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Storm. what does trump insider chris christie make of the presidents latest war with the truth? not so sharpie. what do you say? lets get after it. all right. lets deal with the serious situation first. this is what dorian left behind on the part of grand bahama island that had been totally cut off until today. finally, some of the floodwaters are receding. patrick mandate his way there with his team. i want to show you patrick. show that you hes okay. i want to talk to him about what that exper...

The resources. theyre asking and receiving resources from the united states and even though the airport here is shut, it is under water. lot of roads remain unpassable. people on this island are hopeful now that the weather has lifted that help is on its way. john? >> patrick oppman and his crew doing remarkable work as well under difficult circumstances. city of miami dispatching firefighters and medics to the bahamas to help with the recovery that promises to be a weeks long if not months long...

Cars, destroyed. roads, completely impassable. and florida, which dodged a direct hit, is looking to lend a helping hand. nikki fried, youve been working on the recovery efforts for the bahamas. were seeing it. this damage is monstrous. where do you even begin with it? >> the stories out there are heartbreaking. weve all been listening to it. somebody who lived through hurricane andrew, i just cant even mentally get my brain around the concept of sitting for 40 hours through those storms. florid...

The storm. it will not let go. back to you, john. >> reporter: patrick, i simply cant imagine being inside those winds for as long as you have been and the people in freeport, all of grand bahama. it has been a harrowing 24 hours and it will continue for several hours more, and only then will we get a real sense of how much damage was done there. our patrick oppman whos doing amazing work along with his team in freeport, please say safe. dana, as you can see here, the wind is starting to pick up...

These photographs while the doors were open. new developments this morning. a twist in the shooting of david ortiz. a twist thats frankly hard to believe. prosecutors now say it was a case of mistaken identity. cnns patrick oppman is live with the latest. he has to be one of the most recognizable people in the dominican republic. >> reporter: yes, he is, john. let me try to walk you through it. a week after prosecutors here have told us every day that david ortiz was the target of a well-coord...

Resort. this death happened at a different resort. many in the same area. tourist areas which is not surprising because people are tourists and going to beach areas. but it would be the national police here. weve been dealing with them a lot this week, reporting not just on this story but on the shooting of david ortiz, a major league baseball player that they are investigating this. still unresolved shooting. and is a police force in a poor country, and they do not have the resources, perhaps, ...

Claims is her cause of death. >> cnn correspondent patrick oppman is in santo domingo. what more about how details of the death, this latest death are coming about? >> reporter: well, you know, as with all these trajectogedy, pe are asking is this just a coincidence or perhaps a pattern of something. so far theres no evidence to suggest that any of the 2.7 million tourists that come from the united states to the dominican republic every year face any kind of unusual or extraordinary danger. the ...

China. all kinds of speculation, focused on some sort of sonic attack. now, scientists who led the investigation tell the "new york times" they believe the main culprit, likely to be some kinds of microwave weapon. patrick oppman is following the developments for us in havana. patrick, microwave weapon? can you explain that? >> reporter: yes. well, you know, there are weapons that do exist unconventional weapons that use radiation, microwaves. and they concentrate them and they can used for crow...

Injuries suffered during the sonic attacks on some u.s. diplomats and their family members. these are incidents that started in 2016. it was a real mystery when it first came out. its affected more than three dozen people since in cuba is where it started and then in china. victims suffering hearing loss and concussion-like symptoms from this. joining me with more is patrick oppman. what are the scientists saying? >> this is the first official theory. these are scientists that have been consulte...

Times, has gone through the diplomats homes. of course the diplomats are back in the united states as you said getting care and attention. thises what they have come up with, the hardware that makes this kind of attack that makes this kind of attack possible but they have yet to see hard etched on the ground that supports this. it is the leading theory brooke but it is still just a theory. >> got it. patrick oppman, thank you, in cuba. lets continue on. top of the hour. you are watching cnn. i...