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| Las Vegas shooting latest: Trump calls gunman 'demented' on Puerto Rico visit | |
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| The international aid group Oxfam has announced it is joining the recovery effort on Puerto Rico, and accused the Trump administration of a “slow and inadequate response” to the crisis. | |
| “We are outraged at the slow and inadequate response the US government has mounted in Puerto Rico,” Abby Maxman, the president of Oxfam America, said in a statement. | |
| “Clean water, food, fuel, electricity, and health care are in desperately short supply and quickly dwindling, and we’re hearing excuses and criticism from the administration instead of a cohesive and compassionate response. | |
| “The US has more than enough resources to mobilize an emergency response but has failed to do so in a swift and robust manner.” | |
| The group said it would pursue “a two-pronged response” of lobbying Congress and federal agencies to send more resources and waive barriers to that aid. Oxfam has also sent a team to assess and counter the risks of unsafe water, areas without shelter, and cholera and other diseases. | |
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| San Juan mayor accepts invitation to meet Trump | |
| San Juan mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz has accepted an invitation to meet with Donald Trump, she has just announced in a statement. | |
| “This is about saving lives, not about politics,” she says. | |
| “I have been invited to attend a briefing with President Trump today while he visits Puerto Rico. I have accepted the invitation on behalf of the people of San Juan and out of respect for the American people represented by the office of the president of the United States. | |
| I will use this opportunity to reiterate the primary message: this is about saving lives, not about politics; this is about giving the people of Puerto Rico the respect we deserve; and recognize the moral imperative to do both. | |
| To save lives we need a robust and continuous supply chain of aid, we need to adapt standard operating procedures to local reality. And above all we need to cut the red tape. | |
| Open channels of communication are always good to have but they must produce much needed results. | |
| This is a humanitarian crisis and it must be treated with that sense of urgency. That is the only way to complete the only mission that matters: saving lives. That is what it is all about.” | |
| Trump attacked Cruz at length over the weekend after she pleaded for help and criticized the administration’s characterization of Puerto Rico as a “good news story”. | |
| “If anybody out there is listening to us, we are dying, and you are killing us with the inefficiency and the bureaucracy,” Cruz said on Friday. | |
| The president then accused her of “poor leadership” and said critics of his administration, which hesitated to waive restrictions on shipping to the island, were “politically motivated ingrates”. On Tuesday morning he said Cruz had “come back a long way”. | |
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| CBS’s David Begnaud, on Puerto Rico since Maria made landfall there on 20 September, reports that the island has made a tiny improvement in its supply of electricity. | CBS’s David Begnaud, on Puerto Rico since Maria made landfall there on 20 September, reports that the island has made a tiny improvement in its supply of electricity. |
| The president is due to arrive around 11am local time. Governor Ricardo Rosselló is scheduled to meet with him, as is Kenneth Mapp, governor of the US Virgin Islands. | The president is due to arrive around 11am local time. Governor Ricardo Rosselló is scheduled to meet with him, as is Kenneth Mapp, governor of the US Virgin Islands. |
| Only 7% (5% yesterday) of Puerto Rico has power. This was the reaction, Saturday, in Levittown when the lights came on (📸 Luis Asencio) pic.twitter.com/X03lpNniJe | Only 7% (5% yesterday) of Puerto Rico has power. This was the reaction, Saturday, in Levittown when the lights came on (📸 Luis Asencio) pic.twitter.com/X03lpNniJe |
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| Las Vegas shooting: 59 dead and 516 injured, officials say | |
| A day after a gunman opened fire on a concert in Las Vegas, American officials are grappling with its aftermath – fighting to save lives in hospitals, struggling to reunite families, mourning and investigating – while also contending with a crisis off the mainland: the recovery of hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico. | A day after a gunman opened fire on a concert in Las Vegas, American officials are grappling with its aftermath – fighting to save lives in hospitals, struggling to reunite families, mourning and investigating – while also contending with a crisis off the mainland: the recovery of hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico. |
| President Donald Trump is en route to the island early Tuesday morning, before any new updates from Nevada authorities on the Sunday night shooting. Here’s what we know: | President Donald Trump is en route to the island early Tuesday morning, before any new updates from Nevada authorities on the Sunday night shooting. Here’s what we know: |
| A gunman killed 59 people and wounded 516 when he opened fire from a 32nd-floor hotel room into the crowd at a country music festival on the Las Vegas strip. | A gunman killed 59 people and wounded 516 when he opened fire from a 32nd-floor hotel room into the crowd at a country music festival on the Las Vegas strip. |
| He had 23 guns in the room, including AR-15-style rifles, and another 19 and thousands of rounds at his home, in Mesquite, Nevada. He checked into the large, two-room suite on 28 September, and broke windows to fire outward. | He had 23 guns in the room, including AR-15-style rifles, and another 19 and thousands of rounds at his home, in Mesquite, Nevada. He checked into the large, two-room suite on 28 September, and broke windows to fire outward. |
| Authorities named the suspect as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, a wealthy real-estate investor and gambler. Described by family as having no strong political or religious feelings, his motive remains unknown | Authorities named the suspect as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, a wealthy real-estate investor and gambler. Described by family as having no strong political or religious feelings, his motive remains unknown |
| Trump called the attack “an act of pure evil” on Monday, and said he would visit Las Vegas on Wednesday. | Trump called the attack “an act of pure evil” on Monday, and said he would visit Las Vegas on Wednesday. |
| The White House resisted calls to consider new gun laws, saying it would be “premature” to discuss them. Republicans in Congress, set to loosen rules on silencers, delayed their plans. | The White House resisted calls to consider new gun laws, saying it would be “premature” to discuss them. Republicans in Congress, set to loosen rules on silencers, delayed their plans. |
| Before departing for Puerto Rico on Tuesday, the president broached the shooting. “What happened in Las Vegas is in many was a miracle,” he said. “The police department has done such an incredible job, and we’ll be talking about gun laws as time goes by.” | Before departing for Puerto Rico on Tuesday, the president broached the shooting. “What happened in Las Vegas is in many was a miracle,” he said. “The police department has done such an incredible job, and we’ll be talking about gun laws as time goes by.” |
| Although police have not described the shooter’s mental health at all, the president called him “a sick man, a demented man, a lot of problems, I guess”. | Although police have not described the shooter’s mental health at all, the president called him “a sick man, a demented man, a lot of problems, I guess”. |
| “We’re looking into him very, very seriously. We’re dealing with a very very sick individual.” | “We’re looking into him very, very seriously. We’re dealing with a very very sick individual.” |
| On Puerto Rico, rescue and recovery teams are still struggling with the devastation on the island, where millions of people have limited or no access to safe water, electricity, shelter, or medicine. | On Puerto Rico, rescue and recovery teams are still struggling with the devastation on the island, where millions of people have limited or no access to safe water, electricity, shelter, or medicine. |
| At least 16 people have died since hurricane Maria made landfall as a category-four storm on 20 September. | At least 16 people have died since hurricane Maria made landfall as a category-four storm on 20 September. |
| The mayor of San Juan, Carmen Yulín Cruz, pleaded for help, saying on Friday: “if anybody out there is listening to us, we are dying.” | The mayor of San Juan, Carmen Yulín Cruz, pleaded for help, saying on Friday: “if anybody out there is listening to us, we are dying.” |
| Trump derided the mayor over the weekend, and said attacked critics who said his administration was slow to help Americans on the island, calling them “politically motivated ingrates”. | Trump derided the mayor over the weekend, and said attacked critics who said his administration was slow to help Americans on the island, calling them “politically motivated ingrates”. |
| The governor, Ricardo Rosselló, said that in an optimistic scenario 80% of Puerto Rico could have power by the end of October. Overall recovery for the territory, which was struggling with a long-running financial crisis before the storm, could take a decade. Rosselló ordered an indefinite curfew to deter crime. | The governor, Ricardo Rosselló, said that in an optimistic scenario 80% of Puerto Rico could have power by the end of October. Overall recovery for the territory, which was struggling with a long-running financial crisis before the storm, could take a decade. Rosselló ordered an indefinite curfew to deter crime. |
| The president again defended the work of federal authorities – and again claimed that locals were not doing enough. He said Cruz has “come back a long way” but “we need their truck drivers to start driving trucks.” | The president again defended the work of federal authorities – and again claimed that locals were not doing enough. He said Cruz has “come back a long way” but “we need their truck drivers to start driving trucks.” |
| In Texas and in Florida, we get an A+. And I’ll tell you what, I think we’ve done just as good in Puerto Rico, and it’s actually a much tougher situation. But now the roads are cleared, communications is starting to come back. We need their truck drivers to start driving trucks. | In Texas and in Florida, we get an A+. And I’ll tell you what, I think we’ve done just as good in Puerto Rico, and it’s actually a much tougher situation. But now the roads are cleared, communications is starting to come back. We need their truck drivers to start driving trucks. |
| On a local level, they have to give us more help. But I will tell you, the first responders, the military, Fema, they have done an incredible job in Puerto Rico. And whether it’s her or anybody else, they’re all starting to say it. I appreciate very much the governor and his comments. He has said we have done an incredible job, and that’s the truth. | On a local level, they have to give us more help. But I will tell you, the first responders, the military, Fema, they have done an incredible job in Puerto Rico. And whether it’s her or anybody else, they’re all starting to say it. I appreciate very much the governor and his comments. He has said we have done an incredible job, and that’s the truth. |
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