Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) speaks to reporters about a shooting that day at Fort Lauderdale’s airport. It was reported that several people were reported dead and the suspect was in custody.…
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Craig Fugate discussed the work of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) during the Obama administration and how to reduce the costs of addressing disasters in the future. After…
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Tevi Troy talked about his book, Shall We Wake the President?: Two Centuries of Disaster Management from the Oval Office, which examines how presidents respond to disasters and argues that Americans…
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President Obama gave an update on Hurricane Matthew after a meeting in the Oval Office that included Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, and Deputy…
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Josh Earnest briefed reporters and responded to their questions on a variety of topics including Hurricane Matthew’s expected landfall in Florida, a National Security Agency (NSA)…
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President Obama spoke to reporters after he received a briefing on Hurricane Matthew at FEMA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He said Matthew was a serious storm, and that residents in southeast…
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Josh Earnest talked about a range of topics at the daily press briefing including preparations for Hurricane Matthew. Other topics included the Justice Department’s announcement about a…
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Josh Earnest briefed reporters and responded to their questions on a variety of topics, including preparations for Hurricane Matthew, the end of Syrian ceasefire negotiations with Russia, and…
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Congressional members joined with the mayor of Elizabeth, New Jersey, at a fire house to announce federal grant money that would help bolster the number of first-responders in the area. A…
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Chris Currie, with the Government Accountability Office, talked about funding for federal disaster preparedness and disaster assistance, as well as his office’s efforts to address management challenges facing those…
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State and federal officials testified at a hearing on the progress made on the deployment of the First Responder Network Authority, or FirstNet, a public safety broadband network created…
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Representative Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) introduced H.R. 5177, the National Mitigation Investment Act of 2016 (NMIA), that would attempt to alleviate losses to residential and commercial…
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President Obama spoke to reporters following a briefing at the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Response Coordination Center on preparedness for the hurricane season that would officially…
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Officials from the Department of Homeland Security, the Transportation Department, the Government Accountability Office, and Federal Emergency Management Agency testified at a hearing on…
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Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson participated in a panel discussion with state and local officials on how to respond to crises such as terrorist attacks and natural disasters.
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President Obama delivered remarks on a wide range of issues and took questions from members of the National Governors Association. The president and governors focused on issues states and…
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News headlines were read and phone lines were open for viewer calls on “Your Experience with State/Federal Emergency Management?” Recent campaign ads were shown. An ad released by Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders…
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White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest responded to questions from reporters on a variety of issues, including the decision to shut down Los Angeles public schools following an e-mailed bomb…
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Panelists discussed their experiences the legal and policy issues associated with natural disaster and threats and acts of terrorism, including issues involving the declaration and use of…
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Former and current New York City officials and the president of the September 11th Families' Association testified at a field hearing in New York City at the National September 11 Memorial and…
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