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Class if the tax cut saves the president more than $1 billion? and eight men out the charter plane scandal forces tom price to pack his bags. are more departures on the way. but we begin in puerto rico, new reaction after president trump attacked the mayor of san juan and other officials in puerto rico in a series of tweets this morning. in one tweet the president accused the mayor of partisan politics after she criticized the administration's response to hurricane maria. this morning the mayor had this to say. >> i am not going to be distracted by small comments, by politics, by petty iss...

You know, you see all the action in san juan. you see everybody, you see fema, you see everybody. but then she says, every day when i drive to the center of the island, i just don't see any action in the center of the island. and i had a mayor from a town, the stories that you hear are unbelievable, what congressman gutierrez was saying is true. he was telling me about old people who are living alone in their homes. but because there have been some problems with some roads, they knew they were there, they couldn't get to them. he had to give one of the generators of his emergency operating cen...

>> i could say this to you with a smile. i am not going to be distracted by small comments by politics, by petty issues. this is one goal and it is to save lives. that is all that matters. >> so we have retired lieutenant general russell honor e and he led the relief efforts after hurricane indicate decimated new orleans and he had this to say about the tweets. >> the mayor is living on a cot and i have the president have a good day y'all. >> a good day because the president is spending the day in bedminster. this is where the president has his private club in new jersey and the official sched...

I mean, like i say, i'm here in the united states and i think of all these things, and i'm sure some of these things are being done. it's slow to come by, but again, you know, i think just a lot of the responsibility in this humanitarian effort has to be delegated. politics does not have a place for this. you know, because no matter what political affiliation you have, you're affected. you're affected. and your people are dying, your grandparents are dying, and your neighbors are dying. and it's like four people having to share one bottle of water. one bottle of water for people in a day. you ...

When this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night, so he got home safe. yeah, my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. what?! you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. so, again, and i can say this to you with a smile, i am not going to be distracted by small comments, by politics, by petty issues. this is one goal and it is to save lives. that's all that matters. >> in the aftermath of hurricane maria, mayor carmen cruz of san juan, puerto rico, has been speaking out, begging for help for the residents of her city, who of course are ame...