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Older people as i get older but protect florida more from these i think the energy of the younger people will matter. storms? >> first off, i want to make >> why do you think that youngest supporters seem to sure money doesnt get wasted. i have a bill right now to make gravitate to the oldest sure, like with debris pick up, candidates. >> i think as julian castro that we spend the money right. we have to make sure we are not said, democrats have tried to building where we know there is significa...

Category 1 hurricane, before it makes its way back out of the atlantic. 3 million people live here on this u.s. territory, and they went through a really tough time in september of 2017, right after irma hit, then maria hit. maria was a category 4 and it did significant damage. blamed for a lot of deaths. knock out the power grid. people still lose their power and basic rainstorms. so there could be some significant power outages after the storm blows through. some 30,000 people still have blue ...

Parts of oklahoma citys metro area with strong winds bringing down trees and power lines. also reports some structures and homes have been damaged and streets flooded by the heavy rain. all right. four florida nursing home employees are facing charges in the deaths of 12 residents who were exposed to extreme heat in the wake of hurricane irma in 2017. who are say carballo the former administrator and ceo at the hollywood rehab center and three nurses were arrested monday. elderly residents in ...

Wake of hurricane irma in 2017. jorge carballo the former administrator at the hollywood center and three nurses were arrested monday. elderly residents of the home suffered in heat for days after the facility lost power and air conditioning when irma hit. family members expressing some relief. >> im happy for whats going on and the work that the police have done and we finally have some arrests and this is just the beginning. >> almost two years of, you know, waiting for something to happen. ju...

Out for the first time after accusing harvey weinstein of rape. her fiery speech to other women saying, im just like you. we start with the new controversy over the first awarding of the contract to rebuild puerto ricos power grid perfo . after hurricanes of maria and irma hit, a quarter dont have access to clean drinking water. delaying restoring services could be a matter of life and death. now puerto rico power authority has awarded a $300 million contract to a small montana company called ...

Tomorrow, because there is a lot of work that has to be done. >> if you were sitting across from the president and the fema director right now what would you say specifically you need more of, we dont want to get into the political area. there i say there is insufficient personnel and military presence on the island for the humanitarian effort. right. that what we need, according to our website, there are 18,000, 19,000 personnel. florida was at 40,000 personnel after irma hit. obviously we have...

Puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands and we are talking about u.s. protected territories there. what do you have in place to get in there once maria is passed? >> we are well positioned. we have more assets on the islands before irma hit. we have 3,200 staff members in the islands collectively. we have multiple days worth of kau pha commodities, meals, water, and other things ready to go. last night st. croix took a big hit. unfortunately the wind field expanded last night as it passed to the...

>> kim la followed one couple as they returned home. >> reporter: waiting throughout the night. the line of cars stretching and growing as dawn breaks. zmri want to go home. i want to see my home. i want to see that we have a home. >> reporter: heidi and allen, out of their key largo house since irma hit. fear and anxiety growing by the minute as they wait. >> my house, where i pay taxes and im not allowed to get in here. >> i spent five days on the [ bleep ] road. >> reporter: before tempers fl...

Irma hit. but he sheltered 17 people at his home. earlier, cnns anderson cooper spoke with chesney and one of the people he housed. >> kenny, you love st. john. you have a place there. youve been there for a long time. when you see the images of whats happened there, what goes through your mind? >> its a lot of heartbreak, anderson. its really just so many emotions running through my head and through my heart. its hard to put into words, really, because i have so many memories there. so many fri...

Welcome back. youre watching cnn. im brooke baldwin. irmanys wrath turning into paradise lost for some people. an american nurse describes a, quote, desperate situation in st. thomas. for exampleing she says her home blew apart, her words, when irma came through. now she and her two kids are huddled in the shell of their former home. she worries, what happens if people totally run out of food and water. lets ask. polo is on the phone with me. polo, as we look at the situation there, what is the ...