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Long time ago, i feel like. >> but as you heard from this woman, some are asking what took bart so long. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. bart's new safety and security plan doesn't add more police officers to the system. however, it requires all the existing officers to work longer days and to give up part of their weekends. >> abc 7 news reporter carolyn tyler is in the newsroom with the details on this emergency plan that really puts all hands on deck, carolyn. >> that's right. and there are a number of safety proposals, and some will be presented to the bart board this t...

Best way to get there from antigua because of the damage that had been done to the island was to rent a boat. we spent some time on anguilla, with a local deejay who showed us around and we do a story on him as well. we put that story together on the boat, actually, because we had to leave anguilla to head back to antigua. we wanted to go to st. bart's, but there was another storm coming through and that turned out to be hurricane maria. the thing is, bear in mind, we're 120 miles or more away from the main track of hurricane -- we actually did what a lot of reporters do, broadcasting from you...

Destroyed lives, leaving death and unbelievable devastation behind. cnn's michael holmes reported from both. here's what he witnessed. >> reporter: have a look at the conditions around us -- it was an extraordinary couple of weeks covering two separate hurricanes. we began this trip by covering, of course, hurricane irma, once we knew what sort of impact irma had had on some of the caribbean islands, we flew down to san juan, anchored from there for a couple of days and we came down to antigua to start to look at the effects, the damage that irma had done. because we knew anguilla was hit hard...

[ indiscernible ] >> reporter: help has been slow to ae live to many of the islands where people are struggling to get by day-to-day, and long-term, officials say full recovery may be years away. >> clarissa ward joins us from guadalupe, so the french president emmanuel macron visited st. martin today. there's a french and dutch side of the island. what did he say about rebuilding? >> reporter: anderson, he made a lot of promises today. he said that they are going to complete rebuild st. martin and completely rebuild st. bart's which is also a french territory. he said they're going to get the...

Amazing, isn't it? and finally, another photo from st. martin before the storm. and after it passed. incredible to see that, isn't it? the french president emmanuel macron is heading to st. martin and st. bart's tuesday to oversee relief efforts there. both of those islands devastated by hurricane irma. cnn's jim bittermann joining us now live from paris. jim, some controversy over how this was handled. what sort of reception is mr. macron likely to receive? >> reporter: well, it may not be the friendliest reception. the fact is, the president has been severely criticized by the residents of b...