Amid Florence, Trump disputes Puerto Rico death toll from Maria

While President Trump has been monitoring tropical storm Florence from Washington, tweeting his praise to first responders on the ground, he’s also taken to Twitter to complain about the controversy surrounding Puerto Rico’s death toll in 2017’s Hurricane Maria. NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell reports for TODAY.


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