Really good afternoon, everyone. Right. Apologies for the delay. We had the administrator was actually briefing the president in the oval office. So we wanted to make sure that she was ready to go and the president got the briefing that he needed before we came out. So apologies for a late start in the briefing. So in a minute, you will hear directly from the fema administrator on how the Biden Harris Administration has mobilized a robust whole of government response effort to support immediate and long term rescue and Recovery Efforts in maui. Hawaii. First, as the president said yesterday, we are praying for those who lost so much who lost loved ones, their community, their businesses, their households. We are also incredibly thankful to the First Responders and also the the very brave firefighters who are on the front lines who are dealing with this response and recovery effort. Early today, we announced that the president and the first lady who will be traveling to hawaii on monday
Criswell briefed reporters on Recovery Efforts and Emergency Response operations in maui. She talked about an upcoming visit by President Biden. She said the president , fema and the federal family will be there to support the people of hawaii as long as we are needed. First as the president said yesterday, we are praying for those who lost so much, lost loved ones, their community, their businesses, their households. We are incredibly thankful to the First Responders and be very brief firefighters who are on the frontline are dealing with a response and recovery effort. We announced the president and this lady will be traveling to why you on monday to meet with First Responders, survivors and federal, state and local officials. Since the onset of the horrific fires in maui, dozens of federal departments and agencies have been working with state and local partners on the ground to assess and provide resources and personnel support response on the ground. Last thursday, within hours of
State of massachusetts rejected their application over religious beliefs and now they are suing the commonwealth over it. Im john roberts, welcome to wednesday. Gillian nice to be here on a beautiful blue sky day. John what a picture. Gillian im Gillian Turner in for sandra smith. Kitty and mike burke say they were turned down because of adherence to catholic teachings, a letter says they would not be affirming to a child who identified as lgbtqia plus. Comes as they struggle to accommodate 1500 children in the foster care system. Chief religion correspondent lauren green has been looking into all of this and joins us from new york. The issue is, can a secular government prevent someone from participating fully in a community because of their religious beliefs. Now, the Supreme Court has actually ruled in favor of religion in a similar case about two years ago. But the burkes say this has been devastating for them, saying massachusetts would rather children sleep in the hallways of hos
Enemy. 12 attacks of the Ukrainian Armed forces were repelled in the ovdeevsky direction. The route is closed again. Trucks blocked traffic between poland and ukraine. This is to lead. We will tell you about the main things in the vera tarasova studio. Hello. The most pressing issues that concern millions of russians, and of course, the situation in ukraine, security and foreign policy. One of the main political topics. A great interview with Vladimir Putin, which he gave to our colleague, the general director of miya russia today and the host of the program. The west was about to finish with our country, relying on the power of the United States, but turned out to be powerless before the unity of the people, the stability of the economy and the growing capabilities of the Russian Armed forces. The president emphasized our army is advancing and liberating more and more populated areas, saving peoples lives. If we abandon these people today, then tomorrow will be our losses. Situation o
The cartoon the secret of the third planet, we decided to find out what its characters would look like if this story were directed by the director of the martian and the gladiator. We turned to Artificial Intelligence for help, which is known to be smart and wit, well, that would be the space pirate vesechak oh, this is professor zeleny, for whom nothing will end well, here is professor seleznev, and of course, the main character alice, well , it certainly turned out beautiful, but still not so charming and soulful. We have our own pirates , quite down to earth; more and more people, especially the elderly, are becoming victims of scammers. These are the criminal schemes in use today. Dmitry zaitsev says. Let me introduce myself to you, my name is tichenko, denis grigorievich, lieutenant of yutitsiya. Old song in a new way. Fraudsters of all kinds continue to attack gullible fellow citizens, in this matter, as they say, any means are good, promises, deception, and sometimes outright in