>> i think as someone from the gulf coast who calls new orleans home, nobody wants to be in a competition for how many people died in their hurricane. and no one wants to start bragging that new orleans' katrina response was the measure. i think president trump is always going to give himself a pluses and i think the risk that comes with talking about his maria response that was so heavily criticized, now we know thousands died there -- >> instead of 64. >> instead of 64. john? >> here's my question, first of all. how many of you thought when he got asked that question he was going to say b minus. everybody knew he was going to say a plus. >> was that a surprise? >> it's a dumb question, he shouldn't have answered it. number two, look, this president has a frustration. when you ask people in the last election what are the two big issues? it was the economy and fighting terrorism? and frankly he probably deserves