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Joining us now, democratic congressman, eric swalwell of california, a member of both the intelligence and judiciary committees. congressman, thanks so much for joining us. what do you think of the way the president has been dealing with all these crises over the past few days? remember, were a week away from the midterm elections. >> we need a consoler-in-chief right now. and i think back to the different presidents in my lifetime. whether it was reagan after beirut, president clinton after okl...

This feels to me like -- from his position, hes probably like, im damned if i do, damned if i dont. i want to pay my respects to this community in pain, and yet im being faulted for going. and if i didnt go, i would be faulted for not going. >> look, hes not being faulted for going. i think we all expect the president of the united states to play the role of consoler-in-chief when acts call for it. the reason hes being faulted is because everything he has said beforehand and everything he has sa...

Ago. finally, at around 9:00 a.m., president trump tweeted, 17 years since september 11th. thats it? thats all it said. 17 years since september 11th. theres a certain consoler-in-chief that politicians, especially presidents are called upon to do. i thought he did a fairly nice job in shanksville, pennsylvania, but left to his own devices, doesnt seem to get what people are looking for. >> yeah, he does other things, obviously, better than he does the consoler-in-chief role. what donald trump j...

If you dont want to look at ronald reagan, look at bill clinton when he went to oklahoma city after the bombing. listen to his words. look at his face. look at his eyes. look at the real empathy. and look at george w. bush after 9/11. the fact of the matter is, we have been blessed in our country more often than not with presidents who understand that they are more than simply the head of government. that they are a spiritual leader, not in religious terms, but they represent the spirit of the u...

Welcome back. im david gura. trump struggles with consoler-in-chief role, that is a politico headline following the school shooting in florida. the president has had a tricky relationship with consoling the nation. we remember trump blaming both sides after the deadly violence in charlottesville, virginia, last year. there was this scene in puerto rico after the hurricane on that same trip, the president played down the death toll in puerto rico comparing it to that of hurricane katrina. since...

York now. >> you are standing right to the next man. it would be unimaginable to be less prepared than they were during katrina, but this situation is going the right way in terms of what they can do in terms of the capacity theyre getting. what do you do as the capacity increases? thats what youre going to see down there, alisyn, is how they deal with the need. president trump went down there to express his concern and his promise that the federal government will be there to reassure the firs...

Pungaerae site. >> it is so helpful to have you on the ground there for us to bring us the latest. obviously this is developing quickly and well check back with you. thank you for all of that reporting. in just hours president trump will travel to texas to survey the damage from hurricane harvey and get briefed on the relief efforts this as the president tries to weather his own political storm defending his controversial pardon of former arizona sheriff joe arpaio. joe johns is live at the wh...

Politicizing of this is regrettable. if you go back and pick up on what the others have said, you look at the presidents role, and someone who does not agree with the president very often on policy, what the president has done well is given speeches and bringing people together in times like this. i still think the speech he gave for the memorial for gabrielle giffords was the bet speech -- best speech of his presidency and it took courage to avoid the pressure to get political quickly. like cha...

Complicated. it is the mental illness or the video games or the culture, or that the father is not around, a lot of different things going on here. it needs to be looked at. no question. >>bret: when i say this is not the time, the conversation will be happens this days ahead but we are waiting for the presidents remarks as consoler-in-chief in newtown, accounting for all the people filing in in the auditorium. constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating? yeah. one phillips colon health probiotic cap ...

All of this has president trump is back in washington after visiting texas. the president is getting criticism for not talking about the victims, not being that consoler-in-chief that the job demands. lets begin with cnns polo sandoval live in richmond, texas. what are you seeing there, polo? >> reporter: good morning. here in southeast texas harvey has come and gone. all you have to do is look behind me to be reminded that the effects of this massive storm will be felt for a very long time. the...