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Puerto rico is america. it was appalling. it's just really struck a nerve for me. >> well, one of the tremendous relief groups, aamericare is on the ground in puerto rico, tomorrow the organization is marking its 30th air lift benefit to support humanitarian work in the u.s. and around the world. we will be hosting that, joe and i, we participated for years, this year's ceremony will honor george h.w. bush and his wife, former first lady barbara bush. you can find more information on aamericare's.org. >> where is that happening? >> at a hangar?

Residents there. >> when you see mike pence come up. last week there was a picture at the president's cup. you saw them and has a visceral comfort. you have the same feeling when you see pence. i disagree with his policies, but there's a calm. and when trump comes on you react opposite. >> he understands what his job is and isn't. his job, mike pence, you can see, the job is not to take center stage. it's not to say things that will be shocking and make headlines. instead it's to listen to people and comfort them when they're in trouble. >> and there are actual organizations and even citizens ...

We need to find the people and then they are going to have very significant injuries. they will need the medical supplies and need medical help. one of the other things that americare does, the hospital and clinics are also damaged by the disaster so identifying which ones are safe and fixing the ones that need to be repaired so those that are injured can get critical aid is one of the first priorities. >> we have heard reports that these hospitals are underwhelmed and having to triage outside of these hospitals, the ones that are still standing there in kathmandu and in other areas of the cou...

Morning for us. i know we have got the first wave of supplies into nepal and that they are doing both the assessment and getting it out. we expect that -- we are very careful about which supplies we bring in. kathmandu will be overrun with supplies, people, et cetera. so it's key to make sure that what you bring in is really what they most need, and so we have triaged our own warehouse medical supplies to bring in medicines, the fluid replacement is going to be absolute key for a people who have what we call fresh injuries from the earthquake. >> unfortunately, these tragedies happen and we ar...

Go even higher as rescue teams still haven't been able to reach remote villages that almost certainly were devastated by the quake. >> homes, businesses, temples crumble to the ground when this quake struck. roads, we saw a crack there in half. stunned survivors. for a while, just stared in disbelief. something like this hasn't happened in decades. the aftershocks continue. three dozen or on more of them to hit one of them at 6.7 striking nepal just a few hours ago. let's get more on the aid efforts with us. via skype is anne peterson, the senior vice president of global affairs for americares...