died. indica kaitlin collins at the white house, 3,000 people died according to the recent george washington university study and the administration's response is still under fire. where is this incredibly successful even coming from? >> reporter: that's the question a lot of people are going to have after hearing the president's comments there. first, some leadership, presidential comments, hearing from the president and fema administration ahead of the hurricane florence and what people need to do to prepare on the coast. then the president looking back at puerto rico saying it was an unsung success, that it was very successful, talking about the praise they received after that hurricane hit for the administration's response, which frankly, brooke, isn't the case here. it has been widely criticized because at first the death toll was in the dozens, then it was raised to 3,000 people who died there in puerto rico. now, of course that's not shocking that the president made the comments. last week he was praising the