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Soap, toothpaste, toothbrush, things that protect your health and also make you feel human. and we also know there's been minor injuries and major trauma and so we're ready to send medicines and medical supplies to make sure that individuals who need pain medication, antibiotics, and basic wound care are having the care that they need. neil: when they're getting that care and that help, what is the procedure? how long are they here and what happens? >> aid is starting to get in and americare shipments are getting to the bahamas. and we have teams on standby. a mix of medical team professionals...

So lucky. >> bill karins, thank you so much, we look at the track up there, obviously about the low country in south carolina, along charleston, and then north carolina, the outer banks, we are always in danger, north carolina, of just getting absolutely slammed. >> not done yet. >> we have to keep those people in our thoughts and prayers as we move forward. one more thing, too, start looking today if you want to help the bahamas. it's just an absolute nightmare. it's going to be a human crisis, the like of which we just haven't seen probably since katrina around here. so be looking, whether i...

Pictures what we're going to find. >> yeah, it's project hope is going in. you're going in with project hope, but the scale of this is so devastating, i mean, you went to haiti a year or so back, and reported from there, and helped with americare there. this looks like it's on the scale of what you saw in haiti, at least from these aerial shots. the entire island just looks decimated. >> joe, you know what seems different this time, the land is so flat in the abaco all the little islands that wrap around abaco and marsh harbor, there's no mountains, hills, it's pretty much right above sea leve...

To rebuild, there's two phases, there's the immediate crisis phase, and then there's the rebuilding phase so this place can get back on its legs. this is a short-term and a long-term problem, and clearly it doesn't have the capacity to do it on its own. >> one of the big questions is how to reach the people in need as fast as possible. joining us now, "morning joe" medical contributor, dr. dave campbell. you're headed there with americare later today. what's the plan to get in there, the airport is a lake. >> the plan today for our medical team for "morning joe" is to fly to nassau, and tomorr...

Houston texans star j.j. watt. the nfl player raised more than $37 million for his home state. j.j. watt joins us now from houston. merry christmas, big man. >> merry christmas to you. >> so, the money that you have raised, how's it helping people during the christmas season? >> it's all at work. the money is at work now. we're working with four great organizations, sbp is helping to rebuild homes and they are going to rebuild hundreds of homes. partnering with americare, who's giving out physical and mental health care, which is equally important during this time. working with feeding america...