2025-07-11
15 分钟Good morning. It's Friday, July 11. I'm Shemita Basu.
This is Apple News Today.
On today's show, Trump goes hot and cold on Putin, why ICE agents are wearing masks,
and the dramatic upset that put the young American Amanda Anisimova in the Wimbledon final.
But first, to Texas and what's happening with the country's disaster relief efforts.
Today,
President Trump is expected to visit the site of the deadly floods that barreled through the Hill Country last week.
But so far, the leader of FEMA, David Richardson, has been laying low.
He's made no public appearances or statements since the disaster.
The federal response has largely been led by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
And FEMA generally is facing increased scrutiny over the role it played in the Hill Country's preparedness for a disaster of this size.
Nearly a decade ago, officials in Kerr County, which was hit hardest by last week's floods,
started asking FEMA for money to fund a more robust flood warning system,
including upgraded water level sensors.
It would have cost just under a million dollars.
But the office that manages Texas's FEMA grants turned Kerr County down twice.
Across the state, there was just more demand for federal funds than money available.
And Kerr determined state-level money wouldn't make a dent in what they needed,
so the project was abandoned.
What happened in Kerr County isn't unique.