A senator is now calling for disaster preparedness, days after the magnitude 7 quake.

She says the country still has a world bank loan that can be used for disaster response.

The four-term senator also assumes her new post as senate president pro tempore. What are her priorities in the 19th Congress?

Pinky Webb speaks to Sen. Loren Legarda.

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