We begin with puerto rico in crisis. The governor says maria is likely the biggest hurricane catastrophe in u. S. History. Most redents have now power an many no water. Millions of pounds of supplies have arrived to the island but sitting in port. Many experts say damage could top 100 million. Reporter the crisis in puerto rico growing more dire by the hour. Its been hell absolute hell. Reporter more than a week after the storm ravaged the territory lnl 4 have electricity and a half drinkable water and 80 of Tell Communications down. I want to talk to them. The governor sounding the alarm. This is the single biggest major catastrophe in puerto rico. Reporter the relief effort being delayed. Vital aid stranded at the countrys main port. Food, water medical supplies sitting in ships. Shortage of truckers make it impossible to deliver the aid. Donations being turned away. Dozens of trailers with more than 100,000 pounds of water and supplies now on hold because theres no way to get the donations to the island. Completely unacceptable. There are people in puerto rico that are in trouble, devastated and they need these resources asap. Reporter critics say a u. S. Law is delaying the efforts it prevents foreign ships from delivering gods from one port to another in the u. S. A waiver was granted for Hurricane Harvey and irma. It is a frustrating situation. A number of celebrities from Jennifer Lopez to pit bull are stepping up efforts to help. Athletes also pitching in. The Dallas Mavericks team plane delivering supplies. Back to washington now and the growing controversy over expensive private jets used by Trump Administration officials and paid by tax payers. Health secretary tom prices job could be on the line. Hes under fire for spending hundreds of thousands on private jet travel. President trump says hes not pleased. When asked whether hell fire price the president said well see. Lisill look at it. Im not happy about it. Those pligts have prompted a congressional probe. Tom price isnt alone. Investigators looking into at least one chartered flight and three military flights taken by the head of the epa scott pruitt. Those flights cost tax payers 58,000. Pruitt is also being scrutinized for spending 25,000 on a private phone booth for his office. Speaking of tax moan the president announced a plan to cut taxes. Hes promising a middle class miracle. Theyre not the only ones who would benefit. We have the details and questions mounting surrounding the plan. Good morning. Youre right the president is proposing massive changes to the way all americans do their taxes. The proposal runs nine pages leaving so many questions. Reporter President Trump is promising an overhaul of the u. S. Tax code, the biggest in decades and he insists that the middle class will benefit. Our framework includes our explicit commitment that tax reform will protect low income and middle income house hods, not the wealthy and well connected. Its not good for me believe me. Reporter there is clearly one way the wealthest americans benefit from the plan through the elimination of the estate tax something thats only paid on estates valued at 5. 5 for individuals, 11 for couples. The president s plan would also slash the tax on corporations from 35 to 20 reduce the number of tax brackets for individuals and fanlly from seven to just three and double the standard deduction meaning no taxes on the first 24,000 of family income. The president doesnt explain how the government will pay for the 6 trillion in tax cuts in what he hopes is a by partisan way. Tax reform has not historically been a partisan issue and it does not have to be a partisan issue today. Reporter democrats like Elizabeth Warren calling foul tweeting not one penny in tax cuts for the wealthy and giant corporations especially not on the backs of everyone else. Even among republicans there is disagreement. Tax reform is going to make Health Care Look like a piece of cake. Another issue likely to inspire heated debate is the proposal to eliminate the deductions for state and local taxes. This means if communicate live in a place paying a lot of state and local taxes you could pay more. This is not going to be easy. Thank you. Investigators in miami trying to determine what caused a collapse at a Television Tower killing three workers. A piece of equipment somehow separated causing them to fall. The tower transmits signals for two local stations. California is also dealing with a deadly collapse this one at a national park. A slab of granite the size of an Apartment Building fell off a rock formation killing one person and injuring another. 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In the meantime russian attempts to influence events in the u. S. Continue. Just this weekend during the protests during the National Anthem in the nfl social media accounts traced to russia pushed both sides of the debate an apparent attempt to stoek divisions. We have new details about a former nsa character accused of leaking information. She told the fbi she smuggled the report out of the facility in georgia by stuffing it in her panty hose. She hinted she didnt like fox news on in her office. Former Michelle Obama kept a pretty low profile since leaving white house. Now shes weigh in on the election. Mrs. Obama said any woman who voted against Hillary Clinton voted against their own voice. She said the election is one of many topics she considered while writing her book. Starting sunday delta will offer free in flight texting. The airline says its the first to provide the service. Voice calls are still not allowed. 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Hes telling me that using a fire extinguisher that doesnt belong to me is theft and youre not allowed to steal things. Reporter isaacson said the trooper said she would need to replace the glass door or else. He stated unless im willing to pay for it right there he will be charging me with burglary. Reporter it was her instinct to act as a good is a march tan to prevent the truck from exploding. Talk about no good deed goes unpunished. Reporter that remains to be seen. Washington patrol tells me the trooper talked to isaacson about the consequences. So far no charges has been filed. Yiemd told theyll review how the case was handled. They also added they were grateful for her courage white house path to save the child. Feel free to steal my fire good morning it is 4 30 a. M. , thursday, september 28. Good morning, everyone, heres what were following on action news, the crisis in had hurricane ravaged puerto rico is growing. An attacker slashes a woman as she tries to steal her car. 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