to the governor every step of the way. we are already seeing a tremendous amount of efforts and resiliency across the community as they are coming together to support each other as they work through what this is going to look like in the future. and together with our volunteer agencies and our federal partners we will be in hawaii every step of the way to help residents take control of their recovery and help them rebuild in a way that is going to make them more resilient. and with that, i ll turn it over to you for any questions. john: so there is the fema administrator with an update on what s happening on the island of maui and hawaii, such a beautiful, beautiful place where the historic city of lahaina, the town of lahaina, was hawaii s original capital was burned to the ground in the wildfires. a lot of questions remaining why there was not more warning about what was unfolding, why there were no sirens to alert the people in the village and why
moment that you wish he could have? or that people could help? well, we flooded, in terms of coast guard resources, we flooded more into the area over the last several days, well before he made landfall in southwest florida. and so, we brought in cruise and helicopters, covers and boats, from all across the coast guard atlantic area. even some from california, to make sure we have the resources in place to fully respond to what was coming. but there are all sorts of volunteer agencies. you mentioned the american red cross, salvation army. others that are volunteering, pitching in to help people in need. even well beyond the devastation that we are seeing in sanibel island, or even in lee county, there are other areas where people need help and the resources are poor. to provide that assistance as needed. vice admiral kevin lundy, i have mixed up admiral with admirable, but i think those two are synonymous on these days like this. thank you so much for your time. best of luck in all
director kriswell speaking. we have moved in a variety of generators of all sizes and types to restore power to critical infrastructure and medical facilities as needed. the army corps of engineers is prestaging 350 personnel to conduct power and fuel assessments as soon as the storm passes, and just yesterday i spoke with the president and ceo of the american public power association to discuss some of their emergency preparedness actions and the mutual aid agreements that they have in place. we have 3.7 million meals and 3.5 million liters of water staged in alabama, and there are multiple volunteer agencies that are staged and prepared to perform feeding operations as soon as as it is safe to do so. it s very, very important, were going to have significant
that children are separated and need to be registered in the country where they arrive. poland, for example. that s really, really difficult because i think as we have shown you it is incredibly chaotic at the borders. there s no unifying system to process people really. it is a lot of volunteer agencies so just keeping track of the kids is really tough. probably another reason we don t have a good figure as to how many kids are traveling unaccompanied. thank you. good do see you on the border doing great work. joining me is matthew saltmarsh. thank you for being with us. thank you. i understand just to help viewers understand where you are, you are in the region. we won t specify why for