NBC weather anchor Al Roker called President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE's display of an apparently altered map of Hurricane Dorian's path a "distraction" and urged people to move on.

"Folks know who to depend on. No disrespect to the President of the United States, but he's not in the business of doing forecasts," Roker said while discussing the map, on which the hurricane's path appeared to have been extended to show it affecting Alabama. "Alabama was never in the line of fire. They didn't have to worry. It was quickly reported and rebutted and then people could put their main focus on where the areas of danger were."

"This is a bit of a distraction. It could have been easily tamped down but it wasn't, so now let's move on," Roker added.

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Anchor Andrea Mitchell responded by pointing out that Trump continues to tweet about the issue.

"Most of us would have moved on and had moved on but then he keeps tweeting about it," he said.

Trump this week held up a map that appeared to have a half-circle drawn on it making it appear that the hurricane's path extended through Alabama. He had previously said over the weekend that Alabama was in the storm's path, which the National Weather Service said was not the case.

The president on Thursday doubled down on his past Alabama assertions, tweeting that “certain models strongly suggested” Alabama and Georgia would be hit by Hurricane Dorian and that one model of the hurricane’s possible trajectory showed Alabama being “hit or grazed.”

"In the early days of the hurricane, when it was predicted that Dorian would go through Miami or West Palm Beach, even before it reached the Bahamas, certain models strongly suggested that Alabama & Georgia would be hit as it made its way through Florida & to the Gulf,” he wrote.

“Instead it turned North and went up the coast, where it continues now. In the one model through Florida, the Great State of Alabama would have been hit or grazed. In the path it took, no. Read my FULL FEMA statement. What I said was accurate! All Fake News in order to demean!” the president added.