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Normal day here at the white house. we've had a pretty subdued president. he's had two public engagements, both on the military side. he went down and met with marines at their headquarters, the commandant's headquarters earlier today. they met with some veterans. he's, right now, i believe he's still in a meeting with some senate republicans. now, there isn't an obvious opportunity to talk to republican lawmakers coming out of that to get their sense of what his mood is. but they may be briefing, when they get down to the hill. and chris, remember, they still need to fund parts of the governm...

Controlled regions of afghanistan was eclipsed only by stupidity and evil of authorizing the murder of my infant daughter as retaliation for my repeated refusal to accept an offer that the criminal acts of the that chaqq network have made to me and stupidity and evil of the subsequent rape of my wife not as a lone action, but assisted by the captain of the guard and s supervised by the commandant. god willing this litany will be the epitaph of the haqqani network. >> that is joshua boyle. we'll probably hear more about their ordeal. they were just freed again. >> as they detail what life was l...

And could save you in out-of-pocket medical costs. call now to request your free decision guide. and learn more about the kinds of plans that will be here for you now - and down the road. i have a lifetime of experience. so i know how important that is. a disgusting and disturbing discovery at the air force academy. racial slurs written on the dorm doors of five african-american students at the academy's prep school. the school is investigating. the response, this is not who we are. >> that response came from the commandant lieutenant general jay silveria speaking to the

West in the florida keys, there's nothing heroic about sticking around. we'll do the heroic rescues, but bear in mind it is going to take us hours and hours to arrive on scene because we don't have an air base that we can operate from with hurricane irma. we had one in katrina. we had one in harvey. but our only area to operate from with helicopters is going to be by sea. >> reporter: and the commandant told me they already have 40 ships there in the gulf coast that are prepared to come in behind the storm to begin to deploy those teams to do aerial surveillance to see where search and rescue ...

Going from bottom to top. so it's going to be very difficult to have those areas that are unaffected where folks can come from and work their way to be able to help others, and it's going to take a lot longer to get there meaning folks that have not evacuated could be on their own for at least a couple of days. >> as soon as that storm clears and that we can find a base that we can operate from or we can find fuel, we will be there. we're going to have to wait to see what that impact is. rest assured, as soon as irma a makes impact, we will come in behind with c-130 aircraft, we'll work work w...