JOY REID: I mean, seeing an entire city wiped off the map, and this is tragic to watch that happen. Jacob’s (Soboroff) town is gone. The rebuilding effort he mentioned is going to have to be a federal response. This is the wiping of entire communities off the map. At the moment, the response is in the hands of Joe Biden who happened, coincidentally, to be in California. He is becoming a great-grandfather. He was there also to designate some indigenous land back to giving it to its rightful owners and doing things that are positive. In about 13 days, the federal response will pass to the hands of someone very different, somebody who is banging on about why weren't leaves being raked and about water not dripping right out of the faucets, and who’s already blamed Democrats, blamed President Biden. I'm sure he's blaming you since he's got a special thing for you, rather than being an adult. He’ll be in charge of the federal response. What kind of help can California expect to get from someone like him?
ADAM SCHIFF: Well it's a good question. These fires obviously are impacting everyone, whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, independent, doesn't matter. All of us are in this together and one of the things that has been just so apparent and talking to people who have lost their homes is, not only did they lose their home, they lost their whole neighborhood. All of their neighbors' homes were wiped out. We've seen other fires in L.A. where it was very horribly idiosyncratic. One house would be burned. All the others around it would be fine. This fire is different. They are all just getting wiped out with this fire is blazing and the president has swiftly acted on this, that we have resources people can find out about on the FEMA website, about how to get reimbursed and get immediate help with lodging and other necessities. But I shudder to think what will happen if we don't have a president that views us all as Americans, not some to be punished and others to be rewarded in natural disasters. We just never had a president like that. We had it once. We are having it again. But I would hope that the incoming president realizes that this affects his supporters as well as anyone else. We are all equally devastated by this and the federal government is going to need help. And I'll add one other part of the devastation, which we don't know yet, but in talking to the mayor of Pasadena, he was saying that some of the residents, maybe a lot of residents in the Eaton fire area were having trouble insuring their homes. Some couldn't get their homes insured. Others, the insurance premiums went up so high they decided not to continue to carry the insurance because they couldn't afford it. So they may be left with nothing and so there are going to be a lot of people who are going to need help. They’re going to need help from a Democrat president, or a Republican president. I know Sen. Padilla and I are determined to do everything we can to make sure they get the resources they need- Gov. Newsom the same. We’re committed to all our constituents, regardless of party.
. Ben Graham
