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Duke. that last comment about the presidents, you know, the president has been tweeting for the last few days about the debt problems that puerto rico was in and the infrastructure problems they had before hurricane irma hit. elaine duke saying we will deal with that later. right now they need some help. breaking news out of saudi arabia. the king has announced an end to its long standing ban against women driving. women in the kingdom have been protesting the ban by posting videos and picture...

Workers. do they have enough people to try and fix at the very least the infrastructure problems? what is the expectation for how long theyre going to be in the dark? >> reporter: two big challenges. first one is communication. were hearing from rescue workers theyre not even getting alerted as to where people are trapped because the communication is down. as you know, power is out 100% across puerto rico. the only people that have power are people that have generators and thats usually hotels. ...

Issue is going to be the wind damage, structural damage, people getting fresh water and food is going to be a issue and the infrastructure problems in the mountains with flash flooding, trying to get them food and water. this is going to be a humanitarian disaster. dominican can just be grazed, bah ham aus safe, georgia safe. we havent ruled out anything for the carolinas. i expect by this time tomorrow night were going to be in a full all out disaster in puerto rico. >> puts a lump in your thro...

Poor island to begin with. they have billions in unfunded pensions to teachers and government employees. when youre talking about an island with five million people, that is astounding. tens of thousands of puerto ricos best and brightest leave the island each year for better jobs in the u.s. the good news is the state of emergency in puerto rico declared by president trump could mean a lot of federal dollars flowing into the island, which could boost the economy at least temporarily. shep? >> s...

The eye, to the left of the eye might not get as damaged or as strongly damaged as another area thats farther away. so with sandy, that was kind of the problem. the problem was the storm was coming apart was sandy was moving toward new york, so you had this big wall and these pockets of wind. and that strong surge that was still pushing along the coast well away from where the center of sandy was. >> i dont want to put you on the spot, either of you, have we heard anything about dominica? i have...

This path right here is pretty much worst case scenario, there are about 2 million people who live where my hand is, northern and north eastern quadrant, thats the dirty side of the storm. with the storm surge, the rain nmt mountains that could be up to 2 feet and the catastrophic wind damage, thats the huge issue is going to be the wind damage, structural damage, people getting fresh water and food is going to be a issue and the infrastructure problems in the mountains with flash flooding, tryi...

Doesnt come. but its like pearl harbor, the only difference is we know the enemys coming. why not protect yourself. its the message the governor is giving. >> we appreciate the consistency the governor has come on tv to give the message and you yourself have joined us, and i know other networks, to get the message out, do not fool around, but if you live on a barrier island, do not fool around because there are going infrastructure problems that keep people from getting to you. your connections ...

Rapidly as we move forward. there was some talk after sandy about big infrastructure changes in new york city and then, of course, the cleanup relief is done. everybody forgets about it. new orleans we heard that some of the pumps in new orleans werent working the past couple of weeks the way they were supposed to which is, again, after all the infrastructure problems we talked about in 2005, 2006 in new orleans, it is still incredible that yes, they are living in a bowl, but there are ways to m...

Neighborhood of the flood. horrendous. and the reality. lose everything you worked all your life for. it is very tough. the administer of fema is doing a great job. putting all their resources they can to help support state and local governments. and theyll continue doing that. it is going to be a massive recovery effort. no doubt about that. you have so many infrastructure problems you. think of all the small businesses homes. it is just going to, going to take years. two young people had to go...

Its going to be a massive massive recovery effort, theres no doubt about that. you go so many infrastructure problems and you think about all the small businesses and homes, its going to take years, its not going to happen over night. >> we had these two young people on earlier that had to walk in this water. thats their video now they have up. in neck high water they said for a mile or so to get out and so many people have these stories. whats a normal life for texas moving forward? how long do...