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Energy here, electric power is supplying the hospitals that are providing medical care to the wounded. so there's a duel priority going on with emergency power and then blocking, clearing, pushing out the roads to get commodities delivered. there's still a shortfall there. that is drivers for all of those trucks. so we're pushing personnel to augment state and local authorities to continue to push the commodities. what you saw today is some reporting of some loop footage of some trucks on ports in docks. we're moving the trucks quickly and prioritizing what needs to come off first so we can ge...

The two of them on that front. >> are there any beliefs a candidate could hold or action as candidate could take that if he was still a republican the president wouldn't endorse him? >> i'm not going to get into the hypotheticals that a candidate may or may not have over the time that the president is the president. i know where the president stands on certain issues. that's what i can speak about, not somebody that is a candidate for another office that is not here. >> i didn't get -- tom did not call on me. i'm going to ask a question i want to understand. he mentioned in response to what se...

Sure we get the needs of the people met. >> had the governor no requested protectively a waivener the jones act, would you have seen a compelling reason to suggest it? >> maybe a historical note of relevance, sometimes we'll see the carriers request the waiver. so you'll have foreign-flagged vessels or u.s. vessels carrier companies call us and say please waive it. there's an issue. we didn't get any carrier requests. once the governor calls and says we need it, we should listen and the president agreed. >> is this overhyped in simple terms? >> misunderstood. some critics think it was a price ...

>> 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...

He's comfortable with the interaction with his forces and the governor. it's a different business plan model in the felled and because it's unique and it's an island, 1100 miles away from the nearest land in florida. once he's satisfied or would expect the three-star general to receive back to his appropriate command structure. for now he and his one-start subordinate command will be there and we'll get more people the next coming days to try to address this significant problem and significant need. if that's okay, that's my last question. >> san antonio is thousands of miles from puerto rico....