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Dozens of people are still unaccounted for as recovery efforts continue in several states hit by tornadoes over the weekend. President Biden toured communities in Kentucky and promised that the federal government would cover 100% of emergency work costs for the first 30 days. CBS News correspondent Lilia Luciano joins CBSN AM from Dawson Springs, Kentucky, with the latest.
President Biden is promising tornado victims in Kentucky that the federal government will help them rebuild.
President Biden on Saturday said the federal government will provide any help that states affected by Friday’s tornadoes ask for. Mr. Biden also said he plans to visit damaged areas when his presence would not impact recovery efforts. Christina Ruffini has more.
The federal government is deploying dozens of additional U.S. military medical personnel to Michigan and New Mexico to support civilian health care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. David Claeys, president of Beaumont Hospital in Dearborn, Michigan, joins CBSN's Tanya Rivero to discuss what the addition of 22 medical professionals from the Department of Defense will mean for his team.
The Trump administration denied Friday that political connections had anything to do with a contract awarded to a tiny company to restore Puerto Rico's electrical grid; It was 50 years ago this month that Charles Kuralt first went "On The Road."
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Trump admin. diverting funds away from FEMA; Teenage activist Greta Thunberg arrives in NY.
Sterling Guidry's home was destroyed during Hurricane Ida when a tree fell through it.
When Hurricane Ida ripped through Louisiana last month, several firefighters lost their homes in the destruction. As many as 33 firefighters are currently displaced and running low on essential supplies. Thanh Truong reports.
The remnants of Hurricane Ida took a deadly toll in the Northeast overnight. CBS News correspondent Mola Lenghi has more on the extent of the flooding and tornado damage. Then the mayor of Yonkers, New York, Mike Spano, joins CBSN to discuss how his city is recovering from the record-breaking rainfall.
Two electrical workers in Alabama were killed Wednesday while repairing power lines downed by Hurricane Ida.
A U.S. official says as many as five rockets were fired at the airport in Kabul this morning as the U.S. withdrawal enters its final stages. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang joined CBSN with the latest on evacuation efforts, plus federal assistance to the state of Louisiana after Hurricane Ida made landfall.
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss the devastating impact of Hurricane Ida.
The U.S. Coast Guard is standing by in several states as Hurricane Ida lashes the Gulf Coast. But some officials are worried they may not be able to begin rescue services until the storm passes. Vice Admiral Steven Poulin, commander of the U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area and Coast Guard Defense East, joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss. Read more here.
Deanne Criswell, the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator, joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss how the U.S. government is responding to Hurricane Ida. She said that resources might be needed to facilitate evacuations and step in to help communities that are also dealing with the COVID pandemic. Read more here.
President Biden visited FEMA headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Sunday as Hurricane Ida slammed Louisiana, and said federal resources will be available to help. "This will be a devastating, devastating hurricane — this will be a life-threatening storm," Mr. Biden said. Watch his remarks and read more here.
Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 storm Sunday afternoon. Many hospitals in the area were unable to evacuate, and are instead riding out what's being called an "extremely dangerous" storm. Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss what the state is doing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at evacuation shelters.
This has already been an active hurricane season, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency is busy reinforcing its preparations as we approach the peak. FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell joins CBSN to discuss those efforts, how the agency is responding to climate change, and the impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on hurricane preparations.
A fire burning in the wreckage of the deadly building collapse in Surfside, Florida, was hampering search efforts for survivors. Part of the 12-story building collapsed early on Thursday morning. Rescuers have found only a few survivors since the residential high-rise caved in. No survivors have been found in over 24 hours. CBS News national correspondent Mark Strassman reports on the rescue efforts, and Joe Geller, House representative for the state of Florida's 100th district, which includes Surfside, joins CBSN to discuss the investigation into the cause of the collapse.
President Biden said he insists on "nothing less than readiness for all these challenges."
Tasked with a managing 121 major disasters, including 54 related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has deployed 74% of its emergency managers ahead of hurricane, wildfire and tornado season — all while spearheading the nation's COVID-19 vaccination efforts. Deanne Criswell, the first woman confirmed to lead the agency, joined CBS News for her first interview on the job.
In her first interview as administrator, Criswell discussed a few of the disasters the agency is addressing. Fifty-four of them grew out of the pandemic.
Six months after Hurricane Harvey brought devastating floodwaters to Houston, some survivors still face a long road to recovery. One woman has made it her mission to deliver donated beds, furniture and gift cards to neighborhoods that haven’t seen any other aid. One mother says her family used FEMA money to repair their roof and replace cars so she and her husband could get to work, but her house has no walls or kitchen sink and she feels forgotten. CBS News' Meg Oliver reports from Houston.
A federal appeals court said many of the tariffs imposed by President Trump on dozens of countries earlier this year are not legally permissible, but didn't halt them.
Hurricane Katrina survivors can still describe in detail what they faced in the days after the storm devastated the Gulf Coast.
Charles Borges filed a whistleblower complaint alleging DOGE employees uploaded a copy of all U.S. Social Security info to a "vulnerable cloud environment."
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker told CBS News that President Trump has "other aims" aside from fighting crime, as he vows to crack down in Chicago.
Veterans forced out under the mandate have been frustrated by what they described as a slow, arduous process to return to service.
Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe made the announcement just hours after Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a new congressional voting map designed to help Republicans gain five more seats in the 2026 midterm elections.
CVS said the pharmacy chain cannot vaccinate those even with a prescription in Massachusetts, Nevada and New Mexico due to state laws and regulations.
The FBI said it found bones while searching for signs of Travis Decker. The bones were being analyzed to determine if they are human or animal.
GOP Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa is expected to announce next week she's not running for reelection in 2026.