Good morning, im phillip mena. Good tuesday to you. Im frances rivera. The federal government is ramping up its relief effort in puerto rico as residents remain without adequate food, water, power or supplies. President trump tweeted about puerto rico for the first time in four days saying the island is in deep trouble. Due to a devastated electrical grid and billions still owed to wall street. A debt which he said must be dealt with. Fema says over 10,000 federal staff are helping with rescue and relief efforts. The massive clean up effort is leaving some residents feeling forgotten and overwhelmed. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez has more. Reporter when maria rowerar on shore, they felt the impact. Norma lost the roof off her home and the business flew away entirely. Many of us dont have a lot of money. That will take us a long time to recover from the things that we lost. Reporter now the hunt is on here for the basics. This woman snagging water from the side of a mountain. Everything is destro
Short and fat. We can still be friends. Just a little bit worse. Not so much physical comedy but some other comments will be coming later. We begin with those controversial remarks from President Trump over whether russia meddled in the 2016 election. He sparked confusion and criticism to comments he made to reporters following a private meeting with russian president Vladimir Putin at the apex summit saturday. When asked if russias attempt to meddle in the 2016 election, President Trump said every time he sees me he says, i didnt do that. And i really believe that. On the u. S. Intelligence community, he says i mean, give me a break. They are political hacks. So you look at that and you see president putin who says he had nothing to do with that. Facing sharp criticism from republicans and democrats alike. Clarifying his remarks during a press conference with the vietnamese president sunday trump said, quote, as to whether i believe it or not, im with our agencies, especially as curre
Creating several global channels in russia, mandarin and other languages, that would compete with rt. The proposed american version would mix entertainment with news programing and pro western propaganda. President obama brushed aside the idea as politically impact cam. After the 2016 election, they broke out a new record that would authorize sweeping covert operations against russia. They opt aid begins such a farreaching approach. Instead, making this event existing president ial finding making it combat Cyber Threats around the world than specifically russia. Obama signed a separate order that gave the cia authority to plan operations against russia. Intelligence officials tell the Washington Post the Trump White House remains divide over whether to act. So, clint what do you make of this report, is this a surprise to you . No, its exactly what i expected. My colleagues and i were researching this starting in 2014. We were mostly looking at the syria groups. We can see them meddling