a spokesman for paul s office says the senator is doing fine and that he is okay and will have the very latest on this very odd situation. apparently between the alleged neighbor and the senator as we get more details here at fox news. arthel: hurricane maria hit puerto rico in september but about 70% of the us territory still without power. the jack brewer foundation is one of the organizations that brings much-needed relief to hurricane victims on the island and joining me now, former nfl star, jack brewer. thank you so much for coming back on the newscast with me. i wanted to talk to because again he returned from puerto rico a week ago, tell me where did you go, what were the conditions like and has there been much improvement? we flew in last week on friday and brought an incredible crew of people. we were hosted by mr. jack morris and r wj barbados so we
guard last july when he tweeted his intention to reverse the obama era policy accepting transgender service members. then in august, the president signed a memorandum that required all transgender troops to be discharged by march. led to a lawsuit. yesterday s decision by a federal judge to block enforcement until the case works its way through the court. wrote the ban is not genuinely based on concerns. instead driven by a desire to express approval of transgender people generally. while the injunction allows transgender troops to join the military and relist does not funding for sex reassignment surgery. tomorrow marks six weeks since hurricane maria hit puerto rico. island is still struggling to restore power. contract with white fish energy is being scrapped among investigation. investigating the decision to
live from america s news headquarters, i m kelly wright. efforts to store power in puerto rico, complicated by cancel deal. the government decided to scrap a 300 million-dollar contract with a small montana power company after the deal came under intense scrutiny. they estimate it will delay worky 112 weeks but hope to have 95% of power restored by mid december. about 70% of the island remains in the dark, nearly six week after hurricane maria hit. hundreds of thousands rallying in downtown barcelona after the separatists of the catalonian parliament voted to separate from spain. the spanish government declared it dissolved. now back to objectify.
moment that would be. arthel: we ll be watching, for sure. kristin fisher, thank you. eric: and we have this just in, the head of puerto rico s government power company says it will scrap a $300 million contract with the montana-based white fish energy holdings. do you know about this? it will finish, they say, some of the current work on the hurricane maria recovery efforts. the agency chief says he is bowing out to a demand from puerto rico s governor. democrats and republicans in congress have called for an investigation into how white fish which happens to be a two-man, 2-year-old company based in the hometown in montana of secretary ryan zinke how it was hired to restore power in puerto rico. local and federal audits of the company are now underway. arthel: and, eric, the power company says scrapping that contract will delay work by 10-12 weeks. 70% of puerto rico still without power more than a month after hurricane maria hit.
right, to help put the lights back on and everything else in puerto rico. so ambassador eisen, you are the ethics guy. what questions do you have? again, the white house saying this was puerto rico call. federal government had nothing to do with this despite some of the questions. what are your questions, sir? well, question number one is what s the qualifications of this company that s two years old, just two employees when hurricane maria hit. question number two, zeinke or other trump administration involvement. whitefish is it a very small town. the ceo of the company admits he knows him. is that really a cohenincidence? and the final set is political contributions that whitefish investors and those close to the company massive political