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Thank you so much. president trump's emergency declaration for puerto rico came after a push from florida senators marco rubio and rick scott. also after president trump vented about the storm. quote, wow, yet another big storm heading to puerto rico. will it ever end? congress approved $92 billion for puerto rico last year, an all-time record of its kind for anywhere. as we've said before, those numbers are misleading. more than half of the money is based on white house estimates of potential costs over the next 20 years. dorian is still growing, look at the flooding in martinique to sout...

Not how a president behaves. this is not how a human behaves in the face of adversity. the american people, once again they have stepped up to the plate. >> let me ask you because you brought up the president and people should know, you have a past with him. you've been critical. you called him vindictive before and now and you referred to hurricane maria as trump's katrina. reaction to the death toll, you said his administration quote killed the puerto ricans with neglect so what is your exact reaction to his latest tweet where he keeps on saying $92 million -- $92 billion has been appropriat...

Not like last year, that includes from the incompetent mayor of san juan. later adding, puerto rico is one of the most corrupt places on earth. their political system is broken and their politicians are either incompetent, or corrupt. congress approved billions of dollars last time, more than any place else has ever gotten. and it is sent to crooked politicians. no good. and by the way, i'm the best thing that's ever happened to puerto rico. the president once again, alluding to the false claim that puerto rico received $92 billion in disaster relief following hurricane maria in 2017. in reali...

Congress approved $92 billion for puerto rico lester, he fired back, congress has approved september. opposition lawmakers contend johnson wants to limit the 40,000,000,014,000,000,000 had ability of parliament to come up been dispersed, to which with legislation to block an president trump replied puerto rico is one of the most exit from the e.u. corrupt places on earth adding by the way, i'm the best thing that's ever happened to without a formal agreement. up next, the crowded puerto rico. in truth, congress approved presidential field gets narrower, loses one competitor. we will explain. $...

>> 91 billion. it's the largest amount of money ever given for hurricane to a state, to any element, and that's the way it is. they haven't gotten the money, all of it, but they've gotten a lot of it. and that $92 billion is in the hands of incompetent people and very corrupt people. >> the president continues to spread lies because the truth really does not suit him. it is close to 42 billion. and still things have not worked appropriately. >> bret: hurricane dorian skirts puerto rico on its way to the southeastern united states there is a back-and-forth politically as democrats say there's f...