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Figure. we are working with congress on estimates of the needs. and we do believe we will need additional, beyond the october 1 increment. >> let me tell you what we've taken action on to this point. puerto rico has power authority on the island. obviously, .to the diminished capacity. the power workers, the first responders, are also disaster survivors. they may have lost everything. so we recognize that. so what we've done is pro actively asked, they asked the army corps of engineers to take over the initial part of rebuilding the entire grid. the entire rebuild of the grid, that's a long pr...

Figure, we are working with congress on the estimates of the needs. and we do believe we will need additional beyond the october 1st increment. >> returning electricity? >> let me tell you what we've taken action to this point. puerto rico has a power authority on the island. obviously, i spoke to the diminished capacity to be able to get that back because you have got to remember when i say diminished capacity, the power workers, the first responders are also disaster survivors at this point and may have lost everything. what we have done is proactively assigned the army corps of jeers to tak...

So we order our people, our personnel to try try to help in any way they could as soon as they could make it to their work. the next couple of days, the roads will be clear. they will get their instructions. we will start rebuilding the power system. >> so you have power workers helping with search and rescue until power plants could be a place to go and start their job. everybody is chipping in. we understand that. what do you say to the people there? because time breeds desperation. no power means to cell phone. no sewage treatment. all of the things that people fend on in life. and the more...

Back out on assignments. to show you how they are working, back there are a bunch of sleeping trailers that fit around 1800 people. the ceo saying they are working 24-7. the white house said it deployed the biggest army of power workers ever, drawing in people from across the country and even canada. the focus has been on florida for the past few days. we can't forget that as that storm swept upwards, it knocked out power in alabama and the carolinas and georgia to the tune of 1.4 million customers. john? >> remarkable challenge for the reconstruction and rebuilding. thank you. keep in touch. ...

200,000 people without electric power in collier county. across the state of florida six million people without power. more than 50,000 power workers from across the u.s. and canada are on their way to florida to try and help get power up. it will be tough in the heat here with no air conditioning running. as far as the damage goes, you can get a good look across the naples area. a lot of huge trees pulled up from the roots. wind gusts got over 140 miles an hour. downed power lines as well. tough to get around on the roads with the stop lines not working. the real challenge will be to get the ...