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Released footage saturday. its not known if the president was briefed before tweeting. a spokesperson for the national security council declined to comment. the president did tweet that iran launched a missile. as far as u.s. intelligence is concerned, they did not. i know thats confusing but thats the reality. president trump facing intense criticism for tweeting about puerto ricos financial and infrastructure problems as the island is facing a growing humanitarian crisis because of hurricane...

Seen in our disaster experience, unfortunately the puerto rican people have a long road ahead of them. we want them to make sure they know theyre not alone in that recovery process. >> jim, carl, youre there to do the work. theres nobody better than the first responders that america puts on the ground in these situations. thank you for what youre doing. we will echo that urgency every chance we get. you let us know what information, what needs the american people back home can help the puerto ri...

>> reporter: once at the evacuation shelter, some safety. a new future ahead already filled with uncertainty. >> alisyn, as i talked to people on the streets i have watched as they have gone through the stages, first shock at the damage and then frustration and anger. i get it. i have not been able to reach some of my family members. no text, no app, no phone call going through on parts of this island right now. >> oh, my gosh, leyla, what a situation. as bad as we can imagine. thank you for upd...

This morning? >> thank you, alisyn, and good morning, and thank you for the opportunity to share with the world what we are going through here in spraepuerto rico. the biggest concern is when you dont have power certain things fall through the wayside. yesterday we were canvassing and we found elderly people that dont have blood pressure medicine, food, and we have doctors coming with us and we have medication and surgical equipment for one month, prebought and paid for already inside. we are st...

Were here and i liked that solution, and now they are here, but not liking it so much. still no contact with the u.s. landfall wise, but i dont like the progression to the west. >> thank you. skwraoeujoining us on the p is the governor of puerto rico. where do we find you at this hour? >> hi, alisyn. we are in the executive mansion and we have operations here to make sure we have redundancy, and as we anticipated, this is the most devastating storm in a century or in modern history. the critic...

Taking great amounts of water, and the reason why i am here, alisyn, is because our team, ourselves, had to be evacuated because conditions were so dangerous and precarious at one point. take a look outside. all of that debris came down in the last three hours. thats when we could experience the strongest winds here in bough cardozo. you have to take into account, this is the strongest hurricane this island has seen in almost nine decades, so that gives you an idea of how bad the situation has b...

>> reporter: alisyn, i just talked to a first responders on the sidelines that says four people have been rescued in the building behind me. as day breaks they are hoping to continue the search and hoping to find more people alive. but there are dozens of people here waiting, waiting anxiously and grappling with the fact that they might not get good news after first responders go through this mountain of debris. now, this is one of dozens of buildings that collapsed here in mexico city. just to ...

Situation, and as you can see by the strength of the winds outside, this is not yet over and its going on very much, alisyn. >> absolutely. thank you very much for showing us the mess that is happening there. cnns laila shaantiago in s juan. we saw you get blown around. >> reporter: i will tell you, those were really tough winds and are continuing behind me. this is now my view of hurricane irma -- excuse me, hurricane maria. these ropes are vibrating. you can see them shaking and they are up ...

Going to be a lot of rain which presents a lot of danger as well. >> governor we just got an alert from the national weather service i want to share with you, the eye of the storm is 15 miles southwest of san juan, so it looks as though you have several more hours of going through the conditionings you are seeing right now. >> we will be bunkered down here in san juan, and hopefully we will withstand the storm and rebuild. of course we asked for our federal citizens to send thoughts and prayers,...

Ryan and mcconnell agree with us on daca. we are very much onboard. i spoke to them, yes. >> okay. that was really helpful. let me bring back matt and simone sanders. i believe he clarified some things. he wants massive border security but -- hes departing to florida to see the aftermath there, and these are the live pictures. so hes waving good-bye, and over the live pictures, matt, he is threading the needle. he is saying massive border security and that is different and you know it to conserv...