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Doing everything within our power and capabilities to first focus on the life-sustaining and life-saving measures as well as on the rebuilding process. we got over 12,000 federal staff on the ground, 64 hospitals out of 67 are partially or fully operational. 14 are now back on the electrical grid. 45% of customers in puerto rico have access to drinking water. a commercial airports are operational, 65% of gas stations are open, all of these things are things that we are continuing to push, contin...

Those in affected areas and provide life-sustaining services as we work together to rebuild their lives and that will be the focus and not just in the conversations tomorrow, but certainly the focus that weve had since this began. so, yeah. >> who exactly wants everything done? you said they. i havent talked to him specifically about a defined of who they might be. again, the federal government is doing everything within our powers and capabilities to first focus on the life-sustaining and life-...

Work together to rebuild their lives. thats going to be the focus, not just in the conversations tomorrow but certainly the focus weve had since this began. >> let me pick up on that. who exactly wants everything done? you said they. >> i havent talked to him specifically about a defined who they might be. the federal government is doing everything they can within our powers and capabilities to first focus on life sustaining and life saving measures as well as on the rebuilding process. weve got...

As we work together to rebuild their lives. that will be the focus. not just in the conversations tomorrow, but the focus weve had since we began. >> who exactly wants everything done? who is that? >> i havent talked to him specifically about a definition of who they might be. again, if federal government is doing everything within our powers and capabilities to first focus on the life sustaining and life saving measures as well as on the rebuilding process. weve got over 12,000 federal staff on...

>> the fact that we are american citizens, its placed against us. and we cannot get direct help from others. >> as is the jones act. while it may not have stopped fuel from getting in, the long-term effect of the jones act is that everything you buy in the u.s. virgin islands which is not subject to the jones act is cheaper than anything -- >> the jones act has already been pushing puerto rico -- puerto rico, hawaii, and alaska -- if the jones act were lifted permanently, what would that do for ...

I can say that the president has been very diligent. he has been essentially talking to us every day and the white house as well. governors and senators have pledged their support. governor cuomo today just sent his first contingency of state troopers, national guard, governor christie who just called me, that he had his contingency ready, and we have about other 13 states collaborating as well. >> thats great. >> our petition right now is to help with the assets we need in the short term, but a...

Has not suspended the jones act, which would lift a restriction on shipping goods to the island to speed up the rebuilding process. >> were thinking about that but have a lot of shippers and a lot of people and a lot of people that work in shipping and dont want the jones act lifted, and we have a lot of ships out there right now. >> the president went out to the nfl, something hes been doing a lot lately. that, plus a conversation with kareem abdul-jabbar, after the break. i count on my dell sm...

Fashion. usually underground. establish subsidence zones for sewers and water supplies and of course have evacuation procedures. and the big thing in houston is the so-called hard scape, where the city expanded and a lot of places got paved over and the water didnt have anywhere to go. er oh, as an engineer, its frustrating. >> and realizing every dollar you spend in preparation for storms like this in making cities more able to withstand storms like this, you save $4 in the rebuilding process a...

Safe, and we will start the rebuildi rebuilding process. >> when you say this is the worst that we have seen in anybodys memory, just two weeks ago you were hit by irma and there are still scores of people without power as a result of irma, so how does this compare to other hurricanes you have seen and irma? >> theres no comparison, really. for irma we were very prepared and executed our protocols appropriately, so much so we were far ahead in the rebuilding process, so much so we were able for ...

This effort. we seek an approach to refugee resettlement that is designed to help these horribly treated people and which enables their eventual return to their home countries to be part of the rebuilding process. for the cost of resettling one refugee in the united states, we can assist more than ten in their home region. out of the goodness of our hearts, we offer financial assistance to hosting countries in the region and we support recent agreements of the g-20 nations that will seek to host...