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Torres and her husband. >> you get emotional about it? >> yeah. theyre opening their houses to us. were able to see the conditions that theyre living in. it is is impacting for us. >> reporter: the hurricane ripped part of the roof off their home. they have received little, if any, relief. theyre not strong enough to stand in lines for supplies. dr. guzman worries that across puerto rico there could be hundreds of storm victims not strong enough to survive. do you think the death toll as it stan...

>> the hurricane ripped part of the roof off their home. theyve received little, if any relief, and theyre not strong enough to stand in lines for supplies. doctor guzman worries that across puerto rico there could be hundreds of storm victims not strong enough to survive. >> do you think the death toll as it stands now is an accurate number? >> i dont think so. i dont think so. weve been throughout the island the last 20 days and weve seen independent patients struggle. >> he leads a group call...

Relief and not strong enough to stand in lines for supplies. dr. guzman worries there are hundreds of storm victims not strong enough to survive. do you think the death toll now is accurate? >> i dont think so, weve been through the island. seen the trouble. >> reporter: leads a group called wings of hope and helps with logistics and supplies. dozen of communities havent been reached by relief workers and 110 people listed as missing, fears death toll will rise. >> every day is survival mode for...

Down, and he wants to just get -- bills passed. >> we need people who are going to step up. >> the problem is thats not the time that we find ourselves in now, because you cant keep your head down when there is a storm swirling around you 24 hours a day. and its unfortunate for paul ryan, but talking points and policy papers are not what is required in 2017. phil, what are you looking at today? what are you going to be -- what stories are going to be following today? >> well, one thing i want to...

With only 10,000 people on the ground between troops and relief workers. when we had 40,000 in florida with irma. 30,000 with texas in harvey and international solidarity, 20,000 troops in haiti which was great. this pales in comparison, there is benign neglect happening to the residents and the citizens of puerto rico. >> one more sound bite. rachel maddow had the mayor with the confusion in the federal response. lets take a listen. >> i was getting questions for fema of what are my priorities?...

Should have led to a level of preparation where the next day resources and boots were on the ground. there is not an appropriate response, and there has to be an 5: acknowledgment. now what we need to do is save lives. we only have about 10,000 between troops and relief workers, when there were 40,000 in florida with irma, when there were 30,000 in florida with harvey. this is not an appropriate response, and that has to be acknowledged. so we need much more seriousness. we need president trump ...

First of all, does the federal government really understand whats going on on the ground in puerto rico? theyve got no excuse if they dont. there was disconnect in the press room on thursday. i point-blank read a text from relief workers who had boolt the on the ground and said we were nearing an apocalyptic event within the next 48 to 72 hours and there were people dying. tomorr tom bo they havent made the appropriate steps. fema is overworked and stretched and they have budget problems and hav...

Bring, be empathetic of a situation thats catastrophic and any delay in getting the attention and resources on the ground are deaths attributed to him and lack of response. the reality is fema and federal government of not prepared despite the fact it was well-known this was going to happen. that has to be accepted and has to be recognized. secondly theres still not to this day not enough personnel on the ground when you compare the response to other emergencies to irma in florida and when you t...

We could track it progress for over a week. we knew it was a category 5. we knew it was going to be a straight on, dead on hit on the island and it was going to be catastrophic. so the fact that there was no effort to even be ready, once that hurricane hit, to be sending aid and have assistance on the ground is reprehensible. that is talking about the mismanagement and lack of empathy and not having a plan. this is real sheer chaos and theres no empathy coming from the administration and the fac...

This is real sheer chaos and theres no empathy coming from the administration and the fact he was, last weekend at a golf resort, this weekend at a golf resort when this is happening to 3.4 million u.s. citizens really speaks to the lack of interest on his part and even attention to something that is so critical and is dire. it really is. and its just, doesnt seem to be really getting be better. with only 10,000 people on the ground between troops and relief workers, 40,000 in florida with irma....