WEBVTT 00:00:15.700 --> 00:00:19.132 >>> WE NEED GAS. WE NEED OUR HOSPITALS NOT TO 00:00:19.266 --> 00:00:23.132 BECOME DEATH TRAPS. THIS IS A BIG S.O.S. 00:00:23.266 --> 00:00:27.432 >> THAT WAS SAN JUAN'S MAYOR TALKING ABOUT THE HUMANITARIAN 00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:29.699 CRISIS THAT PUERTO RICO FACES AND ASKING THE U.S. GOVERNMENT 00:00:29.833 --> 00:00:32.799 TO DO MORE TO HELP. TODAY PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE 00:00:32.933 --> 00:00:35.499 FEELS BADLY FOR THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO AND REITERATED HIS 00:00:35.633 --> 00:00:38.332 PLAN TO VISIT THE ISLAND NEXT TUESDAY. 00:00:38.466 --> 00:00:40.999 >> PUERTO RICO IS IN A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION. 00:00:41.133 --> 00:00:44.365 THAT PLACE WAS JUST DESTROYED. THAT'STHAT'S NOT A QUESTION OF, 00:00:44.499 --> 00:00:47.165 LET'S DRY UP THE WATER, LET'S DO THIS OR THAT. 00:00:47.299 --> 00:00:51.632 THAT PLACE WAS FLAT. THAT IS A REALLY TOUGH 00:00:51.766 --> 00:00:53.332 SITUATION. I FEEL SO BADLY FOR THE PEOPLE. 00:00:53.500 --> 00:00:56.699 >> WELL, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS COME UNDER 00:00:56.833 --> 00:01:03.832 CRITICISM FOR NOT WAIVING THE JONES ACT. 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:07.998 IT WAS WAIVED AFTER HURRICANES HARVEY AND IRMA AND CRITICS SAY 00:01:08.166 --> 00:01:10.665 IT'S SLOWING DOWN THE AID THAT PUERTO RICO NEEDS RIGHT NOW. 00:01:10.833 --> 00:01:15.065 IT'S IN CONTRAST TO THE BRITISH IN WORLD WAR 2 WHEN THEY SENT 00:01:15.199 --> 00:01:20.232 EVERY BOAT OR SHIP THEY HAD TO RESCUE THEIR PEOPLE. 00:01:20.400 --> 00:01:23.832 THE PRESIDENT SAID TODAY THAT THEY WERE STILL THINKING ABOUT 00:01:23.966 --> 00:01:27.032 IT BUT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY. 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:30.832 >> WE HAVE A LOT OF SHIPPERS AND PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THE SHIPPING 00:01:30.966 --> 00:01:34.332 INDUSTRY THAT DON'T WANT THE JONES ACT LIFTED AND WE HAVE A 00:01:34.466 --> 00:01:52.765 LOT OF SHIPS OUT THERE. >> I'M JOINED BY 00:01:52.899 --> 00:01:55.965 RICADO ROSSELLO. >> WE HAVE HAVING COMMUNICATION 00:01:56.099 --> 00:01:58.698 BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A DEVASTATION OF AN 00:01:58.800 --> 00:02:03.499 ENORMOUS MAGNITUDE THAT OUR ENERGY GRID IS COMPLETELY 00:02:03.633 --> 00:02:05.065 DESTROYED AND WE ARE ON AN ISLAND. 00:02:05.233 --> 00:02:12.765 GETTING RESOURCES OVER HERE HAS BEEN LIMITED. 00:02:12.966 --> 00:02:16.032 WE'RE WORKING ON IT. WE'RE DELIVERING FOOD AND WATER 00:02:16.166 --> 00:02:19.132 AND WE'RE HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS HAPPENING AND DONE IN 00:02:19.299 --> 00:02:20.965 COLLABORATION WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 00:02:21.099 --> 00:02:24.165 >> DO YOU WANT THE PRESIDENT TO WAIVE THE JONES ACT? 00:02:24.332 --> 00:02:28.765 >> I THINK HE SHOULD. WE CAN HAVE A LARGER DISCUSSION 00:02:28.866 --> 00:02:31.799 LATER IF IT'S IMPORTANT IN THE LONG RUN OR NOT BUT RIGHT NOW WE 00:02:31.933 --> 00:02:34.998 NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK AS THEY DID IN IRMA. 00:02:35.132 --> 00:02:39.299 WE HAD A ONE-WEEK WAIVER. I THINK WE NEED EVERY BOAT THAT 00:02:39.466 --> 00:02:43.565 CAN COME IN AND I DON'T THINK IT HARMS THE INDUSTRY BECAUSE, 00:02:43.733 --> 00:02:49.599 QUITE FRANKLY, WE NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK AND EVERY BOAT THAT CAN 00:02:49.766 --> 00:02:53.199 PROVIDE BASIC NECESSITIES SHOULD BE COMING TO PUERTO RICO. 00:02:53.333 --> 00:02:56.932 >> LET'S LISTEN TO THE PRESIDENT. 00:02:57.066 --> 00:03:01.665 >> WE HAVE BEEN REALLY TREATED VERY, VERY NICELY BY THE 00:03:01.833 --> 00:03:04.165 GOVERNOR AND BY EVERYBODY ELSE. THEY KNOW HOW HARD WE'RE WORKING 00:03:04.299 --> 00:03:10.032 AND WHAT A GOOD JOB WE'RE DOING. AS GOVERNOR ROSSELLO JUST TOLD 00:03:10.166 --> 00:03:15.565 ME THIS MORNING, THE ENTIRE FEDERAL WORKFORCE IS DOING GREAT 00:03:15.699 --> 00:03:19.532 WORK IN PUERTO RICO AND I APPRECIATE HE SAYING IT AND HE'S 00:03:19.666 --> 00:03:21.765 SAYING IT TO ANYBODY THAT WILL LISTEN. 00:03:21.899 --> 00:03:23.832 >> AND THE GOVERNOR SAID WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. 00:03:23.966 --> 00:03:27.232 IN FACT, HE THANKED ME SPECIFICALLY FOR FEMA AND ALL OF 00:03:27.366 --> 00:03:28.998 THE FIRST RESPONDERS IN PUERTO RICO. 00:03:29.132 --> 00:03:35.232 WE HAVE HAD TREMENDOUS REVIEWS FROM GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. 00:03:35.366 --> 00:03:36.999 >> GOVERNOR, IS ALL OF THAT TRUE? 00:03:37.133 --> 00:03:39.732 ARE YOU ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THE PRESIDENT? 00:03:39.900 --> 00:03:43.065 >> YES, THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN VERY DILIGENT. 00:03:43.200 --> 00:03:45.332 HE'S ESSENTIALLY TALKED TO ME EVERY DAY, EVERY PETITION WE 00:03:45.466 --> 00:03:49.832 HAVE OF HIM, HE'S ANSWERED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. 00:03:49.966 --> 00:03:58.099 HE DECLARED PUERTO RICO A DISASTER AREA, HE WAIVED THE 00:03:58.300 --> 00:04:02.532 COST SHARING FOR FEMA AND NOW, YOU KNOW, RECENTLY WE ASKED HIM 00:04:02.666 --> 00:04:04.765 FOR MORE RESOURCES. THEY ARE COMING OVER HERE. 00:04:04.899 --> 00:04:07.932 BUT I WANT TO SAY, CHRIS, THIS IS ALSO THE STATE GOVERNMENT 00:04:08.066 --> 00:04:11.999 THAT'S HELPING. GOVERNOR CUOMO IS HELPING, 00:04:12.166 --> 00:04:15.665 GOVERNOR BAKER IN MASSACHUSETTS IS HELPING AS WELL, GOVERNOR 00:04:15.799 --> 00:04:18.665 HOGAN, GOVERNOR SCOTT, GOVERNOR McAULIFFE. 00:04:18.799 --> 00:04:21.499 A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HELPING AND PUTTING RESOURCES BUT THE 00:04:21.666 --> 00:04:24.565 PRESIDENT HAS BEEN VERY DILIGENT AND HAS ANSWERED OUR REQUESTS. 00:04:24.733 --> 00:04:28.065 NOW WE JUST NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT THOSE HUMAN RESOURCES THAT 00:04:28.233 --> 00:04:32.065 WE NEED AN ISLAND TO GET HERE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.