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Tomorrow, because there is a lot of work that has to be done. >> if you were sitting across from the president and the fema director right now what would you say specifically you need more of, we don't want to get into the political area. there i say there is insufficient personnel and military presence on the island for the humanitarian effort. right. that what we need, according to our website, there are 18,000, 19,000 personnel. florida was at 40,000 personnel after irma hit. obviously we have to focus on what the congress needs to do. when you talk about that relief, it was provided in the...

Puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands and we are talking about u.s. protected territories there. what do you have in place to get in there once maria is passed? >> we are well positioned. we have more assets on the islands before irma hit. we have 3,200 staff members in the islands collectively. we have multiple days' worth of kau pha commodities, meals, water, and other things ready to go. last night st. croix took a big hit. unfortunately the wind field expanded last night as it passed to the south of st. croix basically putting 137-mile-per-hour wind gusts through st. croix. we will conti...

>> kim la followed one couple as they returned home. >> reporter: waiting throughout the night. the line of cars stretching and growing as dawn breaks. zmri want to go home. i want to see my home. i want to see that we have a home. >> reporter: heidi and allen, out of their key largo house since irma hit. fear and anxiety growing by the minute as they wait. >> my house, where i pay taxes and i'm not allowed to get in here. >> i spent five days on the [ bleep ] road. >> reporter: before tempers flare even more, 7:00 a.m., the first roadblock comes down. the evacuated returning home for the firs...

Irma hit. but he sheltered 17 people at his home. earlier, cnn's anderson cooper spoke with chesney and one of the people he housed. >> kenny, you love st. john. you have a place there. you've been there for a long time. when you see the images of what's happened there, what goes through your mind? >> it's a lot of heartbreak, anderson. it's really just so many emotions running through my head and through my heart. it's hard to put into words, really, because i have so many memories there. so many friends there. so many fabrics and pieces of my life on that island. and to see that devastation ...

Welcome back. you're watching cnn. i'm brooke baldwin. irmany's wrath turning into paradise lost for some people. an american nurse describes a, quote, desperate situation in st. thomas. for exampleing she says her home blew apart, her words, when irma came through. now she and her two kids are huddled in the shell of their former home. she worries, what happens if people totally run out of food and water. let's ask. polo is on the phone with me. polo, as we look at the situation there, what is the situation with food and water? >> to answer your questions,