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Puerto rico? how are they going to work and live and function without power? it's tough, but we have been working on mitigation strategies. mind you, the estimates, the time of getting power is getting full power. we will start getting power as we start restoring the system. there has been a lot of solidarity, alyson. after irma blazed through the islands, we rescued over 3,500 citizens. but now there is a lot of people, a lot of governors. the federal government has been phenomenal. fema has been great. >> yeah. >> so now our efforts, you know, obviously still within the

Economy. cane fields. banana plantations, citrus growth. gone. there is not a leaf on this island, chris. the rain forest, you can't see where they are. look at before pictures online and look at it now and you have to shake your head. the prime minister is heading out today. he will make a plan active cry for help. this was the first place hit by maria. category 5. full-on hit. they are worried they will get forgotten because of other places hit by irma and maria. this little island basically has nothing and has nothing going forward in terms of economy. the tourism industry, done. the agricu...

Warning signs and danger making sure that people are safe, saving life. but immediately after that, start rebuilding puerto rico stronger than ever. >> governor, i know you spoke to president trump last night. what did you ask him for and what did he offer? >> well or the president has been phenomenal in this situation. he's been both at irma and maria, he offered an emergency declaration. he declared most of the island a disaster area so we can start the rebuilding process quickly. and he just said that he loved the people of puerto rico and he would stand by us in our rebuilding process. >> ...

Anything quite like this. we have been covering irma and then maria a couple of weeks now. this is by far the worst we have seen. it is an island of 70,000 or so people. it has been decimated from end to end. we are in the capital at the moment. 6th where i look around me, i see roofs torn off and houses completely demolished. massive trees washed down the rivers and banged up against bridges. there is no power. there is no running water. very little aid has gotten insofarment you mentioned the isolated buildings. there are many hillside villages all around this island. we flew around the eye ...