we are fema. that does not mean there isn't innovation in the private sector, academia and elsewhere. in the insurance industry, i saw those advanced analytics. how we can synchronize that with their needs, is really a priority on the innovation side. yes, we are very interested. those are some areas we are exploring. mr. cilluffo: one thing, technology is amazing. but it is a means to an end. correct me if i'm wrong, the emergency managing community at large is a little more scar tissue operationally, muddy boots, get on the ground and get things done. it is sort of where the military may have been a few years back. now you're are starting to see all that capability at the very pointy end of the spear. is that there, culture matters. people like to do things they have done well forever, hard to get them to change even if it could enhance capability. mr. kaneiwski: just moving from paper-based to electronic. something the private sector did 20 years ago. don't assume that every local emergency man

so my question is, how can fema, through emergency management grant programs or guidance through fema ensure that states are able to leverage the programs and manage the complex web of housing assistance with real case management that seems to be lacking? >> so this is an excellent question. i'm ready to hit the reset button on housing period. i think the entire program is wasteful. we have to hit the reset button. i need granting authorities. to redo disaster housing. what we did with texas, we knew that the traditional way was not going to work. when people say housing is moving slowly compared to what mission moved quickly in housing in history. i don't know one that moved quickly. we opened up more options for texas through direct construction, through s.t.e.p. program and purchase agreements and manufactured homes and travel. and if i go through an agreement with the governor who boldly stepped up to lead and he is the only one who did this. he has to follow my procurement rules and not the state. i need granting authority to do housing to where i can grant the funding to the gov

with fema support. so fema will continue to fund the recovery for smaller disasters but increasingly we will be looking for state and local governments to manage those programs. now, i will assert maybe that's a high goal. it depends on what state or you're talking about whether or not they can step up and manage those programs but let's go back to the example i gave earlier about housing in texas following hurricane harvey. i told you the governor stepped up to the play can sit we can manage this. that's exactly what he did. the state stepped forward and is running the housing mission that is federally funded. this allows the state to administer innovative housing solutions that are appropriate for your state and local governments with full fema support. we have a term for this and this term i hope it goes viral. which is for the smaller disasters we hope to have federally supported, state managed, locally executed. cell federally supported, state managed and locally executed recovery programs. now to

public what fema can or can't do. and our strategic plan it really isn't. so much of what i'm talking about resonates with state and local emergency managers. and they say can we take this and make it our own? absolutely. one emergency manager from the state of florida came up to me and said this is the bible, this is what he was going to use to galvanize the state emergency management efforts on this topic. whether it be the expectation gap or any other priorities in our strategic plan we want to work with state and local emergency partners to get the word out to individuals and communities to know what we expect of them. and what neighbors should expect from each other. neighbors helping neighbor. fema is -- supports the state and very bureaucratically with the stafford act does, what our statute does is provide supplemental assistance. .. >> from your civil defense perspective, a lot of our adversaries are considering combine cyber and electronic, electromagnetic pulse attacks. how would fema playing that role in s

fy 19 budget for fema is $11 million. proposing reductions to grant programs while at the same time requesting 522 million for a new grant program that hasn't been authorized. not as yet. i would like to hear from you, why you proposed the cuts in the current threat environment and where is the new grant program's continue to achieve and i understand fema released a new strategic plan. outlining your -- gives us an outline for your vision for the agency. i hope you will discuss how you plan to implement the strategy and how fy '19 requests support these efforts. i would like to recognize distinguishing member roybal allard. >> welcome to your second appearance before the subcommittee. >> last time you appeared was on the heels of -- we are now eager to spend time with you to get your perspective o on the budget request and on going response and recovery activities and the challenges that lie ahead. i know this has been a difficult time for your agency. you had been at fema for a few months and experienced the most damagin

fy '19 budget for fema is $11 billion. the request proposes reductions to existing fema grant programs while at the same time requesting $522 million for a new grant program that hasn't been authorized. at least not as of yet. i'd like to hear from you why you propose these cuts, particularly in the current threat environment and what new grant programs continue to achieve. i understand fema has also recently released a new strategic plan which outlines -- gives us an outline of your vision for the agency. i hope you will discuss how you plan to implement this strategy and how fy '19 requests this board should reference. at this time i'd like to recognize my distinguished ranking member, for any remarks she may make. >> good morning, administrator long, welcome to your second appearance before the subcommittee. the last time you appeared was on the heels of the imaging hurricanes and fires which prompted emergency supplemental spending bills. we are eager to send some time with you to get your perspective on fee ma's budge

to fema corps, fema corps is a great program. the bottom line is that it provides a jumping on point for people to get involved in emergency management. we make a concerted effort to hire those that have gone through fema corps into the disaster corps positions, or p.f.t. positions. we try to do that. congressman, it's a tough -- tough calls have to be made. when it comes to -- and let me say this. it's not just providing money to state and local governments. i think 2017 should be a reflection point for state legislatures, local elected officials to re-evaluate how much their staffing and funding their emergency management programs. i can't continue to sue plant them in their -- is up plant them in their entirety. my general fund budget was somewhere between $5 million and $7 million to run a state emergency management agency. during the height of the 2017, fema was spending that in an hour. i'm spending $300 million a day at the federal government level and literally that -- a general fund budget of a state agency is spent in l

and in that appeals process you basically have fema reviewing fema. and i don't think that that is the appropriate approach. section 618 of the underlying bill has an arbitration process. with that arbitration process has already homeland security officials reviewing the work of homeland security. there was a better model that was used after 2005 disasters ereby an outsideboard that exists, civilian board of contract appeals, which is an independent body, was brought in to help review some of these appeals that local and state governments brought forth to the corps of engineers. it was a better approach. provided for more thorough evaluation, again the independence of having an outside entity review this. our amendment simply improves upon the process in section 618 of the bill. i want to thank the chairman, i want to thank the ranking member for the work on this legislation. i think it's very important, and i urge adoption of the amendment reserve. . the chair: the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon rise? mr. defazio:

como nos cuenta galo arellano, fema lanzÓ una aplicación. galo: existe un 63% de probabilidad de que un gran golpe de huracÁn toquÉ la costa atlÁntica de los estados unidos este verano. asÍ lo advierte la universidad estatal de colorado. >> la temporada pudiera ser ligeramente mÁs activa del promedio. un promedio de 30 aÑos. sin embargo no serÍa tan activa como la del aÑo pasado que fue una temporada extraordinariamente alta en producciÓn de ciclones. galo: los expertos prevÉn que en 2018 se formen 14 tormentas tropicales en el atlÁntico las cuales siete terminarÍan convertidas en huracÁn. en 2017, seis de los 10 huracanes que se fortalecieron causaron 370,000 millones de dÓlares en daÑos, provocaron 500 muertes. entre los mÁs devastadores, irma en la florida y marÍa en puerto rico. >> hemos tenido temporadas con muchos huracanes y ninguno ha venido a las costas de los estados unidos e incluso mÉxico. y hemos tenido temporadas como el aÑo del huracÁn andrew que sÓlo hubo cuatro y uno fue destrucciÓn fatal. galo: de los

fema rolled out a program for temporary housing and people were able to find work. but now nearly severen montn mo later, people feel trapped in a constant state of homelessness, moving from one hotel to the next, and the fema is about to expire. >> reporter: this is a pet talk for the soul following a week of highs and lows that symbolizes the road to recovery facing thousands of puerto rican storm survivors. after hurricane maria, thousands of families left the island is signed up for the fema transitioning assistance program. it pays for hotel rooms until families can move back into permanent housing. seven months following the storm, there are still 700 families still using the program. why did you come to florida? >> translator: she says it was never her intention to stay here this long. she thought she would be able to come here a little while and go back. >> reporter: instead santiago is considered the mayor of the super 8 motel. she helps evacuees who ended up in a string of motels along highway 192 in kissimmee, florida navigate the red tape of disaster rel

then relief as word spread that the fema program would likely survive until mid-may. father jose rodriguez says there's no transition plans to help these families get back on their feet. >> these are people impacted by a natural disaster. they didn't come here for spring break. they didn't come here for a vacation. they're not out here at the beachside tanning. they're not at the hotel pool. >> have a nice day! >> reporter: the florida project film captured the gritty reality of motel life along highway 192 in kissimmee since the great recession ten years ago. the marginalized and homeless have found refuge in the cheap rooms on this stretch of highway surrounding the utopia of disney world. >> don't you think we're going too far? >> no. just come on. don't be a loser. >> reporter: after hurricane maria, community activists say 150 puerto rican families moved into these same hotels. they feel trapped in this mohelilife because they're working minimum wage jobs, affordable housing is scarce and the federal disaster benefits just aren't enough. fema says at some point t

then relief as word spread that the fema program would likely survive until mid-may. father jose rodriguez says there are no transition plans to help these families get back on their feet. >> these are people who have been impacted by a natural disaster. they didn't come here for spring break. they didn't come here for a vacation. they're not out here at the beachside tanning, they're not out at the hotel. >> have a nice day. >> the florida project film captured the gritty reality of hotel life along highway 192 in kissimmee since the great recession 19 years ago, found refuge in the cheap rooms on this stretch of highway surrounding the utopia of disney world. >> don't you think we're going too far? >> no. just come on. don't be a loser. >> reporter: after hurricane maria, community activists say about 180 puerto rican families moved into these same molts along highway 192. they say they feel trapped in this motel life because they're working minimum wage jobs, affordable housing is scarce and the federal disaster benefits just aren't enough. fema says, though, at so

two retired sonoma county schoolteachers who are now living in a fema trailer. >> i call it femaville. >> reporter: rows of small gray trailers line the dusty gravel streets. a place where church groups delivered bottled water to more than 100 residents each week. and a place where those who lost everything in the fires feel a brother hood of worlds like john described talking about hooverville. >> we have all been through the same experience and still feeling traumas from it. >> that is it, that is -- that is basically it. >> reporter: not exactly where will and vera would spend their retirement years. living in a trailer where the bed is now their closet. the couch is where they sleep and the kitchen table covered with papers from the insurance company. >> if i wanted to be negative about things it would be obvious that we can do that. we are lucky we have what we have. we are lucky we live here. it is important to let go and move on. >> reporter: fema provides up to 18 months of temporary housing to those that lost their homes like the more than 100 trailers at the fairgrounds. her

it's important to let go and move on. >> reporter: fema provides up to 18 months of housing to those who lost their homes. here in fountain view it's a different story. the rebuilding process is a bit slower. many of the lots here are for sale. >>> part of the bay area still drying off from the recent storms, but as kpix 5 shows us, many people are not letting some mud stop them from enjoying the gushing waterfalls in marin county. >> reporter: you don't have to go very far for this. several waterfalls, spotted along the winding shore line highway make for a gorgeous sight in an area already known for its pristine views. >> it's beautiful. if you're going along mount tan, you're seeing the waterfalls, you're seeing the beautiful creek. >> reporter: crisp, clean air among the thick trees. it also provides a few obstacles, especially for those dedicated runners who won't let mud and floods stop them. they tried to get around the water, but decided to go right through it. luckily they had on trail running shoes, made for days like this. >> now they're nice and clean, because i just wash

. >> reporter: like will and vera, two retired sonoma county school teachers who are living in a fema trailer. >> i call it femaville. >> reporter: femaville, where neat trailers line the dusty gravel streets. a place where church groups delivered bottled water to more than 100 residents each week. and a place where those who lost everything in the fires feel a brotherhood of worlds like john stein beck described in "the grapes of wrath" when talking about hooverville. >> we have all been through the same experience and are feeling some trauma from it. >> that's it. >> reporter: not exactly where will and vera thought they would be spending their retirement years where the bed is now their closet, the couch is where they sleep and the kitchen table covered with papers from the insurance company. >> if i wanted to be negative about things, it's pretty obvious we could do that. we're lucky we have what we have. we're lucky we live here, it's important to let go and move on. >> reporter: fema provides up to 18 months of temporary housing to those who lost their homes like the more than 1

secretary nielsen: fema -- well, as you know, it's not over yet. fema will continue to provide recovery services under its statutory mission until it's completely. we continue to work very closely with the governor and ocal government. we can always do more with a difficult situation given especially in puerto rico the status of the infrastructure before the storm they pre- positioned more than it ever had before. we had many people there in conjunction with our interagency partners and we're going through the formal lessons learned process so recovery is ongoing. we should have our findings from the initial response shortly. mr. thompson: so your testimony -- you're not satisfied with it or you are? secretary nielsen: it was a big storm, sir. i think fema went above and beyond in performing its statutory more but we always learn lessons and make it better for the next time. mr. thompson: what systems have you put in place so that whatever shortcomings occurred with hurricane maria won't occur again? secretary nielsen: one of them is the administra

then relief as word spread that the fema program would likely survive until mid may. >> woo! >> father jose rodriguez say there is no transition plans to help the families get back on their feet. >> these are people after the accident by a natural disaster. they are not out here on vacation and not here at the pool tanning or at the beach side. >> have a nice day. >> reporter: highway 192 in kissimmee, the marginal and homeless have found refuge in the cheap rooms on this stretch of highway surrounding the utopia of disney world. >> don't you think we are going too far? >> no. just come on! don't be a loser! >> reporter: after hurricane maria, community activists say about 180 people from puerto rico families moved into these same moltses along highway 192. they say they feel trapped in this motel life because they are working minimum wage jobs and affordable housing is square and federal disaster benefits are not enough. fe fema says this is no longer a disaster problem but a social problem and the agency is doing everything they can to help the families and fema says a prog

military officials will appear to discuss personnel readiness and the 2019 budget request.on c-span3, fema administration rock law will be on capitol hill to give an update on his agency's budget and planning for natural disasters in the coming year. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around .he country c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> coming up on washington journal, democratic congresswoman barbara lee

on c-span, the fema administrator will be on capitol hill to give an update on the budget and planning for natural disasters in the coming year. ♪ >> c-span's washington journal, live every day, with news and policy issues that impact you. up friday more -- coming up friday morning, congresswoman barbara lee will come to our studio to talk about potential u.s.-military action on syria. also, congressman buddy carter will discuss congress's role in the opioid -- stemming the opioid crisis. be sure to watch live 7:30 eastern friday morning, "washington journal". join the discussion. >> c-span on sundays "q&a", cooper institute and author neil the squaren his book " and power." >> what was striking to me when i interact with people -- facebook is their sense of powerlessness. if you think about the events of 2016 to take an example, not many members of the supposedly world government planned would leave the europe -- that britain would leave the european union and donald trump would become the president. then for example, take the financial crisis. in 2018, -- the builder berg meeting -

when there is a hurricane or tornado and when fema is called up in the communication providers not the century link but any of them are supportive and work with fema so every time they are at a major event we are on what are your needs and what are our needs and water things we can do to restore service inlets a hurricane territory. that same planning is ongoing and continues to evolve and while we have 35 years of experience the cyber side is fairly new. even with the less than 35 years of planning we do have a good solid of working with the government and other partners across other sectors to be able to develop the plan and we have rights and work for the government on the cyber response plan and we continue to work with other sectors and how we would respond if there was a major cyber event that seems to be the cutting edge of planning at this point. >> in the bio i was given it says that you are essentially vetted at dhs or was or were embedded in dhs at one point. what does that mean? >> that's true. there are a couple of companies embedded within the national coordinating center

. >> i've started this binder that has everything from my fema to my checks. >> reporter: government agencies start clearing toxic debris. the team works rain or shine for three months, cleaning lots for anyone who gives permission. >> happy halloween! >> reporter: the community makes sure young fire victims get to trick-or-treat. >> it's great. we have nowhere to go. >> reporter: an auto salvage company makes a deal with fema to haul away burned cars. thanksgiving, a restaurant on the edge of coffey park serves hundreds of freeeals to fire victims. >> thanks for being here and letting us provide something for you. >> reporter: early december, sale signs are going up. and so are christmas decorations. community donations fund a holiday party. >> for the first time after the fires, the neighborhood is alive. >> reporter: a few years later, a tour of the first new house under construction in coffey park. >> what's the secret? >> be assertive, maybe borderline aggressive at times when you have to be. >> reporter: as the house goes up, dead and dying trees are still coming down. by march

people to take action and we're determined to build something here for the next generation the india's fema by a series of global three thousand.

hopefully fema is listening to the governor and to the pleas of senator rubio and me as well, because students and families have had endless disruptions and need some semblance of stability so that they can finish out the year. the hard fact is this, the situation in puerto rico is far from over. these are our fellow u.s. american citizens. they need, they desperately need our help. we should be providing them with all the help we can. now, madam president, i want to speak on another topic. tomorrow marks another somber occasion as well because eight years ago the news ticker came across our television saying that an oil rig in the gulf of mexico was on fire. the coast guard was on the scene and workers were missing. it was a tuesday night. it was nearly midnight on april 20, 2010. by morning light we knew that 11 men would not be going home again. for 87 days oil gushed into one of the most productive marine environments in the world. the study showed that the oil impacted the deep water corals and the fish at the bottom of the food chain, all the way from the bottom up to the dolphi

municipios, hay algunos alcaldes y alcaldesa que me han dicho que no podÍa quizÁs pagar lanÓmina porque fema no le ha devuelto el dinero. presentador: el panorama que nos estÁs planteando es terrible. la luz sigue yÉndose, hay mucha gente que no tiene electricidad, mÁs de medio millÓn de portorriqueÑos se han ido. >> 55%, perdÓn que te interrumpa, mÁs suicidios y un estimado de 500,000 hogares que necesitan reemplazar su techo completamente o parcialmente su techo . la prÓxima temporada de huracanes llega el primero de junio. jorge: mÁs de la entrevista el domingo 1 de julio. ♪ ♪ presentadora: kim jong-un se comprometiÓ a deshacerse de sus armas nucleares, empezando maÑana 21 de abril. asÍ lo informa la agencia estatal de noticias de corea del norte. para cumplir este propÓsito, el rÉgimen anunciÓun cese de las pruebas nucleares y del lanzamiento de misiles balÍsticos. la decisiÓn se da a conocer. jorge: el Único aeropuertov de nepal permaneciÓ cerrado hoy cuando un aviÓn patinó en la pista de aterrizaje al final de la pista. presentadora: con la proliferaciÓn de de

. >> i've started this binder that has everything from my fema to my checks. >> reporter: government agencies start clearing toxic debris. the team works rain or shine for three months, cleaning lots for anyone who gives permission. >> happy halloween! >> reporter: the community makes sure young fire victims get to trick-or-treat. >> it's great. we have nowhere to go. >> reporter: an auto salvage company makes a deal with fema to haul away burned cars. thanksgiving, a restaurant on the edge of coffey park serves hundreds of free meals to fire victims. >> thanks for being here and letting us provide something for you. >> reporter: early december, sale signs are going up. and so are christmas decorations. community donations fund a holiday party. >> for the first time after the fires, the neighborhood is alive. >> reporter: a few years later, a tour of the first new house under construction in coffey park. >> what's the secret? >> be assertive, maybe borderline aggressive at times when you have to be. >> reporter: as the house goes up, dead and dying trees are still coming down. by mar

it would provide fema with the tools to help our communities plan for, mitigate against, respond to, and recover from disasters. both republicans and democrats in this chamber already recognize the critical need for these reforms. the disaster recovery reform act passed out of the transportation and infrastructure committee by voice vote, and in december, passed on the house floor. it is my hope that this time our colleagues in the senate would stop playing politics with people's lives and will act quickly to send this bill to the president's desk. i know just how important disaster assistance is because in 2011 my own district was devastated by flooding from hurricane irene and tropical storm lee. i visited with families and employers affected by this tragedy, and it made me realize we need to do something to help communities build better and smarter before disaster strikes. my bill will do just that. i thank chairman shuster, my house colleagues for their continued commitment to making resiliency a priority. i'd also like to thank the chairman for including language i offered with

chained and shackle and all going to fema camps where there's 1.5 million people already there. there was a character at santa rosa city council and gave a statement the fires would begin in california after the full moon. and i am now telling you it's been commanded from on high the first of two earthquakes will be felt within the breadth of full moon and make feel 1989 feel like a walk in the park and one will take down the bay bridge. with the most powerful people and country in the planet run by lawyers. i say we reach higher and start acting like americans instead of taking everything and reacting to everything. people are not thinking or looking things up. the fbi person said they'll know when they look it up. we've been lied to about everything especially about our power and why is it we've not been told and not been sufficiently bold to strike the system into submission. why are we submitting when they're just leeches and parasites and we are all the power. we are the power of the ports, of the students, of the truckers, of the farm workers of everything. have we forgott

fema, the agency that runs most of these programs during the cold war and still today, has bunkers in places like denton, texas and thomasville, georgia and bethel, washington, denver colorado and these bunkers would serve as regional hubs around the country beyond the bunkers we had a fleet of navy ships and the uss northampton the presidential floating white houses want a converted aircraft carrier and one converted cruiser and one of them always off the atlantic host sometimes in the chesapeake and sometimes off the atlantic coast through the 1960s and 1970s ready to receive the president if he was evacuated by helicopter from washington, staffed with nuclear war officers able to carry out war at sea for months on end. >> i'm glad to hear about this because it sounded like something the aircraft got to do but this is a navy town. >> navy had its role and the air force had a plane or there were four of them known as the nightwatch planes, the presidents doomsday planes can for did 740 sevens in the most expensive plane that the aircraft runs. it's these massive airborne command post

with fema. so everything time there's a major event, we are on the phone with them what are your needs, what are our needs, what's the things we can do to most quickly restore service in, let's say, hurricaner the -- hurricane territory. that same planning is ongoing and continues to evolve. and while we have 35 years of experience on the physical side, the cyber side is still fairly new. even with the less than 35 years of planning. we do have a good, solid belt of at least a decade of working with the government and with other partners across other sectors to be able to develop the plans. we helped write and work with the government on writing the national cyber incident response plan. we continue to work with other sectors on how we would respond if there was a major cyber event. and that seems to be the cutting edge of the planning at this point. >> host: in the bio that i was given about you, it says that you're essentially embedded at dhs or was, were embedded at dhs at one point. >> guest

and move on. >> reporter: fema provides up to 18 months of temporary housing to those who lost their homes like the more than 100 trailers at the fairgrounds. here in the fountain grove neighborhood, the rebuilding process is slower. many of the lots are now for sale. in santa rosa, katie nielsen, kpix 5 news. >>> the u.s. army corps of engineers is completing about 90% of the necessary debris removal. that amounts to more than 1.6 million tons. >>> we now know the name of a woman found dead after her car slid down an embankment. the alameda county coroner identified her as 50-year-old kim -- a search team of cadaver dogs discovered her body. that was after crews found an empty toyota prius on the same hillside. they also had a brush with disaster as they tried to recover the white car in the middle of a rainstorm. >> oh! watch out! >> a rope actually snapped as they were pulling the vehicle up the hill. it careened back down, just missing a group of workers below. a second attempt got the car on the road and investigators are not saying why it ran off in the first place. >>> a 55-ye

. >>> fema says time is running out to help rebuild puerto rico before the next hurricane season starts. administrator says the agency is working to make the island better as strong as possible. the cost could reach $50 billion. more than 50,000 people are still without power. the new hurricane season starts june 1. >> were just tracking the last part of the storm. this area right here is going to swing through the bay area. this is the strongest part of the storm. the rainfall rates will significantly increase. the rain will come down pretty hard. it won't come down as long. it's going to be a two or three our passover. just to point out some of the reports this morning from observers, it was closed due to a slide. we had up to half a foot of a rain. it was everywhere. >> is coming down pretty hard right there. there was a bit of a break in san francisco. as he moved his way up to the mountains, it's raining. they are losing a lot of snow. there was a lot of water going in to the sacramento and all the rivers up the foothills. they had some flight delays today. lightsÃlots of flights

the power utility company blames fema. fema blames the corps of engineers. puerto ricans blame the trump administration. everybody is going to bla everybody, but in the end, the island is bankrupt, there is no money and to fix this enormous problem is going to take billions and billions of dollars that the island does not have.fa so they'rng a very serious situation which is fixing a massive prblem, fixing it soon because, remember, hurricane season is going to start again and in the meantime all the local authorities and politicians throwing blame around. in the end, everybody is to blame in a way, but what they have to do andat wh lot of people are telling me now is they want to look at local authorities and pass that to ty to sort of own the situation, as you say, and, you know, make something better for the island, really. try to, you know, construct the future themselves. >> and what about people on the ground, what are they telling you? how do ethey fel about all this time and where they are today? >> in thee beginningwe first reported in puerto rico,

she moves on. [ siren ] >> reporter: suiting up at fire station 88, home to urban search and rescue, fema task force one. >> we respond to natural disasters and now man-made disasters. >> reporter: a team of 26 men and 1 woman, holland bullock. >> we're a team-based operation. you can't do anything by yourself. >> reporter: her father and brother served on the department, and she joined in 1990. >> it was a -- a tough place for a woman to be firefighters. >> reporter: bullock reported on duty on national tragedies like the world trade center attack, hurricane katrina and a train derailment in chatsworth, california. recently she searched through dirt and debris after deadly mudslides in montecito. >> we were there to assist that fire department, and my heart goes out to them, because i saw the devastation, and that's their neighborhood. >> reporter: bullock has shared her experience and knowledge with thousands of firefighters. >> this young woman put a big mark on the organization in a positive way. >> reporter: impacting those she served and those she served with. >> i still have people

a reward is very important and mustn't be overlooked it confirms the dogs performed well one fema second the trainers raise the bar they place a hedgehog skin in a large garden plot for the canine sleuth to find. it's hidden among thousands of unfamiliar and enticing smells. but the canine has to concentrate on the hedgehog scent and this time she has to display a new alerting behavior instead of lying down she has to stare at the exact location where on a bag it can find the skin. a masterful performance by fener. back in berlin she's ready for her next assignment and a back up plans to continue the hedgehog come tonight. fitness scouts the area for their nests. she soon finds one even though she performs the run alerting be a via lying down instead of staring at the spot she still gets her reward. on a bag that marks the spot and loves its g.p.s. coordinates so she can find it later that night. hours later. than that. exactly where pheno showed us you know and think what was it bees additional out and if it is more effective in faster this way you know locates many more hedgehogs so we

think no indication that the president be involved in the war in syria and that is why his response to fema ran agents in contrary to trajectory he's taken on american-syrian policy. think there is actually a desire on the part of the resident and most senior advisors to get more deeply involved in there and i don't believe we should be more deeply involved directly ourselves. it would be ideal if we could strategy, although we've taken steps in the past, that has made things more difficult. with regard, yes, you are right. that is one reason why they are lethal, not the most psychological -- the scenario you describe, i don't what actually happened, i don't think they thought we would respond. i think the regime for these w regimes overreach and right now the regime in damascus is on they are kind , f -- they were in the final stages outside of damascus and kind of wiping up resistance. i said, the term i would graves of g on the your enemys to humiliate and eal the victory by showing not a dam thing you can do and we use -- host: a caller in an earlier series wanted to know what role kurd

be stopped from competing in the track of it after the world athletic body announced new rules for fema athletes with high levels of fresh female athletes with high levels of testosterone. reporter: the eminent figure in women'siddle-distance running, the commonwealth and olympic golden girl, whose strong physique has raised questions over her gender and whether she has an unfair advaage. it is a controversy which the world of athletics has been grappling with ever since she emerged as a global champion in 2009. rules to limit the amount of natural testosterone in female athletes, which were suspended ,n 2015, has been reintroduced but this time with a focus on specific events like the 800 and 5000 meters. those who produce levels will be given the option of takingg medication, enabl them to compete. the alternatives include switching disciplines or racing against men. she has responded with a few cryptic comments on social media. typically defiant, she tweeted, reasonably in the direction of "i'm 90% sure you don't like me, but i'm 100% sure i don't care." meanwhile, the governing anc

french president recently in the company of the latine and we're really inspired by what they do because fema rabbis are doing the same thing as we are doing with a new so i think we have a lot to learn from each other you know we hear many top political figures in europe saying that islam doesn't belong to europe you live in a country with a government strongly against islam does it make it hard for you to get your message across or the rhetoric of the politicians level on the politicians level doesn't really reflect what ordinary people think and how they treat you. i think it's a myth to state that the government in denmark is against islam that's not the case we have a growing islamophobia or a growing and his i mean rhetorical propaganda in denmark but it's in the right right wing parties so the government in general they do accept islam as a religion like any other religion but. so so at a state level it's accepted and no i don't experience this kind of anti islamic retore at the state level but of course in the right wing parties at a daily basis you experience and make retore comparab