Cnn Talk With Max Foster

The U.S. East Coast is preparing for Hurricane Florence, a powerful Category 2 storm expected to make landfall overnight Thursday into Friday. U.S. President Donald Trump has been reassuring the public that all federal and state agencies are doing their utmost to be ready. So what is the role of a national leader when a natural disaster looms? Are they supposed to be the Consoler-in-Chief, or take a more business-like, hands off role? Hannah Vaughan Jones leads a conversation with Freddy Gray, Rachel Shabi and Iain Dale. via Knit