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With all of the crews and our electrical story and assets to make sure to get power restored as quickly as we can. >> reporter: steve, are you from this area? >> i live a half mile from here on the river. >> reporter: have you ever seen this type of flooding before? >> the last time we saw this flooding was in 1846. the st. johns river is flooding near jacksonville. we are in the riverside neighborhood, a great community, a lot of parks. we are by memorial park. but yesterday the st. johns river...

So when they go into restoration and do restructuring of all of the power grid that is necessary there, that is going to be a huge undertaking. and thats just one element of what we are seeing with irma. it is going to be the electrical grid. it is going to be rebuilding of homes. it is going to be different infrastructures that perhaps over time have been neglected. but it has taken irma to really meet its match in the state of florida where it made land fall at marco island around 3:30 in the ...

President. it is not safe to say that the u.s. would only deal with the regime that does not include either of them? >> im not going to comment on the hypothetical of that. i think with the president is very clear on is the existing situation is unacceptable. if they restore the proper democratic process, we will react to that appropriately. this is not about changing leadership, per se, this is about restoring the democratic process and rule of law. >> how will the sanctions impact the ability ...

Resigned? >> he offered his resignation two weeks ago. and he always said and told me that that from the beginninggo e never planned on being at the white house more than eight months to a year. august 14th was the year mark for him. he was ready to move on. hes at a point where he can. we have seen this big turnover at the white house. a restructuring of people within the white house. general kelly is there now. hes taking the home. this was a way for mr. bannon to move on with what he would li...

Charlie hurd. how did this all play out and wanted to hear about why he does resigned? >> he offered his resignation two weeks ago. and he always said and told me that that from the beginning he never planned on being at the white house more than eight months to a year. august 14th was the year mark for him. he was ready to move on. hes at a point where he can. we have seen this big turnover at the white house. a restructuring people within the white house. general kelly is there now. hes taking...

Instance. there may be other measures but he just loses the moment to say theres going to be a response in september 1st when is no flippantly says thanks vladimir putin. why is mr. putin the one person in the world that president trump refuses to criticize? i just dont understand that. >> you appear to almost be on the verge of getting emotional when you talk about this. >> well, because its personal. i know those people in the embassy. these are not just numbers in some reduction in some kind ...

Military to get resupply. you could create the way for the conventional army to leave afghanistan. as we talk about the concerns of north korea and nuclear -- their nuclear program, there is clearly the need for real deterrents of our military to defend against state on state conflict. to defer against state on state conflict. >> bill: an interesting idea. lets share a piece you work this week. you concluded the following way. this approach would cost less than 20% of the $48 billion being spent...

To reshape their department with a new director. steven miller could be a possibility here. >> you remember anthony scaramucci was fired on monday after just 11 days. here is athena jones at the white house. >> reporter: a white house tells cnn that steven miller is being considered for an elevated communications role. the role in addition to the role he is currently serving in as a senior policy adviser. he is also the presidents main speech writer so he already has been playing a part in white...

Watch. >> this whole notion of, well, they could -- they have to learn english before they get to the united states, are we just going to bring in people from great britain and australia? >> jim, i can honestly say, i am shocked at your statement. that you think only people from great britain and australia would know english. it actually reveals your cosmopolitan bias to a shocking degree. that in your mind -- no, this is an amazing moment. i just want to say -- >> sounds like youre trying to en...

Restructuring of the communications operation. so far, this president wants to focus on his base, on the 33% to 38% of the country who approves of him, as opposed to trying to appeal to the rest of the country that does not. the best example of that is what the president didnt do before he went on vacation yesterday. he didnt hold a press conference. often times, barack obama before going to hawaii or marthas vineyard would hold a press conference, remind the country of whats going on. press con...