Hurricane maria. The island is short on food, electricity, cash, reliable communications, much more. And according to the department of defense, nearly 42 of the population, about 3. 5 Million People are without drinking water. There are 69 hospitals across the island. And according to the governor of puerto rico, only 20 of them are working. Now, in some remote parts of the island calls for help have been seen written on rooftops, the mayor told msnbc that the roof needs to be ripped off like a band aid so more aid can come. People say, for heavens sake, write me a memo, ask me what we need. Im going to tell you, we need gas, we need running water. We need some way for people to find their way around. And we need our hospitals not to become death traps. Amid growing pleas for help, President Trump announced yesterday that he will visit puerto rico next tuesday and defended the federal response. The governor of puerto rico is so thankful for the great job were doing. We did a great job in texas. A great job in florida. A great job in louisiana. We hit little pieces of georgia and alabama. And frankly, were doing and its most difficult job because its on an island, an island in the middle of the ocean. Its out in the ocean, you cant just drive your trucks there from other states. Right now, the pentagon is increasing the number of military forces being sent in to help with relief efforts. Defense Officials Say the ship uss comfort will head to puerto rico as well. And the president rejecting the criticism that he was too preoccupied with nfl instead of puerto rico. Heres how he responded to reporters just yesterday. Well, i wasnt preoccupied by the nfl. I was ashamed of what was taking place, because, to me, that was a very important moment. I dont think you can disrespect our country, our flag, our national anthem. To me, the nfl situation is say very important situation. Ive heard that before about was i preoccupied. Not at all. Not at all. I have plenty of time on my hands. All i do is work. Meanwhile, lawmakers are pushing for quick approval of relief funding for puerto rico. Im telling you, if things dont ramp up quickly in terms of the aid provided there and the efforts provided there, this could rapidly escalate. We saw 12 people lose their lives in florida in a nursing home because there was no power and air conditioning. Puerto ricos just as hot. Republican senator ted cruz tweeted puerto rico risks becoming a full humanitarian disaster. And senator john mccain is asking Homeland Security to wave the jones act. The law points tankers from hauling food among u. S. Ports unless those vessels are american made. An establishment of an incumbent went down in defeat as roy moore defeated appointed senator Luther Strange. Strange had the backing of President Trump and Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell and lost by nearly ten points. During the sixweek runoff period alone strange and supporting groups spent 4. 7 million on tv ads. And moore and aligned groups spent just 1 million. And mcconnell congratulated moore in a state last night that read, quote, he ran a Spirited Campaign centered around the dissatisfaction with the progress made in washington. I share that frustration and believe that enacting the agenda that those votered for allows us to work together. And Vice President mike pence congratulating roy moore. And President Trump tweeted his congratulations to moore and said Luther Strange started way back and ran a good race. Roy, win in november. And since but trump tweeted with the correct month and deleted the tweet. But trump went on with three earlier tweets supporting moore. And steve bannon declared the night a win for trump. I want to thank all of the good faux in alabama for supporting donald trump by voting for judge moore. The question was called today in the state of alabama, whos sovereign . The people are the money. And alabama answered today. The people. All right. Joining us now from washington is politicos danielle lipman. The big question facing the Republican Party even for observers outside of it is, are there Republican Leaders vessel invested in defeating roy moore . Is this a setback for them . Where is it going to be for the establishment wing of Republican Party . This makes it much harder to keep control. Because lots of incumbents are going to be facing conservative charlies like bannon predicted. This gives those people a lot of encouragement. And mcconnell does not like people like judge moore to serve within the u. S. Senate. So this marks a real defeat for trump. Because it makes him look like it embarrasses him by he had to delete his own tweets praising Luther Strange. So, thats kind of if you do that, thats kind of a black eye for trump. I got to say, he said thank you for supporting trump. His candidate lost. Theres also a top resignation going on the top of the dea, Chuck Rosenburg stepping aside. While hes stepping aside, hes tweeting about the president. Tell us about that and the connection to jim kirbs comey. He serbed as former chief of staff to comey. So hes pretty close to comey. What were hearing is, he did not think trump respected the rule of law. He publicly rebuked trump basically. Because a few months ago, trump said police should rough people up who are criminal suspects. And rosenberg sent an agencywide memo to his staff just responding to the president s comments i dont have a partisan agenda but this is not right. We as dea agents are supposed to treat criminal suspects with respect. We cant beat them up. It was suspected that trump would put his own guy in. So youre seeing that rosenburg quit. Hes a career prosecutor. Hes not an obama guy. Let me ask you about this quickly, about the controversy surrounding house and Human Services secretary price with jets. I know politico has been reporting on this what are the latest details that you are getting . So, weve uncovered details of two of those flights. One was to a georgia island where price and his wife own land. And another to nashville where he had a very quick stop to speak at a conference but also had lunch with his son. So the question is did he take some of these private jet flights paid for by taxpayers with a lot of personal business on the side. That raises lots of red flags as to the propriety of that. Eventually, hell have to account for all of these flights and pay them back. Theres a startling number of flights that are accumulated. Daniel lipman live in washington, d. C. And a law was made official as gop senator leaders decided not to call a vote on the latest Health Care Reform plan. Setting back their goal of repealing and replacing obamacare. Senators mck s cassidy and grah this resupply. To be clear, we dont have the votes. Speaking to that and the president , lindsey and me are on speed dial. Am i disappointedy absolutely. We havent given up on changing the American Health care system. Were not going to be able to do that this week. But it still lies ahead of us. And we havent given up on that. And late night talk show Host Jimmy Kimmel who slashed with Senate Republicans as an outspoken critic of the bill tweeted a photo of his son who suffered from congenital heart defects. Writing thanks to all those who spoke out, goodbye grahamcassidy. Now, to the latest in the saga on the sonic attacks in the embassy in cuba which injured at least 21 personnel. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson speaking yesterday, cubas foreign minister vowed cuba is not behind the attack. It comes as its citing multiple sources following the investigation reports that the white house does not believe that the cuban government is behind the attacks. The mystery has even baffled cuban president raul castro who has denied responsibility. But told a u. S. Diplomat in a rare facetoface meeting that hes equally confused and concerned. Still ahead, President Trump weighs in on the north korean crisis that is ongoing, warning that the u. S. Is ready to use devastating force. Were going to get a live report on the ongoing tensions. And later, senator bob corker said he will not seek reelection, setting off speculation on who will take that seat. Those stories and more when we come back. Kevin, meet your father. Kevin Kevin Kevin KevinKevin Kevin KevinKevin Kevin Kevin trusted advice for life. Kevin, hows your mom . Life well planned. See what a Raymond JamesFinancial Advisor can do for you. hard exhalation honey . Can we do this tomorrow . grunts of effort can we do this tomorrow . If you have Heart Failure symptoms, your risk of hospitalization could increase, making tomorrow uncertain. 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And the rhetorical war with pyongyang responding to the allegation that he declared war on north korea and that the dprk will shoot down american warplanes flying in airspace. Stake a listen. We are totally prepared for a second option, not a preferred option. But if we take that option, it will be devastating, i can tell you, that, devastating for north korea. Thats called the military option. If we have to take it, we will. Hes acting very badly. Hes saying things. North korea is a situation that should have been handled 25 neergs, 20 neergs, 15 years ago, 10 years ago, 5 years ago and could have been handled very easily. You have various administrations, many administrations which left me a mess. But ill fix the mess. His remarks come as reports indicate that north korean government officials have been quietly trying to set up meetings. In what appears to be an attempt to better underPresident Trump. Joining us live from beijing, china, nbc news janis mackey frayer. You heard tell me say that the north koreans are trying to understand President Trump. And im curious to get your thoughts in terms of how north koreas strategy is splaying out here, trying to understand President Trump. Well, we have had these reports that these north korean officials have been very quietly trying to work channels in order to get access to american analysts, to scholars, in particular, republican analysts, who may have some sort of read. Who might be able to decode exactly what it is is that President Trump might be thinking or might be planning. Its unclear at this point whether pyongyang has the will or the means to go to war with the United States. Despite this threat of shooting down u. S. Military aircraft. The big problem for diplomatic efforts at this point has been the lack of ongoing and meaningful engagement between pyongyang and washington. Or even beijing for that matter. So, that is the big risk right now is misinterpretation and miscalculation. Meanwhile, the joint chiefs of staff chairman general Joseph Dunford told the Senate Armed Services committee that the u. S. Is preparing for north korea to have a Nuclear Capable icbm soon. Heres what he had to say. Whether its three months or six months or 18 months, it is soon. And we ought to conduct ourselves as though it is just a matter of time. And a matter of very short time before north korea has that capability. China remains a key gobetween. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson is heading to beijing, hell have meetings with chinese officials at the weekend. Secretary tillerson has been adamant that the u. S. Is still looking for a diplomatic solution to this, despite any contradictions from President Trump that he is saying or in those cases tweeting. Ayman. Yeah. And of course, the implications that the United States may have to accept a Nuclear Armed north korea. Janis mackey frayer, thank you very much from beijing. Lets get a check of your weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. Bill, puerto ricos still in a dire situation. And youre telling me about the relentless heat and humidity thats there. And theyre really not getting any relief. I guess the heat index yesterday was 108 degrees in san juan . Yeah. That was i mean, its not that exceptional, i think floridas the same way this time of year. But think of the many people without power. In dealing with especially the elderly and children and sick, 108, thats in the shade, too. Imagine what the apartments feel like so just ugly. Today is a little cooler than that. Heat index will be about 100 degrees, san juan, right around 96. Its still very uncomfortable. That really hasnt changend and its not going to either. Were still tracking maria. By the way, it was seven day, a week from now that maria was making landfall in puerto rico. Only seven days. Think of all. Stories and miss ray thats happened. Heres the latest. 70mileperhour winds. A tropical storm, about 150 miles due east of cape hatteras. This is the closest right now that the storm will come to the outer banks. The winds are not that bad. Theyve only been gusting at 30 to 40 miles per hour. The only problem is the waves. A little bit of sturcorm surge. And it takes a track after today. The other story, how about the heat groos the great lakes and northeast. Chicago hl seven days in a row of record heat. That comes to an end today. Cooler temperature as arriving for you. But were still very warm. D. C. , atlanta, memphis and its very warm too. And we filmed the switch as cooler air will move into the northeast. Today is the last of hot stuff. Look at boston, friday, saturday, sunday, 50s and 60s. If you like that summer heat, today it is for you in the northeast. Much cooler as we go through the week. And in houston still cleaning up from harvey, a lot of people cleaning up their homes having to deem with heat there. Obviously, their homes not having electricity as well. A tough situation. We really cant complain having the heat index where it is in new york. Just a little unusual. Still ahead, a bribery scandal has rocked College Basketball. At least four coaches have been charged in a federal corruption investigation. Those details in sports, next. I was really surprised that i wasnt finding all of these germans in my tree. I decided to have my dna tested through ancestry dna. The big surprise was were not german at all. 52 of my dna comes from scotland and ireland. So, i traded in my lederhosen for a kilt. Ancestry has many paths to discovering your story. Get started for free at ancestry. Com. Hungry eyes one look at you and i cant disguise ive got hungry eyes applebees 2 for 20. Now thats eatin good in the neighborhood. If yand constipation,ling and youre overwhelmed by everything youve tried all those laxatives, daily probiotics, endless fiber it could be wearing on you. 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A federal investigation into College Basketball has led to charges money allegedly flowed between athletes families, coaches and others with a financial interest in basketball, all with the goal of locking in where Young Athletes would play, who would represent them and what clothing they would pair. Authorities say four assistant coaches from arizona, auburn, Oklahoma State and Southern California are accused of taking bribes between 13,000 and 100,000 to steer players to a particular sports agents and Financial Advisers. Also charged in federal court yesterday were managers, Fi