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About the capacity problem of people being vehicictims that w otherwise be the first responders, repairers and managers of the functions. so what were try doing is restore baseline plumunicipal functions. the island is 72 bmd $72 billio debt and that is being restructured through bankruptcy proceedings and so forth. >> how is that impacting the response? >> i know the president brought it up in terms of recovery, but heres how it faeskts the response. it puts the island in the position where the...

Sarah. >> and specifically on the jones act, thats been a lot of attention the last 72 hours. critics say the white house should have moved more quickly in waiving the jones act. lawmakers among them. why is that an unfounded complaint? >> okay. it is an unfounded complaint. heres why. the jones act briefly stated is a rule that favors flagged vessels, u.s. flagged vessels. if there are not enough u.s. flagged vessels, the capacity in other words to meet the needs, then we waive the jones act. i...

>> first, i thank the mayor for providing aid. hes wrong in this case. i challenge him to go down and get a better understanding on what weve done, what weve been doing and how blown away youll be when you see the picture. im certain the mayor has had some positive experiences. i wouldnt be critical personally. probably like with the jones act, hes not informed on the question. >> how long will it take to get supplies through and why it is theres 10,000 containers in the port of san juan? >> to ...

People being victims that would otherwise be the first responders, repairers and managers of the municipal government functions. were trying to restore baseline municipal government functions because theyve been affected. their homes destroyed, families put in peril. thats the capacity problem that im addressing. when you talk about money, i believe that the island authority in general was 72 -- puerto rico $72 billion in debt pap restructuring effort under way. congress weighed in with a pra mi...

Action sooner and bringing in the military sooner. >> first i thank the mayor for providing aid. second the mayor is dead wrong in this case and i challenge him to go down and get a better understanding first before rendering that verdict on what weve done. what weve been doing and how blown away youll be when you see the full totality of the picture. i wouldnt be critical of him personally but like with the jones act criticism rendered not yet informed on the facts. thanks for that question. >>...

I dont think the problem is what is fema telling people do. a lot-times as you hear from the red cross people dont abide by that advice and youll see that in the next couple day, which is it will be harder to get resources in simply because of how drenched the soil is, the roads, everything is going to get a little bit harder over time. the fema administrator said that this is going to be a frustrating storm now, and i think thats exactly right. we sort of can conceptualize what a category 4 or ...

Care of this. every time we have this sort of bombing, we have somebody that the police and intel agencies are looking at, that they are concerned about. yet they always seem to slip through, from nbc report. members of his own family informed on him in the past telling british authorities he was dangerous. >> europeans have got a capacity problem. they have way too many foreign fighters who have traveled overseas and come back. they have way too many recruits at home to actually track down all ...

>> reporter: we didnt see people on the edge of starvation. theres no real lethality here. but there are the very young at risk here. were talking mothers already telling us theyre having to feed their children dirty water, their children suffering from fevers. thats going to get worse as days go by. erin, theres a capacity problem here. and air strips simply trying to get planes in fast enough, the phillipine air force dont have enough to bring in enough aid and assistance. u.s. military trying...

Themselves from being dehydrated. theres a lot of need, but more and i said is coming in. >> why cant people just get water at the airport? >> theres a lot of finger pointing. local official say theyve simply overwhelmed. they need help from the federal government. you know, its -- there is a capacity problem. there is simply a lot of roads still are blocked, though main arteries have been opened, but theres a lack of vehicles to transport good. theres a lack of fuel. its hard to find fuel. were...

>> youre absolutely right. im hearing hours, delays. but at the same time, you know, the white house is not acknowledging -- theres some problems with the website. and what were understanding, without them giving the technology, theres a capacity problem. there are log-in problems, problems all over the place. theyre trying to work it out. theyre excited about this major piece for this administration, but youve got to remember, theyre trying to save it from all the critics. its amazing to see th...