the dnc, of course it's a worry. the only way we're going to be successful moving forward in virginia and new jersey on tuesday, we hope everyone goes out and votes. in 2018 the democrats have a huge advantage in the generic ballot and certainly in 2020 where we hope that a sane democrat will take over the white house, which is what this country and this world needs right now. but, yes, we are worried about this, because it certainly does have the perception that the dnc put their thumb on the scale for hillary clinton. but if you look at the facts, the facts remain that the kind of deal that donna brazile described is the same kind offered to the bernie camp along with the same kind of control that he would have been given had he raised the kind of funds that hillary raised for the dnc and that during the primary

process, there was no messing with the process, and in fact the caucuses which are run by the party are ones that overwhelmingly went for bernie sanders. we need to understand the perception is bad and reform the put in place so it doesn't happen again. >> is that how it will be interpreted, bernie sanders didn't get the love. really was offered the same kind of thing, or is it your thing he deserved better from the dnc going into the primaries. >> let me start on a note of agreement. i love cnn, but every minute we spend debating what happened in 2016 is a waste of time. for all democrats, we all ought to be focussed on 2018. >> i couldn't agree more. >> and 2020. >> having said that. >> but so much has now been unveiled from this book. it has to be sending shock waves or rever besh rations.

>> i'llpeak to that. i was a bernie guy on cnn. i can tell you i wasn't the only one how many times i said during the primary that the white house and the dnc were rigged into support hillary clinton, and not to give a fair shake to bernie sanders. everybody ridiculed me and laughed. not just me, but others. now we know -- first we learned from the russian e-mails. remember? when they were hacked. that they were thumb on the scale, as maria said, for bernie, now we hear from donna brazile. i find it a small comfort but little comfort that now the whole world knows that we were right, but i think the big thing is, forget 2016. it happened. >> make it less reflection. do you believe it's going to have an impact now on democrats as they poise themselves for positions leading into 2018? >> i would hope not. i would hope they would keep the

focus, again, on 2018 and 2020. i also think -- i want to volunteer this. i think it's time that hillary and some of the other people around here stop blaming bernie for her loss. she lost. she can blame nobody but herself. now move together and get the white house back. get the house back and the senate back. >> all right. maria? >> i agree with that. but i also want to make clear that it is important that the perception of the dnc is one of total neutrality. and that is an important thing in order to move forward with unity, which is why the dnc has now instituted the unity commission, which is why the chairman has instituted reform so these kinds of agreements are completely trance parent. that is an important thing to make sure we have the trust of every democrat, every progressive, every independent out there that understands how dangerous this president is, and that that is the focus that we need to make sure that we get.

>> let's see how the dnc does on the unity commission's recommendations. that's very, very important in terms of super delegates and those close primaries and all those other issues. the dnc has a big charns here to put things right. at their next meeting. >> agreed. >> they'd better do so. >> we'll see. still ahead. much of puerto rico still without power. six weeks after hurricane maria. we'll have a live report next. but first, here's this week's turning points with dr. sanjay gupta. >> shaun debris up grew up in tn projects. >> going into the store to steal a cake. >> but petty theft turned into armed robbery and then selling drugs. he was first arrested at 16 and

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live from puerto rico. the secretary for public safety say the marias remarks are irresponsible. what are you seeing in terms of conditions and people ant the suffering? >> reporter: the government of puerto rico is fighting back on the may's statement there, saying that they don't have any evidence that the death toll is any higher than what they have at this point of the 55 certified deaths, but i'll tell you what i'm seeing is complete frustration, frustration on the ground, not just with people who are frustrated by the lack of power, but also people who are frustrated by what seems to be frustrations with the government because of misleading and confusing numbers that are being reported. what i can't see across the street, people. life. without power. >> this is the only light that he has. and you can see that it's a

little light from like a christmas tree, it looks like, and it's powered from a car battery, which i know it's difficult to see so i'll actually light it with my cell phone. six weeks after hurricane maria, he sleeps next to the open window in his home to get through those long hot nights with no power. he is one of many. satellite images show the island before maria, after and now. not much has changed, and puerto rico's power authority claims there's no way of knowing how many people like this are in the dark. so we called each municipality, that's 78 of them. we couldn't reach most. communication still not reliable. but of those reached, the overwhelming majority say most people do not have power. nearly a third say the entire town is in the dark. and yet the power authority and the governor's office insist they're on track. when it comes to power restoration, they say they're at

37% on the island. but that's the percentage of power generation. how much power is being produced, not how much is actually making it to homes and businesses. a big difference when you ask one of the unions at puerto rico's power authority. he said you can technically have no one with power but still have 100% generation, that's why he thinks the numbers are questionable. we noticed government officials changed how they report the numbers on power, initially using the percentage of clients with power, something they denied until we reminded them of this tweet by the governor's mansion, retweeted by the power authority listing clients with service two weeks after maria. the governor's office said it was a mistake. the tweet was deleted shortly after cnn asked about it. when we first approached the governor's office we were told

that they've always reported generation, not clients. >> i'm not sure. but what i can state is when we started restoring critical load, it's more you can identify better who are the clients. that's as much -- as i can say. it was during a very limited period of time. >> since the power authority says those numbers are no longer available, we asked their workers. their estimate, about 5% of customers may have service, not nearly as high as the percentage of generation. and revere ra worries a bad situation may be getting worse. he believes that because the contract was canceled this is only going to take longer. puerto rico says it lanes to cancel a contract with a company

hieshed to bring back the hour. as he sees it, politics may be another reason he and countless puerto ricans may not be getting power any time soon. and, when you think about nearly six weeks without power, really, the daily impact on lives here, we were just driving down the interstate and we saw people actually selling wooden wash boards. wooden wash boards so people can just wash their clothes because they haven't been able to do that with no power. >> that was a powerful view. leyla santiago thank you for bringing that to us out of san juan. and this breaking news out of saudi arabia where cnn is learning the military there has intercepted a ballistic missile near the capital of riyadh and moments ago, defense ministry

took responsibility for launching the missile. joining me on the phone is cnn's senior producer. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: well, fred, what happened a little after night fall in riyadh, there were reports of a massive detonation over the city. that was the sound of patriot missiles taking out a medium range bliss till missile that had been filed from yemen. and the interesting thing is here that the city's have been involved in in two, two and a half year war with the saudis and they are definitely ratcheting up the targeting of saudi populations as they tried this in may with another ballistic missile, it fell short. the targeting this time, much more accurate. had it not been for the patriot miss sil miss sills it could have land the in and around one of the

busiest airports in the region. >> does this rathtle the region? >> it certainly does. it whose been a long running war. occupying a good chunk of northern yemen. the others trying to dislodge them with a campaign for the last two years. that war is very much bogged down. the added complication here is that they are supported by iran and the saudis would say that a lot of their best capabilities are funded by supported by by the iranian revolutionary guard core. in addition to that, next door to saudi arabia, they are also accusing iran are stepping up sabotage in their kingdom. so you're seeing a much greater degree of reason or tension. a lot of it according to them, being fed by iran.

another thing of course the iranian guard core designated by president trump as a terrorist organization, and also very involved in iran with absolutely central to the retaking of kirkuk from the kurds. and iran on the other hand. >> all right. thanks so much. from london. appreciate it. keep us posted. all right. still ahead, another actress coming forward accusing harvey weinstein of rape. how her case could lead to an arrest. next.

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erik jo another actress is coming forward accusing harvey weinstein of rape. >>reporter: fred, there are open investigations against harvey weinstein in new york, l.a. and london, but now the nypd says it has a case that could actually put the movie mogul behind bars. a new york police department source says this is the strongest chance of bringing criminal charges against hollywood producer harvey weinstein. >> we have an actual case here. >> 33-year-old actress paz de la heurta best known for her role in this movie says he raped her on two separate occasions in 2010. >> the ability to articulate each and every movement of the

crime, where she was, where they met and what he did. >> de la heurta tells cnn she first met weinstein when she was 14. so 12 years later when he offered to give her a ride home from a club. she says she didn't feel uncomfortable until they were in her new york city apartment. she told cnn her story on the phone. >> pulled my slip dress up and he unzipped his pants, and he yeah. he raped me. >> she said is happened again nearly two months later. >> the first time i was in just complete shock. and it just happened so quickly. the second time, it was terrified of him. in a million ways i knew how to say no, said no. >> weinstein's representative did not sonds to cnn's request for comment regarding her allegations. by through alspokes woman, he has repeatedly denied any allegations of non consensual

sex. more than 60 have accused him of sexual harassment or assault. the hot line has fielded dozens of calls about weinstein. but her case stands out because it fits within the statute of limitations. >> this person was still in new york. and it was recent. we would go right away and make the arrest. the no doubt. but we're talking about a 7-year-old case and we have to move forward gathering evidence. >> de la heurta says she's been working with police and gathering evidence including account from a friend and therapist who she confided in after the alleged attacks. the da's office would only say a senior sex crimes prosecutor is assigned to the investigation. >> i'd like to see him go to jail. i think he's a rapist. he's gotten away with it for too many years. it would nice to imagine justice exists. >> earlier this week the source said they have one other open case against weinstein here in

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