and why we held the line on millimeter wave in spite of the pressure coming from noaa and other weather services. whether we like it or not that's the model going forward. we need to make sure we have fcc leadership willing to stand up, have chill capital, and spend it to deliver results for the private sector. infrastructure, we have to keep the wins going. one of the most important things we can do there is complete our broadband mapping process. back in march i called the fcc to complete that map by sometime this fall. very briefly in july there was a rumor that popped up at a senate commerce committee suggested the maps would be done by the end of july. i put out a statement i was very pleased to see that. then on august 1 i was very displeased to see that didn't take place. yet we saw the black box, that's are the spectrum maps going to get completed. there is no reason for it to be black box. be honest. first quarter next year, second quarter? there is so much planning that can take place once we know when those maps are going to get done. it's the key to moving to the 5g. the key

according to estimates by noaa, you discussed our country invested $14.5 billion to reduce flood risk in new orleans. you used the term invested rather than obligated because investment in infrastructure is truly an investment especially one for the system that protected new orleans, which saves this country money and more importantly saves lives. do you believe the american people received a good return on that investment? if so, why? >> thank you for that question. certainly, it was a great investment. i was able to visit colonel murphy a week after the storm hit and i was expecting to stay in mobile or in baton rouge. one week after the storm hit, the amazing city of new orleans was back on its feet and it would not have been back on its feet if it was not for that investment. >> very good. >> colonel murphy. >> in your opening statement you talked about the team effort between the federal, state and local government, tribal and levee boards to address the issues caused by ida. in your opinion, how much does it help the corps when they are able to lean on their nonfederal sponsors?

of know the divers talking about her like these jelly type o u oh, my god, i'm going back again to noaa, dot. i'm talking about off the paper after paper. it's a piece of paper that does that mean for these paper and they're not look it up. kids either so whatever you do, get risas for the trick or treaters. that's all you need to looking outside this morning. we do have some low cloud cover sitting across the bay. >> but we are in for our sunniest day that we've had in a while and also one of the more mild days that we've had in a while, too. so if you missed the 70's, if you miss the sunshine saver today, tomorrow and friday. your view outside right now at our berkeley hills camera does show some of the cloud cover we're seeing overall dry conditions here on satellite radar in temperatures are mostly in the 50's san francisco at 57. oakland. you're at 56 degrees right now in alameda are most mild spot at 58 degrees. i'll be talking what to expect in the halloween weekend. still to come, first of all, though, on over to rain will go. so weather is definitely cooperating this morning. h

. >> coast guard officials received another report from noaa and the wee hours saturday, but because sheen is hard to detect in the dark. they waited until first light. then teams like california fish and wildlife. the orange county sheriff and the coast guard set out to locate the sheen about 2 hours into the search saturday morning. they began to detect oil and that is when a full-scale mobilization effort began because we received a national response center report submitted by the responsible party. this oil disaster has renewed calls by news them to ban drilling off our coast it's time once and for all. >> to disabuse ourselves that this has to be part of our future. this is part of our past. again now is mary beth mcdade reporting north bay congressman jared huffman and california senator dianne feinstein. >> and introduced a bill that would ban drilling off the california coast. meantime, wildlife rescue crews are continuing to search for animals affected by the oil spill from now only trained volunteers are being used in the public is being urged to stay away from the spill si

that is something that is typically done by noaa. the program for updating that is disjointed and each part of the country has a different method of getting money from states to help them or from the federal government. showing up -- shoring up the program and making it hold across the nation, some places have rain data that is 30-50 years old. haven't updated every five years, fema might be able to prepare better -- having it updated every five years, fema might be able to prepare better. making preparation more accurate. i think that is the answer. it is having better data to prepare for these types of disasters. >> thank you. >> how would like to take this opportunity to thank our witnesses for joining us today for this discussion as we commemorate national preparedness month. we take the time to hear from experts on how we can improve our nation's preparedness at all levels of government. this is increasingly important as climate change increases both the frequency and the severity of extreme weather events in our country. i want

the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, otherwise known as noaa tells us that extreme weather and climate events, which each caused one billion dollars or more in losses -- recent disasters like the flooding in new hampshire this summer, show us the need to protect communities and taxpayer dollars. the bipartisan infrastructure package includes funding that i pushed for to invest in coastal resiliency measures. mr. hancock, can you discuss the importance of investments to prepare for and mitigate damage from more frequent flooding events and other disasters prompted by the changing climate? >> yeah. so the amount of disasters, like he said, are increasing, so much so that as a few other people have said, it's one disaster after another after another. so the capacity here, i think, comes back to this question of, states not having the capacity to respond to one after another after another. so we could use assistance from the federal government to help us increase our capacity during times we are not having disasters. and this was talked about a bit earlier. but a lot of the fun

another $80 million for noaa for the detection of droughts, floods and wildfires. is that enough money? can you start taking care of this problem? guest: it's a great question. the answer is, i'm not sure. we just finished our modeling across all of the country to understand what is at risk today. now, there is a secondary analysis that can start to be done on what we were trying to fortify the we were trying to harden against this risk. but would that cost? the dollars and cents that go into that -- i do not know what the specific numbers, i cannot tell you if it is enough. but i can tell you what the risks are and where we see them. the restaurant fema and those dollars, those are for specific problems which are definitely needed. our model is dependent on those types of organizations providing data so we can do the root -- work, so we can create a model and tell you about the level of risk, if it was not for things like noaa who create baseline data using taxpayer dollars so we could leverage them and as a nonprofit, run a different analysis and pass it out for

noaa hopes the drone will help it better forecast hurricanes in the future. that is pretty incredible stuff. we're so accustomed of being left in awe by the visuals from hurricane hunters in the sky, it's nice to see that in the water. it shows the sheer magnitude and power of these storms. you just saw hurricane sam from the water. take a look at it in space. it also has a friend out there, tropical storm victor. so we've got two named storms here. as far as hurricane sam, it's a category 4 so it's a very strong storm. in fact i think i've been reporting that a category 3 and 4 for the past week. here's the latest track. good news, it's going to stay away from bermuda but will whip up some really high cur >> and that's a look at your local forecast. kristen, peter, back to you. >> all right, great to see you. >>> still to come, scandal in the national women's soccer league. the commissioner out and a top coach fired amid allegations of sexual misconduct. we'll have the very latest. >>> plus, it is the biggest regular season game in years. tom brady returns t

it could include fema, hud or noaa. we'll continue to do that work and report back to the commission as we move forward with that. again, we're here for today as for approval to into a new feedsability -- feasibility shows sharing agreement. with help of president brandon and director forbes, army corps of engineers aboved a waiver package. under under preview now by the assistant secretary of the army. the waiver package includes the same information that will requesting in the feasibility cost sharing agreement. which is an additional four years and two months and additional $10 million to complete the study. that will bring the total study cost up to $16 million. and total of 86 months. it's a 50-50 cost share which is sometimes referred as a 50-50 by the army corps. this is the set up for the new feasibility cost sharing agreement that we're requesting approval for. again, it will be 50-50 match for a total of $8 million from the army corps and $8 million from the port. this request is additional $5 million from the

controversy the coast guard had early warning that there was a spill and this image on friday night from noaa but did not act until the following morning. what they will do now. cut a section of the pipe and see if they can find out when and how it happened and they will look at the logs of the boats you see behind me to see if they can determine who is responsible and who pays. >> bill: the backlog continues. huntington beach. >> let's bring in orange county district attorney todd spitzer. you would be one of the people advocating for someone to take responsibility and be held accountable. >> well, good morning. first of all let me make it clear it was beyond my three mile jurisdiction but part of the investigative chain. i am telling you right now i'm calling on the coast guard and federal government to get out of the headquarters in long beach that they are sharing with the oil company. they are housed together as part of this operation. i'm calling to an end to that immediately. it is a criminal investigation and now we know that the oil company lied. they had a pressure drop at 2:30 in t

intensity of hurricanes a little better this is what it looks like on a nice day this things goes and noaa has five of these ready to go into hurricanes to get us better data and that's pretty cool as we look at the tropics right now, we have three areas right now. hurricane sam still hanging in there. tropical depression victor and this area of interest we're watching, only a 10% chance of development along this but the development zone brings it along the southeastern atlantic >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. you might want to limit your time outside today because of our unhealthy air quality, especially in the east bay as we look at moderate air quality that may bother people who are seventh. we're looking at highs in the interior valleys in the mid-70s. more clouds and showers nearby to our north. for the weekend we're expecting low to mid-70s while san francisco will cool down to the lower 60s. weather. >>> best time of the morning >> that was the best time, that cool drone in the ocean. >> science >> very cool >> geez. >> thomas dolby. she blinded me with science! >> yo

now i have to tell you that noaa put out their official winter outlook, and there's a strong signal of la nina. with that we anticipate warmer than average temperatures and less precipitation in places that really need it. >>> now to our series "gma" supply solutions, it's all about helping you get through the holiday season. we're doing a special halloween edition this morning with etsy trend expert dana johnson and "gma" fashion expert melissa garcia. thank you both for joining us. dana, i want to start with you. how can etsy -- how can a site like etsy help beat the supply chain strain that we're seeing all around the country right now? >> yes, so, the great thing about shopping on etsy so many of our sellers aren't faced with those disruptions of the supply chain. because many businesses are businesses of one. they're making them from their home studios, so, my tips to you guys, are to make sure you start early, shop with a local seller, because you're supporting your community. get creative, step outside those traditional gift norms and of course when shopping online set those fil

into the mid section of the country and into the northeast so this is what we're calling for as far as noaa's winter outlook is concerned wetter than average. great lakes into the mid-atlantic states and on down into the midwest but dryer than average from the gulf coast, really dry out west and wetter than average as you get into the pacific northwest as far as temperatures are concerned, cooler than average up in the western plains and into the northwest, but it's going to be warmer than average as we go through the southern tier states into the southeast and all the way up into here in the northeast and new england, as well. that's what's >>> we have rain. a live look at san jose, we have seen that it rain come down in the past couple hours you can see showers pushing through san francisco. oakland getting some heavier bands. expect to see showers linger for the fist half of our day. a couple showers pushing through palo alto. down to the south of morgan hill. we keep the 60s in today's highs. a quarter of an inch for rainfall totals. >> did you enjoy your panda time >> i usually enjoy you

noaa, to take us off the air tonight. that is our broadcast this friday evening, with our thanks for being here with us. have a good weekend, unless you have other plans, on the behalf of all our colleagues on networks on nbc news, goodnight. goodnight. this is a important message regarding at missing juvenile at risk. amber lee and two boys. >> cute not nothing matters anymore. >> teenager, it disappears. >> come home, please. >> someone had her, it kept us up and nights going, over in our heads what happened in from the school. >> when another gone. >> she is such a good girl, she needs to come home. >> there's a lot of desperation, maybe she is tied up somewhere, maybe she's been held captive. >> two missing girls, one man, and the secret. >> did you get any sense of this sort of personality we're dealing with? >> psychotic. >> he came up, and he went here, right to the edge. >> two families, two mysteries, two journeys for justice. >> if the lesson can be learned from amber, then i want to get out there. ♪ ♪ ♪ >

have operations that they are part of to look at what the current return we are working closely with noaa as we identify with the future risk to develop tools for local communities to better plan for what the impacts are going to be so they can put the proper plans in place. we will continue to work closele with them to try to develop these typesto of products so we can get additional information to the hands of our community. >> and madam chair thank you for having this important hearing. >> the gentlelady yields back and the gentleman from georgia mr. johnson is recognized for five minutes.th mr. johnson. >> thank you madam chair for holding this hearing and it's well-documented that natural disasters exacerbate inequality. communities of color are disproportionately vulnerable to the harmful effects of flooding wildfires and tornadoes and moreover people of color are more likelye to die from the negative effects of climate change. when hurricane ida struck new orleans predictably like americans and nonwhite communities suffered the brunt of that devastation. hurricane ida is one marks

there was a fact that came out of noaa, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, that this past winter period, which is our summer in the northern hemisphere, was the coldest ever recorded on record since they have been keeping records in 1957. also, the abrupt discontinuance of america being energy independent and having gasoline and food distribution, everything else, go up at our heart -- at a far higher percent of inflation than is reported in the economy overall is a regressive tax on the individuals who have to pay it. and people who are not in the wealthy category are paying a much higher percentage of their income to necessities, and it is actually exceeding the growth in wages. so regardless of any growth in wages, people's purchasing power is still falling behind. natural gas was supposed to be a bridge energy source that would reduce carbon emissions and transition us with enough energy to remain competitive in manufacturing. and i am just wondering, you know, the mainstream media completely ignored this report, from what i've seen, about antarctica having a reco

are there currently ofclimate scientists on staff and is the agency engaged with agencies such as noaa regarding the climate risk process? >> the expertise of the sec is around disclosure about ensuring that the public, looking at the disclosures currently and hundreds of companies are making voluntary disclosures now to bring consistency luand comparability to those disclosures. to your second question yes we've been in conversations with other important parts of the us government. >> it's absolutely important and as much importance as the poly side people it's important theseother disciplines be involved in this process .he whether it is consulting with the other entities in the federal government that have expertise or drawing on it for somewhere else it's too important just to create rules and regulations. it has to be done i think and as chairman you and i would haagree so with that chairman, you announced the sbc is considering your view of treasury market structure. could you discuss what this review might entail and how you're coordinating with the treasury department and how y