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Americans. friends and strangers alike. i am proud of the work that dod, fema, and the territory along with first responders are doing. clearly the situation here in puerto rico after the devastating hurricane is not satisfactory. but together we are getting there, and the progress today is very, very strong. the president and i will not be fully satisfied, however, until every puerto rican is back home, the power is back on, clean water is fully available, and schools are back open and the puer...

Toured the island the first time since maria hit walked back those comments you just heard. >> clearly the situation here in puerto rico after the devastating hurricane is not satisfy, but together we are getting there, and the progress today is very, very strong. >> all right. what exactly is the situation in puerto rico? lets take a closer look. the number one issue is resources. there are shortages of food, water and fuel and, by the way, the inability to get cash. you can go to atms, many ar...

Referring to were created by the president. the president had our former chairperson come over to the white house on and then take intelligence back to a press conference and then he went the next day to the white house and blew up our investigation. fortunately mike conaway has stepped in on to preside over the investigation. he works very well with adam schiff and were making progress today. just want the president to say away from our investigation, to not repeat what he did with director com...

Troops liberated eastern mosul last month are and moving into the western part of the city. it has been slower than anticipated. if they are successful, it would be a major victory over the terrorist group but the stakes are high as you might imagine, hundreds of thousands of people live inside the isis controlled half of mosul. kitty logan with more. >> reporter: early morning local time, iraqi troops made rapid progress today but are expecting things to get much tougher as they move towards re...

Last month are and moving into the western part of the city. it has been slower than anticipated. if they are successful, it would be a major victory over the terrorist group but the stakes are high as you might imagine, hundreds of thousands of people live inside the isis controlled half of mosul. kitty logan with more. >> reporter: early morning local time, iraqi troops made rapid progress today but are expecting things to get much tougher as they move towards residential areas. iraqi military...

The western part of the city. it has been slower than anticipated. if they are successful, it would be a major victory over the terrorist group but the stakes are high as you might imagine, hundreds of thousands of people live inside the isis controlled half of mosul. kitty logan with more. >> reporter: early morning local time, iraqi troops made rapid progress today but are expecting things to get much tougher as they move towards residential areas. iraqi military police seized several villages...

Anything real could happen, i think, that transition officials have played up that they are making progress today and yesterday they said that as well and that donald trump is the decider on these issues so well see when he hones in on making these final decisions. notable that newt gingrich, who was down in the trump transition office in washington, d.c. today, he talked about the timeline he said that he thinks the biggest offices will be announced in the near future but he notably added, broo...

Obama said he will not work with russia as long as russia is attacking non-isis targets in syria. that is where president hollande will focus the efforts today. speak to president putin and if there is any way to work it so you are only striking isis targets. then we can get all of the coalitions working together. it is a tough call. french officials here are playing down any sort of expectation of progress today. it is a bit complicated by the shooting down of the russia plane. >> max, it has b...

Them today. theyre very professional. went right back to work and the mood extremely somber. its also an especially critical day again. this is sort of a three-day wind event. yesterday, they said it was epic. today will be even worse with the winds whipping up even earlier. they had about a four-hour window where theyre hoping to make progress today. the aerial assault is also underway. once those winds begin they will continue to strengthen throughout the afternoon and tonight is a volatile ti...

The question is how long will it last. plus the white house state dinner with very special attendees, all of them ages 8 through 12 with something called broccoli commonly on the menu. a girl scout teaching us about closing the deal the world record holder for cookie sales. out wont believe how many boxes she sold. shell be along later to show us how to get things done. we begin this hour with yet another deadline missed in those historic nuclear talks with iran. negotiators in vienna yesterda...