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There are 30,000 homes that have blue tarps on them. they have people losing power today for no good reason. thank god dorian wasn't anything meaningful to them, not yet anyway. we'll see what happens on the back end of the storm. why does he talk about a place that's part of this country that way? why would he talk about swapping it for greenland? why? >> because there are corrupt politicians there. that's who he's targeting. notice in husband tweet he doesn't talk about the people of pouerto rico. he talks about the politicians. >> since when is corruption something he goes after hard and he...

The first time, hearing them tell me they're okay. that's the relief i found in this small town, but it's far from the relief needed on this island. >> i want to bring in leyla santiago in san juan, pouerto rico. >> how is your family holding up? >> i haven't been able to communicate with them since i left that part. communication still very much an issue. the island only has, as you mentioned, 30% of the communication infrastructure restored. so still just a challenge to reach family members. and i left, that was it. haven't been able to call them, cannot reach them still to this point. but i...

Has in front of him this afternoon, where he is going to be on the phone with a number of people from the region hardest hit to get an update on the federal response and what more the u.s. government can do. the let's take a look at the president's busy 2:00 hour. at 2:00, he's expected to speak with the fema administrator. then at 2:15 a conversation with the governor of pouerto rico. cnn asked him this morning about the president's tweets regarding the work of the people in puerto rico so it will be interesting to see if that comes up in the conversation. then he'll talk with the resident co...

Question i have for you is, does every president do something like this? i mean, the president was ready, you know, for the question of why are you doing this. in fact, he read a list of controversial pardons by other presidents. here's president trump. >> president clinton pardoned susan rosenberg, a bank robbery that led to a guard and two police officers being killed. president obama commuted the sentence of a person charged as part of a violent independent group from pouerto rico responsible for 28 chicago area bombings and many deaths. >> how does arpaio compare, doug? >> well, look, it's...

>> yeah. you know, i didn't have time to get that together. i was busy. it's going to be all kanye for me today. we had to use the clean version obviously because this is a family show. welcome, everybody. our panelist this morning. mark lamont hill is back, professor at columbia university. and livingston is back as well. conservative commentator and the daughter of governor -- oh, my gosh, the long island just came out here. the daughter of governor huntsman. you are on long high eye laisla. and will cain is here. "starting point" this morning is details about this u.s. army soldie...