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Planes, boats -- >> we're out of food. we're running out of food and water. >> -- and thousands of human lives. >> we decided the most important thing was to establish communications. >> until another angel named robert becker brought in a bag of satellite phones, the island went six days without outside contact. >> oh, my god. >> it crushes your soul to watch that and this is the line. this is a two-hour line of folks waiting to give proof of life to a wife or a husband or a father. it's rough. >> i just need to tell my mom i'm okay. do you have her number. >> in this is where i first met bri...

Plea for martial law? >> i am making a plea for martial law. i'm making a plea for three, four, five days where we can distribute water, food. it's been six days after the hurricane, and it's just a horrible scenario in puerto rico. >> i need you to tell my mom i'm okay. do you have her number? >> brittany moved here from brooklyn four years ago. she's helpless, she has no cash in a cash only society. >> thank you. i love you. >> ready? >> it's going to be all right, okay? >> i have no [ bleep ] money. they won't let us get money, i can't use my debit card. so we're all screwed. i don't know w...

Okay. >> brittany moved here from brooklyn four years ago. she's helpless, she has no cash in a cash only society. >> thank you. i love you. >> ready? >> it's going to be all right, okay? >> i have no [ bleep ] money. they won't let us get money, i can't use my debit card. i don't know what to do. >> here's a few bucks. >> this is so stressful. we're okay. we're not going to die, but like there's no help. this is the only help. robert becker saved everybody here. i don't know what else to say, private citizens have come through for us, and no one else really has. >> that's the situation in vie...

I also know the courage it takes to recover from a shooting like this. i know steve and everyone there this morning have courage in great supply. >> as the investigation into the shooting continues, we're learning more about the alleged shooter, james hodgkinson, as republicans and democratic leaders call for bipartisan unity in the wake of this violence. hodgkinson volunteered for senator bernie sanders' presidential campaign in iowa. robert becker who ran the organization there, tells nbc news hodgkinson did not play a big role. >> in the immediate aftermath, one democratic congressman tweet...

Police for their heroic actions to prevent further harm. >> now, john, our colleague jeff zeleny did speak to the person in charge of bernie sanders' iowa campaign operation. robert becker who told jeff that nobody has any recollection of james hodgkinson, the man who shot the members of congress and opened fire during this baseball practice. according to becker, bernie sanders' campaign aide, nobody has any recollection of hodgkinson. he's not anybody anyone can remember. that's the quote that he gave jeff zeleny. he said there were more than 10,000 volunteers at the time. he said he was not ...