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African countries where this variant emerged. >> the reason for the travel ban, there's a significant number of cases unlike any other country in the world. we needed time to give people an opportunity to say get the vaccination now before it heads -- it will move around the world. >> martha: so joe biden had a different take on that when president trump did a similar thing. we'll talk about this with karl rove who is starting by on that part of the story. but for, a senior scholar from the hopkins university. he's focused on preparedness and infectious disease. great to have you back with us ...

Attack the people of puerto rico. it's like nothing i've ever seen. >> yeah. you've been there, joe. spare a thought for people in puerto rico yesterday. the island was mostly spared the brunt of the storm but wasn't able to shake the president's twitter feed. when it was still unclear how hard this storm would actually hit the island, donald trump continued his attack tweeting we are tracking tropical storm dorian as it heads, as usual, to puerto rico. fema and all others are ready and will do a great job. when they do, let them know it and give them a big thank you, not like last time. that ...

Dealing with the after effects of dorian. alex? >> omar jimenez, on the eastern side of puerto rico. we hope you and your team will stay safe as well. thank you very much. puerto rico say u.s. territory. its citizens are american citizens. yet this is what they're hearing from their president as they brace for this storm to hit. we are tracking closely tropical storm dorian, the president wrote on twitter, as it heads, as usual, to puerto rico. fema and all others are ready and will do a great job. when they do, let them know it and give them a big thank you. not like last time. that includes...

Why? >> reporter: we're seeing the president already teeing off on puerto rico. as this island prepares for this potential hurricane to come its way, the president is teeing off. he tweeted earlier this morning, we're tracking closely tropical storm dorian as it heads, as usual, to puerto rico. he says fema and all others are ready and will do a great job. when they do, let them know it and give them a big thank you, not like last time. that includes from the incompetent mayor of san juan. and the president appears to be tweeting at the mayor of san juan, who has been critical of the president...

Point, a dynamic we've not seen obviously, we'll be here to watch it for you. >> we sure will. that's a really important way to face-to-face. put it, how far away the steering currents are, all the arlette, thank you. way in california. there's so much time and sun min kim, katherine lucy of the wall street journal and unpredictability. thank you for that, chad. puerto rico is very much on the president's mind this morning. npr's franco ordonez. he is tweeting, in part, we are thank you, one and all, for tracking closely tropical storm coming. we heard from arlette of all the dorian, as it hea...