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.Zolan Kanno-Youngs: "We have to look at President Trump's record with FEMA and its entirety in this second term." Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف: "It's been striking to me how much we've been looking at responsiveness across government and not able to really get at what level the system broke down."

"Based on our reporting, we know that at DHS there was widespread confusion about how they should respond, how they should move resources," said Tarini Parti. "They also didn't preposition assets close to the impacted area as they have done in past disasters."

"Now, what Trump has discovered is what Zelenskyy told him is basically right. You cannot assume that Putin is your friend. You cannot assume he wants a peace deal — because he doesn't. He's made that very clear," said Peter Baker.

"The problem is, so many people focus on the shipment and what Hegseth said. To me, what's critical is once you start turning weapon systems on and shipments on and off, it is very hard for Ukrainian military planners to, to defend themselves," said Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف.

"What [President Trump] has found out is that embracing Vladimir Putin comes with few results," said Zolan Kanno-Youngs. "But his Republican allies, you know, were also telling him in, in recent weeks, like they could all be getting played."

TONIGHT: Leigh Ann Caldwell, Meridith McGraw, Stephen Hayes and Michael Scherer join moderator Jeffrey Goldberg to discuss President Donald Trump's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and the potential consequences for his presidency and movement. Watch at 8/7c on PBS

"Historically, when Republicans control the House and the Senate, you still need 60 votes to get a budget through the Senate, and that means you need a bipartisan process," said Michael Scherer. "The Trump administration's goal here is to break that process."

"[President Trump has] been successful in convincing his hardcore base to believe him," said Stephen Hayes. "Virtually all of the other conspiracies he has either spun or embraced or amplified had a bad guy. And the bad guy was 'Them' with a capital 'T.'"

.Leigh Ann Caldwell: "The MAGA part of the party that is furious about this are not necessarily partisans. They are the people who are anti-establishment, ... feel like they have been wronged. ... The reason they found a savior in Donald Trump is because he promised to be different."

"When the story came out, it really seemed like it was a galvanizing force among his supporters and instead of focusing on the content of the reporting or whatever was revealed, it was — they called it a hoax," said Meridith McGraw. "And they were very quick to dismiss it."

TONIGHT: Peter Baker, Eugene Daniels, Susan Glasser and Jonathan Karl join guest moderator Franklin Foer to discuss the recent and intensifying developments in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal surrounding President Donald Trump. Watch at 8/7c on PBS

"We know that Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein were friends. We know that Donald Trump and him hung out a lot," said Eugene Daniels. "Donald Trump has clearly made the calculation that he can't be connected to Jeffrey Epstein in any way, shape or form."

"He brings this on himself by looking like he's trying to hide something, by denying the obvious right there," said Peter Baker. "His habit is to deny, deny, deny, even provable truths. It's just never in his DNA to admit, much less acknowledge or apologize."

"It's notable that some members of Congress who stick with Donald Trump through the most outrageous untruths are demanding answers from him that he doesn't want to give right now," said Susan Glasser.

.Jonathan Karl: "[Trump] now has total command of the Republican Party. ... He also has an administration and a staff that is based entirely on loyalty. So you don't hear any dissent, either within the administration or within the Republican rank and file or leadership in Congress."