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Updates we need this morning. we understand you have 10,000 federal responders on the ground, and sounds like a big number, and of course thats a fraction of the 3.5 million people in puerto rico. do you need more federal responders there? >> first, thats correct. we do have 10,000 federal responders on the ground right now supporting the response operation. we have thousands more, whether they be those sitting behind me or throws throughout all of the federal agencies including the department o...

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...

The people in the u.s. virgin islands and puerto rico and the other caribbean islands affected are in the middle of acute life-sustaining response operations and what we are seeing in florida, south carolina, and georgia are the final stages of preparation for the beginning of her response operation. we are seeing all three play out for us at the same time. it requires us to juggle some of our thinking but it doesnt require us to juggle our resources. we had an opportunity to rest and refit our ...

Governor edwards are involved in the early stages of what will be a long recovery effort. the people in the u.s. virgin islands, puerto rico and the other caribbean islands affected by harvey already are in the middle of acute life-sta sta ds operations and stages of preparation for the beginning of a response operation. so, were seeing all three play out for us at the same time. it requires us to juggle some of our thinking, but it doesnt require us to juggle our resources, so to be clear, the ...

That was sean spicers only example of fake news, not whether jared kushner is somehow an interest to federal investigators and that he set up a back channel or tried to set up a back channel with the russians. he would not comment on whether theres a shakeups in the works. they are putting together this war room, this rapid response operation, both inside the white house and among associates and supporters of the president outside the white house to respond to this daily deluge of stories with t...

Manager in 2008 she decided to delay hiring sort of core staff. back in 2006, 2007 2008, she was ramping up to run, she had a robust rapid response operation. right now, seems like theres one staffer, nick merrill and a couple other folks helping out. it doesnt seem like she has the capacity to get whatever information she wants out there out there. >> how stunning is that knowing the expectation, the feel of inevitability that these mistakes are being made. >> but this goes back it is a flashba...

Its dangerous work for the coast guard. take a listen. >> with so many people involved in in response operation, we have air assets, float assets, we have people staging in different areas, its maintaining that safety. weve been going on, this operation has been going on for days as youre well aware in very challenging conditions. >> one blessing is theres no sign of any fuel leak, which is the other major concern here, rick. and 250,000 gallons of fuel on board, shells drilling in the arctic is...

Time spot? >> because the push to la see know voters. let me talk about bill clinton for a second. he is going to be in the house tomorrow putting barak obamas name into nomination. and there is a lot of nervousness among the republican party elite that the leaders as to how good hes going to be. theyre a little bit concerned that bill clinton will definitely be an exclamation point in this convention, that he will make some points that may be very difficult to counter against with the rapid res...

sure he cant win? as the penn state tragedy unfolds, is stwitelevision let something defend themselves in brief interviews that dont say much? >> in retrospect, i -- you know, i shouldnt have showered with those kids, so -- >> thats it? >> yeah, thats what hits me the most. >> plus, well talk to the young pennsylvania newspaper reporter who broke the story. and nbc hires chelsea clinton as a correspondent while msnbc brings megan mccain on board. is a famous last name now more impo...

>> turning now to the national disaster in the gulf. it is day 97 and there is word tonight, b ps embattled ceo tony hayward will soon be out of a job. a government official confirming to fox news today, bp is changing leadership come tomorrow, up until late last month though, hayward had been the very public face of the company throughout this oil disaster and he received plenty of criticism for handling of it, including his decision to attend a yacht race in england while oil continued to gush...