Bankruptcy, devastation by the hurricane. It is far from over. People cannot even find food to eat. Megan it is a true humanitarian crisis. When it was just the debt crisis and the bankruptcy of puerto rico or the electrical grid or the bankruptcy of what was going to happen with this mass exodus, now people are without water and food and electricity. We are still having the kind of politicking we are seeing in the u. S. Over it. We are hopeful, both at businessweek and bloomberg that by calling attention to it that hopefully, perhaps for once in recent times we would wade through the washington quagmire and get help down there. Julia you get a sense of the real devastation of the country. Megan think about that. Think about being in the dark. What if you have medicine that is to be refrigerated . Your diabetes patient getting access to clean water in puerto rico. It is crazy. But we have is a country that was so badly affected by an exodus over the years, they need to repay the debt t
Chief of Bloomberg Businessweek macon murphy. Megan murphy. In opening remarks you look at puerto rico. What a year it is in between the bankruptcy, devastation by the hurricane. It is far from over. People cannot even find food to eat. Megan it is a true humanitarian crisis. It is affecting what is an american territory. When it was just the debt crisis and the bankruptcy of puerto rico or the electrical grid or the bankruptcy of what was going to happen with this mass exodus, now people are without water and food and electricity. They could be without electricity for six months. And we are still having the kind of politicking we are seeing in the United States over it. , but thateful businessweek and bloomberg that by calling attention to it that for once inerhaps recent times we could wade through the washington quagmire and get help down there. Julia i mean the pictures hit you in the stomach and you get a sense of the real devastation of the country. Megan think about being out of
What a year it is in between the bankruptcy, devastation by the hurricane. It is far from over. People cannot even find food to eat. Megan it is a true humanitarian crisis. When it was just the debt crisis and the bankruptcy of puerto rico or the electrical grid or the bankruptcy of what was going to happen with this mass exodus, now people are without water and food and electricity. For six months. And we are still having the kind of politicking we are seeing in the u. S. Over it. We are hopeful, both at businessweek and bloomberg that by calling attention to it that hopefully, perhaps for once in recent times we would wade through the washington quagmire and get help down there. Julia i mean the pictures hit you in the stomach and you get a sense of the real devastation of the country. Megan think about being out of power for six months. Think about being in the dark. What if you have medicine that is to be refrigerated . Your diabetes patient getting access to clean water in puerto
Lot of snow. Several feet has fallen over the past few days. Lets take you live to the south bay where there are flood rescue operations underway. The street looks more like a river. Our janine de la vega is in hollister. We will bring here in in just a moment. Lets go straight to Steve Paulson with the forecast. Were getting good news in the north bay. Theyre not getting the rain. Good. The Russian River will decrease and the napa river. It should go down. Good. Still rain towards the Santa Cruz Mountains that doesnt need more. Parts of the peninsula and east bay. It looks like the rain will be more towards the south bay and apartment cruise mountains tonight and tomorrow. A couple breaks in there. We will need a break. A serious side of a blizzard. Most of truckee and tahoe have been without power for 12 hours. Five to 7 feet reported. The blizzard warning continues until noon. The pictures coming out, echo summit, i saw caltrans district 3 shot. The snow is about this high. Well, yo
Strongest winds. Hurricane warnings are up for the bahamas they get very close to florida. Of course for haiti and cuba, the hurricane warnings are there because theyre experiencing Hurricane Force winds. But the hurricane watch has now been added to florida, if you look at Cape Canaveral, thats a hurricane watch, then we have a Tropical Storm watch a farther south, so these areas are bracing Hurricane Force winds and Tropical Storm force winds and we will be watching this very closely as we get closer to the weekend and closer to the end of the week, and of course florida is definitely preparing. And here in the United States, floridas governor says residents should prepare for a direct hit. In South Carolina, theyre prepared to evacuate more than a Million People from the coast. Lets check with glenn hurricane schwartz. Out certainly looks like an increased threat to florida and at least South Carolina, probably North Carolina as well. And as a matter of fact, its a threat of a possi