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We have cnns bill weir from san juan. >> reporter: for a moment, imagine you spent months getting water from a pipe into a creek or collecting rain water to keep your family alive. now imagine you discover all that time there has been literally millions of bottled fresh water sitting on the airport runway unused. that story is outraging so many puerto ricans this week after a local law enforcement official posted pictures of thousands of pallets parked on the abandoned runway in the airport in c...

Megamall. and what those are are 20,000 pallets of water that was never delivered to people, even though they were in dire straits. the government knew the situation in puerto rico. they knew the storms were coming. fema admits it did not anticipate the need and did not organize the place is still under water literally and figurative in some places. how is it a success? >> its not a success. look, any time you have 3,000 people, 3,000 americans, 3,000 u.s. citizens die, it is not a success. and ...

Mostly south florida and they are eligible as american citizens, to register to vote. so, when i ask you about what the president said about puerto rico, its not just about politicians infighting. you have potential constituents who are listening. what do you make of what he said, what do you want the puerto ricans in south florida who may vote to know? >> well, i mean, another disappointment by this president who seems to be completely disconnected from the reality of the lived experiences of s...

Disappointment by this president who seems to be completely disconnected from the reality of the lived experiences of so many of those folks who were displaced because we failed to respond appropriately. i mean, we saw the images of pallets of water that never got distributed. i went to puerto rico a few weeks ago and traveled into the interior of the island where there were still folks there that had not had their utility restored and a major water problem that theyre still trying to figure out...

Though, and said, an unsung success given the horrific conditions of both the island before the storm unfortunately, the infrastructure particularly, really a third world infrastructure because of a very corrupt government, combined with acts of god that island has never seen before. two horrific storms in succession. so i think unsung success given the circumstances is a very rational and logical and truthful analysis. >> anna, we have picture from bill weir where hes flying over one of the are...

Pushing responsibility off on the puerto rican government. the puerto rican government said fema delivered 20,000 pallets of water. between 30 million and 40 million bottles of water they did not need. in other words, it came too late. but our reporting, it wasnt until they distributed the water and people complained of foul odor and taste. then tests were conducted and that water is sitting in the puerto rican sun. im bill weir. thank you. in over an hour, pope francis will meet with bishops ...

Water to keep your family alive. how imagine there has been millions of bottles of bottled fresh water sitting on an airport runway unused that entire time. that story is outraging so many puerto ricans after a local law enforcement official posted a picture of what looked like thousands of pallets parked on a runway in ceiba south of san juan here. you can see here and understand why. a runway full of bottled water. it is an exercise in blame. fema says it is our job to get the resources to the...

Logics and supply chain management, prepositioning of supplies, as you were describing there, that seems like the sort of thing that we saw go so disastrously wrong for example in the hurricane maria response in puerto rico. it was one thing to say that puerto rico was in danger and in a fragile place when it came to the winds and rain of that storm. what fell apart and why maria ended um being such a fatal disaster, nearly 300,000 americans killed, ended up being such a disaster, the plans, the...

>> reporter: exactly. exactly. theres -- we were doing the math, according to how many bottles in a pallet. there were two statements put out, one by fema saying, look, its just our job to get the resources to the island, to the state, and its up to the locals to distribute it. the puerto rican government put out a statement that said basically, they sent us too much, too late. that we have an extra 20,000 pallets of water. that we will be returning. thats not the case. i mean, we know people wh...

Isaac will be passing ominously close to puerto rico on friday. also tonight, theres more evidence contradicting president trumps claim that his administrations response to last years hurricanes is a tremendous success. cnns bill weir is joining us. hes in puerto rico for us. he went to check out the reports of a huge stockpile of undistributed bottled water at a puerto rican airport. bill, first of all, what did you find out? >> reporter: well, this all started actually yesterday, wolf, when a ...