million in new rebuilding money. plus a very donald trump weekend. election lies about mitch mcconnell and a racist smear of mitch mcconnell s life. a look of condemnation, and you ll find almost none. the oath keepers four lieutenants charged with conspiracy. we begin though with president biden and his important promises to rebuild after two punishing hurricanes. air force one is on its way to puerto rico this hour for some 100,000 customers are still without power two weeks after hurricane fiona. the president will get a briefing on the recovery effort, visit a local school, and he ll offer up $60 million in funding. the president saying this before leaving the white house this morning. i m headed to puerto rico because they haven t been taken care of. they re trying like hell to catch up after the last hurricane. on wednesday the president visits florida for a first look at ian s racket, the death toll climbs to 76 over the weekend. there s a debate about the coun
million in new rebuilding money. plus a very donald trump weekend. election lies about mitch mcconnell and a racist smear of mitch mcconnell s life. a look of condemnation, and you ll find almost none. the oath keepers four lieutenants charged with conspiracy. we begin though with president biden and his important promises to rebuild after two punishing hurricanes. air force one is on its way to puerto rico this hour for some 100,000 customers are still without power two weeks after hurricane fiona. the president will get a briefing on the recovery effort, visit a local school, and he ll offer up $60 million in funding. the president saying this before leaving the white house this morning. i m headed to puerto rico because they haven t been taken care of.
russia, you have to be deterrent, but you have to exercise dialogue, too. these two main elements have to be there. go ahead. thank you, mr. president. in the aftermath of hurricane harvey, do you believe that cutting fema s budget is the right thing to do so? no, i think what s going to happen is the fema money is relatively small compared to the rebuilding money, so fema, right now we have the money necessary for texas and louisiana if we need, but the real number, which will be many billions of dollars, will go through congress. i think it will happen very quickly. it will go very fast. and i want to congratulate you on the network of t. it s a great network. thank you. if i may follow up with something early. on the southern border wall, is your plan to have mexico pay for the wall?
these two-way elements have to be there. thank you, mr. president. with american news, in the aftermath do you think cutting fema is a right thing to do? president trump: fema s money is relatively small compared to the rebuilding money. they have the money necessary for texas and louisiana if we need, but the real number which will be many billions of dollars will go through congress. i think it will happen very quickly. it will go very fast. i want to congratulate you on the network. it is a great network. if i may follow up on one question earlier. the southern border wall, is your plan still to have mexico pay for the wall? president trump: yes, one way or another, mexico will pay for the wall. one way or the other, mexico will pay for the wall. right now, we are negotiating nafta. in my opinion, then negotiation
negotiation when the other side wants you to completely end and cease to exist? so is there leverage that the united states has in terms of some of this rebuilding money? you say that we spend billions of dollars on the palestinians and helping them frankly rebuild some of their infrastructure after these attacks. how refreshing would it be if the united states government actually said, don t lob rockets into israel and you won t have these problems. if we actually came out and said there are consequences for your actions and we are no longer going to give u.s. taxpayer dollars to rebuild, something might change. it s a good way to raise children. consequences for your actions. might work with the palestinians. thank you. thanks, jon. new cutting edge research on alzheimer s this week unveiled in copenhagen. it could be possible to detect early signs of the disease using your nose or using your eyes.