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Craig Fugate, who served under President Obama as the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for both terms, is no stranger to disaster response. But the coronavirus pandemic offers a unique struggle for the federal government, Fugate said, ev stanley cup en as governors are able to work with FEMA to respond to their individual state needs.Fugate spoke to CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett for this week s episode of The Takeout podcast. Listen to this episode on ART19 Key quotes from former FEMA director Craig Fugate:Returning to normal life after the coronavirus: Until we have a vaccine, this will not be going back to normal. The need to act in a bipartisan manner during crisis: Disasters don t really care about your affiliation. Effect of the Great Recession on America s preparedness for a pandemic: We went through probably one of the biggest reductions of public health capacity as a nation because of that recession. Fugate talked about the strategic national stockpile, which helps provides states with supplies during a public health crisis. The stockpile is nearly stanley cup out of personal protective equipment to hand to states, the Department of Health and Human Services told the Associated Press. Fugate said the stockpile was initially created to assist states in case of biological, chemical, or nuclear di stanley cup sasters, as well as natural hazards. It was never built Nwyj Laptop, USBs stolen from Philadelphia election machine warehouse
LOS ANGELES -- A driver was pulled from the burning wreckage of his car early Thursday and arrested on suspicion of drunk driving, CBS Los Angeles reports. The car went up in flames in downtown Los Angeles just before 1 a.m. after the driver apparently lost control, overshot the off-ramp, went into the trees and then went back onto the roadway. The car exploded.Two brothers who witnessed the crash called 911 and rushed to pull the man from the blazing car. Smoke was just flying everywhere, said Mike Jamison. The flames were getting more intense and all of a sudden there was a boom from the engine compartment. He said his brother was able to get the driver out before the engine exploded again.The driver was t ugg aken to the hospital and later arrested on suspicion of DUI. adidas campus More from CBS News 2 dead, 6 wounded in shootings in downtown Orlando salomon Serial sperm donors capitalize on lack of regulation, creating risks Shooting in mall in Vancouver, Washington leaves 1 dead, 2 wounded