Reporter the white house defending the governments response. The federal response has been anything but slow. In fact, theres been an unprecedented push through of billions of dollars of federal assistance. Reporter but the president has spent the last three days tweeting repeatedly about nfl players who kneel during the national anthem. Mr. Trump, continuing to fan the flames on twitter monday night. Sources tell cnn that the president appears pleased with the firestorm he has created, telling a private dinner of conservative leaders its really caught on. I said what millions of americans were thinking. Administration officials tell cnn that Chief Of Staff john kelly is not happy with the public feud but the retired military general, who lost a son in the afghanistan war, agrees with the president on the substance of the debate. Meanwhile, nfl teams continue to show solidarity against President Trumps comments. The entire Dallas Cowboys team and team owner, jerry jones, taking a knee
voted for donald trump. there s nothing been like puerto rico to the same degree. partly because, unfortunately, these folks are not trump supporters and they are not top of mind. i m not talking about fema, just to be clear. fema is on the ground there. he has to please his bosses as well. they are there in earnest. it s a very difficult situation. the president, i m saying the president gave a speech to the u.n. talking about sovereignty. these are americans on that island. they are without power almost a week. combined damage total may be more than harvey and irma combined. everybody is concerned but the president is tweeting more about nfl and hillary clinton than he is about the island and when he is, he seems to be dis ing the infrastructure. is maria donald trump s katrina? abby, when the president did finally tweet about puerto rico, he obviously focused more on their economic crisis, failing