was proclaiming an incredible unsung success and that he was still winning. i m going to drop the objectivity here for a minute. i don t mind the president going after his critics, that s part of politics, but in this case what has happened is donald trump has reduced a tragedy, more than a tragedy, a preventable tragedy in which thousands of people died into saying, oh, no, no, they just simply perished of old age. nothing to see here. he s den graded medical denigrated medical reports to say these are people spouting off because they are my political enemies. look, we should honor those who died in me a rea maria. puerto rico is suffering because nothing was done as we face another hurricane on the east coast. scott lucas, we always appreciate your insight, thank you. thank you. we turn now to the u.s. state of texas.
want kavanaugh confirmed before november. when you let political concerns override the legal basis of what the hearings should be, then you re finding to get these kind of let s call them complications. yes, and we ll certainly see political concerns at the forefront of many of the issues there in washington, don t we? also this week, scott, the president attacked democrats for the higher death number reported in the puerto rico hurricane. it talks about perhaps changing the numbers, but researchers at george washington university, penn state, they all agree on the 3,000 that died. so why is the president seriously debunking this story? because he doesn t want any blame for the fact that almost as many people died as a result of hurricane maria have died in the attacks on 9/11. because he initially tried to proclaim that he was winning over this disaster when the death toll was only officially around 32. and because even last week he
following president trump s visit to the agency headquarters first week in office, president told incoming cia director mike pompei and other officers that he wanted them to take a more aggressive posture. those officials say shortly afterward the cia began carrying out drone strikes that might have not been authorized under the obama administration including inside syria. former president obama had worked to reduce the role in killings and shift that responsibility to the military. the officials add the white house is also granted the agency more autonomy to decide on pulling the trigger on strikes. with a goal of less micro managing on targeting decisions by the white house. still ahead, now a category five. very last on hurricane maria have has been upgraded. bill karins will have the latest on where the storm is heading