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in and filed an official report yet. now we did hear from don bloom, he is with the federal disaster mortuary operational response team. this is in reference to essentially why some people have not been allowed into this make shift morgue that they have in this area to possibly identify their loved ones among the dead bodies in that morgue. this is what he said about why families aren't necessarily allowed to gain access to that morgue right now. >> we have to be 100% accurate. so as much pressure is put on us to speed up the process, the process has to take its time. we have to be 100% accurate. >> reporter: now again to clarify, 232 people have had official missing persons reports filed for them. that does include some of the people that they know are deceased. 125 is that number. there is evoverlap there. among those deceased are some
but -- >> tony, i want you to listen, this is don bloom, he's from the federal mortuary operation's response team, the federal government saying they're going to take more leadership role, local officials maybe were too overwhelmed here. listen to how mr. bloom explains the delays and the frustration. >> but we have to be 100% accurate. so as much pressure is put on us to speed up the process, the process has to take its time. we have to be 100% accurate. and our people are dedicated at not being pushed into making rash decisions or speeding things up. that is why the process on our side takes a little bit longer than you feel it needs to. >> that an acceptable explanation to you tony, or do you think that's a cop out? >> i think it's more of a cop out. yeah, i do understand they have