trump and the first lady for that matter will travel to florida on thursday. what advice would you give him for this trip? well, i don t know give vice president, i work for them. the commitment of the federal government to governor scott and the rest of the florida team is going to be critical. this is not going to be a fast recovery. it s going to take us years, and we need that commitment from the federal government they re going to be there through the entire recovery process. i think the president could bring that message but also ruassure people that florida is not by itself. the nation is behind us. you re right. texas, louisiana suffering right now. craig, thank you. he s the former fema administrator. our correspondents are now
goes to paperback. that was a pretty sharp and pointed comment from the podium directed at hillary clinton. they seem to like their favorite targets and even though the election is well over, the president s been in office for seven or eight months. for whatever reason, the white house, the political allies, they like to go after the clintons and hillary clinton. that was pretty evident, brook. that will be on tomorrow night. jim acosta, thank you very much. the president will be heading to florida on thursday. let s talk about the crisis in florida. two days after irma made landfall, we re seeing how much is decimated the florida key. fema telling cnn 25% of the homes in the keys are in total ruin. another 65% are severely damaged and 10 thousand or so people who
the last time mnuchin went on the hill he was more or less engine jeered out of the room. when i have dinners, it can only be one republican and one democratic in my apartment. i am going to be talking to a congressman from the u.s. virgin islands. was there talk of relief about the virgin islands. we know a lot about what has been going none florida but the islands have had remarkable devastation. it s amazing when you look at the images. we know that the team is considering here maybe getting president trump out to the u.s. virgin islands to see some of the impact of irma firsthand. it is not clear ho how far along those plans are or whether it will come to fruition. we do know as was confirmed in this briefing that the president will visit florida on thursday. we will be looking ahead to that as well. halle, you and i are friends. we have a great relationship. i m going to and you a question you weren t expecting but i want to ask you who is the guy on your left?
like tonight, having this conversation and moving the ball forward, working bipartisan support. mark short said that president may need democrat support to get above 50. they would like to see if they can get 60 votes so they don t need to do this in the reconciliation process. it makes it more difficult what they can and cannot do. they would like to get a filibuster proof majority. the president, looks like he s going to war hurricane damage in florida on thursday. the white house is firming up the plants that i am told he will likely go to tampa, fort myers. shepard: thank you. lawmakers on capitol hill talking about approving more emergency spending packages to help with recovery from both hurricanes. harvey in texas and beyond, irma
welcome back, everyone. all right, so earlier we told you about the incredible destruction in the southeast from hurricane matthew. well, the impact is just as shocking from space. take a look at this. nasa has released these photos showing the storm s lead up to impact on the southeastern coast and the power outages resulting from the storm. here we see the storm set to hit florida on thursday, followed by the storm s impact overnight, into friday morning, and by saturday, you can see the large swath of black along the coast from northern florida, all the way up through the north carolina area, as matthew made its way up the eastern seaboard. let s get a check on the weather outside where matthew actually is at this moment. meteorologist bill karins joins us. when we last spoke there was a chance of matthew circling back around. is that threat still there? that dissipated along the cold front yesterday, which is