anything, there was this role expectation that puerto rico was going to bounceback faster from fiona and maria was a big frustration. more than anything, people are feeling that even after fiona, even after the recovery phase, noth will change, and it remains to be seen, the 2024 elections, but many people feel it is the same thing over and over with nothing changing. geoff: a good point, people are tired of needing to be resilient when they want the resources they deserve as texting citizens. thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you. ♪ geoff: the political fight over the migrants sent to martha's vineyard last week on flights arranged by florida governor ron desantis is now a legal one. desantis has been slapped with a class action lawsu for flying roughly 50 people from texas to martha's vineyard without food, shelter, or resources planned. the migrants' arrival to the island was unannounced, and the suit says that desantis and other individuals defrauded vulnerable immigrants to advance a political agenda. the nonprot group lawyers for civil rights, which represents more than 30 of

two days before the fifth anniversary of hurricane maria, now fiona. maria was a category four. one. but the devastation appears to be just as widespread. >> this is the plata river from the bridge. it is about 10 feet from hitting the bridge. this is clays he -- crazy. reporter: the governor of puerto rico has called the damage catastrophic. >> in many>> areas that had never seen flooding, there has been an unprecedented accumulation of water. in many areas, it is greater than what we saw during hurricane maria. reporter: up to 76 centimeters of rain was forecasted to fall on some parts of puerto rico. houses and businesses washed away. landslides are continuing. more than 1.3 million people are without electricity and will likely stay that way for days or weeks. many also don't have access to clean water. >> at my age, i've never seen anything like this before. i have no words to describe this. >> it destroyed everything. everything has been affected. it all has to be rebuilt. reporter: more than 1000 people had to be rescued. now fiona has moved on to the dominican republic.

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maria. where fiona is headed next >>> also tonight, the new lawsuit filed by migrants against florida's governor after he flew them to martha's vineyard and now a criminal investigation. >>> the special master's first hearing into the mar-a-lago documents case why he told donald trump's team, quote, you can't have your cake and eat it, too >>> the new move by ukraine separatists to be annexed by russia our richard engel in ukraine with disturbing new evidence of atrocities >>> it's being called the largest covid fraud scheme ever, $250 million stolen from hungry children our "fleecing of america report." >>> nbc news investigates the race to save the amazon from an illegal goldrush >>> and our nbc news exclusive. savannah guthrie one-on-one with tennis legend roger federer ahead of his last tournament would he consider pulling a tom brady and unretiring >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, everyone hurricane fiona now a major category 3 storm and likely to get stronger as it sweeps across islands of the caribbean. days after puerto rico took a direct hit, t

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marÍa. >>> fiona se fortalezca en las prÓximas horas mientras sale del caribe.ctando la isla boricua. tenemos la Última informaciÓn. adelante. >>> efectivamente sonia. esta noche no cesa la lluvia aquÍ en san juan puerto rico. han disminuido los fuertes vientos, asociados con el huracÁn fiona. lo que complica el escenario en las labores de rescate esta noche, es que hay apagÓn general en la isla. los pocos edificios encendidos en la capital debido a los generadores elÉctricos que se han ido prendiendo. puerto rico estÁ incomunicado por mar y aire. mÁs temprano en el dÍa cesaron las operaciones en los muelles como el aeropuerto internacional de san juan. esto provocÓ que varios vuelos fueran cancelados y cerca de 40 turistas quedaron varados. fue necesario ques gobierno los movilizara a varios albergues. turistas proveniente de ohio, la florida y california. >>> se retra sen los trabajos para que los vuelos vuelvan a iniciar se. se desconocen cuando puede volver el servicio elÉctrico. fiona encuentra a los puertorriqueÑos en medio de una crisis elÉctrica sin prec

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even more than more than hurricane maria. fiona fiona knocked out power again. fema said they are better prepad better prepared resources this . this time. >> we have 10 times the meals and water and three times the gs of court. >> more than 1 million residents million residents are in the da. the dark. it will be days befort of the power is restored. it is now taking aim at bermuda. > >> coming out, we are going to hear from bay area families anxy awaiting word from relatives in puerto rico. > >> trcs lents underwent surgery underwent surgery after sufferig an ankle injury during yesterdas home game during the seahawks. >> he was in so much pain. more on the operation and the messago the public after all this. >> today he said i am ready to attack the process. trcs lents,t out of surgery to repair his broken and dislocated ankle. he shared this photo from his hospital bed and said i will be back, better than ever. the chapter will make the story eve. even greater. >> some guys have been over the. over there. he could even ask ky thompson for insight. 11 of them

carlos raced relief supplies to hard hit areas after maria and fiona's aftermath now hitting hard. >> devastating, you know? ptsd come back right away. as soon as i flew the helicopter in the morning on monday, it just -- my heart breaks again. you know? it's like coming back in a movie and seeing maria and all the destruction and floating and people waving on top of the roof requesting help. it's heartbreaking. >> it is clear the need is great there. are there enough supplies getting on the ground? >> well, lester, fema said that the warehouses are well stocked. aside from the widespread flood damage, the most urgent issue here is more than half of this island still does not have drinkable water. the governor told me to expect the power to come back first and then the water service. lester? >> gabe, thank you. >>> let's get the latest from dylan dreyer now. this thing is still spinning up. >> it is. it's going to continue to gain strength. it's moving into very warm waters north of turks and caicos now. slow moving. 8 miles per hour. it continues to get closer to bermuda, it is likel

fiona. from florida which oversees puerto rico and the new territory. thank you. the remembrance of hurricane mariaid deadliest disaster we pray for our brothers and sisters on the island. we also pray for our brotherss and sisters in the virgin islands. the path of hurricane fiona. as importantly we are committed to action, we applaud president biden emergency declaration together welcome centers are coming together. what a difference five years makes. before you get any real action from the trump administration. president biden acted swiftly, preemptively, proactively to make sure fema is putting places for lives and help with the recovery. we know requests were asking for for the various types of relief. we also know puerto rico cannot afford to pay. in the federal government be paying for one 100% my plot all of our colleagues in the senate as well as a house to make sure help with these types of emergencies. the last thing i will say is this is all the more important why we continue to combat climate change. with the inflation reduction act, with the infrastructure law, where we traded -- trea

hurricane fiona, which in on sunday and tonight kron four's dan kerman talks to people living on the island and those here in the bay area trying to help them. >> 5 years after hurricane maria wiped out puerto rico, the island is in the dark again due to hurricane fiona because no power. >> no water. now. >> there's a crisis with the gas again. >> richard lee quiet this lives in d a he says his town like countless others across puerto rico, it's up to their ears in problems. >> we have a lot of lightning make up a lot of light. we have bridges that have collapsed quite this is the elderly, the sick and the younger suffering most, including those at a nearby orphanage. this is an orphanage that has being babies from today. co. the 7, 8, years of age. and you know that you're going if you don't get the power back to, you know, get a generator back. >> we're going to take the children out we're going to close you down as they did during hurricane maria bay area organizations are now stepping up to help. we're >> better. quit that. need the people of puerto rico. we have now. catherine. kim ramos was san jose's. puerto rican civic club says. >> they're focusing on getting gener

biggest difference between hurricane maria and hurricane fiona is the amount of rain that the hurricane brought to puerto rico. many areas, over 30 inches of rain. yes, hurricane maria brought about 40 inches, but it was in a specific area along the center of the island. that's not the case with hurricane fiona. it brought rain all over the island and many of the areas and suburban areas were completely flooded, so, we have been searching and rescue missions, as well as clearance missions. >> so, the storm wiped out the entire power grid. some power has been restored to parts of the island, but most of the people on the island are without power. in 2017, after hurricane maria, some homes didn't have power restored for months. might that repeat itself with this storm? >> i don't think that will be the case. the private company that runs the electricity in puerto rico now used to be run by the government, they are doing their assessment, they are ready, utilizing their three helicopters and flying over the main distribution lines in puerto rico to conduct an assessment of the damages, but

fiona hit just two days before the fifth anniversary of hurricane maria, which killed thousands of peoplend devastated puerto rico's electrical grid and other infrastructure. alaska's governor has declared a state of emergency after the remnants of typhoon merbok brought a 1000-mile-wide path of destruction to the state's pacific coastline. the massive storm system spawned flooding, prompted evacuations, knocked buildings off their foundations, washed away bridges and roads, and brought power outages to many remote alaskan communities. merbok was alaska's worst storm in a half century, the most intense september storm ever observed in the bering sea and one of the strongest storms ever to hit alaska. in japan, 9 million people have been ordered to evacuate their homes as one of the largest typhoons ever to hit japan made landfall on the southern island of kyushu sunday night with winds topping 110 miles per hour. the storm is forecast to bring flooding and landslides to japan's main island of honshu through wednesday morning. the japan meteorological agency classified the typhoon as "viol

while hurricane fiona was not as powerful as hurricane maria five years ago, many are asking, how couldppen yet again? abc's victor oquendo is in puerto rico. >> reporter: fiona pounding turks and caicos with 115-mile-per-hour winds and up to eight feet of storm surge. after tearing through the dominican republic. its wake of destruction across puerto rico, an island reeling from yet another deadly blow. gabriela fled her home with two young children as floodwaters from filona rushed in. >> reporter: she lives in southern puerto rico, hit hard by the latest hurricane to ravage the island. she returned home this morning to survey the damage. minerva marquez was luckier. her home was flooded but spared. >> everything she owns, she's moved it up into these bags. she had to protect it from the floodwaters that came inside of her house. the 81-year-old has several medical conditions. she'll stay with her daughter until power is restored, happy to have family to lean on. millions of puerto ricans are struggling after the category 1 hurricane wreaked havoc on an already beleaguered island. as

again hurricane fiona is struck the island almost 75 years to the day hurricane marina cause dire devastation. the reason we were gathering here today was to talk about five years ago when maria hit the island. the people of puerto rico have said they were still for mobile with damaged infrastructure for libel power in their nightmare to place. hurricane fiona. still too soon to know the full extent of the damage or loss of life caused by hurricane fiona. we will only learn that in the days to come. but we do know hurricane maria the loss of life continues after the hurricane large because people did not have access to electricity which powered their dialysis machines are kept their insulin cold or they could not travel to get medical care or because hospitals did not have electricity to treat patients. we also know what we have been saying for years is true that five years after hurricane maria puerto rico's infrastructure was not going to be able to withstand the next hurricane. sadly we were right. once again the entire island lost power after complete out on sunday. we know only approximately 164,000 households have a look or a city and that's in a population of 3 million

maria. >> reporter: the island has been island has been rocked with raim hurricane fiona. almost 5 yearso the day after hurricane maria left some of the island without power for months. frederika beeg to reach loved ones on the islad that are once again in the dark. >> the trees are down and there is a lot of water. the rain and. and wind. it has been hard on them. they have been without water almost 24 hours. >> reporter: the distance hasn'd people from jumping into action. >> i where it most of the time during maria. here i am putting it on again. then running the cc club of san jose. >> reporter: they volunteer to help in the wake of hurricane ma and are mobilizing again, raisig money for things like a desperately needed generator for generator for an orphanage after after there stopped working. >> it is not an easy task. it is it is about $20,000 to get the generator replaced. it is an average of six months to 8 year. years old. it is imperative thet it fixed. >> more than 1.3 million peoplet the islands. >> reporter: there items they want to donate directly. you can yo

fiona en puerto rico. a a miles Áreas la comunidad boricua no es ajena y se estÁn uniendo para ayudarlos. libertad pedraza. >>> a poco de cinco aÑos del huracÁn marÍa0 millas por hora que generaron apagÓn en toda la isla de puerto rico. >>> no pueden refrigerar alimentos ni medicinas. >>> en san josÉ california, marÍa acevedo se preocupa por su familia que estÁ en aguadilla puerto rico. el club cÍvico de puertorriqueÑos en san josÉ para enviar ayuda. >>> hacemos recaudaciÓn para ayudar a nuestra gente de puerto rico. >>> las donaciones son para ayudar a un orfanato en aguadilla y hospitales en la zona para darles generadores solares y otros productos de emergencia que estÁn en la pÁgina de facebook de la organizaciÓn. se sienten frustrados que cinco aÑos despuÉs de marÍa la isla tiene problemas. en redes sociales causÓ preocupaciÓn una serie de residentes que se quedaron atrapados en deslizamientos e inundaciones. >>> nos urge ayudarlos para arreglar este generador, y si no es a ellos a muchos hospitales que no tienen enfermeras para ayudar a los niÑos en el hospital. >>> si desea realizar una donaciÓn para ayudar a puerto rico por san josÉ, puede

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maria, a storm that devastated puerto rico. the the island was still recovering from that direct hit when fiona. fiona struck. z says just about everything they own has been destroyed and thinks this weeks store may have been worse than maria. once fiona pa, fiona passed, tuesday, a category three storm with winds of 150 miles an hour. flooding streets and uprooting trees. the the national hurricane center said fiona intensified into a category four storm as it makess way toward bermuda, this week. > >> there are many organizationsn the bay area and globally. you can find a list on kpix.com under top stories. > >> the recent rain has definitely helped crews battling battling fires in this area. > >> that has been very helpful and it may be time to sort of reshape our response to the drot the drought. some say it makes more sense to adapt to it rather rather than trying to find ways to fix it and our family spoke to the scientists about what it may look like. >> reporter: how does it feel to to be back home? >> it feels great. i am so happy. >> reporter: debbie mood is glad glad to be back in forest hill but kn

fiona. here's the deal. after mariaes of mismanagement by the government-owned entity, they said, you know what? we're going to hire a private company to handle transmission and distribution on the island. they are going to fix everything. 15 months ago, this company luma energy came in. we called luma and said what are the major upgrades you've done to the grid? what are the big ticket items you want to show us? here's some of what we saw. luma energy offered to show cbs news two ways they're trying to fix the power situation. starting with a tour of their training facility in till baja, puerto rico, they introduced us to their latest class of line workers, 27 men and 5 women, all of whom are puerto rican and being trained to be a part of the island's power solution. second, they took us to see what they consider progress in upgrading the transmission infrastructure. removing a wooden power pole and replacing it with a hurricane and earthquake-resistant one. we wanted to speak with luma's ceo, wayne stenzby. he said no

[bubbles] maria: welcome back. hurricane fional of puerto rico on sunday before crashing into the dominican republic yesterday. the storm strengthening into a category 3 har 3 har 3 hurricans morning. fox weather's will nunley is live in ponce, puerto rico with more. >> reporter: we can't escape the rain. keep in mind that the heart of fiona passed over us sunday afternoon about 3:00 but it's still raining. that's making rescue operations even more difficult. we have seen incredible scenes coming into us here at fox weather of mud slides and entire buildings being forced off the side of the mountain here. entire neighborhoods under water. we've seen rescue operations where people are clinging to concrete pillars and trees, waiting to be rescued and pulled from flood water. 121128 shelters opened across te island. we have a little bit of positive progress in terms of power he's restoration, luma energy were able to bring a quarter million customers back on overnight, 1.1 million still need to go before power is fully restored. fion

maria. the island has been rocked with unrelentinn unrelenting rain over hurricane fiona. almost 5 years to the day day after hurricane maria left some of the island without power power for months, puerto ricans in the bay area have been trying trying to reach loved ones on the island who are once again in in the dark. >> i talked to my family, and they are like trees are down, there's a lot of water. the rain, the wind, it's been really really hard on them, because they have been without water almost four hours. >> but the distance hasn't stopped people here from jumping jumping into action. >> i call this my uniform, eyewear this most of the time during maria. here i am putting it on, again. so today was a very difficult day for us. >> maria is from puerto rico and and runs the civic club of san jose-porto rico. they have volunteered to help in the wake of the hurricane and are raising raising money for things like a desperately-need a generator for for an orphanage on the island after theirs stopped working during the storm. >> we are cbs 5 help them replace it. it's not

bajo resguardo se espera que fiona avance rumbo al noreste llegando a las bermudas con todavÍa mayor intensidad >>> justo hoy que se cumplen 5 aÑos del azote del huracÁn marÍanificados >>> mi patio estÁ inundada, mi casa estÁ inundada. >> dice que ha bajo dolo nivel del agua pero aÚn le llega a la rodilla cada vez que cruza el patio para entrar a su casa por dentro el lodo lo ha arruinado casi todo se filtraron hasta en su refrigerador >>> una tristeza grande ver lo poco que tenemos el sacrificio. verlo destruido. >> la verdadera tragedia es que no es la primera vez que queda asÍ damnificada tiene uno de los famosos toldos azules que aÚn cubren las casas daÑadas por el huracÁn marÍa hoy en el quinto aniversario de ese desastre su hogar sigue sin arreglos aÚn mÁs impactado con el golpe de fiona. >> no nos merecemos >>> desde el aire la extensiÓn de las inundaciones a lo largo de puerto rico es desoladora hectÁrea tras hectÁrea de cultivo estÁn bajo el agua en el oeste de la isla >>> fue esto de miedo porque yo estaba acÁ y toda el agua estaba salir y cuando viniero podÍa salir y cuando vinieron a rescatarnos habÍan personas todavÍa trabajando en su casa >>>

carolina: escuchando siguiente "lo que dejo marÍa, se lo llevÓ fiona", en la fÁcil pesadilla que enfrentapara consumo humano. nos conectamos con nuestra compaÑera hasta puerto rico con lo Último. danay: nos hemos trasladado al municipio de adjuntas, hay mucho lodo alrededor de nosotros. se incrementaron deslizamientos de tierra, las autoridades habÍan dicho que esto podÍa ser una posibilidad. la vegetaciÓn estÁ daÑada, y esta zona se vieron afectada, tomarÁ tiempo para que los campesinos puedan retomar su curso, con el tema de las plantaciones. tambiÉn quiero mostrarles los tendidos elÉctricos, los postes estÁn daÑados, y esto ha dejado a muchas personas en la isla sin electricidad. aÚn no se sabe cuÁnto tomarÁ para que pueda llegar a su normalidad. las autoridades dijeron que quizÁs dÍas. en la carretera al principio, en la punta pueden ver cÓmo hay una grieta, y eso es precisamente el efecto de fiona. muchas personas no pueden llegar hasta sus viviendas debido a esta interrupciÓn. las autoridades dicen que por favor se mantengan en sus casas, no cometa ninguna imprudencia, todavÍa estÁ

and i'm michelle miller. >>> puerto rico struggles after getting hit by hurricane fiona five years after hurricane mariadavid begnaud is there with the latest. >> catastrophic flooding across the island. totals reaching 26 inches at this point on the southern portion.

. >>> a 5 aÑos de la devastaciÓn provocada por el huracÁn marÍa, se repite la historia con fiona.zonas y dejÓ una catÁstrofe que se comienza a dimensionar. mÁs de 2000 personas han buscado refugio. >>> las intensas lluvias provocaron que los rÍos se salieran de su cauce y a su vez destruyeran caminos como este. que es la entrada al municipio de salinas en el sur de la isla. >>> estas personas tendrÍan que dar una vuelta por completo. quizÁs para hacer cualquier diligencia, tenemos una escuela al norte de la carretera, asÍ es que, representa un inconveniente para los residentes de este sector. >>> las labores de rescate no han tenido descanso. en la noche las autoridades trabajaron con el agua hasta la cintura para ayudar a quienes quedaron atrapados. >>> la guardia nacional reportÓ 30 operaciones en 25 municipios para rescatar a mÁs de mil personas. prÁcticamente toda la isla sigue sin electricidad y mÁs de 778 mil clientes estÁn sin servicio de agua potable. decenas de postes de luzca yerno por las fuertes rÁfagas de viento, como troncos y ramas de Árboles. >>> es un desastre en

ability for puerto rico to sustain the type of disaster they went through with maria and we are seeing that now after fionathere just has not been sufficient improvement and the citizens are feeling that. generally, there is blame to go around and there is still money sitting there that can be spent. there is still hope that things can eventually get better the next time a storm comes through, we will not have such a devastating impact. host: the work of our guests could be "washington journal," continues. host: if you want to participate and open forum and you want to text you can do that at (202) 748-8003. you can post on various things at http://twitter.com/cspanwj and facebook at facebook.com/cspan. politico reporting that the president is set to travel to the demilitarized zone near korea to meet with service members and receive an operational briefing from u.s. commanders. it aims to reaffirm the united states alliance with south korea , according to the white house. the visit to the dmz will be a symbolic effort. we are working with you and south korea. again, we will show you some more news as we g

evoking painful memories for the island territory with hurricane fiona hitting two days before the fifth anniversary of hurricane mariaich was a category 4 storm and blamed for about 3000 deaths. puerto rico governor is calling damage from fiona catastrophic. president biden has declared a state of emergency. naomi ruchim, cbs news. >> anne makovec: western alaska also revealing now after getting slammed by heavy storms and video shows just how destructive the rain and hurricane force winds were the states governor issued disaster declaration with flooding that you see here caused by typhoon merbok and towns submerged and roads destroyed and homes ripped from foundations. the governor urges people to shelter and find high ground with more flooding expected. >> trying to assess exactly what has occurred. this is almost 1000 miles worth of storm front. >> anne makovec: amazingly, state officials say no injuries or fatalities have been reported. >>>here's a satellite image of the storm . it shows how the same system is bringing rainfall to our area, as well. major relief for weary firefighters battling the largest wildfi

residents there were still recovering from maria, when hurricane fiona made landfall this past sundays wiped out power, brought devastating floods, and killed multiple people. nbc's gabe gutierrez has more. >> tonight, hurricane fiona is lashing turks and caicos after intensifying to a category three storm leaving a trail of discussion to cross the dominican republic and puerto rico, cars flipped downstream, roads washed away. what's now the first major atlantic hurricane of the season. this morning, in the southern coastal town of selena, we met this family returning to their flooded home for the first time. >> i don't know how to explain, yeah. it's so -- [inaudible] >> all this stuff. around. >> 80% of puerto rico is still without power. 55% is without water. and nearly 100 emergency shelters are open across the island. around the caribbean, at least four deaths are being blamed on the storm or its aftermath. [interpreter] puerto rico's governor is -- expedited federal help. >> today, the line for -- longer and longer, especially in the southern parts of the island. they need it, n

home was still being repaired after being damaged during hurricane maria, in 2017 jehovah says she wasn't expecting the damage from fiona to be so severe. they wasn't worse than maria because maria, he was more air than water. like the wind that it was really strong, and in this wine, it wasn't more rain and less when a state of emergency remains, in effect in puerto rico, allowing the u. s. government to send assistance to tens of thousands of people. and this level of federal assistance is going to greatly assessed and our ability to continue to provide the efforts that are needed to support those who need it. most. the southern region of the island was the worst hit by fiona here. flood waters are still on the doorsteps of many residents. up and down the neighbourhood streets here in the community of salinas, in southern puerto rico. it's the same scene playing out. people are clearing out the mud, throwing away their damaged personal belongings. the storm may have passed, but the suffering is still not over some half a 1000000 people in puerto rico or without running water and thousands more without electricity auth

maria. puerto rico needs help to recover from fiona. we need to make sure this time puerto rico has absolutely everything it needs as soon as possible for as long as they need it. i yield the floor.

maria: welcome back. hurricane fionaing landfall in the dominican republic after pummeling puerto rico. cheryl casone with details right now. cheryl: the power grid which was severely damaged during hurricane maria five years ago failed yesterday afternoon and the entire island lost power even before fiona made landfall. fiona is not expected to hit the united states, instead moving up the coast towards be bermuda. we want to show you these live pictures we are getting from the u.k. as the funeral for queen elizabeth the second continues. a fro s procession is underway h central london, traveling to wellington arch where it will be transferred to windsor where she will be buried along side prince philip and her family. 200 dignitaries attending the funeral moments ago. later today the queen will be buried and the final resting place will be the king george memorial chapel. has disney world lost its magic, according to disney enthusiasts, it has, particularly because it's become too expensive. 92% say the high cost for th

of the money has been spent. 2%, when the island was already devastated by maria and laid open to even more devastation by fiona. is that outrageous? while in large part that was due to the trump administration's callousness, and action and intransigence, it is also because of ongoing conflict for which resources should power the island. half of that funding, more than half to rebuild the grid devastated by maria. while fema is working hard to support that effort, the ongoing conflict between the energy bureaus has stronghold it those efforts. instead of getting power to the people and making a resilient grid and locally based grid, they are busy fighting with each other. it is outrageous. host: let's start about that fighting between the federal government and local authorities. what is the senator referring to? guest: after maria, when they were trying to find the best way to rebuild the grid. a private contractor was brought on to help those efforts. the existing power authority has a role to play in this new private entity has a role to play. chuck schumer is referring to the clash there in terms of who is

fiona's outer bands are still lashing puerto rico. today marks five years since maria'sorologist chad myers. chad, what's the latest update on this storm? >> grand turk in the turks and caicos is right in the way. 115 miles per hour. the eye very close. there's not a radar that will go that far to actually know, but within 10 miles of that little tiny island. this is a stor