maria: welcome back. back to our top story right now florence has been downgraded to a tropical depression, but the danger is far from over as we told you earlier it continues to dump heavy rainfall on the already flooded carolinas the white house keeping a close eye on the unfolding situation, with all eyes on fema and its response. texas republican congressman john ratcliffe sits on the house judiciary and homeland security committees that committee overseas fema and also a member of the house judiciary committee and former federal prosecutor congressman good to see you thanks for joining us. you bet good morning maria. maria: i want to get into one of our top stories and that s the fbi and doj investigation but first let me kick it off with florence because 12 people are dead as a result of this storm. hasselberg how has fema done in this event and were there things that needed to be done that have not been done so far, give us your take on where we stand in terms of hurricane flo
don t make the same mistake president bush made. the white house said the president expects to visit texas next week after the storm dissipates. his entire focus has been on making american great again. he is focused on the americans that voted him into office. he s focused on the americans that didn t vote him spew officials. he s focused on effecting positive change this this country and when we go in and brief him on the preparations for this hurricane, he is acutely focused which is the right thing, by the way, the americans in the path have what they need. the president tweeted a photo on the briefing this morning. have you heard from the white house? yes. just spoke with the president not even an hour ago. we have been fully engaged with the white house on multiple occasions. and when you spoke to the president, what did he say? he s given me full authority in conjunction with the department of homeland security
miles and miles. even after the storm dissipates. and it dissipated well before tulsa. so just an amazing, amazing storm. and unfortunately, we have to bring results that are just awful. mile wide damage path. a tornado that s probably going to certainly see winds upwards of 200 miles an hour or more. back to you. all right. jim cantore, thanks very much. and what we re seeing here, the sun s just come up and we re completely overwhelmed as we walk around and look around, 360 degrees. everywhere you go, you see bricks all over the place p flown everywhere. we talk about these homes here. you see the most random things here. here s actually a book of julia child s letters. i found some dominos. look at this tree. gives a sense of how wicked things were here. i don t know if this is a piece of a house siding that s wrapped around it or maybe an awning. and then beyond the tree, of
out, how do you think we ll react to that? you need to come back. when the storm dissipates in new york city, you need to say here is what s happening now. it appears to be safe. bill: on the next disaster we ll call back on you and see where we are with the budget constraints and fema and where we spend our dollars most appropriate. mike brown in denver, colorado. martha: the great irony is what they didn t do is they weren t nimble. the skyscrapers are not going to blow out windows in manhattan. but folks need to evacuate where the waters are rising. people got hit like it was coming out of nowhere. the same onus is on them to be flexible and honest about where it s heading next. that s something to think about as well. let s talk about the unemployment rate which we know the country is suffering from dramatically. why are some employers having a tough time finding workers?