they are there puerto rico.hey have the opportunity governor is able to breathe over 60 member staffers secretaries and federal agencies are right there want to know what's going on in puerto rico and how they can help. fema learned many lessons on puerto rico. third at many lessons hurricane maria appeared this time around puerto rico has four warehouses full of water. it's going to begin distribution today. yesterday puerto rico's only process. it was still raining. i am happy to say today the sun has come out. the resiliency of my people in puerto rico that will work together to survive this and come out stronger and resilient with a sustainable and resilient power grid. they've always been here for puerto rico. we have left many nonprofit organizations that already ready to help the island. a few weeks ago as we were approaching the fifth anniversary of the devastation that lessons learned and the challenges still lie ahead. none of us would have imagined doing another disaster of today. our response and rec

that puerto rico nutritious active 2022 would readdress the injustice done to puerto rico when is excludedrom the snap w program and 1981. so these are just simple changes we have to make a now to meet the need of our puerto rican brothers and sisters. i stand ready to fight for them. [applause] >> thank you so much for that. that is the passion and the leadership we need to see today and moving forward for puerto rico. there is no one moreon passionae in congress than he forced a puerto rican woman elected to congress who left a very important committee hearing to be with us today. so without further ado i like to introduce congresswoman. [applause] >> good morningng everyone. thank you. it is a difficult time for all of us, for puerto ricans in puerto rico here and the mainland. a year ago we stood here, discussing maria. a year agor i said there puerto rican power grid was not where it needed tod be. it's not even a category one the collapse of the power grid. and here we are today. look, we have sent a lot of letters. i had a meeting was schumer. i also met with the speaker. we have be

the problem right w is also the people of puerto rico, the agencies of puerto rico do not have the resources reason is the u.s. congress has to put forward a fiscal conol board that has been -- has eliminated a lot of funding for agencies to deal with this typef situation. it is tied to colonialism. the resources we don't have. amy: i want to thank you both for being with us. we will continue to follow juan this developing story. juan carlos dÁvila, democracy now!'s correspondent in san juan. carmen yulÍn cruz, former mayor of san juan, puerto rico, now at mount holyoke college. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, democracy now! the war peace report. today marks the start of climate week here in new york city were more than 150 world leaders are gathering for the united nations general assembly. some of them are coming directly from the funeral of queen elizabeth the ii, including president biden who is set to address the forum wednesday, one day later than usual. on thursday, the barbados prime minister is set to speak about her proposal for a new financial settlement for vulnerable c

you briefly mention puerto rico there's 70 50,000 customers in puerto rico without power and you authorized in june's fix hundred billion -- 600 million dollars in equipment for rebuilding the power grid they are. something like $10 billion route back in 2020, what is the status of the efforts to try to rebuild puerto rico's power grid? is has any of that taken place before his most recent storm? >> i was in puerto rico maybe three weeks ago checking on the recovery from hurricane maria, what i saw there is one can -- cohesive team between the commonwealth of puerto rico and the -- family that has been focused on all the recovery efforts and the primary power restoration. when we were there last week, checking on the impact from hurricane yana, what i saw the areas they were putting power back on his quickly as they could, but the important piece that stood out to me is i saw when they were preparing that down power poles they were putting the back with more resilient poles to withstand future hurricanes like what we saw with hurricane fiona. we are continuing to work with the government of

serios estragos que deja el huracÁn fiona en puerto rico.los. libertad pedraza. >>> a poco de cinco aÑos del huracÁn marÍa en puerto rico, el huracÁn fiona causÓ inundaciones y rÁfagas de vientos de mÁs de 80 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 hospita

, puerto rico nutrition assistant fairness act of 2022 to address the injustice to puerto rico when it was excluded in 1981. these are just simple changes to make now too meet the needs of puerto rican brothers and sisters. i stand ready to fight for them. [applause] >> thank you for that, that's the passion and leadership we need to see today and moving forward for puerto rico. there's no one more passionate in congress and the first puerto rican woman elected to congress left an important committee hearing to be with us today so i'd like to introduce her. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. it's a difficult time for all of us. puerto ricans and puerto rico, the puerto rican diaspora, the mainland. a year ago we stood here discussing maria. a year ago i said the puerto rican power grid is not where it needs to be and cannot even category one will lead to a collapse of the power grid and here we are today. we sent a lot of letters, i had a meeting with schumer and met with the speaker. we have been asking for what was needed in terms of financial aid. we have two issues here. one is

rakeen: -- >> thank you, you briefly mention puerto rico and customers without power in puerto rico. you authorized a new $600 million, i believe for equipment for rebuilding the power grid there. 10 billion approved back in 2020, was the status of the status of efforts to try to rebuild what rico's -- puerto rico's power grid. has any that taken place? >> i was there three weeks ago checking on the recovery from hurricane marina, what i saw when i was there was one cohesive team between the common health of puerto rico and the power restoration. when we were there last week checking on the impacts from hurricane fiona, what i saw there is that they were putting power back as quickly as they could. the important piece and what stood out to me, i saw as they repaired the downed power poles they were bring them back more resilient. putting new poles to be more resilient. we continue to work with the governor of puerto rico and his efforts to rebuild this grid in a way that will be more easily for future impacts. >> how you think that will take? >> we have done a lot of work and making

notice that san juan, puerto rico. so that's where the damage was now. >> it is sitting right over the island, turks and caicos and that's turks and caicos right there. and look at how well defined this eye is. so this is a major category 3 hurricane right now sitting with sustained winds at 115 miles per hour. and it's just moving at no 8 miles per hour was 9 now down to 8. so it's a slow mover, which means all of that wind, all of that rain can just keep training over the same spot. now expected to get to be a category 4 as we get into wednesday afternoon or evening. and then you can see it tracks off the coast of us, but it does skirt right by bermuda place that had another tropical system that went through there not long ago. so this is a very serious storm. and just to show you here as we take a live look here at the cloud tops how big it is. take a look at here is zoom to show you just how far crosses 310 miles across. so a massive, massive storm. incredible looking now head back to the west coast where, of cours

that devastated puerto rico. the power grid is inadequate. there were wires out of the hills that look like car speaker wires. the hangers that they stored airplanes in were full of food, diapers, everything for the people. the government of puerto rico was making sure that their friends were getting the stuff first before the people who really needed it. number three, a friend of mine that worked

nearly 80% of puerto rico without power on this, the fifth anniversary, of deadly hurricane 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

de situaciÓn bastante preocupante en tÉrminos de inundaciones y deslaves para puerto rico en elÚmedos que podÍan decÍs es el que centro esta acumulaciÓn de y pudieres del sintiendo en el huracÁn la voy a noticias el hecho de que los modelos hubieran un movimiento sin norte de los estados unidos se preocupaciÓn por el momento de que puede ser calcetas estados unidos se llevÓ a cabo bandas pegadas y del peso supermediano. lo cuenta como ambos ajustaron cuentas pendientes. buenas n noches e de las vegas nevado xy vivian >> verdaderamente importante dentro del boxeo de teologÍa antes sobre el canelo Álvarez e el conferencia de prensa una noche de incesante en este dron cantando en el final el boxeador mexicano uno corta la aficiÓn y que pagÓ grandes cantidades de dinero para ver este final de la trilogÍa sobre el canelo Álvarez este noveno nos de agasajo y bueno en algunas ocasiones y continuan prÁcticamente como el rey de la divisiÓn una lesiÓn izquierda y cumpliÓ con la p promesa de uno corpÓreo venderse en las vegas. esto todo lo que tenemos regresamos contigo es que es esperando

puerto rico desperately needs it. later this morning, i will join with the hispanic federation and a number of my colleagues to talk about additional steps we are calling on the federal government to take. including steps to strengthening puerto rico's electric grid. the electric grid is almost -- you know, it's 50 years out of date. it's particularly susceptible to hurricanes. it hasn't even been repaired since the damage maria five years ago put upon it. and yet we've given lots of federal money for the reestablishment or the rebuilding of the grid and very little has happened. five years so we need to focus on that issue as well as others. five years to the day after the arrival of 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.

the red cross also has disaster teams in puerto rico right now. if you'd like to help, go to redcross.org. you can call 800-red-cross or text the word red cross to 900 -- excuse me. 90999 and you can make a donation there. it's a situation that really needs our help. if you can help, that would be fantastic. there have been 632 after shocks in mexico after a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck yesterday. the quake causing buildings to sway. this is in mexico city, far away from it, but take a look at this building swaying. the mexican government says at least two people have died as a result of this earthquake. the quake happened less than an hour after a nationwide earthquake drill marking the anniversary of two deadly earthquakes in mexico, one in 2017 that killed hundreds and one in 1985 that killed thousands. joining us now nbc's guad venegas. you see this, and you're like 19th of september. >> that's what people are saying in mexico. this is a day that the president had chosen, jose, to have an earthquake drill, a simulation, to test the

it's a unity of purpose. >> reporter: puerto rico has suffered through power outages for years. s hitting the island even when there are no storms. the problem so entrenched in daily life, puerto rican megastar bad burny released this 20-minute music video documentary about the failures of puerto rico's power grid. >> is there a realistic timeline for power to be restored? >> there's rain happening still, so we have to be safe. they haven't finalized their damage assessment. i think that we have to be calm, cognizant of the fact that this is a very complex disaster operation. >> reporter: the island is still very much a disaster zone. coast guard helicopters assessing the damage monday. the storm upending lives. in the hard-hit south, ruben ramos and his mother called 911 at midnight. she says the water was running just like this, but inside of her house. but firefighters couldn't reach them for seven hours. what was it like when the firefighters arrived? [ speaking spanish ] you say you were happy, you were relieved? >> yes, happy. >> hopefully we'll get the same support we have

what does this mean for the people of puerto rico? >> first of all, jim, we are seeing tragedy unraveling in front of our eyes again. and if things are not done in a different way, we're headed for the same result. i find myself now in the diaspra with my heart broken, with my parents and children and my father bedridden and i can hear the pain and the desperation and you can probably hear it in my voice. so here i go again, four years, 363 days later, to please with the president of the united states and the vice president, action has to be directed at one thing. and it is to save lives. it has to be swift. it cannot be bureaucratically directed or driven, it has to be people driven, it has to be robust, and it has to be gllase focused on three things. one -- in my opinion. one is getting the electrical grid back on track. how can we do that? well, there can be deployment from the army, right now, as we speak, so they can get there as soon as they can, with the helicopters, with airplanes, as soon as they can land. two, the jones act

. >>> fiona golpea puerto rico.sur y este. >>> quÉ tal, buenas tardes, les saluda johana suÁrez, la lluvia que ha arrastrado puentes y carreteras. ha daÑado vi vaoipds y derribado postes del tendido e le tric. esta es nuestra principal noticia y ademÁs, este domingo. >>> honrando a la reina. el presidente biden se une a los dignatarios que rinden un Últim tributo a la reina isabel segunda antes de sud sepelio. y al unÍsono el reino unido guarda un minuto de silencio a la exmonarca. >>> demÓcratas y republicanos tienen una batalla reÑida a semanas de las elecciones intermedio yas, el aborto, la economÍa y frontera pueden decidir el control del congreso. >>> de fiesta por canelo a pesar que ganÓ sin un knockout celebran su victoria y el pu jil anuncio que se tomarÁ un tiempo para atender una lesiÓn en su muÑeca >>> noticias telemundo >>> ¿quÉ tal? les saludo desde londres en el reino unido. en horas comenzarÁ el funeral de estado de la reina isabel segunda. mÁs adelante hablaremo de eso. iniciamos con el paso del hura

rakeen: -- >> thank you, you briefly mention puerto rico and customers without power in puerto rico. you authorized a new $600 million, i believe for equipment for rebuilding the power grid there. 10 billion approved back in 2020, was the status of the status of efforts to try to rebuild what rico's -- puerto rico's power grid. has any that taken place? >> i was there three weeks ago checking on the recovery from hurricane marina, what i saw when i was there was one cohesive team between the common health of puerto rico and the power restoration. when we were there last week checking on the impacts from hurricane fiona, what i saw there is that they were putting power back as quickly as they could. the important piece and what stood out to me, i saw as they repaired the downed power poles they were bring them back more resilient. putting new poles to be more resilient. we continue to work with the governor of puerto rico and his efforts to rebuild this grid in a way that will be more easily for future impacts. >> how you think that will take? >> we have done a lot of work and making

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 generators and solar lights and batteries to those in need are looking for more monetary donation. gift card. >> where we can go to the big box chains like home depot and purchase item that you like this so that ship, item 2. puerto rico for hand, but they vote ballot. >> also raising funds the puerto rican club in san francisco, which will send the funds to organizations already on the ground in puerto rico were starting to collect money. >> as of today and we're also going to have a fundraiser in whatever many make from there will be added to what we may come. what's donated on our website. those in puerto rico say it's a matter of life and death and help can't come fast enough. >> this is part worries os the most. we don't want to go through this again. we don't see. we don't want to see about the lives lost. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> continuing our coverage. only a small percentage of the money earmarked to help puerto

es un dÍa gris y triste aquÍ en puerto rico.odo. >>> el llamado urgente con que despertaron hoy los puertorriqueÑos fue a movilizarse hacia terrenos altos ante las inundaciones repentinas. las calles en el sur y centro de la isla, convertido rÍos por lluvias torrenciales se volvieron peligrosas trampas con fuertes corrientes. >>> no es momento de salir a ver cÓmo estÁ la calle. con excepciÓn de una emergencia la calle debe estar disponible para las tareas de respuesta inmediata. >>> a 5 aÑos de la devastaciÓn provocada por el huracÁn marÍa, se repite la historia con fiona. a pesar de ser categorÍa 1 con mÁs aguas en al sguns 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 d

los efectos sobre or graficos puerto rico es una isla mont Ñoz. forma excesiva y deslaves pudieran ser inminentes poner en riesgo la vida de muchas personas. y la repÚblica dominicana de 4 7 pulgada de lluvia no se descartan, pudiera ser mÁs y este centro se acerca mucho mÁs a lo que es la espaÑola. en tÉrminos del futuro alargo plazo. todo parece indicar que debe estar retirada a una distancia segura de la costa sureste del paÍs. y ahora se entiende que tenemos mayor confianza de que esta perturbaciÓn no deberÍa acercarse a territorio estadounidense estaremos atentos. >>> gracias carlos, esperamos no pase nada allÍ >>> asÍ es. >>> muchas gracias >>> en londres, miles quieren llegar a la capilla ardiente antes de ser cerrada y comience el funeral varios lÍderes llegaron para el evento hoy l hizo el presidente biden y su esposa. estaran maÑana en la capilla y el lunes participaran en el sepelio. va julio vaqueiro que permanece en la capital britÁnica y otros lÍderes que llegaron al reino unido. >>> ya son 8 dÍas de duelo en reino unido y lo que hem

i am crushed that i have to come back five years later and remind people that puerto rico continues to, puerto ricans are incredibly resilient. i'm kind of tired that we have to have our zillion cb up in front. puerto ricans need help. they need equality. they need dignity. the united states, once again, the colonial government of puerto rico, and i would say the pro statehood government of puerto rico, they have failed its people again. >> you talked about colonialism being a problem. i want to go to what you will. you said that fiona exposed west so many puerto ricans already knew, the colony is dying right before our eyes. nothing has really changed. unless colonialism is dismantled, the same thing will keep happening to puerto rico. what will american colonialism do for what we are seeing right now in puerto rico? what would happen if you dismantled it? >> yeah, i think it plays a direct role. look at the fact that, you know, from 1898, which is the u.s. invasion of puerto rico, from them and tell now, what has happened, one of the things that i say the pieces that people tend to f

things are looking better for puerto rico. victor and alisyn. >> thank you very much. >>> the coast guard is assessing the damage in puerto rico. many people cnn spoke with there, say this hurricane has brought more devastation than 2017's hurricane maria. one positive note here, the governor says that the federal response is much better this time around. julien cruz was the mayor of san juan when hurricane maria struck and also a fellow at mount holly college. thank you for spending a few minutes with me. five years later and you're seeing these pictures and the devastation. maria was more of a windstorm. this is about the flooding. what goes through your mind when you see puerto rico going through this again? >> my heart breaks. my family is in puerto rico, my daus daughter, my parents, my brother. on a day like today five years ago i would have been at the largest shelter in puerto rico with about 800 people waiting for the storm to die down to start assessing immediately the damages. my heart breaks for a couple of reasons

a lot of rain coming into puerto rico, puerto rico beginning tomorrow. there, you see the swirling bands the center of this thing likely to go into eastern d are both islands will get 6 to 12 plus inches of rain in the mountains that will cause flash flooding and much. slides all but a certainty. once it gets back into the atlantic, it's forecast to strengthen to a category one hurricane, but you see the track their likely each of the bahamas. and are longer range computer models with that trough digging into the northeast coming into better agreement that this will likely stay out to sea to love the week to watch it. david rob marciano with us again tonight. thank you, rob. for that we turn now to london tonight on news of that incident inside westminster, not far from the queen's coffin, word of an arrest and what authorities are now saying about this and of course, it all comes amid this historic security operation as the world prepares now to watch the funeral of queen elizabeth on monday tonight, the images the lines waiting to pay their respects no

at least two people in puerto rico have been killed. well over 1,000 people have already been rescued by emergency crews and thousands more may need rescuing. countless homes have been destroyed and rain just won't let up. >> it has been catastrophic rain that just won't stop. we've seen that last tail of the storm linger over the island and continue to dump excessive amounts of rain. the first responders, the local responders, the responders of the government of puerto rico are not able to get out and help those that need it or assess the damage. >> parts of puerto rico are still recovering from the damage inflicted, of course, by hurricane maria in 2017 and it appears fiona could be even more destructive. pedram javaheri is tracking the storm from the cnn weather center in atlanta. what's the weather update, pedram? >> reporter: major hurricane, category 3 with 100-mile-an-hour winds. it's not far away from cochran town, capital of turks and caicos. it is passing across the region right now. you'll notice very symmetrical. a wind fiel

es probable que la tormenta tropical perder fuerza en las montaÑas de puerto rico.endo por puerto rico y acercÁndose a repÚblica dominicana. serÁ un buen tiempo para estar listos sobre lo que estÁ pasando, estar atentos y ver si cualquier cosa cambia con el pronÓstico. reportero: en el boletÍn de las 5:00 de la tarde de hoy, la tormenta fiona generaba vientos de 60 millas por hora. vientos de 60 millas por hora. leÓn: cuando estás en una primera cita y el cuello de tu camiseta te traiciona, te das cuenta de que está: a medio lavar. downy tiene 7 beneficios que acondicionan y suavizan las fibras de tu ropa para que luzca como nueva, por más tiempo. con downy, siente la diferencia. por aquí... nunca nadie lo hace. para que luzca como nueva, poyo no fui.po. por eso sabía que necesitábamos ultra oxi con el poder limpiador de tide. ahora... podemos remover todas las manchas más difíciles que nadie hizo. yo no fui. tiene que ser tide.

desde san juan puerto rico.onia. >>> gracias david las labores de recuperaciÓn por los daÑos de fiona tomaran meses. dijo esta noche que estÁ en contacto con las autoridades de luma energy para lograr regreso de la electricidad mientras por toda la isla, las labores de asistencia a los damnificados no paran. marÍa del carmen gonzÁlez tiene un resumen de la jornada. >>> el huracÁn fiona ha dejado devastaciÓn en toda la isla. aunque ya saliÓ de la zona, sus remanentes continÚan dejando estragos. este puente en el municipio de utuado en el centro de la isla, habÍa sido reconstruido, porque el huracÁn marÍa se lo llevÓ hace 5 aÑos. hoy fiona lo gra destruirlo nuevamente. situaciones como esta siguen reportÁndose en la isla. el fenÓmeno que entrÓ a la isla f horas de la tarde con rÁfagas de 100 millas por hora, por el suroeste de puerto rico. ha dejado mÁs de 15 pulgadas de lluvia. la guardia nacional tuvo que desalojar a una comunidad entera en toa baja. ante el peligro de la inundaciones causadas por las intensas l

where we spoke earlier this week putting federal resources to puerto rico and everything we can to meet the urgent needs we know they are real and significant we joke on the present in here to help but we really are. hope you're satisfied with the response so far so this is done until we recover i know the death toll is up a little bit for all people displaced and are scared to death it's got to be incredibly intimidating. before the storm made landfall i declared that a true declaration and bring the full force of the federal government to respond knowing full well with catastrophic effects and how catastrophic they can be on communities that have not even covered from the last time. i asked the administrator to go down himself and assess the situation to make sure those in puerto rico have everythingto they could need to survive. and now to include search and rescue team and the survivor assistance teams and then the power restoration experts. i especially wantnk to thank the local first responders for including the puerto rican national guard they are traumatic for survivors but also

most of puerto rico still without electricity. more than 1,000 people rescued. where is fiona expected to strike next? our team in the storm zone with the latest. >>> and here in london the state funeral for queen elizabeth. king charles and other royals including prince william and prince harry walking behind her coffin. princess kate and duchess meghan. the jewelry worn in tribute to the queen. and the sweet moment between princess charlotte and older brother george. what she reminded him to do. the service concluding with two minutes of silence across the uk. an emotional charles wiping away a tear, and the moving note the king left atop his mother's coffin. what it said. then the final journey. tens of thousands lining the 25 miles from london to windsor. the queen's coffin lowered into the royal vault, later buried beside her late husband prince philip. tonight the grief, the pageantry, and the future as britain lays its longest-serving monarch to rest. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone, from london. behin

starting with a tour of their training facility in till baja, puerto rico, they introduced us to their 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 problem until two days before, saying he couldn't due to personal reasons. so we took our questions to the representatives offered up by the company. don cortez and nor yet figueroa. how much of the grid has been rebuilt? >> we are just basically starting to rebuild the grid. we have 209 active projects that represent about $5.5 billion of federal dollars. >> reporter: and the reality is nothing has happened in terms of rebuilding, right? how long do you expect that to take, don? >> reporter: we are rebuilding the grid every day. every day we make improvements. when we say we haven't rebuilt, we haven't start

desde caguas, puerto rico, rivero, univisiÓn.arÓ zonas de desastre en la altagracia, el cdeibo, y alto mayor, donde colapsaron decenas de viviendas, 12 provincias se ha visto afectada por las inundaciones y la interrupciÓn del servicio elÉctrico. desde punta cana indira navarro nos informa de los daÑos.. indira: una fuerte marejada irrumpiÓ en la comunidad del este del paÍs, zona de mayor desastre por el paso de fiona en repÚblica dominicana. >> todo eso estÁ listo, se va a reconstruir de nuevo. indira: sepultado bajo agua quedaron casas y autos a causa de las inundaciones provocadas por el fenÓmeno natural. >> hay casas que estÁn destechadas sin nada, hay gente que lo ha perdido todo. indira: desastre total fue lo que dejÓ el ciclÓn, sus peligrosos vientos colapsaron paredes, derribaron Árboles, castigaron plantaciones, afectaron el sistema elÉctrico, y en las costas importantes comercios se convirtieron en escombros. >> mucha lluvia, el agua la tiraba para adentro la brisa. rivero: un importante porcentaje de la poblaciÓn de zo

fiona hit puerto rico is a category one storm.arly half the islands without electricity and water as we speak. that is in spite of plans to address power grid problems after hurricane maria. so, there are questions here. the key when i have is why and who is to blame. puerto rico's electric power authority also known as probable as a private company that took over the island's power transmission and distribution last year. they're both under scrutiny. new york attorney laetitia james offered an investigation into the energy provider saying quote, puerto ricans are rightly concerned about the failures of law. she goes on to say that i'm climb for an federal investigation into the matt critical upgrades. the system improvements set puerto ricans are never again left in the dark. i want to bring in carmen ghislaine cruz. she's the former mayor of san juan puerto rico. i believe you are in puerto rico right now, vladimir. thank you for joining us. i want to start with asking, how do you think elected officials have handled the crisis

victor is in puerto rico and leads us off tonight. >> reporter: tonight, hurricane fiona slamming puerto rico with powerful winds and flooding rain, knocking out the fragile power grid. now, an island-wide blackout. 1.5 million customers without electricity. the category 1 hurricane making landfall with sustained winds of 85 miles per hour, knocking down trees and power lines, expected to dump up to two feet of rain. hgh winds ripping the roof off this structure, tearing it to shreds. julito cirino says he was sleeping when the winds tore the roof off his house. the storm dumping torrential rain across much of the island. watch as raging flood waters sweep away this bridge, reportedly newly constructed after hurricane maria. president biden declaring a state of emergency. the governor of puerto rico calling the damage catastrophic but earlier saying they were ready with enough resources to respond. this storm is going to affect the whole island one way or another, specifically the southern part here. what is your biggest concern right now for puerto rico? >> i don't want any loss of life

puerto rico. a lot of organizations, here in the bay area, made of good people, working hard to help, and they are doing the same thing once a. once again. got a list of organizations stepping up to help puerto rico in the face of hurricane fiona, go to our website, kpix.com. go to the link top stories. > >> still ahead, a new east bay toy shop owner has a new plea for parents. why she is leaning on you to help stop something surge stealing. > >> was he was the nfl's highest-paid quarterback. jimmy g. kevin: i've fought wildfires for twenty years. here's the reality we face every day. this is a crisis. we need more firefighters, more equipment, better forest management to prevent wildfires and reduce toxic smoke. and we need to reduce the tailpipe emissions that are driving changes to our climate. that's why cal fire firefighters, the american lung association, and the california democratic party support prop 30. prevent fires. cut emissions. and cleaner air. yes on 30. >> let's go to alameda now,

happening in puerto rico.as to -- in this moment, where there is a tension on puerto rico in a way that there might not be ordinarily, what is the one thing you wonder viewers to take away? >> i don't know if i can summarize it in one but i'll try. i would say one, fema needs to amend the map that they put out, leaving 40 municipalities out of support. that is unacceptable. it is lightweight at this point. we've got toll it 14. five years ago we did death toll of 14, we ended up with a death toll of almost 5000 people. second, if you're at home and watching this, go to fiona response not or. that's a fund that we set up amongst organizations, social justice organizations, that are not only committed to supporting our communities right now, but understand that the change that needs to happen is long term and are committed to fighting an organizing for that change. there are, that congress is responsible for this. the fiscal control board needs to go. it's been said for six years now, so does the company that is

mi familia en puerto rico dÉjame decirte una cosa mi familia en puerto rico despuÉs de marÍa estuvo unrico, consiste en tres pilares de acuerdo al plan de la agenda es grande ar rescate brindar alivio y reconstruir a travÉs de donaciones monetarias asÍ que hermanos y hermanas vamos a unirnos para realmente recaudar los fondos que nuestros hermanos y hermanas puertorriqueÑas ahora necesitan para movernos cÓmo siempre hacemos. ni un solo centavo de lo que ustedes van a donar va a ir a esfuerzo administrativo cada centavo le va a llegar a una familia necesitada, durante este llamada de ayuda financiera para puerto rico se pide investigar el por quÉ la luz se sigue yendo en la isla un elemento preciado y vital. >>> para mÍ que estÁ sola que neta compra que necesita comida, quÉ necesita energÍa elÉctrica es una persona diabÉtica y que tiene hipertensiÓn, que necesita electricidad para sobrevivir. y tiene que estar pues con una baterÍa, con unos luces solares que le habÍa dejado. >>> si puerto rico es una colonia del paÍs mÁs rico del de mundo me quieres decir que un paÍs que invierte milici

this is the development zone south of puerto rico, haiti, cuba, 90% chance of development in the next five days. the computer models show landfall anywhere from miami to cancun we're talking about a distance where we put the european versus american models about 600 miles. storm system hasn't formed yet, so look at this. tuesday along the florida coast, but friday up around the gulf coast, so we're going to continue to watch it we have to wait for it to form but you know we will check it out all weekend long >> we'll get your update in the morning, al. thanks >>> tonight the devastating impact of hurricane fiona on the caribbean is coming into sharper focus. gabe gutierrez reports from puerto rico. >> reporter: this was fiona's fury in turks and caicos while bermuda braces for a close call. in the dominican republic there are still hundreds of thousands of people without water or power. here in puerto rico new landslides overnight >> so we're still pretty much in the emergency response phase >> reporter: satellite images show washed out bridges an flooded fields across puerto rico bef

that devastated puerto rico.he power grid is inadequate. there were wires out of the hills that look like car speaker wires. the hangers that they stored airplanes in were full of food, diapers, everything for the people. the government of puerto rico was making sure that their friends were getting the stuff first before the people who really needed it. number three, a friend of mine that worked there, he said there was so much crap going on with the government taking the goods. he sought for himself in the airport on the island. guest: the government has taken some criticism for the way that it responded to maria. in addition to the federal government and how it is taken the money that the federal government has appropriated for it and what it has done without money. we talked about how there is little to show in terms of long-term improvements for the grid and the ability for puerto rico to sustain the type of disaster they went through with maria and we are seeing that now after fiona. there just has not been

and so does the company that is privatizing the electricity in puerto rico, which is called luma in puerto united states and canada, is quanta. that's the owner of luma. that's some of the bigger structural things we need to name. we need to name it from the beginning. we can't wait for stages of relief and recovery. we need change and big change, now, to make sure that people can survive now, but that also so that puerto rico can survives the place we call home. >> thank you so much in the midst of this crisis for taking the time to talk with. us be right back. us be right back they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need... and a blowtorch. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ ♪♪ does it get better than never getting lost? ♪♪ does it get better than not parallel parking yourself? ♪♪ alexa ask smartfeed to feed the dog. does it get better than feeding your dog from 50 miles away? yes... it does. at buick we see a future that's even better. because the life enhancing innovations you've never even dreamed of? buick is dreaming of them e

i actually i was supposed to be puerto rico, puerto rico this week today. all right.t's not going to happen. >> talk to me first and foremost about the u.s. commission on civil rights. tell us a little bit about what the commission is designed to do. >> well, we're founded 65 years ago. last where they fish a watchdog for civil rights for the federal government. i've been appointed a 2005 there. a to point these and we train work together the best we can. sometimes we some things we do at this good in terms of wanting to to do really whether or not there was any discriminatory actions in the federal response with regard to hurricanes harvey and hurricane maria. and we have will be released that report tomorrow with regard to what happened with hurricane maria. many of which every haitians for what we're going to be viewing and next, the and weeks to come. mister carter, hurricane fiona. >> what is expected to be revealed in this report? and does that mean you will still try and get to puerto rico at some point in the week or so? >> well, we we have to give our report

george is on the ground in puerto rico.speed on the latest today. >> more than a million people still without power and we can show you what's going to slow down that effort. there is a downed powerline and power pole in the middle of the street. crews already assessing this one. also this one over here, which is also broken. snapped like a twig by hurricane fiona. that devastation rampant. now we are contending with the heat. so people without generators and power, they have that element to contend with. some still without running water. people have lost homes, businesses, and today, of all days during the anniversary of hurricane maria, instead of talking about how far the island has come in rebuilding, here they are having to assess more damage, more recovery. it has been a brutal couple of days for the people of puerto rico. this is going to take months of recovery. sure, the power may come back in a couple of days, but we know based on the damage we've seen, the recovery effort here is going to take months. officials h

en la zona cenatralo es una muestra en puerto rico.o llevo. un viento horrible y de momento sentÍ eso feo, feo, feo. >>> la misma mitad se llevÓ. >>> las fuertes lluvias siguen subiendo los niveles de agua y hay pueblos incomunicados. el gobernador le pedÍa a los puertorriqueÑos que desalejaran las comunidades costeras y las zonas vulnerables se anticipan inundaciones catastrÓficas. >>> el presidente biden aprobÓ la emergencia federal que solicitÉ ayer. para comenzar el proceso de ayuda, luego del paso de la tormenta. >>> el centro nacional de huracanes confirmÓ que el ojo del huracÁn fiona tocÓ tierra a las 3:20 de la tarde. el suroeste de puerto rico. al menos, 2 horas antes ya se confirmaba un apagÓn general. puerto rico estÁ a oscuras y es incierto cuÁnto tiempo va a tomar recuperar el servicio de energÍa elÉctrica. >>> vaya autorizando, en ese misma lÍnea iremos de la mano sin crono zando unidades para energizar la red de transmisiÓn. incomunicado por mar y aire hubo que desalojar el aeropuerto internacional de san juan y cesaron

is it fair to describe the power grid in puerto rico as a complete disaster? >> no, that's too much it is fragile. it is fragile. >> reporter: over the weekend he had one of his press briefings interrupted by a sudden power outage. was the government here on the island prepared for this kind of -- >> definitely. much better prepared than when maria happened >> reporter: exactly five years ago tomorrow hurricane puerto rico, killing an estimated 3,000 people and decimating the island's electric grid after a private company took over power distribution last year, outages had intensified and so had protests the frustration here now rising >> no power, no water, nothing. >> reporter: fabian morang and his family are among the more than 1,000 people rescued across the island as the flood waters swept through their homes. >> have you ever seen something like this before >> no. never. >> reporter: tonight the rain is still not over in parts of puerto rico. the recovery is just beginning. >> gabe, it's a harrowing situation there. when can residents expect to get powe

i'm going back to puerto rico on friday.e telling me what i need is machinery, because all of that santiago, wonderful compatriot, wonderful woman, will never forget those views from her almost being swept away by the winds in hurricane maria, but what she was mentioning of all of those mud slides, mayors now have to take to the streets to take all of that mud out before it becomes really really sticky and almost impenetrable in the next couple of days once it stops raining and, clean it out in order to ensure that appropriate and robust systems of aid can be created. the federal government has a great opportunity here, president biden, to show the world how things are done when they are done right, and then when they are done keeping one thing, which is to save lives, and we need a couple of things. one is we need fema to work with the local authorities in terms of adapting to the actual conditions. for example, a week ago in congress, fema was saying that most municipalities don't have the english capability for technical

at least two people in puerto rico have been killed.ver 1,000 people have already been rescued by emergency crews and thousands

at the scale it happens in puerto rico, it should not be normal.should see what the damage is in the next few days. the governor said they expect power to be restored during this week. president joe biden has signed the emergency release of -- release efforts for puerto rico. it will begin sunday to help out on the operations. so we should see some progress in the next few days. >> what kind of progress do you think you will get? what are fema going to do? will they bring supplies, generators? >> most of that, yes. fema will be assisting in the direct rescue and immediate response efforts at this time. locating and finding out where plac need the most help, providing water, refuge, food. whatever it understands the people need it will be assisting. the federal government cannot act until president biden approves the integration. that is expected to happen. and president biden has said. it is very different from president trump. when maria hit the island, the response was much slower. the federal government tried to diminish the impact of the hurric

has puerto rico used the relief money it was allocated following maria? >> we are working closely with our counterparts here in puerto rico to make sure we are addressing the issues and making sure we are designing these projects to be more resilient for the future. >> reporter: the national guard is now rushing supplies to communities that are cut off, like this one. they're standing on the other side of a bridge that had been rebuilt after hurricane maria, only to wash away again. you don't have water? we could barely hear her say "no" but her face spoke loudly. tonight she and so many others hope someone is listening. at least eight deaths in puerto rico are suspected of being tied to the storm. across the island, more than 70% of customers are still without power, and the heat index today topped 100 degrees. lester? >> gabe, thank you. >>> fiona's destruction may not be over. there is another storm we need to pay attention to. al roker is tracking it all for us tonight. al? >> we are watching the atlantic heat up. we've got several disturbances, and w

since, then unfortunate recovery happening here in puerto rico level the government of puerto rico hasy slow. we also haven't seen the type of investments in the infrastructure where we think we would have the resilience needed to withstand climate change. again, climate change is the reality, and we know it is not going away. it is only going to increase the type of weather events and other natural events that are impacting. so we really need to be better prepared and speed up our recovery in order to face these challenges. >> i cannot agree with you more, and i would note, if we were talking about a state in america and not puerto rico, i think things would be a little bit different. and i'm talking long term, not just the last couple of years. charlotte gosset navarro, thank you very much. >> after the break, we are introducing a new series on symone, a series is all about the divine nine and how these organizations are mobilizing their members ahead of the midterms. we are also going to get into new polling about voter enthusiasm, what it means to engage more black voters. stay wit