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These meetings? is that pay back for that? >> there is certainly frustration on behalf of federal officials who feel like they are doing everything they can do to help the people of san juan and all over the island and when someone say nothing is being done and you feel like you are doing everything you can do, frustration would mount. tensions and frustrations are bound to mount in any humanitarian crisis. the time for political recriminations is for the future. for right now, everybody needs to focus on getting help to the island and getting the people back on their feet in terms of food, wa...

Businesses open their doors. and president trump on the ground in texas. >> this was of epic proportions. no one has ever seen anything like this. >> the president's promise to flood victims tonight. and good evening. thanks for joining us on this tuesday. i'm tom llamas in for david, and tonight, houston is staggering under the destruction and human need. the rain from tropical storm harvey now surpassing all records. several reservoirs now breached. more neighborhoods flooded. homes with water to the roof line. a coast guard helicopter crew rescuing this woman from several feet of water....

Horizontally that have to work across boundaries to ply resources and then vertical integration from state and local responders up to the state and the federal level. it requires a lot of coordination and working to the to get it right. they don't know who evacuated and who didn't. >> what's the priority if you were in control right now? >> it's always safety of life. but once you are sure you got everybody that needs to be saved out, then what you need is access. you have to get rid of the water. debris removal paces everything, establishing electrical power and getting services back to indiv...

Broad geographic scope. a lot of towns horizontally that have to work across boundaries to apply resources to the highest need in vertical integration from the state and local responders up to the state and federal level. it requires a lot of coordination work together to get it right. they don't know who evacuated and who didn't. so the real challenge is trying to find who needs help out there and find them. >> what's the priority if you were in control right now? >> it's always safety of life. but once you are sure you got everybody that needs to be saved out, then what you need is access. y...

Must step up and be very clear about where their values lie and the things they will stand for and not stand for. >> don't you find it extraordinary that right now the moral leadership, when we point to where it's going, you're looking at bank ceos, looking at hedge fund managers, filling the gap where is the federal budget may cut programs that help some of the poorest people in this country. don't you find that stunning? just a few years ago we looked at corporate america as the bad guy. >> people are now realizing that leadership doesn't happen simply because someone tapped you on the shoul...