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Well. they're going to need infrastructure or grid. what are people saying? >> they're not coping at all. most of the mayors are saying what we need is equipment, equipment to get the mud out of the streets before it starts hardening. it is then a lot more difficult and then aid cannot be deployed. what we need is a waiver from the staffer act that will allow the aid to go to the municipalities and transform the grid. the programs are based on federal money that will allow them to turn their homes from electrical power to solar power. that can be done in puerto rico. $9billion have ban lotted ...

49billion dollars defense budget and cuts to the military this year. >> your timing exquisite. you're coming over here with a budget that we agree on, at least on the numbers at a time when the world is probably more unsettled than it has been since the end of world war ii. the invasion of crimea, geneva ii collapse, iran negotiations stalled. >> reporter: in his opening statement secretary hagel addressed the crisis in ukraine. he said the u.s. was stepping up in participation of nato air patrols over the baltics and joint training with poland adding that the supreme allied commander was meet...