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Anywhere from six to 18 deaths. this was done by the democrats in order to make me look as bad as possible." george washington university study released several weeks ago found the total of 2,975 people perished within a period of six months due to hurricane-related causes. the white house argues, the methodology used to track the puerto rico death tolls skus that number. nevertheless, condemnation of the presidents tweets in washington has been swift and bipartisan. >> this claim is beyond ridi...

And learn from its mistakes. fema has done that and even though it was large, it didnt help people. later, there is a conversation worth having and there is no standard for figuring out the death tolls. after katrina, it was two months out and after the government in puerto rico did four months out after they were criticized for keeping it artificially low and they said its six months out. there is an interesting difference, but thats a conversation for perhaps -- >> i would like to know what me...

That mimicked in a number of other polls recently. how does that play into the mid-term races? >> this brand-new poll conducted, this 36% approval rating is down six points from where the president was last month in our poll. its not just our poll. it is every reputable poll we approve of in terms of standards and methodology. he is down in that organizations previous poll. that suggests that this indeed is donald trump taking on a bit of water with just eight months to go -- eight weeks to go i...

The number of people who strongly approve of donald trump and those who strongly disapprove, thats the big margin. the strongly disapprove theres like between a 20 to 30-point gap. thats our turn out margin. you look at the history of presidents losing seats in the mid-terms thats on democratic side. you took at the number of retirements in the house, staggering. the most since 1930. 42 open seats. we all know the methodology there its much easier to take an open seat than to knock off an incumb...

Sarah huckabee sanders responding to a lot of questions about bob woodwards book and about that anonymous op-ed in the "new york times." woodward giving his first live television interview on the "today" show earlier today, defending his work, defending his methodology. sarah sanders pressed on the fact that, look, this is someone whose record stands up, bob woodward of watergate fame is known for getting it right. take a look at what sarah sanders had to say. >> weve been extremely clear from t...

Omarosa or michael wolf? >> i think its a great question. and you saw bob woodward defending his reporting on "today," the fact that shes spoken with more than a hundred current and former staffers. he has recordings of all of his interviews, and he really stressed his methodology during that interview with savannah guthrie. youre right. president trump lashing out. he was clearing watching infuriated by all of it. one of his tweets, the woodward book is a joke. just another assault against me i...

Obtained this information. this is part of what hes said on cbs. this is one thing carl, because hes doing the same thing that you and bob did together during watergate, going to peoples homes late at night. listen. >> in one case, i called somebody at 11:00 at night and said i would like to talk. yeah, yeah, yeah, well get to it. and i said, well, how about now? and he said now? its 11:00 at night. i said, im four minutes away. okay, come over for a while. >> come on over. carl, what can you te...

They cost us too much money, and mattis has to say to the president, we have them there to prevent world war iii. there is this methodology that we started with a back in the nixon days, it works because its what real reporting is. and remember that as with nixon, with trump even more so, he has tried to make conduct of the press the issue, the conduct of bob woodward instead of the conduct and lying of that he has engaged in. you got to ask yourself, look, who are you going to believe here? a r...

Enormous fight over the credibility and the propriety etcetera. when you separate it, when you really look at this and recognize that the new york times does know who it is and they have very carefully approached this and you add this to what is in bob woodwards book, which everybody knows he tapes people that he talks to. he is probably the single most credible investigative reporter in the country, if not the world, and he knows his methodology. lawyers who support both of them know the method...

Create an enormous fight over the credibility and the appropriate, et cetera. but when you separate it, when you really look at this memo, when you recognize what "the new york times" does know who it, and they have very carefully approached this, and you add this to what is in bob woodwards book, which everybody knows he tapes people that he talks to, hes probably the single most credible investigative reporter in the country, if not the world, and he knows his methodology, and his publisher kn...