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This is the second time in recent weeks the president used the word "infested" in connection with a person of color. the president said four minority congresswomen should go back to the crime-invested countries they came from. the cabinet secretary said the word has nothing to do with lat tweets are putting people in a tough spot. meadows, who was close with president trump and cummings, said he doesn't believe either man is a racist. back to you. >> thanks for that, pamela. president trump signing into law a bill for the permanent extension of the 9/11 victims compensation fund. the measure...

Level instruments in and around the cook inlet and when the warning center is confident that they haven't seen any yet and haven't seen the water levels come up, it will be longer before we can cancel the warnings. >> even though it's localized and people have the warning, what do they do if you're in that area? >> there is emergency alert systems and there's a local response effort. i know there's like you mentioned they are trying to get their arms around it. i would say broadly if you're in one of those areas, get to higher ground. just kind of wait until we know there isn't this phenomenon...

To be ongoing for quite some time in to next week. historic flooding. flooding that is every bit as deadly as the mead impacts. in fact, the flooding, it's a bit of a sleeper, isn't it? you don't know when the water is sneaking up on you. and with the last thing you want to do is be caught by surprise by rising floodwaters. ed: absolutely u daniel, we want to keep the focus on storm and aftermath. american people have to have confidence in fema's leadership as you deal with the aftermath here and there has been this story out there about your boss, brock long, the fema administrator being unde...

Let's bring in jeff bennett who is standing live outside the white house. jeff, tell us what the president has been up to in the midst of this hurricane and word of this deal from manafort. >> good to see you. first a bit of news, the white house tells us the president has declared a federal emergency for north carolina and just in the last 20 minute or so fema now says that federal officials are considering a disaster declaration for south carolina, toor. n the president has been getting regular updates on the response effort, but he's been out of sight for three days now with no public appea...

Less patriotic than american soldiers are a dismal case in point. so he is saying that, you know, supporting our soldiers is actually something that they're using to get funding. >> i don't know what planet this particular individual lives, heather. i have got to tell you i don't think it's a mainstream view. thank god for that if you want to go ride around the world and have a look what would happen if there was no united states military, north korea would invade south korea, taiwan would be overrun by china. islamic terrorists would act with complete impunity. tie rants in north africa would...