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In the last eight years. sandy came a little close but i didnt leave the island. just the size and magnitude was intimidating from the beginning. >> if you go back and its damaged, youll rebuild. >> oh, yeah. ive got to do my best. thats my home, absolutely. if ive got to rebuild, im happy to do it. >> such a unique part of america. >> its beautiful. closer to cuba than walmart. ill take it. >> andrew, thank you. joining me on the phone is the governor of the u.s. virgin islands. i appreciate yo...

Thats your house? >> no. i saw that on facebook. someone said that was just down the block from my house. im expecting there was anywhere from five to 15 feet of storm surge. i dont know. i havent gotten anything exact from people in my neighborhood. thats sea center, boats up on big pine key. >> those boats are just lifted up. >> those were stacked and in a line. i saw those boats already organized. the boat ramp was slammed full. >> have you lived in the key for a while? >> ive been down there...

The roads are being cleared. we drove as far as big pine key today. it was heartrending to see what is going on there. the devastation is as bad as everyone has seen on the news. we have had opportunities to talk to people, i actually was able to connect with somebody who was a friend of a family friend and to let them know they were okay. your question was, how long will this take? obviously months if not years, after sandy, where i live up on long island in new york, there is still a bit of re...

>> after sandy, he had his own issues to deal with. >> tucker: it is kind of weird. >> he lost by a smaller margin than mitt romney did, so lets not pretend like he was this amazing presidential candidates. >> tucker: i am just saying as the demographic breakdown, it is kind of interesting that this white nationalist got more points than mitt romney. good to see you, man. we will take a break, ben shapiro is speaking at uc berkeley, and the entire school is in panic about hurricane ben, he is a ...

In florida and beyond. already signed a $15 billion relief bill but that barely scratches the surface and that was before irma hit. mike emanuel, what about the idea of paying for disaster relief without spending cuts elsewhere? >> with the debt hitting $20 trillion, there are some on capitol hill who say it may be time to tighten the belt. basically cutting lower priority spending with giving full hurricane relief. senate democratic leader chuck schumer rejected the idea. >> we have a tradition...

>> after sandy, he had his own issues to deal with. >> tucker: it is kind of weird. >> he lost by a smaller margin than mitt romney did, so lets not pretend like he was this amazing presidential candidates. >> tucker: i am just saying as the demographic breakdown, it is kind of interesting that this white nationalist got more points than mitt romney. good to see you, man. we will take a break, ben shapiro is speaking at uc berkeley, and the entire school is in panic about hurricane ben, he is a ...

These states that these democrats represent they voted for the president. its smart for them to get on board with him. it reminds me remember when chris christie invited president obama to come and look at the sandy, what happened with sandy and republicans were so upset. because he is a republican. that represents the republicans in new jersey. and he was -- you know, holding arms. steve: because it was before the election. brian: before the election, yeah. ainsley: it can work in your favor bu...

Bumper to bumper traffic as residents were allowed to return home for the first time. the road to recovery may be the longest here in the florida keys, but those who live here say theyre ready to rebuild. >> were going to come back strong. everybody that lives here in this community. we will survive. we will survive this. >> reporter: gaddy schwartz, nbc news. >> thank you. for more on the recovery im joined now by alice hill, former special assistant to president obama. once the water recedes, ...

With us. cape coral, florida. bill, are you here? >> yeah, i was just taking a second, resetting myself and taking a wider perspective of the storm. i was focused on the storm surge because we were thinking that was going to cost the most damage and lives and the storm surge predictions havent come true. thats fine. weve had a storm surge. i saw pictures of marco island with water up to vehicles and into homes but it wasnt 10 to 15 feet. it was in therd of 4 to 6 feet. so still bad. still a lot ...

Infrastructure of society, you start to miss and the longer that goes on, the more damage it does in terms of property and more importantly, in terms of actual human beings. >> even if you have six inches of water there will be mold damage and one thing you point out because of the work on sandy. in new york we dont think of it as being surrounded by saltwater. its different than fresh water. it doesnt just drain and everything is okay. it could take years to repair. and not only that. there is ...