President Joe Biden addresses Trump during his press conference about the impacts of Hurricane Milton. Then, Republican Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez joins CNN to react to the destruction left behind by Hurricane Milton. #cnn #news
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00:00Have you spoken with former President Trump at all?
00:03Are you kidding me?
00:05Mr. President Trump, former President Trump, get a life, man.
00:12Help these people.
00:13Will you hold him accountable?
00:14You said you were going to hold those accountable.
00:17I'll make a hold of account.
00:19You better impress hold of account because you know the truth.
00:22Will you plan to speak with former President Trump?
00:25No.
00:30We have been listening to President Joe Biden live at the White House.
00:38It's hard to make out what he just said.
00:40We've been listening to President Joe Biden live at the White House,
00:43answering questions from reporters and giving an update on the federal response to Hurricane Milton.
00:49A number of specific lines stood out.
00:52First, President Biden saying, quote,
00:54We will do everything we can to help you pick up the pieces.
00:58In reference to folks who have lost everything here in the Sunshine State,
01:02the president talked about everything the federal government is doing to facilitate
01:05the work of helping residents get back on their feet
01:08and coordinating with local officials and state officials as well.
01:11He talked about speaking with Governor Ron DeSantis of the state,
01:14the FEMA administrator as well, Deanne Criswell.
01:17Also, President Biden called for Congress to come back as soon as possible, he said,
01:22to help allocate funds not only to FEMA, but also to the Small Business Administration.
01:26The president said he had not spoken to House Speaker Mike Johnson about that in recent days.
01:31He was asked if he spoke to former President Donald Trump.
01:34The president there talking extensively about what he sees as disinformation
01:38and false claims that have been made by the former president about the federal response,
01:42specifically to Hurricane Helene in North Carolina and Georgia and other southeastern states.
01:46The president there in response to Trump saying, quote,
01:50Get a life, man. Help these people.
01:53I want to get a reaction now from Florida's Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nunez,
01:57who we spoke to yesterday, who's obviously been tracking the storm closely.
02:01First, Lieutenant Governor, I just want to ask for your response
02:04to what you heard there from President Biden, both about his coordination with local officials
02:08and some of the political stuff between him and the former president over disinformation.
02:13Well, certainly, as I said yesterday,
02:16the governor has been very focused on making sure we have all the things we need
02:21from the federal government, Helene, and then now, of course, Milton.
02:25So we've been working very closely with our FEMA director,
02:28and the governor has not been able, he has not lacked for anything from the federal government.
02:33And so as it relates to some of those comments, again, I think we need to focus on recovery,
02:38leave our personal feelings about individual candidates, the former president as well.
02:43I don't think there needs to be a time to have that sort of rancor.
02:46What we need to focus on is getting Floridians the relief that they deserve and that they need right now.
02:53And also accounting for those folks that may have fared worse during Hurricane Milton,
03:00Lieutenant Governor, I just got an update moments ago that you now have
03:04eight confirmed dead as a result of the hurricane.
03:08We know at least five of those were in St. Lucie County as a result of tornadoes there.
03:15Do you have any other information you can offer on the three others that were killed?
03:20No, I don't have additional information on that.
03:23What I will say is that those five that you referenced due to the tornadoes, those have been confirmed.
03:29We expect as the day wanes on, as we continue to get into that rebuilding and recovery process,
03:35we may see additional fatalities above and beyond that because as we know,
03:39a lot of the fatalities occur post-storm.
03:42People driving through flooded streets, people using generators inside their home.
03:47And so that's sort of been our focus now on messaging,
03:49making sure people understand the hazards that exist when they begin that process of recovery and rebuilding.
03:55So we want to make sure people are mindful of that.
03:59Yeah, there are all kinds of hazards out there that could create issues.
04:03Quickly, Lieutenant Governor, before we let you go, I'm just curious.
04:06Obviously, you're in the initial stages of surveying the damage,
04:09but which areas would you say you are most concerned about?
04:12Are there any areas that are currently inaccessible for rescue crews?
04:17Well, as you know, we started conducting search and rescue early in the midnight hours.
04:22It is my understanding that that has all been done.
04:25There may be some additional rescue operations, but at this point, we're feeling good about that.
04:31But now we have to, of course, get law enforcement and FDOT, our Department of Transportation,
04:36to start clearing roads, making sure that streets, if they're impenetrable, if they're impassable,
04:40that they can open those up, inspecting bridges, inspecting streets.
04:44And so we'll have a long haul ahead of us, but we're confident,
04:48given all the resources and all the personnel that the Governor has staged,
04:51that we'll be able to get through that pretty quickly.
04:54I will say, of course, the area of direct impact, the Sarasota area,
04:59west coast, had some significant flooding and damage, hurricane winds, hurricane force winds.
05:05And then, of course, on the east coast, we're going to continue to monitor,
05:09because even the St. Johns River, they're concerned with increased flooding with that river.
05:14So we'll be monitoring that for the next 24 hours, 48 hours.
05:18So the impact, although Milton is gone, the impact is far from over.
05:24Yeah, no question about that.
05:26And, Lieutenant Governor, if there's anything we can do to help expedite the process of recovery,
05:30any message you want put out there, please let us know.
05:33Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nunez of Florida, thank you so much for joining us.