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Is obviously very difficult. and when things go poorly, he's unable to do it, and i think that's what the lesson of this maria situation really is for this white house. it is a pattern and it's not just something that is a one-off situation. >> it's clearly just to assert something the opposite of what reality is and do so shamelessly. that is what the president has done here and he does it in other circumstances. john says he doesn't want to look weak, he doesn't like to be criticized, so he'll just assert the opposite of something that's true. the president made it clear in the aftermath of ...

From all the people who are currently still in puerto rico, thousands have left. and so you've got states here that are asking for more support from the federal government because now they've got so many more people who have made the move. but puerto rico remains our responsibility. and it is a hornets nest still. >> they have had a very serious infrastructure problem before this happened, which is partly why it is so up damaged. and we're keeping an eye on the virgin islands. you over your break went to both of those places to see how the improvements are. and the virgin islands is doing a bi...

Right now. and what i've been told is it looks like at least six deaths and it may be as manyten. and as your previous person talking has said, there are a number of vehicles that are still underneath this bridge. so, we may not know for a while until they can get to them how many are actually -- been hopefully not crushed, but still in those cars. >> we can only hope, although you've seen the images, sir. and it is something else. i mean, it is not often we see a bridge completely collapse under those -- underneath. what's your -- have you heard anybody -- obviously it's very hard to know wha...

System failure. >> and we talk about the system failure, but it seems there have been a few train accidents in the headlines lately. is there something going on here with the system? or are these just random issues? or is there a real serious infrastructure problem? >> no, i don't think there's an infrastructure problem. it's just -- these are somewhat random events that just occur. some people say things come in threes, but i have seen when i was an investigator, it seemed in times that would occur. >> and they do keep up on the railroads and keep the rail lines running all the time and check...

Crossing signals and make sure those are working properly. there is a lot of things to do on those lines. that equipment is very important and very crucial. some of it is set to a certain speed. maybe if that setting is incorrect the crossings don't come down promptly. they come down a little late. that's what they will be looking at out there. they have will be looking at the same things i talked about about the visual approach and how well you could see coming into that crossing. and, of course, there will be a head end camera, outward facing camera on the locomotive that will tell us a lot ...