well, despite, you know, what the president is saying, the former fema administrator craig fugate told my producer today fema is still working in louisiana for katrina recovery. that s 12 years later. and said fema is going to be working for recovery years to come if puerto rico, the u.s. virgin islands, in florida, in texas, and a tweet doesn t change that. so, i want you to give us an update on what is happening. do you feel, do you feel that you have the help that you need? no, but it has gotten better since last week. i have to say that ever since last week, when a new chain of communication was given to us by homeland security, accountability has improved and things are starting to improve. i can now see the light imagine the light at the end of the tunnel. i can t see it yet, but i can imagine it. mayor, thank you for your time. we appreciate it.
this is life saving. this isn t politics. this is about saving lives. there are thousands of people out there that still don t have drinking water. there are thousands of people out there that do not even have water. they don t have food. they don t have access to the appropriate medication. and the white house response to this and the president s response to this is, you know, i said this morning, rather than being a commander in chief, he s like a hater in chief. he continues to tweet his hate all over the place, and rather than offering comforting words and being, you know, hey, if you can t be a president, be an executive. mack sure that all ducks are straight in a row and you re getting things done. i have to say in the past week, fema s response, at least in san juan, has been a lot better. is it everything that we need? no. do you think the president is treating puerto rico differently than texas and florida after the hurricanes? because he didn t tweet that
and rather than offering comforting words and being, you know, hey, if you can t be a president, be an executive. make sure that all dots are straight in a row and we are getting things done. and i have to say in the past week fema s response at least in san juan has been a lot better. is it everything that we need? no. do you think the president is treating puerto rico differently than texas and florida after the hurricanes? because he didn t tweet that about texas and florida and i m sure fema is still on the ground there. most definitely. he s treating puerto rico different than he treated than the u.s. treated haiti. for some reason he s taking all of his aungnger on puerto rico. we have served in all the wars and the conflicts the u.s. has had since 1917, you know. we have paid our dues and there are american citizens here in puerto rico. this is a nation. there s a big disconnect between the big heart of the volunteers
where the ambulance is coming from? no. you just want the ambulance to get there. help save your life. you p don t want the ambulance to tell you, by the way, ma am, just make sure you know, this is costing the citizens of x $1,000, just so that you know. no. i mean, the most powerful country in the world can t get enough water into puerto rico, an island that s 100 by 35 miles wide. come on, you know. ma am it isn t that they can t. maybe they don t want to. well, i have to despite, you know, what the president is saying, the former fema administrator, craig few dpat, told my producer today that fema is still working in louisiana for katrina recovery. that s 12 years later and said that fema is going to be working for recovery years to come in puerto rico, the u.s. virgin islands and florida and texas. ask a tweet doesn t change that. so i want you to give us an update on what s happening. do you feel, do you feel that
about texas and florida and i m sure fema is still on the ground there. most definitely. he s treating puerto rico different than he treated than the u.s. treated high tee. for some reason he s taken all of his anger out in puerto rico. now, we have served in all the wars and all the conflicts the u.s. has had since 1917, you know. we have paid our dues, and there are american citizens here in puerto rico. this is a nation. there s a big disconnect between the big heart of the volunteers and the people that are here working on the ground and, frankly, the big mouth of the president of the united states. it continues to add insult to injury. his tweets let me ask you about this, mayor. out of a book of how to insult people. despite his tweets, tuesday night the trump administration asked for $4.9 billion to fund the loan program that puerto rico can use to address basic