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Go on tv and talk about illinois's debt problems? >> i think probably not so much. >> dhs has been headed up by elaine duke up until now. what else does kirstjen nielsen have to confront, specifically borders? >> that's a huge issue. you heard john kelly talk about border security and push democrats -- >> he dodged that question. the president said democrats don't care about security and that's why they don't want stronger borders. >> he went back to obama and hillary clinton voting on borders. i think the good thing she brings to the job is she's close to john kelly and that gives him

His response. he will travel there as well as to the u.s. virgin islands. he insists he was not distracted by his feud with the nfl. joe johns has more. what's the latest, joe? >> alyson, to hear the administration tell it, the response and recovery in puerto rico has been going very well despite some of the circumstances on the ground on the island which would appear otherwise. so much so that after several days of slamming the nfl and its players on twitter, the president appeared to get extraordinarily engaged on the issue. he did, among other things, announce that he is headed to puerto ri...

The largest municipal bankruptcy in history. is there a fix from washington for what will be a very big problem? >> there may be a fix, but i think it's going to take an awful lock long time. interesting that trump and the ve very address illinois went to texas and florida, two state the that voted for him and in puerto rico, a state where he's not popular, yesterday he finally kmeptded on it to lecture them about their debt problems. >> he has been awfully busy, though, talking about alabama, tweeting about alabama, spending time in alabama. that is today. the is it his candidate, or does moo...

>> very much. >> bill weir, cnn, puerto rico. >> it's so helpful to have bill weir there and our producer there translating, and she's puerto rican, and bill, he's giving us a glimpse into a desperate situation. that's one small sample of people about to run out of medication. >> the reason we will keep telling you the stories, and i know there could be a sameness to it, and you are, like, we get it, we get it. you don't get it. you couldn't be in that situation for a week. they will be living like that for months and months. it's going to move your pocket book because we have to have the fede...

Duke. that last comment about the president's, you know, the president has been tweeting for the last few days about the debt problems that puerto rico was in and the infrastructure problems they had before hurricane irma hit. elaine duke saying we will deal with that later. right now they need some help. breaking news out of saudi arabia. the king has announced an end to its long standing ban against women driving. women in the kingdom have been protesting the ban by posting videos and pictures of them driving. a dangerous thing. the decree won't immediately go into effect. the kingdom says...