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White house press secretary sara huckabee sanders said hell meet extensively with some of these folks. which is something he didnt do earlier. just a couple of days ago we saw vice president pence come down here and fulfill the role of comforter and consoler that were used to seeing presidents do. we saw vice president pence praying with the texas governor greg abbott and praying over the victims of hurricane harvey. we saw him rolling up his sleeves and clearing debris from a house that was aff...

Us this weekend and right now, president trump and air force one are just about to leave harveys disaster zone in southeast texas bound for nearby louisiana. in houston, the president met with the evacuees doling out hugs and kisses to children and that the government will stand by them. the president is continuing to meet with first responders and the members of the military who responded in this effort. this afternoons effort was meant to blunt criticism that followed the first texas trip four...

This afternoons visit a sharp contrast to the first texas trip. some critics from his own party said he could have been more empathetic or more compassionate during his stop in corpus christi. today we see him take on the role of comforter in chief. >> i think the water is moving out and the governor, the relationship with the governor and the mayor and everybody its been fantastic. and with the federal government its been -- were signing a lot of documents now to get money in. $7.9 billion. we ...

Sara murray in columbus, ohio, looking ahead to when the president-elect will be meeting with the survivors. tell us, what do you know as far as one what trump will be doing there? >> reporter: well, brooke, this be a different setting from the president-elect. most of the time weve seen him outside of trump tower, since he won weve seen him at these raucous victory rallies, part of his thank you tour across america. thats where well see him later tonight but first a more somber stop in ohio. he...

For him to thank the people who delivered him the presidency. his stop here in columbus is going to be a different kind. its going to be a more somber stop for hip m to meet with fir respo responders as well as victims of the attack. youre going to see a different side potentially of donald trump not just sort of the candidate we saw in the campaign trail and the president-elect we see at rallies but more essentially the comforter and chief kind of role we expect to see from our presidents, wolf...

Attacks, which were very jarring even here in america, he swung and he missed in an attempt to talk to the american people. and he was criticized for it. not just by his political opponents, but by democrats saying hold on. you have a different role here. and that is that of comforter in chief. even though the dr. charles crauthammers of the world may not need it. he came out and gave it another try. now we are here on the day the fbi is saying this is a terrorist attack. the day the woman pledg...

People told us to ignore the "uss cole" attack and ignore the attack in kenya. theyre on the march in northern africa. if we do not go over there and defeat them, they are going to come here just like what we saw in san bernardino. >> they already are here. and more may be here. you have 900 investigations. you have syed and tashfeen. her friends say she changed in 2009. we can get into that more in about ten minutes from now about who she is and what she may represent and if there are more here...

Sense that this is not an administration to whom you can trust your safety and the safety of your children. >> typically, we look to our president as commander-in-chief and at a time like this, as comforter in chief. and i dont mean to say that this is the same as 9/11 but this is a terrorist attack. the fbi tells us its so. so where is he and why isnt he coming on camera tonight to address the nation? >> well where is he as i just learned from your staff a minute or two ago and i just heard you...

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We saw office workers running for their lives, as a cloud of toxic dust enveloped new york city. we witnessed a commander in chief take on the role of comforter in chief, as we stood atop a ruinous heap and united a grieving nation. more than 14 years have past since september 11, 2001, just weeks ago the families gathered once more for a ceremony thats become a tragic tradition in lower manhattan. [ bell tolls ] still the tears fall for the children, the brothers, the sisters, for the parents w...