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Also, many, many distribution points for water. you think about these poor people who have had their homes ripped open, theyve got no plumbing, no electricity to generate coldwater, this cold drink in this florida heat is very important to them. still, according to florida power and light, a quarter million people are without power. there are armadas of trucks that came from out of the state. they havent made it here to mexico beach because mexico beach is still in recovery mode. that is part of...

Normally go through to get anywhere close to the president, and so there is a presumption that the people for example wont be armed, and there is a presumption that they would not wish any ill harm on the president, so i i dont know -- and there have been distribution points for food. we certainly had not picked anything up that there is any indication that the president was going to be going to this location and delivering meals, because in part, ali, we would have been tried to have been there...

>> harris: lets get the latest on florence, the death toll has risen to at least 34, forecasters warning the flooding will get worse in the coming days, rivers rising and expected to crest at record levels. president trump is expected to tour some of the hardest hit areas tomorrow. rick leventhal is live for us in wilmington, north carolina. >> 1 of 3 food and water distribution points where the city says it is serving 60,000 residents a day. they are weary but grateful to get 1-2 cases of water...

Set that we had 20 trucks come in from fort bragg last night. i want to take a second to thank president trump and fema personally for pre-staging those resources, food and water in fort bragg and secondly i want to thank the highway patrol and governor of north carolina for figuring out how to get them here last night. unbelievable. just teamwork. thats the story. we hear all these and well continue to hear pretty rough stories about human tragedies and struggles but we are also hearing incredi...

Fema says it now has warehouses full of supplies. they say theyre changing now. theyre going to be more prepared by having more distribution points throughout the island. craig, the challenge in puerto rico is that the electrical infrastructure is concentrated on the southern part of the island. yet the powers generated for the population center in the northern part of the island. you know, experts say, you know, could they really have rebuilt that whole system. or is this just a band aid. and w...

We got people drinking from epa sites. we still dont have all the distribution points up. im not going to argue with the president. hes got to deal with that with the person hes seeing, the mayor, in the morning. i dont think the people of puerto rico would grade it as a 10. maybe a 10 on a scale of a different height scale, but this is not right. we can do better, and i think the presidents intentions are good, but his cabinet hazlet him down. his cabinet has not come to him and said, hey, we n...

And running they didnt necessarily have the medicines and it is difficult for people who are volunteering in some cases to get to the distribution points. has any of that been worked out? >> reporter: its a hodgepodge in a way. it is being worked out. i think not as coordinated as people would like. not as reliable. lack of coordination to some degree is not that surprising. its really a bad storm to make things really difficult in terms of communication and transport. what happens in a hospital...

Distribute them. >> and the distribution points, in some areas ive heard reports that theres centers set up, people come but then are told theres nothing here, come back in a couple days. >> theres two components. those centers do have resources, but we are also cog zant that its hard. were doing special missions so all the municipalities. some of the hard to reach municipalities weve gone five or six times. we need to do better, but as we get those boots on the ground, i am sure and confident i...

Distribute it. is that improving? >> yes, actually i took a position today where we informed all of those store owners to even get food supplies out and distribute them or we were going to buy them as governor and distribute them. so tomorrow we should be seeing a lot of those stores getting their goods or the government will just take them, buy them of course and distribute them where the needs are. >> and the distribution points, because i heard obviously a place like san juan, its easier for ...

To get into specific number, but the bottom line is once they come into the ports or the airports or the water way ports, we have 11 regions where weve set up mass points of distribution points. so the problem has been getting it down to the last mile. >> perhaps nothing better illustrates this chasm how this relief effort is being felt and applauded by the trump administration in washington d.c. and how its felt or not felt in puerto rico. then the response of the mayor of san juan this morning...