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Generally honore. as you see it, obviously getting supplies, fan airport is down, then the airport's got to be brought back online before you can fly stuff in, unless you can get it in by helicopter. tell me about st. john and other islands that are badly damaged. >> yeah. the situation now, anderson, we've got good coverage in the virgin islands as you heard earlier. in st. martin, we have an agreement through the state department to help them in times of hurricane. our principle responsibility is to help save lifes and evacuations. you have three war ships there

Happy to do it. >> such a unique part of america. >> it's beautiful, closure that cuba than walmart. i'll take >> it joining me on the phone is the governor of the u.s. virgin islands. what is the security situation in st. thomas? one described it as survival mode. i'm wondering what do you make of that? is that an accurate assessment of what's happening? >> anderson, i would say that the security mode is in good order. we had some concerns on the eastern end of the island of st. john. we deployed more police officers and national guard troops. we had our territorial police chief there to reli...

Years, sadly enough. but i think, like like i said, the heart and the spirit of that island is very resilient. if i know my friends, kate knows also, it's going to happen sooner than we think. >> i think it was like ten years ago i was dining profile of you for 60 minut"60 minutes" and itn on st. john. you showed me around the island and i saw a little bit about that. we hung out in your favorite bar. it's a completely unique place in the united states. even in the virgin islands, it's a really unique spirit and the folks there are really unlike anywhere else. kate, are you ultimately wangtig ...

We had vessels stuck in the harbor and boats. we got military air lift over and got troops in order. we didn't have -- i read that article that was sent to me and i would say portions of the article is accurate and portions that are not. >> just in terms of the relief efforts, how are you for supplies? how is the island of st. john, the island of st. thomas -- i mean, where are you in this relief effort? >> the supplies and the support from our federal partners have been awesome. i've been on st. john three times. i was there today. our fema partners have been air lifting a lot of water, food....

Thousands of evacuees who have left the island who say they're not reassured by hearing the president's promises because they're concerned he's not going to deliver on them, and they're telling me they're angry too. they say we saw hurricane irma coming for days. we knew how big the storm was. how is it that it took so long to get aid into the hardest hit areas? how is it, they say, that thousands of people are still waiting to being evacuated? >> yeah, a lot of frustration. i'm going to talk to a resident who rode out the storm in fort lauderdale. doesn't know what the condition of his house ...