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report.

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Let's bring in chief white house

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correspondent Jonathan Carl now.

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The president at FEMA

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headquarters today hours before

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his big speech, John.

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First tell us about the

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president's response to this

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storm, but also he's making

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headlines tonight for what he

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didn't say.

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>> Reporter: Well, the president

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said he considered delaying this

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speech tonight because of the

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hurricane but ultimately decided

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that he could go and visit the

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region over the weekend, get the

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briefings from FEMA and go

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forward with his speech tonight.

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He was asked about the -- what

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happened in Kenosha, the

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violence, the shooting of Jacob

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Blake.

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He did not answer those

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questions, though.

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Violence and the protests that

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happened afterwards.

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Condemning the violence.

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But nothing about the police

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shooting, Tom.

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>> John, as we hear you report

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that, I'm struck by what we see

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behind you, this is the first

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time we've seen this shot.

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You're at the white house during

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a convention and it looks like a

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massive rally just behind you.

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>> Tom, I -- I'm practically

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speechless here.

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I have been covering the white

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house on and off for two

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decades.

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I have seen senior white house

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officials refuse to even comment

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on political campaign issues

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because they thought it would be

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a violation of the law to do

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that from white house grounds,

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on white house time.

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Here we have the entire south

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lawn of the white house

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transformed into the hall, the

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venue, for a national political

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convention.

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You see the trump/pence signs.

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You see all the pageantry.

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You see the delegates, all the