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I just don't want one balloon to a car.

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. President Trump says he plans to sign an executive

order to overhaul or possibly get rid of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

His comments came as he visited a disaster zone in North Carolina today, as NPR's Osmahad reports.

Trump has described FEMA as too slow and bureaucratic.

I'll also be signed an executive order to begin the process of fundamentally reforming and overhauling FEMA or maybe getting rid of FEMA. I think, frankly,

FEMA is not good. Trump did not offer immediate details on this vision, and he sidestepped questions

about a timeline for his plan. But he has suggested that states know how to handle disaster

recoveries in their own regions better than outsiders coming in. Trump is also visiting

Southern California, still

reeling from fires. The president has indicated he sees more aid for that state as leverage for

getting support from Democrats in Congress for some of his legislative priorities. Asma Khalid,

NPR News. And firefighters are still battling those wildfires in and around Los Angeles.

Steve Futterman has more. With winds again diminishing, fire crews continue to make progress.

One of the newest fires, the Hughes Fire, is still burning north of L.A. in the Castaic area.

But it's no longer seriously threatening homes or businesses. It's now largely burning in wilderness areas, and fire crews are slowly getting more containment.

This weekend, some rain is in the forecast. It won't be much. In some areas, it could reach an inch.

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