Theyll neville. Eric im eric shawn. The president hosted the pastor in the oval office. The heartwarming gathering of Administration Officials and the pastors family occurred hours after the North Carolina native landed in joint base andrews. The president reiterated that no deal was made with turkey to secure brunsons release. Weve been negotiating long and hard. We do not pay ransom in this country. At least any longer. We wont pay ransom. Otherwise you have big problems and lots of things will happen, lots of bad things will happen. Eric garrett teny is live at the white house with the latest. It was quite a moment as they prayed together and had a meeting of thanks and gratitude. Reporter this is the first time most folks had a chance to hear from pass ton brunson himself. What stood out to me were the repeated expressions of gratitude from the pastor for the administration and for the turkish people. He was facing 35 years in prison for crimes he said he didnt commit. He said i lo
of highway surrounding the utopia of disney world. don t you think we are going too far? no. just come on! don t be a loser! reporter: after hurricane maria, community activists say about 180 people from puerto rico families moved into these same moltses along highway 192. they say they feel trapped in this motel life because they are working minimum wage jobs and affordable housing is square and federal disaster benefits are not enough. fe fema says this is no longer a disaster problem but a social problem and the agency is doing everything they can to help the families and fema says a program to only available for storm victims on the island and not those who left. this family left because the storm wiped out their day care business and came to florida so her two children could enroll in
the families were stunned to learn this week they were no longer eligible and about to get kicked out of their rooms a month early. that set off an intense week of rallies, tears, and calls to political leaders and activists demanding help. then relief as word spread that the fema program would likely survive until mid may. woo! father jose rodriguez say there is no transition plans to help the families get back on their feet. these are people after the accident by a natural disaster. they are not out here on vacation and not here at the pool tanning or at the beach side. have a nice day. reporter: highway 192 in kissimmee, the marginal and homeless have found refuge in the cheap rooms on this stretch
they don t have a fixed chain of command to make those kinds of decisions. that s why they need a recovery czar or a senior statement to go down there and run that. general, you may have just answered this, but in a last thought, the number one thing the president could do today that would help satisfy some of your concerns to help deal with the situation in puerto rico is what? find him a senior statesman, a retired governor, senator or congressman that knows how the government in washington works because they re going to have to pull that money out of washington and they re going to have to guide their governor on how to do things in what order priorities. they need a senior statesman down there as opposed to an authority official coming out of fe fema. thank you, i appreciate your comments. vice president mike pence visiting an air force base in north dakota at this hour. he s going to heighten their nuclear capabilities. in the meantime, general mattis
fe fema administrator, the comptroller general of the united states or any of that authorized representatives have the right to audit or review the cost and profit elements of the labor rates specified herein. i think it s unusual. i m going to go against what a lot of people are saying. federal law allows for these auditing units to get a lot of access to information as relates to a particular contract. it almost mirrors the federal regulation. the auditing unit can get access to all kinds of information about this particular project in puerto rico. i m not particularly surprised that the company through its contract is trying to limit that access. courts have held that the mere fact an auditing unit wants to get information about a company, they can t find out everything