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Appreciate it very much. you have been just outstanding and i can tell you that my folks are telling me how great your representatives have been in working together. its a real team. and we want to do it better than ever before. >> okay. josh, we become quite accustomed to seeing president empathize with the victims, mention those suffering, those who have lost their homes and lost their lives like sergeant steve perez. is it fair to judge him on the lack of empathy he shows or should we judge h...

That he was profiting from this storm. well see if he gets it right. >> going off what hes talking about here whether hes been effective as the consoler in chief and then looking at the other side of this is how was the operation and the response, the federal response working? how ultimately will he be judged? whats considered a success? if he fails on the consoler in chief part could it still come out that people look at this for a win for him? >> i think thats the key question actually and wer...

Ability to empathize, to be the consoler in chief. >> he is almost totally lacking in empathy. he cannot put himself in the other persons mock asince, whether it be racial or international or socioeconomic. hes incredibly obtuse. >> thats a great word. >> and i voted for him. >> trump voter. it can also be a test of the presidents tempment, something the trump voters in this focus group say theyve questioned since inauguration day. >> the thing that drives me crazy is all the tweeting he does. i...

And perform. he had to be the consoler in chief. lets play a piece of sound that became a point of criticism. i want your take on it. >> this was of epic proportion. the nobodys ever seen anything like this. le governor, again thank you very much, and we wont say congratulations. the we dont want to do that. we doets want to congratulate. well congratulate when its all finished. >> he says great crowd, great crowd. you could say this who he is. this is a special moment. it requires certain skill...

Its surprising that he didnt move on to talk about something else. >> matt, you wrote an article last night. you quoted an expert saying the biggest risk the president faced today was talking about himself. and he seemed to avoid that. he did wear a hat which he has worn three out of the to four days or some version of the hat i he has anwar worn three out of 40 days which is campaign merchandise selling for $40 on his website. >> i think it speaks to the level of expect achesless people have fo...

Mentioned a few times here, he didnt show a lot of compassion or empathy towards the victims down there or meet with any of them. of course, did he work to get down there, did work to show hes monitoring the storm closely. hes obviously put a lot of effort into that tweeting about it constantly. his aides say hes very involved in monitoring all this. but i think anyone who was expecting to see a consoler in chief, someone down there demonstrating the kind of empathy weve seen from bill clinton, ...

>> i think it speaks to the level of expect achesless people have for the president he didnt talk about how much he beat hillary clinton in texas by of it was seen an accomplishment. he did remark on the crowd size. as we mentioned he didnt show compassion or empathy towards the victims down there or meet with any. of course he did work to get down there, did work to show he is monitoring the storm closely. he obviously put a lot of effort into that tweet bag it constantly. his aids say he is oh...

So, id say on the technique fine. on the empathy, he still has a ways to go. >> david mentions that moment there when the president is sitting next to the texas governor abbott. said, well congratulate each other later, almost couldnt -- chomping at the bit at that moment of self-congratulations. >> bill clinton, george bush, obama singing amazing grace, those who have covered it, americans who have lived it have those moments of empathy, of the consoler in chief arriving seared in our mind. tha...

President clinton, but also working post katrina. what is the presidents job here today? >> chris, i think the president has to be engaged. he has to show an understanding of the situation. and i think he has to show some real empathy and concern and compassion for the people of houston, surrounding areas. this is a devastating situation. also in mentioning the bush/clinton katrina fund you need a follow-up and follow through and thats what governor abbott was talking about as well. so you have ...

I am from the gulf coast. i have lived through hurricanes. this is a human event. its tragic. we can talk about the political optics. we can talk about whether or not president trump exhibits the requisite empathy, is he the consoler in chief. we can talk about politics with regards to the role of government. what we do know is that folks are losing their livelihoods, theyre lewdsi theyre losing memories. theyve lost family members, people who are risking their lives to help others, folks who do...