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Will allow him to say we made mistake mistak mistakes. what was interesting about that particular presser is he didn't mention one person who died, he didn't say our hearts go out to the 2,975 people who are dead. we want -- he didn't show any sense of empathy. and that's because in some significant way donald trump is a deeply, morally flawed human being. i've called him indecent. and so his response to the tragedy of puerto rico, and let's remember it's not just simply hurricane maria, hurricane irma and maria, what it did to the virgin islands, and st. thomas is still struggling, and that t...

Their lives and many others still struggle. he is personally walking the line if not attacking the president. all it does in an odd way the president's raised the bar on himself. >> i think, look, there were 1830-some lives lost in katrina. 2975 in maria. and the president can't seem to own up to any responsible. even the action after disaster report for fema show that there were multiple areas where fema failed in delivering services, in delivering food, and rebuilding -- >> let's quote the gao report. you are referring to that, let me put this up here. this is a fault to the administration o...

And stacking up, long delays. at this home depot in williamson, north carolina, 90-minute wait for plywood. >> we have plenty of the supplies we feel we'll need. and should something come up, if we had to -- >> we'll evacuate. >> reporter: from hilton head, south carolina, to norfolk, virginia, hundreds of miles of coastline, jake, are being impacted. >> nick valencia, thank you so much. let's talk about what the president's comments with the panel here, obviously, when it comes to this pending storm, we're all hoping for the best and hoping the trump administration does everything it can do...

Mention the number of people and families who had to relocate completely off the island, not to mention the fact that their economy is now on life support. and electricity is not all the way functioning. it's far from a success. and the fact that donald trump today would spend more time singing his own praises rather than really leaning into a conversation with people in leadership there to figure out how they can really overcome and really have a success story for this particular storm, i think is very telling. >> do you think, amanda, there are -- president trump doesn't have the people arou...

Heard there, that claim, when the numbers belie it? >> well, his point, if you read all he said, look, it was in such bad shape that we did everything we could possibly do, because there weren't enough hospitals, there wasn't a good enough electrical grid, et cetera, et cetera. so, you know this is a president who never likes to blame himself. or his administration for anything. so it was an unsung success because he did everything he could, but it was puerto rico's fault. and, you know, that's just the way he operates. i mean, you know, even, you know, george w. bush eventually admitted that ...