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Puerto rico, there are 3,000 containers stuck in ports, some may not be related to kurk hurricane relief, earlier cnn had been told buy shipping officials as many as 10,000 containers were stuck. >> the pentagon has just appointed jeffrey buchanan to lead relief efforts. listen to the president's homeland security adviser when he was asked why it took so long to appoint buchanan. >> do you acknowledge it was a mistake looking back to not have this on the ground earlier? >> no. not at all. in fact that doesn't affect the way we stage equipment and handle commands. this is textbook and it's been...

This on the ground earlier? >> no. not at all. in fact that doesn't affect it the way we stage equipment and the way we handle commands. this is textbook and it's been done well. >> buchanan will join "new day" later this morning. about 7500 u.s. troops and 10,000 federal relief workers are on the ground in puerto rico, right now there are over 10,000 people in 160 shelters. the island's power grid not expepgtded to come back fully on line for months. 90% of the cell sites also out of service. >> according to puerto rico's governor an airplane will cash will be arriving soon. the u.s. departme...

The good news is there's boots on the ground and people from fema has the heart in the right place and the hhs people know what to do. for heaven's sake, somebody, let them do their job. let them get the food and the water in the hands of people and then let's talk about good news. i'm really sorry, but you know, when you have -- when you have people out there dying, literally, scraping for food, where is -- where is the good news? >> that is san juan's mayor. here is the very latest on the relief response in puerto rico. 10,000 federal relief workers are on the ground. that includes about 720...

Do you expect miss duke to address that? >> reporter: yes. it's a nightmare getting to the aid to the people needing it. many folks still need it. we were in a town not far from san juan a few miles away, a makeshift distribution center set up. they were handing out the bottled waters and mres and the supplies people so desperately need. one of the shipping containers is there at the distribution center. the aid is starting to flow out. is it happening fast? we spoke to several people in that line waiting hours in the blazing sun that does not think the federal response has been adequate. some...

People are going to suffer. >> reporter: but the white house says there are now enough resources on the ground including 10,000 federal relief workers and 7200 troops. >> our message to the incredible people of puerto rico is this, the president is behind you. >> reporter: overnight the president tweeting, fema and first responders are doing a great job in puerto rico. massive food and water delivered. docks and electric grid dead. acting homeland security secretary elaine duke is flying into puerto rico today. >> i am very satisfied. >> reporter: but at the cruise port, we saw mounting frustr...