
Trump surveys storm damage in the Carolinas
The president met with residents and handed out meals Wednesday
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The president met with residents and handed out meals Wednesday
Con artists will sweep in, hell-bent on taking advantage of victims trying to rebuild and donors looking to help
The administrator maintains that ongoing investigations by Homeland Security's internal watchdog have not taken away focus from FEMA's response to Florence
"There's a big discrepancy, whether it's direct deaths or indirect deaths," Brock Long said
The following is a transcript of the interview with FEMA Administrator Brock Long that aired Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, on "Face the Nation"
The following is a transcript of the interview with Sen. Thom Tillis that aired Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, on "Face the Nation"
FEMA officials are warning about Florence's menacing rain. As FEMA administrator Brock Long went to brief President Trump, CBS News spoke to him about his biggest concerns for the storm. CBS News justice and homeland security correspondent Jeff Pegues reports.
"What concerns me the most is trying to get to the people who didn't evacuate and that's incredibly hard to do so we can't put our own people in danger"
FEMA administrator Brock Long issued a stark warning Friday morning: "It's only going to get worse at this point"
FEMA administrator Brock Long joins "CBS This Morning" from Washington to discuss Hurricane Florence's storm surge and how the agency is prepared to respond to the expected devastation.
FEMA had been storing the water in more than 1,100 containers on the island at a cost of about $300,000 per day before moving the supplies outdoors
The East Coast is getting ready for the powerful storm that is Hurricane Florence. FEMA Deputy Administrator for Resilience, Daniel Kaniewski, joined CBSN and said that the emergency management agency is ready.
The IG investigation is looking into reports that Long used staff-driven cars for commutes back home to North Carolina
The man who took the photos says the bottles, meant for Hurricane Maria victims, have been sitting there since last fall
FEMA deputy administrator Daniel Kaniewski joins "CBS This Morning" from Washington to discuss why the decrease in Hurricane Florence's top winds doesn't make the storm any less of a threat. He also addresses FEMA's response to Hurricane Maria last year after CBS News obtained photos showing what appears to be millions of bottles of water sitting on an airport runway in Ceiba, Puerto Rico.
President Trump is not backing down from comments he made Tuesday, calling the government's response to Hurricane Maria an "unsung success," despite criticism from Puerto Rican officials and newly released documents showing the White House took away funding from FEMA. CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns joins Tanya Rivero on "Red and Blue" with the latest developments and the rest of the day's political headlines.
The administration took about $10 million from FEMA funding to pay for immigration detention centers, Merkley pointed out
Hurricane Florence is closing in on the East Coast, and is ready to deliver what FEMA is calling a "Mike Tyson punch." The storm was downgraded, but is expected to pick up strength before making landfall. "CBS Evening News" anchor Jeff Glor reports from Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.
Report says House panel shielded president from scrutiny and ignored "lessons learned after Hurricane Katrina"
Over the last year there have been questions about whether FEMA's resources are stretched thin as it responds to hurricanes
Newly revealed documents show the Trump administration took nearly $10 million away from FEMA and other federal agencies to apparently pay for immigration detention centers. A spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security, the agency which FEMA is a part of, said under no circumstances was any disaster relief funding transferred from FEMA to immigration enforcement efforts. Jeff Pegues reports.
President Trump is urging people in the path of Hurricane Florence to evacuate as the storm nears the East Coast. Niall Stanage, The Hill's White House columnist, joins CBSN to discuss the possibility of the storm becoming a political issue -- plus the rest of the day's political headlines.
Puerto Rico's governor recently revised the official death toll for Hurricane Maria from 64 to 2,975
Storm surge threatens more than 750,000 homes, with experts warning that financial losses could top Katrina damage
Category 4 storm is hurtling towards the Carolinas and Virginia
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is testifying Thursday before the Senate Finance Committee. Follow live updates here.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett spoke to CBS News senior correspondent Norah O'Donnell for her first TV interview since joining the Supreme Court in 2020.
Giorgio Armani, the renowned Italian fashion designer, has died at age 91, his company says in a statement.
Large majorities say COVID vaccines should be more available to those who want them, but many say Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s policies are making vaccines less available.
The Epstein jail video officials initially released was missing one minute, but footage released Tuesday contains that minute.
"Predictions are, in this century, it may be... possible to live to 150 years old," China's Xi Jinping mused to Vladimir Putin before a historic military parade in Beijing.
The estimated Powerball jackpot for Saturday night's drawing soared to an estimated $1.7 billion after no tickets came up winners of Wednesday's $1.4 grand prize.
Lisbon's Elevador da Gloria funicular streetcar has carried tourists in Portugal's capital for more than a century. The cause of its deadly crash remains unclear.
Spirit confirmed to CBS News on Thursday that it is discontinuing service in 12 cities.