chartering the plane. that check in the amount of $51,887.31. perhaps he could have just rounded up? this whole thing couldn't have come at a worse time for the administration as president trump wages war on the nfl while more than 3 million americans in puerto rico are struggling to survive and desperate for help from their own government. the president got the message early on with the hurricanes irma and harvey. so why is his administration so tone deaf when it comes to puerto rico? and was this bound to happen when president trump surrounds himself with millionaires and billionaires? we'll discuss all of that in the coming hours. let's get right to cnn's jeff zelli at the white house. the health and human services secretary writing a personal check $52,000 and some change to cover the expenses of his seat on the chartered flights. it's really a fraction of the actual cost. but now politico is reporting the tab is actually upwards of $1 million when you include the military flights on military