appreciate it. >> thank you. >> let's -- is fema ready for this hurricane season? >> we will know more once it starts hitting. they have talked about some thing that they are doing to prepare in puerto rico specifically. so they have hired hundreds of additional local staff to help with the recovery effort. they prepositioned a lot of additional materials. the key question in my mind is -- has not just fema, but has the white house as well internalized some of the lessons of last year's failings? on that i have real questions. >> what in your view are those questions? what i heard the president saying there is he thinks of the should be more focused on local resources when of course fema's posture has been the opposite. >> fema has supported the state and local authorities and they should lead with them. that works well in texas or florida when you have a capable level of state authority. puerto rico has a weaker disaster management authority. they have been working with them trying to build them up. when you have something as big as what happens in puerto rico, fe

program runs out, according to fema, june 30. but, in fact, the law is on the books that fema could activate that program, just like they did after hurricane katrina for the poor people in new orleans that had to evacuate from their homes. in that case, most of them evacuated to a different state, a lot of them having gone to houston, texas texas. and if pentagon president hears e-- and if the president hears emotion in this senator's voice, up deed it is there. i will address the remarks later, so my second unanimous consent request involves a matter of medicaid assistance and housing assistance to families affected by a major disaster. so, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the finance committee, of which this senator is a part of, be discharged from further consideration of s. 2066, a bill to provide housing and medicaid assistance to families affected by a major disaster; that the senate proceed to its immediate consideration; and that the the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no

i had expertise in relation with fema because the fema relationship was primarily the state local government. while i was governor of arizona we had floats, major forest fires. i had all of those capabilities coming into the job. what i didn't have was the international relations experience. i took that on and learn to live very rapidly. >> what you wish you could have gotten done? >> i wish we could've gotten technology so the people could bring liquids and keep their shoes on when the board a plane. but technology wasn't there. that's why we have the airport security measures we do. i wish were able to persuade congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform. sin issue tearing our country apart. there is a broad common sense middle ground that i believe there's a majority acceptance and recognition. we have something through the senate and the house of representatives wouldn't take it out. >> host: did your date star everyday at dhs with a threat assessment? >> guest: it started with the president's daily brief. the president gets a daily brief prepared overnight were all the various th

weeks first lady melania trump made ay pubcrae itting nt to the president at a news conference with fema, a bidsy dusy day in washington. >> reporter: president trump marking the first full week of hurricane season with a visit to fema, routine trip taking on new meaning after last year's devastating storm from texas to puerto rico. >> we were hit hard but you've done a fanicb. >> reporteut on capitol hill some say absolutely not. >> this is not the time for self-congratulations or victory laps. >> reporter: instead a somber reminder of the more than 4,000 believed dead in puerto rico after hurricane maria. today the mayor of san juan as if she still has confidence in fema. >> no, not at all. >> reporter: joining the president, first lady melania trump, herlic appearancen after undergoing kidney surgery according to the white hoe. >> she's doing great. she went through a little rough patch, but she's doing great. >>ter: trede down-playiis wife's absence while blaming the media for rumors in her time out of the public eye. >> people in our country love you. >> reporter: earlier president

fema flood insurance premiums. and many won't be in the flood zone at all. i have already shown that my district comes first. i voted against the tax bill because it was harmful for the people i represent. i want my people do have the same tax cuts as the rest of america. i don't want it on the back of my people. i don't want tax cuts on the people of arizona on the backs of people in brooklyn. that is why i had to vote no. we lost the most important deduction to my community that has been used since 1913, the state and local tax deduction. we negotiated. it was eliminated totally. we got a $10,000 cap put in the bill but it was not enough. -- for the people i represent. and i've already shown that i spoke to the president about it and told him why i had to. he understands. i tell people, i spoke with the president 90% of the time. i vote with the people i represent 100% of the time. michael: the seawall is not on time, it has artie been delayed. that is first and foremost. i will work with any member of congress a

so will fema be ready for a faster response if a hurricane hits?ely, there's no doubt, no doubt. >> reporter: but for those here, taking matters into their own hands. >> got it! >> reporter: any sign of recovery is a victory. you get a little emotional about it. >> oh, yeah. do you know how long the lights in my house? nine months. nine months. >> reporter: and now another hurricane could be around the corner for the next season. >> yes. i guess i got to do it again. by hand again. with the people. >> reporter: the hope here is that power returns before the next storm. and when press secretary sarah sanders was asked about the disparity in death toll numbers, her response was it was fema's largest response ever to a natural disaster in the wake of hurricane maria. does that ring true to you, given what you saw on the ground after the hurricane, given how much time you spent there? >> right, listen, fema is committing $2.4 billion in assistance to puerto rico, but the biggest problem is that right now even if they pump in more money, this is an isla

lindsay says -- fema funds were abused.me a disaster happens, the corrupt government feels their pockets. do you see evidence of abuse of fema funds? guest: it is hard to tell as of yet. we have seen one of the biggest things we saw early on was the award of a contract to rebuild puerto rico's electrical grid to a two-person company in montana closely connected to interior secretary ryan zinke. that caused national outreach that a two-person company with no experience, prior experience successfully building an electrical grid, was awarded a huge contract. host: but they are no longer the contractor. guest: there no longer the contractor but that sits back the rebuilding of over one month, which is precious time. we only have six months to eight months in between hurricane seasons to make sure you are prepared again in case of another big storm. puerto rico especially. we will keep seeing more reporting on the funds given, on the fema grants, but as of now, that was the biggest. host: back to calls, from addison in new york.

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she sat quietly, nodded along as listened as the president spoke to member of h cabinet at that femafrom her personally. i did see her later, though, in a room in fema when the president and first lady and vice president mike pence came down to thank fema workers, she did sort of work the room, shake hands, make eye contact, stuff that she's done before at public events. it's not unusual for her not to necessarily speak. we've seen her at these hurricane recovery briefings last year after the hurricanes sitting mostly quietly by the president's side as a briefing is received. so not unusual but have i to say she looked well and seemed very much like her old self. there was no resort of outward appearance that she'd been ill or anything like that. >> of course we wish her well. you know, 26 days, why do you think she selected this particular event to be out there? >> reporter: well, i think the hurricane season last year really affected the first lady as it did most of the country. she was with the president in florida, in texas and in puerto rico. she returned to texas on her own to

when you hear the president praising response from fema.oning this survey which says the death could be 4600 as opposed to the official death toll of 56 people. >> the trump administration has shown terrible neglect towards the people of puerto rico. the president given himself a ten out of a ten. so neglect, inefficiency and bureaucracy really deepened the humanitarian crisis brought upon by the climate situation. >> according to this survey, many of the deaths that occurred, the official toll is 60 to 65 people. according to this harvard study, they are estimating 4600. that is an extraordinary difference, and they say one-third of these deaths occurred after the storm because of the lack of electricity. >> the lack of good and robust supply chain of aid. and the other thing was the silence and complacency of the local government of puerto rico. after the harvard study came out last wednesday, on friday the death toll was set to 1,297 which was 20 times more than what they had said. >> according to the harvard researchers and others that

the obligations we come into the fuel use of a ship for an extended period of time whether or not fema was go into the ship or not or feel that with relief workers that wasn't part of our obligation this time around with the new hurricane season approaching fema may now be more prepared for the storms the troublous puerto rico's not. and she said she reported what we did ask for comments from the us federal emergency management agency and they said they would get back to assess a singer as they could. our british clergyman has been cleared of paying islamic state to release sex slaves after a two year investigation and three white denies paying isaw saying he helped release several women using connections he made while serving as a church vicar in iraq the clergyman has reportedly played a role in the release of at least six women well earlier we spoke to mr white who told us that the police refused to believe him out job to ensure that terrorism issues were known by giving terrorists in mali you actually perpetrate you not stopping it the problem was they didn't realize that all i kne

anyway they're meeting to talk about how to better prepare fema for any unfortunate disasters. certainly had a hard hurricane season last time around. anyway, joining me on set, fox news contributor, former reagan campaign direc ed rollins. we were having a very interesting discussion, ed and myself, about his reagan days. anyway, back to the president for a moment, using your fantastic knowledge of the past, what's the opportunity from a historic perspective here, upcoming, next week, shall we say in north korea? >> very aggressive agenda. he has the g7, which obviously he is going in there as unpopular american president, because he is basically putting some restraints and he is not going on leading. i think it is very important for him to basically stand his ground there. he is sitting down with no other american president has sat down, trying to get something very significave some good monuntal.k t could be like having a bad neighbor who keeps throwing beer cans in your backyard, breaking your windows, you're saying if you don't stop that, i will burn your house down. if yo

born to move. >>> president trump, first lady and members of his cabinet showed up at meeting of femaive a briefing on this year's hurricane season that began on friday. this was the first lady's public appearance in 26 days. the president had nothing but praise of course for fema an the job it did during the last hurricane season. >> in the wake of such tragedy we also witnessed the resilience of the american people and the professional, talent and devotion ofhe men and women of fema. >> great group.ht? >> that's a great group of people. administrator, i want to thank you in particular of the incredible job and and the unbelievable teams of men and women you led to take care of these problems. >> the president made no mention of the reported death toll in puerto rico. researchers from estimate some 4,600 people may have perished from the hurricane. mayor, when you hear the president praising fema and praising his administration's response to hurricane maria and not mentioning at all this new survey which says that the death toll could be 4,600 people as opposed to the official death

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fema is ending the program that provided temporary housing for those surviigrs. now theuestion for so many of them is, what's nbc's maya rodriguez reports. >> reporter: when hurrica maria slammed into puerto rico nine months ago -- its 155-mile-per-hour winds ripped through homes and lives. david o'meara and his families are smfr the thousands of puerto ricans left with nothing, who fled to the u.s. mainland after the storm. theyound a temporary home at a motel in suburban orlando, fady for fema. >> i don't have family in the states. it's very hard. >> reporter: but the program that helped david and nearly 25,000 other survivors of hurricanes maria, irma, and harvey, ends today. in a statement, fema said the program was, ote, a temporary solution that bridges survivors into more permanent options. peanent options, tough to find in florida's tight rental market. after multiple extensions, hurricane maria survivors he two options. find their own place to live or receive a one-way plane ticket back to puerto rico. >> this is one of the storage rooms for our food pan

we are now working with the city of new york to fight fema on the flood maps. we don't think they're accurate in premiums are based on inaccurate flood maps. there may be people pay for flood insurance. we have to redo the maps, complete the seawall and the people of staten island would be much better off after that. >> i'm proud again to say that we got at seawall thanks to a bill i was able to write. almost $60 billion. >> my opponent says the flood insurance reform bill that i worked on with maxine waters in many other members of congress didn't do a enough job. but he hasn't put in his own bill to make it better. i'm not saying it's perfect. we had a lot of opposition to the bill. we take on the majority leader, the chairman in charge who had jurisdiction. we can only get through what were able to get through. the last three years that ould've been amended or redone to make it better. if we have a congressman who was weeping in the office, we would have gotten that done. >> under the white house proposed budget people would be allowed to discontinue coverag

fema's not going to pay for their hotel rooms anymore.eholds, 400 of them puerto ricans now living in florida the rest are in texas, survivors of hurricane harvey. dozens of activists protested wednesday calling on republican florida governor rick scott to get fema to extend the housing benefits. for the past nine months, since the hurricanes raked the island, fema has been paying for the survivors hotels. to date it spent more than 400 million dollars on shelter assistance. florida's democratic senator bill nelson in calling for a fema extension compared the situation to post katrina. >> use existing law, activate it it. you did it for new orleans. why not now for puerto rico. >> there is a significant political aspect to this story as well. both nelson and scott are heavily courting florida's puerto rican vote with scott including them during his campaign kick off to replace three term nelson. nearly 200,000 puerto ricans have moved to florida since maria and they can vote. governor scott released this statement, quote, florida does not

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workers that wasn't bhagavan obligation this time around with the new hurricane season approaching fema may now be more prepared for the storms the troublous puerto rico's not. we asked the u.s. federal emergency management agency to comment on the issue they said that they despond the soon as they could. with the month long festival of football that is the world cup within touching distance now the teams have been slowly making their way to russia on thursday spain landed in the southern city of krasnodar where its base camp is situated currently heading from the airport and the team's fans are eager to see the stars they gathered outside the crowds in advance stadium. for one of the great rivals has already had the opportunity to rest and begin preparations around down in moscow on tuesday and have already had a chance to train the russian soil play their opening game against morocco on the second hour of the world cup in nizhny novgorod. meanwhile football fans already busy guessing who's likely to make it through the group stages as indeed is r.t. host and will famous manager josie

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workers that wasn't bhagavan obligation this time around with the new hurricane season approaching fema may now be more prepared for the storms the troublous puerto rico's not. we asked the u.s. federal emergency management agency to comment on the issue they said that they'd respond as soon as they could. wrap things up for the news hour just thirty two minutes to go about with latest updates see them. hello and welcome to worlds apart just a few here is a good day to you know if you are feeling i'm devil in the bow of the united states and reopening for business with russia it seemed like crazy talk in some corners it's still nice but it's donald trump continues to spread in europe with tariffs and secondary sanctions can lead to push and seize the moment while to discuss it i'm knowledge joined by a woman she's a former chancellor of austria and i'm former president of the european council chancellor it's a great honor talking to thank you very much for your time and now you've heard my introduction and as far fetched as it may be i feel like there is that. a bit of a competition for

melania trump will join the president at the fema briefing this hour. this will be the first time she's been seen on television 26 days. some people seem to think it's been 26 months. it's not been that long, people. >> here at the white house, things seem to be elongated in terms of time. you mark time in dog years here. every day is seven dayslo, every year is seven years long. so the first lady to be away for two weeks, feels like a long time. but she had not been seen in public until monday night, the operation on her kidney at the walter reed national military medical center. that prompted a lot of speculation but some news outlets as to what might be going on. she appeared at a gold star family's event monday and she wig fema the hurricane briefing this afternoon. the president taking a shot at the collective news media for the speculation surrounding the first lady saying the fake news media has been so unfair to my wife and our great first lady melania during her recovery from surgery. they reported everything from near death to facelift to left

president trump is set to visit fema head quarters. still have puerto rico reeling from the destruction of last year's hurricane maria. listen to this. puerto rico just agreed to release data and paperwork that may tell us more about just how many people died because of the hurricane. that's happening only half a judge demanded it. joining me now, the san juan mayor. mayor, thank you for being with us. can your me all right? >> yes, can i hear you. thank you very much. >> of course. there is a little bit of a delay. i want to make sure our audience isaware since you're in san juan. let me ask you about the reaction of the ruling. the judge is calling for outlets to release death certificates after there had to be a lawsuit to the government for that. why was this even an issue in the first place? do you agree with this judge's ruling? >> of course. i think our transparency is all about telling people the truth. the government of puerto rico has insisted that first it was 16, the death toll. then it jumped to 54. then 64. they have not

her appearance came during a fema briefing on the hurricane season to come.ing great. ktvu's lauren blanchard joins us live in washington with more on that. lauren, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, heather, frank. what the trumps learned at fema is the 2018 atlantic hurricane season is under way and the federal government says there's a chance it could be an above-average year. president trump and the first lady stopping by fema headquarters today receiving a briefing on the 2018 hurricane season. >> disaster response and recovery is best achieved when it's federally supported, state managed and locally executed. >> reporter: the 2018 atlantic hurricane season opened june 1st and runs through november 30th. the national oceanic and atmospheric administration is predicting near or above normal activity. one named storm alberto hit the gulf coast on memorial day ahead of the season's official start. >> we expect 10 to 16 named storms with top winds of at least 39 miles an hour. of those, 5 to 9 will become hurricanes with top winds of at least 74 miles

. >> reporter: fema plans to have 3,000 staff members on the island this year, compared to 46 before hurricane maria. >> yes, we're ready. we're in a much better place than we were last year. >> reporter: fema now says it has four supply warehouses like this across the island but the biggest challenge this hurricane season might not be a lack of supplies. can this electrical grid withstand another hurricane? >> i don't think so, no. i'll tell you right now, no. that is the weakest link right now. >> reporter: the power authority says 99% of homes have electricity and late today woodrow told us his lights finally came on. he doubts they will stay on when the next storm roars through. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, puerto rico. >>> still ahead, deadly uber ride. police say a driver shot and killed a passenger on a busy freeway. could your driver be armed on your next uber ride? >>> also, our time-honored tradition. a salute to the class of 2018 with words of wisdom from some very famous faces. >>> back now with that deadly ride on a highway in denver. an uber driver is behind bars, accused

we are working with the city of new york to fight the fema on the present flood maps. we don't think the flood maps are accurate. premiums are based on inaccurate flood maps, then people are paying for insurance they don't have to do. we have to redo the maps. we have to complete the seawall and people in staten island will be better. [applause] errol: mr. grimm. michael: we got that seawall thanks to a build i was -- a bill i was able to write in the aftermath of sandy. [applause] says themy opponent flood insurance reform bill i worked on with maxine waters and others did not do a good enough job, but he has not put in his own bill to make it better. i am not saying it was perfect. we had opposition. we had to take on the majority leader and the chairman in charge. we could only get through what we were able to get through. in the last three years that should have been amended or redone. i don't disagree. note had a congressman sleeping in an office, maybe we would have gotten it done. errol: under the white house proposed budget, fema would be allowed to discontinue

fema's t.s.a. program is critical, and it has been critical to provide for them, and while i recognize that the t.s.a. program was a temporary fix, you just can't end the temporary fix when people are being thrown out on the streets. and that was the attempt to force fema to act by this request to pass the legislation that would force them to act, and that's why this senator has asked the unanimous consent request. the second unanimous consent request that this senator asked for was to activate a housing program of additional section 8 housing. florida has used up its meager allocation, and this would have given additional section 8 housing for those among the least north gnat of us. i want to thank my cosponsors blumenthal, warren, markey, gillibrand, harris, and baldwin for their understanding of this situation and signing on as cosponsors with me, and, mr. president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the senat

i didn't put the name "emergency" in fema. i didn't.o tell me the meaning of emergency. to me, when we're talking about food and these-- the little thing i know-- is that emergency in food means one thing: people are hungry, and when you're hungry, it's today. >> cooper: fema says, "look, to negotiate a big contract, there's a bidding process. you have to have three different companies bidding on it. that there's federal government regulations." you say that gets in the way of...? >> andres: americans in puerto rico were hungry, and we were not delivering food quick enough. and what we did is, we didn't plan. we didn't meet. we began cooking and we began delivering food to the people in need in puerto rico. and what we need to make sure is that next time, we are not negotiating contracts. that next time, the federal government is ready to do what they are supposed to do next time something like this happens. maybe an earthquake, maybe another hurricane, or maybe a terrorist attack. we need to make sure we are ready, because the people o

she'll be alide the president at a fema hurricane briefing tomorrow. has been absent from the public eye largely since undergoing a kidney procedure back on may 14th. kate bennett has been doing lot of reporting on this. she was at a public event yesterday. there was no media event. >> exactly. it was for gold star families and they had a closed gathering for respect out of the families and their loved you can see her sitting there in the front row next to the president clearly there and certainly present. the president made a couple of jokes about her disappearance while she was at the podium at that event. tomorrow, however, cameras will be with her. she's going to the fema headquarters to hear about hurricane preparedness for this upcoming hurricane season. this is a topic she talked about a lot last year. she was with the president in florida, texas and puerto rico. she returned to texas on her own to advice eight school and to unveil a fema trailer for a was overshadowed by her ome. stop at waterberger with second lady pence on her way back. her o

here she ist to her husband, the president, there at the fema headquarters. ofe the 2018 hurricane season began june 1. so this is the briefing from fema on hurricane preparedness and obviously a whole other really important part of this conversation is hurricane maria and puerto rico the latest numbers out of the harvard study where these researchers found in actuality that there are something like 4,600 deaths as a result of the storm instead of the death toll sitting at 64. so that is hovering over this briefing. but what's significant,too, is at we are seeing the first lady for the firime in 26 days. dana, if i can just ask you about she obviously underwent rgery, she was out of the public eye for a little bit of time. i was reading marga llivan's piece in the "washington post" this moing the first lady, her staff, i t me, cost t lot i think that her communications person referred to the media at rabid at one point in time but it's a news story to know where she's been. >> yeah. look, this is a tough one. it really because she does by definition, you know

sponsored by cbs >> president trump, first lady and members of his cabinet showed up at a meeting of fema to give a briefing on this year's hurricane season that began friday. >> we have a plan not just for fema but the whole community, a plan i would like to unify the federal government response and down through our state partners and governors who are with us today. three very simple goals we'll put forward. we have a lot of work to do to be a true culture of preparedness. we have a lot of work to be ready for catastrophic disasters. we have to do a better job of streamlining our services to the grant funding that goes out to help communities prepare. >> announcer: it's "the late show" with stephen colbert. tonight is summit of all fears. plus stephen welcomes nick offerman, niecy nash and musical guest lykke li, featuring jon batiste and "stay human." and now live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) ( theme song playing ) >> stephen: please have a seat everybody! you're too kind. welcome to "the late show." i'm your shows

will fema be ready for a faster response? >> absolutely. there's no doubt. >> reporter: but for those in utuado, taking matters into their own hands, a sign of recovery is a victory. >> you got a little emotional about it. >> oh, yeah. you know how long i didn't see any light in my house? nine months. nine months. >> reporter: and now another hurricane could be around the corner for the next season? >> yes. i guess i have to do it again -- by hand again for the people. >> reporter: the hope here is that power returns before the next storm. >> all right. joining us now is puerto rico's governor, ricardo row seo. leyla lays it out in stark terms. the numbers are staggering. let's start with the discrepancies about the death toll. okay. as you know, the harvard study that came out this week is staggering. 4,645 people they say were killed. the official number is 64. how can the official tally be so different? >> well, good morning, and thank you again for the opportunity. the reason is that we used a very limited protocol once the storm came about, designed by

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give a briefing on this year's hurricane season that began friday. >> we have a plan not just for femaent response and down through our state partners and governors who are with us today. three very simple goals we'll put forward. we have a lot of work to do to be a true culture of preparedness. we have a lot of work to be ready for catastrophic disasters. we have to do a better job of streamlining our services to the grant fundin

and hazard mittation plan and the key fema funding. and brian said we are approaching this update differently due to the station. and must develop the climate adaptation plan and if the hazard mitigation plan includes climate adaptation and the hazard and climate changes are closely related and some are getting worse due to clue mat change like the extreme heat events and flooding last fall and flooding will be in the rise and the precipitation patterns change. we are doing combined hazard mitigation plan and calling it the hazard and climate resilience plan. we are building on the great work plan and including some important updates. including assessing how hazards are changing in frequency and severity due to climate change and the londoner actions to reduce the impact. and we are fulfilling an important component of san francisco's commitment to develop a climate action agreement and how we are reacting to climate-related hazards. beyond meeting the requirements and this provides an opportunity for the area and lay out the strategic

after what happened last year, fema needs to be prepare add again this ar. melania trump was at his side. the first time she's been seen in public since i believe may 14 or prior to that when she went in to the walter reed national military medical center for a kidney procedure. she had an emboliization procedure. she's been doing some meetings. the first time that she was in public. the president taking on the news media who has been speculating rampantly the last 2 1/2 weeks as to her whereabouts. the president said the fake news media has been so unfair to my wife during her recovery from surgery, they repted everything from near death to facelift and leaving me to allegations of abuse. all fake. she's doing well. the president also at fema today praising his embattled epa administrator scott pruitt who has been dogged byegations of abuse of office and embarrassing things as well including dispatching an aide to try to buy a used mattress from the trump hotel and about a chick-fil-a franchise for his wife. the president likes the fact that the epa is gett

the news coming as fema is urging residents to stock up with enough supplies to last ten days in the event of another disaster. >> we're encouraging ten days, because of living through last year's experience. >> reporter: maria ortiz, who runs a nursing home, is preparing for the worst. >> yep, i'm getting very prepared. i was prepared last time, but now we're getting more prepared. >> reporter: one thing all residents are worried about, electricity. america's longest running blackout continues, with at least 10,000 still without electricity. officials saying it could take another two months before power is fully restored. many weary about what could happen before then and if the new electric grid is built to last. vict onequn , >> we thank victorha tort >>> and there's still much more ahead on "woonht" trlne d tonight. a plane crash off the beaches in the hamptons. the search for victims. emergency crews now on the scene. >>> and the pet transportation nightmare. the beloved dog flying cross-country to be reunited th. why he didn't make it. >>> and the eye in the sky. police putting

amy: president trump made that remark after he toured fema headquarters alongside his wife melania trump. it was the first public appearance by the pair in nearly a month after the first lady vanished from public view following kidney surgery, prompting speculation about her well-being and whereabouts. during trumpmp's tour of fema, e president did not mention a new study that found hurricane maria killed more than 4600 people in puerto rico, 70 times the official toll. trump did make the claim that the u.s. coast guard saved 16,000 people who sailed into the gulf of mexico to watch hurricane harvey as it struck texas last year. the coast guard says there is no evididence t to back trump's clm and so does the texas governor. ukraine's prime minister is insisting radiation levels in the capital kiev and around the chernobyl nuclear power plant remain safe after a wildfire tore through a forest that remains heavily contaminated by a reactor meltdown in 1986. scientists say smoke from the fires has the potential to contaminate crops up to 100 miles away with enough radioactive isotopes to m

long term. >> fema is for emergencies.accident, you go to the emergency room. and they will stabilize you until you go to the doctor. that's what we are. we come here. we help you on the route to recovery. >> the u.s. and puerto rico have helped with grants and loans but that isn't enough on an island where nearly half of the people live in poverty. fema accepted initial applications for assistance through monday. and they have distributed 126,000 blue tarps. >>> our neighbors to the north have become on the second nation in the world to legalize marijuana. it's a move the country's prime minister says will protect canada's children. david lee miller reports from new york. >> we are very pleased to have reached this point in delivering on our progressive policy promise, commitment and strictly regulate cannabis. >> reporter: lawmakers in canada becoming only the second in the world to legalize marijuana. uruguay was the first to fully legalize the drug. >> the legislation is transformative. it marks a wholesale shift in ho

you played that footage earlier of the president at his fema briefing going out of his way to praise pruitt and say somebody has to come out here and compliment the job you're doing. people in the white house at this point are baffled at the fact that the president has not taken some kind of action and that he doesn't seem more irritated. the president has not enjoyed the trickle of story, the news reports that he sees, but nonetheless, this is a president who is supposed to be someone who cares a great deal about wasting money and gets very upset when he sees people not doing that. he's someone who doesn't like it when other cabinet members are in the news. and nonetheless, the president seems to have a soft spot in pruitt. he's really happy with the policies he's putting into place. and this is a president who also is dealing with a slew of other issues, with the russia investigation, with all of the negative news stories. and it just hasn't reached the point yet where the president feels like this is something that's really pulling him down. >> both of our guests have agreed to st

he talked about how he's such a good negotiator, his business acumen and it was around the room of fema officials and first responders, days into the hurricane season. so when the cameras are rolling he talked about storms, but when they stopped rolling and he was behind the scenes, it wasn't a discussion of puerto rico or any of the other -- >> or the death toll. he didn't mention the death toll, the new estimated 400 to 600 americans killed. >> i was listening to his audio last night. it was very striking to one of his rally speeches. 5,000 to 10,000 people there. it's not what you expect to hear from a president at fema, but it's a style and it's what he's comfortable doing obviously. >> josh, thank you so much for sharing your scoops with us. >> thank you. >> scoop machine. >> that is what we're going to call him now. scoop machine dawsey. >>> president trump's lawyer rudy giuliani is making controversial comments about the adult film star stormy daniels. so daniels as you know says that she had an affair with president trump, which the president denies. so speaking at this conferen

eight months after maria, parts of the island are still dealing with what fema calls the longest power than 10,000 still in the dark. can this power grid, can it sustain a itself if another hurricane were to come? >> the most honest thing to say about our grid is that it is weak or fragile. >> reporter: walt higgins is the new ceo for puerto rico's you power authority tasked with fixing a power grid never built to handle cat 4 or 5 hurricanes. just weeks app ago, an island wide blackout was caused by a fallen tree. higgins promises though most without power not all will have it restored in a matter of weeks. what he cannot say is what will happen if another storm plunges the island into darkness. >> my straight answer to that is we are readier this year than we were last year. >> reporter: and people on the island will be counting on it for their very lives. a harvard study now indicates a lack of power after maria is partly to blame for more than 4600 deaths, far more than puerto rico's official death toll of 64. will this be enough? >> you know, yes. >> reporter: for fema's part, it