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>> reporter: 90-year-old sam reck got into full ppe to see joanne, his wife of nearly 30 years. they had been separated for months as she fought the highly contagious virus in a florida hospital. sam insisting on being right there by joanne's side when it was time to say their final good-byes. >> i'm finally getting to hold your hand after all these months. finally letting me hold your hand. feel me squeezing your hand? >> reporter: loved ones are often robbed of these precious moments. >> he did risk his life to go see my mom, but that was his choice. >> reporter: their home state of floriday...

Steve harrigan, thank you. meanwhile, president trump thanking the bahamian prime minister for emphasizing the united states help in rescue efforts after hurricane dorian left unprecedented damage on its major islands. the coast guard stepping up response efforts as the frantic search for survivors continues. mark meredith live at the white house with more. mark? >> good evening, jon. president trump says the u.s. is willing to help the bahamas as they recover from hurricane dorian. the president put out a tweet about the storm early this morning. this is what he had to say, quote, thank you...

Thanking the bahamian prime minister for emphasizing the united states help in rescue efforts after hurricane dorian left unprecedented damage on its major islands. the coast guard stepping up response efforts as the frantic search for survivors continues. mark meredith live at the white house with more. mark? >> good evening, jon. president trump says the u.s. is willing to help the bahamas as they recover from hurricane dorian. the president put out a tweet about the storm early this morning. this is what he had to say, quote, thank you to bahamian prime minister for your very gracious and k...

Those are my comments at this time. ventura county will also make a comment. >> ventura fire department. we have been in unified command with united states coast guard, harbor ventura and it will continue to be a unified effort as we switch to santa barbara county and fire as the incident goes on and we go into recovery mode. >> there is no chance of recovery mode, no chance of further rescues? >> presently the coast guard has all efforts in a response posture now. we're currently still in the response phase. >> divers looking at the wreckage? >> i don't have any additional information regardi...

Declaration for puerto rico, which orders federal assistance to supplement local response efforts due to emergency conditions resulting from tropical storm dorian. that move comes after he tweeted yesterday, quote, wow, yet another big storm heading to puerto rico. will it ever end? congress approved $92 billion for puerto rico last year, an all time record of its kind for anywhere. we know that the figure president trump continues to cite for puerto rico relief is not accurate. congress has not allocated $92 billion for the american territory, the number is 42.7 billion and of that, less than...