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Rico, but this has been an unprecedented disaster. not only for puerto rico but for all the region. we're talking about two category 5 hurricanes passing through puerto rico. my ask is simple. we need more help. we need more help with resources. we need more help with people being deployed so we can get logistical support elsewhere, and we need congress to take action so we can have an aid package that is real for the american citizens that live in puerto rico and that's flexible. we're willing to do it. this is unprecedented. we're going to need more help. >> describe the conditions that peop...

So there's very much a sense here that we're moving from the emergency phase of this into the recovery phase. >> but as we know from katrina and from sandy, years later it feels good to be able to go home, but people are going to go home to homes that are inundated by water. even if just for a few days. then you end up with mold, structural damage. we're learning that so many people in texas don't have flood insurance. so the worst may still be yet to come. >> p exactly. they're going to have to go in, take out all that ply wall and all of that to get the mold out of there. the smell in some o...

Want to have involved in any parts of this investigation. so an interesting move by the top senators that have been very critical of president trump and relief for news that is not even 24 hours old yet. >> jon: our understanding is andrew mccabe, the acting fbi director will testify in front of the senate intelligence committee instead of james comey. now to the white house briefing room and sarah huckabee sanders standing in today for john spicer. sean spicer. >> so i have heard. good afternoon, everybody. as most of you i think no, sean spicer is on reserve duty for the rest of the week so ...

Given. again, sarah huckabee sanders will be the briefer. sean spicer, from time to time, has taken days off to pursue and fulfill his duty in the u.s. naval reserve. that duty has been carried out over at the pentagon. and here is today's white house briefing. >> quiet crowd. >> slow day today. >> that's what i heard. good afternoon, everybody. as most of you i think know, sean is on reserve duty for the rest of this week, so i will be briefing you today, and in the following days. i've got a few announcements here at the top before i take questions. i have an update on the tunnel collapse at...

Associates and the russians and that investigation was launched last july. >> and it's quite possible, by the way, that comey did, in fact, notify the president that he was not being investigated at this time, or that he was not a target at this time. my understanding of procedures is that that could have been, in fact, been said, and that could be true today and not true tomorrow. if you continue to investigate in talking to other people, then things might develop in such a way to make him a target at a later date. >> sarah huckabee sanders, walking up to the lectern. >> light crowd. >> slow ...