Truck to help transport the wounded to nearby hospitals. gayle davis who was attending the concert with her husband said she owed her life to a brave police officer who instinctively served as a human shield, protecting her from harm. sadly, multiple police officers, vote on duty and off duty, were among those killed or injured. what these people did for each other says far more about who we are as americans than the cowardly act of the killer ever could. the gospel of john reminds us there is no greater love than to lay down one s life for a friend. the memory of those who displayed the ultimate expression of love in the midst of an act of hate will never fail. their examples will serve as an eternal reminder that the americanspirit cannot and will not ever be broken. in the days ahead, we will grieve as a nation, we will honor the memory of those lost as a nation and we will come together united as one nation, under god and indivisible. with that i ll take your questions. major? ca
That what happened amounts to an act of domestic terrorism? again, we re still on a fact finding mission. this is an on going investigation. it would be premature to weigh in on something like that before we have any more facts. we ll leave that to local law enforce ment to make those determinations. over the weekend t president was sharply critical of the mayor of san juan. other than your comments on friday morning which she kreut sighed elaine duke for saying this was a good news story. what was she doing that prompted such criticism from the president? look, right now our focus is to bring the mayor into the coordination effort. this administration, as well as other members on the ground have reached out to her. we hope she will join with us in those efforts and be part of the things she s been invited to
The 2nd amendment. i don t have any further at this point. couple questions. one, on the trip to puerto rico tomorrow. just want to ask about the bill congressman caine act would give an exemption to puerto rico from the jones act. would the administration consider either a permanent repeal of the jones act or at least something for puerto rico? i don t think that s something necessary at this time. if we deem that it was, we could have that discussion then. certainly we don t feel like something that is necessary today. i wouldn t imagine that would be something needed. there has been some attack among senator, some in the media on her religious beliefs. does the white house have
dana: sara huckabee sanders had to deliver that statement today. she got almost emotional. you could hear it in her voice. i thought it was appropriate and understandable. let s listen to that sound. what these people did for each other says far more about who we are as americans than a cowardly act of a killer could. the gospel of john reminds us that there is no greater love than to lay down one s life for a friend. memory of those who expressed the ultimate measure of love will never fade. their examples will serve as an eternal reminder that the american spirit cannot and will not ever be broken. in the days ahead, we will grieve as a nation. we will honor the memory of those lost as a nation. and we will come together united as one nation under god and indivisible. dana: i feel like in that moment she was speaking on behalf of the united states of america. not republicans, not the trump
Simple to say that his goal is simply to be there to show the support of people from around the country and to stand united and not only this act of evil, but against all acts of evil. i think that was clear in the president s remarks today and something certainly you ll see from his visit wednesday. jessica? thank you. i have been following up from remarks over the weekend. president tweeted save your energy, rex. we ll do what needs to be done. are you trying to get back to talk ors have you given up? we have been clear now is not the time to talk. the only conversation that has taken place or that would would be on bringing back americans who have been detained like with otto. those were the type of conversations that this administration was willing to have. beyond that, there will be no