president trump stands by his administration s response to hurricane maria a day after the official death toll in puerto rico was raised by the thousands. on tuesday, the island s governor, raised the death toll from 64 to nearly 3,000. the storm left much of puerto rico without power for weeks. despite that, here is what the president had to say. i think we did a fantastic job in puerto rico. we are still helping puerto rico. the people of puerto rico are great people. they work hard. puerto rico was the most difficult of the group. you know, peopfema and all of t people there have done a big job. puerto rico hard a lot of difficulties before it got hit. the mayor of san juan said the administration killed puerto ricans with negligent. a new mexico judge says that s why he had to let an alleged child abuser from a
seriously considering a run at the white house. we ll have more on the growing christie drum beat with jon hutsman later on morning joe. the latest installment of the funding fight in congress may come to an end. last night the senate approved a deal to fund the government through mid-november it will help avoid a shutdown, we hope, and provide much-needed money to cash-strapped peopfema. the funds have shrunken to historic lows with $114 million remaining, that s down sharply from the $1 billion typically held as a string of natural disasters nearly depleted the agency s resources. fema announced it had enough money to make it through the week was a crucial turning point in negotiations. the bill now heads to the senhe.