impeerlism against native merps. she had these different moments that helped her build her opinion. she's not an anomaly. there are many other who she's working with. >> based on all of this, all that wow -- you've hearned. the research, the history of puerto rico, what -- what do you think it's future is going to be? >> i think it's a tough question. know. don't -- i dent there's been rough reluctance by e u.s. federal government to ive up certain powers. and i think perhaps an important thing to realize is that once puerto ricans become u.s. citizens, i really think that was a significant turning point. it's very hard to distangle the situation or -- you know, but i don't know. i am hopeful that there'll be greater awareness and attention puerto rico so the type of, for instance, response that took take in texas would takes place in puerto rico in the future. not just in terms of natural disasters but in terms of development, addressing issues of underdevelopment and policies that much hurt they over many decades. so to try so -- to right some of the wrongs but if your question is

that benefits every day merps. republican tax bill will not help working families in every day americans. it will hurt every day americans. instead, it favors corporations. the state and local tax deduction for individuals was decimated. the state and local tax deduction for corporations was left untouched. the individual tax cut is tempora temporary. the corporate tax cut is permanent. the moving expense deduction for individuals was eliminated. but corporations can continue to deduct the moving expenses associated with closing down fact ris and plant t here and moving them to places like china and india, robbing us of good paying american jobs. we were treated like second class citizens to subsidize the lifestyles of the rich and shameless. that's why the cap should be e lem 83% of the republican tax bill goes to the wealthiest 1% in america. justice brandice, a legendary supreme court jundge, once made the observation that in america, we can have democracy or wealth concentrated in the hand of the very few. but