hurricane maria. the island is short on food, electricity, cash, reliable communications, much more. and according to the department of defense, nearly 42% of the population, about 3.5 million people are without drinking water. there are 69 hospitals across the island. and according to the governor of puerto rico, only 20 of them are working. now, in some remote parts of the island calls for help have been seen written on rooftops, the mayor told msnbc that the roof needs to be ripped off like a band aid so more aid can come. >> people say, for heaven's sake, write me a memo, ask me what we need. i'm going to tell you, we need gas, we need running water. we need some way for people to find their way around. and we need our hospitals not to