Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy discusses President Donald Trump's first few days in office and his trips to North Carolina and California on 'Sunday Night in America.'

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is heading to hurricane-battered western North Carolina and wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles on Friday, using the first trip of his second administration to tour areas where politics has clouded the response to deadly disasters.

President Donald Trump will visit areas devastated by floods in North Carolina and fires in California, as debates rage about recovery and funding.

Trump and Newsom greeted one another on the tarmac at LAX on Friday as Trump plans to tour fire damaged areas of the state.

And I have all the expectations that we'll be able to work together to get the speedy recovery," Newsom told Trump. The v

President Trump greeted California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) with a very friendly exchange when he landed in the Los Angeles area to survey wildfire damage, after the two have sparred over relief

Gavin Newsom doesn ... require the Trump and Newsom administrations to work together. Hours before visiting California, Trump is scheduled to tour parts of western North Carolina still recovering ...

President Trump will travel to North Carolina, California and Nevada this week for the first trips of his presidency, he told reporters on Tuesday. The president said he will be going Friday to

Donald Trump departed the White House on Friday for his first trip since his inauguration, with an itinerary that includes a visit to Los Angeles to survey fire damage and get an update on the recovery efforts in the Pacific Palisades.

The president said that the damage from two devastating wildfires will get fixed as he arrived in LA to survey the damage.

President Donald Trump said he's considering "getting rid of" FEMA as he hit the road for the first time since his second inauguration, visiting victims of Hurricane Helene and the California wildfires.

President Donald Trump arrived in California to tour the LA wildfire damage as he threatens to withhold funding over his feud with Gov. Gavin Newsom.