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Puerto rico faster by waving restrictions and an obscure law about foreign cargo ships. >> it was a charge the accusation of being slow to react to hurricane. with those charges being leveled at the trump administration, the white house came out swinging. the white house pushback against criticism that its response to hurricane maria has been, as one democratic member of congress put it, ineffective and inexcusably slow. tom bossert saying some news reports are lagging behind. >> a lot of the reporting is understandably not wrong but dated. >> officials insist response efforts are moving as qu...

Three days of supplies ready to go. it's greater than that it's the finances and ability to overcome emergencies. we have to hit the reset button starting at a young age and filtering up. >> one last question. >> [question inaudible] >> puerto rico was hurt before the disaster hit. the president has provided for 100% reimbursement of all the major response efforts by the federal government for the first 180 days that will get us to a point that we can reassess. thank you all. >> thank you, folks. >> shepard: so puerto rico needs a lot of help and a lot of time

Being ready. it is a not just saying, hey, have three days worth of supplies ready to go. it's greater than that. it's also having the finances and the savings to be able to overcome simple emergencies. we have to hit the reset button and create a true culture of preparedness starting at a young age and filtering up. >> one last question. >> [ inaudible ]. how is that weighing into? >> puerto rico was in debt before the disaster hit. i think as the administration said earlier, the president has provided for 100% reimburse men of all the major response efforts by the federal government for the ...

Being ready. it is not just saying, hey, have three days of supplies ready to go. it is having the finances and the savings to overcome simple emergencies. we have to hit the reset button and create a true culture of preparedness starting at a young age and filtering all the way up. >> one last question. [ inaudible ]. >> puerto rico was in debt before the disaster hit. i think as the administrator said earlier, the president has provided for one hundred% reimbursement of all the major response efforts by the federal government for the first 180 days. that will get us to a point we can reasses...

We just saw marine one pull in right behind it. again, president trump getting ready to get back to washington, d.c. just a few moments ago, the presen president, the first lady, all of them wrapping up that trip to southwest florida. there's a look at marine one right there. they were all of course down in florida for a firsthand look at hurricane damage north of the state's hardest hit areas. the president met with the u.s. coast guard, fema officials, first responders as well as residents who were impacted by irma. morgan radford is also in naple, florida. she was there with the president a...