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Hurricane season. where the latest government death toll in puerto rico is approximately 2,975. cnn's jeff zeleny is at the white house. and jeff, the president was specifically asked what lessons the government had learned from the last hurricane season. he replied that the response to puerto rico was incredibly successful. is he not aware that the death toll in puerto rico has been updated to almost 3,000 innocent victims? >> reporter: well, jake, it's a good question. certainly, you would think he would have to be aware. but has never publicly acknowledged that. really for the last year or ...

Breaking news just in to cnn. a study commissioned by the government of puerto rico now says hurricane maria killed thousands more than the government initially said. according to analysis by the george washington university's institute of public health, the storm claimed 2,975 lives. the puerto rican government initially said the hurricane killed 64 people. cnn's layla santiago joins us now. the obvious question is how could they possibly have such a disparity between what they initially said and this extraordinary and very tragic number? >> reporter: well, the other really big question here ...

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