michigan governor whitner, massachusetts governor charlie baker, colorado governor bullet, iowa governoreynolds, new mexico governor new impression and i want to thank you for your service. we still have a lot of f i have a knife but this does officially include our business this afternoon so i can also much for joining us. [applause] garrett greaves of louisiana talks about climate issues in the work of the select committee on the climate crisis, of which he is ringing member. believe that the committee was created largely to continue driving the political wedge, when in reality, if you look at this issue, there are a lot of areas where we need to be working together and cooperating. i think speaker pelosi probably set this up to distinguish positions between the republicans and democrats, whatever the reality is on the democrat side, you've seen much of the civil war occurring there. you have the energy and commerce committee not wanting to see jurisdiction. some of the folks in the climate committee have been trying to gain traction and gain ground in sliding a little bit, and certain

governor. you i'd like to call on ng a's new their say other few words. >> thank you very much. let's give governor bullock another big round of applause and thank him for his leadership. we're all excited that chairman hogan -- i like chairman better than governor some ways -- chairman hogan is taking over the helm and has already demonstratessed his commitment, energy, effort and his achievement. let's give chairman hogan a big round of applause. [applause] and governor herbert, the dean of the governors, thank you for the hospitality and courtesy. everything has been beautiful. governor herbert. [applause] i'm a new yorker so i know you expect a blunt new york style assessment, and i don't want to disappoint so here it is. washington is a political mess. that is my shocking revealing, candid assessment. also as plain as the nose on my face, which is saying something. so much for new york bluntness. because in the case of washington the truth is obvious to off. washington is in a state of pol

governor hutchinson? >> thank you governor ducey for drawing attention to this serious issue. and to cindy, welcome and thank you as well. you mentioned the super bowl in arizona was what drew attention to this standpoint. arkansas has not had a super bowl recently. we do hope that we will have a super bowl soon. we don't identify with the same issue but it is important even in a rural state like arkansas that we have truck stops. i want to applaud our general assembly that recognized the need to address this area of sexual trafficking. and that it can happen in the role states as well. so we passed a law at 922 that addressed training for truckers. and it requires any person applying or reapplying for commercial drivers license must complete a human trafficking prevention course. and i think this is a good practice. we signed into law. it is also mandatory for all educators to have annual continuing education for 30 minutes to recognize human trafficking and how to respond to it. you don't want to put burdens on educators and unnecessary mandates. but i think this is helpful

would become the next governor.nday, the puerto rican governor rossello appeared on fox news in a contetentious interview with shepard smith. >> i've seen the protest. i've heard the people talk. i've had a process off introspection. and i did. i made a decision. i'm not going to run. i'm not going to secret election. that way i can focus on the job at hand. >> there are 100 thousand people on the streets. the president of the uniteted states. they are all saying that you need to go, that this is enough. you said no. why not? >> thehere is an important component abouout rule of law ad demomocracy, andnd i respectct t process.s. we will have and we will propope certain mechanisms so within the future, that process can go forward. my contention is i need to work beyond politics so t that we can addresess some of the long-standing problblems of corruption here in puerto rico and fix that problem. >> govovernor, whoho has come fo support you in the middle of ththis chaos? >>>> there are folks thahat have suppororted me.

the governor recorder rosia. 5 minutes ago went on television to resign its position as governor of puerto rico we're right in the middle of the protest in front of the governor's mansion where there's been a flashpoint for these protesters every single night for more than 12 nights now the governor was supposed to speak earlier and then. it was delayed many hours what turned into dozens of people over the course of the day protesting and from the governor's action turned into hundreds and by the end of the evening it was thousands they listened intently. to what the governor had to say he spoke for several. growth for several minutes and then finally at the very end said after speaking with the family he was going to resign this is essentially in the. worst political crisis puerto rico has ever seen it was absolutely pandemonium on the streets of old san juan as soon as he said i'm going to resign immediately and demonio people that i should say 30 and under young people that have really led this protest movement for the past 2 weeks calling for this governor to lead the headline out of p

that report showed how for example governor reynolds and i will launch the governors empowered rural iowa initiative. that resulted in significant investments in broadband. but also the growth of private sector investment in rural areas. and in that section we looked at how governors can address multiple challenges. such as transportation, childcare, health barriers in order to provide support to rural residents. there are other examples examples from your state presented in the guide. i encourage you to take a close look at it. and when i started this initiative a year ago, what i hoped, at least was to start a conversation and lead to action and the initiative. i hope that the guide, the nga and all of us that worked on preparing it as a starting point for further conversation in your state with your workforce agencies and with your educators. we've got to make sure it is just the beginning, not the end. nga is going to continue the conversation of the future work . the future work now policy forum in october were governors will be providing policy teams to work on actions recommen

i want to congratulate governor lee from tennessee, governor northam from virginia, governor brown fromoregon for the important work those states are doing in those efforts and we have seven states, and i probably won't remember them all so i won't list them, they have planning grants because they are trying to prepare to actually do similar work. it's important to think about who we are going to serve in this system going forward. the third thing, i think this is the sort of exclamation point on what malcolm talked about when he talked about the educational ecosystem, is it really is an ecosystem. it's not just colleges and universities. it's work force based training. it's direct-to-consumer mediated learning. it's all the stuff that's happening in communities, in workplaces, et cetera. all of that is enormously important. we need to be thinking about that ecosystem of post-secondary learning and the credentials that people get to show that they are actually qualified to do that work of the future that's going to be extraordinarily important. going forward, a college degree may or may

from mexico, we are joined by governor dominguez. where are you governor? he is the the chair which is mexico's equivalent of mga. from canada we are joined by a delegation of senators. members of parliament from a canadian federal government and officials from ontario and quebec. [applause] were also excited to recognize the council generals from mexico and japan. thank you so much for your focus on states and for being here with us today. thank you also governor and first lady for being wonderful host and showing us a fantastic time here. we certainly looking forward to several social events to complement these business sessions. that includes bringing in that incredible children's choir. [applause] herbetter, the floor herbert, the floor is yours. >> we appreciate your leadership. we are honored to have you here. our special guest we have. those that are here. the children's choir, i would like to make mention. the group of young people from around the state. they have been on "america's got talent." they just completed a tour in japan. great ambassadors

we had governors only breakfast. oh there is governor herbert. governor herbert, again, i think i could speak for everyone in saying that the tabernacle choir was just absolutely incredible. [applause] gov. bullock: so thank, not you, but the first lady, because i know she did most of the work the last couple days, hosting is at the s i, you have a wonderful office building. today, we kick off a celebration of america's space program. the one instruction to me about to myannot take this 12-year-old son, so i will not touch it, but to get us started, i will recognize my friend and nga vice chair governor hogan of maryland. [applause] good morning, everybody. as you know, we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of apollo 11. and the moon landing represents one of humanity's greatest achievements. this story is often told through the eyes of three courageous astronauts. but what we could not on our television sets that night was the years of painstaking work. done by more than 400,000 americans who made this historic 24,000-mile journey to the stars

we had governors only breakfast. governor herbert, i think i could speak for everyone in the tabernacle choir which is absolutely incredible. so thank about you, the first lady, the last couple days, hosting is that the capital, a wonderful office building. we kick off the one instruction to me about america's space program is i can't take this my 12-year-old son so i'm not allowed to touch it but to get a start i will recognize my friend and nga vice chair cover hogan of maryland. good morning, everybody. >> we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of apollo 11 and the moon landing represents one of humanity's greatest achievements. and what we cannot see, the years of painstaking work. they made this journey to the stars possible. it is a feat of american ingenuity and spirit. at the heart of this effort were the men and women of america's space program. it is a great opportunity to say thank you. in maryland we have the goddard space flight center which is home to hubble space telescope operations and goddard serve

we had governors only breakfast. oh there is governor herbert. governor herbert, again, i think i could speak for everyone in the tabernacle choir was just absolutely incredible. [applause] so thank, not you, but the first lady, because i know she did most of the work the last couple days, hosting is that the capital, a wonderful office building. today, we kick off the one a celebration of the space station. the one instruction to me about america's space program is i can't take this my 12-year-old son, so i'm not allowed to touch it, but to get us started i will , recognize my friend and nga vice chair governor hogan of maryland. gov. hogan: good morning, everybody. as you know we are celebrating , the 50th anniversary of apollo 11. and the moon landing represents one of humanity's greatest achievements. it is often told through the eyes of three astronauts. but what we could not see, the years of painstaking work. they made this a story 24,000-mile journey to the stars possible. it truly was a feat of american ingenuity and spirit. at the heart

our 2nd female governor will be governor one the basket is currently the attorney general in puerto rico and we have team night behind her then an agenda of healing and in agenda of not 4 knowing the economic growth that we find here having after 13 years to continue to expand. we we've had chronically difficult economic situations for over a decade and things have been improving recently and we have to make sure that that there's a lot of steps back and in that process and have people also know that record still beautiful are every bit. and that we need are your tourist dollars here and for equal in the future ok we'll come on to the economic wish list in a 2nd if we may but if we can just back up a little bit as we watch these live pictures from the capital city san juan how did this place get to the stage where the top 14 positions in government. i do not have an incumbent how did we get to a stage where the governor it would appear was choosing not to resign when it was clear he should have resigned because there was nobody to fill his position albeit even on a temporary basis i

i'm going to turn it over to governor hutchinson. >> thank you, governor brown. and thank you for your leadership in oregon. those are good illustrations of progress that can be made. and arkansas, just like many other states that are represented by the governors here, we have a low unemployment rate. it is 3.5%. which means that we don't want anyone disconnected. we need to move people into the workforce. we need to give them opportunity. there is probably more opportunity today than at any time in terms of employment if we make the right decisions and prepare our youth and make sure that everybody has the connection. i will be introducing our panelists soon. but i'm grateful for their leadership on this challenging issue that we face. when i became governor one of the areas of disconnect with use was the foster care children. in arkansas, we had so many children in foster care and yet we did not have foster homes for them. we had an extreme crisis and a shortage. we convened the faith- based community, the nonprofit community and created an initiative called re

i'm going to turn it over to governor hutchinson. gov. hutchinson: thank you, governor brown. thank you for your leadership in oregon on. oregon. in arkansas, we have a low unemployment rate, 3.5%. that means that we don't want anyone disconnected. we want to move them into the workforce, give them opportunity. there's probably more opportunity today than at any time in terms of employment if we make sure everyone has a connection. i will be introducing our panelists soon. grateful for their leadership. when i became governor, one of the areas of disconnected youth was our foster care children. in arkansas, we had so many children in foster care and yet we did not have foster homes for them. we convened the faith-based community, the nonprofit community, and created an initiative called restore hope. we have been able to increase foster care parent participation by 15%. more parents saying we will join and help with our foster children. children in foster care have been reduced as well because of some initiatives. money $24 million extra into our foster care system for more ca

i'm the governor of arizona. it's really my pleasure today to introduce someone who has led the fight on human trafficking for many years. it's someone i'm proud to be able to call a dear friend, someone who, through her work at the mccain institute and as co-chair of the arizona human trafficking council, has proven to be indispensable in the fight to end human trafficking. we are so glad that she could be here today to share her wisdom with us. will you please join me in giving a very warm nga welcome to mrs. cindy mccain. [ applause ] cindy, would you take the floor for a few moments? i think that i have learned so much about this issue and i still remember in 2009 when you personally called and said that we were going to do something about this in the state of arizona, and i have been able to see what has happened to the state, but it was an issue that was so new to me at the time, and the reason that i have knowledge of it is because of you, and part of the reason we wanted to have this setting today was so

mansion demanding governor ricardo rossello to resign. others held a yoga protest. organizers say to regain clarity for what is to come. on monday protesters have called for a strike island wide and what could be the largest demonstration in puerto rican history. demonstrators at times have clashed with the police who fired cancers of tear gas into the crowds wednesday night. >> i have no doubts these protests will continue and maybe they will escalate until the governor resigns. >> reporter: the chaos follows allegations of corruption in the government including a series of leaked online chats from the governor's private

the governor announced he was going to step down. a movement that has been but mostly by young people under 30 years old. you can get a sense of the excitement. what are you feeding right now? >> i am feeling happiness. won.st we have to keep protesting, man. >> they are calling it a revolution. others say it is puerto rico's arab spring. >> i couldn't believe it. the first generation. theknow how proud we feel, first generation to get a governor out of the island because we said so. we went to the streets and took power away. >> change of power that began with two cabinet members being arrested by the fbi for alleged corruption. one was the minister of education. it was followed by the leaking of private text messages sent by the governor. in then, he insulted his own people, made vulgar comments about women, and appeared to joke about the puerto ricans killed and hurricane maria two years ago. but this was a transition also about a people who rose up and demanded more from their leaders on an island that is a u.s. territory. >> thi

the governor replies on the chat, you would be doing me a grand favor. now he apologized and went to a church and said that he was elected. but the chats don't make him or his government look very good. even though there are investigations advancing and in puerto rico local law says that fie -- that phone communications are not-free action of the government and it is an edited chat leaked to -- as a sort of revenge against the governor and his advisers. >> and juan carlos, celebrities such as ricky martin were mentioned and now ricky martin will be amongst those protesting this evening, right? >> reporter: yes. they were very insulting homophobic messages in the chat.

so, other governors, governor herbert. >> i just work here. thank you. i think this is a very important subject, and thank you for your testimony here and counsel to us today. as governors. i think we all recognize that the youth are the rising generation of leaders. our future is tied to our youth, and we need to make sure they have every opportunity to build upon so maybe make things better. so thank you. my first thoughts are, why? why do we have young people who are disconnected? and there's probably a variety of reasons for that. rather than dwell on the whys, the question is, how can we infact prevent it from happening? you talk about john, who we need to bring love, education, some of this is about treatment, fixing the problem. i want to see do we talk -- you say we don't talk about love. do we talk about parenting? the importance of nurturing young people? i know my wife, who is a first lady, has an initiative on parenting. families come in all different kind of sizes and shapes and makeups, and are we in fact having our parents be taught how to

other governors committee governor herbert. >>. >> i think this is a very important subject.k you for your testimony and counsel in us today. the things we want to teach them about, honesty, integrity, civic involvement, supportive country, be involved. what are we talking about? are we talking about the prevention side when it comes to parenting and something we sometimes feel like is that something government should be involved with? >> who would like to tackle that question? >> i could start. what was coming up as we were all talking today is the question of what is prevention. if we do the five why activity and keep asking why is this happening. at each level i feel like there's another opportunity to define that's prevention. initially as you started speaking i started thinking about the role of addressing mental health supports in our education system. as a very important place for young people to show up and be safe and brave if they are provided the support they need they may be able to be safe and brave in the school day when they ate aren't able to be safe and brave

it has its own governor. but it's under control by a board, this after a very deep financial crisis. so there is a very deep relationship with washington and the frustration they feel, treated as a colonial entity. not as an independent entity. they want to be -- some want to be a state, some independent. this doesn't change things, but governor rossello doesn't want to leave. >> nick payton walsh, appreciate it. >>> when we look at the conditions in puerto rico, for so many people, they may have first really woken up to what was happening there in the devastation left behind by hurricane maria. that was only in 2017. government officials, though, for some time have been accused of corruption. and misusing federal disaster aid. francis santiago is a journalist who lost her aunt, died in puerto rico in the days immediately following hurricane maria. she joins us now. part of what you're looking at, too, what's happened in the aftermath of hurricane maria. and a lot of what has happened is also bringing people

outside theght governor's mansion. flashpoint for all of the protests for the past 13 days's now. inside the governor's mansion it are some journalists -- mansion are some journalists waiting for a statement from the governor, that was supposed to come an hour and 20 minutes ago, still inside. those of us outside are waiting for reaction from well over 1000 protesters that have gathered here in the last few minutes, waiting to see what will happen. this is what people are waiting for. this has been a long ordeal that has gone on for quite a while now. everybody here is on pins and needles waiting to see what this governor will do. it is a scandal that started over 13 days ago with two other governors top cabinet ministers arrested on corruption charges, then a texting scandal as well, leaked --governor where more than 800 pages of leaked text messages of the governor making fun of puerto ricans who died in hurricane maria two years ago. tense, festive, but also as everybody is waiting to hear whether the governor will

they are demanding that the governor step down now. and you've got leyla who was in the middle of all of this and, again, is now at a point -- a safe distance away who is reporting for us. leyla, take it away. what do you have? >> reporter: and let me tell you exactly where we are. we are about a block away. we have sort of taken refuge in a kind neighbor's home where even in his home we can still feel the tear gas that was just disbursed by the police that were guarding the governor's mansion. again, what we saw was a stampede of people running and yelling all sorts of profanities and anger at the police who were

it was issued by hawaii's governor.tially broadens authorities' power here in the situation, ana, to potentially move in and begin to forcefully remove some of these peaceful protesters. but we should mention that at this point we have not seen that. the organizer did tell me they're expecting this to happen at any point. they're even taking to social media, they're going online to try to gather some bond money. basically a fund-raising operation should authorities decide to finally move in and begin to remove some of these individuals. nine days now and they said that they are digging in their heels and not going anywhere. they do not want that telescope, a 14th telescope, on that mountain to be built. >> okay. thank you. >>> coming up, after days of protests, puerto rico's governor announces he won't run for re-election, but he's not stepping down as governor. we'll go live to san juan next. the big wireless companies have great coverage... ...because of all these cell towers. but straight talk wireless runs on the sa

no public appearances by the governor. all of that drama coming as protesters take to the streets of san what you for the 12th straight day. the local newspaper or the new day, reports a special committee of lawyers today found that there's evidence of five crimes by the governor. four of them serious, including embezzlement. the vote unanimous. whether there's an actual criminal as is meant is the matter for the coming days. last night the newspaper first reported that the governor would resign imminently. by midnight, protesters were celebrating as they read and heard the news. thousands of people have been demonstrating every day the past 12. they began after hundreds of pages of leaked documents showed the governor and his team making homophobic comments. the protesters say it's not about those messages specifically. it's about governor rossello's corrupt government. demonstrators, including the president, have called for the governor to go. thus far, he's insisted he will stay put. but that he won't run for re-electio

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the embattled governor claiming he can regain the confidence of his people. >> governor, who's come forwardat have supported me. >> who specifically is supporting you today? >> that support the rule of law. there are people. >> could you give me one name? >> see them out there. there is a protest. it's -- i've talked -- >> just one name. >> -- to people from different groups. >> a lot of people from the administration. >> governor, you're not able to give me the name of one person in puerto rico who supports you continuing as governor, is that correct? >> i can. so the mayor of san sebastian, for example. >> cnn asked the san sebastian mayor if he indeed supports rossello. he called the governor's claim wrong and mentioned the impeachment process. we have more this morning from nick peyton walsh. he's in san juan for us. >> reporter: dave, christine, monday started peacefully with hundreds of thousands of people blocking the highway. a small number of them are left here in front of the governor's mansion. the police have had to move in to clear them out. there was a smaller number of protes

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that are waiting for a statement that's supposed to come from the governor who is close to come over an hour and 20 minutes ago but they're still waiting inside those of us outside are waiting for reaction from i would say well over a 1000 protesters that have gathered here the last few minutes here waiting to see what will happen this is what people are waiting for this has been a long ordeal that's gone on for quite a while now everybody here quite frankly on pins and needles waiting to see what this governor would do this is. a scandal that started over 13 days ago with the 2 of the governors the top cabinet ministers that were arrested on corruption charges and then a texting scandal where for the governor ricardo rowe c.e.o. of. leaked the more than 800 pages of his leaked text messages where he's insulting the puerto rican people and making fun of the puerto rican sit died during hurricane 2 years ago so this is serious certainly right now i would say festive but also tense as everyone is waiting to hear what the governor's going to say if he will step down or not this coleman

our 2nd female governor will be governor one that ask is currently the attorney general in puerto rico and we have to unite behind her in an agenda of healing and image and not 4 only the economic growth that we find here having after 13 years to continue to expand. we we've had chronically difficult economic situations for over a decade and things have been improving recently and we have to make sure that that there's a lot of steps back and in that process. ok let's just show you some of the very latest we'll show you a malone's if you will of the latest pictures and live pictures if we still got the feed of life pictures coming to us now you can see the puerto rican flag being waved high and proud about those demonstrations gave and is on to our correspondent making the point during his coverage over the past month to minnesota this is such a fluid situation on the ground the govern attending his resignation what an hour and 20 minutes ago or so we still. he was going to resign and resign with immediate effect he didn't there was a little twist in the tale of that resignation we wer

for help and growing alarm over a shoot to kill police seen in rio riggins new governor says the tough measures are needed to crack down on crime but innocent people are being killed in the crossfire . and a big win for ukraine's new president of locomotives alinsky party claims an outright majority after sunday's parliamentary elections can he now and deliver on his promise to knock out corruption and to bring peace to eastern ukraine. i bring to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin tonight with bloodshed in syria where dozens of civilians have been killed in airstrikes carried out by government bombers and their washington allies in the rebel held town of pneuma 2 strikes destroyed a crowded market and killed at. 32 people now this marks a violent escalation in the country's ongoing civil war since late april syrian government forces backed by russia have been waging a huge campaign to dislodge the rebels from their stronghold. civilians once again are paying a heavy price. in a town turned to rubble and life is spared. and it's nothing

the governor's got to go.r, ricardo rossello, says that's not happening. >> leyla santiago with our breaking news coming to you from old san juan in puerto rico. we'll continue right after this break. we'll be right back. if your adventure... keeps turning into unexpected bathroom trips. you may have overactive bladder, or oab. not again! we're seeing a doctor when we get home. myrbetriq treats oab symptoms of urgency, frequency, and leakage. it's the first and only oab treatment in its class. myrbetriq may increase blood pressure. tell your doctor right away if you have trouble emptying your bladder or have a weak urine stream. myrbetriq may cause serious allergic reactions, like swelling of the face, lips, throat or tongue, or trouble breathing. if experienced, stop taking and tell your doctor right away. myrbetriq may interact with other medicines. tell your doctor if you have liver or kidney problems. common side effects include increased blood pressure, common cold or flu symptoms, sinus irritation, dry m

governor newsom? >> we have not sat down and talked. >> is this going to sort of be the dam opening up in other states if not the federal government doing something like this? >> i think it could be. we have the story in the clinical that was funny about dathletes being recrui if you are being recruited by ucla and arkansas, thought you can make money at ucla, why would you go there? i think from a competitive standpoint, yes, other states would. i also think that there would student ure from the athletes themselves across the board that this is the way it should be. >> qrealckly, do you see this as fitting in th what w are seeing with the pay equity call for the national women's soccer team. >> absolutely. we concentrate a lot on lead athletes. t's talk about every single athlete, no matter what their sport is. the men, they woue able to promote themselves. demoting themselves promotes women's athletics which maybe brings an audience. >> we want to leave it there. we are met of thank you. that will d

calling on puerto rico's governor ricardo rossello to resign. on sunday the governor announced he would not seek re-election but wouldn't immediately resign. nbc news correspondent gabe gutierrez is live in san juan where he joins me. gabe, these protests have been going on for over a week. how did they start and how did they get so big? >> reporter: hi, stephanie. well, the governor made his announcement yesterday on facebook live. some people were expecting he would resign. he obviously did not. even though he did say that he would not seek re-election, and was stepping down as head of his political party, that isn't enough for all the protesters that have gathered here. already thousands have filed into the parking lot here, roberto clemente stadium in san juan, and many more are expected throughout the day. they are expected to shut down san juan's main avenue. some are selling t-shirts right now. this is the rallying cry we've heard really for the past several days urging governor rossello to resign. ma'am, why are you here today?

the embattled governor claiming he can regain the confidence of his people. >> governor, who's come forwardin the middle of this cause. >> there are folks that have support me. there are people. >> could you give me one name? >> there is a protest. >> well, one name. just one name. >> a lot of people from the administration. >> governor, you're not able to give me the name of one person who's willing to support you continuing as governor, is that correct? >> i can. >> so the mayor of san sebastian, for example. >> cnn asked him if he supports the governor. more now from nick peyton walsh in san yawn. >> reporter: dave, christine. monday started peacefully with hundreds of thousands of people blocking the freeway and they changed direction and a small number of them ended up here in front of the governor's mansion. the police have had to move in to clear them out. there was a smaller number of protesters, some turned up wearing masks, others were simply peacefully dancing. it will seem like it's water bottles. and then tear gas was fired by the police to disperse the crowd after they used a

the only change is montana governor steve bullock. he fills the slot opened by california congressman eric swalwell who dropped out of the race. cnn conducts a live random drawing. there will be three drawings of upper, middle, lower polling tiers. find out which candidates will face off each night in this live special event. watch the draw for the cnn democratic debates tonight at 8 eastern time. >>> protests raging through the night as demonstrators call for the immediate resignation of governor ricardo rosao. lin manuel miranda said we're here and we have your back. we are in san juan with the latest. >> reporter: jessica, dave, i have seen anger. i have seen frustration. i have seen tension here. we actually made our way to the barricade in front of the governor's mansion where we saw a standoff between protesters that are blocking the governor's mansion. for his part the governor says he will not step down. i will tell you as i've spoke ento protesters who have had a week of fbi making arrests in corruption scandals involving for

that's the governor's mansion just that way.hey'll be celebrating all night. >> reporter: protests have grown in size and intensity for the past two weeks. demonstrators have been calling for ricardo rossello to step down since a profane group chat between rossello and his aides was leaked. >> the governor is no good. he should be -- get rid of him. get a good man in there, okay. peace for everybody. >> reporter: rossello apologized for the chats, which contained nearly 900 pages laced with sexist and homophobic language but many called it the last straw after the island's severe debt crisis, corruption charges and slow recovery from hurricane maria. the protests on the island sparking several in the continental u.s. as well with chants of ricky resign echoing in new york's grand central station. the resignation comes a day after a judge in puerto rico issued search warrants for the cell phones of several government workers involved in the chats. many of the governor's aides have already resigned due to the fallout from the scan

for his part, the governor says he will not step down. i want to tell you that as i've spoken with protesters that have had a week of fbi making arrests in corruption scandals involving former administration officials of leaked caps, i want you to hear what else people told me as to why exactly they are marching on these streets. >> this is about the dignity of our country, you know, of puerto rico. this is about we being tired of the same stuff happening again, of this government, of the government that have passed through this country. so it's about the indignation of our country, you know? the indignation, the -- finally this country getting on his foot and standing up against the strong man. >> reporter: many people we've talked to say they see themselves in these chats reflected in the insult and they say enough. they want change. they want to rid the island of corruption and they worry that what could come of this is vulnerability among those who are already vulnerable. that possibly aid will not come to the island for those who are

protesters want the governor gone, but the governor is resolute, announcing he will resign his positionhead of his party and not seek re-election next year, but he says he will not step down right now as governor. mass protests began a week and a half ago. 900 pages of offensive private text messages were made public between the governor and members of his inner circle. those officials openly bashing fellow politicians, the media and celebrities. the group attacked journalists, trying to discredit their stories. they threatened to turn opponents over to the police. derogatory sexist remarks about women and homophobic opinions about the singer ricky martin. one of the officials targeted is the former speaker of the city council and interim president of the latino victory project. she said even though she was attacked personally, this fight is not about her. >> this is not about me. obviously this is an attack on all women and this is an attack and basically an attack on the people of puerto rico in general. it was basically the breaking point. it was about the sexism, misogyny and homoph

you're the governor.ost of the other protesters say that the main reason they've taken to the streets is also the corruption of rossello's government and that he needs go, and tonight, a top official of puerto rico's legislature as a committee will examine the leaked chats to see if there's proof the governor committed crimes. now, adding insult to injury, president trump tweeting yesterday. a lot of bad things are happening in puerto rico. the governor is under siege. the mayor of san juan is a despicable and incompetent person who i wouldn't trust under any circumstance and the united states congress foolishly gave $92 billion for hurricane relief, much of which was squandered away or wasted, never to be seen again. this is more than twice the amount given to texas and florida combined. i know the people of puerto rico well, and they are great. but much of their leadership is corrupt and robbing the u.s. government blind." a lot to pick apart here. first of all, the idea of robbing the u.s. government b

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