U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would work with California Governor Gavin Newsom to respond to the Los Angeles fires after earlier floating doing away with the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

President Donald Trump said on Friday he would like to get rid of the main federal agency that responds to natural disasters.

but he pledged during a visit to work with California Governor Gavin Newsom and offered help to L.A. Mayor Karen Bass. FEMA STAFFING FEMA says it is currently supporting 108 major disasters and 10 ...

The president has had harsh words for state and local leaders in California amid the deadly blazes. He recently suggested that any federal aid could come with strings.

It is the strongest response Newsom has made so far in the week since the fires first erupted in the Los Angeles area.

And I have all the expectations that we'll be able to work together to get the speedy recovery," Newsom told Trump. The v

President Donald Trump said Friday his administration is considering getting rid of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump said he was considering “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency Management Agency during a trip to disaster zones Friday, offering the latest sign of how he is weighing sweeping changes to the nation’s central organization for responding to disasters.

Trump pledged to provide federal disaster relief for people affected by the deadly wildfires ravaging southern California.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would work with California Governor Gavin Newsom to respond ... to overhaul or eliminate FEMA, the main federal agency that ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is heading to hurricane-battered western North Carolina and wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles on Friday, using the first trip of his second administration to tour areas where politics has clouded the response to deadly disasters.