those contracts are established so fema can act quickly after a disaster. marie makdirector of contracting and national securitygovernment accountability officetake cg @ 0:29-0:42one of the perfect examples was the use of tarps. they had advanced contracts in place for tarps, but when fema actually provided tarps, they ended up having to award two post disaster contracts for those tarps taking a lot more time.anna wiernicki (stand up) @annaewiernickitake cg @ 0:44- 0:50mak says implementing a preparation plan for each state in advance isn't a quick fix.marie mak: it takes time to figure out, develop that strategy and then to implement it.anna wiernicki: the report also found coordination between washington and state and local agencies is lacking. texas republican senator john cornyn says improving those relationships is one of his priorities this legilastive session.john cornynu.s. senator, r-texastake cg @ 1:01- 1:18i think we've shown ourselves to be pretty good partners in working on hurricane harvey recovery in particular and we will continue to work ha

that's no different at fema. as i mentioned fema is an agency where people do two jobs and everybody has two jobs. in the passionate reading of the law what's considered exempt or nonexempt is based on your day job. there are a small number of people at the agency who are monitoring situations and can respond to small things, but, you know, i used an example of a tropical storm coming offshore during a previous shutdown and we haven't had to re call a number of people. it's not hurricane season so we're fortunate in that regard. as we say it's always earthquake season and there are a number of large disassers thters that cou strike the nation that would have that level of impact, not the least of which would be another large terrorist attack. the -- having folks on the job, you can't get time back. you can't get enough people on the job three days after an event or two days after an event and make up for that lost time. time is unrecoverable. you need to get out fast, you need to react quickly, and bring the enti

what the government is calling on fema to do. the question isn't whether he should be impeached any more. he's the most corrupt president in american history. and we all know it. the question now is, how fast can we move past this president so we can build a more just and prosperous future? please, join the more than 6.5 million americans who are demanding action now. because there's nothing more powerful than the unified voice of the american people. together, we will make this happen. need to impeach is responsible for the content of this ad. (ken) fema needs to do a better job of planning for disasters. that's among the findings of a recent government accountability office investigation. (pam) the government accounting office says, too often .. the federal emergency management agency ... ends up scrambling to respond to disasters, rather than preparing advanced contracts. kron-4's anna wiernicki (war-nik-ee) reports ... on why the g-a-o says, fema can and should do better. nats pop: hurricane harveyanna wiernicki: when disaste

fema needs fema needs to do a better job of planning for disasters. that's among the findings of a recent investigation by the government accountability office. the report says fema ends up scrambling to respond to disasters, rather than preparing advanced contracts. those contracts are established so fema can act quickly after a disaster. fema hasn't updated its advanced contract strategy since 2007. the report also found coordination between washington d-c and state and local agencies is lacking. fema director brock long says his agency is developing a tool kit to improve communication with states. ( james ) after three years of decline --- climate change causing carbon dioxide emissions rose sharply in the u-s last year. according to new research --- carbon emissions rose by 3-point-4 percent in 20-18. which marks t

those contracts are established so fema can act quickly after a disaster. marie makdirector of contracting and national securitygovernment accountability officetake cg @ 0:29-0:42one of the perfect examples was the use of tarps. they had advanced contracts in place for tarps, but when fema actually provided tarps, they ended up having to award two post disaster contracts for those tarps taking a lot more time.anna wiernicki (stand up) @annaewiernickitake cg @ 0:44- 0:50implementing a quick fix.marie mak: it takes time to figure out, develop that strategy and then to implement it.anna wiernicki: the report also found coordination between washington and state and local agencies is lacking. texas republican senator john cornyn says improving those relationships is one of his priorities this legilastive session.john cornynu.s. senator, r-texastake cg @ 1:01- 1:18i think we've shown ourselves to be pretty good partners in working on hurricane harvey recovery in particular and we will continue to work hard here in washington on behalf of those texans.anna wiernic

hospitals and in fema and in e.p.a. and in federal prisons, the people behind me represent the real human collateral damage of president trump's temper tantrum. the president speaks all the time, using this shutdown to make our border secure, but the dark irony is, he's forcing t.s.a. agents, c.b.p. officers and prison guards to work without pay. tell me how that makes america more secure. so the president needs to come to his senses and end this shutdown now. i don't think he persuaded a soul with his talk last night. it was same old same old, mistruths, divisiveness, didn't have the effect he had hoped. speaker pelosi and i are ready to pass legislation already approved by senate republicans to reopen the government and, while we continue the debate on border security, we all want border security. there are different views on how to get there, but to hold these people hostage instead of just letting them do their jobs, which they want to do while we work our differences, so wrong. why should we ask t.s.a. officers to

those contracts are established so fema can act quickly after a disaster. marie makdirector of contracting and national securitygovernment accountability officetake cg @ 0:29-0:42one of the perfect examples was the use of tarps. they had advanced contracts in place for tarps, but when fema actually provided tarps, they ended up having to award two post disaster contracts for those tarps taking a lot more time.anna wiernicki (stand up) @annaewiernickitake cg @ 0:44- 0:50mak says implementing a preparation plan for each state in advance isn't a quick fix.marie mak: it takes time to figure out, develop that strategy and then to implement it.anna wiernicki: the report also found coordination between washington and state and local agencies is lacking. texas republican senator john cornyn says improving those relationships is one of his priorities this legilastive session.john cornynu.s. senator, r-texastake cg @ 1:01- 1:18i think we've shown ourselves to be pretty good partners in working on hurricane harvey recovery in particular and we will continue to work ha

, but as i mentioned, fema is an agency where people do two jobs. everyone has two jobs. in the passionate reading of the law, what is considered exempt t orthotics and is based on your day job, so there are small numbers of people at the agency who are monitoring situations and can respond to small things, but you know, as an example, during the previous shutdown we had to recall an number of people and it's not hurricane season, so we were fortunate enough regard, but as we always say, it's always earthquake season. there are a number of large disasters that can strike this state, strikes a nation that would have that level of impact. not the least of which would be another large terrorist attack. having folks on the job, you can't get the time back. enough people on the job three days after an event or two days after an event and make up for that lost time. time is unrecoverable. i go have the most impactful disasters hurricane after hurricane and fire after fire in the history of the country. a small agency less than 10,000 people many of which

those contracts are established so fema can act quickly after a disaster. advanced costrategy since 2007. the report also found coordination between washington d-c and state and local agencies is lacking. fema director brock long says his agency is developing a tool kit to improve communication with states. ( james ) p-g-and-e stock took a huge hit on wall street ... amid reports that it's considering bankruptcy protection. the utility faces potentially tens of billions of dollars of liability damages for their alleged role in several wildfires last year ... like the deadly camp fire. the cause of that fire has the time the fire broke out fi igni another transmission line failed a short time later, which may have been the cause of a second fire. pg&e stock fell 22 percent yesterday on the news. it's just the latest severe se

i have ordered fema to send no more money. it is a disgraceful situation in lives & money!" the threat to withhold federal emergency management agency money.. comes the president says, if the state doesn't improve its forest management practices. no fema money would be a setback for recovery efforts in santa rosa and paradise., places trying to rebuild after devastating fires.. the tweet really irritated state senator mike mcguire who represents the north bay. he spoke to kron 4, from his office in the captial.sot this president once again is wallowing in petty politics also - governor newsom's just sent a letter to the president asking him to double federal funding for forest management. his response to the tweet "disaster and recovery are no time for politics." even republican lawmakers who represent the town of paradise, put out as statement saying the presidents tweet was not helpful "these are american citizens who need our help," said u.s. representative doug lamalfa. fema money goes directly to victims through disaster assistance. it is used to rebuild homes. replace

because the fema i.a. data may have informed h.u.d.'s initial allocation for the state of california, this leaves some communities in california, including santa rosa, with considerable unmet need for homeowners who are rebuilding. in terms of public infrastructure, california's dbg d.o.r. action plan allocates 3% at a toal of 3.9 -- of $.9 million for unmet need for public infrastructure. however, santa rosa alone has significantly greater need for public infrastructure with its projected local cost share for repair of the damaged infrastructure over $11 million. in addition to the local match requirement for fema public assistance projects, there are several large infrastructure projects needed due to the 17 wildfires including street repairs, street tree removal, repair to the sidewalks and one -- in one particular area and restoration to neighborhood parkfuls the estimated cost for these is more than $20 million. my amendment aims to help close this gap by providing the additional moneys and community development funds for the 2017

this county has received $10 million in fema funding so far. it expects $26 million more. they're not sure what they read this morning. the sign in the living room said home is where the heart is. but one home is not much larger than a can of soup and even that is in jeopardy. >> i'm aware and totally upset. >> reporter: johnny and marine living the down side of a presidential tweet threatening to take away fema money to california victims what he called mismanagement of forest and some still live if trailers in the county fair grounds. >> it is depressing to go from a house to a trailer. >> reporter: athe president's tweet left people here and elsewhere in an angry state of limbo. >> do you think the president understands what is going on here in california? >> does he understand much of anything. i don't think so. >> reporter: the president did appear to care last november when he flew to butte county and surveyed damage from the camp fire and he toured and promised aid and spoked as if he backed away from previous comments about with holding funding. >> we do have to do

those contracts are established so fema can act quickly after a disaster. marie makdirector of contracting and national securitygovernment accountability officetake cg @ 0:29-0:42one of the perfect examples was the use of tarps. they had advanced contracts in place for tarps, but when fema actually provided tarps, they ended up having to award two post disaster contracts for those tarps taking a lot more time.anna wiernicki (stand up) @annaewiernickitake cg @ 0:44- 0:50mak says implementing a preparation plan for each state in advance isn't a quick fix.marie mak: it takes time to figure out, develop that strategy and then to implement it.anna wiernicki: the report also found coordination between washington and state and local agencies is lacking. texas republican senator john cornyn says improving those relationships priorities this legilastive session.john cornyn u.s. senator, r-texastake cg @ 1:01-1:18i think we've shown ourselves to be pretty good partners in working on hurricane harvey recovery in particular and we will continue to washington on behalf

so the insurance that's available, san francisco does participate in the fema insurance program. however, just to be very clear, this map is different from fema's map because what we're showing here is the risk of flooding due to precipitation, not coastal or river flooding as the fema map shows? that being said, because we participate as a city in the flood insurance program, all of these people would be able to get affordable flood insurance. i checked on this this morning because i figured it would come up. the average cost is about $137 per year for a single-family residential. commercial can be as low as 500 a year, but it really does depend on the structure and the content, so i don't want to quote any specific amount does. but we do have a frequently asked questions regarding insurance specifically on our flood maps website. the other question that folks ask is is the insurance cost going to be stable or will it go up because of this? again, it is helpful that we are participating in fema because the flood rates that i just quoted are set nationally by fema and are looking

(grant) (grant) no comment today from fema. calls to the agency were greeted by by a recording that said, "due to the federal funding hiatus, we are not able to return voicemail messages about general press queries." (pam) california senator kamala harris on c-n-n today --- lamenting the fact, that tonight --- the showdown between congress and the president over the border ending. president trump hosted lawmakers for another round of negotiations at the white house today. the outcome... predictable. here is our capitol bureau reporter mark meredith. "we can all play games. but a wall is a necessity."the day after his oval office address...the president traveled to capitol hill to shore up support with republican senators."nat pop of mcconnell / trump post meeting"later in the day the president hosted le

(grant) no comment today from fema. calls to the agency were greeted by by a recording that said, "due to the federal funding hiatus, we are not able to return voicemail messages about general press queries." (vicki) that shutdown is now just a few days from becoming the longest in history. today the president called nancy pelosi and other congressional leaders to the white house to discuss his demand for a border wall. the meeting ended abruptly. omar jimenez has the details. a 19th day of this government shutdown.and a 19th day of... not a lot of progress being made.congressional leaders again met at the white house wednesday.sen chuck schumer/ -d- minority leader: he asked speaker pelosi, will you agree to my wall? she said no. and he just got up and said then we have nothing to discuss and he just walked out. again, we saw a temper tantrum.president trump called the meeting on twitter quotea total waste of time. i asked what is going to happen in 30 days if i quickly open things up, are you going to approve border s

so now is the perfect moment to say fema, what do we have to do to reinvent a fema, where the word emergency means something. in terms of food and water, if you are not able to deliver immediately, when there is need, you are failing the american people. so we need to reinvest the rent -- reinvent the lessons we learn from hurricane maria, that some horror or applied in a north carolina, to make sure that katrina, that everybody said would never happen again, well, maria happened, and we were not ready. we need to learn to be ready. >> there was a long dispute over the death toll in this hurricane. i mean the government in puerto rico pegged it at 64, i think, was the number, 63, 64 and it stuck there since last december. >> 16 when president trump was first on the island. >> just in august, the government amended that numberer to close to 3,000 dead in the first six months after the hurricane. president trump just recently said that despite that death toll, that the federal response to the hurricane in puerto rico was an unsung success. >> yes. >> if granted five minutes of the president's

david marstead leads risk management at fema. >>ne we can't deter what's going happen in 12 months beyond because insurance is set up for what your risk today, and it wouldn't meet actuarial science uture rge you for a potential. >> fema is required to update its maps every five years and marstead says it relies heavily on local comnities reporti problems. but some don't because they don't want their insurance premium to go wup. know that only one-third of the properties in the high-risk area have flood insurance, so we have a lot of work to do. >> as does the mortgagest in, which could ultimately see a climate foreclosure isis. >> i think if it comes close in terms of eosing lenders to uncontrollable risk, when you have a trillion dollars of real estate at risk in coast aal markets, it's time you start paying attention to that. >> for "nightly business report," i'm diana olick in houston. gh thanks for watching to milan's monumental cemetery. while there are many evocative cemeteries in europe, this one -- with its emotional por

those contracts are established so fema can act quickly after a disaster. marie makdirector of contracting and national government actake cg @ 0:29-0:42one of the perfect examples was the use of tarps. they had advanced contracts in place for tarps, but when fema actually provided tarps, they ended up having to award two post disaster contracts for those tarps taking a lot more time.anna wiernicki (stand up) @annaewiernickitake cg @ 0:44- 0:50mak says implementing a preparation plan for each state in advance isn't a quick fix.marie mak: it takes time to figure out, develop that strategy and then to implement it.anna wiernicki: the report also found coordination between washington and state and local agencies is lacking. texas republican senator john cornyn says improving those relationships is one of his priorities this legilastive session.john cornynu.s. senator, r-texastake cg @ 1:01- 1:18i think we've shown ourselves to be pretty good partners in working on hurricane harvey recovery in particular and we will continue to work hard here in washington on be

it is unclear at this point whether trump already directed fema or whether he would be asking fema to do that. the president's comments come one day after he announced plans w prevention. he announced which you know are two other fire prone ddly fires including the recent deadly fire. he tweeted disasters are no time for politics. i'm already taking action that manage our forrest and emergency responses. people of california, folks in paradise, should not be victim. would with hold funds from california. you might remember that last year as wil officials at the time we knew it was federal government that manages many of california's forests which were you. s room california senator sounds like she is closer to announcing a 2020 presidential bid. she will make an announcement on or closer to the m.l.k. holiday. they say the source involved in the national democratic fundraising system says harris's team is already making calls to key donor groups. >>> an announcement about his political plans this afternoon. he is holding biggest fundraisers and has been extremely critical of president

i have ordered fema to send no more money. it is a disgraceful situation in lives & money!" the threat to withhold federal emergency management agency money.. comes the president says, if the state doesn't improve its forest management practices. no fema money would be a setback for recovery efforts in santa rosa and paradise., places trying to rebuild after devastating fires.. the tweet really irritated state senator mike mcguire who represents the north bay. he spoke to kron 4, from his office in the captial.sot this president once again is wallowing in petty politics also - governor newsom's just sent a letter to the president asking him to double federal funding for forest management. his response to the tweet "disaster and recovery are no time for politics." even republican lawmakers who represent the town of paradise, put out as statement saying the presidents tweet was not helpful "these are american citizens who need our help," said u.s. representative doug lamalfa. fema money goes directly to victims through disaster assistance. it is used to rebuild homes. replace

i have ordered fema to send no more money. it is a disgraceful situation in lives & money!" the threat to withhold federal emergency management agency money.. comes the president says, if the state doesn't improve its forest management practices. no fema money would be a setback for recovery efforts in santa rosa and paradise., places trying to rebuild after devastating fires.. the tweet really irritated state senator mike mcguire who represents the north bay. he spoke to kron 4, from his office in the captial.sot this president once again is wallowing in petty politics also - governor newsom's just sent a letter to the president asking him to double federal funding for forest management. his response to the tweet "disaster and recovery are no time for politics." even republican lawmakers who represent the town of paradise, put out as statement saying the presidents tweet was not helpful "these are american citizens who need our help," said u.s. representative doug lamalfa. fema money goes directly to victims through disaster assistance. it is used to rebuild homes. replace

>> reporter: lenders today and the federal government that backs most loans base their risk on fema's flood maps, but even top fema officials admit their maps don't accounts for increasingly extreme weather david leads risk management at fema >> we can't try to determine what's going to happen in 12 months beyond because insurance is set up for what your risk is today, and it wouldn't meet accuarial science to charge you for a future potential >> reporter: fema is required to update its maps every five years, and maurstad says it relies heavily on local communities reporting problems some don't because they don't want their insurance premiums to go up. >> we know that only one-third of the properties in the high risk area have flood insurance, so we have a lot of work to do >> reporter: as does the mortgage industry, which could ultimately see a climate foreclosure crisis >> i think it could come close in terms of exposing lenders to uncontrollable risk. >> when you have a trillion dollars of real estate at risk in coastal markets, it's about time you start paying attention to that. >

. >> if the fema money were to stop, where would that leave you? >> on the curb. >> reporter: it would not be easy to find a home with heart there. in santa rosa wayne friedman, abc 7 news. >>> california's state treasurer fiona ma cursed president trump during her ceremonial swearing in in san francisco today. >> we want to know what you think. is she standing up for california or were herio you can 'in flight on abc7news.com/vote. in the bottom of your screen you can see the votes that have come in in real time. >>> and call 415-954-7621. 7621. >>> new at 6:00, say good-bye to at&t park. the giants stadium is getting a new name. according to the "san francisco chronicle," the giants will announce tomorrow that the stadium will be renamed oracle park. it's a 20-year deal. at&t's naming rights were set to end after next season. the "chronicle" says the company told the giants they were going in a different strategic direction. this will be the park's fourth name since it opened in 2000 starting with remember pac bell park, sbc, then at&t and now we

unless they get their act together, which is unlikely, i have ordered fema to send no more money. it is a disgraceful situation in lives and money.

>> lenders and the federal government that backs most loans base it on fema's flood maps they say they maps don't account for extremely increasingly weather. >> we can't try to determine what's going to happen in 12 months beyond because insurance is set up for what your risk is today. it wouldn't meet science to charge you far future potential. >> fema required to update maps every five years and relies herely on communities reporting problems some don't because they don't want insurance premiums to go up >> we flow one-third have high flood insurance. we have a lot of work to do. >> as does the mortgage industry which could see a climate forclosure crisis. >> i think it could come close in terms of exposing lenders to uncontrollable risks >> when you a trillion dollars it is about time you start paying attention to that >> i like the investor who said these props weren't in a floodplain we have to think about whether we have to be lending in these kind of market how many others match the profile of houston with all of this new and nowhere for the water to go? >> so many of them we do

alessi get their act together i have ordered fema to send no more money. in response the governor tweeted disasters and recovery are no time for politics. experts say more than half of california's forest lands are under federal management. >>> trump walked out of the meeting this afternoon over border security. the president insists any budget bill must include several billion dollars for a barrier at the southern border which democrats are rejecting. democratic leaders say the president seemed insensitive to the fact that hundreds of thousands of federal workers will not receive a paycheck on friday. trump took to twitter for he called the meeting a waste of time. >>> oakland police have announced an arrest in a hit- and-run accident. that victim was on a spike in january 2 near the bart station when he was hit and dragged for several blocks. officers arrested a 26-year-old who they say was a passenger. they are still looking for the male driver. that boy is spal. >>> a disturbing video taken at a mcdonald's restaurant in san francisco is getting a lot o

he also said that his orders -- he's ordered fema to send no more money to the state. good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen zse. the governor gavin newsom immediately firing off his own tweet saying zaf-saying disaste should not be part of the bickering. >> dianne feinstein said he would not provide for the campfire victims. >> and many are depending on government funding. >> we are live in santa rosa with the story. wayne? >> reporter: good afternoon, dan. it is safe to say the tweet landed with a thud here in sonoma county. this county has received $10 million in fema funding so far. it expects $26 million more. they're not sure what they read this morning. the sign in the living room said home is where the heart is. but one home is not much larger than a can of soup and even that is in jeopardy. >> i'm aware and totally upset.

employees1/4 of fema are working right now. the rest are furloughed. tonight the union preside who represents thousands of them says in thera event of a na or manmade disaster, relief efforts could be delayed. >> it tuld take -- would take our agency approximately a week to two weeks to call us back in. so if a disaster happenedoutoda, it be a week or two. >> another major concerns the nearly 6,500 furloughed union employees themselvt still withpaycheck. we're told some of them are th cking abouthing in their 401(k)s to get by. others like the union president mself are filing for unemployment benefits. union leaders say they've also asked congress to consider legislation to lessen penalties for furloughed employees who need tip into their retirement savings. re>>> some of you were ins to become teachers, but in fairfax furloughed ht, federal workers are heading back to the classroom. they signed up today at a second job fair to become substitute teachers. as news 4's corey smith explains, many are looking for work to makends meet. >> well, i think it w

that money can be used by fema. actually pulling it out for political reasons would result in a hail of lawsuits. the immediate effect if it were to actually go through would be a disaster going back three or four years. fema is still active in many areas covered over the past four years. it would be a disaster of the first water including sba loans, and all of the other things to go along with this. this is not a workable plan and it underscores just how unenlightened these people are as to the property they themselves have in the state that there the landlords of and how the fire system works. there fires have been just as big and just as many acres and in some cases more than hours. >>> a california democratic senator weighed in on the president's tweet today. kamala harris tweeted, californians entered the deadliest wildfire in our state's history last year. we should work together to mitigate these fires by combating climate change and not playing politics i keeping money from survivors of a deadly natural disa

then after fema approves it, it goes to mayor and board of supervisors for final approval. thank you very much. i look forward to any questions. >> thank you. is there any public comment on this item? seeing none. commissioner gilman. >> commissioner gilman: thank you for the report. i don't have any questions. >> thank you for the report. no questions. >> first of all, i want to say i enjoyed the report. i like the collaboration and intelligence that was used to put this together. you said a couple things that hit home to me. it is about leadership. my grandmother said if you ain't leading, you are just walking. clearly you guys are leading right now. one thing that stood out. we won't be here but the younger generation labe here. the average age in this city is 27 years old. we have a lot of responsibility to think about the generations behind us and get it out front. we have over 30 million tourists each year in our city. they need to know it is a city that is safe and interactive and out front. on this climate change what happened with the fires and it was just so bad e

i have ordered fema to send no more money. it is a disgraceful situation in lives & money!" the threat to withhold federal emergency management agency money.. comes the president says, if the state doesn't improve its forest management practices.o fema money would be for recovery efforts in santa rosa and paradise., places trying to rebuild after devastating fires.. the tweet really irritated state senator mike mcguire who represents the north bay. he spoke to kron 4, from his office in the captial.sot this president once again is wallowing in petty politics also - governor newsom's just sent a letter to the president asking him to double federal funding for forest management. his response to the tweet "disaster and recovery are no time for politics." even republican lawmakers who represent the town of paradise, put out as statement saying the presidents tweet was not helpful "these are american citizens who need our help," said u.s. representative doug lamalfa. fema money goes directly to victims through disaster assistance. it is used to rebuild homes. replace damaged wate

i have ordered fema to send no more money. it is a disgraceful situation in lives & money!" the threat to withhold federal emergency management agency money.. comes the president says, if the state doesn't improve its forest management practices. no fema money would be a setback for recovery efforts in santa rosa and paradise., places trying to rebuild after devastating fires.. the tweet really irritated state senator mike mcguire who represents the north bay. he spoke to kron 4, from his office in the captial.sot this president once again is wallowing in petty politics also - governor newsom's just sent a letter to the president asking him to double federal funding for forest management. his response to the tweet "disaster and recovery are no time for politics." even republican lawmakers who represent the town of paradise, put out as statement saying the presidents tweet was not helpful "these are american citizens who need our help," said u.s. representative doug lamalfa. fema money goes directly to victims through disaster assistance. it is used to rebuild homes. replace

unless they get their act together, i have ordered fema to send no more money. newsom's tweets came a few minutes later. disasters and recovery are no time for politics. i am already taking action to modernize and manage our forests and emergency responses. the people in california should not be victimized to partisan. >> we've never heard of the president cut off funding. >> reporter: this coordinator was lead manager for several major disasters. he is concerned for fema colleagues confronted with trump's threat. >> they will have to make decisions if the chief executive officer tells him to cut off funding. >> the fact is, more than half of california's wildfires are under federal management. have to 1.7 million acres burned were federal lands. in fact, the interior shifted some of its forest restoration funds to firefighting on federal lands. the terse email response, the department cannot respond to inquiries unrelated to the absence in appropriations. no answer because of the partial government shutdown. >> his criticism is not accurate. they have. the crit

critica el manejo de los bosques le dice que los incendios nunca se deberían haber dado y dijo que fema no debería enviar más dinero . >>> no jugando la política, amenazando con quitar el dinero a los sobrevivientes de este desastre natural . >>> si tienen un hijo menor de 18 años ellos pueden pedir ayuda en nombre de sus hijos que sean nacidos aquí en estados unidos. >>> no nos afecta ese raparse porque somos empleados de emergencia. >>> la fecha límite para hacen meter un reclamo se ha extendido hasta el 31 de enero. >>> en estos momentos vamos a ver imágenes en vivo desde el golden gate con un poco de neblina. >>> estamos con gabriela para hablar de la lluvia. >>> estuvimos desviando estas neblina se basan desde hemos notado las condiciones secas pero tenemos esta tormenta que se aproxima y el día de mañana no olvide el paraguas porque lo va a estar necesitando. para este momento vemos desde el aeropuerto de san francisco que se reportan demoras, tuvimos retrasos en la mañana condiciones vemos demoras en el aeropuerto de chicago >> hablemos un poco de lo que va pasar durant

with us in fema, a lot of times people ask where is fema during the time of disaster. right now you can tell everybody we're furloughed. we wouldn't be there. we wouldn't be able to react as readily as we normally do. it's very concerning to us that we're putting not just our welfare and economic welfare at wisi risk, we're putting lives at rick risks. >> last word to you fran. your thoughts as you think about what you're facing. >> my thing is we're not negotiating pieces. we're human beings. we're families. we hear 800,000 federal employees but each of them have family members. we're talking about millions that are strictly affected by it. always service we need. >> i'm going to say on a positive note we're all affected by how precious tristan is. he's just dozed off in mommy's arms. he's a t baby. i'm thinking a bright future there. i hope the same. a very bright future and this ends very quickly. steve, sherry, fran, kate, and gary, thank you so much. best of luck. >>> he might be a long shot but that's not stopping julian castro. can he beat long odds and alexandr

unless they get their act together, which is unlikely, i have ordered fema to send no more money. it is a disgraceful situation in lives and money. governor gavin newsom responded in a tweet shortly after...he says quote.. disasters and recovery are no time for politics. i'm already taking action to modernize and manage our forests and emergency responses. the people of ca -- folks in paradise -- should not be victims to partisan bickering. ( darya ) happening today ... president trump will meet with congressional leaders at the white house ... to continue talks about reopening the government.( james ) last night he made his case to the american people for a border wall. reporter mark meredith is in washington with the details. president trump reached out directly to the american public to try to convince them that congress needs to fund a border wall.but the president is facing an uphil battle with democrats...who say the wall is a waste of money and time. "this barrier is absolutely critical to border security. 'salso what our professionals at the border want and need"the presid

as i saw today, the state and feds, fema, everybody is here. this is a beautiful place, even surrounded by ashes. and we have such a sense of how strong this community is. and just know that we're with you. [applause] thank you. as the woman in the video was saying, [laughter], there really is no better learning than to be part of an actual response. and so while the benefit obviously, the humanitarian action that we do to help is so critical, we are -- we have doubled the benefit by bringing that back here and the people of san francisco best from that, too, as we build our capacity and our bench. i'm grateful to the mayor, that one of the directives, directive 4, i believe, is going to really help us move toward putting these multidisciplinary teams together so we will be more ready and can go when needed. and unfortunately, in california, i'm afraid those opportunities are not going to be few and far between. so one of the -- when i was there last friday, the animal care and control function was still going strong. it was probably the bigges

unless they get their act together, which is unlikely, i have ordered fema to send no more money. it is a disgraceful situation in lives and money. senator kamala harris responded in a tweet shortly after...she says quote..californians endured the deadliest wildfire in our state's history last year. we should work together to mitigate these fires by combating climate change, not play politics by threatening to withhold money from survivors of a deadly natural disaster. ( darya ) happening now.....police are looking for the man who exposed himself to two young girls. it happened monday morning near taylor middle school in millbrae. officers say the man tried to get the attention of the girls as they were walking around the track during school hours. he then pulled down his pants, exposed himself, and then urinated. police say he was standing near the fence of the school. ( darya ) the man accused of being the golden state killer has been cleared in the 1975 murder of a 14-year-old girl in the central valley. the tulare county district attorney's office released a review that said d

i have ordered fema to send no more money. this all comes just weeks after the president agreed to declare a major disaster declaration in the campfire. officials say there is no way the president can now take back that money that he's already promised. >> i don't know how fema doesn't provide the funding. once its already been declared. i don't know what the mechanism is you would say we wouldn't fund it. >> that fire killed 86 people last year and destroyed tens of thousands of homes. >>> and you can get the latest news coming out of washington d.c. with our morning team. they start tomorrow morning at 4:30 >>> just when it seems like everyone is coughing and sneezing tonight we are hearing that the flu season has claimed another life in the bay area. so far this flu season the state department of public health has 42 people, it says 42 people under the age of 65 have died from flu-related complications. in just two days two deaths have been reported here in the bay area. a 39-year-old in santa clara county and an adult in s

se las ha visto negras porque fema le negÓ la oportunidad. >> que las ayudas no la quiten. >> esta activista sufriÓ junto a sus vecinos para que el huracÁn marÍa. congresista descarten que puede querer lienzo por la situaciÓn en la frontera de mÉxico. conductor: nos comparten el perfil clÍnico conductor: 1 criminal mexicana ha cobrado notoriedad por realizar los perfiles psicolÓgicos de los hombres mÁs buscados pero el mÁs famoso es el de joaquÍn guzmÁn. nuestro corresponsal nos tiene algunos de los testimonios de la mujer. >> el lÍder del cÁrtel y enemigo pÚblico de estados unidos estÁ cansado y arrepentido ademÁs es 1 emprendedor y manipulador que no se droga y fascinado por las mujeres. >> me tocÓ tratar con un joaquÍn cansado. el chiste estar tranquilo y disfrutar a todos los hijos en especial al smog chiquitas. >> escuchÓ al chapo estar a favor de la legalizaciÓn de la marihuana. no le gusta apostar ni beber alcohol. >> se sienten muy arraigado por la familia y los hijos. >> son aproximadamente 23 hijos reconocidos. Él se hizo cargo siempre de su familia e hijos. co

and things like fema. it is possible they may try to shift some funds around but i think given the fact that democrats are in control of the house, there will be scrutiny over whether they are following the budget. >> on a separate note, the ongoing shutdown, has crippled our country's immigration courts as well. the lien a lot of deportations. there was already a huge backlog before the shutdown. have things gotten worse? >> it is pretty ironic that the immigration courts are the lien cases and also people may be released from detention. as far as the cases that we have at the clinic here and across the bay area, it is taking cases off and putting them off indefinitely. to answer your question, it is hard to answer because it case that is taken off the calendar today, may not be scheduled again for 12 months. >> that is quite a delay. thank you bill. >>> coming up, a plea for help in san francisco after an elderly woman is found brutally beaten and apart. >> two people have died and it is related to the f

abc7 news was in santa rosa where some victims of the 2017 tubs wildfire remained in fema trailers. they say they're upset by the president's comment. >> it ticks me off, you know? it makes you feel like -- especially he takes away this whole program. i mean, there's a lot of us that would be on the streets. >> just yesterday governor gavin newsom asked the president to double the federal investment in forest management. >> the state has awarded a $250 million contract to clean up the camp fire in butte county to tetra tech, the company at the center of the hunters point shipyard scandal. they admitted to faking tests at the shipyard in san francisco, and the company is being sued by the justice department, whistle blowers and homeowners. house speaker nancy pelosi's office said it is concerned that at the tra tech continues to receive contracts. >> day 19 of the government shutdown, and tomorrow the president heads to the u.s./mexico border after a contentious meeting today with democrats in washington. president trump walked out of the shutdown talks 14 minutes after they began. s

doesn't provide the funding once its already been declared. >> now we tried to ask fema what exactly the president actually ordered them to do. >> please leave a message and we will return your car after the funding hiatus. >> so we are left with a tweet that changes nothing for fire victims now but it presents a horrifying possibility for the victims of california's next fire disaster. >> the trouble something is that we are potentially looking at disaster declarations as a tool to force policies. that is kind of, i'm not sure where we are going. the president certainly can make the decision not to declare a disaster. >> here i am talking about this as a practical governing matter and to state the obvious. a tweet is not a function or a labor of government. to the larger point, we have the president again seeming to be far more concerned whiz ideas on forest management than he is the suffering of his own citizens from a specific kind of disaster in one very specific state. i think that is why we saw blow back today. >> all right. blow back from citizens coming too. >> absolutely. >>

less than a fourth of fema employees are working right now. fema's union president said people could die waiting forse help becf this shutdown. >> it would take our agency approximately a week to two weeks to call us all back in. so if a disaster happened today, it would be a week or tw >> another major concern is the nearly 6,500ug furd union employees themselves still without a paycheck. we're told some are thinking about cashing in their 401(k)s. others, like the union psident mself, are filing for unemployment. union leaders say ty asked congress to consider legislation to lessen penalties. >>> now 406, the board ofor dire of the metropolitan airport authority will discuss the shutdowns continued pact on our nation's airports. we told you about the tsa sick lls forced some airports to close entire terminals. other airports, peopl are waiting up to 90 minutes in line because of short staffing. the sickate at the tsa is now ter 7%. thousands of sa agents are still working despite the fact they're not getting paid. many decided to leave the a