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Which came nine days after hurricane irma. now, he is saying, yes, we want to be prepared for a category 5 because at the time, the daily challenges that came after the power grade was wiped out, after cell towers, communication, after that all happened on the island, they have learned now, and the study confirms they need to be prepared for much more than a cat 1 hurricane heading for that island. >> tell me, in 45 seconds, why this number matters for families in terms of funding. >> in terms of funding, families need to be on the official death toll to qualify tr assistance from fema. that c...

>> oh, yes, i was. because this is which number of day? and you know, i said oh my god, i don't see anyone in their houses. >> reporter: and in the northwestern part of the island an extremely dangerous dam failure is forcing some 70,000 to evacuate. this mother and her two children plucked from their battered boat just off the coast. dozens dead as the category 5 hurricane tore through the caribbean. final finally losing team after high winds and rain pummeled turks and caicos. in hard hit puerto rico, so many have lost so much. >> you lose everything. you lose everything. you have to start f...

Carol. rest assured congress will be paid even though congress has not done its job and could be putting us on the brink of a shutdown. look at other services here that are incredibly important, federal courts can remain open for ten days, enough operating functions for that, passport offices unless they're in a federal office building passports, visas will be issued. air traffic control, border protection, key parts of the department of defense, the power grade will be maintained, all are still opened. there's something called mandatory spending, social security, medicare, medicaid, food stam...

If you are outside. thanks. this heat wave is testing the limits of the power grade in the northeast. as we know on, air condition sing the place to be. everyone is running it nonsop. new york, near 100 degrees today. the power company is pleading with people to try to conserve energy any way they can. on the phone with us now is michael of con-edison. thanks for joining us this morning. >> good to be here. thank you very much. >> give us the status update. how are things looking today? >> we serve 3.2 million customers in new york and we have about 6,000 experiencing power outages right now...