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Sorry. that 20,975 of you died. -- that 2,975 of you died. that is all he had to say, he is incapable of doing that. anything that comes out of the president's mouth that doesn't begin with i'm sorry that those people died, even as a simple act of being in tune with what we are feeling, is totally neglectful, off the grid, i mean, the man does not have a clue. >> that is the broadcast for tonight, thank you for being with us and goodnight from nbc headquarters in new york.

Exactly as the number of americans who were killed in the 9/11 attacks in 2001. and ultimately, hundreds more people than were killed in hurricane katrina. the death toll of hurricane katrina is approximately 1,800 people. again, this number today from george washington university is 2,975. the governor in puerto rico tonight has ordered the official death toll in puerto rico from the storm to be raised to match the numbers in this new study. no word yet from the white house. we'll be right back. liberty mutual accident forgiveness means they won't hike your rates over one mistake.

Discrepancy in these totals. >> reporter: hi there, chris, good morning. yes, this report collisioned by the puerto rican government. but it's an independent study from george washington university estimates that between september and february of last year, there were an estimated 2,975 deaths here in puerto rico in hurricane maria's aftermath. that is dramatically higher than the government's previous count of just 64. why the discrepancy? for such a long time now there has been question about how the puerto rican government was classifying these deaths. we heard from the governor they had to...

Clue. >> joining us now, jason johnson, politics editor at the root.com, and david corn is back with us. and jason johnson, we saw it with john mccain, and now we've seen it with 2,975 people as the mayor put it. he cannot even say "i'm sorry." >> when you have to be shamed into lowering and then raising the flag for a veteran and a noble member of the u.s. senate, it's indicative of how this white house operates. but lawrence, the part that has always gotten me about trump and his refusal to just show common courtesy and decency toward human beings is the fact that no one around him seems emb...

Island without power for months. with us now from san juan, puerto rico nbc news correspondent. can you tell us more? >> reporter: we are here outside of puerto rico's main morgue. the government had brought in refrigerated trailers here months ago to hold dozens of unclaimed bodies. this study from george washington university basically confirmed what many people here in puerto rico had known for a very long time that the government count of just 64 dead from this hurricane just wasn't enough. instead now governor just upd e updated the figure following the release of the report to 2,975 esti...