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News writer thomas frank discusses how clean and the army corps of engineers are responding. At 9 50, representative danny davis of illinois on the pandemic in the state. Host good morning, this is washington journal for april 3. We are showing you footage from d. C. Terryton , Cherry Blossom festival last year. We want to know how you are responding to the covid19 outbreak, particularly in positive ways. Maybe there is a search of volunteerism in your community, or assisting others who are desperate and needy during this time. Tell us your story on two lines this morning. 202 7488000 for the eastern and central time zones, and 202 7488001 for the mountain and pacific time zones. If you want to tweet us, it is 202 7488003. Make sure you put your name, city, and state if you text on that line. You can tweet us at cspanwj and post on our Facebook Page at facebook. Com cspan. Eve ....
Television news, talking about the role agencies provider. The other thing that fs virus . Guest because of the disaster is really not relevant to fema. Whether it is a virus, a pandemic, hurricane, and , it is sort of agnostic when it comes been what we think of as natural disasters. Deal with any sort of disaster. That is the design of fema. It is this allpurpose agency. Host is a power that is currently being applied to covid19 from fema . Guest they have got about 1200 people out of a workforce of 14,000 assigned to covid19. Actually, fema has had some staffing issues in the past. They are in relatively decent shape right now. Toyou go back a year ago, when we had these massive floods in the great plains and upper midwest, fema was stretched a lot more thinly and they have done an ok job in the last year adding staff. They are ok, for now. The question will be, what happens in the coming months when the spring flood season arrives and you start getting all of these communities in m ....
Investigative report on u. S. Disastere joins us to discuss a report on u. S. Disaster response. We will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. Washington journal is next. Host it is tuesday, september 3, and this is washington journal. The house and senate in for pro forma sessions. They will likely face new requests for more disaster aid money in the wake of Hurricane Dorian. As we begin the program, we americans to ask are have we become too reliant on government assistance during and after disasters . Andou live in the Eastern Central time zones, that number is 2027488000. Mountain and pacific, that line, 2027488001. If you live in a disaster prone area, particularly if you are anticipating Hurricane Dorian, that line, 2027488002. Also looking for your posts on faceboo ....
Host one more pro forma session this friday, and then they come , andfrom the august recess they are back next week as well. Tom frank thish afternoon, which femas response. 202 7488000 democrats, 202 7488001 republicans, independents 202 7488002. Jerry is in pittsburgh, texas. Caller thank you for taking my call. I want to remind people that fema is probably the most least Effective Agency in the government. Marshall, texas, that go inhis man and clean up the debris, there is all kinds of volunteers in every storm, and they were harveying people out of with boats down there. Because they are a government agency, they dont get that much help from them. Thank you. Host frank, the effectiveness of fema. Guest one thing to clarify, there is this misconception of fema that it is the agency that to e and shovels up debris, it does not do that. It gets involved from Disaster Man ....