. >> elaine duke is now in san juan, puerto rico. these are cnn exclusive pictures of her briefing on the plane later this hour. she will hold a press conference that we will bring you live when it happens. we hav teams on the ground to bring you the real story in realti it can be summed up in three words. people are suffering. it is getting worse with the lack of medical care and millio without drinking water and food is running out. there are shortages of gas and cars are lined up for miles trying get it and one of the most frustrating aspects, thousa of containers filled with supplies are sitting at the port of san juan. i want to begin with boris sanche you have been there several days now. have you seen any in the distribution of aid? >> rep bryanna, incrementally. so far here we are standing in san juan and we have seen the line starting to move steadily, but it's a massive line. it is blocks long. we counted more than 100 cars and at about 5:00 a.m., we had a chance to chat with the guy in the front of the line. he got here at

. >>> more help is heading to puerto rico today, homeland security elaine duke will travel to the island devastated by maria. also on the way, a three-star general. he is expected to direct response many have been calling slow moving. one example of that, thousands of shipping containers loaded we are leaf supplies are sitting at a san juan port. the governor says he can't find truck drivers to deliver the containers to areas needing it, making the search tougher. 90% of all cell phone towers on the island are out of service. >>> residents in northern virginia are doing their part to help the people of puerto rico. strangers took to social media to check sploo is to send to the island. they call themselves united for puerto rico. among them are a few loudoun county deputies working to help them out. members say what matters most are the people who need help have food. chilho don't have food. i can't imagine my kids not going a day without water and food. these people are there without it for days. >> i cannot imagine. the puerto rico international guard is taking those items to the islan

and elaine duke is acting and -- she's working very hard. i think what fema has done has been incredible between all of these hurricanes and doing so well. but we'll be making that decision probably within a month. homeland security, yes. >> mr. president, have you spoken to jerry jones of the cowboys and other owners? what teams and what did they tell you? >> i've spoke weekend owners, and i think -- spoken with owners, and i think it's coming together. i didn't see it, but i heard that everybody stood for the national anthem. that shows respect for our country, our flag. and for the national anthem. so i'm very happy i heard that. and they should stand. you have to stand. it's our national anthem, you have to stand. i spoke to numerous team owners. i have many friends. i did speak to jerry, yes. okay. thank you. [ all talking at once ] not a question -- i was disappointed because i didn't like it cosmetically or otherwise. i was disappointed. and you know, this is an administration that saves hundreds of millions of dollars on renegotiatin

the mayor of san juan weighed in on elaine duke's original comments. >> this is not a good news story. this is a people are dying story. this is a life-or-death story. there's a truckload of stuff that cannot be taken to people story. this is a story of a devastation that continues to worsen because people are not getting food and water. if i could scream it a lot more louder -- it is not a good news story when people are dying, when they don't have dialysis. when their generators aren't working and their oxygen isn't providing for them. >> to be clear there, that was the mayor responding earlier this morning to elaine duke who had originally said this. >> i am very satisfied. i know it's a hard storm to recover from, but amount of progress that's been made -- and i really would appreciate any support that we get. i know it is really a good news story in terms of our ability to reach people. >> this back and forth as millions of americans rationing lifesaving resources, going to bed hungry, thirsty, still without power, water, gas. these pictures and stories we're getting from cnn's o

acting homeland security secretary elaine duke, who visits there today, says the effort is under control, but millions of people on the island tell a much different story. according to one puerto rican lawmaker, the federal response has been a disaster, and the department of defense says nearly half the people on puerto rico remain without water. now a senior general is on the ground coordinating the military relief operations. nikki batista's here in new york. good morning, nikki. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. president trump cleared the way for more supplies to head to puerto rico yesterday, waving restrictions on foreign ships delivering cargo to the island. he later tweeted, "fema and first responders are doing a great job." a three-star army general is spending his first full day in puerto rico,en hurricane response. lieutenant general jeff buchanan will help coordinate the more than 7,000 troops and 10,000 government workers trying to rebuild, restore power to the island, and distribute clean water and food. >> the relief effort is under control. it is proceeding very well

. >> reporter: criticism erupt be when acting homeland security elaine duke made this claim on thursday. >> reporter: i'm very satisfied it is really a good news story in terms of our ability to reach people and the limited money of agents that have taken place. >> this is not a good news story, this is a people are dieing story. >> reporter: duke in port reek koan friday backed off, saying the situation is not satisfactory. gloos elaine duke -- eject lane duke -- eject. >> the president tweeting the mayor of san juan has been told by the democrats you must be nasty to trump. adding such poor leadership ability by the mayor and others who can not get their workers to help. they want everything done for them. now reports of a disconnect in the response to the hurricane maria. the storm making landfall on wednesday, president trump issuing an emergency declaration leaving for his gulf course in bedminster the neck day. the washington post cited a scr scr -- senior official saying trump spoke to duke on friday, but not again until tuesday. during the time, the president turning his attenti

<elaine duke> the end of my statement about good news was it was 'good news' that the people of puerto rico, the many public servants of the united states and the government of puerto rico are working together ahead at eight.. a mother ordered to vaccinate her son .... or go to jail. now she says she feels backed into a corner plus. when an armed robber pulled out a gun --- one man stepped him and took him down. how he's being honored now. and next. a 14 year old california boy jumps into action... to protect his sister ... when a burglar gets in their home and confronts the kids. ((brittney tease))i'm kron 4 meteorologist brittney shipp. coming up, i will take a look at your 7 day forecast.details are right after the break. (steve) in sacramento county... a 14-year-old boy protected his sister from a burgler, while the man was stealing from their home.(pam) tonight... we are hearing from the brave boy... who made sure no harm came to his little sister. reporter doug johnson .. in sacramento county with the latest. cathy friedman, kids attacked by burglar "i was terrified, i was worrie

cnn was on a flight with elaine duke just now, just landed in puerto rico and she had an opportunity to speak briefly with the acting secretary. can you hear me? >> yes, i can. hi, kate. >> tell me, what does the secretary have to say? >> well, obviously, the good news comment isn't exactly what they wanted as the headline out of yesterday and the secretary actually spoke with us on the tarmac just now, we just landed in san juan, and clarified when she says good news she's referring to the response of people. people coming together and she said she's very proud of people working to help other folks, but she did acknowledge yes, as folks have been saying on the ground, this is a life-threatening situation and the government still feels that there's work to be done and we spoke with many officials on the plane from several different departments in the government and that was the message we heard that there's always more to do, but they feel that they are proud of the whole of government response coming together at this point. >> did secretary duke say she regrets the wording she used?

acting dhs secretary elaine duke even said yesterday she was satisfied with the relief effort. >> i'm very satisfied. i know it's a hard storm to recover from. but the amount of progress that's been made, it is really a good news story in terms of our ability to reach people and the limited number of deaths that have taken place in such a devastating hurricane. >> but for those on the ground in puerto rico, good news is about the last way they would describe the situation there. puerto rico's mayor cruz said this. >> well, maybe from where she's standing it's a good news story. when you're drinking from a creek, it's not a good news story. when you don't have food for your baby, it's not a good news story. it's not -- damn it, this is not a good news story. this is a people are dying story. >> marianna atencio is south of san juan in bayamon, puerto rico. what are you seeing there? >> reporter: katy, the food is running out for many people in this line. we have been waiting for them for bags of ice since 6:30 in the morning. they need the ice in order to preserve the little food they

there's been some dustup as well over the assessments of the response with the a elaine duke saying this was a good news story. she's now visited puerto rico and has dialed that back some to reflect the more urgent need of people waiting in lines for water and supplies and still needing help after the hurricane came through. the president will have to continue to deal with that issue but he'll be spending his weekend at his new jersey home in bedminster. dara? >> thank you for that. >>> more now on puerto rico and the growing firestorm surrounding the trump administration's response to the islands humanitarian crisis. and mary ana, bring us up to date on the situation on the ground there. >> reporter: first of all i'm not able to come to you live with our cameras because we simply have no cell phone reception here in catalina puerto rico, roughly 90% of cell sites are out of service and from where i'm standing i can see two big lines of cars that go around several blocks, one is for gas people that have been waiting in their cars all night and the other one is for cell phone reception. s

it's a life-or-death story. >> reporter: we asked president trump about duke's comments. >> was elaine duke wrong to say that puerto rico was a good news story? >> well, i haven't heard what she said. i can tell you this, we have done an incredible job considering there's absolutely nothing to work with. >> reporter: the administration has been beefing up the military's role, a three-star general now on the ground supervising the federal response. but today that general said it was "not enough," and promised to bring in more resources. >> we will not rest, however, until the people of puerto rico are safe. these are great people. >> reporter: but the president is also raising questions about whether the federal government should pay to rebuild puerto rico. he has repeatedly brought up the island's large debt, tweeting this morning, "big decisions will have to be made as to the cost of its rebuilding!" >> the government of puerto rico will have to work with us to determine how this massive rebuilding effort will end up being one of the biggest ever will be funded. >> jon karl with us li

carol, the white house actually quietly tried to walk back elaine duke's comments. explain. >> well, they felt like they were, to say the least, unhelpful. and what you've seen from this president, though, is his comments as early as a few hours ago, an hour or so ago saying things are going really well. everything's going really well and when you hear that and then see images coming out of puerto rico and hear the mayor, it suggests he's not in tune with what's happening. you know, one of the things i found interesting the way he started to talk about puerto rico suggests, raises the question whether to rebuild. if so, how, and might not look exactly the same. he has to has a conversation with congress what this is going to look like going forward. another thing that at least raised questions about the funds. >> yes. hugh, the president talks about cosmetic. talked about it, it's striking to me when he does it, yes, this cosmetically doesn't look good about tom price and optics but very mindful of it with irma and harvey. aggressively so. something's missing here a

\[applause] and elaine, where's elaine? elaine duke. where's -- \[inaudible] -- don't lose him. i have to say that brock working with your governor, working with pam, working with elaine, working by the way with marco rubio, who is around here someplace. [applause] it's a team like very few people have seen. and i want to thank everybody. marco, i want to thank you a lot. you were really helpful. i just, again, i have to say that what do i know? but i hope this man right here, rick scott, runs for the senate. i don't know what he's going to do. but i know that at a certain point it ends for you. we can't let it end. so i hope he runs for senate. who knows what he's going to do. [applause] again, i came down to say hello to you folks, as i say hello to you folks. and the first lady and myself, this is an honor for us to be here. we're now going to tour some of the areas and, as rick said, we have been very, very fast. we had to be. we were signing papers as the storm was coming in. that's never happened before. rick, thank you very much, for the great job. brock and everybody. th

and the secretary of homeland security, elaine duke, not elaine chao, obviously. krist kristen welker at the white house. elaine duke had to go back and direct the record with what she said yesterday saying she was happy with the efforts. she said obviously the situation down there is not satisfactory, but she's proud of the work that is being done. i was struck that there were a lot of platitudes being given about all the efforts that were going on down there but there wasn't a lot of substance as to what they're doing or how they're trying to change thing, how they're trying to make sure that logistics and supply -- logistics are clear and supplies are getting from the ports to the people. >> and that's, of course, the key question that remains and the administration has been very candid about the fact that that is the biggest challenge. they say they have 10,000 people on the ground, 7,000 who are in the military. and yet they're having this problem in terms of distributing the goods, the food, the water that they need to get to people who are suffering right n

response. >> elaine duke is acting and done -- she's working very hard, and i think what fema has done has been incredible between all of these hurricanes. >> interesting because you can see the u.s. military still playing a very critical role. we've got these new photos of the 101st airborne division. secretary duke is on the ground in puerto rico. she clarified she meant this ish a good news story because americans are pitching in to help other americans and she also said she's not yet satisfied. the president said the administration is sending in truck drivers critically needed to get the supplies out in the difficult infrastructure, and the president said major decisions are going to have to be made between he and leaders from both parties on capitol hill in terms of how much resources they're going to puthi up to rebuild puerto rico, not just in the short term, but long-term. >> dana: ed, thank you for your work. let's bring in my colleague froe "the five," kimberly guilfoyle who is of puerto rican descent, and p as i understand, you have family that is on the island. >> yes, in d

you saw elaine duke talk about good news and the mayor of san juan frustrated. yesterday after the news conference i said, do you want to clarify this? what do you mean by good news? how do you think people in puerto rico will hear that? here's the exchange. >> i'm sorry, you said it was good news and i'm confused by that and think folks in puerto rico are wondering why this is good news. >> good news because the governor, federal and people are all unified in recovering from this horrible hurricane. ed the it is good news where the governor and the federal response and the people are all united in taking and saving lives to the people in need. >> but the mayor of san juan did not love that. >> the administration is looking technically at the bodies on the ground. >> they feel like they have done the steps they are supposed to do. the problem is that it is not being felt on the ground. and that word is getting back to the mainland u.s. and that is what is dominating the coverage is people saying, i'm not seeing fema. >> "the washington post" had an interesting s

duke, national counterterrorism center director nicholas rasmussen. we will be live with us in homeland security and governmental affairs committee starting at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> veterans affairs secretary david shulkin testifies this morning about preventing veteran suicide at a hearing of the senate veterans affairs committee. live coverage at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span c-span3, online at c-span.org, or on the free c-span radio app. >> saturday booktv has coverage of the 2017 baltimore book festival. >> next, former national intelligence director james clapper spoke about his career in the intelligence community and shared his views on current intelligence issues including evolving technology social media, terrorism, north korea, russia and iran. the george washington university hosted this 90 minute event. >> good evening. welcome to the elliott school and to this beautiful confer

reporter: the mayor of san juan criticized he lake duke for -- elaine duke for saying this yesterday. >> i now it's a good news story in terms of our ability to reach people and the limited number of deaths that have taken place in such a devastating hurricane. reporter: mayor cruz says this is not a good news story, this is a people dying story. >> the governor of puerto rico has been unbelievably generous with his segments. he has been praising our efforts. this is a total devastation. we have 10,000 people in puerto rico right now. we are getting truck drivers because the people from puerto rico, the drivers just aren't there. they are looking for their home. trish report resignation of tom price as hhs secretary come as other members of the administration face allegations of chartering flights at taxpayer expense. >> i would just like to address in the words of general schwarzkopf a little b.s. on travel. reporter: new allegations of travel abuse surfaced today against ryan zinke. they charrerred a plane for $12,000. >> all this travel was done on the after determined by multiple

tom bossert, elaine duke of the department of homeland security and the fema boss are painting. the outrage is growing at the pricey travel of the president's cabinet. health and human services sent tom price has wasted more than $1 million alone, and now the question, does he get to keep his job? should he get to keep his job? i've got a lot to get to. the growing outrage on thlavage travel. and tom price is a man no stranger to controversy. joined by kristen welker at the white house with the latest along with dan dimond of politico continuing to break the stories. most noticeably yesterday when asked if the press conference, sarah huckabee sanders did not give the more common endorsement that the people who are in trouble in the trump administration usually get. she almost didn't answer. question asked if tom price is in trouble. >> you're absolutely right. she didn't answer the question. president trump was asked if he still has confidence in secretary price yesterday. he declined to answer that question and earlier in the week, ali when asked if he would planning to fire pr

acting homeland security secretary elaine duke travels to puerto rico today. she will meet with the governor and fema officials to discuss response efforts. the there's widespread confusion surrounding the delivery of life saving supplies. >> according to the governor of puerto rico, there are 3,000 containers stuck in ports, some may not be related to kurk hurricane relief, earlier cnn had been told buy shipping officials as many as 10,000 containers were stuck. >> the pentagon has just appointed jeffrey buchanan to lead relief efforts. listen to the president's homeland security adviser when he was asked why it took so long to appoint buchanan. >> do you acknowledge it was a mistake looking back to not have this on the ground earlier? >> no. not at all. in fact that doesn't affect the way we stage equipment and handle commands. this is textbook and it's been done well. >> about 75 thoun u.s. troops and 10,000 federal relief workers are on the ground in puerto rico. right now, there are over 10,000 people in 160 shelters, the power grid is not ex pected to co

the acting secretary elaine duke will travel to the highland hit by hurl. also on the way, a three-star army general, to help direct the response many say has been slow moving. megan fitzgerald is in the newsroom now with what other kind of help is headed that way to puerto rico. megan. >> on the for folk-based hospital shift, the uss comfort will depart to the island today. navy officials say the usns comfort, it has 1,000 beds will have 522ed for this mission. it is being sent to puerto rico, after it was devastated by hurricane maria. residents and emergency workers believe it could take months to restore power. residents in northern virginia are dock their help. a group of strangers used social media to collect supplies to send to the island. they call themselves united for puerto rico. among them are a few loudoun county sheriffs deputies working on their own time to help out t. puerto rican national guard is taking the items to the island later on today. that's the latest in the newsroom, back to you in the studio. >> thank you, megan. >> along with p

elaine duke, acting homeland security secretary: "the situation here in puerto rico after the devastating hurricane is not satisfactory. but together we are getting there." president trump is expected to be there tuesday. pres. donald trump: ""these are great people. we want them to be safe and sound and secure and we will be there every day until that happens." three star general jeffrey buchanan is on the ground now leading the military's hurricane response in puerto ricoand says they have at least á10,000 people helping with relief but they need more. it's set to be a lengthy process while millions are without power and just as many if not more try to figure out what comes next.i'm omar jimenez reporting (pam) with parts of puerto rico still flooded, with power failures and communications outages ... business on the island has now become 'cash- only' ... people are in desperate need of buying food and supplies ... but the stores in the area cannot run any credit card machines, take phone payments or process any electronic government benefits. people are having to deal with long lines

dhs secretary elaine duke giving mr. trump a briefing on the latest preparations for the storm as the president posted entire cabinet at camp david for the weekend. it comes just after a day president trump signed a 15 billion-dollar relief bill for hurricane harvey recovery. kristin fisher is live at the white house with more. kristin. >> hey, arthel, president trump closely monitoring hurricane harvey -- excuse me hurricane irma from camp david along with his entire cabinet and his social media director dan, just posted this picture of that meeting with took place about two hours ago where he was briefed by the acting direct or of the department of homeland security, president trump is promising everyone in the storm's path that the federal government is ready, that it is prepared at the highest possible levels but also warned that, you know, the federal government can only do so much specially when dealing with what he described as storm of epic proportions. >> this is a storm of absolutely historic destructive potent

shep: elaine duke, the acting director of fema. i want to show you the bigger picture what this means. the original track of this storm was taking it along the coast. this storm's eye stayed over the coast. often the warm watters of the gulf of mexico. it will continue to regenerate itself. if in fact it does what they now believe it's about to do, that is go ashore farther south in the marco island, naples area. if it comes ashore here, once it hits the land it immediately starts to weaken. as it moves north from collier county, lee county and up to charlotte county. it will lose steam. not to say it will fall apart. but it will continuously become weaker because it will need the fuel it gets from the gulf of mexico. it will be a horrible set of circumstances for people in naples, cape coral and fort myers. if you are looking for good news there is that. i want to show you a waterspout. what was the location? fort lauderdale. a waterspout. we are playing this out on the deck here. these have been dropping out of the sky quite ofte

>> elaine duke, and she's the acting homeland security -- we can play it for you. hold on, and let us play this for you and our viewers. listen to this. >> i am very satisfied. i know it's a hard storm to recover from but the amount of progress that has been made -- i really would appreciate any support that we get. i know it is really a good news story in terms of our ability to reach people, and the limited number of deaths that have taken place in such a devastating hurricane. >> go ahead, mayor. >> well, maybe from where she's standing it's a good news story. when you are drinking from a creek, it's not a good news story. when you don't have food for a baby, it's not a good news story. when you have to pull people -- i'm sorry, but that really upsets me and frustrates me. i would ask her to come down here and visit the towns, and then make a statement like that which frankly it's an irresponsible statement and contrasts with the statements of support that i have been getting since yesterday when i got that call from the white house. this is -- this is not a goo

<elaine duke> the end of my statement about good news was it was 'good news' that the people of puerto rico, the many public servants of the united states and the government of puerto rico are working together (grant) president trump said paying for the reconstruction will have to be worked out with the puerto rican government. those costs are now estmated at around 50=billion dollars. (steve) our team coverage continues..here in the bay area.. it's been a tough week for those with loved ones in puerto rico. kron 4's hermela aregawi is standing by in the newsroom.. hermela - you spoke with some very concerned people... it's hard. everyone we talked to lives here.. but most of their family is in puerto rico. and as you can imagine, they're incredibly worried theres no power, no water. they're running out of food and gas.so the puerto rican community here is doing what they can do to help. the country is facing a long road to covery.and puerto ricans here in the bay area are paying close attention to the crisis. miguel miranda/family affected by hurricane mariathe past two weeks have bee

i am talking about elaine duke and christopher wray. we are confronting an array of terrorist -- as we sit here today the discipline of prevention is evolving and changing beneath our feet every day as well. it requires that we respond with extraordinary agility. i will briefly discuss two areas to complement what my colleagues have already said. first quickly i will share what we have seen by way of changes or a shift in priority in the terrorism landscape since i was sitting before the committee one year ago. second i will say a few words about we can do a better job tackling the threat of those were mobilized to extremist violence here at home. let's begin with what has changed for his nooses this time last year. the developments in three principal areas. the collision success and shrinking the territory the isis controls in iraq and syria as compared to one year ago. a significant uptake and a task inspired by isis that we have seen against western interest across the globe in the last year. as compared to the number of attacks dire

elaine duke arrived friday to check on the situation first hand. she called a lot of anger before leaving washington when she called the federal response a good news story. on friday, she was more guarded than that. >> clearly, the situation here in puerto rico, after the devastating hurricane is not satisfactory. but together, we are getting there. and the progress today is very, very strong. >> and, again, across the i would, progress is slow, puerto ricans are waiting for hours under a brutal sun for basic necessities like food and fuel. some are tapping spring water, you see here, to drink and wash themselves. the mayor of san juan is furious. so many puerto ricans are still suffering during a news conference friday, carman de la cruz made an emotional plea for help and warning that lives are hanging in the balance. >> we are dying here. and i cannot fathom the thought that the greatest nation in the world cannot figure out logistics for a small island of 100 miles by 35 miles long. so, may day, we are in trouble. so i am asking the president o

elaine duke is acting and she's working very hard. you know, i think what fema has done has been incredible between all of these hurricanes and doing so well. but we'll be making that decision probably within a month. homeland security. yes. >> you said you spoke to jerry jones and other owners. >> i've spoken to other owners. i really think it's coming together. i noticed last night or i was told -- i didn't see it, but i heard everybody stood for the national anthem. that shows respect for our country, our flag and for the national anthem. so you know, i'm very happy. i heard that. and they should stand. you have to stand. it's our national anthem. you have to stand. i spoke to numerous team owners. i did speak to jerry. yes. thank you. >> trace: you can see the president -- >> i was disappointing. i didn't like it cosmetically or otherwise. i was disappointed. you know, this is an administration that saves hundreds of millions of dollars on renegotiating things, on new trade deals. you'll see the results soon. we're renegotiating n

. >> referee: criticism erupting when elaine duke made this claim. >> i am very satisfied. it's really a good news story in terms of our ability to reach people and the limited number of deaths. >> reporter: the backlash playing out live on national television. >> this is not a good news story. it's a people are dying story. >> reporter: duke backed off friday saying situation is not sat factory but. >> we are getting there. >> reporter: at the white house jon karl pressed the president >> was elaine duke wrong to say puerto rico was a good news story. >> i haven't heard what she said. we have done an incredible job considering there's absolutely nothing to work with. >> reporter: now reports of a disconnect to the administration's response. the storm falling wednesday, september 20th. the president leaving for his golf course the next day. "the washington post" citing a senior administration official saying trump spoke briefly to duke about puerto rico on friday not again until tuesday after seeing pictures of delve station. during that time the president turning his atten

acting homeland security elaine duke will travel to the island devastated by hurricane maria. also in the way, a three-star army general. he is expected to help the response, a lot of people say has been slow moving. >>> the nfl's oldest rivals met last night. >> that did not stop them to come together to send a meej e message of unity for all. players, coaches, staff and the chicago bears and green bay packers lokdz arms. the packers quarterback aaron rogers says he is receiving hateful for the team to unite in this cause. >>> take any controversy in the nfl has become scary for one football player. tennessee titans tight end delaney walker says he and his family have received death threats. this comes after he made comments defending his team's decision to skip the anthem on sunday. he says it's heart breaking, quote, these words of hate will only fuel me in my efforts to continue reaching out to different community groups. [ lost audio ] >> a judge sentenced him to 100 years t. case is far from over. now the school district is likely to get slammed with dozens of civil loft

elaine duke, you are doing a wonderful job. we are working tirelessly to make sure the entire u.s. government is bringing its firepower into puerto rico. i understand the coverage in some cases is giving the appearance we are not moving fast enough. i think there is two responses i have to that. first, there is an understandable degree of devastation on the island and for anyone who needs food and water and power and life saving needs and health care, nothing can happen fast enough. what i will tell you is we are mobilizing and marshalling the resources in a way that is absolutely professional and fas and adequate to meet the needs. now what we have to do is marshall them through the island. this is an island territory that is some distance from the united states. the constraints and limitations are different from a contiguous state here in the united states. we can position hundreds of trucks in florida or texas for line services. we can't do that in puerto rico. we have to bring them in the moment the storm subsides. that's what we are doing. a lot of the reporting is not wrong,

. >> the mayor of san juan today criticized acting dhs secretary elaine duke for saying this yesterday. >> i know it is really a good new story in terms of our ability to reach people and the limited number of deaths that have taken in such a devastating hurricane. >> the mayor said this is not a good news story. this is a people dying story. president trump today consisted of the federal response is getting high marks. >> the governor of puerto rico has been unbelievably generalists generous with his statements. this is a very difficult. this is a total devastation. we have over 10,000 people in puerto rico right now. we are getting truck drivers because the people of puerto rico, the drivers just aren't there. they are looking for their homes. >> president trump today also said there is some difficult decisions that lie ahead in terms of what to do about rebuilding puerto rico's infrastructure and how to do with the enormous cost of it, particularly given that the financial straits of the highland fox news has been told that sometime in the next few days, maybe before monday, the off

elaine duke whose clip you played earlier, she walked back her earlier positive comments and said there's still a lot of work to be done. it is the president who is turning this into a political affair. it's dangerous because each day that goes by, more people, more and more people, lives are threatened. you have to remember puerto rico was a vulnerable population to begin with. they were in economic crisis. they have many senior citizens. puerto ricans unfortunately happen to suffer disproportionately from things like asthma and diabetes. factor all of those in with a catastrophic event, and it's just unconscionable that our president is in the safety and security of a golf course launching personal attacks at this woman who has really been a hero not only for her city but for the entire island. and there are a few very, very simple things that president trump could do that he has not done. for example, he could take to twitter with a few keystrokes and remind all americans that puerto ricans are our fellow citizens. he has not done that. he could send more national guard troops to puert

. >> referee: criticism erupting when acting hoemg land security secretary elaine duke made this claim. >> i am very satisfied. it's really a good news story in terms of our ability to reach people and the limited number of deaths. >> reporter: the backlash playing out live on national television. >> this is not a good news story. it's a people are dying story. >> reporter: duke in puerto rico on friday backed off saying situation is not satisfactory, but -- >> we are getting there. >> reporter: at the white house jon karl pressed the president for clarity. >> was elaine duke wrong to say puerto rico was a good news story? >> i haven't heard what she said. we have done an incredible job considering there's absolutely nothing to work with. >> reporter: the president tweeting this morning the mayor of san juan who was very complimentary a few days ago has now been told by the democrats you might be nasty to trump. now reports of a disconnect to hurricane maria. the storm making land fall wednesday, september 20th. the president leaving for his golf course the next day. "the washington po

the mayor of san juan lashing out at homeland security secretary elaine duke praising the federal response to the crisis. >> it's a good news story in terms of our ability to reach people and the limited number of deaths that have taken place in the hurricane. >> maybe from where you're standing it's a good news story, when you're drinking from a creek it's no the a good news story. i'm sorry but that really upsets me and frustrates me, this is a people are dieing story, this is a life or death story. >> war of words there. the president is raising questions about whether the federal government should pay to rebuild puerto rico. he tweeted yesterday, quote big decisions have to be made as the cost of its rebuilding. back here, this news from the overnight. a man was killed in a crash on the schuylkill expressway that happened in the westbound lanes near moore street. the man was driving when he lost control of the vehicle and it flipped over. police say the driver died at the scene. >>> in the northern liberties section of philadelphia, a 32-year-old man critical condition right now after

duke. >> good morning, everyone. and thank you for joining us. to continue as we continue to respond to hurricane irma. our number one concern today is with saving lives. the u.s. coast guard, customs and border protection, and department of defense have deployed significant assets to the area to assess in search-and-rescue efforts. we are very pleased that the weather is allowing this effort on search-and-rescue. we are constrained by deiography, and our bases of operations are more limited than our response to hurricane harvey. yet we are working to get as many aircraft in the air as possible. i urge everyone impacted by the storm to continue to pay attention to your state and local officials. they will let you know when it's safe to hurricane home. be patient. the federal government effort is working closely with our state and local partners in our response and recovery efforts. i would like to thank president trump and vice president pence for their attention to this storm, and their concern for communities that

alison: that is the mayor of san outrage tonight after acting homeland security secretary elaine duke told reporters progress in puerto rico is "a good news story." where she ise from standing it's a good story. when you are drinking from a cree, it's not a good story. when you don't have food for a baby, it's not a good news story. when you have to pull people down from their building -- i'm sorry, but that really upsets and frustrates me. alison: the crisis is still playing out as millions are cut off, unable to get vital food, medicine, and supplies. comingy that help is not fast enough come even as more than 10,000 fed >> you suffered a tremendous devastation, and we are there with you. this recovery will take a very long time. alison: president trump raising questions about whether the federal government should pay to rebuild puerto rico. he has repeatedly brought up the island's large debt. he is set to visit puerto rico next tuesday. nancy: we have been telling you about the difficulty a puerto rican airports as people try to get off the island. delta says tomorrow it will have

after a day of bad news stories about elaine duke's response, she had a different message today. >> clearly, the situation here in puerto rico, after the devastating hurricane is not satisfactory, but together, we are getting there and the progress today is very, very strong. >> while acting secretary duke seems to have learned something from the criticism, her boss, the president? well, he still is donald trump. this morning, he tweeted out, more self-congratulatory praise. the administration and the president, every time we've spoken, they've delivered. the fact is that puerto rico has been destroyed by two hurricanes. big decisions will have to be made as to the cost of its rebuilding, exclamation point. if you didn't catch that, in addition to highlighting positive comments about himself, trump also cast doubt whether washington would even lend a hand to repair the damage to the u.s. territory of puerto rico. there's a big question mark over that at the moment with a spokesman for fema telling nbc news that administrators want to assess the damage before committing to fixing public infr