together to provide the aid. reporter: i apologize for jumping in there. as you d imagine, we re having some technical difficulties going through a signal in the u.s., the satellite signal, and we re in the same city. i thank you for speaking with us for a few minutes this morning to understandis supporting the thousands of people in the bahamas who need that support. christi and alex, back to you. we re a few minutes from sunrise. the flights expected to start, you ll hear the propellers in the background, as efforts to evacuate those who want to leave grand bahama, who want to leave abaco specifically from this helipo heliport, this airport, will get underway soon. thank you so much. we re so lucky to have you there. we will be checking back over the course of the morning. thanks. democratic lobbist j isbist demers was the first one from