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Reason, the death toll has been higher than what has been reported. news outlets have raised numbers about the accuracy of the numbers. cnn called 279 funeral homes. we were only able to reach about half of them. we asked how many of the deaths were believed to be relate to maria despite the official death toll, they claim 499 hurricane-related deaths in the month after the storm. that's nine times the government's numbers. >> why the gap? >> because that's what i said before, i work on factual. i can't work on i believe. >> we described one case. >> the gentlemen is at home and has a stroke a...

Father complained of breathing complications. when her uncle calls 911, he was told help was not available. >> no one has come to ask questions regarding the cause or the situation surrounding his death. >> reporter: over the same month last year, the number of deaths increased by 472. the government is reporting 55 people died at the hands of hurricane maria. >> it's accurate based on the factual information we received, yes. >> reporter: this is puerto rico's official in charge. politicians news outlets like cnn has raced againsts about the accuracy of the numbers. so we decided to count for...

>> no, i'm the opposite. >> do you want some? >> think about that scale. 200 and what? >> i'm 279. and still growing. and they told me to lose some weight, but i don't care. >> in mod "q," the relationships are absolutely different than from other mods because in other mods, you've got this high-intensity gang politicking atmosphere going on. and in mod "q" where it's mostly homosexual protected custody inmates, there's none of that politics going on. it's more like love triangles going on. >> you going to date this girl when you grow up? >> no. no. bitch, we are close. >> we are sisters! >> w...

Class frigot down there? >> last question, 182,000 marines, that's down significantly from where it was at the height of the invasion of iraq. does the marine corps. need more marines? in speaking to the commandante, it is in decremental to where we are now. we are up to 189. do you go up to 190, 200? it is not a huge number. the marine corps. is in pretty good shape. what we have to really get our hands around is debt to dwell. we have to get that. >> explain. i don't get that. >> deployment to dwell time. how much time do we have home to recharge, be with family, quality of life versus deplo...

From our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 279 of the trump administration brings headlines of strife, anxiety and all out warfare in the gop, an internal struggle on public display. with no major legislative victory to speak of, the president tried to project one message about his party today. >> we have actually great unity in the republican party. we have great unity. i called it a love fest. it was almost a love fest. maybe it was a love fest, but we had standing ovations. there was great unity. i will say this, i think the republican party has a pretty good unity. there was trem...