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City water. rely on the cisterns in their houses and the electric pumps to provide the water this come to their showers. >> they cant even turn on the faucet to get some sort of drinking water, any water, they cant even boil it if they were to get water. >> unless they have a gas stove. >> yes. >> yeah, exactly, right? its this cascade effect. and its not just something, you know, as basic as bathing. its something thats essential to life as medicine. because think about it this way. if you cant...

Elaine duke had to go back and direct the record with what she said yesterday saying she was happy with the efforts. she said obviously the situation down there is not satisfactory, but shes proud of the work that is being done. i was struck that there were a lot of platitudes being given about all the efforts that were going on down there but there wasnt a lot of substance as to what theyre doing or how theyre trying to change thing, how theyre trying to make sure that logistics and supply -- l...

Over? is there something missing that i dont understand. >> even if the military were to have a larger presence down there, katy, one of the thins i learned when i was in the virgin islands a couple of days ago reporting on the extensive damage on the ground there is that the military doesnt really have enough to do because of its own chain of command issues and bureaucratic inefficiencies. i saw people in uniform just standing around in parking lots. so somebody i interviewed said to me, its gr...

Energy be processed moved and effect tiffly used during blackout or extreme conditions. the bottom line here, just so everybody understands, everything we have, even coffee makers have chips in them and frankly if the power doesnt work, the internet doesnt work and every aspect of life ceases to function reasonably if at all, as most of us have experienced with blackout here in washington just ten days ago. >> you say that we should all be prepared to live without electricity for a week. i loved...

I am proud of the work thats being done. i am proud of americans helping americans. friends and strangers alike. i am proud of the work that dod, fema and the territory along with first responders are doing. clearly the situation here in puerto rico after the devasta devastating hurricane is not satisfactory. but together we are getting there. and the progress today is very, very strong. the president and i will not be fully satisfied, however, until every puerto rican is back home, the power is...

Go through, and we would like to now excuse the secretary. she has to head on over -- thank you, thank you so much. >> theyll be here answering questions. >> well be happy to answer any questions of what weve seen today and the efforts of work with the madam secretary. >> nbc. microphone. >> governor, some local officials have referred to the distribution of humanitarian aid so far as a disaster. whats your response? >> well, my response is we are limited from assets, and we identified this a co...