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Record 30inches of rainfall. More than 32,000 people are still without power at this hour. Retired u. S. Army lieutenant general Russell Honore is joining us. Let me get your assessment as someone who knows what an operation like this looks like. The damage youre sering right now. What do you make of the damage were seeing across the south . Well i think you clarified that it was a storm that attacked florida, and made its way through georgia, tennessee to new mexico. It dropped an awful lot of water. Not measured in inches but foot. It overmatched the terrain and when you drop water in those ...

We start this hour with some breaking news. The death toll from hurricane helene has now risen to 89. 30 of those deaths were in north carolina which has seen a record 30inches of rainfall. Nearly 2 million people are without power. And joining general honore. Good to have you on the show. Let me get your assessment from someone like you who knows the damage you're seeing right now. What do you make of the damage we're seeing across the south. Well i think you clarified the point. This was amongst the storm that attacked florida. Made its way through georgia and into north carolina and tenness...

Trump makes. the question i have is whether this is actually what he wants as a policy outcome or a more convenient political whipping boy issue for him now. >> it's interesting, today he now demands 4% gdp, all countries should pay 4% into defense standing. as it stands, only five of the countries are meeting the 2% goal. what do you make of the new demand? >> first of all i would say it is not a serious policy demand. that is not the way that the u.s. government works on policy. the president had his two top advisers for this summit and the upcoming putin summit give an on the record briefin...

The founders of the country do not want the present with government payoffs in the intervention of foreign governments. what do we do? >> the emolument clause, the department of justice has long-standing rules about standing and raised the defense standing against congress, private parties, groups, and it is pretty well established law. i had to get your information. >> can you clarify that? as attorney general, you would be a defender of the voting rights of the people. americans face a number of voting right crisis is. puerto rico and other territories. 650,000 people in washington, d.c., wh...

>> the washington post says something very similar. the washington post says it's withholding the details, including the name of the city at the urging of the cities -- >> we did the same. >> doing so would hamper the intelligence committees. we're getting this statement from the house speaker paul ryan, quote, we have no way to know what was said but protect tekting our nation's secret is paramount. the speaker is hoping for a full explanation from the administration. >> this is going to show you this is going to have ramifications politically beyond the national security realm as well. nowhe...