get-together and fix this for good. yet we haven't been able to do it. >> he came up with the phrase bill of love. that's his own rhetorical position on this. why the evolution away from that public offer? >> because the democrats, in his mind, and i think in mine as well, have been playing politics all the way along. they're not giving the points the president wants. he controls the white house and the administration. the republicans control the senate and the house. they are acting as if this is their time. it's not. they have to compromise to get a solution for daca. >>ed point john avlon made, the democrats have offered more money on the wall. i just wonder if at the end of the day, this is about the president taking messages from the app coulters of the world. here he is now saying daca is dead. those are his words via twitter
the time since the storm hit. he joins me now on the phone there from san juan. gabe, i understand that you were listening to the president there. you were listening to the governor. you probably heard president trump rate the gov's response to the crisis in puerto rico as a 10. you're on the ground there. is that accurate? >> hi there, craig. well, depends really who you talk to. there are many people on this island who do feel that the federal response has -- in some ways. a lot of people you talk to in the area where there has been -- the most power that has been restored has been in this area. however, you still talk to people here and life is still very difficult. not just in remote parts but also in san juan. this morning we talked with someone who runs a bed and breakfast. this economy is just cripple theed the ed point. he bought solar powers several
they were willing to wait this out, to ensure that this would end peacefully, obviously they figured that they had reach ed point in the negotiations where it wasn't going to go any further. perhaps the gunman was get itin tired, sleepy, so they decided to pounce. but certainly the siege now over and we're learning much more details about this gunman who has a very checkered and dodgy past. i just want to read some of it to you. he pled guilty to writing offensive letters to a family of veterans who had passed away. >> in fact, anna -- i want to break in for a moment, i know we're on delay, but we're getting break. ing information on the logistics of the raid and the number of people there. the police are saying there may have been nine. people inside including the hostage taker.