need federal support. jon: as you know, being the business reporter you are. puerto rico was essentially bankrupt before the storm hit. now they are faced with a catastrophic economic event that has essentially shut down the island s economy. tourists aren t going there right now and spending money. restaurants can t open because they ve been obliterated. it is really the worst of all possible times on that island. melissa: they were already in financial crisis. when the governor has repeatedly been on our air he stressed that as well. they were already struggling and needing federal relief and help. now they have this crisis. tourism being the main industry which is now obviously completely hobbled. tough times there. the president has arrived to see the situation firsthand. and provide some help. jon: all right.
don t know. we definitely don t have a complete picture. thank you for coming on. appreciate your time. jon: fox news alert. air force one is on the ground at the airport in puerto rico. the president and first lady have landed there for a personal look at the devastation caused by hurricane maria and the attempts at recovery. of course, the president has taken some heat from the political sphere regarding the nation s response to what is going on in puerto rico. he has fired back saying that it s an island, it s hard to get supplies there, and it is hard to get the relief to the people who need it. one of the problems is that so many of the local folks who were afflicted by the hurricane simply aren t there to do the jobs, melissa. the truck drivers and bulldozer operators have needs of their own trying to help their
anything like that come forward yet. jon: in your time with the gang unit and police force have you run across these kinds of cases. not on this scale but somebody who seems to be an ordinary, upstanding citizen who all of a sudden snaps and does something horrific? just that in this case the horrors were inflicted on so many hundreds of people. not definitely not to this scale. some of the things such as robberies. people in desperate situations that we as officers or even friends of these people were not aware of. they re facing financial problems or drug addictions, things like that and go out and commit crimes. definitely nothing of this magnitude by any means. jon: i do like the focus on the positive. this was a horrific event but based on the number of guns he had and based on the amount of ammunition he had in that room the swat team and even hotel security did a great job of getting up to that 32nd floor room in a hurry and
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provide life sustaining services as we help to rebuild their lives. that will be the focus that we ve had since this began. jon: john roberts has more now. good morning. the president and first lady should be on the ground any second now in puerto rico. it was estimated they should have landed 11:20. it looks like they re on their way in. the president and first lady when they hit the ground will meet with people who are deeply affected by hurricane maria when it record through puerto rico and meet with first responders, members of the military who are pitching in to help down there and government officials from both puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands. the governors of puerto rico and virgin islands will be meeting with the president later on today. one of the people the president is expected to meet with is the mayor of san juan, carmen cruz who was very critical of the federal response late last week calling it ineffective and also being very critical of the acting dhs secre