{"id":110943,"date":"2024-10-06T05:35:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T22:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110943"},"modified":"2024-10-06T05:35:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T22:35:03","slug":"kamala-harris-heads-to-north-carolina-to-survey-helenes-aftermath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110943","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris heads to North Carolina to survey Helene&#8217;s aftermath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) \u2014 Democratic presidential nominee <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/kamala-harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a><\/span> pledged ongoing federal support and praised the \u201cheroes among us\u201d as she visited North Carolina on Saturday in the aftermath of <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/hurricane-helene\">Hurricane Helene<\/a><\/span>, her second trip in four days to the disaster zone.<\/p>\n<p>The vice president was in Charlotte one day after a visit to the state by Republican Donald Trump, who is spreading false claims about the federal response to the disaster. <\/p>\n<p>Harris opened her visit by attending a briefing with state and local officials, where she thanked \u201cthose who are in the room and those who are out there right now working around the clock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She promised federal assistance would continue to flow and added praise for the \u201cstrangers who are helping each other out, giving people shelter and food and friendship and fellowship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite Trump\u2019s claims that the federal response in the state has been \u201clousy,\u201d Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper said the state was \u201cdeeply grateful for the federal resources that we have. FEMA has been on the ground with us since the very beginning,\u201d he said, referring to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.<\/p>\n<p>After her briefing, Harris helped pack toiletries into aid kits at a distribution center, where she met Angelica Wind from hard-hit Asheville, who was there to volunteer with her daughter and a friend even though Wind said her own family was still without power and people were \u201cjust surviving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of resilience,\u201d Wind told Harris, adding that, \u201cWe want to make sure people don\u2019t forget about us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris assured her the federal government was \u201chere for the long haul.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Melissa Funderbunk told Harris about driving a truck carrying assistance to people in remote Morganton, \u201cwhere people weren\u2019t coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are the heroes among us,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the week, Harris was in Georgia, where she helped distribute meals, toured the damage and consoled families hard-hit by the storm. President Joe Biden, too, visited the disaster zone. During stops over two days in the Carolinas, Florida and Georgia, Biden surveyed the damage and met with farmers whose crops have been destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>The two have been vocal and visible about the government\u2019s willingness to help, and the administration\u2019s efforts so far include covering costs for all of the rescue and recovery efforts across the Southeast for several months as states struggle under the weight of the mass damage. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2024\/10\/04\/letter-to-congress-on-disaster-needs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In a letter<\/a><\/span> late Friday to congressional leaders, Biden wrote that while FEMA\u2019s Disaster Relief Fund \u201chas the resources it requires right now to meet immediate needs, the fund does face a shortfall at the end of the year.\u201d He also called on lawmakers to act quickly to restore funding to the Small Business Administration\u2019s disaster loan program.<\/p>\n<p>More than 200 people have died. It\u2019s the worst storm to hit the U.S. mainland since Katrina in 2005, and scientists have warned such storms will only worsen in the face of climate change. <\/p>\n<p>But in this overheated election year, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/helene-climate-walz-vance-debate-harris-trump-e1023e209548db8ec587115505c9797f\">even natural disasters have become deeply politicized<\/a><\/span> as the candidates crisscross the disaster area and in some cases visit the same venues to win over voters in battleground states. <\/p>\n<p>Trump has falsely claimed the Biden administration isn\u2019t doing enough to help impacted people in Republican areas and has harshly criticized the response. He has, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/rainfall-helene-carolina-tennessee-georgia-climate-change-flood-fcba634e14a0ffa1a8e1fa85d7e2b390\">in Helene\u2019s aftermath<\/a><\/span>, espoused falsehoods about climate change, calling it \u201cone of the great scams of all time.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"Infobox\" data-module=\"\" data-gtm-region=\"What to know about the 2024 Election Today's news: Follow live updates from the campaign trail from the AP. Ground Game: Sign up for AP's weekly politics newsletter to get it in your inbox every Monday. AP's Role: The Associated Press is the most trusted source of information on election night, with a history of accuracy dating to 1848. 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Associated Press writers Makiya Seminera in Boone, North Carolina, and Meg Kinnard in Fayetteville, North Carolina, contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kamala-harris-democrats-hurricane-helene-13475a09f3fed719a1b451105ab15ccf\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHARLOTTE, N.C. 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