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>> it was crazy. the cheering was deafening. >> deafening. it's been nearly three weeks since hurricane maria decimated puerto rico. and the president's obsession from the start has been focused on himself. the reviews and the coverage of his disaster response rather than the problems of the people of puerto rico. here he was again on sunday tweeting. nobody could have done what i've done for puerto rico with so little appreciation. so much work. but the facts on the ground remain these. 85% of the three million american citizens of puerto rico do not have power. and 40% do not have clean drin...

Than the problems of the people of puerto rico. here he was again on sunday tweeting. nobody could have done what i've done for puerto rico with so little appreciation. so much work. but the facts on the ground remain these. 85% of the three million american citizens of puerto rico do not have power. and 40% do not have clean drinking water. the storm hit almost three weeks ago, and there are hundreds of thousands of people in america in the richest country in the world to do not have clean drinking water 19 days later. yesterday people from 30 miles, just 30 miles from san juan lined up on th...

Situation. people out there actually said they were so desperate for water they jerryrigged a pvc pipe to catch mountain stream water and we talked to a young man filling up a bottle there and buckets to bring back water for his family. no, the resources aren't getting distributed across the island nearly as fast as a lot of people would like them to be. >> thank you for all your reporting. joining me here on set is actress and activist and dear friend rosie perez. you have family in puerto rico. you and i have been talking since before the storm hit. how is everybody doing. how are you doin...

We are seeing cleanup under way in portions. this is downtown san juan, but there are many communities where there are still rescues being made. communities still cut off. people don't know if people survived the hurricane or not. we've traveled all around the island in the last week, and we are hearing that water is the big thing. people are still desperate for water. we went to one town about 90 minutes outside of san juan and they jerry rigged a pvc pipe to collect water from a mountain stream and were filling up buckets and water bottles telling us they are just doing what they have to do,...

Here in san juan, but in other towns, rescue workers have not even been able to reach certain communities. they don't know if people are trapped. if they need medical attention. that's one of the biggest problems. part of it is because of the roads. the other part is because of the lack of communication. there's only cell phone service spotty a across the island. we see people pulled over on the highway trying to get a cell bar, call out and get some type of help. another big problem, the bake necessities here. talking about gas, food and, of course, the big one, water. there's no water on abo...