and we're prepared to deal with thata spokesman for fema says those residents who's homes did not burn to the ground might not escape from mother nature's wrath....especially if they live downhill from burned out areas.floods follow firesjust as surely as night follows dayso if you live down stream if you live down hill from this fire consider flood insurancebut be aware....buying flood insurance today, doesn't mean it goes into effect tomorrow....there is typically a 30 day waiting period. maureen kelly kron4 news. (grant) and today... water managers measured the sierra snow-pack...it's about 3-percent of normal. this was the first manual survey of the season. water managers took the measurements in a grassy sierra meadow which had áalmost no snow...just over an inch was mearured off highway 50 near echo off highway 50 near echo summit. up to 60 percent of california's water supply starts out as snow in the sierras. officials say state reservoirs still have good supplies from a rainy and snowy winter last year... and there is still a lot of time left for big snowstorms in 2018...but

are they supposed to get fema involvement? sec. nielsen: there is no requirement to get permission from fema. sen. hanabusa: the fact that seems to a bank a concern -- seems to have been a concern is another clarification. sec. nielsen: yes. sen. hanabusa: how can dhs play a role in ensuring all the systems involved in sending out alerts and retracting them are understood by all the states? are you taking specific steps to ensure this is happening? i have as the administrator of fema to work with the state emergency management agencies to ensure protocols are clear, both on , understanding the basis on which they have been alerted, and of course, making a correction when necessary. sen. hanabusa: are there plans in place for how to respond to a domestic missile attack? is there a formal land in place through yourace department for how states are to respond? sec. nielsen: we continue to work with the states to understand the threat. exercisesvariety of where we discussed the federal rules and responsibilities in support of state res

so i am going to continue to work to i can ma sure that fema has the resoars it needs -- resources it needs to assistance recovery victims for both short-term and long-term recovery but without this threat of clawback. there are ways to do that that allow us to be fiscally responsible. i already talked about the housing issue in monroe county in southwest, florida. that's why it's critical that fema has the resources to utilize programs such as direct lease assistance which enables the federal government to lease a property that would not generally be available to the public, such as corporate lodging, to house survivors, as opposed to giving them a voucher and say, go find a hoe tex you get a hotel in homestead and the big race comes in february and everyone gets kicked out because they were book add year ago. if you were able to lease out an entire long-term corporate housing facility, these people have some certainty to go about their lives while their homes are rebuilt. programs like direct lease provide the types of flexibility that florida and quite frankly the country needs. we

. >> last week i wrote to fema, specifically the administrator brock long, because of reports and we verified them with people in connecticut that they have been told that the transitional shelter assistance program will be ended for them because their homes are now tatterable in puerto rico despite the absence of water, electricity and reliable structures. would you agr

ignore fema's cleanup offer. >> saving the foundation in my driveway, having big excavators cracking t. >> reporter: after testing, that foundation proved good. >> he had gone to fema, they would have tore it out. >> reporter: and then? >> he would have been just like all these other lots, waiting. >> reporter: instead, this. construction began the first of january. by may, rob williams says it will be finished and he'll be on to the next one. did you ever get the feeling you were building a symbol? >> yeah. by the amount of traffic coming by every day. >> reporter: everyone amazed by this little house resolutely pushing up from the sun and soot. today at the end of a rainbow. in coffey park, wayne friedman, abc news. >>> let's talk about the weather forecast. kind of strange day out there. we had a little bit of everything. >> we did have variety. the spice of life, right, spencer? >> this it waswas a spicy day. at least we had a lot to talk about. things are much calmer now, but as you can see, there are little pockets of scattered showers around the bay area, and any one of these

ignore fema's cleanup offer. >> saving the foundation in my driveway, having big excavators cracking t. >> reporter: after testing, that foundation proved good. >> he had gone to fema, they would have tore it out. >> reporter: and then? >> he would have been just like all these other lots, waiting. >> reporter: instead, this. construction began the first of january. by may, rob williams says it will be finished and he'll be on to the next one. did you ever get the feeling you were building a symbol? >> yeah. by the amount of traffic coming by every day. >> reporter: everyone amazed by this little house resolutely pushing up from the sun and soot. today at the end of a rainbow. in coffey park, wayne friedman, abc news. >>> let's talk about the weather forecast. kind of strange day out there. we had a little bit of everything. >> we did have variety. the spice of life, right, spencer? >> this it waswas a spicy day. at least we had a lot to talk about. things are much calmer now, but as you can see, there are little pockets of scattered showers around the bay area, and any one of these

with pit to hundred 84 families but some people are living in prairie housing or head but according to fema one third is so badly damaged it will be impossible to rebuild. but 70% of those businesses shut down that that includes corpus christi but then to marshal the full extent but completely unacceptable and and not only acting she that is why we need to have additional disaster funds but as part of floridians arepe puerto rican and the senate has been dragging their feet long enough. the more people have leaders on both sides say we want to help but this is the notice of such but we cannot get started until we have a but knowing that these are the spending levels for the current fiscal year. you know from october 1 to september 301 but we are already well into the fiscal year. january.es we have already been on continuing resolutions has the spending caps have not been agreed to and we all know why. >> that i am worried about its impact but even with that spending cap agreed to it would take the appropriations committee additional weeks to come up with bill but even if the spending caps

out myself and see the damage and have the opportunity to learn from folks here what their needs sflr fema is an agency of the department of homeland security. neilson says more help is on the way. including fire management assistance grants which will help with debris removal. >> to put it in perspective, i lirnd tod learned today that the amount of debris collected to is more than the bridge. >> they want them to know the biggest need is how's ing. >>faster response, so more immediate temporary housing, moving forward quicker with permits do new builds an dhanging things to make it easier. >> neilson says people can apply for fema grants to rebuild their homes. bris brittany says most people can't wait. >> i've talked to people daily that are still in hotels or sfag on a couch or a car. >> can't tell from the news and from pictures, even from video of the amount of devastation and how it's almost every single house is gone. >> the hansons have bounced around staying in a vacation rental then with family out of state and now they're in a time share. they do plan to rebuild. in santa rosa,

before katrina fema had to come to get the additional dollars. after katrina congress recognized that's not the best way toso there's a pot of money that can be immediately be accessed, if it goes over that, they come back and get another authorization. dr. shots and i, so you can deploy people and secondly based upon and dr. kadlec this is where you nailed it, upon the previous 14 years of public health emergencies we take the average of that expenditure and we make those dollars available up front to be immediately drawn down. still accountability, go's going to do a report to make sure the cdc doesn't use it to go to hawaii for a conference as opposed to africa to fight ebola, no offense dr. redd. the point being that we would have the accountability built in but we think it's a good bill. let me move on to something different. dr. redd, i was struck speaking to people after zika hit that in retrospect and of course everything in retrospect, if i could do things in retrospect but in retrospect could have per dicted what was going to happen bec

. >>> cnn has learned fema plans to stop shipping food and water to puerto rico starting tomorrow. the agency says the hurricane-ravaged islands has ample water, meals, and snacks ready for distribution. fema has 5,000 personnel on the ground in puerto rico and says it is open to restarting shipments if the need arises. the government of puerto rico said it was not informed of the decision and did not authorize it. >>> we'll check cnn "money stream." the calm has broken on wall street. the dow dropped 363 points, the worst day since may. it's lost 600 points in the past two days. one concern, the bond market has been selling off, raising the fears that the era of low interest rates is over. health care dragged down, three big-time ceos unveiled a plan to disrupt the health insurance business. right now global stocks and u.s. futures are mixed. the dow futures up a bit. you could see a bounce. >>> the u.s. government is investigating apple for slowing older iphones. apple admitted to limiting the performance of older models. the justice department and the fcc are involved, looking i

communications systems have got to be aligned not to mention whatever role the federal government has, fema, as well as fcc to make sure that every state's warning systems are what they should be. >> what a cautionary experience. > let me mention one more thing. the overall goal should be to prevent the missile strikes from happening in the first place. that is why i have said we need to make sure the diplomatic resolution to tensions between u.s. and north korea must occur. secretary tillerson needs to have all resources in order to pursue that avenue. i would like the president to start behaving in a more mature way so he is not adding -- not just encouraging more of an environment where mistakes can happen. >> when you say the president behaving in a more mature way you mean not tweeting anymore? >> not saying my button is bigger than your button. that is very childish. weep ought to be focussing on diplomatic route. >> the only thing worse than a false alarm is a real alarm. thank you very much for taking time. >> thank you. >> real alarm would be much, much worse than a false alarm. >>

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so far fema is housing 82 applicants and rvs at the fairgrounds in santa rosa. another 53 were placed in apartments. >>> the city of oroville is suing the department of water resources for damages caused by the oroville dam failure last year. more than 180,000 residents were forced to evacuate. the city says the overflow affected roads and infrastructure. a heavy blow to the local economy. the city plans to file a complaint this afternoon. >>> this morning, here in oakland, the city will announce new plans to tackle the housing crisis, details coming up. >> plus, in limbo, why smart is worried it won't have enough cash to complete construction for its larkspur extension. >> and we are tracking slowdowns along 880 typically a busy route for the morning commute but busier today with a crash out south of here. details and alternates coming up. >> it's foggy, as well. but we are also waiting for another storm to arrive. we'll time that out for you also let you know how high the winds are going to get and how much sierra snowfall we'll see. kpix 5's jessica flores li

se estima que alrededor de 2000 vehÍculos se encuentran y se han reportado casos en los que fema ha rechazado sus solicitudes, por tal razÓn, unaorganizaciÓn ayudarÁ a los desamparados. reportera:algunos de los afectados que llevaron a filadelfia y recibieron ayuda de la agencia federal de manejo de emergencias, para tener un lugar dÓnde vivir por varios meses, a esta madre de un niÑo de cinco aÑos sÓlo le queda un mes mÁs en esta residencia temporera. >> despuÉs nos extendieron algunas familias hasta el 14 de febrero. reportera: despuÉs qué vas a hacer? >> la verdad es que no sÉ . hay muchos que nos quedaremos en la calle. reportera: al principio de la crisis, la ciudad abriÓun centro de ayuda para ayudar a las necesidades con las solicitudes, algunos fueron rechazados. >> han habido dificultades en procesar los reclamos, han habido dificultades en la informaciÓn que reciben. reportero: por eso el director estÁ realizando una clÍnica legal gratuita para ayudar a esas personas a apelar sus casos. >> tenemos que ayudar a esas personas que consigan un sitio dÓnde vivir, asisten

her delegation, which included a fema regional administrator and the director of the california office of emergency services then arrvied by motorcade to coffee park. she talked about the federal support being given to first responders by way of fire management assistance grants. fighting fires is expensive and very hard work off and dangerous work but these grants help offset the cost of the costs and allow and provide funding for additional manpower.she got a first hand look at the recovery process...and the massive debris removal work i learn today the amount of debris collected to date is equal to the weight of 4/5 of the way to the golden gate bridgeshe was asked by the media why fire ravaged california has gotten less money than states like texas and florida, devestated by hurricanes. she explained that there is still bureaucratic channels to be waded thru.the way the process works is that we continued to work with state and local partners and as the assessments come in the governors office request additional assistance from federal partners and then we respond so i think we're s

. >> miyagi, head of fema -- >> i'm the administrator of the hawaii emergency management agency. >> were you hear when it happened? >> no. this is the design center.rear happened? >> no. this is the design center.r whe happened? >> no. this is the design center. when happened? >> no. this is the design center. we don't have people calling us for to get permission. we have such a shorts time. this is regrettable. it won't happen again. the criticality of the time of the event and the credibility of this alarm going out is critical for us saving lives. so he with will take action to make sure this didn't happen again. >> you know, and certainly the whole situation is a balance. we do know that under a ballistic missile attack, the time frame allowed for response is very short. so we have been working at understanding to keep the people as much notice as we can. obviously there was a breakdown in procedure that allowed the false alarm to occur. it is regrettable and we will be looking at all of the policies and procedures that occur at the change of shift and other times that may be vulnera

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when they were discharged they moved into the franklin residence hotel under fema assistance. victoria needs more treatment for another two years. miriam said her daughter's immune system just too compromised to risk staying in a shelter. >> biggest concern is not having a stable place for her to be in. she can't be in a shelter. i'm just afraid that we're not going to have anywhere to go. >> well fema assistance for that family expires on february 14th. >>> for sport illustrated came out with it cover and nick foles was on the front. so, that's a lot of people upset. >> yes, he's on the latest cover. but here is why people think it is a jinx, one that goes back to the very first issue of sports illustrated after photo of eddie matthews graced the cover on august 16th, 1954, the then milwaukee braves, nine-game win streak was broken, and matthews missed an week of games due to a broken hand. and does the jinx apply to tom brady, too? sports you will straight dollars also promoted another cover on twitter featuring the patriots quarterback with two regional covers, still unclea

. >> kennedy: the fact that they couldn't send out a clarifying tweet unless fema gave them the permission to do that, it just shows how underprepared certain state and local governments or to deal with these sort of crises and how easily something like that can happen and how difficult it is to remedy. >> sandra: there already making major changes. we hope that it does not. when you go back to the comments, she is saying it is immediately necessary and absolutely necessary that this president to de-escalate the growing threat needs to speak to north korea directly. do you agree with that? >> charles: i think the president is doing an awful lot, everything he can to reach this regime. it's obviously a rogue regime. they don't care about our words. i must say that it's horrifying as this is, it seems like it's a problem there on the ground and i don't know how it gets dragged into politics exactly. certainly not partisan politics. it seems like she's going mighty close to the line let's remember, kim jong un didn't develop a nuclear bomb on november 8th, 2016. this has been a problem that's

now we are telling them that almost 3000 civil service employees at fema will not come to work. who will be processing the contracts that are needed to be awarded to rebuild puerto rico and the virgin islands? on top of that, the children's health insurance, and now we are saying to the state, use the reserve. what reserve are we talking about for an island that is bankrupt? we are better than that. when disaster strikes, there is not a democratic or republican way, there is an american way. thank you. >> i think it is important, my relevant, thank you my friends, that i'm the ranking member of the appropriations committee, because it is important to remember why we are here in the first place. it is the republicans shopping mismanagement of the budget -- ingis the republicans' shock mismanagement of the budget and the appropriation process. it is four months into the fiscal year, the majority has failed to enact a single appropriations bill into law. because, in fact, they have failed to work with democrats on spending levels for defense and nondefense. endless continuing resol

. >> fema relief programs continue to operate despite the shut down. workers are in the north bay removing debris from the wine country fires. they're carrying tons of ash and debris from the neighborhoods. the relief program is funded by disaster federal relief fund. cardinal new man high school and st.rose catholic reopened their doors for class to resume. it's been three months since fires destroyed the campuses and many homes of the students. >>> let's check on the rain in the bay area. >> it was a wet morning but it looks like most of the area is drying up. let's show you where the rain is coming down now. it looks like most of it is towards the south bay and a little bit in the east bay. we have very light showers coming down but it is nothing compared to what we saw overnight and early this morning. we had heavy rainfall for the early commuters and then across the south bay east of morgan hill, san jose, across the hills, mount hamilton. it's pretty light. you can see on the live camera that we have rain drops on the san jose camera and the dark

a fema spokesman told a democrat that the efforts will be continuing. >>> police are investigating a deadly shooting that happened about 8:45 last night an charlotte drive near charlotte commons park. police found one man dead after responding to reports of shots fired. it is not clear what led up to the shooting and no arrestvise been made. >>> san francisco police have now arrested a man for driving his van up on to a busy castro sidewalk business. they thought he jumped the curb. he is facing charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault, hit and run and driving under the influence. rodder hit several parking meters and trees and backed into rossi's deli. no pedestrians or any other vehicles were hit. rodder who lives with his dog in his van told police he was having problems with the van's brakes. >>> several beaches in mont ray county remain closed after sewage spills into the bay. moner mont ray says there was a treatment at the facility and about 4.4 million gallons of waste water was spilled into the bay. contact with the water could cause illness. once samples show it is s

the federal emergency management agency, known as fema, is ending shipments of food and water to puerto rico today, four months after hurricane maria devastated the island. about a third of puerto rico still has no electricity. some rural areas still have no clean running water. san juan mayor carmen cruz criticized the move while speaking at a gathering of latino leaders and washington, d.c., saying "while i am standing here with you, there are children without food in puerto rico. we need the help and it is not help we have paid for." she attended the state of the union address with new york senator gigillibrand. of faithas, delegation leaders from the u.s. is denouncing the united states support for honduran president her and it is raisman and not rated for second term despite allegations of widespread -- termdent for a second despite allegations of widespread voting fraud in the november 26 election. this is reverend kathleen mctigue of the unitarian universalist service committtte, speaking outside the u.s. embassy in tegucigalpa on monday. >> we demandnd t the investitign and pros

they use the tents for the military and fema for cases that will not have to stay overnight. >>> if you want to get students to school on time, here's how to do it. take away their cell phones. that's what's happening in new jersey. school administrators say as you might imagine the new rule is working and fewer students are getting to school late. >>> apple updates their plan to let older iphone users to stop the slow down of their devices. >>> shots of fired when gunman ambush a pizza delivery man on the job. we'll b right back. >> good morning it is 6:00 a.m., thursday, january 25. tam is off, nydia han joins us. >> we're following breaking news, a woman was hit outside the entrance of a hospital emergency room in delaware county. >>> grab the hats and gloves this morning it's going to be a windy and chilly start with warmer air on the way. >> we're getting ready for the super bowl matchup between the eagles and the patriots is approving to be a hot ticket not just in philadelphia. >> reporter: i have three green dresses, i don't know which day to wear this on. >> reporter: i was in

the federal emergency management agency, known as fema, is ending shipments of food and water to puerto rico today, four months after hurricane maria devastated the island. about a third of puerto rico still has no electricity. some rural areas still have no clean running water. san juan mayor carmen cruz criticized the move while speaking at a gathering of latino leaders and washington, d.c., saying "while i am standing here with you, there are children without food in puerto rico. we need the help and it is not help we have paid for." she attended the state of the union address with new york senator r gillibrand. of faithas, delegation leaders from the u.s. is denouncing the united states support for honduran president her and it is raisman and not rated for second term despite allegations of widespread -- termdent for a second despite allegations of widespread voting fraud in the november 26 election. this is reverend kathleen mctigue of the unitarian universalist service commimitte, speaking outside the u.s. embassy in tegucigalpa on monday. >> we demamand the invesestigatn and prpr

or to do, fema is ending shipments of food and water, even though about one third of the island still has no electricity over four months after hurricane maria struck. on the foreign policy front, trump threat north korea again, suggested he will start sending more prisoners to the u.s. military prison at guantanamo in cuba where no new prisoner has been sent in almost a decade. pres. trump: i just signed, prior to walking in, in order directing secretary mattis, who is doing a great job. thank you. [applause] to re-examine our military detention policy and to keep open the detention facilities in guantanamo bay. ensureking congress to that in the fight against isis and al qaeda, we continue to have all necessary power to detain terrorists wherever we chase them down, wherever we find them. and in many cases, for them it will now be guantanamo bay. is: the prison population currently 41, down from a high of 684 in 2003. president trump also used the state of the union to issued a veiled threat to federal workers. pres. trump: so tonight i call on congress to empower every cabinet secr

we have witnesses from fema, integrated public alerts and warning program coming to testify. folks from the fcc, the public safety bureau, public stakeholders and private sector witnesses. and even before this terrible mistake today, we were going to examine alerts and make sure they're reliable and that the public can have confidence in them and to make sure the alerts are getting to the citizens of our great nations. so this was all planned beforehand. i understand the fcc will launch an investigation about today's incident, but we're going to look at the program as a whole and making sure that the reliability is there and the people have confidence in it. >> one of the tough questions that i know you'll be consideri considering, and jacob soboroff has been reporting on this very system, the message filtering down from fema, where the emergency alert came from. do you see as a potential option, not to have state agencies being responsible for these emergency alert -- this last mile, if you will, of the warning system? >> i don't want to jump to a judgment yet until we condu

well, when they were discharged, they moved into the franklin residence hotel under fema assistance, but victoria needs more treatment for another two years. and miriam said her immune system too compromised to risk staying in a shelter. >> biggest concern is not having a stable place for her to be in. she can't nab shelter. going to anywhere to go. >> and to make matters worse, that fema assistance they were receiving expires for the family on february 13th. >>> 4:10 is the time. we are inch closer to superbowl 52. if you're paying attention to past performance, the patriots could be in luck when it comes to the color of their jersies? i hate them. so they're the home team. so they got the first pick, a coin toss. so normally obviously they wear navy at home. but they decided they've had good luck when they wear one, know won a lot. they are wearing white, made the announcement yesterday. >> the paths also worn white the last three times they won in the superbowl. looking back, 12 of the last team superbowl champs they had all worn white. >> i know. >> disappointing but still hope f

. >> reporter: fema spokesperson said the agency is consider concerned about tloflooding in n area and check your insurance policy immediately. >> it doesn't work that way. >> reporter: those policies take 30 days to kick in. on this day the assistance policy from the federal government taking center stage. homeland security secretary rolling into town. >> it was very important for me to come out myself and see the damage and have the opportunity to learn from folks here what their needs are. >> reporter: she was asked if the trump administration has been an effective job of that. her response at 6:00. >>> the rain is a welcome sight. the forecast is gloomy in the sierra. that's today's unofficial description of the snow pack. you can see why. today's measurement in the usual spot, the snow was patchy instead of several feet deep. it's quarter of what it should be for january. on the bright side of things, california's reservoirs are still full from last winter's heavy rain. you can track any new twomts on our phone. download our app for access to our live radars and ai tailored for yo

. >>> fema is not cutting off age to puerto rico today as earliey ieier they plan to stop sending food and water to the area if grocery stores open today. puerto rico is still recovering from hurricane maria four months after the storm. resources are hard to come by in rural areas. as of last week, nearly half a million customers were still without power. >>> new details in the effort to replace san francisco's hall of justice. city leaders are asking governor jerry brown to fund the construction of a new criminal courthouse. they want the state to return $1.6 billion to the judicial counsel for the project. the money was repurposed to deal with the budget short fall. the governor's office said the proposal to rebuild all of justice has not gone through the proper approval process. >>> google is offering a new feature. it might ease your stress if you are headed to the airport. >>> a live look right now at santa cruz. meteorologist mike >>> good morning, again, starting with a weather window from south bay to the east across the bay bridge. looks stunning outside, doesn't it? a few hig

. >> reporter: dan says the trick for him was he did not use fema to clean up the site which would have knocked out the foundation. instead he hired his own contractors to clean up the site to save the foundation. he was able to build on top of the existing foundation. live in santa rosa, i'm da lin, kpix5. >>> six relatives now charged with murder in the death of a san jose bouncer, frank navarro, stabbed to death in february outside the tre sgringo bar. they got into a fight with another bouncer and when navarro came to intervene, he was stabbed to death by at least one of the family members. prosecutors say it's unclear which one pulled off the stabbing or how many weapons were used. all the relatives entered not guilty pleas today. >>> california democrats are looking to build their support in the central valley. the region could be key to taking back power in the house of representatives. three districts the gop is considered vulnerable, the 10th district, the 21st district and the 22nd district. ly 30 percent a big part of the effort for democrats is focused on latinos. nearly 30%

he's a former fema inspector who owns a country specializing in seismic retrofit. he said the heyward fault and overdue for an earthquake. >> if you don't bolt your home, you're going to lose it, and end up in a homeless shelter or living with relatives. >> reporter: the state is most concerned about older homes, build before 1979, wood-frame construction with the raised foundation. >> i think it's beneficial to someone who can't afford it but need it. >> reporter: the deadline to apply for the retrofit grants from the california earthquake authority is february 23rd. we've got a link on our website, abc7 news.com. cornell barnard, abc7 news. >>> meantime, a major earthquake rattled alaska overnight, triggering tsunami watches and warnings for the entire west coast. that quake measured a magnitude 7.9 and hit at abo:00 and hit a a.m. sirens and alaska went off and people were told to head to higher ground. monster waves, thankfully, never happened. there are no reports of any damage or injuries from the earthquake. >>> we've learned tonight that two students killed

fema is planning to cut off aid today. nine u.s. representatives from florida joined the state's two senators in urging the trump administration to keep districts water and food. hurricane maria devastated the island four months ago. about 35% of puerto rico's population still has no pow jeer "people" magazine says glee mark sailing was found dead by suicide a month before his sentencing on child porn charges. they discovered his body hang frlg a tree yesterday in a las vegas riverbed area. sailing pleaded guilty last month to child porn. he was expected to serve up to seven years in prison. >>> the "washington post" reports on the crackdown on opioid prescriptions. a surge of daa agents and investigators will focus on pharmacies and subscribers. the dea will examine data from reports it collects every year from manufacturers and distributors. >> and "time" says they're banning foods. in boston a craft beer is pulling philadelphia craft beers from their shelves. a boston bakery is suburbaning philadelphia cream cheese and a philly b

the hurricane fema said it was cutting food and servicesic to puerto so there was a lot of that as well. >> woodruff: and you're right, i mean, there was a listing and all night we're seeing tweets of factual corrections. the president is leaving the house chamber. looks to me like clearout surprisingly quickly.h, >>ow! >> woodruff: we're used to seeing people stick around a little lonr. i just want to say we are going to be hearing in i think about five or ten minutes now from congressman joe kennedy give the democratic response. there's a countdown from the time the presidet walks out the door to the time we hearro joe kennedy. >> i'll associate myself with and disassociate from david. (laughter) >> the hour must be late. no, let me say, i mean, were the facts wrong? sure. i mean, it was the lowest, slowest job growth in the last six years, 2017 was. i mean, yes, but i really do -- i do thi the bar is low, but donald trump showed a side of ichimself this evening he hasn't shown. i mean, he's been a divisive, personaling president, criticizing, not establishing relations with people. o

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they are hoping fema will provide reimbursements for 75% of this total cost. >>> the governor is setting a new target for sero-omission cars in california. he signed an executive order calling for 5 million zero omission cars by 2030. the 2 1/2 billion dollar plan would expand subsidies for people who by omission free vehicles and bill 250,000 vehicle charging stations. part of the governor's push to advance an ambitious climate initiative. some of the money would come from the states camp and trade program. >>> a study says that pulling out of the paris accord will have a devastating impact on the future of the california landscape. it says these changes will make fire season worse across the state. lisa meadows has more on this. >> reporter: devastation plugged in california last near -- last year as the worst fire season on record devastated the state of california. seems like this could be even more widespread in the future according to new research out of uc davis.>> the climate change, in terms of plants it's a drying out that we will see. >> reporter: doctor james doran has studie

meanwhile, they live in fema housing in a motel across the way. while she owns this mobile home, michelle worries that the park closing could make her homeless by default. >> if i could pull it up, i wouldn't try to do that. the whole thing would fall apart, it's a 1961 mobile home. >> reporter: at least she's not alone. >> we're lucky to survive a disaster like this, but whether it's worth all the turmoil afterward is debatable. >> reporter: in santa rosa, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> federal food safety officials have joined in the investigation of raw meat being delivered to a san jose grocery store unwrapped and in shopping carts. an investigation began last week after photos were posted of men delivering the meat to the 99 ranch market. the usda says they will determine any action. the owner says it has fired both employees. >>> a state lawmaker wants to enact a law to stop elon musk from selling millions of dollars worth of flamethrowers. using one this weekend. they cost $500 a pop. musk claims they're legal, because they don't shoot fla

. >> sexual harassment spanning three decades from ac rests to young fema cyst tants looking to start careers in hollywood. >> reporter: releases avalanche of charges against powerful men. thousands of women posting me too, and everyone wondering who is next. >> what an amazing moment right now for the city of houston. >> reporter: but there was some good news this year, houston astros won the world series, and the stock market soared. >> we are watching the dow hit 20,000 for the first time. >> reporter: but dark news. >> it didn't matter where you were, rare total eclipse of the sun. >> most spectacular thing i've seen in my life. >> reporter: giving all of us a reason to look up and hope for better 2018. cynthia mcfad en, nbc news, new york. >> making resolutions for yourself. if so, you are not alone, a list of most popular resolutions next. prestige creams not living up to the hype? olay regenerist shatters the competition. big hype. big price. big deal. olay regenerist hydrates skin better than creams costing over $100, $200, and even $400 . for skin that looks younger than it s

army corp of engineers coordinates repairs by private contractors using dollars from fema, the federal emergency management agency. >> we're at the laydown yard where all of our large items come into. >> reporter: the army corps oversees materials distributed across the island, but under the federal stafford act, fema is only allowed to restore infrastructure exactly as it was before a disaster. in some cases, materials in puerto rico were so outdated that the corps had to get them made especially for the island, furthering delays. >> it really doesn't allow us to do more resilient or hardening work that made that puerto rico's grid definitely needs. >> reporter: colonel john lloyd directs the army corp's operation from the headquarters of the electricity utility. what's the point of restoring it to something old and essentially you know in bad shape? >> what i can tell you is this though is the work that we are doing does it. it brings it up to code and in many cases it wasn't up to code. >> when do you think everyone will have power again? >> we will slowly get more customers online.

fragile systems memphis going down doesn't just affect memphis it affects all of us that is why when fema designated for the most catastrophic in memphis it was with this ripple effect so interested in how this could be if it happened. and if you think about infrastructure we need to ask the questions about that. the american society of civil engineers gives a report card for infrastructure we average between ed.d. and d. over decades we have chosen to invest in things other than natural infrastructure. i think about the literal infrastructure airports and railways and levees and also the metaphoric bully is important. like the sunol me warning system we have underfunded these historically we have these deficits and i live in the state of maine and we can half ago we had a windstorm. 400,000 people lost power. largely because dealing with a 19 century wires hanging on poles assuming everything will be fine. we no longer have those systems in place. to see that catastrophic result. and to call attention to do that and has kept up with our natural environment. with the last major earthquake

the fbi, dhs, fema were all following this very closely. as we said, there was a concern that there could hais could hav hack. obviously the governor trying to allay those fears and saying it was human error, but if you look at the amount of time that it took for the state of hawaii to be able to correct this, 37 minutes is a very long time. and that gives a lot of -- to adversaries watching around the world, that could be testing the u.s. response to a crisis such as this, that gives them, you know, a window into how the u.s. responds in this kind of thing. so not only were the people of the state of hawaii, you know, very concerned and it took them 38 minutes to, you know, be able to stand down, you know, other nations are watching this. and that is why not only was the actual message that was sent out very concerning, but the fact that hawaii was not able to correct it in such a long time is also a concern because the state of hawaii gets their information from u.s. military agencies such as pacific command, norad, u.s. strategic command

the secretary said the declaration will allow fema to provide grant money to allow people to rebuild their homes and businesses.>>> police need help identifying a man who sexually assaulted a teacher in her classroom. pay attention to the way he walks.>>> a weather term rarely used. bomb cyclone. details on the major winter storm hitting the northeast tomorrow. it's a lot to take in. woman 2: and i know that's hard to hear, but the doctors caught it early. hi, blake! my dad has cancer. woman: and i know how hard that is to hear. but you're in the right place. man: and dr. pascal and her team, they know what to do. they know what to do. the doctors know what to do. so here's the plan. first off, we're going to give you all... (voice fading away) >>> new information from san jose police about the sexual assault and robbery of a middle school teacher inside a classroom. and has surveillance video of the suspect and the walk that might help someone recognize him.>> reporter: parents at harper middle school are in shock.>> i'm deeply saddened with what transpired. it makes me very sad.>>

recover from the thomas fire in santa barbara and ventura counties, money will soon be available through fema, it broke out december 4, and became california's largest fire ever, burned more than 281,000 acres, it is 92% contained tonight.>>> cats love eating fish, but check out these pictures, a mountain line club that burned its pause, now has fish skin covering its pause, the so-called biologic bandage, dramatically speeds up the healing time, it will be headed to is you are sanctuary once it is all better. -- to a zoo or sanctuary. >>> a massive die off four years ago. >> increased sightings throughout southern california, starfish come back, for healthy starfish up to 8 inches across were sported -- spotted in the region, but a full recovery will take years. >> are they bouncing back? >> i would like to say yes, there are some places where they are, but it is pretty patchy, especially in southern california, there really hasn't been much recovery at all.>> marine researchers say they will continue to monitor the starfish. >>> the sharks, looking to start the new year better than they fin

. >>> fema is halting release of supplies to puerto rico more than four months after hurricane maria slammed into the island. fema says it plans to end food and water shipments today because private supplies are now available. it will that continue to provide assistance to agencies and organizations working in the outlying areas but some on the island believe it's too soon to end the deliveries given that a third of residents still lack electricity and in some places running water. >>> but they will have this. utility trucks from our area are on their way to puerto rico to help try to get all the lights back on. "action news" was at peco's berwyn service center yesterday. those trucks will go first by barge with the line men flying out in a couple of weeks. >> pennsylvania's highest court will hear an appeal on a lawsuit challenging philadelphia's year old tax on soda and other sweetened drinks. the beverage industry and business owners say the tax has cut sales and forced layoffs. mayor jim kenney argues the tax is crucial for funding universal prekindergarten education. the beverag

hasta el dia de hoy, 4 mil, 349 viviendas han sido consideradas elegibles para recibir asistencia de "fema" que ha aprovado 14.3 millones de dolares em fondos para el programa de asistencia. ---184 solicitantes viven en casas rodantes, vivendas pre fabricadas o unidades arrendadas --de regreso a san jose.. tres escuelas han sido victimas de delincuentes en los ultimos dias.. --los planteles afectados son ''ocala steam academy'' y las secundarias ''sheppard'' y '''george'', asi como las oficinas de compras y recursos humanos del distrito alum rock.. --al parecer, el jueves y el viernes pasados vandalos rompieron puertas de dos de las escuelas y saquearon las maquina expendedoras.. --el ultimo caso sucedi este lunes.. --cuatro personas resultaron heridas entre ellas 2 menores de edad...... en una colision durante una persecucion policial. --el incidente ocurrio en antioch. esta noche a las 11 le tendremos un reporte completo de este accidente --continuan incrementando los casos de gripe en california y el impacto se siente en el rea de la baha, donde ha cobrado la vida de ms de una decena de

. >> reporter: roughly 300 families are living in fema trailers. >> all i can do is try and hope at this point. >> reporter: many hope a booming tourist season will breathe new life into the battered keys. tammy leitner, nbc news, key west. >>> and still ahead tonight, new year, new laws, including the latest state to legalize recreational pot. >>> also, why hundreds came out in 2-degree weather to welcome home their team, now headed to the postseason for the first time in 18 years. >>> the beginning of the new year brings all kinds of new state laws that go into effect beginning today from legalizing marijuana to requiring more paid family leave, to restricting talking on your cell phone while driving. nbc's justice correspondent pete williams takes a look. >> reporter: the new year brings retail sales of recreational marijuana to the nation's most populous state. it's legal today in california for adults over 21. rules are strict. it must be sold in sealed child-resistant packages, shops must close by 10:00 p.m. >> we're going to make sure that these businesses are not located near par

officials from fema and the army corps of engineers will be there. it starts at 6:00 tonight at the sonoma veterans memorial hall. >>> fire ravaged sonoma county coffey park is slowly prizing from the ashes. look at this, one house is rebuilt. but for others not to fortunate because there is not enough labor around. a major builder is backing out. genova couldn't secure enough labor to build 75 homes. >> it would be a legitimate concern if the expectations were to rebuild maybe 4,000 homes in two years. >> and that's a problem. they actually have 5,000 homes to build in two years. right now that's how long home insurers are required to cover the/q homeowners. there is a bill in sacramento to shorten it to make it three years. >>> now to the big game, it's happening on this sunday. patriots and eagles are in minnesota answering countless questions. >> the day started a bit contentious in new england as tom brady abruptly ended his weekly radio interview. >> i didn't get into it too much. i just said i certainly hope the guy is not fired, that's -- i

we've got a blue fema tarp covering this opening. he has no front door. it's leaning on the wall of this home. and they've been without power since hurricane maria. overco overcome with emotion after learning that some of that money will replace that blue tarp. >> you do what you can. and you hope it's going to help. >> reporter: through it all, amidst the devastation, the island is resilient, and many hopeful. so if one word, what's your emotional state at the end of the day after meeting all these people and seeing what y >> i'm hopeful. i feel hopeful. i feel that they gave me hope. >> reporter: i'm lynda lopez in puerto rico. >> love that they got in a few moves as well. it's emotional for lynda as well, their parents are from puerto rico. we'll be right back with the mix. kid, empty my pocket change into this old jar. it's never much, just what's left after i break a dollar. and i never thought i could get quality life insurance with my spare change. neither did i. until i saw a commercial for the colonial penn program. imagine people our age getting