The information minister says the goal now is to reopen the airport in Kingston as early as Thursday. So, what will that timeline mean for my next guest, an American stranded in Jamaica, Peter Kong. Peter, uh, first of all, it's good to see you. It's good to see you safe and sound.Do you have any idea when you might be able to come home. >> Um, so right now, according to the, you know, the Jamaican news, they're saying that they are assessing the damage at Kingston airport right now. As of right now, my fli ...

The images we're seeing from neighborhoods in Jamaica in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa reveal absolute destruction. Gates of homes immersed in murky waters. Driveways and the roads beyond them invisible.Joining me now is Lisa Hannah, a Jamaican resident and former Jamaican politician, stuck in Florida right now, waiting for word on when she can return home. Lisa, um, it's good to have you here. I know you've been talking to folks on the ground in Jamaica.>> What are you hearing. What are they telling y ...

Both of them have made this motion to dismiss their indictments on the grounds that Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully appointed. And both of the judges in their cases in the same district have said, you know what, it would be sort of uncosher for us to rule on that. We are people who see the US attorney's office before us each and every day.The statutory scheme here gives power to the judges of the district if there's a vacancy and therefore we're sort of conflicted here. So they pushed the matter off to the ...

Democrats getting a little bit tight right now. Uh it's their constituents, a lot of them that uh in some of these inner cities that that going to need SNAP uh to survive and they're getting a lot of calls and the pressure is going to be put on them. A lot of people need to go back to work.A lot of a lot of young men that are on SNAP that uh should be working. >> Uh anyhow, >> wait. No, wait. No, no, no.Let's let's let that let's let that sink in. Mike. Uh, >> yeah.>> Tommy Tarville, >> a guy who held up th ...

We have some numbers um that Kristen Welker put up um in a story about Donald Trump's approval ratings for uh the economy and most of them are below 40%. Lowest numbers he's ever had. >> He's all over the world.You've got a government shutdown. You've got uh one in four, one in five Americans who depend on food assistance not going to get it. You have health care prices absolutely exploding.Uh you still have concerns about inflation. You've got a 20 to40 billion bailout of Argentina. You also of course you ...

Speaking of groceries for myself, my family since we are affected by the government shutdown. We are feeling it kind of hard. There's no money.>> It's been hard for everyone. It's not easy. >> It is frustrating.>> Still trying to stay positive. Everybody has things to pay and everybody's trying to make it to work and we don't have the same motivation when we have a paycheck. >> Every day to go out, get up, go to work every day, and not know where the next dollar is coming from.>> How long are these grocerie ...

and the news today that there were new boat strikes um four alleged drug running boats in the Eastern Pacific that killed 14 um and then on top of that this reporting from Reuters that US military officials have been required to sign NDAs tied to this mission. >> Sure. It's just a continuation that the president is uh ordering murder.He's breaking both international and domestic law regarding the use of force in outside of war because this is not war despite him calling it war. He's pushing boundaries becau ...

EMERGED FROM THE STORM. THAT RAINBOW. LOOK AT THAT.APPEARING OVER MONTEGO BAY. LET'S GET RIGHT TO MSNBC CLIMATE REPORTER MOSES SMALL AND HURRICANE SPECIALIST AND WBTV METEOROLOGIST JOHN MORALES. SO, SO, MOSES, WE JUST GOT AN UPDATE.I UNDERSTAND WHAT'S THE LATEST ON THE STORM'S STRENGTH AND ITS PATH. >> YEAH, WE GOT AN UPDATE FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER LITERALLY ABOUT TWO MINUTES AGO. THE STORM IS STILL CATEGORY TWO.WIND SPEED 100MPH. BUT NOW THE CENTER OF THAT STORM IS NOW OFFSHORE FROM CUBA AND HEA ...

UNICEF's Olga Isaza is joining us now from Kingston, Jamaica. Olga, you're headed out into the field right now. This really is Jamaica's storm of the century.Tell us what you're seeing so far today in terms of damage and and how's everyone, you know, doing. >> Good morning and let me start by expressing my compassion and my solidarity with all the people that are suffering here. The impact is huge.We are trying to reach the specific point in which the hurricane uh falls. So we are going to to try to reach a ...

cuz I know exactly how this feels. Uh I know what hunger looks like. You know, my dad worked at a grocery store uh and would bring home stale food, candy bars in particular, uh that he found next to the dumpster, uh because the boys got to eat.Uh look, I I was a single parent in college. And I lived on food stamps. It kept my son and me fed.Uh Medicaid kept us healthy. And so these types of programs um are important. And I understand exactly the trepidation that Nevada families are feeling right now.And I d ...