investigating t the $30 million contract between puerto rico's electrical power company, known as prepa, and the tiny montana-based company whitefish, which is linked to interior secretary ryan zinke. that is his hometown. on sunday, under enormous pressure, puerto rico's governor ricardo rosello instructed puerto rico's power company to cancel the controversial contract with whitefish energy. well, we were there in puerto rico when that was announced. but our first stop on f friday afternoon was the roberto clemente coliseum, where san juan's mayor carmen yulin cruz and her vice mayor, rafael jaume, were analyzing the details of two contracts -- yes, the $300 m million deal with whitefish, and another $200 million contract between the power company and cobra, an oklahoma-based companyny. we had actuallcocome into the coliseum because there have been a news conference that the san juan mayor held with bernie sanders who had come into town for a few hours to express solidarity with the mayor and the people of puerto rico. afterwards, i got to sit down with the san juan mayor. i just as we fin

ownership of prepa. that was exhibit a, which has been pulled back with white fish. i want to thank the witnesses. i will turn it over to senator carper. carper: i'm delighted to hear this is not the last but the first of several. i want to express our thanks to those at the table before us, those who work with you and for you. i believe in the last 100 years we have had a total of 33 category five hurricanes that have struck the united states. weekd literally 2 within a -- weeks of each other. list,is a high risk things that we need to focus on. if we did, we could save some money. of our high risks is the incidence of extreme weather and the confidence -- cost it is putting on the federal government. we need to keep that in mind. i'm delighted to hear the chairman mentioned the electric grid in puerto rico. i often times quote albert einstein. in adversity lies opportunity. there is also opportunity. most people as i understand, hosted when he was governor, just as a family vacation. i have been around the island a fair amount. most of the power is generated in the south of the island

governor continue to sort of blame prepa, a contract this big? how could the governor himself not have seen this contract or at the very least signed off on it? to say it was those guys over there? can he really make that argument? will anyone buy it? >> prepa is a very politicized agency. it was depoliticized somewhat under mr. rosio's predecessor and he had a board that was a bit more to his liking -- >> so this is his board. the director and the board of prepa, the governor himself fired the previous board and hired this team, this team who he's pointing the finger at. >> that's correct, the executive director of prepa said after the hurricane, it was an emergency situation, he needed someone to get here quickly and that may well be the case. however, a couple things we now know about the contract. there was an original version signed on september 26 a few days after maria made landfall, then an amended version almost three weeks later. it was this amended version that had some of the rather objectionable provisions in there. >> whose name is on it? >> ramos' name is on the ame

prepa on linkedin. >> they will love this, but yeah. >> trevor: are you kidding me? that guy got a $300 million contract from one linkedin connection? you know what, congrats to him. i'm still not click on those emails. i'm not i refused. how can you be offered $300 million on a linkedin email and not think st a scam, kudos to that guy, 300 348, linnedin, no, i bet there is a nigerian prince somewhere going oh, that is a believable. you click that but you don't click mine, that is believable? now if we have the time we will discuss how the story became a big deal because of the company's prox imity to trump's interior secretary. but we just don't have the time. that's why aain't nobody got time. i just wasted time saying that. let's move on. we move on from whitefish power to fishy white power thns this week end there was another white lives matter rally. i won't waste your time playing clips were itÑh youuiis the absolute bis counterprotest i have ever a white supremacist gets up to give a speech. and he dint get punched, someone just starts playing la bamba. >> against a poor de

announced on sunday that he was instructing puerto rico's electrical power authority, known as prepa, to cancel its controversial $300 million contract with the tiny montana-based company whitefish. the governor's move came after enormous pressure and scrutiny of the contract to reconstruct puerto rico's electrical power grid devevastated by hurricane maria. whitefish energy is based in the tiny hometown of interior secretary ryan zinke. joe colonnetta, the head of the private equity company that backs whitefish, was a trump campaign donor. meanwhile, whitefish ceo andrew techmanski argues his company's ability to mobilize quickly was vital to winning the contract. amy: all of this comes as a leaked copy of the contract sparked even further outrage last week whwhen it revealed tht the terms barrrred penalties for work delays and prohibited the project from being auditeded. well, democracy now! was -- went to puerto rico over the weekend. i got a chance to sit down with the head of the puerto rico electrical workers' union, angel figueroa jaramillo, just as governor rosello was speaki

has praised prepa's decision to cancel the contract. but the mayor says it needs to be voided entirely due to a single clause. >> the people of puerto rico would still have to pay something called a reasonable profit on top of everything that they have already been charged. >> reporter: the outcry began after revelations that a $300 million no bid contract to repair puerto rico's devastated power grid had been awarded to whitefish energy. at the time of hurricane maria, it was said to be a two-person operation based in wisefish, montana, the hometown of u.s. interior secretary ryan zinke. we went there, looking for the company's headquarters. we found what's believed to be the headquarters here in rural montana but it looks like a private residence. [ doorbell ringing ] this two bedroom house in a remote area of northwestern montana is where the energy company calls home. after signing the deal, whitefish hired 350 workers and the company says it was moving more than 500 linemen to the island this week. the head of prepa ricardo ram moz has defended the deal and on sunday emph

than 500 linemen to the island this week. the head of prepa, carlos ramos, has defended the $300 million deal. an on sunday emphasized there was nothing illegal about it. in a statement whitefish said the decision will only deal with what they want and deserve, to have power restored quickly. >> we want to elevate and rest puerto rico. >> right before we went on air, we called to see if they would be voiding the contract. they said, no, they would be danceling it. the ceo sent a letter to the officials via linkedin. >> thank you, david. >>> with gusts above 70 miles an hour, it knocked down trees and power lines. heavy rain brought in flooding. it's bridging strong winds from maryland to maine. demarco more is in connecticut where almost 07,000 do not have power. demarco, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. we spotted downed trees like this one behind me resting on the power line as crews work desperately to restore power to thousand os people without it. >> it's horrible outside. flooding all over. >> reporter: wind gusts topped 70 miles an hour across new england.

or prepa after hurricane irma in early september. >> i found them on linkedin. >> you found prepa on linked in. >> you bet. >> you used linkedin to get a $300 million contract. >> linked inn is going to love this, but yes. >> he strongly denies that ryan zinke also from whitefish, montana or anyone else in the trump administration helped him land the deal. fema says it had significant concerns about the costs and never reviewed the contract. >> it is corruption. you know, somebody greeced the wheels and did it very nicely. >> reporter: in a written statement whitefish says it's very disappointed in the decision which will only delay what the people of puerto rico want and deserve, to have the power restored quickly. >> show me another contraor that's here that's got the presence that we do that has a positive impact tha reenergizi >> reporter: the whitefish energy ceo disputes reports that the company only had two full-time employees when maria made landfall saying the actual number was 20 to 40 full-time employees. puerto rico has already paid whitefish more than $10 million and 40

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country's power infrastructure. puerto rico electric power authority, or prepa, announced the decision to journalists just hours after the governor urged the cancellation of the deal with the monta na—based whitefish energy holdings. our reporter in washington, paul blake has more. this all goes back to a storm in puerto rico that hit five weeks ago, and when it struck it all but wiped out the island's power grid. in the aftermath puerto rico authorities quickly signed a deal with whitefish energy, the company at the centre of this controversy. in the past week oi’ this controversy. in the past week or $0 this controversy. in the past week or so it has been revealed that companiesjust or so it has been revealed that companies just two years old and has very little if any experience with work on this scale. it has also been revealed, crucially, that the company is headquartered in the hometown of us interior secretary ryanis hometown of us interior secretary ryan is inky, who has denied any wrongdoing and said he was not involved in the dealmaking process. that hasn't stopped the white

power infrastructure. puerto rico electric power authority, or prepa, announced the decision to journalists just hours after the governor urged the cancellation of the deal with the montana—based whitefish energy holdings. saying they are "very disappointed" in the decision. adding that during its time in puerto rico the whitefish energy team "completed significant work on two major transmission lines" leading to the "restoration of power to hospitals, businesses and residents." joanisabel gonzalez is a business reporter at el nuevo dia, which is the largest paper in the puerto rico. shejoins me now from sanjuan. the worst storm for 80 years, three and a half million people needing to be reconnected and the economy in a mess. this announcement is just going to confiscate things even more. absolutely, sir. we learned from prepa's executive director that the cancellation of the whitefish energy holding contract will delay the process of restoring the grid for about three months. so despite a lot of controversy, because able to unfortunately prepa was not able to clarify the way

million contract between the island's electrical utility, known as prepa, and a montana company called whitefish, be cancelled. later, prepa said that it would, once current work is finished. at a news conference in san juan, rossello called on prepa's board to terminate the deal and said he'll ask the governors of new york and florida to identify other vendors. whitefish is a tiny, two-year- old energy company based in whitefish, montana, where president trump's interior secretary, ryan zinke, is from. until recently, whitefish had only two employees, though it's hired more than 300 workers for the puerto rico job. zinke has said he had nothing to do with awarding the contract. so did the federal emergency management agency. the department of homeland security, which oversees fema, and congress are reviewing the deal. 39 days after maria made landfall on the island where 3.5 million american citizens live, 70% of homes and businesses don't have power. 20% don't have drinkable running water. just days after the u.s. house of representatives voted to impose new sanctions on iran over it

slow the process, we should point out that prepa now has apparently officially weighed in, holding a press conference at this moment, the puerto rico power authority. they said they have going to cancel the deal with whitefish. you can only wonder if it is that easy to do. the governor had said he wanted the deal canceled after a whole lot of controversy and then you had ramos, the head of prepa, he's a man that negotiated the deal with whitefish. now he's the one saying that that deal is done. but the problem is whitefish had already begun the work. brought in the personnel and brought in a lot of equipment. they were already running the electricity lines. now presumably, all of that stops. somebody else has to be brought in to do the job and that means that those people who were on the job and where you find the new people, it appears they may be coming from power authorities and states like new york and florida but it's going to take time to get them on the island and most of us to get them the equipment they need. andy, the ceo of whitefish, people have always wondered, how did a

was signed off by fema and by prepa, which means that the governor's office kind of creeded control of this lump sum of cash to a company that doesn't have a track record to do this work? >> well, thank you for having me, thomas. i think the governor did exactly the right thing. first, this whitefish situation is obviously going to get complicate p complicated. he asked for an investigation. congress asked for an investigation. and that will take time and will be a distraction. second, i don't believe that was the right way to go about it anyway. the federal government has the capacity to exercise something called mutual aid, quote/unquote, which it does all the time, which is whereby we ask states to send their crews, their line crews, bucket trucks, et cetera, to an area of the country that's in need. today we know the five-year anniversary of hurricane sandy in new york. we had 6,000 crews come in to long island in new york to help. they came from all over the country. that's what we need to do in puerto rico. that's what the federal government should be doing. >> sir, they're going

wants that contract canceled and he is asking the board of prepa to channel it. we're expecting a news conference in the next few hours. and we're expecting to hear if it will be canceled. when we spoke with the ceo yesterday, he seemed to not being expecting this at all. he hoped that they would be in puerto rico for as long as it takes. they were already paid $8 to $10 million for the work they have done. the widely reported figure that whitefish had just two employees at the time of hurricane maria, that was incorrect, he claims they had 20 to 40 employees, and he said he first made contacts with officials hear in puerto rico with the power authority through the social networking site linked in and he continued that communication, then flew down here on september 26th, and convinced them to enter this agreement. he said their company now has 350 employees here, and he hopes to have more than 500 in the coming day. again now puerto rico's governor saying he wants the contact terminated and we're expecting to hear from prepa officials in a short time. >> thank you, a great interv

with the "wall street journal," the head of prepa said it was basically an oops. the only explanation he had for it. we're expecting to hear from him later on this afternoon and expecting to see if in fact this contract is canceled by the board. >> a complicated issue. thank you for breaking it down for us. gabe gutierrez in puerto rico. >> nobody knows when robert mueller's indictment will be served or who the target will be, so what's going on inside the white house as the president's staff prepares for the next phase of this investigation? businesses are thinking. factories are thinking. even your toaster is thinking. honey, clive owen's in our kitchen. i'm leaving. oh never mind, he's leaving. but what if a business could turn all that thinking... thinking... endless thinking into doing? to make better decisions. make a difference. make the future. not next week while you think about it a little more. but right now. is there a company that can help you do all that? ♪ i can think of one. ♪ i'm ryan awith chantix.king smoking was comforting. it was like a security bl

electric power authority, the board for prepa to cancel that contract. we're still awaiting comment from prepa officials. we understand there is supposed to be a news conference later this afternoon. still no immediate comment from whitefish energy on the governor's statements, but we did speak with the ceo yesterday and he seemed to have no clue that this was coming. he said that he would be in puerto rico as long as it takes. and what has been getting some attention is all of the questions, alex, about how they managed to get this contract. the ceo told me yesterday that he actually managed to do it by reaching out to prepa officials through the social networking site linkedin and did so after hurricane irma, stayed in touch with prepa officials and flew down to san juan on september 26th, six days after hurricane maria made landfall. still, many questions about how this contract unfolded. one portion of the contract, alex, that raised a lot of questions was a section that seed that fema had actually reviewed and approved the contract. fema came back and said that just was not acc

prepa represents fema has reviewed and approved the contract and confirmed the contract is acceptable to qualify for funding or fema and other u.s. governmental languages. look, it is obvious -- when we went back to ramos, he said oops to a $300 million contract. he mentioned this was supposed to be taken out. it was not taken out. it was signed. moreover, the resolution from the board, the resolution number isn't even in the contract. so all of these things made that contract null and void, which is what i said last week, and i am glad the governor did the right thing. now he must continue and complete the mission and remove the head of preppa who has been defending whitefish against the people of puerto rico for the last week, and what has to happen is a transparent moral, legal and ethical way of just opening -- just because you open something up for bids does not mean the process has to be slow. the government is able -- any government is able to be effective and be quick and be moral, legal and ethical all at the same time. these two things are mutually exclusive. the truth is we

in the u.s. techmanski says he first contacted the puerto rico electric power that's right or prepa after irma in september. >> i found them on linked in. >> you used it to get a $300 million contract. >> linked in is going to love this but yeah. >> reporter: he strongly denied ryan zinke also from whitefish, montana or anyone else in the trump administration had anything to do with the contract. still, fema says it has significant concerns and never reviewed the document despite wording that suggests otherwise. >> it's simply not something we would do. >> reporter: techmanski says that language wasn't supposed to be there and has been deleted from an amended version of the contract. >> i haven't compared them side by side bud certainly an oversighting. > an oversight on a $300 million contract though. >> reporter: prepa which is $9 billioned in debt signed off on the deal. the power company's ceo told "the wall street journal"ing that language was left in by mistake and there's no other explanation for that are other than an oops. >> do you think that this contract was rushed? >> h

$300 million contract though. >> reporter: prepa signed off on the deal. they told "the wall street journal" that language was left in by mistake and there's no other explanation for that other than oops. >> reporter: do you think this contract was rushed? >> how can you take time with a contract that has to do with millions of people being out of power? >> reporter: whitefish says it now has more than 350 workers here and plans to have more than 500 within days. gabe gutierrez, san juan, puerto rico could he. >>> a massive march is happening in spain. it comes two days after the catalonia region declared its independence. the spanish government stripped all power from catalonia. the prime minister denounced its independence. >>> it was a terrifying night in somalia after they stormed a hotel and killed 23 people inside. they started with a car bomb attack outside the hotel in mowigadishu mogadishu. al shabaab has claimed responsibility for the assault. >>> houston texans are set to have a protest. this comes after texans owner bob mcnair reportedly compared players to inmates runni

certainly an oversight. >> an oversight on a $300 million contract though. >> reporter: prepa signed off on the deal. they told "the wall street journal" that language was left in by mistake and there's no other explanation for that other than oops. >> reporter: do you think this contract was rushed? >> how can you take time with a contract that has to do with millions of people being out of power? >> reporter: whitefish says it now has more than 350 workers here and plans to have more than 500 within days. gabe gutierrez, san juan, puerto rico could he. >>> a massive march is happening in spain. it comes two days after the catalonia region declared its independence. the spanish government stripped all power from catalonia. the prime minister denounced its independence. >>> it was a terrifying night in somalia after they stormed a hotel and killed 23 people inside. they started with a car bomb attack outside the hotel in mowigadishu mogadishu. al shabaab has claimed responsibility for the assault. >>> houston texans are set to have a protest. this comes after texans owner bob mcnair

contract between whitefish energy and the puerto rico electric power authorities known as prepa was known to be found in proper. -- improper. yes it did -- the power authority represents warrants -- that fema approved of the deal but in a statement fema said that in which in any contract between pr epa and whitefish that says fema approved is not accurate. we continued to talk about and i am it's under -- indictments forthcoming in the robert mueller investigation. joe calling from omaha on the democratic line. caller: it is my understanding that the american congress passed sanctions against russia. they were to be implemented the first of october. the president has refused to sign the sanctions. as a retired military officer with 25 year service, i am a called that the american -- are called the american congress and american people can give this president the options of signing what he wants to. whitefish, $300 million, to employees -- two employees, as i said when trump when into office, let the looting began. host: alan on our republican line from washington state. good morning

the court and profit elements. so prepa signs off on a document where whitefish says, you can't audit it, review it and i don't have to get it done on time. no biggy. >> what does the federal government do, at a state level, resistance? >> a good question for congress. congress stepped in, made decisions who can pull up ships to puerto rico. a lot of federal oversight is possible. we have a congress that doesn't do a lot of oversight, in is case of this and other scandals the fish rots from the head. this is the air donald trump. an idea profiting off government is diragir. >> have you seen the statement from ryan zinke, just came out in the last 20 minutes? one of the most amazing clients, he says, only in elitist washington, d.c. would being from a small town be considered a crime. >> that's not the crime. >> who said -- >> nothing new. >> don't look over here. look right over here. >> and can you talk about how a politician who ran on the idea of draining the swamp is flooding it? >> where do you start? right? . start with the people he's placed around him. start with the pol

controversy about whitefish energy. ali, many of them, while they are frustrated with prepa, electric power authority, many aren't familiar with the details because they don't have power and it's tough to communicate here in puerto rico. many parts of the island, rural areas and here in san juan, business at a virtual standstill. the economy add a virtual standstill and they want to know when the power will be restored. the governor saying he hopes that 95% of this island will have power by mid-december. folks here are xetskeptical. awaiting the results that should come bich ty the end of the day >> we'll be listening in at the press conference. gabe, thanks. gabe gutierrez in san juan, puerto rico, continuing our ongoing coverage in puerto rico. >>> coming up, the road to recovery a long one for the millions of puerto ricos still 12r struggling. andrew cuomo, new york governor, joins me next to talk about the latest recovery efforts and what he's doing to help. it's ok that everybody ignores me when i drive. it's fine, 'cause i get a safe driving bonus check every six months i'm acci

plane, fly to puerto rico, talk to prepa when no one else would. andy and whitefish have experience in mountainous regions. they wanted to do business in puerto rico and they got there. >> what's your take, governor? is it as simple as that? >> no, no, it's not. there's nothing wrong when someone from montana wants to do business in puerto rico, they're more than welcome. the fact is the $300 million deal for a two-person condition when prepa have these deals with power companies in this state, to exchange personnel for less cost to the public. it's not an issue of the legality, or they signed the right paper or the right side of the paper or the right form. it's an issue of serve the best interest of puerto rico and the power authority. and i think there is consensus out there when the power authority have that exchange opportunity with other authorities like coal company in new york that is ready to send more than 300 people technicians from their company to puerto rico to do the job for less money, i think it's something that needs to be reviewed. and i'm worried that their discu

information from prepa, that is the electrical company of puerto rico, fema has significant concerns with how prepa procured this contract and has not confirmed whether the contract prices are reasonable. now, whitefish, the company, says, look, we welcome the investigation, but they're also raising the stakes a little bit, peter. let me read you a tweet. we have about 400 linemen rebuilding power in your city and 40 men just arrived. do you want us to send them back or keep working? company officials expressing they have experience in this mountainous region and arguing that the price was actually lower than what some competitors were offering. all of that at stake as the president sits down with his interior secretary. undoubtedly this will be a key topic of conversation and hopefully we'll get to ask press secretary sarah huckabee sanders about all of this, peter, when she has her daily press briefing a little bit later this afternoon. >> about 2:30 this afternoon. thanks, kristen. gabe, fema notably released a statement saying the electric power company, prepa, made this decision

september 26th. prepa said there was only one other firm interested in bidding. the other firms have been interested only when the u.s. government was on the island and securing the debt which is much lighter. this process has led to other contractors and others not being on the island yet. and the decision by prepa to let the contract with whitefish has led to work being done on the island. >> and for those who do have questions, there's an audit going on. sop that will help put their minds at rest. >> and we welcome that audit. >> all right. another contract to restore power in puerto rico is gaining attention. that one for $200 million. it was awarded a week ago by puerto rico's power authority to an oklahoma company cobra acquisitions with about 75% of puerto rico without power this morning. more than five weeks after hurricane maria hit. gabe gutierrez joins us live now from san juan. gabe, you've been spending a lot of time there. governor ricardo rossello says an audit is expected today. do we know anything about that? >> hi there. good morning. well, just within the past

prepa has until november 2nd to give some information about its $300 million contract with whitefish. whitefish is this small montana company that's on the ground right now trying to get the lights back on. that contract has come under some real serious scrutiny. more than half of the island is still in the dark. here's a spokesperson for whitefish just in the last hour. listen. >> the contract was done in the procurement people at prepa. the contract speaks for itself is the ability to get the work done. >> reminder, this morning 74% of puerto rico still does not have power. gabe gutierrez is live in san juan for us. we had a look at the contract this morning. there's one piece in it that goes over audits done by the government, right? talk us through it. >> reporter: hi, there, hallie. good morning. that part of the contract is getting attention. let me read you from that contract. quote, in no event shall prepa, the comptroller or any representatives have the right to audit or review the cost and profit elements of the labor rates specified herein. basically, you can't a

are mounting. we're hearing from the head of prepa, the puerto rico power authority, he is saying there's nothing illegal, and he is saying much of the questions are, quote, guess sossip from t. the governor is expecting the results of an initial audit later today so we're expecting to see what his stance may be. yesterday during a news conference, he was asked about the whitefish energy contract and here's what he had to say. >> if there is no wrongdoing, if it has been done correctly, then we will push forward. if there is wrongdoing, you know, in this process or in any process, there will be hell to pay. >> now, fema is now distancing itself from this contract, saying that it has significant concerns about how prepa procured this contract and has not confirmed whether the contract prices are reasonable. now, again, the company, whitefish energy, based in whitefish, montana, saying even though it has only two full-time employees at the time maria made landfall, it says it has now 300 workers on the island and says the interior secretary, whose hometown is whitefish, montana, sai

the contract. it's called prepa. one contract term appears to take the right of government agencies to audit or review what they paid its worker. there was a $616 wage for a senior account afternoon. working a 40-hour week that would add up to $1.3 million a year. >>> defense secretary james mattis made a stark warning about the threat from north korea. he spoke at the border this morning while facing south korea. >> behind me to the north, and oppressive regime that shackles its people, denying their freedom, welfare, and human dignity in the pursuit of nuclear weapons and threats to others. our goal is not war but rather the complete verifiable and reversible denuclearization of the korean peninsula. >> they impeesd sanctions on ten north koreas y yesterday. >>> president trump's former chief strategist steve bannon this week called the situation in qatar, quote, the single most important thing happening right now. qatar has one of the united states military's busiest air bases. they accused the country of funding terrorism. qatar strongly denies those claims. from sunday's " 0 sp

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does pse & g. >> of course, and it's a $300 million contract. while prepa officials say i think we can finish by the end of the year, even whitefish energy folkings are saying says highly optimistic. this money didn't come out of fema. this is not something that shows up in the gsa contracting database we looked at last year to look at some of the other strange contracts being given to unknown small companies. so something happened with this relationship between prepa and the folks at whitefish energy. they say they were in touch the week before the hurricane and that whitefish agreed to take a smaller down payment up front, $2 million as opposed to $20 million. even still, 40 people on the ground, plus this twitter war that i don't understand the politics of that, why they felt they had anything to gain. they're already under scrutiny. the mayor of san juan is not someone you want to scuffle with on twitter. >> go from the mayor to the governor. now the governor of puerto rico is calling in an audit on this company. wouldn't the governor of puerto rico know about a $300 million contra

throughout the day today. but prepa it is a mucht to 12 degrees colder right now than it was 24 hoursgo.tleltimore-washington morning maybe few sprinkles could move into our area, shouldn't and big deal, but it is showing up on the future we will talk about it, by lunchtime we should see somhowe can't ru but it should b pretty quickly, as weak disturbance comes through. what happens after t today 58 degrees, 64 tomorrow. seventy-two saturday. just when we're getting used to milder temperatures, strong cold front, on sunday, a high of 64, rain and wind, look like kind of a mess on sunday, youror plans for saturday for sure, for the weekends then halloween well trick-or-treating should be dry but on they shine g and high of 57 degrees. >> we will dot touch a truck thing again. >> cool. >> annual one, in service center, event it i this saturday over at the ded mall fro 11:00 a.m 3:00 p.m. first responds err vehicles, vintage army truck and even hey ride. kids are free. any money raised goes directly to the veterans multi service center to help those who served. >> i think the first

that oversees puerto rico. the government company, prepa signed with whitefish energy, two person two-year-old company whose largest previous federal contract had been for $1.3 million to upgrade lines in arizona. prepa filed for bankruptcien july amid the island's on going debt crisis. bypassed utilities and muchable aid system activate ford storm recovery. the $300 million contract is the biggest yet for puerto rico's recovery effort and for whitefish which relies on subcontractors for their work. >> this atears to be a small company are they capable of doing the job, that, that, i think they're being asked. >> republican senator, chair of the energy committee expects a hearing on puerto rico in the next week. and democratic senator maria cantwell is calling for an investigation. >> here ready to light up puerto rico. >> the subcontractor rates are raising questions. $4262 per hour for supervisor. $319 for a lineman. and its ties to the administration are under scrutiny. whitefish backed by hpc investments. founder and partner, gave $33,000 to the campaign of then texas governor

that oversees puerto rico. the government power company known as prepa signed the contract with whitefish energy, a two-person, two-year-old company whose largest previous federal contract had been for $1.3 million to upgrade lines in arizona. prepa filed for bankruptcy in july amid the island's ongoing debt crisis. it bypassed a network of utilities and a mutual aid system that is usually activated for storm recovery. the $300 million contract is the biggest yet for puerto rico's recovery effort, and for whitefish, which relies on subcontractors for their work. >> this appears to be a pretty small company. are they capable of doing the job that they have? >> reporter: republican senator lisa murkowski chaired the energy committee. she expects a hearing on puerto rico in the next week. and democratic senator maria cantwell is calling for an investigation. >> we're getting ready the light up puerto rico. >> reporter: the company's subcontractor rates are calling up questions. $462 an hour for a supervisor. $319 an hour for a lineman. and its ties to the administration are under s

the puerto rico electric power authority, known as prepa, to restore parts of puerto rico's devastated electrical power grid. the company is only two years old and had only two full-time employees when hurricane maria hit puerto rico. it's based in whitefish, montana -- the tiny hometown of interior secretary ryan zinke. zinke has admitted he knows the company's ceo, although zinke claims he had no role in brokering the contract. the company, whitefish energy, is backed by the private equity firm hbc investments, whose founder donated $27,000 to trump's primary election campaign and another $20,000 to the trump victory pac during the general election. at least 80% of puerto rico still has no electricity, and about a quarter of the island still lacks clean drinking water. there are dozens of suspected cases of the leptospirosis, a potentially fatal bacterial infection caused by contact with water contaminated by animal urine. authorities are investigating whether four deaths were caused by the disease. meanwhile, in texas, a 31-year-old man who was helping repair homes damage

you? >> we called each other. >> reporter: on the other end of that phone call, prepa, puerto rico's publicly owned utility company. its director told cnn the cash-strapped island chose whitefish because it didn't require a deposit. >> translator: in that moment, we were not in a position to offer that collateral. the other company did not ask for a guarantee of payment. >> reporter: while no wrongdoing is being alleged, democratic congresswoman velazquez is demanding answers. >> we need to protect taxpayers, but we also need to protect the people of puerto rico and the way to do that is by making sure that we hire the company that has the experience and the capability. >> well, whitefish energy and the interior department says there was no coordination on awarding the contract. however, they both made that point by using nearly identical statements. i want you to take a look at part of the statement we got from the interior department. it says, the zinkes and techmanskies know each other because they both live in a small town where everyone knows everyone. and you look at the same s

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