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FOXNEWSW Americas Newsroom September 21, 2017

Bill the Vice President mike pence saying washington is committed to seeing puerto rico recover and get back on its feet. We have people coming ashore now who were prepositioned on ships. Were about to deliver eight million meals, over eight million liters of water and generators. Well stay there until puerto rico and all the good people there build all the way back. Shannon Steve Harrigan is in san juan, puerto rico and joins us now. A tough morning really across this island of 3. 5 Million People. Weve been watching people take debris from Hurricane Irma and bringing it to this downed power line. A microcosm of whats going on across the island. Theyre taking whatever boards they can find from the rubbish trying to prop up this power line. This island doesnt have power. 3 1 2 Million People in the dark. They arent fixing the power line but just get it out of the road so they can drive their car by it. It is a jerry rigged operation. People are doing things for themselves. We were in one womans house earlier today. Flood damage like so many. The roof torn off. Dark, water and mud inside the house. In the dark. Nothing on, nothing running with her family there. She said nobody is helping us. We havent heard a word from anybody. Can fema help us . Thats what theyre hoping for is some hope. When you drive around here many of the highways outside the capital have three or four feet of flooding. What has happened in this storm is really unknown still at this point. The entire southeast is cut off. When you talk about casualty figures, you really dont know how bad things are. The southeast is cut off and even fema executives have said we dont have a handle on it. Its basically really. People are doing it themselves so they can get in and out of their roads. They dont have lights but they can move around and maybe in the weeks or months to come help will arrive. Shannon, back to you. Shannon it is looking like an overwhelming proposition there. Those folks seem resilient already out there and fighting back this morning. Steve, say safe. Thank you very much. This man here is straightening out his own nails. This is what theyre trying to do. They have nothing here and theyre doing it on their own. Shannon wow, thats some serious ingenuity and a lot of dedication. Well see that again and again with so much recovery in the caribbean and the u. S. As well. Bill a lot of creativity down there now by weeks to come. From telephone in puerto rico now, the resident commissioner of puerto rico. The phone line is iffy. What do you see . There is a lot of devastation. Bill all right. To our viewers at home with patient with us a moment. We had the line connected a moment ago. It keeps dropping off. If you still have me. Ive got you go ahead and continue, jennifer. The main problem is the whole island is without power so all poles and lines. It is not safe to go outside even the government hasnt yet made an assessment of all the damage. Bill you can just imagine what theyre dealing with down there and were trying to establish the phone line to allow our viewers the idea. Workers are trying to figure out how much help to send puerto ricos way. Some of the stuff were getting today they need just about everything. What Steve Harrigan was showing us. Theyre back on the sidewalks trying to get some sort of life that resembles what they had and bring that back to them. Now, Jennifer Gonzalez is on twitter and she sent these pictures earlier today. This is the before image as she looks out of her house before the hurricane. This is the after image from the same vantage point. You look at all that devastation to the structures and the trees where the limbs and leaves have been ripped off. Now you put them sidebyside and you can just see what puerto rico had before maria and what theyre dealing with now. The eighth strongest storm in atlantic history when measured by wind speed. In seconds on that list was irma at 185 mileperhour winds killed 38 people in the caribbean. 36 more in the u. S. They will need just about everything down there in puerto rico as this storm continues to churn. If we get a chance to get Jennifer Gonzalez back well reestablish the phone line. Certainly you can understand given what theyre up against right now even getting the opportunity to get some connection down there at this point seems like a small miracle. So stand by. Back to puerto rico and the devastation of maria as our coverage continues here. Shannon now to another Natural Disaster making headlines as the grim search for survivors continues after a powerful earthquake hits mexico. The latest numbers staggering. At least 245 people dead, dozens of buildings have collapsed. The 7. 1 quake centered just south of mexico city. Crews searching through rubble. Later on they pulled a man from that debris and dramatic video as rescuers attempt to get a girl found alive in her school. North korea will be the focus for President Trump during his final day in new york city today. He will meet with the leaders of japan and south korea. Our two closest allies closest to north koreas routine missile tests. President trump making news on another rogue nation saying he has made a decision whether or not to get out of the iran nuclear deal. Listen. I will let you know. Shannon john roberts joins us now. Key meetings with very important leaders getting underway. The president has a lot on his plate. Not just north korea. Lets put up his schedule today. He meets with the president of afghanistan. After that the president of the ukraine. The president will have an opportunity here to talk about the idea of sovereignty. It is not just protecting borders from the inside but also protecting borders from the outside. The president has been criticized for not necessarily being very strong on the idea of ukrainian sovereignty with the invasion of crimea and all that. He will make the point that he stands with ukraine and he will meet with the president of south korea and p president of japan and turkey later on this afternoon. All are open to the press pool. We expect well hear a lot from the president today. You mentioned the iran nuclear deal. The president said he has made a decision. According to rex tillerson, who spoke with us last night, he was asked about his decision about the u. K. Prime minister theresa may and the president wasnt saying. Well have to wait and see what the president has decided about the iran nuclear deal. Im told it is very difficult to get out of this. It may be the idea of putting more pressure on iran from the outside unilaterally regarding its bad behavior in supporting terrorism and rogue regimes. On north korea we heard from the Vice President this morning that the president is really leaning on china to do more to rein in north korea. The message he gave to the u. N. The other day, you have to get tough on north korea because im laying out in very stark terms what the potential consequences are. Its up to you folks. Shannon interesting the chinese leader was not here at the u. N. Also skipping out russias president putin. Key players in this whole conversation not here for facetoface conversations. He did talk to ping on the telephone. Shannon a lengthy conversation. Here domestically the white house pressing hard on the final attempt of the gop for repeal and replace. Grahamcassidy, which is president wants to see passed. He thinks that obamacare is a burden to so many americans. Also wants to get the tax money out so he can apply it to tax reform. Here is what the president said about that yesterday in a pool availability with the president of egypt. I think there is tremendous support for it. I think it is much better than the previous shot which we were sadly left down. I thought i would go to the oval office, sit down at my desk and there would be a healthcare bill on my desk, to be honest. It hasnt worked out that way. I think a lot of republicans are embarrassed by it. The other thing on the president s radar screen and this has flown below the radar for most of us is that 87 days ago the Supreme Court established a 90 day review period on the travel ban. The deadline comes up on sunday. The president has to make a decision on what to do. He could do a number of things. He could ask for a delay while he makes a decision. He could leave the travel ban in place, he could lift restrictions on some nations. He has a report on dhs on that. The Vice President talked about that a short time ago. In light of what happened in britain recently and those refugees it is more important than ever to make sure we know who is coming into the country. Listen here. It has publicly been reported those were individuals who had come into england through a Refugee Program and it simply underscores the strong leadership that President Trump has provided. We have to continue and we will continue to make sure that anyone coming into the United States of america does not represent a threat to our communities and our families. Something well keep watching. The president has to do something by sunday. Shannon more broadly the Supreme Court will hear the case october 10th unless something changes. Nice to have you here in new york city. Bill President Trump is on board the latest obama repeal and replace bill. Senator john kennedy will tell us if the votes are there coming up a bit. The unmasking of Trump Officials during final days. Former u. N. Ambassador Samantha Power personally put in requests nearly every working day of last year. What more will we find out . Bill were watching the developments from two Natural Disasters unfolding before our eyes. The lights are out in puerto rico. They will need a lot of help after maria. Also in mexico the search for survivors after a devastating quake enters a critical stretch in that country. For your heart. Your joints. Or your digestion. So why wouldnt you take something for the most important part of you. Your brain. With an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is now the number one selling brain Health Supplement in drug stores nationwide. Prevagen. The name to remember. Tech when you schedule with safelite autoglass, you get a text when were on our way. You can see exactly when well arrive. Im micah with safelite. Customer thanks for coming, its right over here. Tech giving you a few more minutes for what matters most. Take care. Kids singing safelite® repair, safelite® replace. Shannon President Trump taking to twitter showing his support for alabama senator Luther Strange ahead of next weeks runoff election. Alabama is so lucky to have a candidate like big Luther Strange. Loves vets and military. Tuesday. And the nra endorses him for senator of alabama. All gun owners should vote for big luther. He wont let you down. President trump will attend a rally tomorrow in huntsville to campaign for senator strange. We do not desire a military conflict, but the president has made it very clear as he did at the u. N. This week that all options are on the table and were simply not going to tolerate a rogue regime in pyongyang obtaining usable Nuclear Weapons. Bill mike pence at fox friends ahead of a high stakes meeting at the u. N. Later today. President trump after his tough words on north korea sitting down with south korean and japanese leader. Michael waltz who served with dick cheney and fox news contributor. Good morning to you. Apparently the president suggested yesterday he knows what he is going to do about a lot of this but hasnt revealed publicly what he wants to do. Where do you think he can move the ball on north korea now . Im okay with the tough rhetoric against north korea. Its in the category of finally somebody said it. I think he is right in the sense that a lot of folks are focused on the rocket man and the tone and tenor but the message was for the chinese. They still hold the king. I dont think kim jongun is going to back away from his program and china could choke them off tomorrow if they wanted to. Bill north korea said President Trump sounded like a dog barking. I felt sorry for him with the address the other day. With japanese and south korean leaders meeting today, do they change anything or is it just more talk, michael . I think youll see the dynamic the security dynamic in the region for the chinese has to change drastically. It could look like tactical nukes in south korea introduced. It could look like a japanese remilitarizeing. Right now their constitution prevents them from taking offense. If they change their constitution they can rearm and remilitarize and suddenly from the chinese perspective if they start seeing the south koreans and japanese becoming more aggressive because of north korea it may be enough to change the status quo. Bill i think there are expectations to move this issue this week. I dont know whether that will develop. Put that on pause for a moment. The other is the iran nuclear deal. A midoctober deadline. Tillerson said the president made up his mind. We dont know what the decision is. Here is comments in new york. He has made a decision and has not shared that with anyone externally. Prime minister may asked him if he would share with her and he said no. So i think as the president has always indicated, he will let you know when he thinks its useful to let you know and he doesnt share his forward planning with people. Bill i think at the moment were guessing. They have a problem with the 10year deadline. The sunset clause for the nuclear deal and they are concerned about regional instability. Bill the problem with the deadline the turks, saudis, and everyone else basically got the message we have 10 years to get our own nukes. Youll see an arms rails in the region. Here is what the iranians are up to. They will comply with the very narrow terms of the deal while they run amuck with their surrogates supporting terrorism. They know they have to build their Missile Program at the same time you need both those pieces and then they get all the cash as a result of the deal. They have already received billions. So my issue with us pulling out now it makes us the bad guy rather than them. And you are not going to see the chinese, the russians, the germans, french or british pull back in terms of bill maybe, maybe not. The president called it an embarrassment. It is. It is a horrible deal. Bill macron says it is not enough to safeguard a growing power of tehran in the middle east. The french are singing a different tune. The president is right in looking at the spirit of the deal. It is that iran becomes a responsible actor. They arent doing that. This was a bad deal he was handed. Not a lot of good options. I think if we pull out now it makes us the bad guy rather than iran. And we need to press hard on all of those other pieces. The support for terrorism, what they are doing in syria and lebanon and yemen and what they do with ballistic missiles. All those pieces we have to hit them hard on. Bill an interesting take. Well see if you get your way. Analysis on north korea and iran. Shannon Hurricane Maria devastating puerto rico leaving the entire island without power. What the u. S. Coast guard is doing to bring the small island relief. Bill mexico city, hundreds are dead. Search for survivors continues. There is a lot of hope for that still so well check in live in mexico city in a moment on that. Shannon state of california suing the u. S. Government over its plans to build a border wall. How the attorney general is now planning for the fight. No one gets to ignore the laws. Not even the president of the United States. What should i watch . Show me sports. Its so fluffy look at that fluffy unicorn hes so fluffy im gonna die your voice is awesome. The x1 voice remote. Xfinity. The future of awesome. Shannon fema says all of puerto rico could be without power for months after taking a direct hit from Hurricane Maria. The small island is dealing with massive amounts of damage and flooding. Meanwhile the National Guard and other federal entities are gearing up plans for relief. President trump offering his support to the governor on twitter saying this, were with you and the people of puerto rico. Stay safe, pr strong. Carl higbie is with us this morning. We have talked during a number of these storms here in the u. S. The mainland and through the caribbean as well about the enormous needs and how volunteers and what you all do can help fill in the gaps. When you have so many things back the back how in the world do you begin to address all the needs . We have to prioritize it. Right now were just getting our main forces into texas right now after the initial lifesaving and getting people to areas where they can be sustainable. So we prioritize this right now. When you stack two and three and more it becomes a stretch our resources thin. One thing were doing. It costs 1. 2 million to put 100 people in a disaster area for one year. If you were to have a paid labor force it would cost 10 or 15 times that much. I would ask people corporate donations to go to national service. Gov and help us fund more teams like this. We can get people in train them, house them and put them in place for a Million Dollars a year for 100 people. Shannon when harvey was bearing down on texas you still have people in louisiana from last year helping from the floods they had there. These are longterm commitments people are making. Huge. Were in places for five, six, 10 years trying to build communities. If you go down to louisiana and people see an it is the best investment people can make to rebuild any type of infrastructure. Shannon i think a lot of people dont understand what you do or what you are or how they can get involved. Go to national service. Gov. If you are sitting in your parents basement eating cheetos. Get skills that you can bring to the private sector afterwards, serve your country. We are a volunteer force who backs up fema, the National Guard. Were in there for the long haul. The ca

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