we're still helping puerto rico.rnor is an excellent didn't i and he's very happy with the job we've done. we have put billions and billions of dollars into puerto rico. it was a very tough one. >> i'm going to the to the mayor of san juan to respond to the president's comments next. you're watching msnbc. ents next. you're watching msnbc. what if your skin could light up the room? aveeno® positively radiant sheer daily moisturizer. lightweight hydration for positively radiant skin that lasts. aveeno®. naturally beautiful results®. >>> it took nearly one full year to uncover the extent of hurricane maria's destruction in puerto rico. we can now say it's one of the worst natural disasters to ever hit the united states. more deadly than hurricane katrina, which made landfall 13 years ago today. about 1,000 more people died from hurricane maria than from katrina. early on, we reported on that situation on the ground in puerto rico, and it was very different than the story that was coming from the administration. though

we do a lot of effort into puerto rico. i think most of the people and puerto rico really appreciate what we have done. quickly and the people were incredible. florida field quickly, and everybody worked incredibly hard. perrigo was actually more difficult because it was an island, it was much harder to get things onto the island. in texas and florida you are land-based. puerto rico was a difficult situation. i only hope they do not hit again. there were hit by two right in a row of the likes we have never seen before. the people of puerto rico are great people, they work very hard. wasto rico i would say it by far the most difficult of the group. right now, fema and all the people that work so hard there, they were buried -- they were very brave. we are straightening out those difficulties now. thank you very much everybody. part of the north korean problem is caused by trade disputes with china, china has been taking out about 500 billion a year from the united states. we cannot let that happen. started working -- i have

puerto rico is 30 miles. third of the island still without power. you guys know you're american citizens, right? yes. do you feel like it? yes, but we've been abandoned by our government of the united states, as well as the government of puerto rico. a bridge washed out, a community cut off. it's horrible because this is our only entrance and exit. there's nowhere in and nowhere out. for you, this is the end of the world right here. doctors saving the injured and the sick. also, the ptsd, post-traumatic stress disorder. from the hurricane. yes. they don't have food. they don't have water. they don't have jobs. this would never happen on the mainland. you'd see trucks everywhere. you'd see military deployment. thousands making the wrenching decision. i feel like a coward for leaving this. you feel like a sellout or something? yes, i feel like i'm selling out. i feel like i'm running away, just running away from this. but i also saw optimism. is there hope? there's always hope. yeah. for the three-and-half-mill

we're still helping puerto rico. the governor is an excellent guy and he's very happy with the job we've done. we have put billions and billions of dollars into puerto rico and it was a very tough one. their electric plant was bad before the hurricane. if you look back in the records that plant was dead, it was shut, it was bankrupt, it was out of business. there owed tremendous amounts of money, it was closed up. when the hurricane came, people said, what are we going to do about electricity? we put a lot of money and effort into puerto rico and i think most of the people in puerto rico really appreciate with what we've done. texas healed quickly and the people were incredible. florida healed quickly and everybody worked very hard. puerto rico was actually more difficult because of the in fact it's an island, it's much harder to get things on to the island. with texas you're land based. with florida you're land based. puerto rico is a difficult situation. i only hope they don't get hit again because they were hit by

president trump visiting puerto rico, tossing paper towels to those affected. and then declaring maria's destruction was far short of katrina. >> if you look at a real catastrophe like katrina, and you look at the tremendous hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that died. >> reporter: the president, at the time, speaking of the immediate death toll in puerto rico. >> 16 people, certified. 16 people versus in the thousands. >> reporter: but even then, the families across puerto rico, where more than 3 million american citizens live, found the numbers difficult to believe. david reporting from puerto rico, on the eve of the president's visit, just 15 minutes from where the president held his news conference. families with no running water. no power. the darkened hallways. lizbeth vazquez delgado and her family, her aging parents, waiting for help, nearly two weeks after the storm. >> we had heard that inspectors had been visiting some of these buildings all over puerto rico. have you seen any inspectors? >> no. not at all. they have not come to see what h

we are still helping puerto rico. the people of puerto rico are very hard.the most difficult of the group. you know, right now fema and all of the people that work so hard there, they were very brave and they have done some job. puerto rico had a lot of difficulties before it got hit. >> the mayor using very different words to describe the administration's handling of the hurricane nightmare. she spoke earlier today with cnn. >> the trump administration killed the puerto rico with neglect. they lead us to believe they were helping when they weren't really doing it. they didn't allow other countries to help us. shame on president trump. shame on president trump for not even once, not even yesterday just saying look, i grieve with the people of puerto rico. >> ron, is it appropriate for the president to say they did a fantastic job in puerto rico? >> this is a tremendous tragedy. that language is completely divorced from reality. there are hundredsover kids who have not been reunited with their parents. they say they have no means of doing so. i think it's dou

we're still helping puerto rico. is an excellent guy, and he's very happy with the job we've done. we have put billions and billions of dollars into puerto rico, and it was a very tough one. don't forget their electric plant was dead before the hurricane. if you look back on your records, you'll see that that plant was dead. it was shut. it was bankrupt. it was out of business. they owed tremendous amounts of money. they had it closed up. and then when the hurricane came, people said what are we going to do about electricity? it wasn't really the hurricane. that was done before the hurricane. but we've put a lot of money and a lot of effort into puerto rico, and i think most of the people in puerto rico really appreciate what we've done. >> keeping them honest, many people, especially in puerto rico, americans by the way, many do not share that view. they watched others die unnecessarily. they lived for months without power or clean drinking water. they lived with the not unfounded belief that their island, a part of

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let's listen to the president. >> i think, puerto rico, we did a fantastic job in puerto rico. we are still helping in puerto rico. the governor is an excellent job and very happy with the job we have done. we have put billions and billions of dollars into puerto rico. and it was a very tough one, don't forget, their electric plant was dead before the hurricane. if you look back on your records, you'll see that the plant was dead and was shut. it was bankrupt. it was out of business. they owed tremendous amounts of money. they had it closed up. and then when the hurricane came, people said, what are we going to do about electricity? that was not the hurricane, that was gone before the hurricane, but we've put a lot of money and a lot of effort into puerto rico. and i think most of the people in puerto rico really appreciate what we have done. texas healed quickly. and the people were incredible. florida healed quickly. and everybody worked very hard. puerto rico was actually more difficult because of the fact it's an island, it's much harder to get things onto the island. with

we're still helping puerto rico.uerto rico was actually more difficult because of the fact it's an island, it's much harder to get things onto the island. i only hope they don't get hit again because they were hit by two right in a row. puerto rico had a lot of difficulties before they got hit. >> well, that's not how the mayor of san juan sees it. here's what she said just hours before the president spoke today. >> the trump administration killed the puerto rican with neglect. shame on president trump for not even once, not even yesterday just saying look, i grieve for the people of puerto rico. shame on him. 2,975 dead? is that what he's proud of? is he proud of that maybe this is over now and he thinks it's going to go away? well, it's not going to go away. >> and remember, the president used to see death toll rightly as the crucial measure for the level of crisis in puerto rico. listen. >> every death is a horror. but if you look at a real catastrophe like katrina and you look at the tremendous, hundreds and hund

him when hurricane hugo hit puerto rico i was working for the government of puerto rico.t a great response. the fact of the matter is the president of the occupation was a no show. >> thank you. we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >>> coming up, the u.s. and canada are working to sort out a new trade deal after president trump makes progress and replacing parts of nafta. we'll have details next. olay ultra moisture body wash gives skin the moisture it needs and keeps it there longer with lock-in moisture technology skin is petal smooth after all, a cleanser's just a cleanser unless it's olay. the difference you feel is a night... and day. you fall asleep cooler. stay asleep longer. and wake up feeling better than ever. that's the tempur-pedic difference. experience the most highly recommended bed in america.* during our labor day sales event, purchase a tempur luxe, elite, or breeze mattress and enjoy up to $550 off. or get a free adjustable base upgrade. find your exclusive retailer at tempurpedic.com. the nation's largest senior-living referral service. for th

i would down in puerto rico. issue and tried to get debt relief that puerto rico needs before hurricane maria hit. once hurricane maria hit everything that was bad just got a whole lot worse. so the federal government under trump did too late, too little, but all of the debt problems get worse. now puerto rico has even greater need to make the investments in rebuilding, in infrastructure, in schools and in hospitals. and yet, the wall street vulture investors are continuing to try to suck money out of that island. so for me what we need now is we need both a commitment to help puerto rico rebuild, but we also need to give puerto rico the same kind of opportunities that a city in america, that gets into too much debt would have, and that is to be able, under limited circumstances, to declare bankruptcy and deal with that outstanding debt. if puerto rico were a country, puerto rico would be able to change its currency, it could default on its debt if it wanted to, and it could reorganize itself financially. we've s

puerto rico rico was by far the most difficult of the group. fema and all of the people that worked hard, we are straightening out those difficulties. thank you very much, everybody. questions]shouting i think we are doing well. trade disputes with china, china has taken out $500 billion a year from the united dates for many years. so we cannot let that happen. we started working a little bit against china. we have a great relationship with china. i have a great relationship with president xi. he is a great man of the great resin. we have to straighten out our trade relationship, because too much money is being lost by us. china is the route. 93% of the product and various things that go into north korea go to china. i do not like to call it a trade war. our country is doing well, but china is having a very tough time. i think china makes it much more difficult in terms of our relationship with north korea. i knew that, but i cannot wait any longer. i've been talking about china for a long time. i wanted to see if we could work out north korea.

i'm rico hizon.start in trade and the escalation between the us and china, as of noon in beijing another $16 billion worth of us imports will be subject to tariffs, the same as the amount in chinese goods that will face tariffs in america. on the us list of items, 279 products mean in the mainland —— made in the mainland which will have 2596 in made in the mainland which will have 25% in import taxes including items like tractor equipment and parts used to make semiconductors and motorcycles. on the chinese side they are raising tariffs on coal from the us, medical instruments and ca i’s from the us, medical instruments and cars and buses made in america. this brings the value of goods facing ta riffs brings the value of goods facing tariffs in each country to 50 billion dollars us and in another $200 billion potentially in the works, all this week the us government has been holding public hearings on implementing more import taxes on chinese products, while at the same time officials from both count

of minutes from puerto rico. and the big question will be, this is a study that the government of puerto rico paid for. they paid $300,000 roughly for this study. so now will they change the official death toll to reflect that? when i asked the governor that, back in february, if they would accept the findings of this study, he told me that he plans to do so. but granted that was before he saw the findings or the results of this study. i want to make clear. as i mentioned that is study based on statistics. that means they don't really have a list of 2,975 names. deaths that account for all the people. which a lot of families now still feel that their loved one is still not accounted for. despite this study. it's not a list. it doesn't actually acknowledge every single death be it direct or indirect. when i say indirect, i'm talking about maybe not having power to use the medical equipment that they needed, maybe not having access to the hospitals. those of type conditions we saw after hurricane maria. i know afte

. >> for facts sake, puerto rico was a real catastrophe. u.s. government should not be proud of what happened before or after hurricane maria. here's shocking new data from a study commissioned boy puerto rican officials. the report found that hurricane maria killed 2,975 americans. every demographic was affected by this. but the deaths were especially higher in low-income areas and among the elderly. the new total is more than 46 times the original estimate toll which after it was 16 was raised to 64. so just how powerful was hurricane maria? she made landfall as a massive category 4 storm. maria ripped through the island with maximum sustained winds of 155 miles per hour and it affected nearly 3.4 million people. the total population of puerto rico, leaving behind $90 billion in reported damage. the third costliest in u.s. history. overall, hurricane maria was the worst storm to hit the u.s. territory in more than 80 years, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in u.s. history. all right. joining me now from san juan is nbc's g

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. >> nbc's gabe gutierrez joins me now live from san juan, puerto rico.o, let's start with the basics of this report. and why there was this huge discrepancy in these totals. >> reporter: hi there, chris, good morning. yes, this report collisioned by the puerto rican government. but it's an independent study from george washington university estimates that between september and february of last year, there were an estimated 2,975 deaths here in puerto rico in hurricane maria's aftermath. that is dramatically higher than the government's previous count of just 64. why the discrepancy? for such a long time now there has been question about how the puerto rican government was classifying these deaths. we heard from the governor they had to be careful that they only classified direct deaths. for example, people that died in drowning from flooding, or structural collapses. but, chris, as you know, from the collapses what was so significant was the lack of power and basic services here, and that's what researchers took into account. they as factored in somethin

we've put a lot of money and effort into puerto rico. the people in puerto rico really appreciate what we've done. >> as we mentioned last night, san juan, puerto rico's mayor carmenule lynn cruz was among his harshest critics. and earlier today, i had the chance to ask her about president trump's latest comments about that who are rick death toll. >> these are 2,975 people. that will no longer see the light of day. these are parents, children, grandchildren, grandparents. people whose lives will never be the same and the on set of fear and lack of dignity in which the trump administration continues to treat the people of puerto rico makes you mad, makes you angry. and makes you realize that this man is not that he doesn't want to get it is that he is incapable of feeling solidarity and empathy. and now that number 2,975, will follow him wherever he goes for the rest of his life. >> san juan, puerto rico mayor carmenule lynn cruz. that is our broadcast for tonight. thank you for being with us and good night from nbc news headquarters in

if the governor of puerto rico likes him, he'll pay slightly more attention to puerto rico. mayor of san juan, then it's off. this is not the traditional pattern. the traditional patterncy have responsibilities, i have bureaucratic responsibilities, i have leadership responsibilities regardless of individual personalities involved and this president is all about the individual personality. he's not about -- the big question to me is does he understand the role of the president? that underlies everything. are we talking about somebody who is willful lie rejecting well understood model or doesn't understand the model exists. >> there's so many questions there. a loaded one. we could go on. the fbi, though s-rebutting the president's unsubstantiated claim that cline hacked hillary clinton's private e-mail server. the president made the claim in a tweet posted after midnight on wednesday. again i ask something keep you up? he also warned the doj and fbi to do something or else in his words their credibility will be forever gone. an fbi official tells nbc news that the bureau has

it's been a year since hurricane maria and puerto rico was left devastated. report from george washington university estimates that nearly 3,000 people died in the after math of the storm. that's dramatically higher than the previous official count of just 64. the storm ripped through puerto rico last september destroying homes and leaving much of the island without power for months. puerto rico's governor says they are reflecting the new estimate. >> it is pain. . it's painful. and it's really not the number. it's just the, you know the continuous realization that a lot of people lost their lives. >> after the category 4 storm tore across the island last year, president trump touted the low death toll. >> i hate to tell you, puerto rico, but you have thrown our budget a little out of whack, because we spin at lot of money on puerto rico, that's fine. we saved a lot of lives. if you look at the -- every death is a horror, but if you look at a real catastrophe like katrina and you look at the tremendous hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that dierkd

david begnaud was in puerto rico when maria hit. he is back on the island tonight. >> reporter: the death toll in puerto rico following hurricane maria may be 20 times higher ovan the government's last official toll of 64. puerto rican officials acknowledge in a report to congress that their own data reveals that there were more than 1,400 deaths in the four months after the hurricane than normal. >> we've always said that the amount of going to be higher. >> reporter: hector pesquera is puerto rico's secretary of public safety. how do you get past the fact that a lot of people watching right now think that the government has lied about the death toll from the beginning? de all i can say is that there is no lie. o ere is no misleading. always we said that it most likely will go up. >> reporter: hurricane maria tre through puerto rico last september, becoming the second deadliest hurricane in the last 90 years. puerto rico's governor ricardo tissello has faced criticism hat his administration severely tdercounted the number of hurric

why isn't puerto rico's governor updating that official number?o the official response, brooke, and actually we just received a response from the governor of puerto rico on this is that they are waiting for the study they commissioned from george washington university to be completed before they even touched that number 64. now, i want to read to you just one portion of this statement that they put out from the secretary of public safety, hector viskara saying this is not the official number of deaths attributable to maria. ad they're talking about that figure 1,400, where does that come from? it comes from here, it went out to congress last night in which you mentioned they're asking for money for recovery efforts s i puerto rico and what they're acknowledging there, in the month after hurricane maria, if you look at the statistics, there is in excess of 1,400 reports, but they said they are not prepared to tie that directly to hurricane maria, and that is why the number remains at 64. so new mexico that g.w. report is done, they're saying yes, w

throughout puerto rico, thousands of blue tarps are on homes. what happens if another major hurricane slams into this island? the new report says while all of puerto rico was affected, those who died in greatest numbers were poor and elderly. gabe gutierrez, nbc news. >>> now to that controversial comeback attempt by comedian louis c.k., telling jokes. but for a lot of people there's nothing funny about it. it comes less than a year after he was accused of inappropriate sexual behavior. nbc, stephanie gosk has the latest on the backlash and the question, how soon is too son. >> reporter: his performance on sunday night at a new york comedy club was just 15 minutes his appearance unannounced. the crowd gave him a standing ovation. it was his first performance since being accused of exposing and touching himself in front of multiple women. >> it was just like regular louis. >> reporter: the club's owner said he made no mention of it in his act. >> i do wish he had. i think it would have been much better for him and it would have taken some of the

we will continue to cover puerto rico.andi weingarten is president of the american federation of teachers. adam skaggs, chief counsel at the giffords law center to prevent gun violence. when we come back, we go to whos to speak to a woman sentenced to five years in prison for casting a ballot, not understanding texas law of what happens to people who have felony records. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "come meh way" by sudan archives. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman withth juan gogonzalez. juan: we end today's show with the shocking case of a texas woman sentenced to five years in prison for illegally voting, who could now have even more time added to her sentence. crystal mason cast a provisional ballot in the 2016 presidential election despite having a past felony conviction for tax fraud that prevented her from voting. in march, she was convicted of illegal voting, but says she did did not know that she was barred from casting a ballot in texas due to her criminal

a shocking new report now says near 3,000 americans were killed puerto rico. >>> accusations of bias whileall tweeting early this morning abt hillary clinton. >>> the controversial comeback of comedian c.k. >>> dubious record. america is leading the way when it comes to sexually transmitted diseases. frb >>> can you identify this woman? she's been ringing door bells in the dark of night. >>> and two dreams come true. s. "early today" starts right now. good wednesday morning. i'm marlie hall. >>> the polls are now closed in the last big round of primaries in arizona, florida and oklahoma. voting got off to a rocky start in arizona with widespread equipment malfunctions. but once they got those issues ironed out, the race to watch was the three-way republican primary to replace retiring senator, jeff blake. steve recaps all of that action for us. >>> well, republicans are breathing a sigh of relief in arizona. mcsally, she survives that republican primary tonight. two candidates sort of split the vote of the trump wing and allowed sally to win comfortably. they think she's their best a

let's go to puerto rico now.ntil yesterday, the official death toll from last year's hurricane maria stood at 64. that's now changed to almost 3,000. here's the island's governor earlier. officially changing the... we're actually putting an official number to the death toll, we take the 2,075 number as the official death toll. i'm sure you remember videos like this one from when hurricane maria struck. it was the most powerful storm to hit the region in over 80 years. puerto rico is a us territory, everyone born there is an american citizen, though they cannot vote in us presidential elections. at the time president trump played down the impact of the storm. every death is a horror, but if you look at a real catastrophe like katrina and you look at the tremendous hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that died, and you look at what happened here with really a storm that was just totally overbearing, nobody has seen anything like this, what is your death count as of this moment, 17? 16. 16 people certified.

, not destroyed puerto rico. but this is not a list of nearly 3,000 deaths that they have causes for that they believe to be hurricane maria related. so for many of the families who were hoping for some sort of closure, for some sort of help financially by being counted, they will not be getting this from this statistical analysis. there have been other studies. we've both reported on the harvard study that came out a few months ago that believed it was about 4,000 deaths. our own investigation, which revealed back then in november that there were hundreds of people who died related to hurricane maria. so what made this different? and the researchers say that what made this different was that they had access to cooperation from the government of puerto rico, access to information that the other studies did not have. this study, the researchers say, is not all the way complete. this is only phase one. they want to do a phase two, which would then go and talk to the families, talk to more people, possibly get that

>> yes. >> reporter: he lives off puerto rico's southeastern coast. who dropped the ball here? >> the federal government and the local government. >> reporter: radamas cabral is forced to make a grueling ten-hour round trip three days a week for kidney treatment. the loan dialysis center is still shut down due to mold. >> i am an american citizen. >> reporter: but for you, this is life or death? >> yeah, because now coming another season of hurricane. >> reporter: another hurricane season on the horizon for an island fighting not to be forgotten. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, puerto rico. >>> federal investigators released disturbing new findings about the pedestrian bridge collapse in miami earlier this year. the collapse which killed six people was caught on camera and newly released photographs showed large cracks in the bridge in the days before it collapsed raising questions about why the bridge was in use and why traffic was allowed to flow beneath it. >>> now to new questions tonight about a possible double standard when it comes to the first family. first lady melania trump

we're still helping puerto rico. mourt i would say was by fares most difficult of the group. and right now fema and all of the people that worked so hard there, they were very brave and they have done some job. but puerto rico had a lot of difficulties before it got hit. >> what is your analysis? >> there is consistent with the way the president has talked about hurricane maria before. but think about the way in which he responded in real time. as hurricane maria was making landfall, the president was picking a fight with the nfl over protests among players. and then cast blame on the island citing its infrastructure and debt. he picked an open future with the mayor of san juan who was critical of tadministration's lack of response. and he was making a spectacle of throwing paper towel rolls, not really responding with a great deal of compassion. and he also down played its impact saying that it wasn't like hurricane katrina. and all the way you have had people without access to clean water, without access to medical

for nearly a year after hurricane maria plowed through puerto rico the official death toll there has been set at sixty four that's on an island of several million people well now a research report conducted by the george washington university and the university of puerto rico has determined that the number of people who were killed in the aftermath of hurricane rita actually was two thousand nine hundred seventy five and that's because this calculation includes an important definition how many people's health was impacted negatively by the hurricane or some other natural disaster after the immediate passage of the storm people who were older and presumably in poor health people who lived in poor communities and who did not have electricity or clean water or access to regular medicine were much more vulnerable and thus experience higher death rates in those parts of puerto rico the report is calling for improved during physicians when they're looking at diagnosing the cause of death after a major disaster such as a hurricane or a blizzard they're also looking for better ways of prepar

>>> i think we did a fantastic job with puerto rico. we're still helping puerto rico.rnor is an excellent guy. he is very lap happy with the je have done. >> this as we learn the storm's death toll in puerto rico skyrocketed to nearly 3,000. joining us to discuss further are jose malendes. this morning, you lamented the u.s. reaction in 2010 to haiti versus what happened in puerto rico last year. it was far greater in haiti. the president yesterday as you just heard called the response fantastic. he noted some of the challenges, it's tougher to get to an island. we know that's a reality. would you label the response fantastic? >> fantastic is not a word i would choose. i do agree with the president that the governor is an excellent guy. the fact of the matter is that we have to separate emergency response from the recovery and management. during emergency response, i gotta tell you, it was a complete and total disaster. when i was -- i was trying to make the case that in haiti, when the earthquake struck, the obama administration back then actually deployed at least th

job in puerto rico. we are still helping puerto rico. the governor is an excellent guy. he is very happy with the job we've done. we have put millions and millions of dollars into puerto rico. it was a very tough one. don't forget, their electric plant was dead before the hurricane. if you look back on your records, you will see that that plant was dead, it was shut, it was bankrupt, it was out of business. they owed tremendous amounts of money. they had it closed up and then when the hurricane came, people said what are we going to do about electricity. that wasn't really the hurricane. that was gone before the hurricane. but we have put a lot of money and a lot of effort into puerto rico. and i think most of the people in puerto rico really appreciate what we've done. texas healed quickly and the people were incredible. florida healed quickly and everybody worked very hard. puerto rico was actually more difficult because of the fact it's an island, it's much harder to get things off of the island. with texas, you are land-based. with florida, you are land-based. puerto

we are still helping puerto rico. the people of puerto rico are great people. they work hard. puerto rico was the most difficult of the group. you know, peopfema and all of t people there have done a big job. puerto rico hard a lot of difficulties before it got hit. >> the mayor of san juan said the administration killed puerto ricans with negligent. >>> a new mexico judge says that's why he had to let an alleged child abuser from a filthy new mexico compound go free. my name is jeff sheldon, and i'm the founder of ugmonk. before shipstation it was crazy. it's great when you see a hundred orders come in, a hundred orders come in, but then you realize i've got a hundred orders i have to ship out. shipstation streamlined that wh the order data, the weights of , everything is seamlessly put into shipstation, so when we print the shipping ll everything's pretty much done. it's so much easier so now, we're ready, bring on t. shipstation. the number one ch of online sellers. go to shipstation.com/tv and get two months free. >>> all right. 4:14 eastern time. u.s. and canada racing to

puerto rico says nearly 3,000 people lost their lives last year, up from just 64. google strongly denies claims by president trump that it skews search results to portray him in a less positive light. several countries call for myanmar‘s military leaders to be brought to justice for atrocities against the rohingya minority, detailed in a un report. innocent human beings were raped, murdered and burned alive for no other reason than their religious and ethnic identity. the whole world is watching what we will do next and if we will act. #r, e,s, p, e,c, t. and a final farewell to the queen of soul. fans in detroit pay their last respects to the legendary aretha franklin. hello to you. hurricane maria hit puerto rico almost a year ago, but only now is a clearer picture emerging of a far more serious disaster than the official figures suggested. the death toll is now estimated at nearly 50 times higher than previously thought. a study commissioned by authorities in the us territory suggests almost 3,000 people died in the most powerful storm of the past 90 years. the

, we are still helping puerto rico. we have put billions and billions of dollars into puerto rico. >> some residents remain without electricity and phone service for months. >> electricity was restored in puerto rico after 3 billion federal dollars but experts remain concerned the power grid itself is weak and could fail in another major storm. >> bret: thank you. up next, why california is ditching the cash bail system and how that might work. first come up with some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering. box four in dallas, esther jurors hear more testimony in the sentencing of a former dallas area police officer convicted of murder. they jury found roy oliver guilty in the fatal shooting of 15-year-old jordan edwards who was unarmed. oliver was an officer in brock springs when he shot into a car full of black teenagers as they drove away from a house party in the dallas suburb. box 12 in portland, just across the border in vancouver, washington, classes are canceled for students in the evergreen schoo

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i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: tears ofjoy as relatives from north and south korea meet for the first time in more than 60 years. aid reaches more flood victims in the indian state of kerala. a million have now fled to relief camps. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: pope francis condemns sex abuse atrocities and cover—ups by the church, in an unprecedented letter to the world's catholics. and more details on the remarkable story of the british woman who fell off a cruise ship, and sang to stay alive. good morning. it is 7:00am here in singapore, midnight in london, and 8:00am on the korean peninsula, where after decades apart, dozens of people from south korea have been reunited with their relatives living across the border. a ballot was held to determine which families separated by the korean war would be allowed to meet, albeit forjust a few hours and under close supervision. from the south korean capital, seoul, laura bicker reports. a warning — this does contain flash photograph

to i am the governor of puerto rico. i have my share of accountability in this. >> the pennsylvania attorney general says the vatican knew about the cover-up. >> the priests would go, the bishops would go and lie to parishioners, but then document t thof the abuse in secret archives that they would share, oftentimes, with the vatican. >> storms bring strong winds and heavy flooding to the midwest. >> the heat and humidity is one of the big stories, if you're east of the mississippi. >> the heat wave is stretching to the northeast. ♪ all i'm asking is for a little respect ♪ >> people in detroit waiting in peo lines to honor the late aretha franklin. >> the queen of soul was brought to her memorial in the same hearse that once carried her father, and the late rosa parks. >> dickerson: good evening. jeff glor is off. i'm john dickerson. and this is our western edition. a white police officer in suburban dallas said he was trying to protect his partner when he fatally shot jordan edwards, an unarmed black teenager. but video

we're still helping puerto rico. the governor is an excellent guy. >> okay this comes one day after the governor of puerto rico increased the death toll to 2,975. i remember when the president went, it was that one visit with the paper towel toss. how could any administration possibly say we've done a fantastic job given what's going on there? they're not a distant relative or neighbor. this is our responsibility. it's not a foreign policy issue. >> that's his initial response to every question. his cliche is fantastic job, great guy. he doesn't know what he's talking about. he probably doesn't even know what's going on in puerto rico. we saw how insensitive he was when he visited there. he has no idea compared to katrina. one thing he talked about on katrina, katrina was a disaster. well, it looks like more people lost their lives in puerto rico than even did in katrina. >> and they're still suffering. >> they're still suffering. so he's in denial. he definitely doesn't know what's going on in puerto rico. >> you we

>>> hurricane maria killed an estimated 2,975 people in puerto rico. a new study finds that's more than the number of people killed in hurricane katrina and nearly the same as the number killed in the 9/11 terror attacks. until two hours ago, why was the official death toll only 64? >>> putin in the wild. russian president, vladimir putin, takes a trek to siberia, hiking and boating. he is flexing his muscles, but keeping his shirt on this time. i'm wolf blitzer, you are in the "situation room." >>> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking news. president trump has a new target as americans offer tributes to the late senator john mccain. the president is complaining about his own coverage. he says google rigged the search results to produce bad news about him. he says google, twitter and facebook ought to watch their step. as republicans debate whether their former colleague, jeff sessions should stay or go. one top lawmaker says the trump/sessions relationship is beyond repair. another says sessions should stay exactly where he is. i'll spea

so i think the people in puerto rico care if he is lying.e if he is telling the truth about this trade deal. and so i think his lies are beginning to catch up with him and more and more people i think are willing to call a thing a thing. and the president is a liar. maybe a year and a half ago it would have been shocking to say that, but today it is the truth. >> when i heard him make the comments about doing a fantastic job in puerto rico, it increased by a factor evk toctor of 60, b me think about katrina. and that phrase stuck with bush and he played a political price for it. but you get the sense that it will disappear tomorrow 37. >> and i think that the world operates on some certain northerns, right? washington operates on certain norms. and it is based on the premise that everybody will be on serve basic norms. whether you are a republican or democrat, and i think this is what john mccain is trying to send the message as he left this world, and what happens when someone shows up and decides that they will not do that anymore, it is a

we're still helping puerto rico. people in puerto rico really appreciate what we've done.> (ken) the mayor of san juan puerto rico staunchly disagreeing with the president. and is holding the trump administration responsible for the deaths of thousands of people during hurricane maria. (pam) this comes after a new report says, nearly three- thousand people died as a result of the massive storm. that number is 46 -times higher .... than the death toll originally reported . san juan's mayor says, trump did not do enough. (pam) the white house says, trump is quote "proud" of all the work the government did to help puerto rico. the mayor responded - referring to this video from when the president was in puerto rico - saying, quote, - "this will

gate and be al jazeera still ahead here on the al-jazeera news a year after hurricane maria puerto rico's governor a dramatically higher death toll from the storm and its aftermath. also a heated political climate in france as the environment minister quits saying his government is failing to do enough. and in sport find out if this badminton rally ever gets the best of the action from the asian games coming up with cho so do stay with us here and i'll just. by the skyline of an asian harbor or off the coast of the italian riviera. as i was it still flooded of in the northeast of china as a legacy of the last tropical storm to go forward typhoon the current rain is further sighs and briefly in this ness here there was a circulation that was named tropical storm was all for the partner just indicates how much energy there is there how much rain can fall out in taiwan possibly hong kong certainly in southern china back to cross the border into vietnam that's true for the next two days and the whole lot wants to push up towards from hans so we've not seen the end of the summer rains just yet

no new study has found that nearly three thousand people died in puerto rico in the six months after hurricane maria it destroyed much of the island last october now the figure is double the government's previous estimate of fourteen hundred deaths it's also a sharp contrast to the sixty four deaths announced immediately after the storm puerto rico's governor says lessons need to be learned from the disaster. it is time to show solidarity with all those who've lost the family and friends is also time to reflect on what we have done well and what we did badly we need to find it hard to correct what we didn't do well so that we can better respond in future. or roslyn jordan our correspondent joins us now from washington d.c. roslyn what are the implications really of revising this figure what impact does it have. well one of the things so that this survey that was conducted found was that even though physicians were able to fill out death certificates correctly for the most part they were not aware of a new federal standard that basically says that if there is an indirect a health impa