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Here, athena, with him sitting by a table full of toys and talking directly with the children there. im curious how much of this do you think is choreographed. we know that hes a little behind schedule. the schedule they put out he was supposed to be departing for louisiana by now, but we saw him just moments ago there still on the ground in texas. are some of these interactions spontaneous? or is all of this planned in advance? >> reporter: well, on some level its planned because they have to d...

I think both visits are exactly what the president needed to be doing. >> michael, were seeing air force one land right now at ellington field joint reserve base near houston. so what are your thoughts on the expectations of a president particularly when you have a natural disaster like this and they visit the area? how important is it and who should the president be visiting with? >> well, fredricka, its tremendously important how the president, how a governor, a mayor deals with any of these k...

Nearly $8 billion that he hopes to see congress approve very quickly. we expect to see at least a vote in at least one of the chambers of congress by the end of this coming week. we heard him talk about that aid. interestingly did not hear him mention the $1 million in personal funds he has pledged to aid victims of hurricane harvey. but we have heard words like consoler in chief, comforter in chief and i think cheerleader in chief. hes had a very optimistic tone. at one point even saying well, ...

Ted cruz, senator from texas, calls for the federal aide in response to harvey, again, hes a vocal critic in the past of some of these types of spending bills. remember, in 2013, he voted against the federal aide after sandy, and now even republicans are calling him out on this saying hes been a hypocrite. how do you square it? >> well, first off, ted cruz did support aide for sandy victims. he did not support the boondoggle of funding for other projects for members of congress such as fisheries...

>> reporter: hi, fred. the president and first lady are expected to touch down in about 20 minutes at an airfield a little southeast of where i am. theyre going to be meeting at that irfield with survivors of hurricane harvey. theyre also going to be traveling to a hurricane harvey relief center, then meeting with the texas delegation, the texas congressional delegation as congress prepares to debate this emergency aid for harvey. and whats different about this trip, fred, from the trip the pres...

Its fair to say things like he isnt here to be and carly a motive, he didnt appear to necessarily act as a consoler in chief, he didnt hug a lot of people, but i think its unfair to extrapolate from that that he is on empathetic. >> abby: you know the president well, thats on his personality. the people there are suffering and are not big at the pieces of their lives. do they want a hug right now? no. i think they want solutions. they want the president on the ground, hes now giving 1 million of...

Hugging and crying like every politician does. the media will write a story that says because hes not acting like a politician. >> kimberly: hes not a presidential jell-o mode, thats why. >> this is a question of leadership style. i think its fair to compare and contrast different presidents in the wake of national disasters. i think its fair to evaluate all of them. its fair to say president trump is not taking on the consoler in chief attitude. he has not been emotive, he is not been hugging p...

Upset because hes not playing by the media playbook. hes not going down there and hugging and crying like every politician does. the media will write a story that says because hes not acting like a politician. >> kimberly: hes not a presidential jell-o mode, thats why. >> gillian: this is a question of leadership style. i think its fair to compare and contrast different presidents in the wake of national disasters. i think its fair to evaluate all of them. its fair to say president trump is not ...

The media will write a story that says because hes not acting like a politician. >> kimberly: hes not a presidential jell-o mode, thats why. >> this is a question of leadership style. i think its fair to compare and contrast different presidents in the wake of national disasters. i think its fair to evaluate all of them. its fair to say president trump is not taking on the consoler in chief attitude. he has not been emotive, he is not been hugging people. i think to extrapolate from that the ide...

Top administration official in this last week. hell be accompanied by five cabinet secretaries. hes expected to meet with state and local officials including the governor of texas going, of course, to corpus christi as well as rockport, and he is expected to meet with some of the survivors of the storm as well as survey some of the damage. the president himself, of course, was also in the region just the day before yesterday. and the president, of course, was hit with criticism that he failed to...