joining a great team. jeff saenz, ron klain, and the president who was just so committed to showing the country that if we pull ourselves together, our bestselves, we can do anything. he was committed not just to that but to expertise, committed to equity for everyone. and so that was a good feeling. i will admit, lawrence, it was a very heavy feeling. thousands of people dying every day. knowing that if we head wrong decisions or didn t act quickly enough thousands more would die. was one of the heaviest feelings i think many of us have ever felt. i will tell you that the day that we got on to the internet or i remember getting on the internet and saw a picture of a woman hugging her grandmother for the first time felt like something that so many of us across the country, not of course just the white house, but scientists, people distributing vaccines, nurses, doctors, front line workers worked so hard for, it was emotional.
everyone. and so, that was a good feeling. and i will admit, lawrence, it was a very heavy feeling. thousands of people dying every day, knowing that if we made the wrong decisions, or did not act quickly enough, thousands more would die. it was one of the heaviest things that i think many of us ever felt. it will tell you that the day that we got onto the internet, or remember getting on the internet, and saw a picture of a woman hugging her grandmother, or hugging a grandmother for the first time. it felt like something that so many of us across the country, not just in the white house, but scientists, people distributing vaccines, nurses, doctors, frontline workers, they worked so hard for, it was emotional. was it déjà vu for you when we were all kind of complaining about how hard it was as we were trying to find appointments in say, february, and march, for coronavirus vaccines and the online system was a vexing almost everywhere
of 3.4 u.s. citizens waiting and hoping that help is on the way. they are reporting in puerto rico. we hope any second to get a conversation with the homeland secretary. let s talk about this in the room. high marks for the president and fema and the federal response after harvey and irma. we are beginning to have complaints here. part of it is logistics. it s an island and there is a complaint from some of the residents. the mayor was saying nice things about fema and the federal response, but when you get out where layla is, they feel forgotten. whether that s fair or not, you saw that woman hugging and hasn t seen anybody come to her town. they say do you need anything? what s the challenge for the president? to show that he is as committed to the recovery efforts as he was in florida and
images in our slide though this afternoon. they re not pretty. this man searching through the rubble in new orleans east. we re told he s looking for glasses. hard to do when you don t have your glasses. this woman staring at the piles of stuff in her damaged home. some memories to be found. people lucky enough to recover priceless items like these family photos. emergency workers including this new orleans firefighter going into each damaged home. thankfully nobody has been killed as far as we know. here s a woman hugging her granddaughter after a tornado tore right through their building in their own neighborhood. kasey stegall with the news now. the national weather service said damage consistent with an ef3 tornado. yes, the information just coming in from the ground crews surveying the devastation and getting an up close and personal look at the devastation.
republican presidential candidate mike huckabee. it is unacceptable to put a person in jail without bail because she followed her conscious. and not only that, but she followed the only law that is in front of her. davis has said that she believes it is a sin for her to actually sign off on same-sex major licenses. her attorney wants kentucky s governor to grant her an accommodation for her belief. doug luzader, live for us this morning. thank you. it is now 47 minutes after the top of the hour. foxy knoxy cleared of murder. the judge s stunning decision in the amanda knox trial. and this photo of a woman hugging an officer going viral. what led to the heart warming moment. good morning to you, ladies. coming up on fox & friends,