the coast guard rescued three people from an overturned ship near the puerto rican island. it had been caught in the storm the day before. fema said it will open an air bridge to deliver some much needed supplies. limited supplies are expected as well. the entire island is blacked out. many may have to live without electricity for months. much of the infrastructure is also dried or damaged. david begnaud is in san juan. >> reporter: residents of puerto rico waded through the mess hurricane maria left behind. flooding is widespread and electricity is nonexistent. 20 minutes in san juan, police and volunteers are looking to rescue people trapped by maria's storm surge. they helped this man and his dog get out and get to dry land. they're talking to people and asking them what the situation is in their home. across the island streets that don't look like rivers are covered in power lines. maria's 155-mile-per-hour winds crushed what was already a weak power grid. officials cannot say when it will be restored. before slamming puerto rico, maria roared across the mountainous isla

some hospitals on the puerto rican island have been reduced to triage tents. thousands of cargo containers filled with life saving supplies are stuck at san juan's port unable to distribute it. look of communication, diesel for trucks and manpower are blamed for the hold-up. both the president and the vice president plan to visit puerto rico next week. president trump on tuesday. mike pence will go later in the week and he will visit the virgin islands. maggie rulli, abc7 news. alison: now to the weekend weather today. let's take a live look outside. this is just beautiful. a more fall like day. how will it last? meteorologist brian van de graaff has the weekend forecast. what a nice day. brian: it was a hopefully you got to enjoy it. it was brisk out we had 40's out there. this is a live camera from georgetown showing green. let's talk about the numbers today. no 80's and 90's as we have seen in the last couple of days. mid-70's in the city. 74. 76 in warrenton. the friends in hagerstown, 73. they kicked off the morning in the mid-40's this morning. i'm sure

island. in fact, new jersey, pennsylvania have the third and for the largest puerto rican population, direct connections to those here, we are doing our best to get information, back to them, hopefully some more messages. in puerto rico alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> in washington now, tom price, has resigned as health and human services secretary. price, came under fire earlier this week for traveling on expensive chartered planes and instead of commercial air liners or trains to conduct government business. weijia jiang has the latest from the white house. >> i didn't like it cosmet ically or otherwise. >> reporter: president trump again expressed disappointment friday with the now former health and human services secretary tom price. >> look, i think he is a very fine person. i certainly don't like the optics. >> reporter: price stepped down from his powe writing in order for you to move forward without further disruption, i am officially tendering my resignation. the move comes after mounting criticism over his use of pricey charter flights, paid for with taxpayer money.

financial crisis in puerto rico way before this hurricane, hundreds of thousands of puerto ricans had already left the island. guess what? when they come here, they vote democrat. a lot of times on the island as you and i know, they vote republican. you know where they're going to come to? florida. you know what florida is? a purple state. he should care about -- >> he's going to puerto rico to -- >> after he's gotten all this criticism, steve. after he's been tweeting for days about the nfl. after these people have been dying and are there in the most perilous of conditions. >> i have to say if you're going to talk about the appropriateness of taking a knee and criticize the people who

island. more puerto ricans live in new york than on the island itself. lopez, who is a new yorker and puerto rican, said that she still has not been able to reach all of her relatives on the island to this point, which is what we have heard from a lot of people. a lot of people also said they have had trouble reaching loved ones because there's very little cell service. >> that's the toughest part is waiting to hear word that your hurricane maria hit the island last week and ten people have died. >>> 4:42. let's turn to chuck bell. >> hurricane maria continues to be an issue for the open waters. we're watching it later on into the week because we may feel the effects tomorrow and wednesday. detailed check of that coming right up. >>> from the hospital to homecoming, a couple who battled for their lives together spent the weekend just being teens. an update to the heartwarming story, still ahead. >>> a new e-mail scandal inside the white house. why the sweet 4k tv, mr. peterson. thanks. pretty psyched. did you get fios too? no. mr. peterson, fios is a 100%

island. have a classow we of puerto ricans that are refugees. we typically send them internationally, but now we have people making lines to board cruise ships and other places to beenpuerto rico and it has packed for days in the airport with thousands of people waiting to get into the airplane with restrictions on planes landing and that stuff. in the case of we will see more of that and in the ds for a, we are preparing to create a network for community leaders and organizations responding to spike in of that huge migration that will come and they will come with all kinds of needs. we will receive them, but if you're apartment is not adequate for the amount of people that need shelter, housing, so it is a critical condition moving forward and we are trying to do the best we can to create a serving house for receiving people but it is a lot of work to come. host: "lost eternal" reporting -- wall street journal reporting, maria raced away from the u.s. east coast, giving the nation its first breath from the constant threat of tropical storms and

. >>> massux des, puerto ricans line up to escape the island -- mass exodus, puerto ricans line up tothe island as a new they've is deployed from philadelphia. >>> and who is wooing amazon and 50,000 new jobs to the area. >>> 6:00 a.m. good morning. this is "nbc10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm via sikahema. it's hot. you may be down the shore and tec tempted to get in the water, dow don't. >> don't. >> meteorologist krystal klei has the most accurate weather forecast. >> yeah, looking at high rip current risk in place. it has been since sunday. it will likely continue at least through thursday. today, hot

and the communication issue, not just for puerto ricans on this island. for tourists on this island, but also, as i spoke to emergency management officials right now, just trying to work logistics, just trying to get to the poem who need help. even they are dealing with a communication issue. so many factors, debris, floods, roads that you can't use. major roads, interstates, communication, power, it's just a combination of factors that for many puerto ricans on this island tonight, it's a nightmare. >> leyla santiago. >> earlier tonight i spoke to san juan's mayor, she said the city she knew no longer exists. >> people at home are elderly, they don't have their insulin, they lost their heart medications, they lost their blood pressure medications. and if we don't get to them in ti time, it is those that i cannot get to that really worry me the most. >> san juan's mayor tonight. joining us by phone, carlos ramos. what can you tell us about the extent of the damage to the power grid? >> well, anderson, the whole island has been devastated and so has the el

rican community. today they are jump into action turning festivities into fundraising efforts for their loved ones back home. hurricane maria mercylessly barreled through the island leaving people in the dark. this weekend's annual puerto rican day festivities will be used to raise much-needed funds. >> we want to remain strong on this side because we have family members over there. a social media campaign will raise money with volunteers

it looks like as of now, the panel of the storm will be north of the islands, puerto rican, british virginiareat for anyone there, potentially a vacationing there. but from then on, it's really tough to say where the storm is going to go. and keep in mind we're talking about almost a week from now. here's a lot of major model that is track the progression of these hurricanes. it is the tendency to ride along the islands and head to florida but maybe anywhere, it's super early, too soon to say wherer ma will go but it is a major hurricane so we will be watching closely as we go through the next week or two, this is peak hurricane season and you can put it to the date september 11th, where we have the biggest increase in tropical activity, best time of the year that you can count on a hurricane. if ir ma were to be affecting the u.s., it would right around this time, that september 10th to the 12th time frame. again, that's a little way away. but that's what we know right now. category 3 storm. and heading west weekend. that's a look at erma. i'll be back with your local seven-day forecast. la

signed an online petition calling for the navy to send its hospital ship to the island to provide medical relief for puerto ricans in need of care officials say the island is facing months of rebuilding and potentially billions of dollars in costs to restore infrastructure and services after enduring one of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit u.s. soil reporting from miami marina r.t. for more on all of this let's turn to our political panel the saved include dawn jones former georgia state representative is with us and also a radio talk show host at a w r in new york mark simone great to have both of you with us here tonight you know at the trump press conference today the president was selling pretty hard about what a great effort is being made you look at the highlight tape you hear what people are saying down there don what do you make of this is the united states doing enough. i you know it's hard to be critical of our country when we're in such a great and dire need after such a extreme circumstance however just as the tape mentioned you why are we giving a different way to puerto rico than we are to to ho

ricans the third largest, total of any state. nearly all of them des rate to get information from and help to their families on the island. katherine cross works for the lakewood based puerto rican congress of new jersey and tells me -- [speaking in native tongue] >> reporter: there is a story we're going separated thousands of times as the island begins recovery that is likely to take years. bill: thank you, brian. joining me nows the president of the puerto rican congress of new jersey, lydia valencia. lid why, how are you? >> i am fine. thank you for inviting us. bill: i understand the release efforts are underway. the organization is doing an awful lot. he want to get personal far minute. i understand, you got family in puerto rico. ways long time before you were able to figure out they were okay and actually reach them. tell me what happened? >> we have a daughter and granddaughter on the island in the area which is severely devastated as the whole island has been. it took at least five days before we heard whether they were all right, if everything was fine. yeah. they are fine. thank the lord. but there is no water.

island's. seventy four billion dollar debt this afternoon mr trump said puerto ricans are great people and announced plans to visit the island october third tuesday seems to be the first time we can do without really disrupting first responders and the efforts of the big made people we have shipped massive amounts of food and water and supplies to puerto rico and we are continuing to do it an hourly basis the u.s. leader has signed a female waiver indicating the government will assume one hundred percent of the recovery costs for puerto rico however president trump has denied a request to waive shipping restrictions to help get fuel and supplies to the island saying it would do nothing to address the island's main impediments the jones act to limit shipping between coast to u.s. flag vessels the department of homeland security waive the act for texas and florida after hurricanes harvey and irma puerto rico's governor ricardo say oh says aid shipments into the island are beginning to increase expressing confidence president trump will aid the island's recovery process and i can guarantee to everybody

puerto ricans are island people. i said, well, we're united states citizens. we're americans. you are? you know there is this constant history here in the united states that has constantly treated puerto ricans as less than, subpar, second class citizens. and i felt that the president's delayed response just personified that. >> john heilemann positted this to show yesterday that it was possible the president may not have even known that puerto ricans were americans. >> i -- that's completely believable. there is a lot of people that did not know that puerto ricans were americans. are americans, excuse me. and so it's completely believable from this president. >> what do you want -- i mean, obviously, a disaster and full disclosure, i worked for a president whose entire presidency was colored by what was viewed as a disastrous response to hurricane katrina, and granted there are lots of other people and parts of the government that get involved but the president sets the tone. what can the president do, obviously, he's made a terrible first impression on you. what can he do fro

ricans. the island is devastated. some people say it's literally destroyed. the infrastructure was in bad shape before the storm and now in many cases it has no infrastructure. you are really starting for almost scratch. these are great people. wonderful people. hearty people. they will be back. we are helping. i think we are getting good marks for the work we are doing. >> jim accost a the president is giving his administration high marks for the response. not everyone agrees with that. >> that's right, bryanna. you talked to officials down on the ground and the local officials there say the help is not coming quickly enough. we know the homeland security adviser was on the ground in puerto rico yesterday and briefing the president earlier today on all of this. the president made the surprise announcement he will be visiting the island come tuesday. that will be a herculean task for this administration and the secret service to get the president on that island. and obviously bryanna, the political standpoint wants to talk about how the administration is resp

. >>> massux des, puerto ricans line up to escape the island -- mass exodus, puerto ricans line up to escape the island as a new they've is deployed from philadelphia. >>> and who is wooing amazon and 50,000 new jobs to the area. >>> 6:00 a.m. good morning. this is "nbc10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm via sikahema. it's hot. you may be down the shore and tec tempted to get in the water, dow don't. >> don't. >> meteorologist krystal klei has the most accurate weather forecast. >> yeah, looking at high rip current risk in place. it has been since sunday. it will likely continue at least through thursday. today, hot and humid conditions. at the shore, like you guys mentioned, that high rip current risk is coupled with tropical storm, bringing showers today. ahead, cooling down and drying out. we're talking a serious cooldown. from near 90 today near 70 by your weekend. not a bad change. we'll talk temperatures currently. 70. 72 in philadelphia. northeast philly, 74 in millville. atlantic city, 73. 65 in allentown, and 67 in lancaster. we've got these 70s and upper 60s to start.

rican community. they're watching and they're waiting for word from family and friends on the battered island. >> the city's fair hill section home to many puerto rican businesses. that's where we find bruce gordon to tonight a lost tension in that community. absolutely. philadelphia's puerto rican population of 130,000 is second to new york city outside of the island itself. the a safe bet the vast majority of those folks are crossing their fingers tonight. lunch time business is booming at this restaurant in the harrowgate plaza. but as customers line up for a midday meal the talk is of hurricane, horror and hardship 1600 miles away. on the battered island of the puerto rico. >> everybody worry about their family. about what's going on over there. >> reporter: owner caesar guzman has been trying so far without success to reach relatives back home. >> at this point i'm waiting it goes through. >> you're segment and waiting. >> sitting and waiting to call and see if everything is okay. if everybody is okay. >> reporter: two weeks after hurricane irma blasted through puerto rico the u.s. territory was

obviously you hear their frustrations and anger among many puerto ricans as the island faces a very long road of recovery and rebuilding thank you tonight despite the senate g.o.p.'s repeated attempts to repeal and replace obamacare president trump still believes he has the votes on the health care bill. one. big. weather center nothing. but problems but right. to do it. but i feel we have no. remember. what. we cannot claim. for more on this we go to our political panel tonight mitch caesar former florida democratic party chair and also sean steele former chair of the california republican party gentlemen good to have you with us i don't know the math wasn't there yesterday why did they take the vote mitch cesar is the president living in some alternate reality. well it seems we're all living there with him since he got elected the facts seem to have a very kind of lucy goosey situation with him the votes are going to change if anything they can get harder the other way perhaps the things because he's going with some weird plan now that rand paul had recommended he picks up that vote bu

island. puerto ricans are u.s. citizens. many residents are criticizing the u.s. government saying aid is not been arriving fast enough. this is a san juan residents joselyn velazquez. >> they say eight is coming from the united states. but who are they giving it to because i have not received any at my house. no one has stopped at my door and said, here is some rice. amy: president trump held a news conference tuesday in which he congratulated himself on his response to puerto rico's disaster for repeating nearly a dozen times he was doing a great , amazing, tremendous, and incredible job. trump also says he will visit puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands next tuesday. the trump administration has also denied a request from several members of congress to waive shipping restrictions to help get gasoline and other supplies to puerto rico faster. the decision came even though the department of homeland security waived what is called the jones act twice in the last month following hurricanes harvey and irma, which hit the mainland united states. maria was the most

as puerto ricans crowd into san juan's airport, the island's governor warned without unprecedented relief from the mainland, quote, you will see thousands if not millions of puerto ricans flocking to had united states. with us on the telephone tonight from san juan puerto rico is reuters reporter dave graham, who's been filing reports from puerto rico in the wake of the storm. david, let's start with that point the governor made. what is going to be able to support and sustain life? things like food, water, power, gasoline. why wouldn't people, especially people who can afford if, start making plans to leave at least temporarily? >> that's a very good question, brian. and i think it's one in the minds of a lot of puerto ricans at the moment. really the whole thing has sort of become a vicious circle. as long as there's no power, no water, no energy supply, all the other things end up getting more complicated. so unless you can break the circle by getting power or diesel supply at least in place so other things begin to flow, it's a pretty tall order. >> we have the united states military

islands as we speak. i am asking and demanding that we deploy any and all resources ,hat people on the ground puerto ricanirgin islands officials as well as our own military leadership that they have the resources, the corps of engineers. we have the requisite number of troops. we have/10 of the numbers we have deployed. to katrina in louisiana. we need to get the abraham lincoln aircraft carrier which was deployed to florida redeployed to puerto rico and the virgin islands to have that air power and capability of having a base which can deploy into the interior of the country to save lives. shery: it's no wonder you believe this has been put behind even all of the distractions that are happening right now in domestic politics. at least today it was a very bright day in terms of the house majority whip just returned to the job for the first time. very emotional return. how difficult do you believe his job will be at a time when republicans seem so fragmented? >> the republican leadership has a very difficult job and that has been shown not just this year but over the last six or seven years were they have

island. the puerto rican governor incurred a curfew from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. daily to allow rescue officials to respond to the aftermath. ten thousand people remain in shelters. so far there are no reports of injuries thankfully. the hurricane is expected to be off the shore the dominican republic later today. thousands of tourists have moved to hotels in the capitol. 100 flights to the island have been canceled. >>> frantic rescue efforts have continued in the city. at least 52 people have been pulled out of the rubble. a girl buried in the debris of her flattened school has become a symbol of hopefully' rescuers are close enough to deliver water, but she is waiting to be free. the 7.2 magnitude quake struck 75 miles from the mexican capitol. >>> support is pouring in for the victims in mexico and puerto rico. jeanette reyes is live along the benjamin franklin parkway where the puerto rican day parade takes place this sunday. it will have special meaning and import. >> reporter: you can imagine how difficult it's been for puerto ricans and mexicans watching i

island-wide outages. philadelphia has the second largest puerto rican population outside of the island itself with 130,000people. a lot of these people right now are saying prayers for their family and friend. >> yesterday i was trying to contact her, and i didn't have no communication with her. and i saw the news from puerto rico, and they say they probably going to have to shut down the whole island with no electricity, no communication. so at this point i'm waiting. >> i'm very nervous. we are very nervous, all the family. i wish i can just finds out that she is alive. >> you just want to find out if she is a strife. >> that's it, we don't care what happened to the house. >> the house can be replaced it. >> yes, yes. >> yes, so as she said, while homes and businesses can be rebuilt, these people here in philadelphia just want to make sure that their loved ones are okay. karen, thomas. >> so difficult this morning, having to wait. all right, jenny, thank you. >> so the storms not done yet. actually gained some strength overnight. so it is a category three storm. >> still very powerful hurricane, scott w

he is working with philadelphia's mayor kenney to take in puerto ricans flying in from the island seeking refuge here. he is encouraging people to attend this weekend's puerto rican day parade, not just more than 100,000 puerto rican s in philadelphia but the entire philadelphia community. >> we're not celebrating anything because a lot of people are sad because of the hurricane situation, but we will unite, and use it as a way that we can raise funds so when we have communication and they call us and say this is what we need, we're ready, able, capable of giving them money that they need. >> reporter: again, with no power on the entire island is there almost no communication, with those in puerto rico, there is no way to really necessity what is needed there , the plan is just to be prepared because what we do know is that so much lost it all. reporting live from philadelphia, alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thanks very much, alycia. >>> meanwhile peco crews have been hard at work in fort myers and miami florida during the past couple of weeks. >> crews are working with flo

island. elaine duke applauded the puerto rican people for resilience virtually everyone on the island is struggling most have no running water or electricity people are waiting in long lyons for water, food, gas and cash at banks. atms are not working because there is no electricity. all bank transactions have to be done by hand. >>> right now our top priorities are lives and safety of our fellow americans. and there is much work to do. voo. >> in addition to homes and businesses destroyed hurricane maria killed 16 people in puerto rico. >>> okay this is always our favorite part of the week because jeff gives us a behind of what we should doing. there is something in win country something over here. >> i'm just saying stay in your backyard. >> there we go we have had a long time since it's been this nice across the bare. do a staycation. things are have started improve the across the bay area. a look live from the high definition spot in san jose you'll see mostly clear skies right now in so much more enjoyable instead of 80s and 90s right now we are down to 72 in san jose. also check out the tempe

bringing his message of reassurance to the puerto rican people, he will also have to decide what to do about the infrastructure on this battered islandto rican electric power authority is bankrupt, $6 billion in debt. where is the money going to come to rebuild the infrastructure. in world war ii when the war was over they had the marshall plan. the marshall plan rebuilt europe from the ashes and chaos of world war ii. what's needed here now, call it the trump plan, if you want. h a man who's built impressive hotels and other buildings, if he seeks the american people's consent to spend billions of dollars to rebuild puerto rico, i think the infrastructure can be replaced. in san juan, puerto rico. absent that, this will happen again. dana, back to you. >> dana: that was quite a report, and thanks to geraldo for doing that to us tonight. he's been working so hard all week to bring us the story. and james comey us live with more response let's go to ed more response let's go to ed more response let's go to ed 'shenry. he's at the white house. >> good to see you. remember right before hurricanes harvey and irma, there had been a media

rican day parade in philadelphia ... like every year, there was latin music, echoing down the ben franklin parkway, thousands dancing, and many proudly waiving the island> i haven't been to the parade in a couple of years, but i just had to come today. >> what's different this year? the flags in the air have a deeper meaning. puerto rican holding them hi, trying to lift each other's spirit and unite with the more than 3 million loved ones, back on the islands. >> all i know is for the ones in puerto rico, real, real nice, in our hearts. >> next thing we can do now here in the states is support, support which ever way we can. >> many donated money to help after the devestation hurricane maria caused. right now, the american territory still has no power on the entire island, and almost no communication with the outside world. >> we need help. we're americans. >> and of the thousands at this parade, so many are united by dealing with the same experience right now, living here in the state, having loved ones back on the islands, who they haven't heard from in days. for else i, drove an hour to be at this parade, helping her cope t has been four days and sh

you can see the eye forming as it moved over puerto rican and weakened over the mountainous islands, feeling the wrath in the dominican republic. as we zoom in here, there you can see the eye forming which is typically an indication that the storm is trying to strengthen once again, and it should as it heads north and west, winds sustained at 115 miles per hour. rainfall totals, 25-inches in puerto rico with isolated amounts of 35-inches funneling down the mountain into the valleys creating flash flooding. the statistics, 88% of the deaths in tropical systems are due to the flooding, not the strong winds. as we look at the forecast as it moves forward, the turks and caicos would be next. we have the exact track coming up in the full forecast. >> adam, thank you. hurricane jose left behind flood waters and beach erosion at the jersey shore. the ponding is back behind dunes market. it will take about $2 million to repair the damage. >> the erosion that we saw in these couple of blocks is the most significant we have seen in a decade. >> the mayor says moving forward he hopes to use par

.>>> the images are hard to watch of the islands and puerto rican and bahamas for many americans and villages are flattened. many of the islands are ambushed by hurricane irma and taking another beat down by hurricane jose. >> livelihood of the residents are horrible. the path of description -- distraction. >> how are we going to survive after this? every house and infrastructure and it is all completely damaged and gone.>> and then there is hurricane jose. 48 hours after hurricane irma a second round of evacuations and warnings to a skeptic second major hurricane. staying behind is a risk since no real shelters are left. she is taking the risk to protect the little that is left at the home.>> it is my home.>> hurricane jose forms in the far eastern atlantic as the storm moved west, the islands take the brunt. the prime minister said the islanders are witnessing far worse conditions. the hurricanes should serve as a slap in the face and a wake- up call to the entire planet.>> the consequences of climate change and those who do not believe will change their position. >> this message a

puerto ricans here in the bay area have been collecting goods to send to the island. >> the problem is that once we get it there we have to make sure that logistically we can get it to the people it has to get to. >> reporter: fred of pittsburgh said it's been hard to watch things move so slowly. >> the stuff that's available, people not able to get to it. and hopefully, it will start happening really soon. >> they are hoping by the time these emergency supplies collected today leave the bay area there will be a more coordinated effort of distribution on the island. lee an melendez, abc 7 news. >> pruerto ricans here in the valley has formed a group, to learn more about how you can help people affected by hurricane maria go to abc7news.com. >>> well, did you feel it? a weak earthquake shook napa county this afternoon. happened around 2:30 near ang win. it's been over three years since that big earthquake, 6.0 struck near napa. >>> geological analyst found no danger risk following two rock slides. the report comes after rocks and slabs of granite broke in the last two days. an even larg

. >>> philadelphia's puerto rican community is coming together to help people on the zef stadevas island. announced plans for fund raising at this sunday's puerto rican day parade. those plans will include a telethon at the parade. philadelphia has one of the largest puerto ri can populations in the country. 8% of the city has tied to the island. >>> stay on top of maria and any storm that heads our way this active hurricane season. keep up on the free nbc 10 app. sign up for free alerts so you know when a weather threat is 30 minutes out from your exact location. >>> now to the latest on the earthquake in mexico. mexican military officials now say there are no children under a collapsed mexico city school. their rescue became the focus of first responders and people around the world. officials now say all of the children have been accounted for. but they believe an adult could be trapped and still alive. and this just in. we have now learned the death toll is up to at least 273 people. that includes the 21 school children and 5 adults in mexico city. >>> here at home, local response cre

puerto rico, we will do. >> reporter: and with multiple airlines now resuming flights to the island puerto ricanson the way, some with generators and food. >> the islands don't have anything. no communication. so bad in puerto rico. >> reporter: search dogs from california also joining the mission. their goal help rescuers find people still missing. >> a lot of stuff has been knocked down, trees are down at that time looks like there will be a lot of climbing and a lot of area to cover for the dogs. >> reporter: and tonight fema is also there, the agency providing the region with not just food and water but also generators, temporary shelter and satellite phones, this because nearly all of the cell towers in puerto rico are still down. reporting live in new york, i'm elizabeth hur for channel6 "action news." brian. >> elizabeth thank you. >>> leaders of philadelphia's puerto rican community are coming together to try to get help to those affected by hurricane maria. state representative angel cruz announced today that a radio on that will take place tomorrow on 105.1. all donations will be given

puerto ricans here in the bay area have been collecting goods to send to the island. >> the problem is that once we get it there we have to make sure that logistically we can get it to the people it has to get to. >> reporter: fred of pittsburgh said it's been hard to watch things move so slowly. >> the stuff that's available, people not able to get to it. and hopefully, it will start happening really soon. >> they are hoping by the time these emergency supplies collected today leave the bay area there will be a more coordinated effort of distribution on the island. lee an melendez, abc 7 news. >> pruerto ricans here in the valley has formed a group, to learn more aou can help people affected by hurricane maria go to abc7news.com. >>> well, did you feel it? a weak earthquake shook napa county this afternoon. happened around 2:30 near ang win. it's been over three years since that big earthquake, 6.0 struck near napa. >>> geological analyst found no danger risk following two rock slides. the report comes after rocks and slabs of granite broke in the last two days. an even larger slide i

island. arlette saenz, abc news, washington. >> and puerto ricans say maria is one of the worst storms the islandas seen in nearly 90 years. >> felix ortiz was born there and still has family there and relatives described the storm as a monster, he said. >> everybody in puerto rico right now feel the same way, that this has been one of the worst hurricanes especially the way this hurricane came through and also the magnitude or mile per hour, 185 mile per hour so and the eye really crossed in the middle of the island from south to north and the devastation is just amazing. >> the assemblyman says he was able to contact family members. their home is underwater but somehow they are managing to cope. ortiz is among those concerned that the island's dire economic condition could mak even more difficult. >>> and authorities are still assessing the damage maria caused on st. croix. communications in the large ef of the u.s. virgin islands are limited. the other main island, st. thomas and st. john were also hit by hurricane irma. tourism officials are asking potential visitors to delay any planned trip

island-wide outage. so philadelphia, as we mention, has the second largest puerto rican population outside of the islandtself. a lot of these people in philadelphia saying prayers for their family and friend. >> well, yesterday i was trying to contact her, and i didn't no communication with her. and i saw the news from puerto rico, and they say they probably going to have it shut down the whole island with no electricity, and no communication. so at this point, i'm waiting all this goes through >> i'm very nervous. very nervous, all the family. i wish i can just to find out that she is alive. >> you just want to find out lee is a strife >> that's it. we don't care what will happen >> the house can be replaced it >> yes, yes >> that woman just want to go finds out whether or not her sister is alive. and hurricane maria is the largest storm to hit puerto rico in roughly 80 years, and while we can talk about homes, and businesses, being re-built, again, these people just want to make sure their loved ones are alive. mike and alex >> at the end of the day that's what matters most, right >> i just want to kn

you know, the head of fema local on the island of puerto rican said in the middle of last week, we don't contractors that we've hired to deliver the diesel are not delivering diesel. if you're emergency management agency, you should be on top of the diesel getting delivered because that was essential to maintaining some kind of energy on the island. paul: now, trump later this week has decided to essentially put general there and get the u.s. military involved. is this something that you think needs to be done? >> yeah, it's going to help. i mean, but i still say the execution of that -- of the delivery of the diesel, doesn't matter military or locals, they had a real problem in execution and i think they are breaking the log jam, truck drivers are showing up. let's face it, the truck drivers couldn't communicate with the emergency centers because the cell towers were down. very little cell coverage on the island except for near san juan and the center of the island. paul: if you compare to texas, a lot is essential poverty of the island, the island is much more vulnerable, electrical gr

island next week. >>> so many local puerto ricans have family on the island in need of help. >> nbc10 and telemundo 52 are covering the story for viewers. we sent a team of reporters fto san juan to tell local stories of people traveling to see loved ones and people on the island trying to get out. rosemary connors has the latest on the devastation. >> waiting has new meaning for the people of puerto rico. it truly is a matter of life and death. the lines for food, water, cash and gas grow longer with each day the devastation sets in. >> a very dire situation here. the issue at hand is how do we get life and how do we get the things needed to save lives in the hands of the people. >> military members on the ground seen in these new images bring the basic necessities like water to the hardest hit neighborhoods. messages like this one reveal the scope of the wrath. resources arrive on the territory. the airport can't handle the traffic. leaving the island is easier said than done. >> it's a nightmare. this is not where i planned to be or wanted to be during the first two weeks of my baby's life. >> even

island. but the puerto rican people have a lot of strength. nfident the island will come back up. >> my producer doesn't know this morning if all of her relatives survived. is there any such thing as a database? how are people in the continental u.s. able to figure out what's happening with their relatives? >> well, some through whatsapp, an application that some phones have. there have been some communications. for the most part people have not been able to get in touch with their loved ones because the electrical grid has been down and out. >> speaking of the electrical grid, it is without power indefinitely. we have heard some people say it will be a month. some say four to six months. how are people going to function without power? cell towers, running water, clean water. how are they going to work? >> that's our task. and congressman velasquez has taken a leadership role as well as the city counsel speaker here in new york city in making sure we take emergency help immediately to puerto rico. that means emergency generators, tphop perishab

. >> the puerto rican community is working to get aid to the island destroyed by hurricane maria. organizers say they have several truck loads of item, but need help to get it shipped to puerto rico. >> they collected donations at the puerto rican day parade, the celebration along the benjamin franklin parkway was a needed respite for those who have loved one on the u.s. territory. turn to david murphy i was outside for a while, i was completely covered in sweat. >> reporter: not horrific humid today, but feeling like summer. taking a look outside we have sky6 live hd there's the commodore barry bridge. stars out overhead, and lots of sun on the way today along with a lot of the warmth. 71 degrees in philadelphia. the dewpoint is at 67, so you're a little more than halfway between where you start to feel humid and starts to feel oppressive. i don't think we'll reach oppressive levels today, but it will be noticeably humid like yesterday. satellite showing you the lack of cloud cover to start out. we'll see sunshine early and a few clouds will pop up as the day goes on. generally sp