Flashpoints: In Focus

Greg Palast: The Deadly Cost of Dismantling FEMA

Investigative journalist Greg Palast joins Dennis Bernstein on Flashpoints to sound the alarm on Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle FEMA — and the deadly consequences already unfolding. From Hurricane Katrina to flash floods in Texas, Palast lays out how gutting emergency response leaves communities defenseless in the face of floods, fires, toxic spills, and hurricanes. With sharp analysis and searing anecdotes, Palast exposes how privatization and political games are putting lives at risk — and warns what’s at stake if FEMA disappears.