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It's all over. >> it's going to be a staggering toll when it's all said and done. you know, we had here in our county in 2004, for example, we had four hurricanes and took 15 years, i was told this morning. it was finally 15 years before those fema claims were closed. i have no idea how long this is going to take but it's going to be a long, long time rebuilding process. griff: congressman, i want to ask you, it anticipates that the federal state coordination has been quite well, what is your assessment of the federal response? congressman: i think it's been good so far. we have been prepared ...

Broken and make the homes that are still standing intact. after that, we need government to move on to rebuilding the community infrastructure, the hospitals, the elder care facilities, the schools, because that is how we keep the tax base and keep the cities intact. all of this has to be done in a way that keeps the workers paid and safe doing this dirty and dangerous work that is likely to last years. >> many of your workers are migrants or undocumented immigrants who are helping in that recovery effort. a major part of your organization focuses on protecting these vulnerable population. exp...

Someone on to their roof. fema is not getting supplies to everyone yet. i think everyone is doing their best. we filled an entire truck load of gatorade, sandwiches, just filled the car up and headed down. >> the rebuilding process is hard what everyone is doing. when you are on a city block where every house is gone or badly damaged. how long will it take? >> i have heard five to seven to eight years. we focus mainly on residential homes. step within, save lives. step two, getting trees off of roof. flooding is coming in. flood adjusters are flocking down here to help and figure out how we ge...

Rebuilding process and experts say that rebuilding the grid will take no less than ten years. >> sorry to interrupt because we don't have much time, but whose failure is that? is that the failure -- is that lack of will? is that red tape? is that federal red tape or is it on the island and the administration of puerto rico? >> well, i guess it's mostly the blame goes into the hands of the government of puerto rico which has red tape. we have had three governors in the -- since maria -- >> we might have lost him there. goodness, you might expect that in the midst of the wake of a hurricane, but...

Evacuated in the overnight hours from the steel plant that includes 51 seriously injured fighters. they were taken to russian-controlled territory, the wounded were taken to a hospital in the city of donetsk. the expectation is that they will be traded for russian p.o.w.s, although we don't have any sort of idea in terms of the time line for that. we've been in contact with the wives of some of the fighters and they don't know either. they said that they have yet to be contacted by government officials with more information. but the evacuation and surrender of the steel plant marks the first v...