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Do it again. there is so much controversy and i know that you have questioned why the mutual aid was not called in and he has the reasons for it, and he says, look, we had to do what we had to do after the storm, and we did what we could do, and he says that because the white fish contract was canceled, it costed more and took longer to restore the power. >> but, gabe they had the $25 or $30 million, and yes, if a loan shark shows up at the door after a natural disaster and says i will help you ...

Payment, because he has not been paid, he says he is being forced to stop all work from white fish until he can get that payment. remember, earlier the government of puerto rican selled the contract with white fish but they were scheduled to continue work until earlier this month. according to white fish they had to stop the work, what that means to people getting power back here, well have to wait and find out. we did check in with the government, the power authority tells us that because the w...

. this morning, half of puerto rico is still without power, but two months after hurricane maria struck the montana company contracted to turn the lights back on, whitefish energy, says it is stopping work to repair the power grid. >> the companys ceo tells cnn whitefish is owed $83 million by the power authority after the island canceled the $300 million with white finish back in late october after a number of concerns were raised. the white fish contract is up december 1st. to leyla santiago...

Expenses while you figure out how to rebuild your home. theres not a government agency that rebuilds homes. there are coordination, and it is difficult with the island. because in texas, you had all the resources that can drive there, right? and in puerto rico, you have to -- it is difficult. so i think the presidents communication on this has been terrible. i mean, he needs to communicate all the progress every day. and then he should be reporting out progress every single day. because what it ...

Due to the storm. >> that report, really, you have to consider puerto rico, 27,000 people die a year. that approximately after the storm that would average out about 2,500 that would have died of natural causes or other elements. we have had a very rigorous system of identifying how people have died and if its directly or indirected related to the storm. were not only stating in the death toll the people that died because of mudslides and so forth, but also, for example, suicides that family mem...

In the dark. thats almost six weeks after hurricane maria. now the fbi is getting involved launching an investigation into the $300 million contract landed by a small firm, white fish energy to get the power back on that is likely a topic on capitol hill as they hold hearings on the hurricane response. lets go to renee as they go to washington and keep tabs on all of this. what do we know about the investigation? >> we know that the fbi opened this preliminary investigation and i will want to br...

Contract that is facing audits and congressional investigations. brock long was asked about that white fish energy contract. so were the other folks that were testified. they basically said we had nothing to do with it. take a listen. zhao sure. let me be clear. the white fish contract was not a fema contract. there were many things wrong. there was also language in there that would suggest that the federal government would never audit white fish, there is not a lawyer inside fema that would agr...

In the dark as a result. heres some of our conversation. >> threats are like bullies. once they come out, they never come right back. >> reporter: why do you think they did it? why did they feel so empowered they could talk to you in such a way? >> well, we can -- >> reporter: you must have an idea. >> they must have some political connections. >> reporter: that is something you hear over and over. and i kept pushing the mayor on that. what is the political connection? what do you see? what have...