Situation In Puerto Rico Dire As 44% Of Residents Don’t Have Drinking Water

ARE NOT CALLING FOR, GIVE ME A
LITTLE BIT MORE FOOD, WE ARE
CALLING FOR GET THIS BABY SOME
WATER.
HELP. A DRAMATIC PLEA FOR HELP
FROM THE MAYOR OF SAN JUAN,
PUERTO RICO.
SHE TELLS CBS 4 A DESPERATE
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IS
UNFOLDING.
THEY NEED HELP FAST.
MAYOR CARMEN CRUZ HAS BEEN
VOCAL FROM THE BEGINNING.
WE FOLLOWED HER DOOR-TO-DOOR
AND FLOODED NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEY ARE REACHING A BREAKING
POINT.
FOOD, FUEL, AND WATER ARE IN
SHORT SUPPLY.
WE ARE JOINED LIVE FROM SAN
JUAN.
DAVID, WE ARE GLAD TO SEE YOU.
TODAY, WE HEARD FROM PRESIDENT
TRUMP WHO SAYS THAT HIS
ADMINISTRATION HAS PEOPLE
GETTING VERY HIGH MARKS FROM
PEOPLE ON THE GROUND THERE IN
PUERTO RICO REGARDING THE
FEDERAL RESPONSE TO THIS
DISASTER.
IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE HEARING?
Reporter: I'M NOT HEARING
ANYBODY TALK ABOUT PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED
THIS MORNING.
THE MAYOR OF SAN JUAN WAS
SITTING RIGHT THERE AND SHE WAS
CRYING.
I WALKED UP AND ASKED WHAT WAS
GOING ON.
SHE SAID MAYDAY. THE SITUATION
IS MORE DIRE TODAY THAN IT WAS
SIX DAYS AGO.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE DYING
TODAY, NOT ABOUT TO DIE, BUT
THEY ARE DYING.
THERE ARE 3 1/2 MILLION PEOPLE
ON THIS ISLAND, AND TONIGHT,
WARTY 4% OF THE ISLAND HAS NO
DRINKING WATER.
UNBELIEVABLE.
THE FEMA DIRECTOR WHO YOU HAVE
BEEN TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH
WITH HAS BEEN DEFENDING HIS
AGENCY'S RESPONSE.
HE POINTS OUT THAT THIS IS A
MONUMENTAL UNDERTAKING.
WE WANT TO TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT
PART OF WHAT HE SAID TODAY AT
THE WHITE HOUSE.
WE ARE DRAMATICALLY
INCREASING THE FEDERAL
FOOTPRINT THAT IS THERE.
WE ARE MOBILIZING OUR PARTNERS
IN THE DOD, WE ARE PUTTING
FORWARD A ROBUST SUSTAINMENT
FORCE, THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE
MOBILIZING AS WE SPEAK TO COME
IN AND INCREASE EMERGENCY
COMMUNICATIONS, FUEL
DISTRIBUTION, THEY WILL ALSO BE
HELPING US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
CAN TRANSPORT SAFELY AND
SECURELY THE FOOD, FUEL, AND
WATER TO THE AREAS WE NEED TO
GET TO. Reporter: LET ME TELL
YOU WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT
THAT, YESTERDAY, BROCK LONG
STOOD AT THE PODIUM OF THE MAYOR
, THEY COMPLEMENTED EACH OTHER
AND THEY BOTH COMPLEMENTED
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
I TRY TO GET AN INTERVIEW WITH
HIM, AND HE WOULD NOT TALK TO
US.
FEMA TOLD ME THAT HE SPENT TWO
HOURS ON THE GROUND AND THEN
TOOK OFF.
HE SENT OUT A TWEET TODAY BEING
SNARKY SAYING THAT THE MEDIA
SHOULD FOCUS ON THE 10,000 FEMA
EMPLOYEES.
I SAID WHY DON'T YOU LET US
FOLLOW YOUR PEOPLE AROUND AND
SHOW THE AMERICAN PUBLIC THE
WORK THAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY
DOING.
IT'S NOT THAT ANYONE IS CALLING
THEM A LIAR, BUT NO ONE HAS PUT
OUT A PIECE OF VIDEO OR A
PICTURE SHOWING A PIECE OF FOOD
OR WATER BEING PLACED IN THE
HANDS OF SOMEONE WHO NEEDS IT.
I WENT DOWN TO THE CONVENTION
CENTER AND I TALKED TO THE MAN
WHO WAS RUNNING THE OPERATION
IN PUERTO RICO, HE SAID TO ME,
WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF
LETTING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING.
BECAUSE BROCK LONG YESTERDAY
STOOD AT THE PODIUM AND SAID
YOU KNOW, IT IS A REALLY BAD
SITUATION, BUT WE HAVE IT
HANDLED.
WE WILL TAKE CARE OF IT.
WHAT HE JUST SAID IN FRONT OF
THE WHITE HOUSE IS A LITTLE BIT
OF A DIFFERENT TUNE.
WE WANT TO GET OUT THERE WITH
FEMA.
THAT IS THE BOTTOM LINE.
WE WANT TO SEE THE STUFF BEING
GIVEN TO THE PEOPLE.
I AM GETTING 100 MESSAGES EVERY
FIVE MINUTES FROM PEOPLE WHO
ARE WATCHING COVERAGE ONLINE
AND ON TELEVISION WHO ARE SAYING
, I GOT IN TOUCH WITH MY
MOTHER, SHE IS OKAY BUT SHE
HASN'T HAD ANYTHING TO DRINK IN
TWO DAYS, SHE HASN'T HAD FOOD.
THE MAN WHO WAS RUNNING THE
OPERATION TOLD ME THAT THERE
ARE ROADS THAT ARE STILL
INACCESSIBLE.
THERE ARE STILL RESCUES
HAPPENING TONIGHT AND THERE ARE
STILL THESE PEOPLE COMING TO
SERVICE CENTERS LIKE THIS ONE
WHERE THEY CAN GET A WI-FI
SIGNAL.
BECAUSE THAT SIGNAL IS THE ONLY
CONNECTION THAT GOT ON AN
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Situation In Puerto Rico Dire As 44% Of Residents Don’t Have Drinking Water

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