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Response phase. i know that the pictures are sad and we are having these issues, and we do want everybody to stay close to a family and communication if they hand can. we're working through this, and the department of transportation public works, we have staffing who all over the island, opening up the roads and are planning on the recovery part, at least for the emergency part. so there is a lot of things we have to work with. it is definitely a sad time for us, because we have been here before, and we were recovering, and now feels like we're starting all over again. >> alison barbara in por...

Street journal," "financial times," about how bad the british economy is. especially compared to the united states. i had not -- i had not considered it to be in such dire straits. it reminded me of when we were over there a couple years ago, did a week out of london. we were bemoaning the fact we were going through some problems with donald trump. everybody said to us, "yeah, you have a problem with one guy. he'll be gone soon. we have a problem with an entire system. we're in deep trouble." there was that feeling several years ago, and it seems to still permeate sort of the british character...

Europe. >> analysts and historians describe you as the face of good germans, good germany, and they also say, though, that under your nearly fifteen years in power in some cases, those dark old demons have risen again. nationalism, populism anti-semitism, very dark forces that we can see are winning in elections to an extent. they talk about your austerity programs, they talk about your compassionate, krcourageous migration program, what do you answer to the people who say that, you know, it was a great germany under your chancellorship but these dark demons have risen again? >> translator: ge...

Now to a cnn exclusive. german chance lllor angela merk sitting down with christian amar pour for her first in-depth interview with an american television network. merkel is warning of dark forces on the rise in europe. >> analysts and historians today describe you as the face of good germans, good germany. they also say, though, that under your nearly 15 years in power, in some cases, those dark, old demons have risen again. nationalism, populism, anti-semitism. i mean, very dark forces that we can see are winning in elections, to an extent. they talk about your austerity programs. they talk ...

Of their gdp on defense, but that's merely a guideline, and there's no penalty, actually, for not meeting that target. it's kind of an importance suggestion, if you will. in fact, only five nations, including the u.s., actually spend at least 2%. that's because it's problematic for some economies. for example, many european countries still face budget cuts from austerity programs. and even the way it is written, the way it is organized, they don't want you to spend any money for the sake of spending money also. they want strategic spending. >> right. >> so, it's not just as easy as saying pay ...