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My real concern is that we now have, as my colleague just said, a stable genius who is probably closer than anyone since the invention of the nuclear weapons to an impulse launch. thats what im most concerned about. >> understandably so. james, you have the president who also took shots at michael wolff, of course the author of "fire and fury" and he says he doesnt know me, he never interviewed me and pointed out that michael wolffs credibility has been called into question by many out there. th...

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Anthony, at one point you were separated. >> yeah. >> reporter: what happened? >> well, it was -- like i said, we were having a good night and we were just a little short on beer and i made my way to get some beer, went on a little break and i made my way to the stage after grabbing a beer and, you know, it all started from there. i was torn. i was torn between trying to help everyone around me and watching the elderly woman fall and stuff like that and helping the children and between finding h...

Command post for a minute and talk to you in a short time. thanks, bill. >> live to tampa, florida, we find nbcs sarah dallof. what are you seeing this morning? >> reporter: good morning, chris. overnight, irma, a weakened irma swept across the tampa, st. petersburg area. the extent of the damage here is still unknown. several hundred thousand people here under evacuation orders. we know about 28,000 decided to ride out the storm in shelters and everybody, understandably, very anxious to get out...

That could apply here in terms of impact? >> not much at all. this is not at all like hurricane charlie. charlie was a very small storm. irma is moderate to large in size. what that means is a larger storm surge, a deeper storm surge, even for the same a. wind. we get storm surge over much of the area that we pointed out just a minute ago. i have got examples of what storm surge looks like and the kind of damage that can occur. in this case the surge will be up the entire west coast of florida a...

I think yesterday we saw a lot of coast guard and national guard rescues doing search and rescues in areas cut off toward the islands. ive seen very little in terms of recovery. we saw a few power trucks being staged. the issue is, is it over? and it really isnt. the high winds part, the hurricane part is, but the flooding will make it extraordinarily difficult for them to get their sfleks and begin stringing lines and all the things you see after a hurricane passes. >> all right. lester, apprec...

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I think he actually said he thinks that rich people make better decisions. hes a rich person. he hasnt made great decisions, but i dont think hes going to turn that prism on himself. >> and, david, heres a president with this stunningly low approval rating now, down 35, 36, somewhere like that, who goes out there and apparently believes the room. he believes the few thousand people that you can put in a room, all self-selected, to applaud for him. >> i think one of the consequences of the georgi...

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Bad people out, the people you dont like are going to get nothing. to them, that sounds like christmas every day. >> and, tim, i think youll have a strong insight into this. he said he doesnt want any poor people in his cabinet. now, i think you could extend that to his life, couldnt you? >> yeah. hes never had many poor people even at his front door. i think he actually said he thinks that rich people make better decisions. hes a rich person. he hasnt made great decisions, but i dont think hes ...