Local authorities and Weather Experts say milton will bring a destructive Storm Surge in which some areas will not be survivable. Hundreds of flights have been cancelled ahead of its landfall, which is expected to bring strong winds of up to 155mph or 250kph. Milton comes just days after Hurricane Helene tore through the Southeastern Us 225 people were killed by the Natural Disaster across six states. The back to back storms are expected to leave historic levels of damage that could take years to recover from. Unlike helene, milton will only pass through florida on its way to the atlantic ocean, making the Sunshine State the only one to be affected twice. President biden has postponed a trip to germany to oversee preparations and prepare a federal response. He urged those in Miltons Path to evacuate, calling it a matter of life and death. We can show you just how huge Hurricane Milton is. Nasa Astronaut Matthew dominick has shared this time Lapse Video filmed as the international Space
the u.s. treasury department is giving the state 60 days to end its antimask policies or they are going to have to forfeit covid-19 relief funds. here now is u.s. senate candidate, former arizona national guard general and air force veteran general mic maguire. general, thank you so much for being here. share with our viewers this showdown. so governor ducey has said we north going to give covid funds to school that mandate masks. the federal government is saying you won t get the money? what s going to happen? yeah, good morning, pete and rachel. thanks for having me. this is another example of the biden administration s overreach of federal control and the local issues. you know, you mentioned i just retired as the commanding general of the guard. and the state emergency manager. we understood as we went through this crisis it was local control, state management, and federal resourcing. you saw with the unconstitutional mandate that was just struck down, you saw it this week with b
into hurricane season what can things people can do before the hurricane is announced. first of all, now is the time make sure you and your family are prepared. listen to local and state officials for things that they want you to do. get tuned into that. one other thing can you do today right from the comfort of your house is download the fema app. you can put in your zip code. you can understand what the threats are to your local community. and you can sign up for alerts. that really is the best thing can you do today. don t waste time. brian: so, pete, you are the acting commissioner of fema. we have a brand new governor of florida. are you how are you attacking the lack of experience in this situatio situation? i have a call to the governor later today. my team has been on the ground well before this doing recovery for irma and michael. we have a great relationship with the state emergency manager. i don t think there is any gaps right now. the governor did declare a safety em
and that s where, you know, i have been talking to fema, talking to our state emergency manager to make sure those assets are on the ground to, you know, assist in this recovery. you sent a letter to the president urging his authorization of the governor s request for the disaster declaration. that was pretty fast approval there. tell us about this major disaster declaration for texas. it triggers the release of federal funds to help with individuals and communities with the disaster. where that does that money come from? well, once it is declared a major disaster, then that s when fema assistance is allowed to come in. that s why that was so important to do early on, and again, i applaud the president for doing that. just last night, harris county, that being houston, was declared a major disaster recovery area, which will allow fema assistance to now go in. they have been prepositioned, the assets and personnel, but now with this declaration in
getters in yesterday s mayoral showdown. that means detroit where 82% of the population is now black would elect its first white mayor in four decades and they scare off in november for a job that doesn t have any significant power since a state emergency manager controls the purse strings there. let s bring in thomas sugrew who is a detroit native and author of the origins of urban crisis race and inequality in post war detroit. good morning. detroit did crushed by skyrocketing pension and health benefits and why mayor bloomering put out this warning, i think, about public unions coming to the bargaining table agreeing to have their members contribute more to benefits and you wrote about this as part of the big picture for the new yorker. is detroit becoming the poster child for cities facing tough negotiations? well, detroit is an extreme case but the problem with