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>> reporter: hi, fred. the president and first lady are expected to touch down in about 20 minutes at an airfield a little southeast of where i am. theyre going to be meeting at that irfield with survivors of hurricane harvey. theyre also going to be traveling to a hurricane harvey relief center, then meeting with the texas delegation, the texas congressional delegation as congress prepares to debate this emergency aid for harvey. and whats different about this trip, fred, from the trip the pres...

Necessarily even like to shake hands. this because -- of various issues. but hes been hugging children, he is on the ground meeting many different types of people and doing something that every president has had to do in the past. do you think this president is now shifting gears. he is learning for the first time this lesson that unfortunately what it takes to handle a natural disaster. >> he has grown into the as job -- the job as comforter and chief and to step up his game and even democrats ...

Firmly with the citizens and our fellow people, people, great, great people, all affected by this tragedy. >> well, for more a senior reporter for politico. he is with us here in los angeles. david, thank you for coming in. on tuesday, there was a lot of criticism that the president failed the comforter in chief test. the comments that he made in missouri sort of a day late. better late than never? does he get a do-over? >> i think the jury will still be out on this presidents reaction. one day ...

I dont think he can win. >> he cant win, i think the media is constantly trying to see the president is good too have his next misstep for example. when you look at this texas situation where the president went down to texas, had a verydi strong coordinated effort between the cabinet agencies and local and state counterparts and its basically sending a very strong message of unity. we are here for your texas, we want to make sure that we come together as americans. and yet you have those on the ...

I hope we can pray and ask for a waiver, temporary stop, six months. im not in charge, but id like to collaborate so that folks can get their applications in and be able to get what they are due. that is so very important. i hope that we can do that. my last point is is that, people need comforting. youve been the chief comforter. i encourage the faith community and folk who are a little more dry than others, hugs, love and expression that were going to get through this and i like the attitude o...

Would show up, which he did. it was expected that he would be some kind of a comforter and show a side of this president that weve really not seen in public life. that was probably a little bit unrealistic. this is somebody who likes to show he can take charge, he can come in and organize things and come in and make things better. hes not somebody who is going to hold a weeping mother in his arms or anything like that. he didnt go anywhere near there. he didnt roll up his sleeves and get in the ...

>> bret: talked to kellyanne conway about the cut to fema in the 2018 administration budget. obviously relying heavily on fema now. so that may all change it? >> definitely does change. this is where congress plays an important role, special when it comes to emergency funding for this sort of catastrophic storm. i think for the president at this moment, he is the comforter in chief. its an incredibly important role for the president to play. president trump has basically stepped into that role v...

Local officials realizing they make the decisions on the ground. he has a support role and he has played that very well and he has had great communications with democrat governors in louisiana, democrat mayors in houston as well as republicans. this has not been a party issue. this has been a human life issue. saving people, rescuing people, getting them help. but he will never satisfy those who just hate him more than they love the victims of that hurricane. >> eric: critics are saying he didnt...

Opportunity to unite the country, considering what is going on with harvey. in fact, "the new york times" this morning writes harvey giving trump a chance to reclaim power to unify. in that piece, it says mr. trump is behaving like a man whose future depends on getting this right. how would you say the president, up until this moment, martha, has handled this? >> i think its fascinating to watch sort of the gnashing of teeth among some in the media discussing melanias shoes and whether or not he...

I dont think he can win. >> he cant win, i think the media is causally trying to see the present is good to have his next misstep for example. when you look at this texas situation where the president went down to texas, had a very strong coordinated effort between the cabinet agencies and local and state counterparts and its basically sending a very strong message of unity. we are here for your texas, we want to make sure that we come together as americans. and yet you have those on the left sa...