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This is the second time in recent weeks the president used the word "infested" in connection with a person of color. the president said four minority congresswomen should go back to the crime-invested countries they came from. the cabinet secretary said the word has nothing to do with lat tweets are putting people in a tough spot. meadows, who was close with president trump and cummings, said he doesnt believe either man is a racist. back to you. >> thanks for that, pamela. president trump sig...

Level instruments in and around the cook inlet and when the warning center is confident that they havent seen any yet and havent seen the water levels come up, it will be longer before we can cancel the warnings. >> even though its localized and people have the warning, what do they do if youre in that area? >> there is emergency alert systems and theres a local response effort. i know theres like you mentioned they are trying to get their arms around it. i would say broadly if youre in one of t...

To be ongoing for quite some time in to next week. historic flooding. flooding that is every bit as deadly as the mead impacts. in fact, the flooding, its a bit of a sleeper, isnt it? you dont know when the water is sneaking up on you. and with the last thing you want to do is be caught by surprise by rising floodwaters. ed: absolutely u daniel, we want to keep the focus on storm and aftermath. american people have to have confidence in femas leadership as you deal with the aftermath here and th...

Lets bring in jeff bennett who is standing live outside the white house. jeff, tell us what the president has been up to in the midst of this hurricane and word of this deal from manafort. >> good to see you. first a bit of news, the white house tells us the president has declared a federal emergency for north carolina and just in the last 20 minute or so fema now says that federal officials are considering a disaster declaration for south carolina, toor. n the president has been getting regular...

Less patriotic than american soldiers are a dismal case in point. so he is saying that, you know, supporting our soldiers is actually something that theyre using to get funding. >> i dont know what planet this particular individual lives, heather. i have got to tell you i dont think its a mainstream view. thank god for that if you want to go ride around the world and have a look what would happen if there was no united states military, north korea would invade south korea, taiwan would be overru...

Top the go outside. we have it out there. we shifted it out to the front. i get my updates on the fly. its out front. >> john king in washington. you have been listening to a remarkable briefing for the fire department. detailing the response effort which he said began seconds after gunfire opened up. it began seconds later because engine 11 was responding to a traffic accident returning from a traffic accident that happened on the apparatus. for all the sadness and horror, 58 kill and more than...

Welcome back to hardball. nearly two weeks after hurricane maria pumabled the island of puerto rico, 90% of electricity customers remain without power. look at that. much of the countryside struggling to access food, water and even ash cash. the atm machines are down. and today president trump landed on the island and came face to face with the apocalyptic world that puerto rico has been living with. there he is. in a briefing with local and federal officials, trump told reporters of the high pr...

Enormous problems right now. >> yeah. i completely agree. wolf, the difference here is to make sure we focus on the people. president trumps been focusing on people and not paperwork and process. what elaine said earlier today was a reflection of her pride and workforce. i think what jennifer gonzalez is saying is the ultimate and good point. the congresswoman is providing great leadership and was here getting to the bottom of the relief effort, meeting with me and the vice president. shes provi...

Create a department of homeland security, an office of the director of national intelligence the u.s. northern command which youve seen now marshal resources in expert fashion for this storm, combat and command in the united states of america and cyber command which youve seen recently president trump elevate to a full combat and command. so weve marshalled our resources and weve organized them in a way to confront the threat of terrorism but also to organize ourselves in a way that will allow u...

Nucle nucleus, the brain of the entire federal response. its been coordinated in this room. the people here are working 12-hour shifts. theyre working seven days on, seven days off. and tonight their primary focus is hurricane irma. again, its safe to say that this is the brain of the federal response operation. now we have some roughly 200 people in this room. people from various agencies, whether its epa, its the department of energy, theyre all here coordinating this response effort. theyre t...