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Because my people's lives are at stake. >> i'm joined now by san juan mayor, carmen yulin cruz. we spoke, mayor, on the day that hurricane hit, you and stephanie and i. you were in a shelter with other people from san juan and you said from that moment, and i think you and i must have spoken every day in the days that ensued, you said every day that we're not being told the truth, that things are much worse than they are. are you satisfied that finally this research has vindicated the idea that the response to the hurricane was not sufficient? >> first of all, this is a very painful day and sh...

Catastrophe like katrina and you look at the tremendous hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that died, and what is your death count as of this moment, 17? >> 16, sir. >> 16 people certified. 16 people versus in the thousands. you can be very proud of all of your people, all of our people working together. 16 versus literally thousands of people. everybody around this table and everybody watching can really be very proud of what's taken place in puerto rico. >> for facts sake, puerto rico was a real catastrophe. the u.s. government should not be proud of what happened before or after h...

Effort here and will be a part of puerto rico's recovery. the mayor of san juan has been an outspoken critic of the federal response here. that did not sit well with her. take a listen. >> shame on the white house and shame on the president. all he had to say is i'm sorry that 2,975 of you died. that's all he had to say. he is incapable of doing that. >> reporter: today happens to be the 13th anniversary of hurricane katrina. now with this updated death toll it is 60% higher or so than the death toll back from hurricane katrina. still a lot of outrage here almost a year after hurricane maria. ...

Working together. 16 versus literally thousands of people. you can be very proud. everybody around the table and everybody watching can really be very proud of what has taken place in puerto rico. >> really proud of what has taken place in puerto rico because only 16 people died, 16 people didn't die, the death toll was later raised to 64, where it had since remained until today. an independent study commissioned by puerto rican officials was concluded by public health experts, and it puts the true number higher. with that study, finished late today, puerto rico's governorer raised the officia...

Maria from 64 to 2,975 people. san juan's mayor was one of president trump's loudest critics in the wake of maria hitting puerto rico. today she had this to say to the president. >> all he had to say is i'm sorry. that 2,975 of you died. that's all he had to say. but he's incapable of doing that. anything that comes out of the president's mouth that does not begin with i am sorry that those people died even as a simple act of being in tune with what we're feeling is totally neglectful and totally off the grid. i mean the man does not have a clue. >> and that's our broadcast for tonight. thank ...