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Depend on coming from the mainland. that's going to take a long time to fix in terms of water pressure. and we came in our boats as we went ashore and the dingy, snarls of power lines mixed up with lobster traps. so power is going to take a long time to restore and then there's the sea life. this is the thing, these people, they rely on the health of these waters. and we saw drifts of the most delicate coral, the kind of stuff you only find in deepwater, way out, so the coral reef that sustains this ecosystem and this economy is just completely devastated, as well. we saw signs of that. i don'...

Something that he simply couldn't defend. so we know that one purpose of his meeting here today at the white house with the president today is that he wants the president to understand what it's like to someone who's experienced racism for first hand and the agony of that. that's the message he'll be trying to get across to the president today. we'll have more details of that meeting that's taking place right now here at the white house. but it really highlights the president's overall struggle with his relationship with lawmakers on capitol hill, not just as a whole, but especially with afric...

Western canon. we all stand on that foundation. >> congressman, and the resolution itself is very clear. it was a joint resolution by the senate and the house, joint resolution of congress going to the president's desk. but there's a reason. you wouldn't need a resolution if maybe it wasn't so clear where the president stood. if he does nothing, just go with me on this, if he does nothing with this symbolic resolution, it would still go into effect in ten days. if he does nothing, what had that say? >> i don't know. you can ask him that. i just know my position. he's condemned all the racists,...

Director to help us with that. we need food, we need water, we need propane for generators. we need, you know, tons of resources and medical supplies. there's women with broken hips being turned away from the clinic because they're not a life-or-death situation right now. and the hospital in st. thomas was, from what i understand, pretty much completely destroyed. there were patients that didn't make it during the storm being transferred from icu, i was told. so there's just [ inaudible ] and it's just, you don't even know where to start. that's why we just need federal emergency management do...

Of explanation on my part. this hotel is 250 rooms. it's unclear that it's ever going to be able to rebuilt. this was the dining area. anybody who was in this building was in danger. all the windows, martin, let's pan over here, if you can. if yuou were in this building, all those windows were blown out. so that was dangerous. just remind you of the death toll. four people died from hurricane irma on this side of the, of st. martin island. 38 total across the caribbean. there is some good news that a couple of gas stations are reopening and some supermarkets are said to be reopening. i won't b...