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The watchword in Puerto Rico? Survival.

Hello again, I'm Marinalini, and this is To the Point.

Puerto Rico's humanitarian crisis gets worse by the day in the aftermath of devastating hurricanes.

There's not enough water, and people are dying.

President Trump's called the federal response great and amazing.

But a week after the island lost all electrical power, FEMA is just getting up to speed.

There's already talk of rebuilding, but we'll hear that many people are still isolated, while others feel hopeless.

Still others are lined up to move to the mainland where there's a growing awareness of the obvious.

Native Puerto Ricans are American citizens.

Later on today's talking point in Alabama's U.S. Senate primary, Trump lost, but Trumpism won.

What will that mean for the GOP? First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Mormon. I'll be back with To the Point. Hurricane Maria strafed Puerto Rico with winds up to 150 miles an hour for 10 straight hours.

We heard about the humanitarian consequences, the property damage, and relief efforts in slow motion. Today's talking point, Maverick, former

judge and religious right-winger Roy Moore, won yesterday's Republican primary in Alabama,

even though President Trump supported incumbent Senator Luther Strange.

Trump is reportedly embarrassed.

GOP leaders in Congress may suffer the consequences.

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