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Homeland security secretary heads to puerto rico and will be addressing the relief efforts three months after hurricane maria. survivors are still in urgent need of help according to a field report from the independent aid organization. food, water, medical services are widely available on the island, but thousands of people still lack access to drinkable water, electricity, aud adequate housing. puerto rico's governor ordering a recount of the death toll from maria. it currently stands at 64, but a cnn report found it to be dramatically higher. that's almost double the $44 billion the trump...

Service, all widely available on the island, but thousands of people lack access to drinkable running water. electricity and adequate housing. >> puerto rico's governor ordering a recount of the death toll. the number stands in the official at 64. but a cnn investigation found the true number to be much higher. house republicans are now proposing an $81 billion disaster aid package for areas hit by hurricanes and wildfires this year. that's almost double the $44 billion figure of the trump administration requested. a third of the island is still without power. the thomas fire in southern cal...

40 past the hour. we're back tracking hurricane irma this morning. this was the scene in virginia gardens, florida. it was earlier. a bit near the miami international airport. look at the flashing lights, they may look like lightning. they are not. they're transformers, they're blowing out in quick succession as the neighborhoods in the area all lost power. more than 271,000 people are without territory right now. irma is resting about 65 miles southeast of key west, but it is making its way in that direction. let's get more now on the safety issues in and around miami, to do that, i'm joined ...

Welcome back, everyone. i'm alex whit here in new york. you're watching special coverage of hurricane irma. right now that hurricane sa massive category 4 storm. it is nearly 400 miles wide. it is aimed right at the very slim and narrow florida keys. the national weather service is now reporting that storm surges have begun there. water levels are already two feet above normal levels. the keys could see storm surges up to 10 feet before this is over. and parts of florida's coastline are expected to get storm surges of up to 15 feet. the impact could be devastating in cities like naples and ft....

People who have -- these are people who have mortgages, they have cars, so they were always here. but i think now in the last five years with daca, terp able hey to come out of the shadows more and exercise their ability to take up jobs that they wouldn't be able to do before. >> and one of the footnotes, president trump is in the state of texas or was, a state that has 271,000 daca eligible individuals. that is about 14% of the total number when we look at what some of the estimates are. i apologize for the short amount of time, we've been watching the president. we'll get you next time and t...