that i have the customs and the traditions of the puerto rican people and the puerto rican culture, but i am an american citizen. >> to become a state takes more than just a plebiscite. congress also has to agree. lawmakers opposed to extending statehood to puerto rico argue that it will cost too much. they also claim that since spanish is puerto rico's native language, that could create a communications barrier. not so, says commissioner pierluisi. he thinks both issues can be overcome and that puerto rico will become a state someday. >> i, myself, believe that's the way to go. we should be first-class citizens. >> puerto rico is not the only u.s. territory.s so, if it does become a state, we might also hear from folks in the u.s. virgin islands, the northern mariana islands, american samoa and guam. for "teen kids news," i'm nicole. >>> stay with us, there's lots more still to come on "teen kids news." >> we'll be right back. lipstain and balm. the lipstain gives me a light flush of color while the moisturizing balm softens my lips. have you ever been bitten? revlon just bitten lipsta

or puerto ricans from the island. they started coming little by little after i was there. >> hinojosa: and now, actually, berklee school of music, you were saying that they have a strong presence. >> the latino population is the highest population at the school. >> hinojosa: at the berklee school of music. >> at the school. amazing, right? >> hinojosa: so at one point... so you have an amazing career, bobby, and you and i met each other many, many, many years ago when i was just a kid at wkcr. >> we were both kids. >> hinojosa: when we were both kids at wkcr radio. and we... even at that station we liked to bring in musicians like you. >> right, right. >> hinojosa: at that point, i have this great memory where you guys were doing a jam, we were putting it on live on wkcr, and, i mean, i was a mexican kid who had come from chicago. there i was in new york. you guys were jamming, and you handed me a percussive instrument, and you said, "play it." and i was like, "i don't know how to do this." and you said, "play it." it

in time, the south street became puerto rican, displacing the italians, who moved deeper into brooklyn. the north streets were remained polish extending into green point. his parents purchased a house cheaply and over the years created a home that was a welcome place for their children and grandchildren. this haven was of such serenity that kenny often felt the same respect and awe that he experienced when entering the fragrant solitude of the catholic church, fleeing went the irish seeking refuge from the advancing harlems, the dark skin of the people making unrecognizable the prejudices they had endured when they arrived in america. the defect of memory driving them forward to separate themselves from the shadows that follow all immigrants. fleeing went the puerto ricans, escaping the same blackness, but impeled by the fear of blood, both physical and hereditary, fearing with greater horror the prospect of losing themselves in the anonymity that america forces on all of its people, both groups fought the country's wish for that homogenaity. they both retained both their irishness and

the more mexicans come what does that mean for the puerto ricans electorate? same with the african-american. we need to speak on the same things, that is our goal. we can demonstrate unity among issues over substance and immigration reform and strategy, coalition that unity districts where we are better positioned. >> you talk about racially polarized voting as one of the obstacles in redistricting. is that what you are referring to? >> there is racially polarized voting that impedes african-american ability and racially polarized voting for latino and it depends which area you are in weather latinos and african-americans can band together and elect the first candidate as well. it is critical for all organizations to partner with african-american advocacy organizations so we can anticipate what is coming in terms of redistricting and figure out the features of both of our goals in redistricting and i have to say so far we have not found a zero some game. latino gains in redistricting are not coming at the expense of african-american representation because thro

. >> puerto rican mortar, do you know anything about the sound complain? >> i know that there were complaints coming from the back.

. >> puerto rican mortar, do you know anything about the sound complain? >> i know that there were complaints coming from the back. president chii do know they hav engaged in conversation with the venue. to try to solve whatever problems and come to a conclusion. there may be something else going on. >> medice ii is closed. the police continue to go back there after hours to find activity there. >> after-hours? >> it is my understanding. there is no permit from us there either. they're trying to work together to keep them from doing things they should not be doing. >> >> these were citations that were issued the saturday before last. i know that the citations were issued after an on view of the sound violations. >> do they have new sound parameters? >> that is possible. and we had the the new in the office and spend an hour on this problem. this is after that meeting. the results of our counseling and it up with citation. >> do you know anything about that one? >> he observed very little control on the front. >> thank you. i have a couple of quick question

. >> reporter: victoria is half irish, half puerto rican.ters call her wide-ranging appeal multiethnic, nonspecific. >> i had done over 30 commercials. i modeled for a bunch of different people. which was really cool. but at that point i was getting older anani was, like, i want to do tv and film. i want to move out to l.a. i want to go for it. >> reporter: i want to be an actor? >> i want to be an actor. >> reporter: today, she had nickelodeon star maker dan schneider to thanks, the man who created i-carly, zoey 101 and drake and josh. >> victoria is going to be one of the biggest stars in the world within five years. i think the girl's going to be making $10 million a movie. >> reporter: she was just 12 when he cast her on zoey 101. >> i'm an actress. >> reporter: what makes her a superstar on the launch pad? >> when she walked in and said, hi, i'm victoria justice and i'm 12 years old, i thought this kid has real charisma. this is probably a kid i want to develop a tv show. >> reporter: he created a show called "victorious" just for her w

irene brought torrential rain and strong winds to the dominican republic and cut power supplies in puerto rican. it could become a category 4 hurricane. russia says north korea is ready to review international talks on ending it's a clear program. on its first visit to russia in a decade, the north korean leader has met president medvedev in siberia. no word yet from the north korean side. related to north korea may be better but the space program took a hit today. and on manned spaceship bound for the international space station exploded and fell back to earth five minutes after lift off. the russian supply mission was headed to the international space station. >> the spacecraft lifted off smoothly enough. as the rocket disappeared, the propulsion system stalled and fell back tears. the carter ship was carrying several tons of supplies to the international space station. there will not be any immediate problem for the astronauts on board, according to nassau. >> we're in a good position to withstand this loss of supplies. we're coming to iss. we can go several months without a resupply vehicle

she's author of the memoirs "when i was puerto rican" "almost a woman" and the turkish lover and the novel "america's dream" and she joins me now. welcome. >> thank you. >> suarez: this is an ambitious big story. did you set out with an idea of telling so much scope? >> i started out by trying to understand my ancestors, i come from poor landless peasants who have no record and i began to read the story of puerto rico and the more i read it the more i realized i would never find my own ancestors but i could make my imaginary ancestors and so the book emerges as a result of my trying to create the people that might have been. >> suarez: did you know much of the history before that? >> not as much. i left when i was 13 so whatever i learned in puerto rico in the schools that's all i remembered about the history. but the older i became, the more curious i was and so i would buy books about the history which i would bring back to the united states wherever i went there and so i owned a lot of it and i didn't read all of it until i became completely obsessed with the idea of finding my ro

paul every once in a while and now the very very very ugly republican porter says he will put puerto rican senator or endo. a senator who also serves as the vice chairman of president george w. bush's reelection campaign in puerto rico resigned the this weekend for you know the usual reasons posting new photos of himself on line. right here posted the lewd photos in an i phone app known as it caters to game bisexual men. but the real kicker is that are running as if pierce anti-gay advocate spearheading efforts against gay marriage rights in san juan i course he initially tried to defend the photos by claiming short term amnesia. whatever you are one hundred billion we built a wonderful to say when you were on the he's a little humble it's almost full. and they're going to go to him with the most awful the world is going to have the most i go they're going to go to your well he did take out and i'm not sure which is ugly or is anti-gay hypocrisy or the photo itself we call them both very very very very very ugly. i. heard kate i read crisis along the east coast is now over though the storm

the puerto rican chamber of commerce and others. we are providing information to community groups there to make sure they are able to gain one additional congressional seat anchored in tralstram florida. -- central florida. that will create additional voices in congress. the issue is very complex. we have population growth in various areas. we have a unique population growth in terms of the puerto rican population. leaving the northeastern corridor because of the economic pressures up in northeast and particularly in new york. the combination of both north and south migration is resulting in some unique dynamics in florida. the race is one of the first questions. -- that raises one of the first questions. as we talk about redistricting, we talk about who is eligible to vote. that gap between voting the population for people that vote but of course citizenship. citizenship levels are different depenged on what area of the country we're talking -- depending on what area of the country we are talking about and what national origin we a

, while all this is going on on the mainland here of course you have seiu attack attack on the puerto rican teachers. three years ago 40,000 teachers went out on an island wide strike under the draconian public sector laws that affected puerto rico. the union was decertified, stripped of its bargaining rights. when it took a strike vote. the then governor of puerto rico refused to bargain any further to strike out a lot of support in puerto rico page was over the critical issue of privatization of the schools. and seiu which represents schools superintendents and principals and other school employees was well-positioned to provide solidarity. instead of doing that, dennis and other leaders of seiu tried to cut a deal with this been indicted governor to replace, the whole seiu convention 2008 in puerto rico is designed to build a campaign. the fmp are was excluded from the ballot when he was a vote on this question in fall 2008, the puerto rican teachers resound we voted no, rejected as he i use raid and thousand of them still pay dues voluntary to the fmpr which continues to struggle on, no

last night i was in washington and ran into a puerto ricans woman who actually went to the same highschool i did and she said you went there? how come you didn't get beat up all time? it was mostly black and latino. i don't know. i use to sculpt a lot. >> it was a rough neighborhood in the shadow of columbia university. >> interestingly enough, i did grow up in the town, most of the parents i knew, my friend's parents were working-class folks, blue collar jobs, etc. but quite an interesting neighborhoods. we were on the cusp of harlem. to listen to music and ca james brown act was the ticket. you also have access to downtown and a university ambiance. i recall being very aware of books for example, going by bookstores on broadway and being fascinated by the prospect of going inside but couldn't bring myself to do that for many years because i thought it was for a different kind of person, a different class, better educated class. on the other hand my mother who did love books but used to collect them as decorative objects almost and since we live in the university neighborhood and be

but say it about the puerto rican population in the northeast.ve a share of elected officials, but the population is shifting to more mexican and dominican. again, questions are the same. more mexicans come and more dominicans come, what's that mean for the electing official says? we have to make sure we speak on the same things, create joint maps where possible, and that's really our goal. where we can demonstrate unity among issues in substance in the reform and unity of our process and strategy, coalitions, unity districts, and mapping scenarios, we are much better position. >> nina, you talked about racial polarized voting as an obstacle in redistricting. is that what you're referring to in >> well, there's voting that impedes african-american ability to left preferred candidates and there's polar rised voting for la -- tinos and it depends what area you're in and if they can prefer candidates as well. it's been critical to partner with organizations to anticipate what's coming in terms of redistricting, figure out if we can do maps that feat

. >> and over time, puerto rican voters may come to like his conservative government.ity suffered when he made cuts so did johnson's in new mexico but all were re-elected by big margins. >> i knew how it was going to be. i was in washington in the reagan's a first term. know how it was the first two years but he was doing a lot of the right stuff. he won by a landslide. >> john: his advice to leaders who want to shrink the state. >> do what they need to do quickly, swiftly. just do it and move on to better things. >> john: coming up next, the country that is nearly went off the cliff but came back stronger than ever. >> they fixed it. >> they fixed it. >> john: what can we do? there is another country not far from here that figured that out. just a few hundred miles north. canada, the country of cline, hockey and logging. when i thought of canada i talk about big government, government healthcare and all that. in fact big '90s, finance minister said we are in debt up to our eyeballs. their debt level was just a as bad. almost 70% of their economy. >> just as much debt,

>> i'm puerto rican and italian.eah, you know, a little bit. >> dunn's fish out of water status could last for a long time. he's serving 25 years to life for armed robbery. >> how are you perceived here? i mean when you -- >> i get my respect. or else if i didn't, then, you know, like they could stab me or whatever. i mean i wouldn't be here. i'd be dead. you know, so evidently i get my respect. i mean, it wasn't easy. you know, it's still not easy. i mean some places i go, i'm a target. >> why? >> because of who i run with, because of my gang affiliates. like i said, it's real racial. and then if blacks get into it, i've got to be there, you know, really especially, you know. i mean i'm always out there on the front line. i'm always going to be that way. >> why? >> because i pretty much always have to prove myself, always, no matter what. so i can't change my life now. i chose that road, so i have to be a part of that. you know, so i don't try to be black. i'm me. you know, i'm dylan, you know. >> but even the broth

there's over four million puerto rico -- puerto ricans who live in the united states, 3.8 million in sh was not a requirement for their citizenship back then nor is it now. here's the point, whether i can speak in spanish or in english at one level is going to be very difficult for me to translate that and read a ballot initiative. i think even a congressman would an tkwrae. it would take two or three readings in complex ballot initiatives. i also studied in mexico, congressman the fact that i may know spanish does not mean i can translator make sense of complex legal jargon. >> shannon: gentlemen we have to leave it there. congressman and mr. cartagena, we thank you both and watch what happens on capitol hill. >>> kim kardashian officially off the market. she tie -- she tied the knot last night. we have a bit of scoop for you, next. n, pro golfer. if you have painful, swollen joints, i've been in your shoes. one day i'm on p of the world... the next i'm saying... i have this thing called psoriatic arthritis. i had some intense pain. it progressively got worse. my rheumatologist told

rican senator of a virtual rainbow. the senator who also served as the vice chairman of president george w. bush's reelection campaign in puerto rico resigned the this weekend for you know the usual reasons posting nude photos of himself online. for you know posted lewd photos in an i phone app known as that caters to gay and bisexual men. but the real kicker is that are running as if here's anti-gay advocate spearheading efforts against gay marriage rights in san juan. of course he initially tried to defend the photos by claiming short term amnesia. or whatever you're the one you mean bill come on the phone to say when you're one hundred he's a little humble it's almost a little girl and they're going to go to him with a lot of a little accusing them of the most of the negative like what are the rules well he did take out and i'm not sure which is ugly or is anti-gay hypocrisy or the photo itself we call them both very very very very very ugly i. the hurricane i read in crisis along the east coast is now over though the storm this weekend considerably before skirting some of the most populated cities in america from washingto