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Peninsula next. first, the rebuilding process in puerto rico. more than a month after hurricane maria, 75% of the island still in the dark. and late-night seth meyers calling out one cabinet member of the trump administration. >> secretary ben carson said today rebuilding puerto rico after the hurricane could take anywhere between 1 and 100 years and thats just the kind of precision you expect from a brain surgeon. morning on the beach was so peaceful. until... it... wasnt. dont let type 2 diabe...

The complicating factors for legislation has been on that side. so you must be excited to get over there and set those people straight. >> marsha: of course. the reality of where we are with tax reform is that in order to keep that vote threshold to majority on health care and other issues, hes got to get this going. so now weve got to vote. what is it going to look like? >> marsha: my hope is yes, the budget goes through today. yes, the house in the senate complete on health care. they need to ...

Proud u.s. citizens of puerto rico equally. so while there has been a lot done and i want to thank you, mr. president, you answered our call for the real end emergency declaration, you declared puerto rico a disaster area very quickly and a verbal request that we made because we didnt have electricity at that moment, you gave us the waiver for a and b for fema. and sparse communication with all of your members now. we recognize that a lot has been done, but a lot has still has to be done. so we ...

Fema, the military, first responders cannot be there forever and no matter where you go, they cannot be there forever. >> if i may briefly add to that, that is a importance of the short-term and long-term packages that will be in congress, right. were going to need some resources. of course, fema is there for the initial response. there is some rebuilding to go through, so whats why were thankful to the president for supporting these petitions to congress so that we can get the resources,ly quid...

Are looking at designs of a new power plant, big electrical plant in many different designs and concepts. which of course is very unusual. because he was in pretty rough shape. thats an even rougher shape. with that being said, i think weve done a really great job and we have tremendous cooperation from the governor and we are getting there and people are releasing the effort that has been put into puerto rico. its been a very, very difficult situation for many people, i will say that. especiall...

Forever. >> it may just briefly asked, that is the importance of the short-term and long-term packages that will be in congress. we are going to need some resources. of course, fema is there for the initial response. there is some rebuilding to go through. so that is why we are thankful to the president for supporting these petitions to congress so that we can get the resources to kickstart the economy and of course, the long-term rebuilding process. this is very important. the president has bee...

Take a look. >> tell me why you wanted to look for the guns. >> i was afraid that the guns were halfway decent shape that they were horrible, that somebody could come through here and dig around and then the guns would be back into somebodys hands they shouldnt be. >> i had five guns and this was an automatic revolver. theres not much left there and its just melted metal. >> are you going to rebuild in the same spot? >> i think so. its going to be hard. that was one of the things running through...

Any part of rebuilding process in a community is the economy. what has happened to the wine economy in napa and you have the wine economy and it mixes with the tourism economy. will it be years before you come back or is there a silver lining to this to pull out of it? >> yeah, i always am looking for a silver lining. a lot of the vineyards were intact. the vineyards act as a fire break. in our estate, we lost almost nothing, a few vines here and there. so that is the fuel, if you will, for the ...

Will stand with those american citizens in puerto rico until the job is done. but the tweet about fema and dod, military, is accurate. they wont be there forever. and the whole point is to start to work yourself out of a job and transition to a rebuilding process. >> what did you make of his performance yesterday? >> i think it was insightful in terms of terms of helping us understand what he is to do. so many reports say hes been there to bring order to a white house thats quite disruptive, cha...

Now at about 400. officials expect it to go down as people report their loved ones are safe. three weeks after a hurricane slammed puerto rico, the president is threatening to abandon the island. well have more on the backlash next. >> thowere not going to be the for forever. and whole point is to start the transition to the rebuilding process. if you have medicare parts a and b and want more coverage, guess what? you could apply for a medicare supplement insurance plan whenever you want. no e...