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Baltimore is a terrible idea? >> look, people are not in prison for possession. they are in prison for distribution. and so small amounts of marijuana possession is a false bowingy. distribution is the target. the reason is just the same reason its a federal crime. the reason is its addictive it leads to other drugs as elijah cummings from baltimore recently said i think last year end of last year. it is a gateway drug. it leads to higher potency use and thats what the harvard studies also indic...

>> reporter: it has been two months since puerto rico was ravaged by hurricane maria. about half the island remains without power. those with no refrigeration have had to adapt. >> stuff like milk and meat and eggs, buy less quantity and more stuff that is canned. >> reporter: supermarkets have also been forced to adapt, just take a look at this frozen goods section in this san juan supermarket. shelves are empty most of the time. so the problem is not that the suppliers are not being able to de...

Stuff that is canned. >> reporter: supermarkets have also been forced to adapt, just take a look at this frozen goods section in this san juan supermarket. shelves are empty most of the time. so the problem is not that the suppliers are in the being able to deliver, the problem is that people are not buying these things? >> people arent buying these things. >> reporter: how does this compare to what you had before? >> 2%. >> reporter: there is a distribution problem. a shortage of canned goods m...

Hurricane irma struck puerto rico. 15% of the island has power. governor of puerto rico says the goal is 95% by mid december. water is still a very big concern. epa testing wells across the island to make sure wells are safe to drink at. president trump asked while speaking in the rose garden yesterday. defended the federal response and distribution problem on local issues. we have little distributing the food. >> new cnn poll finds the approval rating for response to recent hurricanes has hit 4...

Getting the supplies that were in line for and people received them were grateful. that didnt get a lot of coverage. the larger picture about puerto rico though is the following. i think general kelly got it right when he ratified the presidents remarks. we arent going to be there forever. thats what the president said. >> but do you say that in the middle of people suffering? >> well are we have enough supplies there. we are doing -- there is a distribution problem and logistical problem in pue...

Took. she got in a blackhawk, and she was looking down upon puerto rico, and we got a sense from the sky -- i dont know if we can pull that video up again -- of her trip. but it did not look good, she said, from many stops. she went to a couple of islands that are off the main island, but also said theyre getting some help now. and just to read some of the shipments hitting the ground right now, millions of meals, millions of bottles of water. do you think maybe now, as we lead up to the tuesd...

Hes going to do. >> let me ask you this. so of course the administration is saying they are delivering everything they can to try to help the island there, but is it a problem of not having enough stuff or is it a distribution problem? in other words, they have the stuff, they cant get it out to the people? >> reporter: well, theres several different things at play here. you mentioned those shipping containers that have been stuck at the port for several days. typically that is not federal aide....

Seven additional ships to house responders. and we have commodities distribution exceeding millions. 1.3 million meals, that type of thing. water. so that is moving in today. and youre seeing the distribution problem unclog. now, if there is somebody burying somebody in their front yard that is a terrible story, but i dont want to protect that as the normed. weve seen 16 fatalities confirmed. no fatality is acceptable. if that number increases significantly, that will be a devastating blow. were...

Responders. we have commodities distribution exceeding millions. so its all moving in today and distribution problem is being unclogged. if theres somebody being buried in the front yard, thats terrible but its not the norm. right now weve seen 16 fatalities confirmed from the state authorities. no fatality is acceptable. if that number increases, that will be a devastating blow. were doing everything we can to prevent that. loss of life from the storm is one thing. loss of life that is preventi...

Responders. and commodities distribution now exceeding millions. 1.3 million meals, 2.7 million liters of water. that type thing. moving in today seeing a distribution problem unclog. somebody burying somebody in a front yard is a terrible story. i dont want to project it at the norm. i think theres a careful distinction here. >> what is the norm? >> seen 16 fatalities confirmed from state authorities. no fatalities acceptable. if that number increases significantly that will be a devastating bl...