Nearly two weeks after Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico,residents, military and emergency personnel are continue to deal with the aftermath of catastrophic destructionthat has engulfed most of the island. Still, or as aid slowly pours in,residents are desperate for basic essentials, such as water and food, or widespread power outages and gasoline supplies still plague the island. President Trump and other senior administration officials are scheduled to visit the island on Tuesday,just days after the president came under widespread criticism for his series of tweets about about Puerto Rico. Still, President Trump has defended his administration’s response to Hurricane Maria and relief efforts in Puerto Rico. David Begnaud, or is a correspondent for CBS News who has been reporting on the response efforts across the island,brings us the latest. Jeremy Konyndyk , a former head of U.
S. Foreign catastrophe Assistance under President Obama and a current senior policy fellow at the middle for Global Development, or says the response from the Trump Administration has been lackluster at best. This episode is hosted by Todd Zwillich.
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