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I can say that the president has been very diligent. he has been essentially talking to us every day and the white house as well. governors and senators have pledged their support. governor cuomo today just sent his first contingency of state troopers, national guard, governor christie who just called me, that he had his contingency ready, and we have about other 13 states collaborating as well. >> that's great. >> our petition right now is to help with the assets we need in the short term, but also to make sure that in the aid package, puerto rico is considered equally. that we get the fundin...

Has not suspended the jones act, which would lift a restriction on shipping goods to the island to speed up the rebuilding process. >> we're thinking about that but have a lot of shippers and a lot of people and a lot of people that work in shipping and don't want the jones act lifted, and we have a lot of ships out there right now. >> the president went out to the nfl, something he's been doing a lot lately. that, plus a conversation with kareem abdul-jabbar, after the break. i count on my dell small business advisor for tech advice. with one phone call, i get products that suit my needs

Fashion. usually underground. establish subsidence zones for sewers and water supplies and of course have evacuation procedures. and the big thing in houston is the so-called hard scape, where the city expanded and a lot of places got paved over and the water didn't have anywhere to go. er oh, as an engineer, it's frustrating. >> and realizing every dollar you spend in preparation for storms like this in making cities more able to withstand storms like this, you save $4 in the rebuilding process after the storm comes. that's an important stat that i don't think we can say enough. bill nye, i w...

Safe, and we will start the rebuildi rebuilding process. >> when you say this is the worst that we have seen in anybody's memory, just two weeks ago you were hit by irma and there are still scores of people without power as a result of irma, so how does this compare to other hurricanes you have seen and irma? >> there's no comparison, really. for irma we were very prepared and executed our protocols appropriately, so much so we were far ahead in the rebuilding process, so much so we were able for other americans stranded on the island and now unforekphtuny we have the second storm and this one...

This effort. we seek an approach to refugee resettlement that is designed to help these horribly treated people and which enables their eventual return to their home countries to be part of the rebuilding process. for the cost of resettling one refugee in the united states, we can assist more than ten in their home region. out of the goodness of our hearts, we offer financial assistance to hosting countries in the region and we support recent agreements of the g-20 nations that will seek to host refugees as close to their home countries as possible. this is the safe, responsible, and humanitar...