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I want to bring in cnn national security commentator mike rogers. so, mike, good to see you. when the president has those sentiments that are tweeted out just a couple days before he is to arrive in puerto rico, people expect him to be the comforter in chief. whats your point of view to hear a president talk in this matter during a time of crisis for people? >> it certainly isnt helpful at the very least. and may be harmful at the very best. this is the time for the president to rise above his p...

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Determined. we are in a long recovery here in both places. my experience on disasters, as you go through several stages, the first stage is shock from what happened. the second stage is frustration in trying to recognize the damage that you have to deal with. the third stage is anger. so the real test of whether they have learned how to deal with disasters will probably come with that third stage and a lot of anger by people who are trying to recover from this terrible event. >> i am just curiou...

Greeting some of the kids as well, so you say president trump is under a microscope n some ways and we are seeing the administration sort of put this narrative out there that disaster response, the kinds of large big presidential moments play pretty well into the presidents strength. he can act as competent -- executive and he does exactly what he tells them to do, he has a great relationship with both rick scott and obviously with greg abbott, the governor of texas, and he seems to embrace that...

Guide him back here in washington when the work has to be done, the work with congress to provide aid. there is a push now to get a quick $8 billion relief package. thats a drop in the bucket. if he has a better understanding of that on the ground, i think that will help him make better decisions as an executive. keeping their eye on the ball with harvey relieve -- >> the president always needs to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. i dont think that addressing the north korea crisis ...

>> i want to congratulate everybody that has worked so hard. its been really incredible five days come in six days come in tomorrow at national prayer day and i was an official proclamation. go to church and pray and enjoy the day. abby: president trump taking things into high gear, serving up lunch to evacuate the volunteers during his second visit to the texas disaster zone yesterday. you are to react, political analyst amy holmes. good to be with you this morning. >> good morning, abby. abby:...

Train to double takes and pretty tough brass tacks stuff from us to get in there. >> with a president president who is going to break precedent. theres a possibility that if he says he wants to do it, if he wants to go down in history as the person per north korea, hes got the tools. pete: thank you. abby, clayton, back up to you guys. transfer president trump same comforter in chief during a second visit to flood ravaged texas. our next guest says this is the present us. further what can congre...

Commentator simone sanders, former press secretary for the bernie sanders presidential campaign and also cnn political commentator scott jennings served as former special assistant to president george w. bush. scott, i want to begin with you because you started working in the bush white house about two months or so after hurricane katrina. president bush we all know is heavily criticized for his initial response to that disaster. how is president trump doing today compared to what we saw tuesday...

Lets bring in our political panel to discuss this visit about to get under way. alice stewart is a cnn political comment commentator. michael nutter, former mayor of philadelphia. good to see both of you. >> thank you, fredricka. >> alice, the president was in texas inside this week following the devastation of hurricane harvey and there were some who have been praising the fact that he is already requesting nearly $8 billion for immediate relief. at the same time hes also being criticized by so...

See resources brought in and what amazing work has been done. this is an opportunity to capitalize on that, for him to get a humbling look at some of the work thats been done. we saw governor abbott on the tarmac there as they wait for the first lady and also the president to arrive there, in however. if im not mistaken, theyll head to hurricane relief center where he can see how the emergency response team handled it from the beginning when they saw the storm hit as a cat 4 and they saw there w...