ARE NO SUSPECTS AT LARGE RIGHT
NOW.
WE DO HAVE SKY WITNESS AND A
CREW HEADED TO THE SCENE.
WE WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION
AS SOON AS WE GET IT.
THEY ARE CALLING IT
HURRICANE SEAMA -- FEMA. THEY
ARE MAKING NOISE RIGHT NOW.
LAUREN'S LIVE AT THE PROTEST.
-- LAUREN IS LIVE AT THE
PROTEST.
Reporter: THEY HAVE SIGNS,
THEY ARE CHANTING.
THEY MARCHED ACROSS THE PARKING
LOT TO THE FRONT DOOR OF THE
FEMA BUILDING.
THEY HAVE THAT BLUE TARP. THEY
HOPE TO SEND A MESSAGE TO FEMA,
USING THIS TARP LIKE MANY HAVE
ON THE HOMES AND BUSINESSES ON
THE ISLAND.
IF FEMA DOES NOT COME THROUGH
WITH FUNDING, THEY WILL SPEND
ALL THE -- ALL DAY TOMORROW
PACKING UP THEIR LIVES AGAIN.
211 DAYS AGO, WIND AND RAIN
BLUE LIGHTS APART IN PUERTO
RICO.
NOW THESE HURRICANE MARIA
SURVIVORS ARE STANDING ON A
STREET CORNER IN ORLANDO,
BAKING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TO SAVE THEM FROM THE STREETS.
WHAT WILL YOU DO?
I HAVE TO MOVE.
THEY CANNOT BE LEFT OUT
WITHOUT SHELTER SUDDENLY.
Reporter: TO EXTEND THE
HOTEL ASSISTANCE, THEY NEEDED A
REQUEST FROM THE PUERTO RICAN
GOVERNOR.
CAME YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
AROUND THE SAME TIME FEMA
GRANTED AN EXTENSION IN TEXAS.
WE NEED HELP.
THIS IS NOT THE END.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO GET AN
APARTMENT OR HOUSE.
PLEASE EXTEND THE PROGRAM SO
THAT PEOPLE IN THE STATES CANS
DAY THERE.
Reporter: PUERTO RICO'S
UNSTABLE ELECTRIC GRID FAILED
YESTERDAY.
CAUSING A POWER OUTAGE AGAIN.
GOING BACK IS NOT AN OPTION
RIGHT NOW.
WHY SHOULD PEOPLE HAVE
CONFIDENCE IN BUILDING THEIR
LIFE IN PUERTO RICO RIGHT NOW.
A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES ARE
STARTING TO COME UP FOR PEOPLE
TO COME IN AND START GETTING
NEW JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES WITH
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND
PRODUCTS THAT -- PRIVATE SECTOR.
Reporter: WE CAN HEAR THE
FAMILIES GOING STRONG IN FRONT
OF THE FEMA BUILDING.
INCENTIVES ARE COMING FOR
FAMILIES TO MOVE BACK TO THE
ISLANDS, STARTING WITH $20
BILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO
KICKSTART THE ECONOMY.
WE ARE SIX WEEKS FROM
HURRICANE SEASON.
WILL WERE TO RICO BE READY?
Reporter: THEY SAID THEY ARE
SURE THEY WILL BE READY.
THEY ARE BUILDING MICRO GRIDS
RIGHT NOW.
THEY ARE DOING AN ISLAND WIDE
HURRICANE DRILL IN TWO WEEKS.
THEY FEEL LIKE THE ISLAND WILL
BE STRONGER THAN EVER, SOON.
REPORTING LIVE IN ORLANDO,
CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS.
BILL NELSON OF FLORIDA
SPOKE OF THE ISSUE ON THE
SENATE FLOOR TODAY.
HE SAID YESTERDAY'S POWER
OUTAGE WAS THE LATEST EXAMPLE
OF WHY SO MANY DISPLACED ORDER
BEACONS ARE UNABLE TO RETURN
HOME IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE
