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Electricity. we knew it was going to take a long time for that to happen but the basic services are still not there yet and there doesnt seem to be any sight of how its supposed to go. >> so one to ten, what number would you give it, mayor? >> one. one. the administration has been unresponsive. they go back and forth. the president first says katrina was a real disaster and yesterday says, this is worse than katrina. the response to the usvi is still very slow. food in places in puerto rico has ...

Everybody. so we have now the capability of providing people with enough food. not just enough water. but enough food for two weeks and enough water for at least one week. so we are in the process of with operation blessing, comes from virginia, and ngo, putting water purification plans in different areas of san juan. and next week well start delivering a -- just a small purification device for people to use in their homes. were starting to see that we can get our two schools, three schools, mun...

And leaderships of the community are taking on the tasks of distributing. they come to a central location and take what they need and distribute it to everybody. so we have now the capability of providing people with enough food -- not enough water but enough food for two weeks and enough water for at least one week. so we are in the process of with operation blessing that comes from virginia, an ngo putting water purification plants in different areas of san juan, and next week were going to st...

Hopefully, the newly open channels of communication with the white house staff will put in motion what is needed to accomplish our goal -- save lives. and joining us now is san juan mayor carmen yulin cruz. madam mayor, thank you very much for your time tonight, i really appreciate talking with you. >> thank you for having me. >> the most important question, how is your city doing? how is the response progressing? >> well, ever since last thursday, things started picking up a lot because of priv...

Beach, los angeles, new york, boston, private organizations and nongovernmental organizations like operation blessing have just been bringing loads and loads of food and water. and i have to say that now having the fema supplies been brought directly into the municipality has helped a lot. so we have been able to use the fema supplies to help other municipalities that have not received anything. the town of comerio, were going to do the same with different towns. so these are places in the inn...

View on the ground for operation blessing. our viewers can see on the bottom of the screen, there are multiple ways once you reach our web site that can direct you to how you can help with this disaster overall, it is going to take a lot to recover. the white house earlier this hour, we are seeing the presidents briefing on harvey. >> thank you very much, the first lady and i are pleased to welcome gail mcgovern of the american red cross, david hudson of the salvation army and kevin easel of sou...

There is a long road of recover recovery. i am in beaumont in east texas, our teams had to drive through high water to get here, we wanted to get resources into the area. as of last night we had semi trucks, food and personal hygiene items, had to open our doors to shelter people being rescued in last night we opened up the distribution at 5:00 and we had hundreds of cars lined up for food, drinks, personal hygiene items, the basics. operation blessing is on the ground in rockport, beaumont and ...

Those. >> reporter: the u.s. charity operation blessing commissioned them from a boat builder in maine because so many japanese builders were knocked out by the tsunami. im going to do a lot of fishing with this kiohito sato told me. i lost everything. im starting with less than nothing. for sato theres plenty of time to make up. these are resilient communities determined to rebuild, but today was also a time to remember and to reflect. back to you. >> all right, ian, thank you very much. now ...