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Going to overtake the news cycle today, when, in fact, the relief efforts and impact on americans citizens is whats important. >> margaret, matthew, andre, brian, thank you all for joining us and contributing at the conversation this morning. the nfl controversy is spilling into college football now. coy wire has a preview, and players, i understand, are going to be locking arms on the field? >> yeah, college football is a little different than the nfl, so were going to talk about something sp...

>> ceo businessman that is changing washington, and i elected him -- >> hes not even in washington today, andre, hes at his golf resort in new jersey. yesterday talking about tom price, he said i didnt like the optics of tom price flying in private jets, then he flew in a private jet to his golf resort. what about those optics today? >> you dont like it, work against him in the next election. you didnt want him to get elected before, the people of america are sick of the same thing. >> most amer...

Tuesday when he gets there? what do you expect the response will be? >> well, its certainly going to be interesting now that hes kicked off, like you say, this fistfight, not just with the mayor of san juan for what he perceived was criticism of him, but with puerto rican leaders and responders more broadly, saying they want everything done for them. so what was going to be perhaps a slightly uncomfortable and awkward visit in the first place, given the response to the storm, i think, has only b...

Things get done the right way. >> and that is the mayor of san juan, puerto rico, responding to criticism by the president of the united states this morning. and were back with our panel. margaret, matthew, andre, and brian. margaret, let me start with you. i want to play what the three-star general, whos now been tapped to lead the puerto rico recovery, said to cnn yesterday about where things stand. >> well, were certainly bringing in more. for example, on the military side were bringing in bo...

Them an unbelievable amount of supplies, but to fault the president when hes personally coming down on tuesday, sent members of his staff, wait a minute, we want a full understanding before we immediately send funds down there, and as a taxpayer thats prudent to make sure the funds are spent as efficiently and effectively as possible. these folks need help, but it needs to be done in an organized manner with a lot of thought put behind it before you just immediately throw money at it. >> hold on...

Weve given our lives to this nation, so is that a lot to ask? you need to do this yesterday. you need to get your hands in there. get involved, get dirty. go. go look around. see how the people are dying right before your eyes, you know, this is not just -- were not talking about a very small crisis or a period of a couple of days. theres an outcry. theres an outbreak. >> and elmer is collecting food and water and supplies that are being sent to his family there and to everybody who needs it in ...

Has repeatedly said that he wants to tear up the nuclear deal with iran. though just this week, he let a key deadline pass without taking any steps to undo the nuclear deal. do you expect to hear him get tough on iran? what kind of language do you think well hear from president trump? >> i think he will be tough. but its hard to predict what the president will say, one thing in the media, and one thing in the tweets. may be another thing on tuesday. the one thing we are guaranteed of is that he ...

Conundrums. so as the president of the united states, it is vitally important that he doesnt go to the u.n. general council with a one-sided view, but that he understands that nature upholds a vacuum and if our country is not going to lead, who will? somebody else will step up and it might not be the type of country that we would like to see. we cannot be replaced there, im hoping as much as the president has some anxiety about the u.n. council and this so-called lack of respect that is given to...

Continuing to cut u.s. diplomats from russia and, you know, kind of lessening the u.s. diplomatic footprint there. so i think, you know, u.s. secretary tillerson and foreign minister lavrov are trying to keep focussed their agenda on hand. clearly the irritants and the relationships are going to be the elephant in the room. >> plenty to discuss, elise, thank you, and i did want to point out. if you want to read more about nick kentucky haleys work at the u.n. and why she doesnt want to be presid...

>> all right. we have to leave it there. andre bower, nina turner, eugene scott, thank you for the time. >> thank you. the president has long been critical of the u.n. from calling the assembly an underperforming to criticizing the halls decor. now he needs u.n. diplomacy to work. richard roth has more. >> reporter: the flags are up, its time for another united nations general assembly global get together. as always, the united states is the host country, a host with an edge from the very star...