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Left, Right & Center

A Death-Denying Tweet

Researchers say 3,000 people died because of Hurricane Maria, but President Trump says Democrats came up with that number to make him look bad.

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By Josh Barro • Sep 15, 2018 • 51m Listen

What were the federal failures in response to Hurricane Maria, and what have we learned from them, as Hurricane Florence hits the Southeast? Juliette Kayyem, former assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security during the Obama administration joins to discuss that, and a record number of migrant children who are in federal custody. Paul Manafort pleads guilty and agrees to cooperate with Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

A Puerto Rican flag is seen on a pair of shoes as hundreds of pairs of shoes displayed at the Capitol to pay tribute to Hurricane Maria's victims after a research team led by Harvard University estimated that 4,645 people lost their lives, a number not confirmed by the government, in San Juan, Puerto Rico June 1, 2018. Photo credit: Alvin Baez/Reuters.

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    Josh Barro

    Former host of Left, Right & Center

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    National Review / KCRW's Left, Right & Center

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    Staff writer, The Atlantic

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    Former producer of Left, Right and Center

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    Juliette Kayyem

    former assistant secretary for homeland security under President Barack Obama, and chair of the homeland security program at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government

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    Senior editor at City & State NY

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    Tim Carney

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