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To put pressure? >> well, it's mostly to put pressure. fema and the department of defense actually has a lot of authority right now. the problem is the trump administration just dropped the ball 100%. they did not properly plan for what was going to happen after the hurricane. and every excuse i've heard so far has been nothing short of really almost criminal. i was on the phone with north com not too long ago, and they described to me the assets they had en route to puerto rico. and it was, you know, such a small amount for the type of work that they needed. i asked them about water filtratio...

States have volunteered to go down and drive the goods out there. and what you're seeing right now is just utter incompetence by the trump administration, and it's going to affect 3.5 million americans' lives and potentially cause a humanitarian crisis that was created by essentially american inaction and lack of leadership from this administration. >> so what do you say to that when you're talking to officials and they describe to you what they're sending, or they say this or that has not been requested, but so obviously that is a need? i mean what do you say to them? >> so i mean exactly wha...

They're going to open the barn door and send everything that's required, but we have lost in the meantime about five days of response that we should have had the first team. fema is a great organization, and i'm not getting into the patting on the back. they got there early. the problem is they were running tasking through north com for so many mres and so many aircraft. that mission should have been given to the department of defense. that is the plan we had for going to puerto rico and virgin islands when i was the first army commander. along the way, something changed. the national guard wa...

I'm not pleased with what happened and i'm not pleased with what's happened to people's homes and their families and lives. but as far as the response and people moving in, i think it is great. we did use north com during hurricane katrina. but it was not a mass amount of helicopter flying everywhere. it was transporting people from hospital to hospital. so it's a different scenario than what i think he is seeing and again i'm very respectful for him. he's been a good friend, but i think we're doing very well considering the enormity of this event. >> all right. well, i appreciate your time. t...

Seamlessly as we have worked every single day to keep our state and our citizens safe. i'm proud that we have with us today the leader of this effort, general robinson, who is the commander of north com and i would like to ask her to come up and say a few words. >> sir, thank you very much. >> sure. >> thank you very much. governor, i can't tell you how excited i am to be here and how proud and honored that you would have me be here with you. you know, on behalf of secretary mattis, chairman dun ford and all the men and women in our active duty armed forces, i would like to offer our heartfelt...