ricans. joining us now is gadi schwartz in san juan. president trump telling a story there about the tremendous aid that the u.s. government, that fema is providing. tell us what it s like where you are, you know, from those i ve spoken to in san juan, they have very much felt forgotten and isolated and scared. reporter: absolutely. it s important to note that that message you just saw from president trump is not a message that anyone here in puerto ricans puerto rico saw because right now most of the island is without electricity, without power, and they are cut off from things like tv. so that type of messaging does not translate here to the island of puerto rico because they have been cut off. in fact, i m going to show you just a little bit of what everyone s been going through. right now we re at the telemundo studios. there s damage to the satellite dish over there. we ve brought in our own satellite dish. that s how you re able to see this. but it is difficult to get a signa
the eastern eye wall. we re trying to get a signal out. i have only been in the eye once. it is remarkable to see what it going on here. in the eye it is not only calm, but i have seen birds flying around before. you can never predict that you would be in the eye to actually see that, it just happens to you. i don t know we ll be fortunate to be in that position today. you would rather go through the eye because you get a break and the south side is not as strong. we have a split screen with you up and the radar, and this right front northeast quadrant right that now i m projecting to come over the top of you. if you get into the a clearing
i saw a young man pull out a large screen television from him home. he pointed to what was really a square of air with a bunch of charred of wood on the bottom, that was his house. he managed toal advantage that big screen television. are you having issues with cell service and getting emails and making phonems calls? reporter: we had a satellite phone with us. so it s a challenge in these storms to keep the team together and get a signal out. but we have a lot of different ways to try to get it up. we are trying to get you pictures of people in hard times in difficult circumstance. rick: we are going to go to rick in meyerland dealing with the
people are going through this trying to go inside trying to pull out what they could i say young man pulling out a large screen television. as it which one is yours? he pointed what was just really a square of air with a bunch of pieces of shards of wood on the bottom. that was his house. he managed to salvage the big screen television though. you mentioned the cell phone towers being down. and i had some communication problems as well. are you having issues with cell phone service, getting emails and making phone calls? and has been back and forth. we had a satellite phone does so it is a challenge in the storm to try and keep a team together and get a signal out. some challenges ever we have some gaps and pauses but we have people in difficult circumstances right now. certainly very challenging we appreciate you being there.
of these seriously. they almost don t have a choice particularly if the plane is in the air. what are you going do? you re going to search it. the fbi is trying to trace back the phone caller. was the call made in the u.s. or overseas. is that caller linked to an organization or just an individual? you want to charge that person. this costs hundreds of thousands of dollars. they ve got to send a signal out. if you do this, we re going to lock you up. threatening a jetliner can mean five years in prison. david kerley, abc news, washington. coming up, model mother. the new magazine cover showing a supermodel breastfeeding her child. the images going viral and sparking a heated debate. in our next half hour, money talks. your monthly cell phone bill pulling big dollars out of your wallet. there is a way to save. you can start with chatting with your providers. our tips on what to say. you re watching world news now.