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Getting more drivers on the road but they are in a bit of a race against the clock because some of these containers contain perishable goods like food and medicine that will be lost if they are not delivered soon. >> bret: garrett tenney live in the port of san juan. thank you. let's get the latest on the puerto rico effort. joining me tonight from the white house, homeland security advisor tom bossert. tom, thanks for being here. you said today that some of the reports are lagging. has the dynamic changed from what we are hearing? >> thanks for having me. that dynamic never changes. in terms ...

It's something that has changed throughout the day. old reporting are old footage from earlier tends to give a bad impression. it wasn't wrong at the time it was recorded. it's dated. that's the challenge for all of us. >> bret: it is not just democrats who are criticizing a little bit of the effort. here is senator rubio talking about what he is hearing and seeing. >> basically there is no communication, no power, no fuel. no truckers. you've got container sitting at the port and they can't move it. as the aid comes in, they are having trouble distributing it. they don't have a way to distrib...

Deductions. >> if you take the brackets down, where are the lines between the brackets? child tax credit, how much is it going to be? is going to have to come up with more to satisfy conservative republicans who want to make up the gap and wanted to be family friendly as. the problem with the discussion is everything is on the level of hypothetical. >> bret: i want to save it for the second panel but amy, that's the question. we could see a lot of changes in this thing from the original rollout. the death tax could not be totally eliminated and perhaps who knows. 1% payroll tax cut, something ...

But they are in a bit of a race against the clock because some of these containers contain perishable goods like food and medicine that will be lost if they are not delivered soon. >> bret: garrett tenney live in the port of san juan. thank you. let's get the latest on the puerto rico effort. joining me tonight from the white house, homeland security advisor tom bossert. tom, thanks for being here. you said today that some of the reports are lagging. has the dynamic changed from what we are hearing? >> thanks for having me. that dynamic never changes. in terms of reporting but the dynamic on t...

Necessities. most atms are empty. lines at banks are long. without electricity, card transactions are nonexistent. some businesses are offering credit and operating the old-fashioned way. >> translator: ucs collecting bills by hand with cash that we have and selling everything we have for a discount. to those who do not have, we give it to them. it's a matter of helping our community. >> further hampering the effort is a lack of reliable information needed to prioritiz prioritize. the communication grid is all but inoperable outside san juan, making contact practically impossible with hard-hit...