do you think america will come save you? >> yes, president donald trump has approved a declaration. we will move forward with the help of the united states. >> what they can give us we will receive with a lot of love. >> that's gladys she's from chicago, she is one sample of the warmth, the grace and faith. the need is only going to get more desperate, could be months before they get full power back to this island. >> they need help and they need it desperately. >> bill weir, thanks for that important report. erin burnett out front starts right now. >> the white house can't defend the president calling nfl players son of a bitch. breaking news, a key republic senator am coulding out against the gop health care bill, is it dead tonight? good evening, i'm erin burnett.

out front tonight, no defense. even the president's loyal press secretary could not come up with a coherent defense for the president of the united states calling american citizens sons of pitches. the president ad libbing, calling nfl players who kneel in protest during the playing of the national anthem, a son of a bitvh. press secretary sanders became visibly angry. >> does the president regret at all describing these players who take a knee for the national anthem as sob's and they should be fired. >> this isn't about the president being against anyone. >> did the president go too far. >> i think it's always important for the president of the united states to defend our flag. >> what message does it send to

call an american who's defending his first amendment rights a son of a bitch. >> it's always appropriate for the president of this country to promote our flag, the national anthem and ask people to respect it. >> there is no defense for a sitting president to call peacefully protesting americans a son of a bitch. remember charlottesville when a white supremacist murdered someone and the president said there were good people on both sides? when it comes to players protesting racism by kneeling during the national anthem. for president trump, there's only one good side. >> won the you love to see one of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say, get that son of a bitch off the field right now, out, he's

fired? he's fired! >> sanders did not have an answer when asked what appears to be presidential hypocrisy. >> colin kaepernick says that his protest is about fighting police brutality, fighting racial disparity, racial injustice, you're not taking him at his word, you're saying the focus has long since moved on. when white supremacists say their protest is about heritage not hate, the president takes them at their word. why is there this disparity about who gets to decide what the protest is about. >> the debate is about police brutality, they should protest the officers on the field protecting them, instead of the american flag. >> the president's words were not in his prepared marks at that rally. true to form, he hasn't

apologized. he has doubled down, tripled down. there were three tweets from the president about professional sports. tremendous backlash against the nfl and its players for disrespect of our country, stand for our anthem. that makes 20 tweets about sports and not one during that time about puerto rico. where 8 million americans are facing humanitarian crisis and don't have power. the players who kneel during the anthem have said, it was always about race. what's going on inside the white house in response to what is a growing national story, because of course we have monday night football starting? >> in one sense, the white house is on the same page they believe the flag is not getting the respect it deserves. and my colleague just spoke with john kelly who said he was

appalled by this treatment toward the flag. i want to read you a quote from this brief interview in which kelly says, i believe every american when the national anthem is played, should cover their heart the and think about all the men and women who have been mamed and killed. every american should stand up and think for three lousy minutes. remember, john kelly is a retired four star general. that's the perspective he brings when he talks about standing for the national anthem, standing up for the flag. the president also took to twitter to dispute some earlier cnn reporter saying it's a total lie that john kelly was ever opposed to the president's decision to bring this up at a rally, but the reality is somewhere in between. look, john kelly is straddling a number of rules here. he's a retired four star general. he lost his son to war, he believes that people should be standing for the national anthem. he's also the chief of staff to the president of the united

states. and sources tell us, that he doesn't necessarily believe that this is a war that trump should have waded into. there are so many other issues on the table, whether it's the crisis in puerto rico, health issues. this is an area that the chief of staff views as a distraction sources say, although other officials in the white house believe this is something that is going to blow over, ultimately the president will refocus on the issues, maybe not a winning argument for him to be picking at this moment. >> sarah, thank you very much. out front now, mark morrell. david urban, form i trump campaign strategist. sarah sanders was not able to defend the president of the united states calling the nfl players son of a bitvh. can you defend it? >> no, i don't think anyone can. you heard general kelly, i

associate myself with general kelly's words and his emotions, i served in the military, graduated from the united states military academy at west point where alexandra villanueva graduated yesterday, stood with his hand over his heart and sang the national anthem during the pregame ceremony in oakland, who today's jersey is the number one seller in the nfl, i think a great deal of americans feel the same way as the president, and general kelly did, that those three minutes that they're playing the national anthem, you can stand out of respect 37. i don't disagree with colin kaepernick or anyone's right to express their opinions, i think the national anthem is something that should be observed, with some dignity, if colin kaepernick choose to do it, he can do it, it's getting lost on a great deal of american people, and people are becoming wary of politics entering into every day

things. people turn to sports to be entertained. >> the person who injected politics into it is the president of the united states. no one has been talking about this for about a year. >> colin kaepernick injected it and started it. >> yeah, a long time ago. >> i think people have grown wary, and the president got visibly upset and reasonably so, that people continue to disrespect the national anthem and our flag, here's so many gold star mothers on your network and across this great nation talking about, that's the same flag that my son or husband's coffin was draped in. please just stand for a few minutes and pay respect. the ideas of what our country can be. >> there's two issues here, one is when you should be able to protest or not, theish is how he expressed himself. the issue calling people sob's. >> is reprehensible, unacceptable, can't be condoned. and using the term sob and

suggesting to a business owner, which is what an nfl owner is, that they should fire their employee for standing up for their own constitutional rights, for freedom of expression. what's getting lost in this is that this should never -- we should not lose what the protest is about. the protest by colin kaepernick, was all about police brew taility and police injustice. after his protest where he sat after consultations with nate boyer, they decided he decided and others decided they would neil in a gesture of respect for the military, they didn't want these protests to be interpreted as being disrespectful of the military. what the president did, is he united the national football league owners and players, and what the president did is take a protest by a field and it's all

across the nfl. >> that is part of what happened. >> mark's making my point for me. i agree with you, colin kaepernick has every right to protest. and there are bad police officers across america. his protest has been lost now, people mistake it for being unpatriotic or somehow against the flag. i think -- >> well, the president -- >> the president mistakes it for that. that's the person who stood up and said it. >> lots of people, erin. why is alexander villanueva's jersey number one in sales today. people looked at him standing up, viewed it as patriotic, and something they wanted to be associated with. >> these ideas are being con natured. >> here's the point -- the reason why it's being con natured. people didn't want to hear colin kaepernick, they wanted to attack the tactic he used rather than the issue he raised. i think that making this a discussion about the flag and whether you respect the

country -- i respect the country. i might decide i want to stand for the flag. i'm going to defend the right of these players to express themselves in the fashion they desire. >> mark, a degree with you. >> this is a peaceful protest. and these players have basically expressed themselves. i think what the president has done is widen the protests and it means that now you have little league teams and high school teams and college players debating whether they should join in this effort. he's taken this protest and made it much bigger, much larger and much stronger. >> to many, many people this is about race. the majority of the -- >> it's unfortunate. because. >> hold on, let me just quote you. let me make the point. colin kaepernick, when he was asked to explain why it is that he kneeled he said, i am not going to stand up to show pride

in a flag for eye country that oppresses black people and people of color. to me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish of me to look the other way. he is saying his protest is about race. why can't the president take him at his word? >> i take the president at his word. what i'm saying is, and mark agrees, it gets con natured. the reason that colin kaepernick took a knee has been long lost. people have long forgotten it, they see it as a slight on the flag, a slight on america. he would be much better served if he took his protest to the national mall. to the streets of san francisco and speak about it, people don't understand it any more. it's been lost. >> he should speak his mind. do it in a forum where people aren't wary and will pay attention. >> i think he can determine

whether he wants to protest. certainly within reason and at the very instance he did, you're right. he stated the reason for his protest now because people don't want to hear him they want to change the conversation to something else. >> i don't agree. i don't think people want to hear him, they want to go to the football game to be entertained. >> david, would you agree that the flag also stands for different things to different people? >> sure. >> and we should respect -- there's so many different ways to be patriotic? >> i agree with mark. >> the president doesn't agree with you. he's saying there's only one way to be patriotic. >> i'm not -- the president has his opinion, i have my opinion. most people in america see that and find it offensive. they think he's being diagnose

respectful that's why you have the reaction you have. the number one selling shirt in america is villanueva. >> it's been a long history of sports being a platform for social justice. i could name many, and what we need to remember going all the way back to the boston tea party is that protests, the right to protest, part of the founding of this country, the tradition of this country. this is nothing but consistent with american history. >> thank you both very much i'm going to leave it there. >> i don't agree with him, but i'm for it. >> next, for trump supporters who are football fans, did the president go too far? >> as soon as he opens his mouth it just blows up in his face and

things go haywire. i'm going to speak with one player who had never taken a knee until yesterday. what made him change his mind. trump ramps up the rhetoric calling kim jong-un little rock et man as north korea threatens to shoot down u.s. bombers. ♪

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new details about the backlash over president trump's attack on the nfl. john kelly is not pleased with the fight agrees with the president's point of view. does not think this is a fight that should be had. every american should stand up and think for three lousy minutes. how is this playing out in football towns across this country? jason carroll is out front. >> reporter: the pittsburgh steelers a no show for the national anthem sunday.

defiance against the president who called on owners to fire players who protest racial inequality by not standing for the national anthem. >> we had some people that wanted to neil, some that wanted to stand, some that wanted to sit. >> everyone was on board with standing together. >> the actions left some fans feeling betrayed. >> you're not going to disrespect our country, our flag. >> some posted videos burning the team's flag, or uniforms others replaced the steelers colors with something patriotic. >> i had steeler clothes on, steeler earrings and dressed in red, white and blue. the debate over the steelers in

cranberry, pennsylvania. >> i'm for everyone's right to protest. i think it's the wrong time and place. >> if they want to make a statement. don't play the game, and see how far that goes. tracy voted for trump, her daughter did not. basic says she'd having second thoughts about a president she thought would do more to bring the country together. >> sometimes lately it's as soon as he opens his mouth, it blows up in his face and things go haywire. i don't know. >> when you say you don't know, you don't know if you made the right decision? >> yeah, probably. >> in voting for him? >> she's my mom, so i'll still love her no matter what, it was a rough couple months before -- >> between the two of you. you didn't support the president your mother did. now it seems like your mother is

having second thoughts? >> all those we talked to say the country is more divided under this president. the latest issue is not about race steelers fans say otherwise. >> i don't buy it. i think it is about race. >> one man, a number of steeler fans are rallying behind. al villanueva who was pictured standing at the mouth of the tunnel for the national anthem. >> we believe the reason he did what i did, is because he's a serviceman and his commitment to his country. >> his jersey now a bestseller, he said he was unintentionally separated from the rest of the team in the tunnel leading to the field that day. and was not individually trying to make a statement. >> villanueva spoke out about this issue this evening. he said he felt as though he ended up throwing his team under the bus.

he also said going-forward, he would have no objection to any player on his team or throughout the nfl taking the knee. as for the steelers going-forward during their next game with the ravens sunday, we are told the entire team plans to stand for the national anthem. >> thank you very much. and, of course, it's important when they make a decision together. one way or the other. out front now, sally jenkins who just wrote, what president trump doesn't get about the nfl. david gergen an abby phillip. sally, you know, obviously, at the beginning of jason's speech, you heard a lot of fans who were really mad at the players for not coming out, they were proflag, really clearly. then you heard that mother and daughter. the mother saying, this may have been the final straw, she has second thoughts about voting for the president.

was this the wrong fight for him to pick? >> to the fans it's an anthem protest to the players it's a racial protest. i -- the owners, it's a private business, the owners decided they found it appropriate for their players to do this on this day yesterday really what you saw was the league telling donald trump, don't tell us how to run our business. and you had the players telling him, look, don't stand here and tell us -- shut up and sing. so, you know, i think the bottom line is, the league is getting to a place where it's having a tough racial conversation, it had been trying to have, but failing to have. and so it depends on your point of view. if you think the nfl is moving ahead with a racial conversation it really needed to have, it was a good thing. and the protest was the right moment and the right thing. if you feel it's disrespecting the flag, then obviously your feelings are completely different. >> you know, you heard the mother and daughter there. she wants the president to stick to politics.

it's ironic here. give it to trump, he doesn't try to delete his tweets or his complete 180, that he continually makes on things. that is exactly what he said to president obama in 2013 on twitter, presidents should not be telling the washington redskins to change their name. our country has far bigger problems, focus on them, not nonsense with the humanitarian crisis in puerto rico, health care failing, trump decided to do exactly that. did he do it on purpose? or he just ad libbed and didn't think? >> well, if he had only done it once on friday night and moved away from it, i think we may have said it was accidental. the fact that he sent out repeated tweets and he's been on this issue since friday night, it was deliberate. yes, there's a question of

respecting the national anthem and the flag. but there's also a question of showing respect for the presidency. his health care reform bill is going down tonight. you have the situation in puerto rico. many americans are scared to death about all the -- the rhetorical increases on north korea, and wonder whether we're going to get hit or into a conflict. you would think he would be spending his time on what's presidential and stay in his lane and let the nfl handle it on his own. >> the other thing is, even if he had a point of view on this, and decided he wanted to wade into it. even if he decided to do that, he did it in an indefensible way, he called these people son of a bitch.

there's no defending that, and it's not just nfl players he's come out and said things like this. >> they're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists. negotiating with japan negotiating with china. they say, we want deal. i think islam hates us. >> the pope said something to the effect that donald trump isn't christian. for a religious leader to question someone's faith is disgraceful. >> the counter punter in chief. that's what he's been doing from the beginning. you know, i think the language here that he uses really -- one of the main reasons this has become so explosive. trump has talked about this issue before he's called out colin kaepernick specifically

before. blamed him for low nfl ratings in the campaign, the use of that language is what hit people hard something you heard earlier today, lebron james talking about, just kind of hearing that from the commander in chief, and trump not being in his mind a role model that we typically expect presidents to be, that's one of the main reasons why this has become so controversial. i would argue it's different, when trump did things like this in the campaign, it was shocking, it was -- a lot of people were upset about it, it was disappointing to some people, now as president, when he does this kind of thing, it takes on a whole new meaning. i think that's one of the main reasons it's provoked a universal solidarity among people within the nfl, that it's not acceptable in their view that the president behave this way, that he say things like

this, i think he probably might have been able to get away with criticizing kneeling for the national anthem in that rally, if he had not done it that way. he's done it before, the way he did it is one of the main reasons it's become a lightning rod. >> what about the point david was just racing. villanueva didn't mean to walk out, make a statement. he's upset about how this has all played out. however, here's how it's played out. he's the number one selling jersey. there are clearly people who really really really agree with the president. is that going to be how this story ends, that he's right in reading the national mood? >> i don't think so.

it may well be that some of the players and clubs decide they have made the point. i don't think the public is coming down and agreeing with the president. especially when he says, this is not about race it is so clearly about race. when he uses the language he did about the white supremacists who marched in charlottesville and said there are fine people among them. there are black players bending a knee, and he starts calling them sob's, if you can't draw racial interpretations out of that, i don't know what else you can. it's heavily suggestive of a kind of racism, and dismissing the black players. over their protest. when i has been so respectful. and the neo-nazis were the protesters, that's racial. it inflames the racial tensions in this country, put's the president on the wrong side of history and on the wrong side of -- a moral issue. >> thank you all very much.

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police brutality, they should probably protest the officers on the field that are protecting them, instead of the american flag. >> of course they've said it's much bigger than that, about race in american society. sanders later collar 2350ied that she didn't mean people should protest the police, but protesting the flag over police brutality is hypocritical in in her view. julia thomas, thanks for talking to me. i know that before yesterday you always stood for the national anthem. this has been a controversy now since last year, i know you had chosen to stand. yesterday that changed. you're number 89. there you are kneeling during the national anthem, along with several of your teammates, what made you decide to kneel yesterday? >> you know, i think the thing for me was, i was never compelled to kneel before, before i always felt i had a different role.

i had something else i should do to really advance my cause, and after i heard the president's comments -- and just the difference in characterization he had for my fellow peers taking a silent protest, in comparison to the way he characterized people that were preaching hate, it really struck me. to hear all the people and all the cheering and the people that agreed with the president after using that type of language. it helped me understand there's big issues going on in our country. the voices of the people that don't have equality aren't being heard. it almost seemed to me they're being intimidated not to speak, and stand up for what they believe in. >> when you first heard what he

said, son of a bitch, lit me play it again. the exact quote. here he is. >> wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners, when someone disrespects our flag, to say get that son of a bitch off the field right now, out, he's fired? >> he's fired. >> what went through your head the first time you heard that? >> you know, i think it was in the morning -- i'm not sure, i remember when i heard it, i think i heard it the next day, somebody brought it to my attention, and when i watched it, i was just truly hurt. i don't think a lot of people truly understand what it feels like to wake up in this country and not feel equal. your voice won't be heard as much as someone els.

to hear the president of our country call a group of men i have respect for a son of a bitch, it was emotional for me. i knew i could no longer continue to stand by and take a stance. i decided i had to take a stance that says, regardless of what you're peacefully protesting for, you have a right and you deserve to be able to do that. please can we adress the fact that so many people in our country don't feel equal. >> he says repeatedly it has nothing to do with race. everything to do with respecting the flag. how do you see it now? is this about race? is what the president said racist? you know, i don't want to attach meaning to what the president has said or what message he's trying to get across. but i do think there's an overall feeling that our

president isn't highly concerned with the people and the rights of the people that do feel like they have less privilege in this country. i don't think that's something we can ignore. or something that's even arguable at this point. it truly seems to me and to those in my life, that the president is not concerned with the people who feel less privilege in this country. >> at your game yesterday, some of your teammates stood and others kneeled. did you all talk about this beforehand? when you think about it, you're making different decisions, did you do so as a team? and do you still feel the same bond with them? or is this something causing division within the team? >> i still have the same bond with all of my teammates.

>> one thing we wanted to express as a team is, there is no wrong decision. we want to respect the opposing players or anyone else in the league that chooses to do whatever they feel is right. that's what it's about. whatever stance you decided to make or if you want to stand for the anthem you want to put your hand over your heart and go along, that's fine, that's okay. what we're saying is, in no way is it right for the president of the united states to try to intimidate people to express themselves peacefully. i'm sure myself and others who took a knee feel the same way. >> what are you going to do at the next game, have you decided? >> i'm going to continue to take a knee. this is an issue going on in this country that i feel like needs to be heard. right, wrong or indifferent, i feel that doing that before the game is the way to have the

greatest impact. a lot of people have expressed their opinions, but when you take that knee. it empowers people. there are people watching the game that we're not going to get a comment from, you know what, that makes me feel more comfortable, gives me the energy, the focus i need to go out and really do the things i can to create change in this country, to create an environment where we can all be heard and feel equal. that's what i think america is about. >> when you had conversations with others on your team or other teams you have friends i'm sure around the league, what was the conversation like today? >> it's still something that is going to be talked about in the locker rooms. i hope it's talked about in the homes across america, because there were a lot of people hurt by the president's comments.

a lot of people that felt they weren't getting the respect they deserve in this country because of so many different reasons. as we have those conversations, and stay together as a team in this league, that's what we do. i think everybody on most teams probably has enough respect for the man next to them to allow them to make whatever decision they feel is most important to them. >> thank you so much, i appreciate your time, as i said, the tight end for the miami dolphins, thank you again. >> thank you. next, a crucial senator announcing no. no way on health care. is the republican bill dead on arrival thanks against to a republican? and new images showing the near total devastation in puerto rico. people are asking, where is president trump.

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breaking news, senator collins says she's voting no on the republican obama care repeal bill. that means there are now three no votes from republican senators. if it stays like this, don and there is more bad news for those in favor of the bill tonight. the partial score, they didn't have time to do a new one. the bill would reduce the budget

deficit by $133 billion, in exchange for that, millions of people would lose comprehensive health insurance. when it comes to the bottom line, it doesn't appear americans are on board either. a new poll shows 12% of americans approve of the bill. that's a lot fewer than the number of republicans, clearly within the gop a lot of voters not into this bill. at this point is there anyway for this to pass? >> it seems to be an uphill task. the question is going to be whether mitch mcconnell is going to roll the dice and take the vote later this week. i was just told he is not likely to decide that answer until they have their weekly policy lunch

tomorrow and they're going to figure it out then. there are a good number of republican senators who want to take this vote, they want to have people on the record to show their constituents that they're trying to keep a campaign promise to try to repeal obama care, if we think it's going to lose, why try to take it. there's no question that this final no vote, the public statement from susan collins was bad news, but some people think until they take the votes, you never know somebody could be swayed. >> i was going to my voters and 3r078sed for years i was going to do this, am i actually going to do it? >> i know that's part of the reason why this is so important what you're doing tonight, the exclusive republican town hall. bernie sanders will be with you, and amy klobuchar on the other side. the stakes have changed a bit, but still incredibly high for them in this town hall. >> incredibly high. at the end of the day, whether

it's this particular bill, the nuts and bolts of this bill that is before republicans right now or something different. the question of what to do about obama care, whether or not to try to fix it, whether or not to repeal and replace it is a very hot topic and is going to continue to be especially as we go into the fall. people are going to be enrolling into their policies. there is likely to be good news and bad news for patients out there the market still has a lot of stretching and has some problems that is what we're going to hear tonight. there's going to be continued debate within each party on how to address this particularly the democratic party, you see a lot of pull to the left led by the person we're going to see tonight, for this medicare for all, single payer. >> thank you very much. i want to go to a democratic

senator, joe manchin from weapon weapon. senator, i want to start with your reaction to this. obviously, you know we got that partial score, it said people would lose health insurance, but the budget would go down, that's not a surprise. in your state, a 60-year-old could see an $18,000 a year increase in premiums by 2020 with this bill. are you happy this plan failed or did you think it was workable? >> no, i didn't think it was workable at all. it would hit every demographic of my state. whether you were older, poorer, opiate addiction. they got hit. it was funny, after the last skinny bail failed and john made his vote at 3:00 in the morning, i thought we would move immediately toward working in a bipartisan way, which we did. you had patty murray and lamar alexander, they had meetings, experts coming in, i went to

every meeting. it was very enlightening, and basically informative on how we could move forward and what we could do. csrs. they stabilize the market. the market is going to increase, if we don't stabilize this market, and we can do that, it's going to increase 15 to and their patients, that's what we should be voting on tomorrow, that's what we really should be voting on and not deciding whether they'll have a vote or not. >> all right. >> let's fix something. >> i also want to ask you about north korea. south korea asking the united states to dial it back, pull back the rhetoric. the foreign minister from north korea says trump has declared war on his country by saying kim

jong un's day's are numbered. >> first of all, the president has not declared war and the congress has not voted on the deg ration of war. next of all -- >> do you worry his rhetoric could -- >> i plead also to cut down the rhetoric, i think he all do. erin, he's been our president for 9 months, i think he's not going to change he is what he is. that's what we're going to have and you have to work around any way you can. north korea make a great mistake if they start shooting down offer planes. we're not going to toll rat north korea to have a ballistic missile that's going to be able to visit a warhead in america. the thing that should be effective is doubling down on the sanctions. the sanctions should say okay, you want to go ahead and sneak

stuff into north korea you're going to pay a price. we have proof of it it's going to be a price. >> senator before we go, i want to ask you about the other top story. donald trump's criticism for the nfl players who don't stand for the national anthem, he call them a son of a bitch. do you agree with what he said? >> well, we shouldn't be put in this position. i played sports and i understand the team's spirit. i've gone through two a days with y'all through the hot summers, i've sacrificed the same as you sacrificed and we jelled as a team. once we get on that field you attack one of my teammates we're all together. that's what he's done and i don't think it had the affect maybe she was desiring for that. on the other hand i was taught to stand and respect the flag that represents the country that given me the freedoms and opportunity to give me

everything and be what i want to be. it's the owners that have to make a decision. and the people that don't watch the game or don't want to buy the memorabilia don't do it. this thing has gotten blown out of proportion. you just mentioned north korea, we've got healthcare, i got 200,west virginia ya's. >> so you're saying you would stand? >> oh, i'd always stand. >> so you agree with him on that, but the term son of a bitch. >> yeah that's a bad rhetoric. that doesn't help anything. senator i appreciate your time. in puerto rico, no food, water no power. we will go to areas where people have gotten no help.

breaking news on the fight

for survival of milwaukelion mis of puerto ricans tonight. people were left with no food, power or water. in this video you see the category -- what these kinds did, this was a forest. it is unbelievable to see this footage. there are many still trapped. our leyla santiago travelled to some of the hardest hit areas. >> reporter: this woman doesn't even know who i am but i'm the first person she's seen land here since hurricane maria battled the islands, the flooding, debris, lack of power, already making hard to get to areas tougher to reach. even fema hasn't set foot in some part of puerto rico. we took a chopper from san juan to remote areas largely unseen,

like a small town next to tgaujk dam. i was met with such emotion, the people starving for such assistance. she says if something happens to that dam that could be as bad as the hurricane itself. the people are so poor many asking us to send messages to their families. from the air you can see why so many u.s. citizens can remain in the dark for so long. >> this is a problem, this is why 100% of the island doesn't have power right now. the infrastructure was vulnerable before maria passed by but you can see with the power lines down what the challenge is. they've completely collapsed. heading further inland the death

toll is among the highest. -- she doesn't have a home neither. this is what maria did to her home. water streaming from every corner. by now, she thought help would have arrived, it hasn't. she's hopeful someone out there abo listen able to rebuild this. flying further south the road is keeping us from getting to the homes. the problem here is food. most of what they have left has gone bad. he says you work and work and work and it's for nothing because he's lost everything. a common theme on an island of

1.4 million u.s. citizens now waiting and hoping that help is on the way. and erin, i am very happy to report this evening we were able to contact some of the family members that we promised we would contact given that our job is communication of information. we've reached people in new jersey to let them know that they're family's are okay. they say they haven't slept in nights waiting for that type of information. >> that is incredible what you are able to show and as you point out this is the united states. i know the story for you is deeply personal. you're from puerto rico you were able to fly over your hometown in that helicopter right? >> reporter: right. as we were coming back heading towards san juan, the pilot said is there anywhere you want to go, i asked that we fly back over my hometown, this is where my family's from, this is where i go on the holidays and where i was married. and to see that with your very own eyes, to understand that

type of pain, and to see that destruction is something i've never lived through before and certainly makes me understand why so much help is needed right now in this gorgeous island, despite what it looks like right now. >> you're going so much for so many to raise that awareness. thank you for joining us, "ac 360" is next. good evening. with so many americans wondering what will become of their healthcare. we begin tonight with what president trump is focused on instead. athletes in the nfl and elsewhere taking a knee during the national anthem to protest what they see as racial injustice. >> wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects our