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About the capacity problem of people being vehicictims that w otherwise be the first responders, repairers and managers of the functions. so what we're try doing is restore baseline plumunicipal functions. the island is 72 bmd $72 billio debt and that is being restructured through bankruptcy proceedings and so forth. >> how is that impacting the response? >> i know the president brought it up in terms of recovery, but here's how it faeskts the response. it puts the island in the position where they don't have the financial resources to meet the cost share requirement for all of the goods and p...

Sarah. >> and specifically on the jones act, that's been a lot of attention the last 72 hours. critics say the white house should have moved more quickly in waiving the jones act. lawmakers among them. why is that an unfounded complaint? >> okay. it is an unfounded complaint. here's why. the jones act briefly stated is a rule that favors flagged vessels, u.s. flagged vessels. if there are not enough u.s. flagged vessels, the capacity in other words to meet the needs, then we waive the jones act. in this particular case, we had enough capacity of u.s. flagged vessels to take more than or to exc...

>> first, i thank the mayor for providing aid. he's wrong in this case. i challenge him to go down and get a better understanding on what we've done, what we've been doing and how blown away you'll be when you see the picture. i'm certain the mayor has had some positive experiences. i wouldn't be critical personally. probably like with the jones act, he's not informed on the question. >> how long will it take to get supplies through and why it is there's 10,000 containers in the port of san juan? >> to my point, we're getting a lot of supplies through. maybe it's misreporting. >> the president...

People being victims that would otherwise be the first responders, repairers and managers of the municipal government functions. we're trying to restore baseline municipal government functions because they've been affected. their homes destroyed, families put in peril. that's the capacity problem that i'm addressing. when you talk about money, i believe that the island authority in general was 72 -- puerto rico $72 billion in debt pap restructuring effort under way. congress weighed in with a pra misa act and that is being restructured handled through bankruptcy proceedings and so forth. >> ho...

Action sooner and bringing in the military sooner. >> first i thank the mayor for providing aid. second the mayor is dead wrong in this case and i challenge him to go down and get a better understanding first before rendering that verdict on what we've done. what we've been doing and how blown away you'll be when you see the full totality of the picture. i wouldn't be critical of him personally but like with the jones act criticism rendered not yet informed on the facts. thanks for that question. >> and able to get supplies through and why are 10,000 containers waiting at the port of san juan?...