At the scab of ethnic anger. President trump stirred it up all last friday criticizing nfl players who kneeled during the National Anthem. Hes double down again and again since then. Nbc news reports he told dinner guests at the white house just last night he wont back down and is confident hes on the winning side of this issue. Well, today the president was asked whether he was preoccupied by this story at the expense of other important issues. Lets watch him. I wasnt preoccupied with the nfl, i was ashamed of what was taking place because to me that was a very important moment. I dont think you can disrespect our country, our flag, our National Anthem. To me the nfl situation is a very important situation. Ive heard that before about was i preoccupied. Not at all. Not at all. I have plenty of time on my hands. All i do is work. And to be honest with you, thats an important function of working. Its called respect for our country. Last night the Dallas Cowboys and the teams owner, jerr
Im not sure im able to diagnose from afar. Will they be successful at repealing and replacing obamacare . My hunch is theyre not going to get there but its closer than i thought it would be. That does it for us this morning. A lot going on. Stephanie ruhle and ali velshi pick up the coverage right now. Thanks, mika. Good morning, everyone. Im ali velshi. And im stephanie ruhle. Welcome to aspeci special editi v velshi ruhle. The situation here is dire. We have been seeing howling winds and pounding win. San juan is getting hammered by maria. We are dealing with the first landfall of a category 4 hurricane since 1932. And the winds here are only increasing as the eye wall gets closer. In mexico, the death toll climbs to more than 200 from the powerful earthquake that caused buildings to collapse. This is the scene across mexico city, block after block, building after building in ruin. At a nearby school, we are told the bodies of 20 children have been recovered. The death toll now offic