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Calls on congress to retire the island's debt. with me now san juan mayor carmen cruz. i really appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >> this plan from bernie sanders $146 billion the mayor wants $94 billion, the trump administration requesting $29 billion for puerto rico, florida, and texas. the sanders plan i'm sure you want as much money as you can get, do you think it will see the light of day in congress? >> it should see the light of day. it's a comprehensive plan that was put together after weeks and weeks of consultation with various groups in puerto rico. i had the opportunity to...

This was malfeeance, a problem we did not guarantee the contracts up front. the president repeating over and over again, everything is fine, everything is fine, does not send a message to his administration or congress to roll up their sleeves and get the job done. >> there was a clause in the contract saying it could not be reviewed. they deleted that. what is the justification on that? >> i can explain it a little bit from my perspective as a businessman. 3.4 million people in puerto rico. decades of poor political leadership, and a $29 billion budget, and -- >> they are part of our country....

Welcome back. i'm stephanie ruhle. time now for your morning primer action everything you need to know to get your day started. we begin in california where at least 17 people have been killed and nearly 200 injured as deadly wildfires ravage the state. 115,000 acres and more than 2,000 structures have been destroyed. puerto rico's governor now says hurricane maria is responsible for the deaths of 43 people. house speaker paul ryan will visit the island later this week, one day after the house is expected to pass a $29 billion disaster relief package. and the utah police detective who was ...

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 isn't the federal government doing more? >> it's the federal government and others, too. here is what else i noticed when i was there. when there's 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 to other states. there weren't other crews there when i was there. so, i'm not sure why puerto ri...

Point. and not even a third of cell phone towers are working so as the aid is being distributed it is slowly trickling to other parts of the island. san juan is starting to pick itself back up but as the governor says, power is expected to be out for months. >> gabe gutierrez on the ground there in san juan. i want to bring in eli and sarah. in the last couple of minutes we have learned that the governor of puerto rico sent a letter to congress asking for more money. about $4 billion for different agencies saying that unless extraordinary measures happen that the humanitarian crisis will deepe...