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Billions of dollars to help rebuild puerto rico. if a person died for any reason like old age, add them on to that list. we should explain that number came out after researchers, not politicians, researchers, looked at the puerto rican population before and after the storm. using historical models, they accounted for people that died of natural causes and for people that flood the island. that left them with an estimated 2,975 deaths that researchers now believe could have been linked to the storm. by the way, the report, as i mentioned, was not the work of democrats. it was conducted by peopl...

Numbers like 3,000. this was done by the democrats in order to make me look as bad as possible when i was successfully raising billions of dollars to help rebuild puerto rico. if a person died for any reason like old age, just add them on to the list. bad politics. i love puerto rico. we should note the government of puerto rico initialliest mated that 64 lives were lost but officials later revised that number to 2,975 based on a george washington university study commissioned by the government. that brings us to the big question that we're asking today, why won't the president recognize the d...

He also says unappreciated is the response to hurricane maria in puerto rico. the president is insisting the federal response was great, writing that officials did, quote, an unappreciated great job in puerto rico, even though an inaxisable island with inefficient electricity and a totally incompetent mayor. >> the job that fema and law enforcement and everybody did working along with the governor in puerto rico i think was tremendous. i think that puerto rico was an incredible unsung success. >> okay. here are the facts. maria is now officially blamed for 2,975 deaths in puerto rico. those ar...

The response to hurricane maria in puerto rico, calling it one of the greatest responses that we have seen. let's talk about all of this ahead of hurricane florence. shell b good morning. good to have you both. look, the president was asked a question yesterday in the oval office. what are the less sons learned from puerto rico and the maria response that you can do better? a totally legitimate question. there are always lessons to be learned. instead, he didn't list one thing that was learned. >> right. >> he said it was so great, greater than anyone knows, and if you -- you know, he said -- ...

Rico and yesterday he called it an incredible unsung success. 2,975 people, american citizens, died. is that an unsung success? >> i think we can always do better. i think you have to look at the reality of what happened in puerto rico. it is a terrible loss to human life. nine days after the hurricane struck only 50% of the puerto ricoen national guard was on duty. they are the first responders in puerto rico to be able to distribute aid. once it gets to the airport you had destroyed infrastructure. as a guardsman, my unit went to puerto rico. >> you read the government accountability report ...