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Should Obama Have Canceled European Trip? Part 2

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    Former FEMA director Michael Brown on president's handling of Missouri tornado

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Not everything I get into this and why enjoyed the book to this degree -- -- and it's because -- an equal opportunity.

Hitters are back stolen you did including his -- muscle but I'm.

Happen with its way you would -- and the documents in there I'm positive emails there you would -- that something bad was coming.

That that the city wasn't ready for at the very least a category three east -- On.

And they didn't appreciate it didn't see it local authorities dropped the ball on it.

There were no evacuations Ray Nagin left to the local authorities and where local folks -- you don't know even -- -- foresees.

So it sounds like again everyone for up.

Everyone dropped the ball there was like there was a -- that's why pull the perfect political storm.

Because not only was -- a major hurricane.

But you're now hitting a dysfunctional state with the mayor and a governor who were fighting the president's often in Crawford doing what he's doing.

We're distracted by these wars in Afghanistan and -- TV.

Right now I know your -- over Florida's.

Let go -- watch TV you're not seriously real real.

I think get to clippings they get the news -- I'm not convinced we watch the news and that's very humbling for an on the -- it's -- was -- -- -- you know critical of the president's response critical now of president Obama's early response to this.

Presidents to when everything hits the -- Because we had a lot of tornadoes I mean every other day and -- down south god forbid them and be down there.

What what's the -- the line on presidential.

Personal appearance if our own personal appearances I think there is a time and a place to do but the role the president should should be.

There should be a consciousness.

About playing people.

-- Americans are suffering.

You didn't have to do that.

You didn't have to allow the cameras in the -- but.

The White House is they bully pulpit in the president has to show leadership that he's in touch with what's going on.

-- -- These storms that we -- lately -- argument is that they're gonna get increasingly more violent christening marks that's.

FEMA just doesn't have the money resources.

To handle when we do.

We'll -- we'll -- the credit card's been maxed out.

Obama to congress everybody has spent the credit card to smacks.

But I disagree with you live in the sense that these storms are gonna continue to get worse.

These though when cycles this is no different than other cycles we've seen maybe more -- don't recordable moan don't get caught in the moment.

And yes they're severe they're horrible but I used to watch these -- lines form all the time growing up in western Oklahoma this is.

This is fairly typical.

-- a deadly indifference is the book the perfect political storm keep in mind Michael Brown -- would you well handle more than 160.

Crises and I mean crises including a little incident called nine elevenths.

This is the one thing you'll always be remembered for Katrina and do that so Napoleon at Waterloo that was -- Michael Brown back now.

It's.

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