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Fundamental like no-brainer communeses issues. >> well, you say that, and donna, that ties into what donald trump does think of his supporters. the infamous fifth avenue line is an insult to supporters because who would want to be a member of a club that was so cultish it would support murder on fifth avenue? take a look. >> i could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay? it's like incredible. >> but donna, the independents chart we're putting up in the context of all these woes says the opposite. those are people who were more with him, and...

Before the storm, and when the storm hit, that took it out entirely. the job that fema and law enforcement and everybody did working along with the governor in puerto rico, i think, was tremendous. i think the puerto rico was an incredible unsung success. >> aaron blake, 2,975 people lost their lives in that hurricane and the lasting image of this president was one of him throwing rolls of bounty paper towel at the victims. >> i think going back to that time, there's actually one other moment that i think is key here. it's when he was at that press conference with the governor of puerto rico, ...

Dramatic rise in the death toll. why? >> it is a central question in a host of questions, jon. the government was trying to get answers to all of these questions when they commissioned george washington university to do this study, and what they found is startling. let's break it down. the government now recognizes that 2,975 people died in this storm. 46 times higher than the initial death toll of 64. and this report analyzed deaths in puerto rico from when hurricane maria hit, in september of 2017, through february 2018. that's five months after the storm. researchers cite two major reasons ...

All he has to say is i'm sorry, that 2,975 of you died. that's all he had to say. he's incapable of doing that. anything that comes out of the president's mouth that does not begin with "i am sorry" those people died, even as a simple act of being in tune with what we're feeling, is totally neglectful and totally off the grid. the man does not have a clue. >> nearly one year after hurricane maria hit puerto rico, we have found out that the death toll from the storm and its aftermath was much higher than official reports. according to a new study an estimated 2,975, americans were

Rico from last year's hurricane maria has drastically increased from 64 to roughly 3,000. the number was revised after a study by george washington university. reporter: 2,975, that is now the official death toll caused by hurricane maria in puerto rico. it's 46 times higher than the initial government death tally of 64. the estimated number comes from george washington university researchers who study deaths on the island from september 2017 when hurricane maria made landfall up until five months after the storm in february 2018. the report found that the death rate was 45% higher for those l...