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More, as you mentioned in your intro, he's already given $55 million and we hear that this additional infusion of cash, this eleventh hour infusion of cash is well into the tens of millions of dollars. you're already seeing the effects of it. you know, this week the senate leadership fund, one of the groups that adelson is giving to started air dropping millions more dollars in tv ads, on democrats, and you're seeing the same happen in the house. so the effects, potentially, are already being seen here. >> what i always think about sheldon adelson is he's underinvested. they got $1.2 billion f...

Because democrats have had a lot of money they're spending in these races and they're going back to sheldon adelson for more, as you mentioned in your intro, he's already given $55 million and we hear that this additional infusion of cash, this eleventh hour infusion of cash is well into the tens of millions of dollars. you're already seeing the effects of it. you know, this week the senate leadership fund, one of the groups that adelson is giving to started air dropping millions more dollars in tv ads, on democrats, and you're seeing the same happen in the house. so the effects, potentially, ...

There. >> we are moving as fast as the situation allows, and what they mean by that, obviously, we have been talking for the last couple of days of opening up airports and they waterway ports, we have been successfully able to do that now. we are offering support bases of the airport, we have also worked at to clear 11 major highways, throughout puerto rico, two get dig through the commonwealth as well. the capacity is actually increasing every single day. we have solid plans that are in place, they are operating 11 distribution hubs, where municipalities are being able to come in, grab what t...

That's not a lie. >> listen to me. the bottom line is, fema does not sell commodities. we are working around the clock. we have 11 points of distribution, hubs set up where 78 municipalities are able to come in and access food including the city of san juan. and the bottom line is that they can't get it. we've been air dropping for multiple days to be able to get that in. the other thing is that the comparison of haiti to this is different. puerto rico happens to be a u.s. territory. haiti is not. so dod working through usaid and the state department of course is the first responder fn an even...

Humanitarian effort and it's a wise investment to save lives. in this case, we have the u.s. virgin island citizens, puerto rican citizens. it's the right thing to do. capacity is the issue. life-saving requirements, that's the need. we had the capacity met. in the middle. >> okay. tom, the need is immediate. with all the challenges that are coming, what are the conversations about with air dropping in certain areas? people are talking about running out of water and food in hours or minutes. what is happening with that conversation? once again, an issue of housing. we're hearing about ships, c...