. >>> fema officials reiterate it's no longer a question of "if" hurricane irma will impact florida but a question of how badly. with us to auk about preparations, federal government response, virtual response by local and state authorities as well, senator bill nelson of florida, joining us on the phone from rockledge, about 200 miles north of miami. senator, and i have known each other a long time. you grew up a little florida's east coast. are you concerned about irma, more so than other storms. hold on a second. >> -- asking that everyone in the storm's path remain vigilant and heed all recommendations from government officials and law enforcement. our message to the american people, with gratitude for first responders and prayers for those in the storm's path we are behind you 100%. with that i'd like to bring up tom bossert is discuss pacif specifics, and after i'll be up to take care of the questions. thanks. >> thanks, sarah. thanks to each of you for being here. i can't add too much more to

so far fema officials have already approved 84 trailers. irma pounded the religion nearly three weeks ago leaving the middle and lower keys badly damaged. then they'll install the trailers on pads. >> the epa confirms the flooding from hurricane harvey caused a leak in one of houston's most vulnerable sites. the test results from one. 14 areas tests uncovered dioxins add more than 2300 times the acceptable level. >>> the white house already defending its tax plan. the president calls is a middle class miracle. others say it favors the rich. some middle class americans may pay more. economic adviser gary cohn guarante guarantees zero tax increases. >> our tax plan is aimed at making sure we give middle class americans a tax cut. remember, we have 50 states, counties, cities, long-term capital gains, short term, different types of structures, i'll guarantee you you could find someone in this country. >> taxes are complicated. the plan lacks details. the tax writers will be able to fill them in. no telling how it benefits the middle class. two

acting homeland security travels to puerto rico today and meet with the governor and fema officials. e's confusion surrounding the delivery of supplies. >> according to the governor, there are 3,000 containers stuck in ports, some may not be related to hurricane relief. earlier, cnn had been told by shipping officials as many as 10,000 containers were stuck. either way, distribution remains an issue. >> they have just appointed the general to try to improve this. listen to the president's homeland security adviser when he was asked why it took so long to appoint buk cannon. >> do you acknowledge it was a mistake to not have this on the ground earlier? no. the not at all. in fact that doesn't affect the way we stage equipment and field operational commands. this is textbook and has been done well. >> about 75 hun u.s. troops are on the grouped. right now over 10,000 people in shelters. >> the grid not expected to be back on line for months. 90% of cell sites out of service. >> we heard from the podium yesterday that this is a good news story. the puerto rico response is a good news sto

in that phone call, earlier today, with officials of fema and the department of defense, i asked for a plan. they are working on it. the military, northern command is working on a plan. they could not tell me when it would be ready, or what it will say, or what the total number of troops or other logistical supplies will be, nor could they commit that there would be a waiver under fema regulations of conditions that apply to permanent recovery. the only decisions that have been made is a through be which deal with debris recovery over the next 180 days. and that is part of what the island needs, a longer-term plan as well as an immediate one, to make sure that there is a road to recovery. there is a path that will provide hope. not only is the well-being and health of this island threatened, so is hope. which is so important for progress to be made. the people of puerto rico have been met with at best, ambivalence and ambiguity or the president of the united states. earlier this week, he seemed more inclined to blame the island itself, and the size of -- is that of advocating for hel

now, despite its dwindling funds fema officials insist it has enough staff and supplies to cope with the fallout from irma and the house is expected to approve a $15 billion aid package for hurricane harvey disaster relief. >>> a powerful earthquake hitting mexico. the magnitude 8.1 quake was centered off the pacific coast near the border with guatemala. extensive damage reported in the city of oaxaca. at least five people have lost their lives including two children killed by a wall that collapsed. tsunami warnings were issued and felt in mexico city 650 miles away where buildings shook for more than a minute. some areas lost power. mexico's president calls it the largest quake to hit that country in a century. we'll keep you posted as more information becomes available. >>> and still ahead, wildfires on the west coast are now affecting air quality hundreds of miles away. >>> plus, donald trump jr. answering questions about a meeting with the russian lawyer. what he told senate investigators. >>> a data breach affecting more than 140 million americans. hear what customers need to kn

we're also hearing from fema officials saying that they've provided more than a million meals to families here in puerto rico. the director of fema telling cnn that they've been embedded with the department of defense to coordinate the relief effort despite that. in a community i was in in the outskirts of san juan, people were asking us, where is fema, where is the relief aid? i spoke to several parents who spent hours in line, some of them since midnight, hoping to get some ice and they had to wait until 9:00 a.m. this morning to find out that there wasn't enough fuel at the ice plant to create the ice. it was the fifth day in a row that they've been waiting in line. their frustration has a lot to do with what's going on here at the port. there are some 10,000 containers, officials tell us, with supplies, things that would be going to grocery stores and eventually the tables of puerto ricans being held up because of logistical bottlenecks. the vice president of crowley's operations here in puerto rico, the business that manages these shipping containers that are stuck here at the port,

the fema official said that to the local officials on the scene there.eople you spoke to today or yesterday, anything you would add on the level of danger and whether that 1.5-mile radius is enough? >> that's the problem. at the press conference yesterday, the fair marshall was standing next to a campfire. at 15 deputies who inhaled some of the smoke were hospitalized. if this is like standing over a campfire, why is there this need for the 1.5-mile radius. sow it seems like contradictory messaging. they are keeping the barrier and keeping people out of their home and not giving a lot of information. so residents are understand any frustrated that they don't have information and clarity as to is this dangerous or is it not. really what about the rescue that's left behind? are there other concerns that they are concerned about? not a lot of information from the local official or the plants themselves. connell: we'll come back and get more information as we get on this. thanks for checking back in with us. ktrk providing the pictures you are looking at liv

we will ask a fema official next. >>> also, the price is not right. the health and human secretary spending big on flights that go beyond the u.s. on the taxpayer dime, and he went on international planes with his wife along for the ride. >>> and then facebook accounts linked to russia, and the mission is to cause racial tension in the country. and i ge. ♪ the toothpaste that helps prevent bleeding gums. if you spit blood when you brush or floss you may have gum problems and could be on the journey to much worse. help stop the journey of gum disease. try parodontax toothpaste. it's clinically proven to remove plaque, the main cause of bleeding gums. for healthy gums, and strong teeth. leave bleeding gums behind. with parodontax toothpaste. ♪ >>> general jeffrey buchanan, let's listen in. >> we are helping to organize the supply effort and the distribution with the supplies with fuel, food and water. >> there's only one question per media outlet. >> can i answer that question from the haiti aspect. i think it's important to understand the whole communi

fema officials say the agency's primary mission is still taking care of people and restoring hope. more help from the federal government may be on it's way. house republicans could vote on a short-term funding bill to support disaster response efforts for harvey as soon as next week. last night, lawmakers on the house appropriations committee approve a request from the trump adminstration to transfer one billion dollars from a geneal fund..to the emergency disaster response fund. some d.c. bars and resturants are pledging to donate some of their proceeds to help with flood relief. and you can help.. just by eating there. last night, abc-seven checked out some of those restaurants.. including taco bamba.. and del frisco's steakhouse. many d.c. bars and restaurants plan to donate 20-percent of their proceeds or more to houston food banks. the drive will be going on through monday. for a list of these places.. go to wjla-dot-com. and how would you like to take home one of these pups! nearly 100 dogs and puppies arrived at last chance animal rescue in waldorf from areas impacted by har

aside from that, we did hear from a fema official this afternoon on a call with the media that said not a single fema aid shipping container has been stuck at either the port or at the airport, wolf. >> yeah, tom bossert, he's the president's homeland security as visor, not the fema director. i'll be speaking live with him in the next hour with tom bossert. i want to clarify, the shipping containers, and there are thousands of them behind you boras are not necessrily filled with relief aid, but goods that would normally be shipped into puerto rico, right? >> reporter: precisely, forgive me for misspeaking earlier, yeah the vice president of crowley's operations here in puerto rico tells me that they are filled with vital goods that would be in store shelves and on the tables of many puerto ricans but they're being held up as i mentioned earlier, a lack of truckers, a lack of fuel to actually get them to wo where they need to go, wolf. he says it's a matter of semantics. this may not be classified as aid, but it certainly would be helpful for families that are in desperate need of portab

the fedl relief agency, and resident who's had been made homeless had some questions for those fema officialssten to this exchange. >> what are your sources for like food-wise and gas-wise and water? >> we're reporting that need that the mayor reported to us. we're reporting that back to san juan and somebody in san juan will be -- >> how long will that take? >> look, we are the first to come here apparently, so -- >> because for us to move back in here -- >> yeah. >> because it's blackwater. it's called blackwater. >> yeah. >> there is no type of moving back in there. >> reporter: so those fema officials say that they had brought a satellite phone for the mayor, who could not communicate here with the capital of puerto rico, with san juan. they pledged that there would be many more visits in the future from fema to this town. but it does raise a question. it took nine days for fema to reach this town called florita. it makes you wonder after a hurricane in the state of florida, would it take nine days for an agency to reach a town in any part of the state of florida? i wonder. >> did any of

i talked to fema officials. they said don't expect a week long or month long, think of it in years. >> we conclude with the final portion of charlie's interview with the former white house chief strategist steve bannon. >> they were idiots. >> you have to name names because you're painting with a broad brush. >> george w. bush and his entire national security apparatus and the joy. >> colin powell. >> absolutely. >> conlisa rice. >> all of them. it's the administration. that's who trump ran again. he ran against the bush clinton apparatus. he defeated the bush apparatus. by the way, every day, every day he is there, every day he is there, working through exactly opposite of what they said, they said he was he would be in the situation room in the white house. >> here's what i want to know. >> the london bombing, aftermah of irma and steve bannon when we continue. >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by the following: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services wor

i talked to fema officials when i was down there and they said don't expect a week or month long recoveryure this in years. >> american taxpayers. puerto rico is in a serious debt problem. i understand the u.s. virgin islands were also in a serious debt problem with now cash flow issues going forward. >> yes moody's put out a report last week saying they can't quantify how expensive this would be but it could be a strain on the liquidity for the virgin islands. >> north korea launched yet another missile over japanese air space, assassination he on north korea further capping oil exports. although these are the harshest yet, the trrs argued for even more. how these would affect the nuclear ambitions, charlie spoke with evan osm os, on assignment for the new yorker magazine. >> this trip began a few months ago with the idea, we have to go there to north korea to understand what's going on ton ground. they don't have diplomatic relations with the united states. you can't go to an embassy in washington. can you use the new york channel, an informal couple of odiplomats who in fact manage the

fema officials say they've already delivered more than one-million meals to puer the storm struck....still today, thousands of those packages have yet to be delivered. the problem --- a lack of fuel and delivery drivers. for the millions on the island, things are only getting more desperate. yesterday the white house authorized a yesterday the white house authorized a temporary waiver of the "jones act" house authorized a temporary waiver of the "jones act" which will allow more ships to bring supplies to the island. as for recovery efforts, the u-s army corps of engineers vows to rebuild puerto rico's infrastructure. and new this morning - another celebrity, stepping in to help after maria. beyonce releasing a new song. coming up at 5:15: hear the remix rasing much-needed money for puerto rico. for all of our coverage on the crisis in puerto rico- including other ways you can help the victims- go to wjla.com. the national antehm taking center stage during thursday night football. the packers and bears - not taking a knee - but instead, linking arms on of unity. the packers had asked

the fema officials say disaster resources are in place but more help is on the way. >>> and we are also continuing to feel maria's impact along the jersey coast in the form of dangerous rip currents. a live look from ocean city, you can see a little bit of rough surf there i and further south in cape may, same story, rough waves and danger that lies beneath. meteorologist kate bilo is on the sky deck and kate, while it is calm here, it has been a dangerous season down the shore. >> it sure has been, jessica. we have had a number of storms off the coast and in the case of jose that was days upon days of rough surf and in the case of maria same story, days upon days of rough surf and certainly earlier this summer we had a few instant was storms moving up the coast that produced the rough surf and rip currents responsible for many deaths along the new jersey coastline. lets take a look, at our count , thanks to the rip currents which move in the opposite direction of the wave motion, and conform on sunny days, when you don't even know they are forming, responsible for with the rough surf a

fema officials say more staff is on the way to the u.s. territory, but some lawmakers on capitol hill are getting impatient with the response. >> my concern is based on the behavior of our commander in chief, donald trump, and the tweets that he put it out. >> reporter: florida senator marco rubio said the federal government's response will not be conventional. >> too big of a storm and the logistical challenges of getting thing in to restore power will require kind of a different approach. >> reporter: access to the island has proven to be a major obstacle as only a handful of flights are able to get in and out of puerto rico's main airport. fema said there are 16 u.s. ships currently assisting puerto rico and the u.s. virgian islands helping them out with things like food, water and generators. there are an additional 10 ships on the way and they are planning to get there within the next few days. >> what has been the biggest challenge right now to get supplies into puerto rico? >> reporter: liz, right now it's accessibility really. the

: and this morning across texas we are told more than 30,000 people are still in shelters and fema officials say the work has begun to get them out of shelters and into hotels but still no time line as to when those residents can return them. that is if they even have a home to return to. diane and kenneth. >> the storm has moved on but still so much work left to be done. thanks, elizabeth. >>> flooding from harvey has slowed separations at two major gulf coast pipelines and that's created a temporary gas shortage triggering long lines at stayings in texas and new price hikes across the country. according to aaa gas prices are now at a two-year high. the energy department has released 500,000 barrels of crude oil from an emergency stockpile to prevent prices from spiking further and epa issued fuel waivers in dozens of states to ease concerns about supply shortages. >>> the coast guard is conducting flyovers to check for possible damage to officials say inspectors are looking for potential navigational obstructions or oil spills that could affect operations. >>> president trump heads to hous

fema officials say 65-percent of the homes in the florida keys were severely damaged or destroyed.st 5 million customers are still without power. good morning washington. toss to eileen - a few morning showers/sprinkles - rain chances today & tomorrow - warmer & more humid the next few days - still watching jose today: mostly cloudy. warm and humid. showers/sprinkles, mainly before noon. highs: 80-84 winds: e to s 5 mph tonight: clear, becoming cloudy after midnight with rain developing west of d.c. lows: 63-67 winds: s 5 mph thursday: morning rain. scattered pm thunderstorms. warm and humid. highs: 78-82 winds: ss5 more americans injured from more americans injured from incidents in cuba. 21 americans have now been hurt in what are being called "health attacks." we don't know what caused them - or who is behind them. some - may have involved a sonic weapon. american diplomats have reported symptoms including concussions- and permanent hearing loss. the national transportation safety board has found driver error is to blame for deadly crash in may 20-16. investigators say a truck d

. >> rationing of basic food and supplies is now in effect and fema officials plan to stay and do whatevercan to help with that recovery. >> so along the shore a lot of high tides occurring in about two or three hours or so could see some flooding from that. >> you're going to start seeing minor flooding in some spots this morning. i think the bigger issue will be the evening high tide where if you have property or cars in those normally flooded areas, moderate flooding is possible so even some of the places that don't usually flood in the minor situation might flood later tonight. there's storm tracker6. you can see some rain that is trying to push in off the ocean. these are the outer rain bands of hurricane josÉ which is still pretty far away down to the south and west and at times we're getting a light sprinkle pushing in off the ocean but most of this stuff is stopping a little short of the shore and probably will for a good portion of the day. as we take a look outside, we have cloudy skies across the region and there is atlantic city and we're looking at some blustery winds blowing

. >> as a former fema official what do they have to do to get in there quickly after the storm surge is over to get their lives back to normal?. >> assuming the storm stays on the west, and they will have to come in from the east. they will have to do helicopter search and rescue did major assistant and then pulled debris and get up the power grid and then the power will soon follow but if that does not happen in the next two or three weeks at the absolute latest hopefully within fivers seven days there will be a lot of uneasiness. >> it will be a massive undertaking the president already has his team prepared looking at all of that all assets not just the the the military including coast guard. we are praying for your family and all people in the state of florida with this monster storm coming. >> best of hope to you and your family. >> followed -- florida power and light expects millions to lose power as it moves through the state. >> those that did in the shelter and evacuated we will have more when our special coverage continues you won't see these folks at the post office. they

in the florida keys and in the west coast first trump attended a briefing with state local and fema officials then the president and his rather large raj included first lady melania trump vice president mike pence visited a mobile home park where they serve lunch to many of the victims trump made several stops then in naples where he prays for first responders and residents for doing an incredible job on rescue and recovery he also noted state and federal officials for their preparation and response to the hurricane and let's take a listen on what president trump had to say. this is a difficult situation as those hold those holding the roads you know open and the fords are just about over what we had to do to get seven or so people with the believe that we did it so quickly show we're reading the job that everybody around . but the big question now is when is the power going to be back for all of florida trump raised the florida power companies and the truth is that they are working around the clock to restore power and that the number of customers without electricity is decrease in every day

surrounding damage of each neighborhood in florida and the surrounding states but we heard from fema officials who are asking all those in florida and the other states that are going to be suffering the brunt of hurricane erm are now tropical storm irma to please be patient take a listen to the recent comments from a theme official requests that went into the president today that will have three components public assistance which will assist. governments at all different levels state local will assist charitable organizations. the minas bill and clatter of utilities that's going to be more some of the will have an immediate assistance in terms of debris removal and emergency action some of it's going to be the longer term rebuilding of infrastructure now there's still a curfew in effect for miami seven pm all cars off the road and that is so officials could could move in and and continue removing all the trees that have fallen onto the streets and to the homes a lot of cleanup we can only imagine rain important live in miami for us thank you so much. thank you and a new study by archaeologist

fema officials plan to stay and help with the recovery. >> and as tam just mentioned, up next, david, maria could be a direct hit with puerto rico. >> yeah, that looks like sometime tomorrow and if you're in the eastern bahamas, you also have to keep your eyes on that storm. storm tracker6 live double scan right now shows us that our local rain from josÉ still mainly off the coast, a little bit of a sprinkle coming into places like atlantic city, maybe sea isle city and ocean city getting some of that. as we take a look outside, we have cloudy skies above the ben franklin bridge. not that you won't see any sun today, but it will be mainly cloudy with some sunny breaks, kind of like what we had later in the day yesterday. 72 degrees in city of philadelphia. 71 in wilmington. 68 degrees currently in allentown. 67 in reading. 70 in trenton and 71 at the airport in a.c. 70 in cape may. hurricane jose is still 230 miles east of cape hatteras moving north. took a little jog toward land but is now on that expected track and it now looks like it's going to bend away from us a little bit and s

and earlier this morning fema officials urging people to get out of the way of this storm.r experienced what's about to hit south florida."reporter: "so they need to get out?" brock long: "they need to get out and listen and heed the warnings.">( tiffany ) and now the governor of georgia is issuing evacuation orders for cities in the southern part of that state. and the governor of south carolina telling people to be ready to evacuate as irma makes it's way north. back to you. (james)irma is an extremely dangerous category 4 hurricane and will continue hurricane and category 4 dangerous extremely irma is an extremely irma is an (james)(james)irma is an extremely dangerous category 4 hurricane and will continue to bring life-threatening wind, storm surge, and rainfall hazards to the turks and caicos islands and the bahamas through saturday. hurricane conditions will also spread over portions of the north coast of cuba through saturday. severe hurricane conditions are expected over portions of the florida peninsula and the florida keys beginning saturday night. irma is likely

the team will all meet up in alabama and await further instructions from fema officials. ( will ) back to you in the studio. ( darya ) thanks will. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( mark ) a sacramento veterinarian is stranded in puerto rico this morning... riding out hurricane irma. doctor jyl rubin has been posting video to her facebook page. rubin actually made it to the airport yesterday... and was 30 minutes from boarding when her flight was canceled. but she was lucky enough to grab one of the few remaining hotel rooms on the island. <"but still it's quite disturbing. because everybody's boarding up everything he