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Do it again. there is so much controversy and i know that you have questioned why the mutual aid was not called in and he has the reasons for it, and he says, look, we had to do what we had to do after the storm, and we did what we could do, and he says that because the white fish contract was canceled, it costed more and took longer to restore the power. >> but, gabe they had the $25 or $30 million, and yes, if a loan shark shows up at the door after a natural disaster and says i will help you out, and it seems okay in the short term, but you think about it, and okay, i will go with wells far...

Payment, because he has not been paid, he says he is being forced to stop all work from white fish until he can get that payment. remember, earlier the government of puerto rican selled the contract with white fish but they were scheduled to continue work until earlier this month. according to white fish they had to stop the work, what that means to people getting power back here, we'll have to wait and find out. we did check in with the government, the power authority tells us that because the white fish contract is under investigation, they are not making any more excellents on that -- comme...

. this morning, half of puerto rico is still without power, but two months after hurricane maria struck the montana company contracted to turn the lights back on, whitefish energy, says it is stopping work to repair the power grid. >> the company's ceo tells cnn whitefish is owed $83 million by the power authority after the island canceled the $300 million with white finish back in late october after a number of concerns were raised. the white fish contract is up december 1st. to leyla santiago in san juan with the whitefish ceo.

Expenses while you figure out how to rebuild your home. there's not a government agency that rebuilds homes. there are coordination, and it is difficult with the island. because in texas, you had all the resources that can drive there, right? and in puerto rico, you have to -- it is difficult. so i think the president's communication on this has been terrible. i mean, he needs to communicate all the progress every day. and then he should be reporting out progress every single day. because what it looks like is the government is backing out when the island is still devastated. >> it's easy to s...

Due to the storm. >> that report, really, you have to consider puerto rico, 27,000 people die a year. that approximately after the storm that would average out about 2,500 that would have died of natural causes or other elements. we have had a very rigorous system of identifying how people have died and if it's directly or indirected related to the storm. we're not only stating in the death toll the people that died because of mudslides and so forth, but also, for example, suicides that family members attributed to the storm. they're also counted there now. trying to connect people that died j...