English subtitles for clip: File:Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner Says Houston Begins Recovery Mission - Morning Joe - MSNBC.ogg

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>> WITH US NOW AT THE TABLE, WE HAVE THE HOST OF CNBC'S POLITICS

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NATION. THE ACTION NETWORK, REVEREND AL

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SHARPTOP, ON THE PHONE WITH EGOT THE MAYOR OF HOUSTON, SYLVESTER

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TURNER. MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

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BEING WITH US. LET'S START WITH THE MAYOR.

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MR. MAYOR WHAT IS IT LOOKING LIKE THIS MORNING AS THE SUN IS

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RISING OVER YOUR WONDERFUL CITY? >> Caller: THIS MORNING FOR THE

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CITY OF HOUSTON, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSITIONING FROM

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RESCUE TO RECOVERY. THERE ARE TWO AREAS IN OUR CITY

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THAT ARE STILL DEALING WITH A LOT OF FLOODING.

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ONE IS IN NORTHEAST IN THE KINGWOOD AREA.

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AND THAT'S IN PART DUE TO BECAUSE OF WATER RELEASED IN

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THAT LAKE, THAT IS IMPROVING, BUT THERE IS STILL WATER

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FLOODING T. OTHER AREAS IN WEST HOUSTON AND THEY'RE DEALING WITH

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FLOODING BECAUSE OF THE RELEASE OF WATER FROM THE RESERVOIR AND

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THAT RELEASE WILL CONTINUE FOR SOME TIME AND SO A NUMBER OF

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HOUSES THAT RIGHT NOW ARE FLOOD AS A RESULT OF THE RAINFALL ARE

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BEING FLOODED BECAUSE OF THE

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RELEASE, BUT THE CORE OF ENGINEERS IS HAVING TO BOUND THE

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CAPACITY OF WATER ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RESERVOIR WITH

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HAVING TO RELEASE IT TO THE EAST SIDE.

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WITH THAT EXCEPTION, BASED ON OUR AREA OF NEW YESTERDAY MOST

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OF THE CITY IS NOW DRIVE. AND SO WE'RE TURNING TO RECOVERY

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AND WE ARE GOING TO, IT'S HOUSING, HOUSING, HOUSE,

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ESPECIALLY FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO'S HOMES WERE GREATLY DAMAGED AND I

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SUSPECT THE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON COULD BE

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ANOTHER 40 TO 50,000 UNITS, IF NOT MORE.

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WE ARE GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR. WE STARTED THAT YESTERDAY, AND

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MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES ALL OVER, ESPECIALLY LOW INCOME

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AREAS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE NOT MISSED ANYONE, SO WE ARE DOING

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THAT. HOUSING, HOUSING, HOUSING,

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PEOPLE NEED TO TRANSITION TO A BETTER PLACE, AS SOON AS

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POSSIBLE T. OTHER THIS INC. THAT WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING IS DEBRIS

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REMOVAL BECAUSE MOST OF THE CITY IS NOW DRY, PEOPLE ARE ALREADY

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STARTING TO PUT THINGS OUT IN FRONT OF THEIR HOMES, SO THE

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CITY STARTED A HEAVY TRASH, HEAVY DEBRIS REMOVAL TWO DAYS

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AGO. WE WILL RAMP UP AGGRESSIVELY AND

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WE NEED, YOU KNOW, FEMA'S ASSISTANCE NOW, AGENTS ON THE

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GROUND, TO ASSIST PEOPLE IN THAT TRANSITIONING PROCESS.

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WE NEED ADVANCED FUNDING NOW IN ORDER TO ASSIST IN DEBRIS

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REMOVAL AND HOUSING ASSISTANCE. >> AND MR. MAYOR, THAT'S WHAT I

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WANTED TO ASK YOU, YOU HAD THE PRESIDENT THERE EARLIER THIS

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WEEK THE VICE PRESIDENT YESTERDAY THE PRESIDENT IS

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COMING IN TOMORROW, IF ANY OF THEM ARE LISTING RIGHT NOW, WHAT

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IS YOUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY? WHAT CAN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

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DO FOR YOU AND THE PEOPLE OF HOUSTON TO ALLEVIATE SUFFERING

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THE MOST RIGHT NOW? WHAT'S YOUR TOP PRIORITY FROM

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THE GOVERNMENT? >> Caller: WE NEED ADVANCED

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FUNDING NOW, NOT A REIMBURSEMENT SYSTEM.

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ADVANCED FUNDING NOW FOR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.

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PEOPLE NEED THEM REAR PERMANENT HOUSING, BECAUSE, PEOPLE CAN'T

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STAY IN SHELTERS FOREVER, WE STARTED TO REDUCE THE POPULATION

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NOW, BUT WE FEED THAT. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE FOR

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EXAMPLE WHO MAY NOT BE HOMEOWNERS, BUT MAY BE RENTERS,

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THEY NEED ASSISTANCE AS WELL. THEY NEED THAT NOW.

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THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH FAMILY, WITH CHILDREN, THEY NEED

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ASSISTANCE THE DEBRIS REMOVAL FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON ALONE,

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THAT'S GOING TO COST ABOUT $200 MILLION.

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AND IS THAT IS STARTING TO HAPPEN RIGHT NOW.

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NOT A WEEK FROM NOW, NOT TWO WEEKS, PEOPLE, MOST OF THE CITY

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OF HOUSTON IS DRY AND THOSE THINGS ARE BEING PUT OUT.

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IF YOU DON'T GET THAT DEBRIS UP RIGHT NOW, IT WILL BECOME A

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MAJOR PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE. SO WE DON'T NEED A REIMBURSEMENT

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SYSTEM SO TO SPEAK. WHAT WE NEED IS FINANCIAL

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ASSISTANCE RIGHT NOW IN ORDER TO PROVIDE HOUSING, HOUSING,

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HOUSING, FOR PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF THEIR SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SO

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THEY CAN REHAB OR REBUILD THEIR HOMES OR THEIR APARTMENTS,

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NUMBER TWO, TO GET THE DEBRIS UP RIGHT NOW AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE

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AS WE WORK ON SOME OTHER THINGS. >> ALL RIGHT.

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MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER, MAYOR OF HOUSTON, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

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CALLING IN AND DLEFRING YOUR MESSAGE LOUD AND CLEAR --

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DELIVERING YOUR MESSAGE LOUD AND CLEAR.

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I'M SURE IT'S A MESSAGE RECEIVED IF WASHINGTON, D.C.

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AL SHARPTON, LET ME BRING YOU IN.

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OBVIOUSLY, FLOODING IS INDISCRIMINATE.

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IT GOES AFTER POOR AND RICH AND BLACK AND WHITE, HISPANIC,

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EVERYBODY, THE SAME. ESPECIALLY WHEN THE FLOOD WATERS

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RISE LIKE THIS, BUT THERE IS A DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT FELT BE

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I THE POOR. IS THERE NOT?

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>> CERTAINLY, THERE IS A DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT BECAUSE

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THEY ARE IN AREAS THAT ARE HARDER TO REACHOREDEVELOP AND

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DEALING WITH HOW YOU ARE GOING TO FINANCE, REFINANCE, INSURANCE

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ISSUES, NOW ALL OF THAT HAS A I PRESIDENT AND THIS

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ADMINISTRATION HEEDS THE REQUEST OF THIS MAYOR WITH AN IMMEDIATE

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RELIEF NOT BASED ON SOME REFUNDABLE SITUATION IN THE

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FUTURE. THERE IS IMMEDIATE NEED THERE.

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WE ALL TALKED ABOUT HOW INSENSITIVE IT WAS FOR HIM NOT

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TO MENTION THE VICTIMS IN HIS FIRST TRIP.

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TOMORROW SHOULD NOT BE TO REMAKE OR REDO WHAT HE DIDN'T DO THE

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FIRST TRIP. TOMORROW HE OUGHT TO SAY WE'RE

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MAKING IMMEDIATE FUNDING AVAILABLE, WE'RE GOING TO PUT

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FEMA PEOPLE ON THE STREET TO HANDLE DEBRIS.

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HE NEEDS TO COME IN WITH A PROACTIVE AGENDA RATHER THAN A

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MAKEUP FOR THE DEBACLE HE DID THE OTHER DAY.

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>> THERE ARE 100,000 REQUESTS FOR FEMA ASSISTANCE.

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THAT NUMBER'S JUST GOING TO GROW.

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THE SBA REQUESTS FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GET GET THEIR BUSINESSES

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THE PRESIDENT COULD SEND A MESSAGE IF HE DOES THOSE THINGS

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YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, REVEREND SHARPTON AND ALSO THE

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THINGS THE MAYOR OF HOUSTON REQUESTED FOR HIS DAMAGED CITY.

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BY HIS STANDARDS, THE PRESIDENT'S BEEN RELATIVELY

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QUIET LATELY ON TWITTER, BUT MOMENTS AGO HE TURNED THE PHONE

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BACK ON TO DEFEND HIS CHIEF OF STAFF JOHN KELLY, RESPONDING,

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I'M SURE, TO THAT "WASHINGTON POST" STORY WITH ABOUT 15

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