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Debris, climbing over tree trunks that now formed what was the road and we knew we had to get there. we just set off and we walked and we walked and we filmed and we filmed. and all along the way were thinking, never seen anything like this before. this is just incredible. and as were going into point michelle, people are coming out. theyre worried about getting food, starting to run out of food. theyre all walking their way back to the capital roso to try to get supplies. one of the striking th...

Industry that they were trying to build up around those rain forests, gone. the drive between domenicas capital roso and the coastal village of point michelle usually takes more than ten minutes. after hurricane maria getting between the two is going back on an odyssey of hurricane carnage. it was a difficult walk, because were climbing over all this debris, climbing over tree trunks that now formed what was the road and we knew we had to get there. we just set off and we walked and we walked an...

Can get to dominica, at least for now. the airport is shut down. it was interesting because our pilot who flew us around the island, he flies the islands for living, this is what he does, and even he was shocked. the next day the runways were cleared to be safe, but there were assessment teams going in and the like and it was hard to get permission to land. but the prime minister himself wanted us, wanted cnn to come in and see what happened to his island. so he and his aviational authority said...

>> so much devastation there. in northwestern puerto rico, thousands are being evacuated because a dam there could collapse at any moment. >> cnn has reporters throughout the caribbean. michael holmes is in dominique ya for us with this exclusive report. >> this drive usually takes no more than ten minutes reach after hurricane maria, getting between the two is to embark on a voyage of carnage. more people died in this community than any other. more than a dozen confirmed dead, many others missi...

Along the road, the trees begin, stripped even of their bark by maria piled high on to the road until they become the road. you dont walk to point michelle. you climb and clamor. these are whats left of the rainforests, giants that stood perhaps for centuries thrown like match sticks across the shore line, the rainforest now just a memory. we hear the stories of those who survived like miranda john. >> when i came back and i saw inside of there, everything gone. the sea was right inside there. >...

Same rowels as every other gun dealer. joishgs he had an hour long gun debate. >> the laws dont help. >> at what point michelle said if i was living in a farm house where the sheriffs department is far away. i would want to make sure i had a shotgun to make sure i was protected and my family was protected. >> reporter: the nra said it was a public relation spectacle. >> hes trying to create an illusion. his policys failed miseribly. >> he is trying to curve unregulat unregulated. and the preside...

All right? talking to families whove gone through the pain of losing somebody because of violence in chicago, gun violence. michelle and i are then campaigning in iowa and going to farms and were going to counties and at one point michelle turned to me and said, you know, if i was living a farmhouse where the sheriffs department is pretty far away and somebody can just turn off the highway and come up to the farm, id want to have a shotgun or a rifle to make sure that i was protected and my fami...

Distrust with them is. he doesnt understand the -- whether the fear or desire to own a gun. hes never owned a gun. and that he really is, you know, wanting to come for their guns. i have a lot of friends who believe that. i wanted to put that to him. he told a story about being out on the campaign trail and his wife saying i would -- if i lived out here i would want a shotgun or something. lets play that. >> lets listen to it. >> michelle and i are campaigning in iowa and going to farms and goin...

On the campaign trail and his wife saying i would -- if i lived out here i would want a shotgun or something. lets play that. >> lets listen to it. >> michelle and i are campaigning in iowa and going to farms and going to counties. and at one point michelle turned to me and said, you know, if i was living in a farmhouse where the sheriffs departments pretty far away. and somebody can just turn off the highway and come up to the farm, id want to have a shotgun or a rifle to make sure that i was p...