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Him when he talks about katrina, comparing the death toll there to the death toll here and saying puerto rico got the budget out of whack, seeming to reiterate some of his tweets where he said they want everything done for them, and claiming there would have to be difficult decisions ahead when it comes to helping puerto rico because of the economic situation here. im not sure exactly who the president spoke with, but i can tell you some things ive heard about president trump from residents sinc...

Going to be with you for the rest of your life. >> yeah, unfortunately. and im blessed that i was able to make it through, especially -- i wasnt able to escape right away. no one thought that it was coming from an elevated location. we all thought it was from the ground level and we thought it was multiple shooters by how much it was happening. and with all that going on, we didnt know where was safe, so we just hit the floor and ducked every time. i had my sister with me. and she tackled me to ...

Leader as he was announcing breach. breach help breach. >> so calm, from a law enforcement perspective, they dont know if this was the primary tactic where there could be secondary attacks coming at ground level into that. >> again, the s.w.a.t. team going in to breach that door, true professionalism by the law enforcement agency. one of the best. >> bravo to them and the first responders and last question, phil, you hit on it a second ago and -- i get a text from my 21-year-old cousin and she i...

Stampede iing trying to get in. imagine a situation like this where theres chaos and people are trying to get out. i imagine some got trampled in that. reports are coming out that people there did amazing things. but thats also concern in these events. when something happens, how do we get people out without causing considerable harm from a stampede. >> it is interesting. you mentioned the oh shootings we have seen at concerts. they were at ground level. the attacker was amongst the people. this...

When you have a poor leadership standard, it doesnt establish a ground level for what people think theyre supposed to do in that job. tom price should no better as a member of congress but its a virus spreading from donald trump. people think they can do whatever they want unless they get in trouble. >> i asked you the question about distractions because we started the week together on monday talking about how the president himself created a massive distraction. to sort of provoke and poke the m...

What youre seeing here is a protest which seems to me right now largely a peaceful protest. though there is a huge contingent of police officers on the ground there were told. theyre taking this very seriously. wells fargo and a number of companies have let their employees go for the day, letting them go for a long weekend. were talking about thousands of employees that work in and around this area. i want to bring in will carr. hes live on the street and can give us a better idea on ground leve...

Graduation and just happy times. but its okay. >> one familys heartache. its just so sad to see and there are probably a number of families, many families like that all over florida coming back to see the remnants of their lives. are there still people who are unable to get back to their homes in northern florida? >> anderson, some people still cant return to their homes safely, but that should be change lg soon because although theres still a lot of water, it is receding very quickly. weve come...

The home that theyre in is safe. its a two-story home. its about 12 1/2, 13 feet to the bottom of the floor from the ground level and then the canal water level is two foot below that. in my head i know the water had to come up 15 feet to get in the house. i was not certain whether the water was going to go into the house but the worry was in my mind. i knew if they stayed together, there was a bathroom in the center of the house where they could all huddle together if the roof were to get rippe...

>> we are about of foot from the ground level to where i am now, it goes up to about 18-20 inches, it looks more like a canal. kind of pushing it to the limit, thats kind of the case here. they have so much of that water surging through the night, a very hairy situation to say the least. one of the neighbors in the area was nice enough to join us. i guess you are was about 3 feet on cinder blocks, what was going through your mind? tell me this type of scenario, we have not seen ever before. >> i...

>> shepard: michael, who is covering after the storm for fox and jacksonville where it is still very windy. michael rashida is reporting in riverside in duval county. >> you can see -- it is basically the st. johns river at this point. a lot of water rushing in. you can see the wake of the waves of the water as it is coming in and we go up, you can see the statue in the distance, and when we were down at ground level, with people coming up if the seawall had been partially destroyed. now that we...