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Are you there, mike? all right, we lost, mike, we'll see if we can get him back. there you are. >> i'm back. we've got cell coverage going in and out. it reminds me of hurricane harvey last year, it was a lot stronger obviously, but once it came ashore it came apart and athat's what's going to happen the this storm, unfortunately. >> i think this is topsail beach you took this video. explain to me this, mike. >> it got a little hairy and we got forced out. police didn't want us there because it was going to get too dangerous, and they were right. we were pushing the envelope there, but high ti...

Call to you? >> he called me and i didn't pick up my phone so he actually dictated it into my voice mail. he is currently on vacation away from cell coverage away from wi-fi coverage, he felt strongly that he had something to say. i've known him for a very long time, since fifth grade as it happens. he is not a partisan, he is a patriot. he is someone who in fact has i think sought out to the clinton years but he was also sought out by the trump administration during the transition. he had any number of opportunities in his life to be political but he decided here that he felt he had to speak ...

Services and longer plan. so you mentioned the communication numbers, that's probably closer to 64% of the island with cell coverage. not a great number. it can get better. but the carriers are surging cap bills like cell on wheels and trucks, in fact over the weekend you may have seen google is using technology to increase that. that's a way to increase some services that will help the puerto ricans get back up and running. longer term, 300 cell towers off line. so you have to rebuild. so, again, short term plan, interim measures, and long-term plan. and in the meantime we are making pros res...

That 20% of the residents in st. thomas and st. john have power. 8% of residents in st. croix have power. 31% of cell coverage is operating territory wide. there's a boil water advisory in effect. there was a piece in "the new york times" that talked about the fact that the virgin islands are ignored by politicians. they're not really on the radar. when she would try to get members of congress to take note of issues in the virgin islands, she would be met with incredulity, they'd say, we're here to focus on the united states, and i'd say, they are in the united states. your thoughts? >> that's...

Have power, 8% of residents in st. croix have power, 31% of cell coverage is operating territory wide. there's a boil water order in effect. the virgin islands are often ignored by politicians. this is the quote. they're not really on the radar, sally jewel said. when she would try to get members of congress to make note of issues in the virgin islands, she would be met with incred incredulity. >> everyone in the united states was talking about chip and support. there was language in there for puerto rico. they had completely forget lly