Florida Keys Residents Eager to Assess Damage in Hard-Hit Florida Keys
CUOMO: The problem was the storm. Now it's time. It's waiting for things to happen despite all the best efforts. FEMA says every house in the Keys was somehow impacted by this monster of storms. CNN's Martin Savidge is live in Florida City as residents tried to get back to their homes. Martin, what are you finding?</s>MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Chris. This is one of those places where you'll likely to run into friction between those wanting to return and those who say, hold on a minute. It's one of the many checkpoints that you'll hit on Highway 1 as you head south. Traffic is moving for now but there are other checkpoints that are going to stop these folks. Talking about good news, electricity is starting to come back. The two power companies here in the Florida Keys, the one that covers the northern keys, say they've gotten about 40 percent back. Key West, though, they went from 12 percent to 20 percent yesterday. A lot of good progress but still 70 percent of their customers have no electricity. They also have other problems down there. They were able to make repairs to U.S. Highway 1. Now let's get to the frustration that's building here. Because you hear that kind of progress, residents are saying, hey, come on, I want to go home. Here's the issue. They still don't have good water down there that is to drink and they don't have good water as far as sanitation. Historically those two problems have probably killed more people than just about anything else. We're talking dysentery and cholera. On top of that, the medical facilities down there don't have the power or the staffing yet to take on the medical emergencies that would likely come from thousands of people returning to damaged homes. So that's why health officials -- why county officials are saying you can't go back yet. It'd just be a worst disaster -- Alisyn.</s>CAMEROTA: Yes. Great, great information and warning, Martin. Thank you for that. So Tropical Storm Jose is expecting to regain hurricane strength. Where is this one headed? CNN meteorologist Chad Myers has our latest forecast. What are you seeing with this one?</s>CUOMO: So that's what we're looking at. It's about -- we're about a week out from being able to predict with any kind of certainty where it will be.</s>CHAD MYERS, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Four days out from that prediction, seven days out from any kind of potential landfall. Yes.</s>CUOMO: I loved you before, but now I am a whole type of different disciple when it comes to Chad Myers.</s>MYERS: Stop it.</s>CUOMO: Chad, thank you very much, my friend.</s>MYERS: You're welcome.</s>CUOMO: I appreciate what you did for us down there also. It helps to know --</s>MYERS: Great. Great work, Chris. Thanks a lot.</s>CUOMO: Thanks. All right. So there are new details emerging about that White House dinner that you had President Trump, Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi. It wasn't so much about who was there as it was about who was not there. What's the current state of play? Maggie Haberman has new reporting next.