so that is the face of desperation. heat index 109 degrees, no power, no air-condition, very little water and starting to be no food. you almost singularly on social media have been out there reminding everyone these are americans. they are americans. our fellow americans tonight, brian, are suffering on the island of puerto rico. i fear that we stand on the edge of a humanitarian catastrophe on american territory. and the response, despite claims to the contrary, is not sufficient. we are an immensely powerful country. the full might of the united states military should be deployed here. if the division ready brigade of the 82nd airborne needs to be parachuted on to the island of puerto rico, then that s what must be done.
electricity, running water, score is intermittent at best. people facing high humidity, high heat and forced to do these recovery efforts with little to no air condition. cellular reception in his body but it s getting better. there are two call mobile hospitals but they are limited. people face a deadly situation, especially the elderly and the young. we saw in that hollywood, florida, nursing home or elderly people passed away. tonight, the conditions remain the same. if you are down here and you don t have shelter and you don t have air-conditioning, you are facing what could be a life or death situation. gold is a major concern because many people were not allowed back in their homes for nearly . those homes sat in the florida sun, and heat and elements more than a week. bret: matt finn down in the keys. thanks. lloyd s of london says it will
misinterpreting sports fan domestic. not only did hillary clinton win the popular vote, donald sterling lost his team two years ago just for saying something racist. ster typing the kind of people who watch football, baseball. this country is much more diverse in its sports appreciation than i think some of these networks are aware. colin kaepernick had the highest selling jersey in the nfl last year. there are lots of people who agree with what she said as opposed to immediately assuming that assaulting president trump or telling the truth about him that you re going to lose ratings. do you think there s a social media part of it here too that there s that fine line if you said that on the air condition while you re calling scores, but yet in a tweet it s a little bit more i could say, oh, i have the best ice cream in the world at this place, but then i said say something when it comes to my personal preference about somebody else yeah, look. we have a president who governs by
they this is a medical place and they needed they needed priori priority above everybody else. who did you report that to again, ellie? i reported it to florida power & light. and what was their response? their response was nothing. we ll take care of it. we have orders. we ll be there. and i kept telling them, especially yesterday, that this is a life and death matter. they re in bad condition over there. you need to get over there. i mentioned i saw like four or five trucks south of here. get one of them to go ahead and do something for them until you can get completely to them. they need air condition. they are elderly people. let me read what florida power & light said in a statement. what we know now is that a portion of the facility did in fact have power, that there was
saying we re fully cooperating with authorities saying workers diligently prepared for the impact of hurricane irma. saying they contacted florida power and light and their staff continually checked on the well being. it was human failure on the part of the medical staff. they should have sounded the alarm earlier. reporter: the deceased ranging in age from 71 to 99. carmen fernandez thought of one victim as her second mother. why didn t call me to pick her. they have any problem with the air-condition. reporter: today with a high near 90 and so many without power across the state, and urgent push to protect florida s most vulnerable. the city has inspected 42 other facilities for similar issues.