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Keep going until the new year with no real sense of urgency here about getting something done. morgan? >> kelly, you mention the urgency and this idea of using the southern border as a rev language point. mike, where does this all end? is there a strategy to prolonging the shutdown? youve about been sitting inside an empty capitol hill since last week. when do you expect lawmakers to join you? >> still home alone. there are work crews that sort of -- its sort of an omen for the neck couple of we...

I like that. i like that too. i would use that in a heartbeat. get started with innovative voice solutions for a low price when you get fast, reliable internet. comcast business. beyond fast. in recent days, the u.s. has dramatically tightened security on the border with mexico. in particular, around the san diego/tijuana area, including a predawn closure of the countrys busiest crossing in san ysidro on monday. it reopened after several hours. the vehicle lanes remained closed. in recent week...

Cant put back together right quick. people are going to get out and dry off and clean up and pick up the splinters and be ready to go in a day or two. >> reporter: yeah, be ready to go to work as soon as it is safe. i know there was a mandatory curfews in place, and what is the message to people as they look out their windows and want to get out? >> theres power lines down, and i seen some of the crews yesterday, none of the work crews got out and did much except trying to stop water and sewer l...

Subpoena -- somewhere. take a look at this true, thats another big concern when people try to get home, their power lines down and that could cause some major issues for folks around here. we just took a ride around wilmington and saw other work crews, clears big trees and branches off of major roadways, divided roadways to try and allow traffic to better pass through at some point and we shot video short time ago, mike, just down the road from the edge of historic district where its pretty clea...

In with heavy equipment and removed the life guard shack that once stood on top of those wooden stakes and. also, at a nearby construction site, the work crews are removing excess lumber that isnt already attached to the building. so it doesnt get picked up by the heavy hurricane force winds when the storm comes ashore. now really is the time to prepare for the storm, throughout the carolinas many people have been topping off their tanks and heading out of town. south carolina officials have bee...

Here and they are worried about future rains. look at the massive, massive squauth of this debris basin. houses completely covered in mud in the distance. houses completely torn up. the first responders and the second responders like these work crews have been tireless working all weekend long, giving up their vacation. one man thought so much of the work that they have been doing he made it a point to go to a staging area and shake the hand of every first responder he could get to. lets listen....

Reeking havoc in california. at least 18 people confirmed dead, 7 still missing. the mudslides have turned roads into rivers and have left certain areas impassablimpassab. cnns paul investigatvercammen this morning. paul, what are you seeing there? >> reporter: martin, they are just trying, inch by inch, pulling out mud to get this community back together. you were talking about these impassable roads. heres one road that was loosened up just a little bit. look at this devastation that the slide...

Firefighters and that maybe wasnt enough on the thomas fire. theres 20 of us trying to work on this cleanup. you can see house after house on randall road in montecito devastated. 460 homes damaged, another 65 completely destroyed. in this particular hard-hit area, the destruction is everywhere. its not as if there was a pocket that was spared. they lost a lot of houses. i also want to give you a sense of what it was like for lets say a vehicle. look at this crumpled and collapsed car, completel...

Many are without housing, food, pure water, electricity, telecommunication, access to health care, transportation access. the notion that within a month 25% of power would be back, where would we accept this in the united states? >> why isnt the federal government doing more? >> its the federal government and others, too. here is what else i noticed when i was there. when theres a hurricane in virginia and i go out to thank the work crews, utility linemen who go in to help out like our crews go ...

70% of the damage as i mentioned completely uninsured and kerry sanders is on the ground in houston where crews are already at work. >> reporter: stephanie and ali, were inside a home where you can see the work crews are already in. the floodwaters here exceeded 4 feet. so it was really deep here. in fact, why dont i show you -- look at that. you can see on the door. the teams you see here are working. homeowners have already hired somebody. this is a tricky business hiring somebody to come in a...