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And my wife and my -- my kids. >> aqua is needed. water is life. our main goal is to make sure that public health is protected. >> reporter: adding to the frustration, an investigation is underway in another town where puerto ricos secretary of state says supplies were wasted, left out in heavy rain. >> and see that in a dump full of rats, i just got angry. >> reporter: tonight only 17% of the island has power, making it hard to pump and treat water as this crisis deepens. gabe gutierrez, nbc ne...

Hilltop community took our breath away. a fallen transmission tower lay atop a shattered home. in the house next door, we found deanna, desperately trying to preserve the last vial of insulin a month later we are back bracing for the worst by hoping for the best. wow thats a good sign, look at that they got it back up. its a work of local lineman who make a point, showing via facebook page that they are just as good. >> how long before power will run through these lines. >> it depend on the weat...

Swear allegiance to and all that. thats up to the owners to do. >> see, we can come together. that was rush limbaugh. but to trumps suggestion that the leagues massive tax breaks be revoked over the ongoing anthem protest scare the nfl into action? the owners will collectively consider a new rule on tuesday that would make standing mandatory. joining us now a retired defensive lineman for the new york jets and pittsburgh steelers. hes now an analyst with sports net new york. and the rev is still...

Person tweeted, "hard to tell where the river ends." but nates fury largely spared florida and louisiana, including new orleans. good news for fema strained by a summer of major storms. fema director brock long. >> nearly 85% of my entire agency is deployed right now. were still working massive issues in harvey, irma as well as the issues in puerto rico and the virgin islands. >> reporter: no one was reported killed or injured. but in alabama and mississippi, more than 100,000 customers spent at...

Island. >> reporter: for two weeks, resident nick prouty has been flying almost daily runs to pick up the sick and drop off supplies. >> the roads seem impanel up here. even now, its hard to measure the staggering toll of the hurricane. >> where do these people go? theres absolutely nothing left. >> reporter: these houses are absolutely destroyed. theyre in splinters. many of the new deaths are from the islands rural interior, where most people are still without water, without power, and aid is ...

>> i know that you can see now that we are ready for whatever come ourselves way. >> reporter: mayor mitch landrieu: can you guarantee the people of new orleans that that pumping system will work as it should? >> as a matter of fact, i can. we have plenty enough power and plenty enough pumping capacity to handle those potential rain events. >> reporter: as nate bears down on the gulf coast, power crews are prepping for outages. still, kathy adams says she survived katrina. shell survive this, to...

>> reporter: these houses are absolutely destroyed. theyre in splinters. many of the new deaths are from the islands rural interior, the islands r where most people are still without water, without power, and aid is arriving very slowly. iltimates are it will take months to restore electricity. >> flashlights! you dont need them anymore. you dont need them anymore. >> reporter: thats at odds with upe presidents upbeat remark with power to a selected crowd in a church. further inland, we landed n...

Moms, i had a black tiger mom. i mean, she was... really, she was tough. i love her. i think she loves me, of course. >> im sure she did! a juan, of course she did. [laughter] >> but my dad was kind of a tough guy. i am not a tough guy like that. i always wanted to be like him, so i hope im like him. >> of the best quality i got was brute, physical strength. i can bench press a semi. my mom was incredibly strong. she was a lineman. kcl -- what is your favorite flavor of chips? >> salt and vinega...

So he was apparently helping them guys or showing them the best way to do this. my guess is still that they found out friday night about his crime and hes been hiding it for about two years. and i dont know how it come to life, but it did. thats why he ended up checking in the way he did. >> fox also thinks laudone might have created his problem with holloman as a way to get transferred to another prison. >> since june ive been trying to deal with trying to get out and get over to fremont. >> i ...

>> its chaos. >> reporter: new video released by the u.s. coast guard shows a woman and two children being hoisted to safety after they were stranded on a capsized boat off the coast. power is out to the entire island and 95% of cell service is down. the government has now hired more than 50 small contractors to help get things up and running. electrical crews clearing debris but not fixing lines yet because they say they cant even communicate with headquarters. >> its a new experience for us. i...