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Only like 50,000 people got their power back on. the areas that were really crushed where all the worse of the infrastructure problems are it's going to take a while, it's not flipping a switch, it's not just rehanging a wire or two. when you hear the people from grand isle say it's uninhabitable, don't come back, they're telling people that evacuated, you know, it's going to be a while before you can even drive down the roads and try to get into some of those areas. you can see how extensive the damage was when this major category 4 hurricane and it was painful to watch on radar and to track ...

As high as 300,000 because port-au-prince, the capital city, is so densely populated. this area is a lot more sparse in terms of population, it's very rural. it's mountainous as well. there are lots of remote villages. but thankfully, people aren't as congested as they are in port-au-prince. having said that, it's also harder to get to because these regions are remote. we've seen different bridges that have collapsed, different roads that were never finished building out also being impassable. i know some rescue workers, humanitarian workers have been dealing with gangs that are trying to mone...

Congested as they are in port-au-prince. these we've different collapse and bridges that were never finished building out also being impassable. humanitarian workers have been dealing with gangs that are trying to monetize and take advantage of the situation in terms of letting them have safe passage to go and continue to lend a hand. so the actual mission of getting to these folks and getting as many survivors as possible out of harm's way may be delayed because of some of these infrastructure problems we have and some of the sociopolitical problems that haiti continues to experience can you ...

It's at the heart of the news today, a test vote in the senate. as president biden is flying here to cincinnati. we do know that vote is going to fail because republicans say this bipartisan infrastructure bill has not had time to work through how it will be paid for. that does not mean it's not still important. in fact, that's one of the reasons president biden is coming to sfcincinnati. take a look at the pictures of the brent spence bridge. this is really exhibit a of infrastructure problems in america. it stretches from cincinnati to northern kentucky. this has been at the heart of every p...

The hardcore anti-vaxxers at the moment. >> it's scary there's hospitals in missouri, as miguel reported is running out of ventilators. doctor, let's switch gears because you recently wrote an op-ed on the hill talking about the infrastructure problems are also a persistent threat to public health. of course, you cite the building cop lapse in surfside. >> yes. >> and i think those of us covering the infrastructure completely see the connection. how do you look at this? >> well, that's right. you know, i think what happened, take this horrible tragedy in surfside, by the way, we're now 14 days...