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Category four storm. according to officials, 730% of homes had the roofs ripped off. could statake 4-6 months to rese power. the sun is rising. people are going to have to emerge from their homes and assess the damage. what are the biggest obstacles that officials are facing in the days and weeks ahead. >> i would say the biggest obstacle they're facing is they don't have any idea right now the extent of the damage. that's the first thing. second thing is as you know, the power is out across the entire island. it's an antiquated power grid. told it was completely wiped out. could be three to f...

Welcome back, everybody. before we toss it over to "morning joe," let's get a check on the stories you will be hearing about ahead. >> president trump has a full day of meeting as he spend his fourth day at the general assembly event. he is set to meet with the leaders of the japan, turkey and south korea. following his meeting, he will head to his golf resort in bedminster, new jersey house speaker paul ryan will tour damage left behind by hurricane harvey. they are scheduled to take a helicopter flight over some of the hardest hit areas there. after which the group will hold a press conferen...

There's no power on the island. first pictures near the land fall area. on the map show you the land fall right here. this is the first picture i've seen. these are wood structures. concrete bases. wall gone, roof gone on this structure here. this gentleman was in here to try to find any possessions he had left to scour. the building behind us, roof is gone. these trees are snapped in half here. these are the kind of damaged pictures we're seeing from where the eye made landfall. this is a category four with winds of 140 gusting to 160. all the structures no one can live in these structures an...

We've gotten so far, everyone is safe and accounted for, but our buildings have sustained significant flooding on the first couple of floors. a lot of fallen down trees. right now, we are assessing our own damage, but we're happy to see everyone is okay. i have colleagues who went to san juan, puerto rico prior to in preparation. the next step once it is safe is to go in and assess the damage and see how we can mobilize and help pretty much the whole island. everyone is being affected by this. miraculously, we did sustain an oil spill with the generator. it is working. power lines are down. wh...

There is. back to you. >> thank you very much. let's go straight to meteorologist bill karins with a check on the storm's latest track. bill. >> good morning. typically, after huge storms like this it takes two-to-three days to get a proper assessment of how bad it was and the damage is. we are 24 hours after that. we will get more pictures today. it doesn't help the whole island doesn't have power a. 50 miles wide, lashing the dominican republic t. story overnight was the torrential rains would not stop over the island t. entire island, which is 100 miles west to east is under a flash flood w...