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Before this florida man was taken into custody. but the president suggested he viewed this bombing incident through a purely political lens. and now this, in quotes, bomb stuff happens and the momentum greatly slows. so the president really there focusing of the political costs of nice week long saga more so than the human imipact. and what you saw there at the tom of the segment of the president reading from prepared remarks calling for an end to political violence. but there when he went off s...

Intervention here. thats going to be a tough plea to make to this president. >> yes, because it requires him to feel empathy. and over the last almost two years we have seen time and time again that the president of the united states lacks empathy. the idea that he could possibly be a consoler in chief potentially for jamal khashoggis fiancee is something that i cant even contemplate. and while she put this plea in print, and it was important that she put it in print. it is my sincerest hope and...

Be a consoler in chief potentially for jamal khashoggis fiancee is something that i cant even contemplate. and while she put this plea in print, and it was important that she put it in print. it is my sincerest hope and prayer that her words are heeded by someone in the administration, someone in that west wing that can get it through to the president of the united states, that damnit, he should care about this. >> thank you for starting our discussion tonight. and when we come back were going t...

Die even though a pretty comprehensive study showed that was how many did die as a result of hurricane maria. so thats why so much is on the line today. by all means president trump, critics will say, he did have a successful day. he went through. he shook hands and handed out meals and really played that role of consoler in chief. >> as you say, the president has in the past had some cringe worthy moments. hard to forget that image of him flipping the payment towels to survivors of hurricane ma...

That. >> heres -- i think both of you have said something. its the word empathy. its this idea that the president is expected to feel bad for people and expected to exhibit that and to be this consoler in chief and its one of the roles that president trump has not embraced and not really been able to carry forward. think about what hes saying. hes saying that dead people arent dead and hes trafficking in this conspiracy theory that hes done for his -- throughout his life and its starting to spre...

The storm made landfall at 7:15 on friday morning, indicating its a good thing the president is going to north carolina. what are you going to be watching for? >> i think two things. theres the commander in chief aspect of t aspect, the consoler in chief aspect of speaking to a community that has been ravaged by these hurricanes. that is a question of what happened in puerto rico. that is what many say he failed to do in puerto rico. and so we will see the contrast in how he performs that role i...

Out when the president was there. its grown dramatically to 3,000 people. he seems willing to accept that and accept any responsibility for what many people think was an inadequate response to that hurricane. >> ken, to that point, we often look to our presidents in times of crisis like these to be the consoler in chief but also the person who is in charge and leading through a crisis. what is the presidents focus on hurricane maria on his frustration with the death toll. what does it say about ...

Still safe. but also, in that same speech, he said that his administration is already receiving tons of accolades for their efforts ahead of hurricane florence. of course, that reminds you of what he said just yesterday about hurricane maria when he was talking about what an incredible success it was for his administration for the way that they responded to that. thats typically not how you hear these leaders respond to something, some kind of tragedy like that, but thats what president trump wa...

Calamity. in a range of situations of shootings to disasters, trump has seemed ill suited to the somberness of the events. just yesterday, on the 17th anniversary of 9/11, a lot was made of that picture of him on the tarmac with his fists in the air there. why does the president seem to have so much trouble as consoler in chief, ashley? >> its just not a natural role for this president. this is a president who doesnt like displays of weakness. he doesnt like human frailty and i think that someti...

President made in regard to hurricane florence. >> he said the response to hurricane maria was a success. they said you should be able to understand thousands of people died, something like 3,000 people. look at that and say what are the lessons we learned from that and go forward and say this is how we are going to be different with hurricane florence. because of that, people are very, very concerned. obviously, hurricane harvey is something where people thought there could have been bigger, be...