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Side, but even in san juan the plane we flew in, i thought it was going to be 20, 30 planes sending if gods from all over. it was just our plane. it was just our plane on the island of puerto rico and the people are hurting. the people on the other side, the people in the mountains, like, theyre really, really hurting. you know, and were trying to do our best and collect things for them and send stuff over there and, but at the end of the day, its heart breaking. i saw a line, maybe about two bl...

So im doing some of this. so the next day they said, oh, it was so disrespectful to the people. made up thing. also, when i walked in the cheering was incredible. >> so is it possible, howard, hes feeding off the energy of the crowd as hes indicating there? perhaps the video clip doesnt tell the whole story. >> you cant explain why somebody who is delusional has the delusions they have. here are the facts, 44% of the puerto rico people american citizens have no water 15 days after the disaster. ...

Leadership. >> if i could, on credibility, just like on katrina, the problem president bush had, diminishing the significant of what was happening. you had the president yesterday talking about glitches and kinks. >> one difference is katrina was a storm. the health care was of obamas creation. >> true. >> so im not defending my white houses handling of katrina. but it was a natural disaster. this was a disaster of obamas creation. and imagination. >> maybe they were at war is a better analogy. ...

Joining me now is our rapid response panel, ruth con i have, eugene robinson of "washington post" and dr. odonnell. gene, is it fair to compare iraq and katrina to obama care? >> no. of course not. and you said it best. iraq, people died. katrina, people died. obama care, people are going to live. otherwise, might have died. its -- it is unconscionable. i do my live internet chat on tuesdays and i did it today and somebody came at me with this c conspiracy theory this is to set up a single payer...

In the crisis. the question remains, was the -- was this litigated correctly when we talk about the financial crisis. >> the real tragedy we dont have wall street people suffering, how many people nowhere near wall street suffering to this day. i do think the story about dick fuld is sad, sad to see someone out of work, unable to put their career back together. hes hardly the only person, were talking millions across the country. the premise of big rescue operations brought into the financial sy...

The country in the last few weeks as it thought about this, thought about iraq, the arguments, has moved against this. >> katrina, perhaps the country doesnt know what it wants. >> i think the country does. the term "war weary" has become cliched. many in the base, not just the base but across the board. president obama was elected to extricate this country from two very, very long wars. i think the country is in a mode not to rebuild this country, not disengage from the world. there are isolati...

Thats the problem. >> bush and them let it be corrupt is what they wanted. of course they walk away this one. look, the response would have been entirely different if it would have been off of nantucket. and by the way, katrina would have been entirely different. >> this administration has been in business for a year and a half. >> well, of course, and the federal government at this point has to come in and take responsibility. notice, though, barack obama is getting worse grades than george bus...

This is not a battle of talking points. these are lives being affected every day. >> if this were happening off of new jersey or north carolina or chesapeake bay would the government have reacted differently? >> i dont know. i dont think so. >> of course they would. of course. >> i dont know that they would. >> of course they would. >> i think, look, hes going to be more critical of the government than i am. look, i think after katrina, everybody knew you had to take this kind of thing seriously...

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