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first, our world. the hurricane that destroyed puerto rico. two months after maria, this us territory and its american citizens are still suffering. how do you now see life without your son? it may belong to the most powerful country in the world, but this is now an island in crisis. even though we are citizens of the united states, perhaps we are perceived to be second—class citizens. who will fix it, and at what cost? i am in marikau,

south—west puerto rico. jennifer, which is your casa? this one? i am here to meetjennifer rodriguez, who lives on a small bit of land with her husband and four children. this area has been cut off from the outside world for weeks. this is quite extraordinary. this could actually collapse. it is all wooden planks, but it is damp. you can see the holes everywhere. jennifer says that even before maria this house was old and weak.

the family were building a new more, sturdy one next door, and the hurricane has forced them to move in early. so, the second house that she is living in, the municipality has told her this is not secure, that the house is not complete. you can see this is still being built. the roof is leaking, there are no drains, doors, or a bathroom. this area was well—known for coffee plantations. now, completely destroyed, it could take up to five years for them to recover. with no work and relying on handouts, jennifer feels helpless.

her priority is providing for her children. jennifer took her children to her in—laws‘ home to be safe during the hurricane. when maria came, what happened? how did you feel? when hurricane maria hit, much of the island's infrastructure was demolished. the electricity grid collapsed and the three and a half million residents of the island were plunged into darkness. two months later, this remains america's longest blackout. what is this? that is your casa?

and this, what is this? what has happened to the tree? maria. for more than 100 years, puerto rico has been a territory of the united states. this means its people can live, travel, and work freely in america. and when it comes to a catastrophe like this one, the us has a legal obligation to help. we have just come to a small medical facility deep in this mountainous area where a group of doctors, specialists, and surgeons, are here to come and meet some of the locals who have been badly affected by this hurricane. an hour away from the capital city of sanjuan is toa alta, at the centre of the path

of the hurricane. when we get our patients in the clinic, we gave him a bottle of water, and it was like giving them a bar of gold. gloria runs a large hospital nearby. today, with the help of private donors and charities, she set up a temporary clinic. we are providing support and help to these communities in particular because they asked us to bring some help because no other agency has come to help them. there is the baby. they are from the community. they left their house. jocelyn is just two months old. her father tells me they lost everything they own. what sort of water are they

drinking? 0k. they need water. it does not seem a lot to ask for from one of the richest countries in the world. but puerto ricans have felt neglected by the united states for decades. and now the island is in deep financial crisis. mass unemployment, mixed with decades of excessive borrowing by the local government meant puerto rico was facing bankruptcy even before maria hit. nothing. nada. you have no electricity. no. you see?

we drink waterfrom... we buy filtered water. we have some water today! that is great. after finishing at the clinic, gloria invites us back to her place. we still have some of the windows... oh, yeah, from the hurricane. it looks like a middle—class american home, but by puerto rican standards, this is luxury. but like most people here, she still does not have electricity. so, we have flashlights like everybody else. we put lights all over. puerto rico owes over $70 billion to the us. because of the debt, the island's electricity grid was badly maintained, even before maria. now completely broken, it could take up to a year for power to fully return. and many people are tired of waiting.

my husband always asks me, why don't we leave, why don't we buy a house outside? what about showing my employees it is better to leave? is it better to stay? helping the people we have been serving for many years? it is like a dilemma, but in my heart, i prefer to stay. since the hurricane, tens of thousands of people have left for america. locals on the island can only vote for their government, but once on the mainland, they can vote for national elections. this could change the political landscape in the us. president trump visited the island two weeks after the hurricane. there is a lot of love in this room.

a lot of love in this room. but it wasn't coming from the mayor of sanjuan, whom he criticised for asking for help. i am doing what i never thought i would do, i am begging anyone who can hear us to save us from dying. the president had tweeted that puerto rico was mismanaged. after his visit, he came under fire for his lack of empathy and for a slow emergency response. in one of his tweets, president trump said that puerto rico is more or less broken, it has broken infrastructure, it is in trouble, it has debt. none of those things are factually correct. ——none of those things are factually incorrect.

no, they are not. what is incorrect is for a president that is supposed to be the commander—in—chief to become the hater—in—chief, and to become the person who just tweets away his hate. that is what is incorrect. this is for one person. one meal a day. she believes america needs to forget about puerto rico's debt, to write off the billions of us dollars the island owes. we took as a country more money, borrowed than we knew we could pay at some point. we knew we were taking debt for the next generation and the next generation. and it is time they accept they have lost, because who is going to pay the debt? that is a good question. no—one should pay it. i said this to the president. you either count the debt or you count the dead. and the choice... ..it is very simple. i still remain baffled because there is no discussion about this debt going away, this more than $70 billion. you talk about rebuilding and hope and change,

but how, when the debt is not going anywhere and the poverty situation remains the same and now it is all being... you know, the hurricane has added to your woes. this is why the international community must take a step forward and stand with the people of puerto rico. our relationship with the united states puts us at a disadvantage. even though we are citizens of the united states, perhaps we are perceived to be second—class citizens. this is the crux of the problem. many puerto ricans feel they are stuck between a rock and a hard place, neither fully american nor independent, but trapped in limbo. ola, jennifer!

it's sunday and i've come back to the mountainous region of maricao to joinjennifer and her family for lunch. you've had a haircut! this is the room we were in. she's been busy making her unfinished house more of a home. you've spent the last few days just rearranging, cleaning... in the aftermath of maria, millions of people in puerto rico were left without running water. but i'm struck by how well jennifer seems to be coping. jennifer, is it difficult to cook without water and any electricity for so many people,

all of yourfamily? jennifer tells me that even before maria, power cuts were common, and getting clean water has been a problem for over ten years. she says the local authorities never laid down water pipes. why didn't you say something to someone? the mayor, the local authorities, why don't you ask for it to change? jennifer isn't the only one with these kinds of problems. even before maria, puerto rico's water quality was worse than any other us territory or state. nice to see that the family

are trying to have some kind of normality back in their life and they're all together enjoying a meal and a sunday, trying to forget all the daily hardships that they face. back in toa alta, gloria, who set up the temporary clinic, is searching for the man with the tiny baby i met three days ago. before maria struck, jose evacuated his family to a nearby village. this isjose‘s house. 0h, jose. there's nothing left.

the bathroom is the only thing left. what do you think when you see your baby's cot there? jose and his family now stay at his mother's house on the other side of the road. it's one of the only houses on the street still standing. is it frustrating for you to wait with two small children?

but it's notjust buildings and infrastructure that have been destroyed. people have lost their lives. i just want to know a little more about what your son was like, what kind of person he was. 27—year—old anthony alicea bracero passed away 16 days after the hurricane. his family suspect he died of leptospirosis, an infection spread by rats.

anthony's family think he handled wood contaminated by rat urine in the aftermath of the hurricane, and that made him ill. he went to the hospital and two days later he died. how do you now see life without your son? since the hurricane, there have been at least 76 cases of leptospirosis, that's

a dramatic increase. do you think your son and cases like your son's should be counted in the official death toll of the hurricane? the death of zulma's son was not because of the impact of the hurricane itself, it was the result of something that happened in the aftermath of the hurricane. and it's something that zulma will have to live with for the rest of her life. could his death have been avoided and could more have been done? the official hurricane death toll is 55, but that's just the people whose death has been verified by autopsy to have been directly caused by the hurricane. the real figure could be over 500 people. we may never know the truth.

the organisation with ultimate responsibility of the united states relief effort is the federal emergency management agency, or fema. this is the largest fema response in the caribbean, it has been the most catastrophic event in puerto rico and probably will be in the entire united states. there's piles and piles of rubbish, do you think it is a public health crisis now? that's another example of the catastrophic nature of the event, it created so much debris. we're taking that very seriously... i know it's an example of how catastrophic things are, but it's also an example of how slow things have been! we're doing what we have with the equipment that we have, and you're bringing a great example. compared to florida or to texas, we are an island, there's not enough... i'm not making a comparisons here. i'm making it. we're an island.

so there was not enough trucks, there was not enough equipment in puerto rico, and everything has to be brought by air or sea. indeed, but what would you say to the people who are incredibly frustrated, who say that fema is not doing anything? i understand their frustration, i don't have water in my house, i don't have power at my house. we understand there is a lot more that we need to do, and we will continue working. fema say they're doing what they can, but with the territory in financial chaos before maria, the task of rebuilding puerto rico is daunting. with the island's complicated relationship with america, it's unclear who's going to fix things. in the meantime, people are relying on the kindness of strangers. a charity made up of university students has arrived here tojennifer‘s home and they're basically visiting the families who have children to give them toys and food and help out in whatever way they can.

jennifer, have you been getting help like this? why are you emotional? does it give you hope? today has been one of the better days forjennifer, but her fight to provide for her children is farfrom over. aid can only be a short—term solution. the apocalyptic destruction brought

on by hurricane maria has lifted the veil and showed the world puerto rico's broken economy and rampant poverty. with no money and its people's lives still in shreds, an even bigger storm is gathering. hello. during the uk's colder months the weather can be quite milder times. but cloudy and dumb. 0ther times. but cloudy and dumb. 0ther times it will feel cold, but there will be plenty of sunshine, with an

arctic air mass established across the uk. that is what many saw during remembrance sunday. this is how it looked into the scottish hills. cold enough to artistry smoggie snow cover with wintry showers around. it was a strong, cold wind blowing down across the uk, enhancing the chilly feel of the arctic air mass. again, plenty of sunshine around for many. crisp sunshine with great as ability. as we look at the big picture for monday, we are cutting off the flow of air coming from the arctic and actually starting to bring atlantic weather fronts back in. they are coming into cold air. widespread frost to start the day for monday morning, and those from start to work into northern ireland, especially into scotland in parts of northern england during the day. cloudy and done with a bit of rain, but snow at higher ground, especially in scotland. how long and how much is open to question. keep on checking the latest forecast. north of the central belt in scotland, the higher you go you are likely to see some snow for a time, before it turns back to rain. the

rest of england and wales, a lot of cloud increasing and it will be a cold feel, even though the wind is not as strong. monday night and into tuesday, the weather front is working southwards. we now have rain associated with it and actually not much rain going into tuesday morning. the isobars lined up back from the atlantic, so we are starting to bring in milder air once again. as! starting to bring in milder air once again. as i indicated earlier, it may be milder, but it is also cloudy and quite damp, misty and murky on tuesday morning. some sunny spells in scotland, but for england and wales there will be areas of patchy rain. not amounting to very much. widely, the temperatures are back in two double figures. wednesday, again, a mild field to things. the fog to start the day across england and wales. misty and murky, sunny spells the further north you are in scotla nd spells the further north you are in scotland and maybe more chilly despite the arrival of some sunshine. after a quiet few days, tuesday and wednesday, low pressure on thursday. a weather front coming in. the weather starts to turn more active again. for scotland and northern ireland, initially on

thursday, you will find the wind picking up, cloud and outbreaks of rain turning heavier. the rest of england and wales with cloud around again. but it is mild. that is about to change. thursday and friday, we have a cold front moving southwards, taking a brace of rain. a leading edge of colder air. some uncertainty about timing. at least on friday, scotla nd about timing. at least on friday, scotland and northern ireland are getting into the blue. the colder aironce again as getting into the blue. the colder air once again as the wind turns around motorway north—westerly direction, sunshine and a few showers. the weatherford working across england and wales without brea ks across england and wales without breaks of rain, dragging its heels. as it does so, we hold onto milder airfor one more day. for all of us going to the weekend, as the area of low pressure pulls away eastwards, a flow of air allowing the north—westerly again turning colder. there may be a wet and windy system coming from the atlantic for a time. then it looks like going into the following week we have a weather pattern that will be a cold one with aircoming down pattern that will be a cold one with air coming down from the north. sunshine, showers around and a cold

feel to things with widespread frost as well, lasting well into next week. in the next few days, you have the cloudy damp and also the return of that cold, bright weather. you can of that cold, bright weather. you ca n ex press of that cold, bright weather. you can express a preference as to which you prefer, what we are not able to give you is a choice. as the government faces more criticism over its handling of her case. more criticism nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe has been imprisoned for 18 months on charges of spying. imprisoned for 18 months today, a second cabinet minister was accused of failing to be clear that she was in iran on holiday. what was she doing when she went to iran? i don't know. when she went to iran? one of the thing i want to stress is that... you don't know? ..there is no reason why nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe should be in prison in iran, so far as any of us know. there's now fresh concern for mrs ratcliffe after her husband said she'd found lumps in her breasts. also tonight... in her breasts. last post plays in her breasts. the prince of wales leads tributes to the fallen,

as this year the queen watches the ceremony from a nearby balcony.