副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯紧随其后唐纳德·特朗普为了他的关于联邦应急管理局的虚假声明周二，在美国广播公司的“观点”节目中，东南部遭受了毁灭性的风暴。
“这是深刻的，是不负责任和坦率地说，冷酷无情的高度，”哈里斯谈到特朗普的说法。"现在生命危在旦夕。"
哈里斯讲述了她去佐治亚州和北卡罗莱纳州旅行后从那些受飓风海琳影响的人那里听到的个人故事。
“人们正在失去他们的家园，没有希望能够重建或返回，有人会为了自己而玩政治游戏的想法——但这与唐纳德·特朗普是如此一致，”她说。“他把自己放在他人需求之前。我担心他真的缺乏最基本的同情心，不关心其他人的痛苦，也不明白一个领导人的职责不是打倒别人，而是鼓舞别人。”
哈里斯接受《观点》采访，这是她成为民主党候选人以来的第一次现场采访。距离选举日只有一个月了，本周她正在加紧在媒体上露面。
哈里斯还被问及佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯指责哈里斯只是出于政治动机才参与风暴应对。
“她与此事无关，”德桑蒂斯周一表示。“事实上，她已经担任副总统三年半了。在这届政府的领导下，我处理了许多风暴。她从来没有为这些努力做出过任何贡献，所以我认为试图鲁莽从事是自私的。”
美国广播公司新闻据报告的在过去的几天里，德桑蒂斯拒绝接听哈里斯的电话，尽管德桑蒂斯后来表示，他不知道有人试图联系他。
哈里斯说:“在这场危机中，在最近的危机中，我打电话和共和党州长通话，他们打电话，接电话，接电话，进行了交谈。”“因此，很明显，对某些领导人来说，这不是一个关于党派或政治的问题，但对其他人来说可能是。”
哈里斯接着转向飓风米尔顿并敦促任何收看该节目的佛罗里达人留意疏散的呼声。这场风暴预计将在周三晚上登陆，可能为4级飓风。
“这一次会有所不同，这就是为什么我打电话给州长，告诉他佛罗里达州受到了什么影响，”她说。
拜登总统在周二听取了飓风米尔顿的情况汇报后，被问及哈里斯是否对飓风的准备工作有所帮助。拜登点了点头，说“是的。”
拜登还批评了那些在飓风海伦过后散布关于联邦应急管理局的错误信息的人，称其为“非美国”
“它让人们陷入恐慌。他们真的，真的，真的很担心，”拜登说。“他们认为我们没有得到照顾。这真的是——听起来，我要用一句老话说，这不是美国式的。真的是。人都吓得要死。”
拜登说，他能够与所有将受到飓风米尔顿影响的州的州长通话，包括昨晚与德桑蒂斯的通话。拜登说，德桑蒂斯是“合作的”，佛罗里达州州长说，他已经得到了他需要的一切。
拜登说:“我明确表示，当他们看到这场风暴来袭时，他们应该寻求帮助，包括直接向我寻求帮助，以及他们可能需要的一切。”"我给了他们我的私人号码，让他们在白宫联系我。"
Harris goes after Trump's false claims about FEMA's storm response
Vice President Kamala Harris went afterDonald Trumpfor hisfalse claims about FEMAin the wake of devastating storms in the Southeast during an appearance on ABC's "The View" on Tuesday.
"It's profound and it is the height of irresponsibility and, frankly, callousness," Harris said of Trump's claims. "Lives are literally at stake right now."
Harris described personal stories she heard from those affected by Hurricane Helene and its aftermath after traveling to Georgia and North Carolina.
"People are losing their home with no hope of ever being able to reconstruct or return, and the idea that somebody would be playing political games for the sake of himself -- but this is so consistent about Donald Trump," she said. "He puts himself before the needs of others. I fear that he really lacks empathy on a very basic level to care about suffering of other people and understand the role of a leader is not to beat people down, it's to lift people up."
Harris' sit-down on "The View" marked her first live interview since becoming the Democratic nominee. She is ramping up her media appearances this week with now just one month until Election Day.
Harris was also asked about a comment fromFloridaGov. Ron DeSantis accusing Harris of only getting involved in storm response out of political motivation.
"She has no role in this," DeSantis said on Monday. "In fact, she's been vice president for three-and-a-half years. I've dealt with a number of storms under this administration. She has never contributed anything to any of these efforts, and so what I think is selfish is trying to blunder into this."
ABC NewsreportedDeSantis declined to take a call with Harris in the last several days, though DeSantis later said he was unaware of the attempted outreach.
"I have called and talked within the course of this crisis, this most recent crisis, Democrat and Republican governors -- called, taken the call, answered the call, had a conversation," Harris said. "So, obviously this is not an issue that is about partisanship or politics for certain leaders but maybe is for others."
Harris then turned toHurricane Miltonand urged any Floridians tuning in to the show to heed to calls to evacuate. The storm is expected to make landfall on Wednesday evening as possibly a Category 4 hurricane.
"This one is going to be different, and that's why I called the governor about what Florida has received in terms of impact," she said.
President Biden, after being briefed on Hurricane Milton on Tuesday, was asked if Harris had been helpful in preparing for the storm. Biden nodded his head and said "yes."
Biden also criticized those spreading misinformation about FEMA in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, calling it "un-American."
"It puts people in certain things where they panic. Where they really, really, really worry," Biden said. "They think we’re not being taken care of. And it really is -- that's going to sound, I’m gonna use an old phrase, it’s un-American. It really is. People are scared to death."
Biden said he was able to speak with all the governors of states that will be affected by Hurricane Milton, including a call with DeSantis last night. Biden said DeSantis has been "cooperative" and that the Florida governor said he's received everything he needs.
"I made clear they should reach out, including to me directly, with everything else they may need as they see this storm hit," Biden said. "I gave them my personal number to contact me here in the White House."
