We're going to go back and look at all of this after-action, when we have time, but I've got to emphasize something: We are still in the middle of an emergency. |
We're going to have to go house to house in this city. We're going to have to check every single place to find people who may be alive and in need of assistance, |
We're going to have to go house to house in this city. We're going to have to check every single place to find people who may be alive and in need of assistance. |
We're going to make sure help is on the way immediately to those who need it, |
We're going to make sure that victims of this disaster, whatever their economic circumstances, get the necessary financial assistance to ensure that they can obtain a temporary residence for the time being, ... These programs have been designed to give families the maximum amount of flexibility and freedom to decide where they want to relocate and what they want to do over the next few months. |
We're going to need more than just brute enforcement, |
We're going to uncover people who died, maybe hiding in houses, got caught by the flood, people whose remains are going to be found in the streets, ... It is going to be about as ugly of a scene as I think you can imagine. |
We're hiring as rapidly as we can, and we're prepared to bring all the resources. |
We're not dealing with classified information. |
We're now starting to see the fruits of seeds that were harvested when we started talking about this strategy a year or so ago. |
We're racing the clock in terms of possible injury. We're racing the clock in terms of illness, and we're racing the clock to get them food and water. |
We're working on it, |
We're working very closely with the governor and the other state officials to make sure that we are completely connected in terms of their needs and what capabilities they're asking us to bring to the table, ... American Morning. |
We've got hundreds of thousands of people who have been displaced, |
We've got hundreds of thousands of people who have been displaced, ... This is unprecedented in this country's history and it's going to call for the kind of relief effort which we've been able to mount overseas, and we're now going to have to mount at home. |