but we have mariana back. and we are seeing sort of what appears to be a new round of volunteers. >> reporter: a new round of volunteers, new round of supplies, stephanie. looked like water and food for the people inside. again, we're going on more than 40 hours now. so first responders also need to be kept energized so they can focus and do their job. i'm going to give you as we wait more context about this school. asimages, we know that 318 children attended this school according to local media. we know the school is 35 years old. the main structure is 35 years old. the school expanded and the newer structures which are now 14 years old, they were the ones that collapsed. ironically. the newer structures with the newer building codes, they were the ones that gave way after this magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit. we're seeing some movement from that crane. we're still not being told to be silenced, so i'm going to take advantage of this opportunity to keep giving you context on the ground. we're seeing some moveme

that's mariana atencio in miami beach.e way, thank you for those of you who have expressed your concern for the safety of mariana and our other reporters. just to let you know, while it doesn't look like it, and i've covered many of these in the field, about seven hurricanes, we have -- we know how to take precautions. we know -- you heard sam champion saying for all the wind he was in there was a big wall next to him so he was only getting residual wind. you saw kerry sanders talking about coconuts that could become missiles but we know where to stand upwind and downwind. there is some danger involved in this, there is no question, but it is what we do for a living and there's none better than mariana atencio to be doing what she's doing. every time she is not on tv, trusty, there is an executive producer, somebody around there who is making sure that these reporters are staying safe. i don't take back what i said that mariana is one of the lighter reporters we have. i only mean in physical stature, but she is doing a rea

stick by there for us, mariana. joining me by known is marvin bethea, a paramedic from queenses that responded on 9/11. he was there when both towers kol lan collapsed. i talked about when the towers collapsed and the health effects but i want to talk about when the towers came down. and what it was like to find survivors, obviously a very delicate situation. tell us what the process can be? >> well, the thing is, it's very delicate because the last thing you want to do is move something heavy and it just -- we had a bucket brigade, where we removed piece by piece by hand, you know, and this way, we were able to gently remove the debris and concrete that was there. and certain areas, you had to bring in construction equipment to do it. but you want to be very delicate, the last thing you don't want something to shift and kill the person, you know. when that collapsed, we were all like, this is unbelievable. and we have to move -- i know we had one fireman who we treated because his eyes were burning. and his eyes ke

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mariana, can you still hear us? i'm not sure if you can speak softly if you've picked up any information they might have heard. >> reporter: i'm here, andrea. the fists, as you saw, have gone back up which means they are once again communicating with the children. so they're asking us to remain quiet but i can still whisper and we're pretty far away from the perimeter where you and i can still talk. there was an ambulance that was supposed to come out. that has not happened yet. we did see a doctor wearing scrubs rushed in here about 30 seconds ago before the fists went up. as you were discussing before, still it amazes me that they're still asking people to bring anything they can to cut through this concrete, to bring hammers, to bring -- you see people around me with sort of household items here that have volunteered to cut through the walls of this elementary school. we're seeing one of the volunteers here. can i describe you real quick? this is my friend we've been catching up with. this is a bag filled with me

it looks a little calmer there, mariana. what's the scene?> reporter: a little bit calmer, but any second now, savannah, i just want to you look at the debris that's been flying around for the past hour, it's sustained completely. i stepped away from the beach now to one of the side streets here along miami beach. the trees flying everywhere. i want our cameraman to pan this way. this is where things can get really dangerous, as we you just saw with our gadi schwartz, you have no idea what can be f around. we saw awnings with buildings and roofs with structures peel off. don't forget you have modernized buildings here in miami. but here on the beach, a lot of the buildings -- i stepped on some debris to my right. a lot of the buildings as i was saying are older structure so they're not equipped to sustain the winds. i also want to report to you guys that the miami-dade police has officially tweeted out that the officer, sheltered up for the moment. they cannot respond to any emergency calls. they say do not venture out. do not leave your home

mariana, how old is she? >> reporter: freida is believed, according to local media, to be 12 years old. her name is believed to be freida sophia. yesterday first responders saying they were able to communicate with her. i spoke to a first responder today who said he was able to provide some ordexygen for her there's still a lot of hope not only for her but other children she is believed to be communicating with. we are going to be here all day for you, stephanie, reporting on this situation and telling you the latest and hopefully a positive outcome here in mexico city. >> all right, mariana, please check back in with us. we want to hear how things are going there. mariana atencio joining us from mexico city. our thoughts and prayers with all of those schoolchildren. >>> we're going to take a break. next. new reports that special counsel robert mueller has questioned extensive documents from the white house. does he have the president squarely in his sights. r compan, but we make more than our name suggests.

that's mariana atencio live in puerto rico. as assistance begins to make its way to puerto rico, the president took to twitter saying, really hard to help. which press would treat fairly. on day nine, let's look specifically on how the timeline for this response stacks up against responses to other major disasters. hurricane katrina struck the gulf coast on august 29th, 2005. the response was heavily criticized during and after. but by day four, a $10.5 billion aid package was approved by congress. and the usns comfort was on its way. by day five, 40,000 national guard troops were operating in the affected area. and by day nine, president bush requested an additional $51.8 billion in aid. president trump has noted puerto rico is an island surrounded by water. >> which we knew. so let's look at the response on another island. haiti. january 12th, 2001. a major earthquake struck. by day two, the first u.s. aid landed planes with navy ships on the way. by day four, the usns comfort was en route. by day six, 2,000 u.s. marines arri

mariana, we have been watching you all morning. tell us about conditions and how they've gotten worse or improved in the last hour. >> reporter: well brian, here along washington avenue, we are a little further away from the beach, so you're not getting pounded by sand. there's no doubt, the wrath of irma is being felt here. also something that's worrying, i don't know if you can catch some people, look like homeless folks that are out here. miami beach has a relatively large homeless population. we have been calling miami beach commissioner to let them know people are out here that could potentially need help. we will make sure this person is okay, once we finish our conversation with you. also something that's incredibly concerning now, you see this construction over here to my right. large pieces of debris started falling. you can see this fell right over here. this is a large piece of metal. i don't know if the camera is able to get that. ask them to back it up, camera on the back of an suv to bring you these images. this is an

mariana in miami beach for us where she was all day yesterday. mariana, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, matt. i was here talking to you guys. here in miami beach the violent winds toppled trees and power lines. just look at the entrance to south point here. this the southernmost tip of miami beach with high-rise condos. you have big palm trees completely toppled over. as we made our way to downtown miami, we saw heavy flooding in the biscayne bay area and two high-rise cranes that collapsed because of the violent wind gust. as we made our way back into the beach this morning, we saw the bridges to the beach heavily patrol by police. as talking about in the southernmost tip of florida, the same threat of looting is happening at the beach. there's still a curfew in place as authorities begin to assess the damage in miami and miami beach. matt and savannah. >> all right. mariana, thank you very much. >>> let's go to the western side of florida, kristen dahlgren in fort myself. kristen, good morning. what do you see there? >> good mor

. >>> nbc's mariana atencio is in miami beach. mariana, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. i'm on ocean drive. the wind tunnels that miguel was talking about, if i stand back, the beach is to my right over here, you can see how incredibly -- [ inaudible ] -- it becomes very hard to move. debris is flying around. the trees behind me like this one, this is not going to last for very much longer. we're trying to stay safe, i'll ask the producer to start driving forward so you can see some of the destruction here. we're hearing the same thing from miami beach police, telling people their officers can no longer take emergency calls. we've been going up to some of the apartments here to talk to residents. i already saw at least a foot of flooding in the gym of one of these buildings here. the situation is deteriorating incredibly, incredibly fast. if you look at ocean drive where i'm standing now, this is a street that is usually filled with people on bikes, with tourists, so you're heading to the beach. yesterday we saw pe

mariana, how have conditions deteriorated there? >> brian, i'm at a point in the beach that's the southern most part of miami beach, the southern most cone of miami beach. this is where the big condos are. i want you to look at the scene behind me. that's how big things are. i have never seen the big palm tree, which are new, and they actually had reinforcements installed to avoid this from happening. they just completely gave way. because conditions are worsening by the minute. i don't know if you can appreciate how these palm trees were yanked from the earth right here. these are some pretty big palm trees right here. this is the scene that the residents here are going to have to grapple with tomorrow. i also want to show you right over here these lamp posts that have completely came out of the ground. extremely dangerous. because all of us around here, this is glass i'm stepping on right here. so again it's such a volatile situation because you have all this debris, lamp posts, these ba big palm trees. if people start walking aro

are they using chains or rope, mariana? what are they pulling it with? >> reporter: they're pulling it with a rope, pulling it by hand, ali. a car that is practically a pancake after the earthquake. we know that there was a parking lot at this textile factory. three stories. and most of what was there was completely flattened out. now they're trying to push this car by hand. as you can see, it's a very rudimentary effort here. there are no sort of big machineries except for a big crane. but everything is being done by hand which means that there are people getting hurt. there's even a unit where they're giving out tetanus shots to people because it's a very volatile situation. i'm going to move over here. >> mariana, that's extraordinary. the work they're putting forth. but in all honesty, as we're approaching 80 hours out, how confident are officials that they'll still be able to find people alive? >> reporter: we're going on day three and hope is diminishing, but again, when you have active rescues overnight, not only here but in other sites with that

mariana: a pesar de las polÍticas anti inmigrantes, el presidente y la atenciÓn de la negociaciÓn del. de acuerdo a experiencias que tenemos de otras actividadesdentro y fuera de mÉxico y el mismo huracÁn katrina.creo que vamos bien preparados, sin embargo vamos a ir ajustÁndonos sobre la marcha si se necesita algÚn otro tipo de apoyo. mariana: fue hasta este sÁbado que el gobernador de texas, aceptÓ la ayuda que mÉxico ofreciÓ desde hace ocho dÍas.el subsecretario dijo que se tiene la capacidad para apoyar. >> vehÍculos normales, tambiÉn lanchas con motor fuera de borda y lentes inflables, de manera que sean rÁpidas de desplazar. tambiÉn tenemos unidades que llevan equipos para establecer un albergue grande, al mismo tiempo tres unidades para poder preparar alimentos. margera: se suman rescatistas de la cruz roja americana quesalieron el pasado jueves de dos puntos de la repÚblica. en los prÓximos dÍas se sumarÁn las fuerzas especiales de mÉxico. arantxa: cambiamos de tema, casi ocho meses de su salida, se da a conocer el contenido de la carta que el expresidente le dejÓ a su sucesor

mariana, i've got to tel. they're talking about friends, family who have stayed behind likely because of things like pets. didn't know how to evacua. do you have any idea, are authorities telling you anythin who have chosen to stay for whatever reason? >> reporter: just spoke to a police officer here in miami beach, alex. doesn't know how m spoken to three of them who, because their pets, because it was hard to evacuate, that shortage of gas, they say it was, quote, too much of hassle . we've been driving around miami. myself had to evacuate m. obviously not something easy to you'll find your home in when . again, if you just look at the first responders, every mayor w message the same, leave now while you can. small window of closing in for those people who decided ride out the storm here, still an opportunity to available for residents here ing people to shelters, but that's couple more hours. police officers telling me that pulled off the streets and not e people to safety here. >> definitely entering that

nbc's mariana atencio has more from san juan. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we have seen long lines for people to get the most basic necessities. long lines for fuel, l been working here to get much needed supplies to the people of puerto rico. according to a latest press release, fema has reached search and rescue teams. fema has reached 95% of the island, but we know we have been hearing reports that there are other areas they have still not been able to reach. meanwhile, at the ports here in san juan, we saw containers with what we were told were supplies that are stranded at the ports. the vice-president of crowley, the company that controls almost half the ports here, telling us thousands of containers are not being able to get delivered to the most damaged areas, to the people that need it most because it's almost like a perfect storm. there's lack of fuel. drivers aren't showing up to the ports to pickup the supplies. there is a ravaged infrastructure of the island, and then of course 91% of puerto ri so, folks, the desperation is growing and we saw th

gracias, mariana. ¿algo que quieras decir? mariana: no se la pierdan. "hoy voy a cambiar".estÁen la zona del corazÓn financiero de la ciudad de miami. javier, cuÉntanos. javier:esto es un tronco de un Árbol de unos 25 aÑos. nos dicen las autoridades que estÁn el medio de una de las principales arterias del centro financiero. la gente se encuentra en la calle tomando fotografÍas y viendo lo que estÁn viendo. esto es algo que se repite en otras arterias. esto es una ciudad fantasma. sÓlo estÁ compuesta por algunos turistas. como el seÑor que saca fotos, el seÑor en la moto. si nos acompaÑas por este otro lado estÁ la cámara que estÁ junto a mÍ. estamos por todo el sur de la florida. hay diferentes personas que han venido a sacar su auto. no dejaron aquÍ para poder cuidar. estÁ llegando a este sector. la mayorÍa de ellos dejÓ toda la zona costera. dejaron sus autos para irse a resguardar a otros lugares. al norte, por ejemplo, estÁ el mar. por allÁ saliÓ toda el agua. como ustedes bien saben dejaron una tremenda fotografÍa que va a quedar para el recuerdo en miami. le digo que

it looks a little calmer there, mariana. what's the scene?> reporter: a little bit calmer, but any second now, savannah, i just want to you look at the debris that's been flying around for the past hour, it's sustained completely. i stepped away from the beach now to one of the side streets here along miami beach. the trees flying everywhere. i want our cameraman to pan this way. this is where things can get really dangerous, as we you just saw with our gadi schwartz, you have no idea what can be flying around. we saw awnings with buildings and roofs with structures peel off. don't forget you have modernized buildings here in miami. but here on the beach, a lot of the buildings -- i stepped on some debris to my right. a lot of the buildings as i was saying are older structure so they're not equipped to sustain the winds. i also want to report to you guys that the miami-dade police has officially tweeted out that the officer, sheltered up for the moment. they cannot respond to any emergency calls. they say do not venture out. do not leave your

mariana. >>> 38 past the hour, giving you a live look at the beaches in ft. lauderdale, florida. look at that surf. it has gotten tremendous. we just a short while ago saw somebody out kite surfing, which is not necessarily the wisest thing to do considering the governor has urged people to seek safety. the florida emergency management officials have asked another 700,000 to evacuate now before the hurricane arrives. that's bringing the total number asked to evacuate multiple states now in fact to nearly 7 million people. let's go out to jo ling kent who is right there in the area where the winds and waves are picking up. jo, talk about these conditions where you are. look at how many people are there behind you too! >> reporter: i know, i know. we're talking about a very tough group of folks who are out here watching the storm surge as the winds pick up. it's been raining on us. what we see along the beach here and we're going to take a walk and show you are a lot of floridians who have come out to take these last selfies ahead of the storm. what we see here is some people who a

go to mariana atencio. what do you have for his at this hour?le i just spoke with a colonel with the military and leading the rescue efforts with the mexican marines here in front of the primary school, and i want to go on the record about what he told me about those people trapped inside. he said they have been able to detect, with technology that there are one to three bodies in one area of the school. we believe that's the area where the majority of the focus has been today. one to three bodies, but at this point, they cannot determine what the age of those people are, or even if they are alive or dead. he did say that technology, sensor technology specifically leads them to believe there are signs of life, and that is why you see all the activity behind me here today. he said that is why we're here. to save lives. so still the possibility of signs of life, one to three bodies in one area but we do not know at this point, according to the colonel if they are children or adults. also theories swirls on the ground. first responders telling us,

msnbc's mariana atencio is at miami international airport. that airport appears to be packed. >> craig, it is growing increasingly chaotic here. it is almost hard to walk so, many people trying to leave south florida as fast as they can. they're heeding the governor's warnings, they need to get out, they know they need to get out quickly. airport remains open, but the cutoff point 35 miles per hour of sustained winds, that is when miami international airport will close down. as you can see from the scene behind me, airlines are already canceling many flights. there are people here that are pretty much stranded in florida. they've spent the night here with their families, people trying to get out with their pets, their small children, and they literally have told me we will go anywhere as far away from this monster storm as possible. for those people whose flights have been canceled, though, the option of leaving south florida by car also increasingly challenging because there is a shortage of gas all around miami. many gas stations that we've

. >>> thousands of texans have been forced from their homes and are now in shelters, nbc's mariana ascencio is in the houston convention center. how are the victims holding up? >> phillip, it's not easy as you can imagine, the people left here in the shelt remember the people that are in need of most help. they're in need of medical attention, mental health assistance or they don't even have homes to go back to. they're still trying to locate missing relatives. you were here for a couple of days. and you witnessed how the numbers dropped immensely here at the shelter, the number of evacuees. the peak was at 10,000 evacuees, when you were here, phillip. the numbers dropped to 2500 and the last estimate i was given is 1750 evacuees here at this point. we're still seeing people trickling in and seeing new faces, namely from the undocumented community here in houston. as garrett was explaining, even for the people who are trying to go back, it's just a long road to recovery at this point. getting access to their homes and belongings. guys? >> hopefully we can get more people back to their homes

sablan of the northern mariana islands. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 504, the gentleman from the northern marea -- mariana islands and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from the northern mariana islands. mr. sablan: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. sablan: i will be brief my amendment moves a small amount of money within the osha bureaucracy in order to put enforcement federal boots on the ground in the pacific region where my district. the mare -- where my district, the mare wra in a islands, is. some of you know the marianas is in a transition from over-reliance on foreign workers to a -- to an economy that's predominantly united states workers. last month the house passed and the president signed into law an increase in the fee used to train u.s. workers to replace foreign workers. at the end of this month, minimum wage goes up, bringing us within 20 cents of the u.s. minimum wage, $7.05 an hour. these chang

good morning again, mariana. how is it looking? >> reporter: i have come up to the second level of a parking structure to give you a pan a ram a of what miami beach looks like as this category four hurricane pounds us. here behind me, you can see the palm trees are moving. over there to the right of the shot is where the beach is. that's where you're going to get storm surge, that is the biggest concern at the beach. i also want to point to this situation that's happening at the tgi friday's. appears to be a homeless man walking the streets, miami beach has a relatively large homeless population. we have already called miami beach commissioner to report on the fact there's a person that needs help. he said he would look into it, try to send someone. as winds start to pick up, as rain starts to get more and more violent, it becomes that much harder for first responders to come out and get people to safety. i want to show you some structures that have already fallen. you see that man, doing an incredible job bringing you these images

>> and i still feel that way. >> reporter: mariana says her streets were clear until the city released water from two reservoirs, an effort to keep antiquated dams from buckling. >> that's the part i just can't get over, why weren't we warned? >> reporter: are you angry with the city of houston? >> i just don't understand why the communication wasn't better. they should have known that the neighborhoods behind the bayou were going to be severely affected. yet, nobody said anything to us. why? that's not okay and i want answers. i feel like the sacrificial lamb. >> reporter: residents of a nearby, flood-ridden neighborhood that is also under an evacuation order took time this weekend to protest being barred from starting to repair their homes. >> i think a lot of us are frustrated because we want to get back to our homes, we want to start fixing stuff. >> we have a lot of these folks can't even get into their homes yet to start taking up the carpet and sheet rock and just at least stop the deterioration. >> reporter: the kremers are now in limbo, living with marianna's parents in the to

our hearts to go out to them, mariana. thank you. >> exactly. the world is responding to north korea's latest nuclear test and its claim to have a nigeria bomb that can be carried by a inter-continental ballistic missile. the u.n. security council met in an emergency session. american ambassador nikki haley condemned kim jong-un's behavior. >> his abusive use of missiles and his nuclear threats show that he is begging for war. war is never something the united states wants. we don't want it now. but our country's patience is not unlimited. >> nbc's janice mackie frayer is in beijing this morning. good morning to you. what is the latest on this military standoff? >> reporter: good morning, frances. there are reports that north korea is preparing to launch another ballistic missile. this is north on over the past six months in wanting to perfect its technical capabilities. south korea is continuing to keep its military redder for all options. conducting fire drills with war ships. there will be more drills throughout the week. as well, the u.s. is

. >>> let's go to mariana atencio at miami beach where we've seen incredible gusts of wind this morning. >> reporter: guys, this is an area of miami beach where it always gets flooded. you can imagine what hurricane irma is doing to this area right now. what i'm standing on here is the pier that is at least a couple of feet tall. you can see that the water has already entirely covered this pier. and the wind is just pounding very strongly right now. you can also see that there are sailboats behind me. they have been tied down. but irma might be too much for them. i'm going to move over here to show you those temporary pumps we've been talking about throughout the morning that the city installed. these are the pumps. this is connected to a generator. and this goes under to the sewer. they're hoping that these pumps can suck up water and bring it back out to the ocean. again, this is the first time they're trying them out. we don't know how they're going to fare. this is an upscale area of the beach. you have islands even smaller than miami beach to the back of me. this storm is pounding

we turn to mariana atencio in brickell, a suburb of miami. it has high-rises, construction sites and cranes. there are some particular challenges facing that community. >> reporter: the biggest challenge here, a, i will the storm surge we were hearing the governor reference i want our cameraman to point over here. we're already seeing this water pick up considerably. one or two feet at least, and if what perexperts say we might ge six to ten feet of storm surge you can imagine if this is what it looks like now what will happen to all of these buildings right here on my right. they are likely to get flooded if we see the storm surge. as you were mentioning this is usually a bustling area of miami. the financial epicenter of this city it looks like a ghost town right now. you can see there's some policemen behind me. they've been patrolling every corner making sure that people are heeding evacuation orders, and that they're staying indoors. they tell me that when sustained winds reach 43 miles per hour, they can't be patrolling the streets anym

mariana, i saw those images with you.he 7,000 or so people that stuck around, i moo en, they're going to need support. >> reporter: it was devastating to watch, stephanie. i literally just landed about ten minutes ago here at the airport. and we were surveying the devastation over the keys. it was hard to fathom especially if you've been in that area of the keys before. considered one of the most beautiful areas in the country just ravage bid hurricane irma. we started our trip in key largo, then moved to con key and then made our way to marathon, florida. we couldn't even get down to key west. the worst of the devastation i saw was in marathon, florida. it was just very hard to watch. entire marinas that had been completely destroyed, roofs peeled off, boats, one on top of the other. just gas stations completely pummelled to the ground. it was also heart wrenching to watch firefighters and rescue vehicles starting to make their way into some of these neighborhoods walking door-to-door and knocking door-to-door to make su

>> mariana atencio, thank you very much. the president in the last half hour talked about the rescue operations in puerto rico. they've been on the defensive since criticism that not enough is being done by the federal government. this is what the president had to say. >> we're closely coordinated with the territorial and local governments which are totally and, unfortunately, unable to handle this catastrophic crisis on their own. just totally unable to. ultimately the government to puerto rico will have to work with us to determine how this massive rebuilding effort will end up being one of the biggest ever will be funded and organized and what we will do with the tremendous amount of existing debt already on the island. >> peter alexander at the white house. peter, the white house claiming for days that they're doing so well, that this is going extraordinarily well, the deputy homeland security saying it is good news, but that is not what we're seeing from the ground. >> i think you're right. there is a chasm only 50 clde

let's go to msnbc's marian mariana atencio on miami beach. winds have clearly picked up, as has the surf, which means storm surge would be approaching. before you get reporting, is that somebody kite surfing behind you? oh, come on. >> that's exactly what i wanted to show you, alex. this is not the scene that officials here, first responders want to be looking at. because the storm has shifted slightly west, you're starting to see people here in miami beach, which is under a mandatory evacuation order, doing water sports. there are onlookers taking photos. there are also about a dozen people in front of me. it's a similar scene over on the other side. this is not, again, what the mayor of miami beach who called this a nuclear hurricane, wants to be seeing right now. storm surge, as you mentioned, is the name of the game. these waves are picking up pretty fast right now. again, this is a storm that is the size of the entire florida peninsula. even if it's going to hit slightly west, you're going to get those damaging winds, that storm surge an

let's go to miami beach, mariana atencio is there for us. it's been very windy. you've had guests all around you and it looks like they're still there, mariana. >> reporter: we are still here, alex. first i want to give you an update on that kite surfer that we talked about last hour. the police showed up about ten minutes after our hit. i would like to think they were watching msnbc. they urged him to get here on dry land. he says despite the fact that he felt in control of the kite surf the whole time, these changing winds, the fact that as you mentioned, the storm is dancing around florida at this point made him rethink his idea to kite surf and come back to dry land. but again, as conditions are worsening on this beach, you still see families like the people behind me taking photos. i just want to go speak to some of them because miami beach is under mandatory evacuation. this is a barrier island. you see that storm surge. we are still going to get hurricane-strength winds in florida, most likely because of the size of the storm. let me see if my audio cable

msnbc's mariana atense yo joins us live from san juan.problems they're facing now with trying to move those containers? >> reporter: lawrence, so as we were watching these long lines of people all over the island, they kept telling us, the supplies are here, they're just not getting to us. so we went to the port ourselves to check it out. and immediately we saw these thousands of containers with those life-saving supplies at the port. we spoke to the vice president of crowley, a company that handles almost half of the operations on the ports on the island. this man, whose sound byte you just played on the show, he said, listen, first of all, we don't have the drivers to be able to take the supplies to the people of puerto rico. secondly, the infrastructure of the island is completely devastated. thirdly, there is a problem with cell signal. 90% of puerto rico does not have any cell phone reception. fourth, you have a problem with access to fuel. it's almost what i've been calling the perfect storm after the storm. you can just imagine how

mariana atencio is live in mexico. mariana, what's the latest?we have been live here since the very early morning, bringing you the dramatic minute-by-minute developments on the ground here as search and rescue teams continue to try and search for bodies, for possible survivors in that elementary school behind me here in mexico city. the stories of the people possibly trapped inside have changed dramatically since the morning we got here and started hearing about a young girl named freida sofia. that theory was debunked. first responders telling us that they believe one to three children were here trapped inside on the ground and in fact i spoke to colonel ruiz, leading some of the efforts here, and that is what he corroborated. right now search and rescue teams have identified one to three bodies possibly alive or dead here on the scene and search and rescue missions will continue overnight here in mexico city. >> mariana atencio in mexico city. back to "hardball." >>> so last night on our show, a senator from louisiana, bill cassidy, i took him

nbc's mariana atencio is there. mariana, i see you in the store. people are cleaning that place out. what's left? >> reporter: stephanie, i of been here since the very early morning, since before the this store opened, and there was more than a dozen people lined up outside the door here, hoping to get their hands on those last-minute supplies p. big commodity here, you're seeing it in people's carts, is water. people also tell me they're here to buy bread, canned goods, any supplies they can, batteries also. i was here in the morning as the delivery trucks were coming in and i spoke to the delivery man and he said listen, we just can't seem to get the stuff fast enough and everything is flying off the shelves. the store manager here at publix, seeing people right in front of your live shot here, the store manager at publix told me usually what happens with these storms is they see the path and if it's going the hit in one area, they get help in distributing the supplies from the other areas. but as sam champion was saying, since this is an all -fl

mariana, thanks for your great reporting on this important story. i think that what the gentleman said is worth thinking about. mariana atencio in villa pa warta in puerto rico. >>> and is twitter a platform or a publisher? important question considering rules that should apply to the ads posted on twitter. our conversation about the future of social media and tough words a big named senator had for the company, when we come back. every year we take a girl's trip. remember nashville? kimchi bbq. kimchi bbq. amazing honky tonk?? i can't believe you got us tickets. i did. i didn't pay for anything. you never do. send me what i owe. i've got it. i mean, you did find money to buy those boots. are you serious? is that why you don't like them? those boots could make a unicorn cry. yeah, tears of joy. the bank of america mobile banking app. the fast, secure and simple way to send money. pepsoriasis does that. it was tough getting out there on stage. i wanted to be clear. i wanted it to last. so i kept on fighting. i found something that worked. and keeps o

>> mariana who is covering this from mexico city for us.round, but they are trying very hard to rescue people from that building behind mariana without collapsing it because they believe there is someone, at least somebody alive in that building. reporting is varied on this. there may be more than one person. there may be up to five people but there's a rescue mission under way. we'll continue to cover this in the next hour. i'm going to see you right back here tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. eastern with stephanie ruhle and again at 3:00 p.m. eastern. "deadline white house" with nicolle wallace starts right now. >>> hi, everyone. it's 4:00 in new york. as donald trump seeks to tighten the vice on north korea through tougher economic sanctions, bob mueller seems to be tightening his grip on donald trump's former campaign chairman paul manafort. based on new reporting in "the washington post," manafort offered to brief a russian billionaire with close ties to the kremlin on the state of the u.s. presidential campaign. two weeks before donald trump of

i want to bring mariana back live in miami. take us there on the ground. warnings going out right now. it almost seems as if the governor was almost yelling at flor iden is saying you need to listen. are people not taking it seriously? >> stephanie, i've been driving all over miami, downtown miami today and i believe that people are listening. just on our way here to the bureau, we saw gas stations that were already closed. that had run out of gas. people making long lines to get some gas to get sandbags, to get basic supplies. if you go into the supermarkets here, at least in the miami area where i've been. i have my family already here telling me they've run out of flashlights and water. people are starting to realize just how potentially enormous this storm can be. and the biggest take away from that press that we heard governor rick scott is this can be worse than hurricane andrew and that really resonates with people here. this storm that 25 years ago really pounded south florida. i was here as a young child and i remember just how powerful and scary

maria mariana you were listening along in the news conference beside us. when they say they're doing all they can and progress is being made, road is being made does that gibe with how folks on the ground feel things are going? >> that is not what i've been seeing on the ground. that's not what people here have been telling me. we just got poured on and nobody in this line to get ice moved an inch. that's how desperate people are. people can't sit at home with no power and wait for the roads to be cleared and wait for the supplies to come. they tell me they need medicine for their children. we've spoken to diabetics in this line, there's pregnant women in this line. there's a gentleman over 90 years of age and they've been in this line for six or seven hours because that's the desperation that we're sensing on the ground here. this is bayamon, puerto rico, it's outside san juan. they're telling us they've not seen any sign of help in this area of puerto rico. you'll remember in the prior hour we heard from somebody who had not been able to connect with the

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meet mariana, my therapist.g home to more head-shrinkers per capita than anywhere else in the world. >> marina: so, tony, what, what brought you here? >> anthony: what brought me here? uh, well, things have been happening. like, uh, i will find myself in an airport, for instance, and i'll order an airport hamburger. it's an insignificant thing. it's a small thing. it's a hamburger, but it's not a good one. suddenly i look at the hamburger and i find myself in a spiral of depression that can last for days. george orwell said something that really upset me when he talked about human beings are essentially tubes into which we shove food. >> marina: mm-hmm. >> anthony: and this is my job. i travel around the world with these people and, and they turn on the cameras and then, for a certain period of time, my job is to shove food into my face. and -- >> marina: and what's wrong with that? >> anthony: um -- >> francis: you have to eat. >> anthony: ah! look at that. they're just not messing around here, right? >> franci

. >> joining us mariana. is there anything left on the shelves? >> reporter: phillips, chose who aren't skepping town exblienz are coming here to stores like publics to slowed thousand last-minute suppliesed said. we just spoked to one of the delivery men and he told thus high is -- because he called it a mass rush of people getting ready for this hurricane and we spoke to a public's repwho said the line was 600 people. governor rick scott comparing this to hurricane andrew. it's not something that you koent want to be prepared for. i want to play soupd for you of what he said recently about that. let's listen. >> protecting life is our absolute top priority. that means you need a plan where you will go wait. >> reporter: part of the plan is loading up on the supplies. so we'll check in with you as they can start to form. and if it they brace for a storm called faster, bigger, sfraunger than hurricane ap. rue. >> nbc meteorologist is joining us new to track hurricane irma. sfwll hurricane statement very dire in the miami areas andal some people wo