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Las vegas opinion puerto rico was many, many, many days later. does it matter? we spend a lot of time critiquing how presidents respond to these things. in the end in donald trumps case specifically, especially in light of the new approval numbers that we saw this evening, does his response or lack of appropriate response in puerto rico matter? >> all of these things fit into the larger picture of a president. obama was called the consoler in chief at first because he was giving all of those soa...

After hurricane maria hit, he was not focused on what was going on with puerto rico so i think some of it is a personal connection the president has to make. and its a lot of emotion. if someone in las vegas and a democratic mayor had come out and started screaming the donald trump and said this is your fault, you have blood on your hands, we might have seen a different donald trump. so the atmosphere was different. >> and not many days. it puerto rico, it was many, many, many days later. does i...

Policy? >> oh, i wish there was, but regrettably there has been no calm, number one. theres been a storm since trump was inaugurated so thats a falacious statement. often, he says "well see" -- >> you mean its buying time? >> i dont know and let me get back to you. >> so you think its buying him time? >> its buying him time. i will say there is a slight possibility, and im hesitant to raise it, but there is that his unpredictability may turn out to be valuable. but the problem is, the unpredicta...

In puerto rico. i think some of this is a personal connection he has to make. if someone in las vegas, a democratic mayor or a democratic council person had come out and started screaming at donald trump that this is your fault, we might have seen a completely different donald trump. so i think that the atmosphere was dfrpt sbloo and not many days. i mean, this was a very fast response where the president said he was going to las vegas. with puerto rico was many many days later. let me ask, guys...

There could be an impact on the american public. i believe that the public right now is inundated with bad news, and chaos. and one of the jobs of a president, you know, he was the consoler in chief yesterday, i think america kind of needs that, i really hope that this is not him sort of promiscuously or flagrantly tossing around rhetoric that he doesnt really mean. >> its also interesting, he said it, and then he tried to change the subject on to praising military leaders and talking about what...

Psychological warfare meant to sort of game your adversaries. there could be an impact on the american public. i believe that the public right now is inundated with bad news, and chaos. and one of the jobs of a president, you know, he was the consoler in chief yesterday, i think america kind of needs that. so i really hope that this is not him sort of promiscuously or flagrantly tossing around rhetoric that he doesnt really mean. >> its also interesting, he said it, and then he tried to change t...

The president vowing to stand by the side of the victims and heroes of sundays deadly violence. >> president trump: i think the only message i can say is that were with you 100%. we are -- in fact, i invited a lot of them to the white house. if youre ever in washington come to the oval office. i will be there for them. the message that i have is we have a great country and we are there for you. >> jon: karl rove joining us now for deputy chief of staff to president george w. bush and a fox news ...

The washington post, and their story today, and they number of sources they said 19 sources in and out of government had told them that mr. tillerson is a short timer. >> yeah. president trump playing the role of consoler in chief twice this week. puerto rico, he did that, many locals were offended as you know by him throwing the roles of paper towels into the crowd. then a very different kind of tone when he went to las vegas, praised the first responders, very somber, emotional tone. and in ma...

Really like. other areas where they have suggestions, each day we worked to improve it this to be ready when that budget is signed, sealed, and delivered we are bringing tax reform out. >> harris: congressman brady from the great state of texas, thank you for your time. president trump has already faced multiple tests as both commander-in-chief and consoler in chief. we will look at the crises hes been dealing with and how the responses have been received. >> he was super nice, he was comforting...

And there may even have been a phone call between them. they want to try to identify her, talk to her, see what she knew. they dont know whether she was involved or not, but its just something they have to run down. >> all right. we have to talk about the president for a moment because he is back in d.c. after visiting first responders and victims of the las vegas attack. nbcs ron allen has more on that. ron, there were people yesterday saying finally he was the consoler in chief. he went to veg...