Trump Praises 'Amazing Response' to Puerto Rico Disaster.
BLITZER: We have much more ahead on the breaking news on the Las Vegas massacre investigation, including new pictures of the weapons used by the gunman. Authorities say some of them have been sent to a crime lab to see how they were modified. Also breaking, President Trump just wrapped up his visit to Puerto Rico. At every stop he praised what he called the amazing response to the disaster caused by hurricanes Irma and Maria. And it led to a few awkward moments. CNN's Boris Sanchez is on scene for us in Puerto Rico. Boris, tell us more about the president's day.</s>BORIS SANCHEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hey there, Wolf. Yes, he spent some time at a briefing with FEMA officials and local elected leaders before moving on to a chapel and helping to spread out some aid. He is now on his way back to Washington, D.C., before heading to Las Vegas tomorrow. Here in Puerto Rico, there was an expectation that he might change the tone from the very aggressive one that he took this weekend, questioning the leadership capabilities of some of Puerto Rico's elected officials and being less than receptive to offering aid to the island. We didn't see a full change from the president today. Instead we saw some colorful moments.</s>TRUMP: This has been the toughest one. This has been a Category 5, which few people have ever even heard of. A Category 5 hitting land. But it hit land. And, boy, did it hit land.</s>SANCHEZ: Nearly two weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated much of Puerto Rico, President Trump visits the island amid a humanitarian crisis.</s>TRUMP: I hate to tell you, Puerto Rico, but you're throwing our budget a little out of whack. Because we've spent a lot of money on Puerto Rico, and that's fine. We've saved a lot of lives.</s>SANCHEZ: The president touting the federal response to Maria and his team's relief efforts, while also comparing the number of those killed after Maria to the death toll following Hurricane Katrina.</s>TRUMP: If you look at a real catastrophe like Katrina, and you look at the tremendous hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that died, and you look at what happened here with, really, a storm that was just totally overbearing. Nobody has ever seen anything like this. What is your -- what is your death count as of this moment, 17?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Sixteen, sir.</s>TRUMP: Sixteen people certified. Sixteen people versus in the thousands. You you can be very proud of all of your people, all of our people working together. Sixteen versus literally thousands of people.</s>GOV. RICARDO ROSSELLO, PUERTO RICO: We're grateful for the president.</s>SANCHEZ: The president also commending Puerto Rico's governor.</s>TRUMP: And I just want to tell you that right from the beginning, this governor did not play politics. He didn't play it at all. He was saying like it was. And he was giving us the highest grades. And I want to, on behalf of our country, I want to thank you you.</s>MAYOR CARMEN YULIN CRUZ, SAN JUAN: Save us from dying.</s>SANCHEZ: But there was no mention of San Juan's outspoken mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz...</s>CRUZ: It's not about politics.</s>SANCHEZ: ... despite meeting her face-to-face minutes before. The moment coming after the president's weekend Twitter attack, saying she had "such poor leadership ability." Trump commenting on their feud before leaving Washington this morning, saying...</s>TRUMP: Well, I think she's come back a long way. And, you know, I think it's now acknowledged what a great job we've done. And people are looking at that. You know who helped him? God helped him.</s>SANCHEZ: The president also taking on the comforter-in-chief role with first lady Melania Trump by his side, visiting victims of the storm at their homes in Guaynabo, known as the five-star city, one of the island's most upscale neighborhoods.</s>TRUMP: Did you have fear that the house was going to go?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The second floor probably. Not the house.</s>TRUMP: And that's what happened?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.</s>TRUMP: Incredible, yes. Good going.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thank you for being here.</s>SANCHEZ: And stopping by a church to help distribute food and supplies.</s>TRUMP: There's a lot of love in this room. A lot of love in this room.</s>SANCHEZ: Despite the positive spin on relief efforts coming from the White House, official numbers reveal there's still a long way to go. Seven percent of the island's electricity is restored. And only 40 percent of their telecommunications. Obtaining running water is still a challenge. And there are still long wait times at lines in grocery stores and gas stations.</s>TRUMP: The job that's been done here is really nothing short of a miracle. It's been incredible.</s>SANCHEZ: Wolf, the recovery here in Puerto Rico is certainly uneven. While San Juan gets back on its feet, further south, in a city that I visited recently, we met up with a couple, a Korean War veteran and his wife, Sam Levia (Ph), who are now living with a neighbor, because a tree went through their living room. They told me that they registered with FEMA shortly after Hurricane Maria, but they've not received any aid at all. No federal or local official has even gone into their neighborhood to check on their wellbeing. And, Wolf, they are not alone.</s>BLITZER: I'm sure there's lots and lots of stories like that. Boris, thanks very much. Boris Sanchez in Puerto Rico for us. Coming up, we're going to have a reality check. I'll be joined by some of our correspondents who have seen the desperation over the long wait to get food, fuel, clean water, medicine, to hit the hardest hit parts of Puerto Rico. We also have some new reporting on this other -- this hour's other major breaking stories, new details about the weapons used...</s>WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: -- over the long wait to get food, fuel, clean water, medicine to hit the hardest hit parts of Puerto Rico. We also have some new reporting on this other's -- on this hour's other major breaking story. New details about the weapons used in the Las Vegas massacre, and the first pictures of the sniper's nest.