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Took. she got in a blackhawk, and she was looking down upon puerto rico, and we got a sense from the sky -- i don't know if we can pull that video up again -- of her trip. but it did not look good, she said, from many stops. she went to a couple of islands that are off the main island, but also said they're getting some help now. and just to read some of the shipments hitting the ground right now, millions of meals, millions of bottles of water. do you think maybe now, as we lead up to the tuesday trip from president trump, things will be getting better as they trickle in more help? >> well,...

He's going to do. >> let me ask you this. so of course the administration is saying they are delivering everything they can to try to help the island there, but is it a problem of not having enough stuff or is it a distribution problem? in other words, they have the stuff, they can't get it out to the people? >> reporter: well, there's several different things at play here. you mentioned those shipping containers that have been stuck at the port for several days. typically that is not federal aide. that wasn't provided by the federal government but those are commercial goods that are lacking i...

Seven additional ships to house responders. and we have commodities distribution exceeding millions. 1.3 million meals, that type of thing. water. so that is moving in today. and you're seeing the distribution problem unclog. now, if there is somebody burying somebody in their front yard that is a terrible story, but i don't want to protect that as the normed. we've seen 16 fatalities confirmed. no fatality is acceptable. if that number increases significantly, that will be a devastating blow. we're doing everything we can to prevent that. loss of life from the storm is one thing, loss of life...

Responders. we have commodities distribution exceeding millions. so it's all moving in today and distribution problem is being unclogged. if there's somebody being buried in the front yard, that's terrible but it's not the norm. right now we've seen 16 fatalities confirmed from the state authorities. no fatality is acceptable. if that number increases, that will be a devastating blow. we're doing everything we can to prevent that. loss of life from the storm is one thing. loss of life that is preventible is another. >> senator rubio just back from the island. he said there's significant logist...

Responders. and commodities distribution now exceeding millions. 1.3 million meals, 2.7 million liters of water. that type thing. moving in today seeing a distribution problem unclog. somebody burying somebody in a front yard is a terrible story. i don't want to project it at the norm. i think there's a careful distinction here. >> what is the norm? >> seen 16 fatalities confirmed from state authorities. no fatalities acceptable. if that number increases significantly that will be a devastating blow. we are doing everything we can to prevent that. loss of life from the storm is one thing. loss...