need to stabilize the insurance markets and we can give flexibility to the state. if you wanted to keep obamacare you could or design your own plan you could, within surgeon guard rails. these were responsible guard rails. i d argue at the time we could deal with medicaid later as part of an entitlement reform package that could include medicare and social security because entitlements are out of control. so, anderson this is and we were starting to see the sun peak through a bit on republicans and democrats work together, and it s gone. i don t know whether you play ping-pong owner, this is like a ping-pong game on healthcare and the losers are the people. you re talking about a bipartisan approach, is that a realistic approach at this
winds, you saw as i struggled to stand ground during the toughest parts of hurricane maria. so what s next, okay the governor has sent out a crew of rescue team, now the rebuilding begins. but that will come after damage assessment. and the rebuilding part of it anderson, we ve talked about this part before, this is an island with that other storm glooming over the financial crisis, $70 billion in debt. so financially puerto rico cannot afford to rebuild on its own. hey, leyla any word on why it s going to be so long without power? reporter: right, so the power system here, because of what i just mentioned, because of the the economic crisis has really lacked maintenance. it was vulnerable before irma even arrived.
now from san juan. leyla what are you seeing? reporter: we re still saying rain and gusts of winds coming down every now and then. really, it s dark, not because it s nighttime but because there is no power on this island. power is a major issue. the other big issue right now, anderson, is communication. as i ve been talking to people on the street those are sort of the big questions, do you have power, do you have generator then it s do you have a signal. a lot of people still trying to gethold of loved ones. there was a 6:00 p.m., curfew put in place by the governor and yet i still see people walking back and forth and they are either trying to get to their homes, trying to get to loved ones or just in awe, in disbelief of the damage that
slammed puerto rico leaving everyone on the island without power as other islands brace for they hickory, centrists flying through it. joining me on the phone is flight director richard henning. where is it hurricane at this point, and what s it doing? well, anderson, the hurricane is just to the northwest of the puerto rican coast heading west northwest. we are at an all the attitude of 45,000 feet near the northwestern corner of puerto rico heading south. and we are picking our way through some massive thunderstorms. that have built up to 50,000 feet and higher, which means it s above the altitude of our aircraft. we re taking our time picking through the worst of this storm right now. it is blowing up significantly right now.
white house counsel has something in a safe. obviously, i assume mueller haven t read that and would be interested in knowing what he s talking about. can you just briefly explain who this is and why it s so unusual manafort was making this offer? this was a very startling development for the simple reason, you can complicate it with a lot of russian names. but the simple story here actually anderson, is that the chairman of the now president s, presidential campaign, donald trump s campaign was offering weeks before trump was named the gop nominee for president, was offering to a russian also lie of the vladimir putin special private information about the campaign. sort of a back door. if we want to talk and want to know special information we can accommodate him, was essentially