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On the entire virgin islands. >> in the aftermath of hurricane maria, today the president issued a disaster declaration for puerto rico and st. croix and u.s. virgin islands. that means federal funding is now available to support recovery efforts there. electricity in puerto rico and st. croix out for months. both hospitals in the u.s. virgin islands, one on st. croix and one on st. thomas destroyed and all patients evacuated. also a major education issue now since the schools that are still standing are being used as shelters. joining us now, by phone, from st. croix, governor kenneth mapp of...

Protect ourselves. the flooding probably won't reach much higher than the first story here. but it's across the area here where there are areas with less secure buildings where they can be vulnerable from the storm surge. people don't really expect that to come flooding in. but perhaps the depth may occur. it may be towards the end of tomorrow that it starts moving away. it's now 175 miles an hour and some of the projections say most of the -- half population nearly below the federal poverty line. puerto rico very much on edge. >> nick, stay safe. joining us from st. croix is or correspondent....

Now under arrest attacked them with the acid, no declarations were made to lead the french to believe the motive was in any way terror related. it is not an anti-terror investigation that's been opened. on the contrary the french authorities say this is a woman who was disturbed, that is the word they were using and who chose to attack. i think one of the things that we'll have to be wanting to get answers to tomorrow morning is whether or not these women were attacked because they were american or whether this was simply four young women in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> melissa bell r...

News, an acquittal of a former st. louis police officer who was on trial for murder for g kiting a black man after a car chase. now, today, judge timothy wilson found that former st. louis police officer jason stockily not guilty of the charges of first degree murder. the shooting heard in 2011, a man anthony lamar smith 24 years old, joining us from st. louis with more is reporter casey nolan and our local nbc affiliate. casey, tell us what you are seeing and the background you can provide. >> well, what we are seeing is a bit of a pause an an active march. it covered at least five miles sinc...

People for three days. those emergency rationens are going go g going to antiga and st. martin and communications equipment. and as i mentioned at the top tonight, the u.s. state department has announced there will be evacuation flights for u.s. citizens leaving from st. martin and from the british virgin islands in the morning. state department says u.s. citizens who can get to st. martin and the airport to arrive at the airport and the british virgin islands at the airport, the deadline for u.s. citizens to get to the airport tomorrow to get on a flight is 9:00 a.m. joining us from st. thoma...