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>> we are asking them to seek safe shelter, ali. right now, the main priority is to make sure that everybody is safe, that they have shelter, that they can weather the storm. this is the most dangerous storm we have had in modern history in puerto rico. and we know we are going to have to rebuild. but of course the main priority is to make sure that people get to the shelters, over 500 we have throughout the island. and they can weather the storm and then they can start the rebuilding process. >> talk to me about your shelters. what are they that they can withstand this type of a hurricane. >>...

To support 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 g20 nations that will seek to host refugees as close to their home countries as possible. this is the safe, responsible an...

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 10 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 g20 nations that will speak to host refugees as close to their home countries as possible. this is the safe, responsible, and humanitarian approach. for decades the united states h...

The entire country. there are places around the virgin islands that will have to be completely rebuilt. i'm in new york in climate changing week to work out a plan to see if we can rebuild with clean energy and do some positive things for the country in the rebuilding process. but the immediate needs, i'm sure, will be things like t tarpaulins, generators, and those we'll get back to dealing with in the next 48 hours. >> it's quite remarkable -- we haven't been able to pay much attention to these hurricanes but today in the united nations, it hardly got mentioned. but when you talk about a mar...

A lot of homes are left in ruins. lives have to be rebuilt. nba star tim duncan is from the islands. he's back there now getting a look at the damage and helping with relief efforts. he's raised a lot of money so far to help people start over. i spoke to tim duncan earlier. >> tim, you just got back from st. john. i'm wondering what you saw there. how bad was it? >> it's -- the island is pretty messed up. lots of trees and debris. lots of homes without roofs and a lot of them just totally blown away. so a lot of destruction over there, but a lot of people out and working to clean up everything...