TEXAS TO FLORIDA.AND AS WE HIT
STORM SEASON - THERE IS
CONCERN ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES IN CHARGE OF
RESPONDING TO NATURAL
DISASTERS.KXAN'S ANNA
WIERNICKI SHOWS US - THOSE
AGENCIES ARE STILL LOOKING FOR
LEADERS.ANNA WIERNICKI: U.S.
CONGRESSMAN GARRET GRAVES
WATCHES CLOSELY FROM HIS
OFFICE IN WASHINGTON D.C. AS
TROPICAL STORM CINDY MAKES
IT'S WAY THROUGH HIS HOME
STATE.GARRET GRAVES: THE KEY
TO THIS THING IS OVER
PREPARING, YOU CAN'T OVER
PREPARE FOR A DISASTER LIKE
THIS.ANNA WIERNICKI (STANDUP)
WASHINGTON CORRESPNDENT BUT
GRAVES SAYS THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT LAWMAKERS áDIDN'T DO.
THREE WEEKS INTO HURRICANE
SEASON AND THE LOUISIANA
REPUBLICAN SAYS THE GOVERNMENT
IS THE MOST UNPREPARED IT HAS
EVER BEEN. THAT'S BECAUSE THE
TWO AGENCIES IN CHARGE OF
PROTECTING THE COUNTRY DURING
DISASTERS ARE áSTILL WITHOUT
LEADERS.GARRET GRAVES: UNDER
THIS PRESIDENT YOU'VE SEEN
SOME OF THE SLOWEST
CONFIRMATIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN
IN ANY PRESIDENT EVER.NAT
BREAK FROM SENATEANNA
WIERNICKI: THE SENATE
CONFIRMED "BROCK LONG" AS
DIRECTOR OF THE "FEDERAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY"
ON TUESDAY. THAT AGENCY HELPS
COMMUNITIES AND RESIDENTS
AFTER EMERGENCIES.GARRET GRAVES
U.S. CONGRESSMAN, R-LOUISIANA
SO EFFECTIVELY YES THEY DID
APPROVE BROCK YESTERDAY, WHICH
IS GREAT NEWS, BUT THE PROBLEM
IS THAT YOU ARE NOW THROWING
THIS GUY IN THE GAME AT THE
END OF THE FOURTH QUARTER.ANNA
WIERNICKI: RETIRED U-S LT.
GENERAL RUSSEL HONORE TOLD US
ON SKYPE THAT THROWING LONG
INTO A POSITION áAFTER A
CRISIS HITS IS IRRESPONSIBLE.
RUSSEL HONORERETIRED
LIEUTENANT GENERALYOU KNOW WE
WOULDN'T SETTLE IN AMERICA FOR
A TEMPORARY FOOTBALL COACH,
BUT WE'VE SETTLED FOR 6 MONTHS
FOR A TEMPORARY FEMA DIRECTOR,
AND THAT'S SHAMEFULANNA
WIERNICKI: WILLIAM MILLER IS
AN ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEAN
RESEARCHER. HE IS MORE
CONCERNED THAT "THE NATIONAL
OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC
ADMINISTRATION"-- WHICH IS IN
CHARGE OF "THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER" WHERE THEY
TRACK STORMS-- IS STILL
WITHOUT A DIRECTOR.WILLIAM
MILLERRESEARCHER, UMD
ATMOSTPHERIC AND OCEANIC
SCIENCES DEPARTMENTI HOPE THAT
WE ARE ABLE TO GET A DIRECTOR
FOR NOAA SOON, WITHIN THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS.ANNA WIERNICKI:
MILLER'S TEAM RELIES ON NOAA
FOR RESEARCH BUT THE REST OF
