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Interior:our country is scary. theyre not prioritizing it at all. >> its not tough to get here from europe. if youre going to do that, you have to have the same policy as the other borders. thanks, congressman. >> thanks. >> martha: president biden moments away from touring the damage from hurricane ida in louisiana. this is earlier when he stepped off of air force one. hes in the role has consoler today and no doubts there will be questions about what kind of money is flowing in the direction o...

Fact—finding trip for him. he says it is not political and of course this is a traditional role of a president. the consoler in chief as he is often described visiting areas suffering from a terrible tragedy or crisis like this. but i think in this case it is bigger than that. it is a fact—finding trip because this is a fact—finding trip because this is part of and the president has already touched on this in the past few days, this is as a result of global warming and we are seeing a cour...

Children, a wife in tragic circumstances, the role hes played in as consoler in chief so often sharing that empathy he has built over the course of years himself, this on display yesterday but in a very different way, willie. this is really the first time he is doing this as the result of decisions hes made as president of the united states. this is a burden, white house officials are telling me, hes feeling very significantly at this moment, you can see him yesterday watching every one of those...

To the evacuation from hurricane ida. nbcs morgan chesky spoke to somebody in lake charles, louisiana, whos already dealt i with four storms before this. heres part of what they told morgan. >> weve been through rita, an hurricane ike and then laura and delta. >> reporter: after losing her home to hurricane laura a year : ago she and her family now callu this trailer home. everyone praying ida steers clear. >> catherine, this feels like one of those moments where the presidents going to have to ...

Hurricane ida. nbcs morgan chesky spoke to somebody in lake charles, louisiana, whos already dealt with four storms before this. heres part of what they told morgan. >> weve been through rita, hurricane ike and then laura and delta. >> reporter: after losing her home to hurricane laura a year ago she and her family now call this trailer home. everyone praying ida steers clear. >> catherine, this feels like one of those moments where the presidents going to have to be really good in his consoler ...

Negotiation space, something is happening behind the scenes that is helping some people get through, can you talk about that too to some extend? i know the most senior commanders on the ground are out and discussing with the taliban leaders that are manning the check points, what they need to look like, the details of that. as we know there are reports that some that are not able to get through there. i can tell you that the department of state, the consoler affair officers there are working the...

Uncertain what happens next. i dont think anyone, i dont think any one of us can see these pictures and not feel that pain on a human level. >> you know, its interesting, douglas, because he was someone who in many ways was thought of as going to be a consoler in chief as much as he would be the commander in chief. but i wonder why hadnt we seen president bidens trademark empathy until today? what do you think of this shift? >> i approve of the shift and agree with david. i thought president bid...

Watch. >> weve all seen the pictures. weve seen the hundreds of people packed into a c-17. weve seen afghans falling -- >> that was four days ago, five days ago. >> what did you think when you first saw the pictures? >> what i thought is we have to gain control of this. we have to move this more quickly. we have to move in a way in which we can take control of the airport and we did. the past week has been heartbreaking. weve seen gut wrenching images of panicked people acting out of sheer despe...

Because he has really lost the trust of so many americans here because he hasnt been straight with people about how bad it is on the ground. this is a humanitarian disaster and now it has become a political disaster for him and what he really needs do is reset things. what happened to the old joe biden, what happened to the consoler in chief? he has been a very different person for the last week. hes dug in, been defensive, blaming the afghans. what we need is a total reset and a plan for how to...

Flowers. and he felt comfortable in that role. it felt natural. and he appeared to bring people a lot of comfort there. it was really different from traveling with president trump to disaster sites or things like that. i feel like he was a little uncomfortable. >> in many ways thats how he won the election. his empathy versus trumps lack of empathy in the midst of the pandemic. >> i think theres a sense people think this is an exaggerated contrast, but it is something biden has spent decades thr...