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Government. they got decimated. it looks like a tsunami went through there, 30-foot-high storm surge. >> people from this other island got destroyed. they were showing up with help. that defines who about hail kwrap bahamians are. a lot of these towns will cease to exist. for ones who survived, you can see the fire in their eyes and the fact that they are not going to let this stop them. >> patrick oppmann there. jose ornijo. when youre out covering the storms as a reporter, you put yourself sec...

The bahamas after hurricane dori dorian. well speak with cnns patrick oppmann who has been there through the powerful hurricane. all of his reporting has been so extraordinary. what he has to say today. i get it all the time. "have you lost weight?" of course i have- ever since i started renting from national. because national lets me lose the wait at the counter... ...and choose any car in the aisle. and i dont wait when i return, thanks to drop & go. at national, i can lose the wait...and keep...

The humanitarian crisis is growing in the bahamas as people become more desperate in the aftermath of hurricane dorian. tens of thousands of people are homeless and the death toll is climbing. cnns patrick oppmann has been on the ground many the bahamas for nearly two weeks. thats where he rode out the storm and has been reporting for us ever since. hes live in freeport with more. whats the situation today, patrick? >> reporter: good morning. amazingly a week after the storm hit the bahamas, off...

Know, theres a black market now for bread. it just is very tough to be in a country where there is not power and theres an oppressive heat. you talk about 70,000 people left homeless. thats out of a total population of 400,000 in the bahamian islands. its an incredibly significant part of this population, and the government quite clearly cannot deal with all the people who are in dire, dire need now. so when you talk about the people leaving, we are seeing women and children. we are seeing peopl...

Interest. but those individuals who make it to the united states that dont have travel documents, of course, youre spot on. well apply discretion on a case-by-case basis. were not going to deny somebody solely because they dont have travel documents but keep in mind the president and i both said this yesterday. one of the challenges the american people need to understand, and weve seen this in the past when theres natural disasters. unfortunately, bad people use a crisis like this to try to gain...

Cnn meteorologist chad meyers with the forecast. how concerned should we be? >> not yet. well see some rain over the bahamas. they dont need that. that rain will get over florida by friday into saturday and into the gulf by saturday night. i dont see any real development. we have gabrielle in the north atlantic moving to the northeast. those two storms didnt do very much. well still see this area of tropical development moving over florida by friday. we will see some thundershowers in this area....

The official death toll now stands at 50, but we know that number is going to rise significantly. our patrick oppmann joins us again this morning. he remains in freeport to cover all of this. patrick, one of the -- it was heartbreaking to watch that video yesterday of some of these people trying to just get to safety yesterday in the united states, get to relatives and being told to get off of that ferry because they didnt have the proper visa documentation. i mean, republicans in the senate cal...

And understandably, many people, particularly if they have small children. so many in those lines with small children. they just dont want to risk it. they dont want to be living in the conditions that we are forced to live in right now. >> and the president claimed without offering any evidence that those people fleeing, many of them are drug dealers, gang members, et cetera. patrick oppmann, great to have you on the ground there. >> he and his team are doing remarkable job. >> phenomenal. >> w...

Balls remains dire tonight. the death toll stands now at 45 with hundreds still missing. some 70,000 people are homeless as relief agencies try to rush food and aid there. some are trying to flee. dozens tried to board a ferry to florida were turned back due to the ideas of not having visas. >> everybody needs totally proper documentation because, look, the bahamas has some tremendous problems with people going to the bahamas that werent supposed to be there. i dont want to allow people that wer...

Based on humanitarian considerations. hurricane dorian has left 70,000 people homeless and at least 50 people dead in the bahamas. the ferry boat operator that ordered dozens of evacuees off a boat on sunday is now apologizing. border officials say the ferry operator did not properly coordinate with the u.s. and bahamian governments. cnns patrick oppmann is live in freeport with more on this confusion. good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, guys, and the prime minister of the bahamas ag...