today looked almost like it had a sharpie -- >> i don't know. i don't know. i don't know. >> reporter: and there's one more problem, as a fox news meteorologist noted, it's a violation of federal law to falsify a national weather service forecast. democrats are pouncing. >> i feel sorry for the president. >> i don't know if he felt it necessary to pull out a sharpie and change the map. i don't know if one of his aides believed they had to do that in order to protect his ego. no matter how you cut it, this is an unbelievably sad state of affairs for our country. >> reporter: the alabama blunder comes as the president is diverting funds from storm-ravaged parts of florida to pay for his border wall, including money designated for rebuilding parts of tyndall air force base, which was hit by hurricane michael. mr. trump had pledged he was coming to tyndall's rescue. >> i've just come from a stop at tyndall air force base where i saw the devastating effects of that category 5 hurricane.