 370 is missing. 8:11, more than seven hours after takeoff, a satellite makes the last electronic connection with the plane. somewhere along these two arcs, a sign the plane was still in tact with power on. after the airline was told its plane was missing, it waited another four and a half hours before it told the public. the airline says it first checked every communication possible. that meant contacting other air traffic controllers and aircraft fl flying in the area to make sure they hadn t made contact with this aircraft. they wanted to make sure it was tr truly missing. was that the wise, correct steps that the malaysian government and malaysian ....
The thing with mary barra she s not just going to be the first ceo of general motors but the first woman to head a major automaker ever. she s replacing dan akerson. here s a bit of a bio on her. 53 years old, been with gm. she s become quite the super star. she started i love this as an intern on the factory floor at the age of 18 to help pay tuition while she was getting an electrical engineering degree and reportedly said recently that being a car gal rather than a car guy, has never stood in her way. she said, it s about no kidding results and no kidding is right. she s been a leader in gm s turnaround since the company emerged from bankruptcy. she s even listed as number 35 on forbes s list of the top power women. power on. you re not kidding. that s fantastic. alison kosik, thanks so much. still to come in the newsroom, a single mom with little hope. ....