briefing coupled along with this very human take. this human element. i have got pets. they are in shelters. i m with my children. all those stories, all that texture the president will then make some further decisions about how to help this area. it is just beginning. maria, you were going to say? those are long-term decisions, harris. because as kennedy said they are still cleaning up from matthew. we still see puerto rico and parts of texas being rebuilt after harvey and after maria. these are long-term rebuilding projects that will require a lot of attention, whether it s from nonprofits who do great work, whether it s from state and local. whether it s federal assistance, these are areas that once the cameras are gone, once the president is gone, need melissa: can i say something about these cameras. imagine being one of those people standing on your front lawn and you have been through so much and you look down the street and who is walking down the center of the street tow
damage to come. harris: imagine the soft ground for those trees and that s why you do this sort of thing up until dusk and then they clear everybody out because tree falls. and it s not the only weather around. there will be other rain to come, obviously, in the forecast. so, this is a vulnerable area now. and so the president just gets to touch and really experience what they are going through. many of these people as we are being told through reporting will not sleep in these homes tonight. they will go away and go back to family, friends, shelters. maria: just because it s sunny and blue skies doesn t mean the danger is gone. there is a loft danger still ahead. that was an important point she made. harris: hurricane season by the way has not ended. so that isn t to say that another storm could come through here.
they are not testing they are still working on nuclear and missile programs. melissa: sure. maria: i want the u.s. in these talks. north korea have south korea interest at at heart. many of those interests overlap. we need our people there. pompeo and his team back in the region meeting with the north koreans directly because we are the ones we need to make sure our interests taken into account here. kennedy: certainly better for south korea if the united states is involved. south korea would much rather be aligned with the united states which has a free market system as opposed to china, which has, you know, flirts with free market principles but still very much culturally centralized system of government. and, you know, that s much more regressive for south korea. they want to get north korea off of that dependency and create a country of their own choosing. maria: we will see if the state department reengages they had cancelled last meeting with secretary pompeo. he has be
[laughter] harris: that s why i went to her first. kennedy: people who hold these sensitive jobs in the fbi and doj and cia that they somehow need to get together in a cabal and block the president. maria: that s not what he said he said if they don t feel comfortable doing it they should resign. he didn t say they should subvert the president. he said they should make the case if it s a bad idea. that s what you do in government. harris: didn t he use the word block or did i hallucinate maria pla maria you did not hallucinate. kennedy: john brennan feels like he would do a better job running the country subvertly than the president overtly. they are at odds world views about who should have access to information and, you know, i hope that when the president says that this is a his crowning achievement because transparency is so critical, i hope he really means that and not just in cases where it s politically convenient for him. i would like to see all sorts of fisa applic
rethink things. and i think a fresh approach to a lot of things in washington is a good idea. but especially in a place like this. melissa: i don t think we have any idea whether or not we are making progress, necessarily. but i think more meetings are better than fewer. especially when they happen in a place that s a whole heck of a lot nicer than where you live. so they take him out of his kingdom and bring him to some place where they have, you know, nice hotels, and lots of food. kennedy: would be the first time a north korean leader visited seoul. melissa: and say you could live more like this. this is how you get there maria, i know you will say we don t know if they are making progress. that s true. absolutely. we need all kinds of proof in everything. but getting together is a step in the right direction. no? maria: i think talking is better than fighting absolutely. i have always supported diplomacy. we have seen reports that north korea while they are talking have con