Fox News Rundown Extra: A Former FEMA Chief On Coronavirus And The Failure of Personal Responsibility

The Fox News Rundown

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3.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Earlier this week, host Jessica Rosenthal spoke to Brock Long, the former head of FEMA who led hurricane recovery efforts in 2017 and 2018. He also spearheaded efforts during Northern California's deadly Camp Fire. Brock joined the Rundown after President Trump announced FEMA had been activated in all regions and placed on its highest alert level to combat the coronavirus threat. We asked the former FEMA director what role the agency can play during a virus outbreak and how they can help states and local governments. He also talked about his experience running FEMA and how he quickly learned how underprepared we Americans were and are for a major disaster. Because of time, we could not run our entire conversation. It was alarming and informative. On The Fox News Rundown Extra you will hear our full conversation with Brock Long and hear more of his concerns about America's preparedness and why he thinks America must run a "personally responsibility campaign" once this crisis is behind us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.8	This is the Fox News rundown extra.
0:33.3	I'm Jessica Rosenthal.
0:38.0	Earlier this week we spoke to Brock Long.
0:40.0	You might remember the name from Hurricane Recovery Efforts in 2017 and 18, when he was
0:45.7	head of FEMA.
0:47.2	He also spearheaded efforts during horrific California wildfires.
0:51.0	We talked to him this week after President Trump announced FEMA had been activated in all regions and placed on its highest alert level.
0:58.0	The agency has also now been put in charge of the federal response to the coronavirus.
1:03.3	We asked Brock Long what that means.
1:05.7	Not what does FEMA do during a wildfire or hurricane,
1:08.6	but during a virus outbreak.
1:10.2	And he explained just how under-prepared we Americans were and are for a major disaster.
1:15.6	Thanks for listening.
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