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Because it worked and the levee held firm. i see that entergy completed an upgrade to your system in recent years and your company promoted it as the poddel for future reliability and talking about storm resiliency. but we see what has happened. >> right. >> were mistakes made, mr. west? >> well i would say it is a constant learning environment. one of the things that we do know is where we have up to our -- upped our standards to create armor resilient transmission system, those with stood the ...

Including florida. >> communities all over the country are extremely generous but theyre not ready to receive this flood of immigration. we look at it from a planning perspective. what is proven here? we have stations in florida, on the northern border, small stations, a few agents are busy patrolling their areas. it wasnt going to be an effective use of resources. reporter: but el paso mayor says something has to give. not only are the shelters overcrowded on the southwest border but he says hi...

Diplomats there, which kind of left them, in my view, hanging out, at least in the last administration, one of the things we always seriously considered and gave a great deal of thought to, particularly from a planning perspective, if there was a prospect to our people being at risk, how we might protect them and extract them. it doesnt appear to me theres a whole lot of thought given to that. >> director james clapper, always a pleasure to speak with you. thank you for joining us. life threat...

Storm surge is not just powerful, but lasting. so were going to have to stee. i keep going back to timing, chad, because especially when youre in it, thats just your natural reaction to it from an endurance standpoint, is how much longer, how much longer and the scary part is, at least from the perspective on the ground, its how much longer there is? watching john and those correspondents, you know -- its a long time and things just only have so much tolerance, whether its a structure or a vehic...

We were required to, we will offer health care when we are no longer required to but from a planning perspective, it is absolutely impossible to predict what our obligation is going to be. >> joining me from minneapolis, andy slavitt, jamie peters. andy, youre the guy that ran obamacare under the old administration. talk to me about what small businesses can expect to see if this new health care bill, this new plan, goes into effect. >> thanks for having me. i think the thing we are seeing from ...

Marketplaces are hanging in the balance. >> reporter: but for small business owners like vogel, theres no time to wait around for congress to make a final decision. >> we offered health care before we were required to. we will offer health care if were no longer required to. but from a planning perspective, it is absolutely impossible to predict what our obligation is going to be. >> reporter: jo ling kent, nbc news. now, lets check in on todays microsoft pulse question. are you worried about ...

Fact-based conversation. >> reporter: the nonpartisan ca kaiser family foundation. >> across the country, the marketplaces are still pretty stable in most places but in pockets of the country, there are real problems when people in the marketplaces dont have a plan currently, that they use. >> reporter: with major insurer humana decides to leave the exchanges president trump is facing a more complicated landscape. >> its a critical moment where a lot will depend on what the trump administration ...

Leaders, in the cabinet room it looked to me, correct me if i am wrong if im wrong that, a shaky camera, because it was a pool camera. it seemed hastily arranged and did not carry with it the message the president was trying to zblifr lets turn to the pentagon. we have been talking about the military action and what could develop and obviously we are -- reading tea leaves and trying to get from the administration what something could look like. everything the president said is it is going to be ...