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City water. rely on the cisterns in their houses and the electric pumps to provide the water this come to their showers. >> they can't even turn on the faucet to get some sort of drinking water, any water, they can't even boil it if they were to get water. >> unless they have a gas stove. >> yes. >> yeah, exactly, right? it's this cascade effect. and it's not just something, you know, as basic as bathing. it's something that's essential to life as medicine. because think about it this way. if you can't access the internet, your pharmacy can't call your insurance company to verify your insuranc...

Elaine duke had to go back and direct the record with what she said yesterday saying she was happy with the efforts. she said obviously the situation down there is not satisfactory, but she's proud of the work that is being done. i was struck that there were a lot of platitudes being given about all the efforts that were going on down there but there wasn't a lot of substance as to what they're doing or how they're trying to change thing, how they're trying to make sure that logistics and supply -- logistics are clear and supplies are getting from the ports to the people. >> and that's, of cou...

Over? is there something missing that i don't understand. >> even if the military were to have a larger presence down there, katy, one of the thins i learned when i was in the virgin islands a couple of days ago reporting on the extensive damage on the ground there is that the military doesn't really have enough to do because of its own chain of command issues and bureaucratic inefficiencies. i saw people in uniform just standing around in parking lots. so somebody i interviewed said to me, it's great that the federal government and fema and the military send people here. but when they send 10...

Energy be processed moved and effect tiffly used during blackout or extreme conditions. the bottom line here, just so everybody understands, everything we have, even coffee makers have chips in them and frankly if the power doesn't work, the internet doesn't work and every aspect of life ceases to function reasonably if at all, as most of us have experienced with blackout here in washington just ten days ago. >> you say that we should all be prepared to live without electricity for a week. i loved in alaska off the grid, so i'm pretty sure i can rough it. but for our city slickers, what would ...

I am proud of the work that's being done. i am proud of americans helping americans. friends and strangers alike. i am proud of the work that dod, fema and the territory along with first responders are doing. clearly the situation here in puerto rico after the devasta devastating hurricane is not satisfactory. but together we are getting there. and the progress today is very, very strong. the president and i will not be fully satisfied, however, until every puerto rican is back home, the power is back on, clean water is freely available, schools and hospitals are open and the puerto rican econ...