as for the political implications of this case, poppy, nor menendsenator menend showed up to court every day but said he will return to washington if he is needed to casts a vote in a repeal of the affordable care act. poppy? all right. laura, jarrett, thank you so much. as the trial continues we ll stay on it. the governor of puerto rico says conditions after hurricane maria are apocalyptic. the island is embracing for another disaster. the national weather service calls the dam break imminent the burst expected to trigger life threatening flash flooding on puerto rico but virtually no means of communication. authorities had to physically visit the 70,000 people that live in the path of that dam to tell them to evacuate. maria is now making her way up the east coast, threatening parts of north carolina that might see the worst of this, at least at this stage. our meteorologist, allison chinchar has the latest
we re keeping a close eye on the devastation of hurricane maria. the governor of puerto rico says conditions after maria are apocalyptic. the island is bracing for a possible disaster a dam in danger of breaking. the national weather service calls the dam break imminent. you re looking at aerial images there. you have 70,000 people in the path of severe flooding from a dam break. they had to be physically told by authorities to evacuate because there s so little communication on the island and this is life threatening flash flooding that could happen. adding to the misery much of the island is still without cell towers, power, many, many resources have been completely wiped out, long gas lines, hours long in some places. authorities on the island are asking for much needed help. let s go to leyla santiago in