During a White House press briefing on Monday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about how FEMA will respond to recent storms given President Trump's previous comments about abolishing the agency and allowing states to handle their own recovery efforts.
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00:00A question on the storm.
00:01Sure.
00:02What role does the President see for FEMA with these storms?
00:04He's talking about getting rid of FEMA, the state's handling their own disasters.
00:07Is he planning to change the federal government response to these storms?
00:11There hasn't been a change yet.
00:12That doesn't mean there couldn't be in the future.
00:14But as of right now, the President, the entire administration are actively monitoring the
00:19storms, as I said.
00:20In fact, before I came down here, there was an email note in my inbox from the Department
00:23of Homeland Security on what they are actually doing state by state across the board.
00:27So rest assured, Secretary Noem and her team is on it.
00:30And I would defer you to the Department of Homeland Security for any further details.