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Become process blind, and sometimes it takes a journalist covering it as a local story to say, wait a minute, there is no briefing at this briefing. >> a thousand percent. it's always interesting when you see local reporters sort of witnessing the president in the flesh for the first time and reacting to this. these are people who have spent a few days on the ground talking to people whose homes have been destroyed, will be spending the next weeks and months putting the pieces back together. as he walked through these communities today, it's important to note that these are both states that vo...

>> the job you've done has been incredible. incredible. they're talking about it all over the world. some of the flooding is actually epic. hard to believe. and we've seen all the pictures where houses are literally covered beyond the roof. you don't even know there is a house there and one of those things. we've done a real job and we have to continue to do that real job because another phase is coming in right now and we're going to meet that phase just like we met phase 1. >> here to talk about all of it, a woman who covers all of it for a living. jill coven, reporter for the associated pre...

We've done a real job and we have to continue to do that real job because another phase is coming in right now and we're going to meet that phase just like we met phase 1. >> here to talk about all of it, a woman who covers all of it for a living. jill coven, reporter for the associated press. jill, a lot to get to here. number one, he had a job today. he is -- it's been said by others he is empathy challenged in this role. his job was to console. he does love his black disaster raincoat. it was hot in the sun there today. he never takes off his black disaster raincoat while walking or sitting...

Disaster raincoat while walking or sitting on location. did he hit the targets today he set out to hit? >> as you mentioned, this is a president who often has had trouble in these moments where it is his job to rally the nation, show compassion to bring people together. the president has been criticized for failing to rise to that occasion. this is a president who tends to make things all about himself. he spends a lot of time congratulating the federal response, congratulating first responders, praising them and a lot less time actually talking to people, addressing them, acknowledging the pa...

To people whose homes have been destroyed, will be spending the next weeks and months putting the pieces back together. as he walked through these communities today, it's important to note that these are both states that voted for the president. these are very red communities. he was greeted with signs welcoming him there, applause. these are people he has some kind of connection to other than just what they're dealing with. >> after the day he spent in his black disaster raincoat, jill coven, thank you very much for coming on. north and south korea say they're on a path to achieve denuclear...