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We only have weak energy infrastructure in puerto rico. now after the stormy can tell you that the transmission lines have been devastated. severe infrastructure damage. and in some areas of puerto rico its going to take months to repair. >> governor appreciate your time. thank you very much. coming up next, breaking news on the apparent demise of the latest gop healthcare bill. o by forcefully stimulating the nerves in your colon. miralax is different. it works with the water in your body to hy...

I can tell you the best deals and when they happen. hurricane maria as it weakens, still a category 1 hurricane. its threatening portions of north carolina with tropical storm weather its its out in the ocean. we cant lose focus on puerto rico and the larger caribbean riddled with massive, massive power loss, flooding, severe agricultural damage, severe infrastructure damage. and cell phones that still arent working. a dam in puerto rico weakened by marias punishing winds remains a danger if it ...

Not just in this country but internationally. and you have to start with the assessment. if the grid is damaged, then you have a long-term real problem. if its just a question of getting the grid back up, thats a different situation. so we dont really know what were looking at yet, because you actually need a level of sophistication and professionalism to do the assessment. im bringing an assessment team today. well get a general sense of the physical need personnel equipment, et cetera, and the...

System. do not anticipate power and a water system back on perhaps for a complete couple of days at the -- on the long side. there appears to be some infrastructure damage to our water system. and as far as power, we have a number of power lines down, poles down, and that will be assessed in the morning. we do have an -- with regards to coming on to the island. part of our problem occurred in that units from the outside resources could not get to us. we have a six-mile corridor between us and th...

Pretty well. the oaks are just waiting to fall. people are walking the neighborhoods. it is strange. thats the way it is. its a lot different from matthew, from last year. i think much worse. we dont usually get those hurricanes but this year, florida, nobody was left behind, unfortunately. >> no kidding. really, this is unusual in its scope. however, in jacksonville, youre going to get a slow rise of the st. johns river. the good news -- its not slow, it is faster than normal, but it is still f...

Another two feet to that water height. i mean, you want to talk about whatever analogy you want to say, ground zero, whatever you want, this area here is first. theyre not going to be the last. thats going to move up the coast. you know, the storm surge, brian, is just what i was talking about, how devastating its going to be to marco island. before that even begin, theyre about to go through the winds of a cat 4 hurricane cane. which just alone would cause significant infrastructure damage. >> ...

Shelters, a home for the infirm and the aged, as well as a fire station. we expect as well significant damage to the housing stock in anguilla. the teams are now musters to go out early in the morning to do a more detailed assessment. and in the british virgin islands, weve also got significant report of damage to private businesses, supermarkets, critical facilities, operational facilities that would be coordinating in this particular emergency, utilities. so it is quite significant and expensi...

State to get ready. lets go to meteorologist tom sater. tom, walk us through why the models cannot yet determine irmas path. >> well, jake, were still some time away. even forecasting cloud covering in your neighborhood five days out, youre going to have some differences in what could occur. however, this continues to a maze us because it continues to strengthen. hurricane wilma in 2005 was equal in strength to this. theres only been one hurricane in atlantic-based history in 1980 and that was a...

I want to look at the oil industry. 2.2 million barrels of oil that is not reaching the market. you can see there what the oil industry looks like. in some cases they cant get to these refineries, in other cases theres infrastructure damage. there are people idle and not working because of these closed down we fineries. these companies know how to safely shut down. now the question is getting back in. >> we spoke to the fema officials. they note this will take years from recover from. one what i...

To dump more and more water, up to 30, sometimes perhaps forecast up to 50 inches. how much does that complicate the typical hurricane response that you just talked about? >> it really complicates it. if you remember hurricane floyd that came in to north carolina, it was a flood hurricane. i mean, it literally flooded almost that entire state. it just dumped inch after inch of rain. we saw pigs on top of barns, it was so deep. and this is a challenge theyre going to have here. and the challenge ...