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>> we are asking them to seek safe shelter, ali. right now, the main priority is to make sure that everybody is safe, that they have shelter, that they can weather the storm. this is the most dangerous storm we have had in modern history in puerto rico. and we know we are going to have to rebuild. but of course the main priority is to make sure that people get to the shelters, over 500 we have throughout the island. and they can weather the storm and then they can start the rebuilding process. >...

To support 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 g20 nations that will ...

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 10 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 g20 nations that will speak to host refugees as close to their home countries as...

The entire country. there are places around the virgin islands that will have to be completely rebuilt. im in new york in climate changing week to work out a plan to see if we can rebuild with clean energy and do some positive things for the country in the rebuilding process. but the immediate needs, im sure, will be things like t tarpaulins, generators, and those well get back to dealing with in the next 48 hours. >> its quite remarkable -- we havent been able to pay much attention to these hur...

A lot of homes are left in ruins. lives have to be rebuilt. nba star tim duncan is from the islands. hes back there now getting a look at the damage and helping with relief efforts. hes raised a lot of money so far to help people start over. i spoke to tim duncan earlier. >> tim, you just got back from st. john. im wondering what you saw there. how bad was it? >> its -- the island is pretty messed up. lots of trees and debris. lots of homes without roofs and a lot of them just totally blown away...

After hurricane irma, just about everyone in the u.s. virgin islands needs something. a lot of homes are left in ruins. lives have to be rebuilt. nba star tim duncan is lot of h lot of money so far to help people start over. i spoke to tim duncan earlier. >> tim, you just got back from st. john. im wondering what you saw there. how bad was it? >> its the island is pretty megsd up. lots of trees and debris. lots of homes without roofs and a lot of them just totally blown away. so a lot of destruc...

Nba player and virgin islands native tim duncan, whos concerned about the american citizens that arent getting enough help or attention. >> hammer into peoples minds that were going to need the help, support and the rebuilding process to make this place great. this is "mtp daily" and it starts right now. good evening. im chuck todd here in washington. and happy friday. welcome to "mtp daily." it makes sense if the presidents deals with democrats, get in line. the theories this week have gone...

But i have to say, poppy, critics of any agreement, even short of citizenship, saying that allowing the d.r.e.a.m.ers to stay, will be amnesty. >> steve king of iowa, right, john. also headline from the president making a lot of news just there, saying on taxes, the question about his remarks on taxes and rates and what he said yesterday about maybe the wealthy will have to pay more in taxes, he said the wealthy americans are not my priority. this is about the middle class. john, as we watch the...

Expose ed to potential future hurricanes. the problem with trailers, theyre very expensive. and the return on trailers as we did in louisiana last year, the three to four months to use that trailer, we paid more for the trailer than people got to repair their homes. theres an awkward tradeoff for the cost of that temporary housing. its going to take a while to get the infrastructure up. so the community can take care of one another. >> in some places youre saying city officials or town officials...

Get the infrastructure up. so the community can take care of one another. >> in some places youre saying city officials are town officials may start to think about encouraging people to evacuate if its going to be a long rebuilding process in that neighborhood, in that community? >> absolutely. every one of those individuals have to now negotiate with fema. they have to negotiate with an insurance company. or they have to negotiate with the small business loan, unless theyre independently wealth...