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We're not seeing that come in yet. >> raphael romo, i appreciate it very much. as i said we have correspondents all over the island, the retired lieutenant general has come in. we rely on his expertise in these type of operations, we lilie ed -- relied only his expertise. he joins me now. last night when i was talking to you i was in new york, you were on satellite. and i played something that a guy from -- i think it's the department of homeland security, an adviser to the president was saying this is a textbook operation. they didn't need a three-star general here eight days ago, seven days ...

People who are in need right now after the hurricane. the governor, this is the verbatim, he said we will not allow our food and water just remain there due to lack of executing. also, i wanted to give you guys an update, 90 branches, bank branches, have reopened on the island, although with some restrictions. cash is beginning to be a problem because many merchants are not taking credit cards. they're only taking cash, precisely because of lack of power. 36 hospitals, according to the governor, are now operational out of a total of 69, john and poppy. >> raphael romo, thank you for your repor...

Clear that he's not giving it up. back to you. >> not giving it up. we will be waiting to get some of the video in and we will bring that to our viewers as we get it when you were discussing when the president spoke with reporters there. let's -- let's focus in on puerto rico right now. the island in desperate need of help and action. it's been almost a week since hurricane maria ripped through the u.s. territory. power is still out throughout the entire island. we will show you satellite images to put the problem in stark relief. the picture on the top was taken in july. the one on the bottom...

Helps at capacity and homes are destroyed. almost the whole island is off the grid. and here is a picture of what was taken just yesterday. you coo see the majority of the island has gone dark. raphael romo is joining us from puerto rico. what are you seeing? >> there are many angles to this natural disaster and this tragedy. you can talk about the tact that people have no power, no water. they are uncommunicated. we have been hearing a lot of reports from different people about the medical tragedy unfolding here. just a few moments ago, i was talking to the director of a children's hospital h...

Denigrating the constitution and i will not allow that. >> reporter: the court has moved to weaken the attorney general's powers and opened its own investigation of ortega. accusing her of serious offenses. ortega calls the charges a political witch hunt and continues to speak out. >> translator: the nation is in danger. the rule of law is in danger. the law is in danger. peace and citizens are in danger. this is the death of law. this will be the death of the law which we allow these judges to continue on the court. >> reporter: ortega faces a july 4th hearing on whether she should face trial...