reportera: este lunes, el gobernador ricardo rossellÓ, anunciÓ lo inevitable.te los prÓximos dÍas, comenzarÁ el proceso donde se venderÁn activos a empresas que manejan el sistema de electricidad. serÁ menos costoso para el pueblo. reportera: al final, hubo sangrientos enfrentamientos con los manifestantes y la policÍa en contra de la venta. a cinco meses del huracÁn marÍa, la isla no tiene energía y la pregunta es si habrÁ la misma resistencia. presentador: deben determinar maÑana a los domnificados en puerto rico. tiene la obligaciÓn de entregar suministros. la comida que queda, serÁ entregada al gobierno de puerto rico que deberÍa distribuirlo. el anuncia ofrece una falsa sensaciÓn. el senador demÓcrata, solicitó se va a revertir a su situaciÓn. toda la vida tiene derecho a tener electricidad. la economÍa dominicana creciÓ un 4.6 por ciento. reportera: desde el banco central, calificÓ con crecimiento a la economÍa del paÍs por la estimulaciÓn del consumo e inversiÓn nacional. >>es el reflejo de la gran actividad que vivimos en el mes de octubre, noviembre y

before i left, i paid one more visit to governor ricardo rossello. 60 days ago. what's changed since then? many things have changed. this has been a significant catastrophe, but obviously everything is heading, now, towards gets to a point of normalcy. but places like utuado, places in the mountains, some of the places in the southeast of the island, they're still a ways away from normal. without basic living functions, how long can people hold on? people are losing their jobs, the schools, some of them are still not open. millions of lives have been totally turned upside down, and i didn't really understand it until i started putting faces to the tragedy. this is like a nightmare you can't wake up from. like, you try to wake up from it and you can't. lemonis: after my time here, i'm convinced this is an american crisis, and i'm not sure america's paying attention. i'm marcus lemonis. ♪ ♪ lemonis: tonight, we're going to california. more than just scenic, sunny, and trend-setting, the golden state is also the greenest.

there was no safe haven. >> ricardo rossello: there was no safe haven. >> kroft: just a few weeks earlierott pelley found widespread dismay that the city's flood control system was no match for hurricane harvey. >> cynthia nealy: it's going to rain, we're going to have hurricanes and tropical storms. so, by golly, do something to protect your people from it. >> kroft: also this year, an old warrior's last stand. lesley stahl with john mccain. >> stahl: i had to ask him about cancer. he didn't want to go there and i was pushing him there. >> john mccain: i have feelings sometimes, of fear of what happens. but as soon as i get that, i say, wait a minute. you've been around a long time, old man. you've had a great life. >> kroft: bill whitaker's recent story with producer ira rosen about the opioid crisis got washington's attention. >> joe rannazzisi: this is an industry that's out of control. if they don't follow the law in drug supply, people die. >> kroft: joe rannazzisi once ran the d.e.a.'s war on the illicit sale of prescription drugs-- a war undermined on capitol hill. an investigatio

. >> reporter: puerto rico's governor, ricardo rossello, is now pleading with congress to send more financialre asking for them to consider puerto rico, to give us the proper assets so that we can rebuild properly. >> reporter: but even puerto rico's own local government has been accused of falling short, for not being able to provide an accurate death toll. their official report states that 64 people have died, but some media outlets like "the new york times" have done their own investigation and have found that the death toll may be well over 1,000. >> i know you've put together a commission to find out a true death toll as a result of maria. what do you believe that is right now? >> i want to leave that to the experts. the way we did it from the onset is we took notice from the doctors. we got the death certificates, and the doctors said they were natural causes. and we had to sort of abide by that. but we took all of the death certificates, and we asked our team to call back the doctors. and even if they said natural causes, we wanted to recheck if that was the case. >> reporter: jennifer

this week governor ricardo rossello announced the island's public energy monopoly would be sold off to private companies following a series of scandals. in the first of two reports from puerto rico, special correspondent monica villamizar looks at what's behind the delay in restoring power and how people are coping. >> reporter: when hurricane maria struck in september fires broke out and victims had to run to the station to tell firefighter ronald vega and his colleagues. there was no way to dial 911. this fire station in the eastern town of naguabo is now functioning normally. but at ronald's home nearby... there is no electricity. he uses a generator at night and relies on emergency food aid. the signs of water damage still loom above his head. >> ( translated ): it's not easy. it's such a tough situation. i'm paying at least $15 a day for the fuel of my generator during the week. that's every day. >> reporter: as a firefighter vega makes less than $20,000 a year. before the storm he was already supplementing his income with part time work at walgreens. four months after the storm,