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Energy here, electric power is supplying the hospitals that are providing medical care to the wounded. so theres a duel priority going on with emergency power and then blocking, clearing, pushing out the roads to get commodities delivered. theres still a shortfall there. that is drivers for all of those trucks. so were pushing personnel to augment state and local authorities to continue to push the commodities. what you saw today is some reporting of some loop footage of some trucks on ports in ...

The two of them on that front. >> are there any beliefs a candidate could hold or action as candidate could take that if he was still a republican the president wouldnt endorse him? >> im not going to get into the hypotheticals that a candidate may or may not have over the time that the president is the president. i know where the president stands on certain issues. thats what i can speak about, not somebody that is a candidate for another office that is not here. >> i didnt get -- tom did not c...

Sure we get the needs of the people met. >> had the governor no requested protectively a waivener the jones act, would you have seen a compelling reason to suggest it? >> maybe a historical note of relevance, sometimes well see the carriers request the waiver. so youll have foreign-flagged vessels or u.s. vessels carrier companies call us and say please waive it. theres an issue. we didnt get any carrier requests. once the governor calls and says we need it, we should listen and the president ag...

>> 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 ...

Hes comfortable with the interaction with his forces and the governor. its a different business plan model in the felled and because its unique and its an island, 1100 miles away from the nearest land in florida. once hes satisfied or would expect the three-star general to receive back to his appropriate command structure. for now he and his one-start subordinate command will be there and well get more people the next coming days to try to address this significant problem and significant need. i...

Commodities as necessary to the island. the challenge was land-based distribution. however, last night the governor called me a little after 8:00 and said at this point to ensure that the additional needs are met as we move forward, might be a good idea to proactively make sure that we pull out the stops just in case that capacity problem ran into the requirement problem. i talked to the president. he thought that was the right thing to do. waived it right away. that was not too late. it was not...

On that. you said that -- i cited to you the worry of groups like jim martin and the 60-plus seniors association that youre going to drag out repeal of the death tax. that it wouldnt be immediate and you said at the time it was immediate. is that final? is it an immediate repeal and go off the books as soon as the new tax reform package is passed? >> in our out line, its immediate. >> the same with the alternative minimum tax? >> its immediate. the only thing that phases out is the five-year exp...