Still be so close . Yet here we are. We showed you those numbers, plus 6, plus 10. His ability to outperform in that state is remarkable anywhere in the country. Thank you, my friend. More than 5. 5 Million people are under voluntary or mandatory Evacuation Orders in Florida Tonight as the state braces for the S Impact of hurricane milt. Tolls were waived and Highway Shoulders were open to ease clogging as florida residents took to the roads to get out of the storms way. Hurricane milton is expected to make landfall in florida late thursday night. Its expected to drive straight now central nra, the straight direct hit for areas like tampa in more than a century. The mayor of tampa issued this stark warning to his residents. If h you choose to stay in one these evacuation areas, you are going to die. Now, ineven in less extreme circumstances, preparing for a Natural Disaster is always a challenge. The government has to coordinate between state and local and federal agencies. Thosera agencies then not only have to prepare for the physical impacts of the disaster, they have to effectively communicate to the media and to the public how they should prepare and respond. So coordinating all of that is a really, really challenging task. And now thanks to Donald Trump, Thatld Task has gotten even harder. We are barely a week past the Destructionek Hurricane Helene wrought in six states across the Country Destroying Thousands of homes and killing at least 223 people, and already Donald Trump is lying about it. Heres how trumps narrative about Hurricane Helene and the federal response to that hurricane compares to what republican leaders in those impacted states, what they are saying. This is the worst response to a storm or a catastrophe or a hurricane that weve ever seen ever. As of today, what has been theod ongoing kind of federal assistance for South Korea . Itsce been superb. They havent seen anybody from the federal government yet. The federal Government Isnt there. Im incredibly appreciative of the rapid response and the cooperation from the federal team at fema. Ive lived in North Carolina for almost 30 years. Ive seen a lot of storms come through s this state. I am actually impressed with how much attention was paid to a region that wasnt likely to have experienced the impact that they did. The White House is doing nothing. Theyve inabandoned us. So i just spoke the president just called me yesterday afternoon. I missed him and then i called him right back. And he just said, hey, what do you need. And i told him we got what we at need, well work through the federal process. He offered if theres other things we need just to call himc directly, which i appreciate that. Those are all republicans. The truth of the matter is that as of today nearly 7,000 federal personnel have been deployed to respond to Hurricane Helene. Fema has shipped over 16 Million meals, almost 14 Million liters of water, almost 200 generators, and almost 500,000 tarps. In just a little over a week the federal government has spent more than 286 Million to help people impacted by helene. But, of course, youre not going to hear about any of that from the republican nominee for president , the man who may one Day Woversee that same federal agency. Instead, trump is lying about Fema Withholding Disaster aid in republican areas and lying that fema doesnt have the money to respond to this disaster because the agency diverted its funding to the border, something, by the way, Fema Under president biden did noten do but that trump actually did b when he was in office. And those lies rntd just bad because theyrent lies coming fm someone running for president , theyre bad because theyre lies having a real impact on the Actualpa Recovery efforts. A swirling vortex of disinformation is beginning to effect people there on the ground. I had an officer come up to me and say why are they saying we arent doing anything. In fact, this is demoralizing to all of the people who are working so phard, those First Responders Who H went into peoples homes and pulled them out of windows in swirling waters, people who are working around the clock to get Oxygen Bottles and insulin to people in the remote, rugged areas of the mountains. And youre also making some people wary of applying for Aid And Relief because you have these crazy stories about fema coming in and taking Peoples Land and stopping donations from coming in. And its very frustrating when youre on then. Ground working hard. With multiple states still reeling from the destruction of Hurricane Helene and the state of florida bracing for the impact of hurricane milton, Trumpslt Misinformation here isnt just irresponsible, it is dangerous. , today on the View Vice President harris was asked what she makes of trumps lying. Here was her response. It is the height of irresponsibility and frankly callousness. So lives are literally at stake right now, and the idea that somebody would be playing political games for the sake of himself, but this is so consistent about Donald Trump. Puts himself before the needs of others. I fear he really lacks empathy, on a very basic level to care about Theba Suffering of other people andin then understand Th Role of a leader is not to beat people down, its to lift people up. Absolutely. Especially in a time of crisis. Trump has a history of playing political games with disasters. You dont have to take my word on that. Here are two Farmer Trump Administration staffers in a new Kamala Harris CampaignAd Talkingla about how Trump Handl Disaster relief when he was in office. I worked in the Trump Administration. Never in a t million Years D i ever think id be working in the White House with a president that didnt caree about The American people. He would suggest not giving Disaster Relief to states that hadnt voted for him. I remember one time after a wildfire in california he wouldnt sendn relief because was a democratic state. So we went so far as looking up how many votes he got in those impacted areas to show him these are people whoim voted for you. This isnt normal. I the job of the president is to protect americans regardless of politics. If trumps elected again, therell be no one to stop his worst instincts. Hell and yes man implement his 2025n agenda, unchecked Power D noed guardrails. They will be serving one man. I amon voting for Kamala Harris because she will put the safety of every american first whether they voted for her or not. Joining me now is one of the people in that ad, olivia troy. She serve said as a Homeland Security and Counter Terrorism Advisor to Vice PresidentMike Pence during the trufrm administration. Its great to have you on the show. Your perspective is so essential right now as we try and sort through what a second Trump Administration might be like. I know in the ad you say at one point you believe that Trump Or Youat realize he didnt care abt The American people. Can you talk to me a little bit about that Realization And Sort of how it dove tails with what were seeing right now in and around Disaster N Aid . Yeah, sure. I think what was really incredibly disturbing to me and many othersis in the national Security Community we were living this firsthand was moments of true crisis that were happening throughout the Trump Administration werero basically disregarded at times for putting aside the greater good of The American people because Donald Trump waseo playing partisan politics in situations where normally we would be united as a Country And U supporting americs in need. And what we saw was Donald Trump at times would have major disaster declarations sitting on his desk for days, and we would have to strategies how we were going to pry that out of him to get the relief to communities. And i point this out specifically, alex, because i think people need to understand that the president is solely responsible for approving those disasterap declarations. So the governor of a state can request them, and it goes through a whole process through the fema regional Office And Kind of makes its way up, but ultimately its the president who signs off on them. There were numerous times i got phoneou calls from the head of fema, the head of dhs, congressmen, people on The Hill asking where is that relief, where is that disaster er declaration, when is he going to sign it . And at times i would go to Mike Pence and i say, hey, we need yr help. Im getting Phone Calls on this. Weve got to do something, weve got to do the right thing for The American people. The mendacity here you see on display seems even a notch more cruel than what the public has witnessed soth far. I mean, it was never excusable that trump was deciding what states got Disaster Aid based on whether they were red or blue or whether the counties were red or blue. But now youre seeing today the former president basically undermine Recovery Efforts in parts of the country that did vote for him just because it doesnt suit his antigovernment political h agenda. Ti i guess i wonder sort of what you think abouter this brazen calculation to throw people into harms way, to basically undermine the assistance of fema in the name of, you know, a Talking Point he wants to weaponize against Kamala Harrisn which, again is not based in reality. Well, its about him. Its political power for him, it hurts everyone else around him. Its so selfish and reckless. And heh knows better, baugh. He is fully aware of the type of things that happen in the aftermath because words matter especially when youre a person thats running for the presidency once again and you once were the president of the united states. Ce and its t undermining of our Government Institutions, something Donald Trump has a very long habit of doing whether its the military undermining them, whether its the intelligence community. Now he undermined the public Health Community during the covid pandemic. I was firsthand witness to that whenss i was sitting in the Cov Task meetings and he was berating doctors and spreading Misinformation And Disinformation publicly from the pressroom in the White House. But tosr do this right now is s dangerous, right, because americans are scared. Theyre in the pathway of another potential storm thats about to hit them, and you have Donald Trump showing just complete and utter recklessness as a leader and he could be doing the opposite. G he could be uniting us and actually standing strong together in these communities, but hes not. I think itss, important to to watch his actionsi because he s a history of doing this for those like Myselfng WhoSaw Thi in the White House, M And Now Hs Doubling Downse on it and creatg fear, and its undermining of the Disaster Relief response. Its alsoie leading the confusi, right . And thats the last Thing Fema and all these Emergency Respondersem Need on the ground right now. On you dont need that doubt. You dont need to be doing something wrong when all the republican governorsen of the R Statesov are effectively saying thats not true, what that guy is saying in terms of fema assistance. I do wonder how you think the climate of misinformation, disinformation should be even more poisonous this time around even when you have someone like Elon Musk, the worlds richest man who owns twitter, now x is helping spread disinformation. Thats a new factor, X Factor if you will in all this. Given the information on the internet its a Wild West but then you have someone who controls the levers of power in that unbridled atmosphere like Elon Musk walking in Lock Step with Donald Trump as they sort of walk the parade of lies, to be heavyhanded with a metaphor. Yeah, its completely irresponsible because he has a very large platform and he has millions of followers. And millions of people are seeing what heser retweeting on sharing, and posting and its undermining the leaders on the ground of the communities that are already like being theyrey suffering so much in this crisis, and ive been on the ground with fema. I was there for the Hurricane Careenan Trina response. I have been Side By side with these people. Th it was a tremendously challenging time when i was on the heground, but it was also extremely rewarding to this agency and people come together and theyre in the trenches together. Now we have a Social Media working against cithem, right . Where people are getting mixed already in fema is the hot seat having to do their jobs, and what are they doing . Theyre having to put out videos, and theyre having to post, on their own social Medi Ton refute some of these Conspiracy Theories and these things that are false information. So now theyre spending energy on that. And i think that goes to show just the increasingly challenging environment were facing here in Terms Of Social T media and the combination of it and especially with people like Elon Musk who apparently are just asus selfish as Donald Tru iss and who dont care about T Wellbeing and the welfare of americans as long as it gives them, you know, a boost for them and gives them an in with Donald Trump. I think it goes to show the irresponsibility of these leaders and the i would say the thfriendships and the ties that they have when theyre so reckless and they dont care about the Grieter Good of the country. Yeah, i mean, the fact fema hasn, to dedicate space on a Landing Beigesp to rebut Information Being spread by a person in turn trying to run the agency is a level of Irony And Sickness i cantro begin to comprehend or contemplate. Olivia troy, thank you for your time tonight. We have a lot to get to tonight. Ill sit down with an author to discuss the war in the Middle East and how it figures into his new book The Message. But first but first, remember when Donald Trump would complain that Vice PresidentKamala Harris was hidin