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There is also this revealing statistic out of france. some of the strictest gun control laws on the planet. france has had more casualties from public shootings in 2015 then during the entire obama presidency. finally, the left loves to sayng that people -- giving people the right to carry does not prevent crime. the figures, the truth, the data it shows otherwise. lets take a look. this chart shows violent crime before and after right to carry laws were enacted in the united states. as you can ...

Began to slowly go down. it slowly. then theres jamaica, look at how the murder rate also increased after they put gun control in place. there is also this revealing statistic out of france. some of the strictest gun control laws on the planet. france has had more casualties from public shootings in 2015 then during the entire obama presidency. finally, the left loves to say that people -- giving people the right to carry does not prevent crime. the figures, the truth, the data shows otherwise. ...

One of the lucky ones. >> when you made your way out were you able to stay with your group? who were you running with? who was guiding you? >> there was a few of us here who stuck together. >> you didnt lose your group. you made your way away from here. what was it like around you. there must have been thousands 0 of people trying to figure it out. >> everyone was crying and scared, where do you go? any popping sound you heard, you ducked. >> when you were in the streets here you said you saw bo...

Gabe addition. >> reporter: go ahead. >> i was talking about the response to federal disasters. the federal governments response to haiti was faster than that, which thats not america. the response to houston was faster, the response to florida is faster. obviously, its easier to get to those two areas because theyre not an island, but at the same time, im wondering -- you mentioned this. when is it appropriate for the military to take over down there in order to get goods moving to the people t...

To those of us watching thousands of containers of shipments still sitting in the port since saturday with food, desperatelily ney needed suppli the region. why, if the roads were not passable, were there not air drops? >> a lot of things have to happen simultaneously to make it occur and occur well. that has to be directed by d.o.d. pursuant to a request through fema from the local government. i think what were looking at is a process of trying to collapse that, make it quicker and coordinated....

To do everything in their power to try to secure the safety and security of the people of puerto rico. andrea? >> thanks to peter alexander, thanks to mariana atencio. he blasted the trump administration for its response to hurricane maria last night. sorry, were going to bring you that sound in just a moment. he said that they should have had the military in, they should have had rescue operations. joining me now is is tha distributional len who delivered federal response to hurricanes harvey...

John lots, author of "more guns, less crime" says it contributes to lower crime rates. >> states with the biggest increase in permanence have seen the biggest relative drops and violent crime. you have about a 1.5% drop in murder rates. >> a study found "no credible evidence the passage of right to carry laws decreases or increases violent crime." the study with which some disagree. >> it seems to be the case that if you allow anyone to carry concealed weapons, youre going to pay a higher price ...

All. >> thank you, senator. [applause] >> well, let me end where i began, and that this is about people. this is about the retiree in minnesota who actually saves her insulin injek tore just to get those extra drops because the price has skyrocket. this is about the farmer with heart disease. its about the teacher with breast cancer. and the bill, and i think you can tell we like each other up here, right, but this bill doesnt help those people. it makes things worse. it jacks up the premiums. ...

John lots, author of "more guns, less crime" says it contributes to lower crime rates. >> states with the biggest increase in permanence have seen the biggest relative drops and violent crime. you have about a 1.5% drop in murder rates. >> a study found "no credible evidence the passage of right to carry laws decreases or increases violent crime." the study with which some disagree. >> it seems to be the case that if you allow anyone to carry concealed weapons, youre going to pay a higher price ...

>> thank you very much. i want to go straight now to richard henning, you know him. the flight director for noaa. and right now, hes back doing his job. flying over hurricane maria in the jet you see on your screen. richard, thank you very much for talking to us again. you expected this catastrophic hit. the it has happened. flos power in puerto rico and there may not be for much of the island for four to six months says the governor. youre over the storm right now. were b obviously reporting. i...