for many who are enjoying statehood, many more puerto ricans are living on the continental u.s. an the island. >> puerto rico's fight to join the union has been waged since it became a territory in 1898. since then five other territories became a state. history check here, the western settlements of arizona and new mexico were split and ratified in 1912. hawai'i and alaska were admitted in 1959. ♪ >> a new coach for the texans for a period of time. jessica is here with a day in sports. >> reporter: the interim title, the houston texans have given the interim coach title after the coach collapsed during halftime in the game against the colts. he suffer adminy stroke, phillips will take over the reins. he has been coach of the broncos, bills and recently the cowboys. he was oncin the continuing nfl saga surrounding jonathan martin, well, new reports out say that he has recently checked himself in to a south florida hospital to be treated to emotional distress which led to the player leaving the team last week. >>> and smith who left the team back in september and entered inpatient

puerto rican partridge family.puerto rican partridge family.ly help you and hurt you that you are bruno mars' -- >> exactly. >> right? >> he gets the super bowl. >> he got a head start on you. >> one, getting into the music industry and then being bruno mars' sisters. >> what type of music do you sing together? >> we grew up singing a lot of '50s. our parents had a show called "the love note show." >> doo-wop? >> what's your favorite go-to oldie that you guys like singing together? >> the supremes. ♪ baby love >> can you do that one? >> what do you love? >> sing one of our songs. >> do it. >> okay. >> okay. >> ready? ♪ since you left i can't breathe i was wrong, baby, come back to me ♪ ♪ the moment you went away i could see that i lost the greatest part of me ♪ >> little wilson phillips. it has that familiar thing. that's a real compliment. we're happy for you guys. this is going to be fun. >> we certainly are. >> you seem like sweet people. stay that way or hoda and i -- of course you will. >> oh! well, we're all sharing. >> we share and you s

. >> puerto ricans are a people in transit. their american passports allow them to move easily when the islands and u.s. but recent immigration has hit record levels. 600,000 puerto ricans have left in the last ten years. that's 15% of the population and the largest drop compared to anywhere else in the united states. 40% of college graduates have left to look for employment, but the job market is tough for blue collar workers, too,. >> salaries are not enough. you have to work a lot of overtime to get by. i have a colleague who works on saturday and sundays as a deejay. there are no farming jobs any more. the factories are closing, too. >> the government says immigration costs the local economy $3 billion a year. but angel has not lost a penning. he's off to pack for the next job, shipping a family to miami. >> well, it's a quiet, beautiful day across much of the country if you're going shopping or heading home after spending the holiday with family and friends. not going to run into many interruptions but let's recap our hurr

cash ooffs harbour >> 50,000 puerto ricans are leaving their homeland every year, the most in years. puerto rico has the highest unemployment rate in the u.s. casey kauffman shows us one business there is booming. >> unemployment here is twice the national average. but this man has never worked so much. his moving company can barely keep up with the requests. >> translation: most goes abroad. orlando, miami, texas, new york. we have local jobs, but it is care. >> mr and mrs lopez lived in the u.s. and came back to puerto rico for retirement. all of their children and relatives are in florida. >> translation: i want to talk to them and share everything with them and spend my old age with them. >> when their youngest daughter told them they'd stay in the u.s. after completing medical studies, they realised they'd be alone, apart from their daughter ariana. >> translation: you start with $100,000 to be a cardiologist assistant after graduating. here you get around $60,000. >> the destination is orlando, florida. he helps people move off the island every day of the week. >> translation: f

puerto ricans are people in transit. their american passports allowed them to move between the islands and the u.s. around $600,000 puerto ricans left the island in the past 10 years. 50% of the population, and the largest drop compared to anywhere else in the united states. >> 40% of recent college great uds have left to look for employment. >> salaries are not enough. we have to work a lot of overtime to get buy. i have a colleague who works on saturdays and sundays as a dj. there are no farming jobs any more, and the factories are closing too. >> the government says immigration costs the local economy $3 billion per near. he hasn't lost a penny. he's off to his next job. >> ross shimabuku is here with the sport headlines. alabama versus auburn. >> you have to love it. all eyes on this. for the first time since 1971, both teams ranked in the top five. the winner went on to win the d.c. s national championship game. first thing is first. 87,000 fans - rocking the house in auburn. the winner of the iron bowl goes to the

at least i don't have to leave. [ chuckling ] >> puerto ricans are a people in transit.ir american passports have allowed them to move easily. the recent immigration has hit record levels. 600,000 puerto ricans have left the island in the past ten years. that's 15% of the population and by far the largest drop anywhere in the united states. >> reporter: recent graduates have left to look for employment, but angel said blue collar workers are looking for jobs, too. >> i have a colleague who works saturdays and sundays as a deejay. there are no farming jobs any more and the factories are closing, too. >> reporter: the government says the immigration costs the local economy $3 billion per year but angel has not lost a penny. he's off to his next job packing a shipment for miami. al jazeera, puerto rico. >> now let's get all of sports. >> reporter: thank you so much. the arsenal have gone seven points clear of the english premier league after a comfort win in whales. ramsey scored two goals to take his season to 13. he didn't celebrate any of his goals. arsenal ran out 3-0,

. >> sempling for a bedder life, puerto ricans are leaving their island in droves what's behind the exodus. and still ahead, baseball may be on the merge of it's first $300 million player. that story, next in sports. >> a senator under investigation and only al jazeera america is there. uncovering the corruption opening the files... >> are you going to resign if your're indicted? >> breaking the story real reporting, this is what we do... al jazeera america >> al jazeera america is a straight-forward news channel. >> its the most exciting thing to happen to american journalism in decades. >> we believe in digging deep. >> its unbiased, fact-based, in-depth journalism. >> you give them the facts, dispense with the fluff and get straight to the point. >> i'm on the ground every day finding stories that matter to you. >> in new orleans... >> seattle bureau... >> washington... >> detroit... >> chicago... >> nashville... >> los angeles... >> san francisco... >> al jazeera america, take a new look at news. double digit unemployment and rampant crime is causing more to leave puerto rico and head

truman, the puerto rican nationals came up and got into the -- this guy seemed to us watching him attime like he was invulnerable. he was so great looking. the presidently going well. jackie sitting beside him. suddenly rifle shots and america changed profoundly. we went back to the kind of older -- lyndon johnson taking the oval office and the kennedy administration was over. >> jon: you remember the transformation that bobby kennedy underwent after that assassination. i was very young when bobby kennedy and martin luther king were assassinated. i remember those events vividly. the defining moments i remember as a kid and there was taunting in there but mostly the assassinations. >> i think no one made a more impressive transmission midstream than bobby kennedy. he was jack kennedy's enforcer, his closer counselor, a tough guy behind the scenes. it was always bobby putting his finger in somebody's chest. obviously in 1968 because of war and civil rights movement and social consciousness that could you see develop on the fly almost he became the most interesting politician after this

that of who goes to the supreme court of the united states to establish in law the ability of puerto rican to move to the american mainland as people coming from another part of the united states instead of as immigrants. her fiancÈ is living legally in new york city. in the first years after the spanish-american war. is comes to new york harris harbor. two people come on the deck. the customs inspector of new york harbor and the inspection inspect per. he tells the woman from san juan she has to go ellis island. she said i don't have to go to ellis island. i'm from puerto rico. you took this place from spain in war. how can i be an immigrant? even after the case becomes legally moot because she marries her fiancÈ and becomes legally resident in the united states, because she has a head of steam over the issue she fights it to the supreme court, wins, and establishes the right of puerto ricans to look at the united states as the wider country instead of being trapped in this legal nether word -- world of 3500 square miles floating in the caribbean. great stories that help explain why you'r

american passports allow them to move easily, but recent immigration has hit record less. 600,000 puerto ricanse left the islands in the past ten years by far the largest drop compared to anywhere else in the united states. >>> 40% of recent college graduates have left to look for employment, but angel said the job market is tough for blue collar workers, too. >> salaries are not enough. you have to work a lot of overtime to get by. i even have a colleague who works on saturdays and sundays as a deejay. there are no farming jobs any more. and the factories are closing too. >> the government says immigration costs the local economy $3 billion a year. but angel has not lost a penny. he's off to his next job packing a shipment for miami. >> thank you for watching al jazeera america. "techknow" is pup next up next. for updates check "g" to www.aljazeera.com. thank you for your time. nerds. tonight sharks. we are tracking some of the misunderstood cret cite cret cre dry cre creatures in the sea. we are behind the wheel of the fruifuture testing out the drivs car. tonight police, science and a

taken by tens of nows of puerto ricans before them. they are moving to florida. >> there are better schools. a better education. right now my sons don't have a social studies teacher. their teachers are missing. they will have a shot at a better education. crime here is sky high. am i going to raise two criminals? no. i don't think so. this is the time to leave. >> lived here for 25 years but is thinking of going back to the dominican republic. >> the people running the country have us all bankrupt, and it is going to stay that way. right now we are running the business ourselves, me, my brother, and my mother, and we are doing it for free. we are not making any money. >> there are still signs of commerce here, but puerto rico's economy is shrinking at an alarming rate. officially the unemployment rate is 13%. some say it is three times higher. >> the more inequality you have, the less healthy as a country, and that's where we are headed right now. if we don't stop this vicious circle we are in a race to the bottom. competing with i do

that of who goes to the supreme court of the united states to establish in law the ability of puerto rican to move to the american mainland as people coming from another part of the united states instead of as immigrants. her fiancÈ is living legally in new york city. in the first years after the spanish-american war. is comes to new york harris harbor. two people come on the deck. the customs inspector of new york harbor and the inspection inspect per. he tells the woman from san juan she has to go ellis island. she said i don't have to go to ellis island. i'm from puerto rico. you took this place from spain in war. how can i be an immigrant? even after the case becomes legally moot because she marries her fiancÈ and becomes legally resident in the united states, because she has a head of steam over the issue she fights it to the supreme court, wins, and establishes the right of puerto ricans to look at the united states as the wider country instead of being trapped in this legal nether word -- world of 3500 square miles floating in the caribbean. great stories that help explain why you'r

we haven't been to the right of the puerto rican service in the disputed areas. the kids to the temple in the background think it very well. we were off to the meeting between the two local market. the cambodian economy. they were there shaking and to the death of a top official meeting in a wood chip ink. the camera nonetheless i think that but the very keen to check that whatever the result the mechanic did a very lengthy. i think the thing but hey whatever the result but i could commit to maintaining that they nonetheless. often the area and is buried in. the bulk of the flight to boston for the fun. yes when we go live pictures coming through the norwegians have of the ruling coming to a spot to issue says going to be a very lengthy one. funny what one is the origin of the dispute what one actually forgiven. interesting question in there that could be that this is the third in the ventures third thing is that there's no animal spirits but you can pick between cambodia and thailand the main way that many may have found that the character of claim were true at

i am mexican and puerto rican. currently live in l.a., and i work at a coffee shop.worker. he's got his own business-- one of the hardest-working men i know. my family is the most important thing to me. i have a little brother. he's nine, and my little sister just graduated high school. growing up, my family didn't really have a lot of money, but music was always with me, ever since i was a kid, and my family has always supported me in everything. hey, guys. >> we miss you! >> miss you too. i promised them that i would take care of them one day. i'm hoping that through this competition, i can actually make that happen. [cheers and applause] ♪ not really sure ♪ how to feel about it ♪ something in the way ♪ you move ♪ makes me feel like ♪ i can't live without you ♪ it takes me all the way >> the first time that i saw carlito, i knew he was something really, really special. he had a presence onstage and that voice... oh, my god. that voice. >> i just saw you from the side profile there when you were singing, and i looked at you, and i thought, "this kid looks like a rea

my whole entire family is black and white and puerto rican. >> i'm just asking. i'm telling you, i'm not -- if i was prejudice i wouldn't have mixed children. >> also accused of allegedly possibly involved with commissary theft. >> why do i have to steal from anybody? >> i'm not accusing -- >> i'm stating a fact, my own commissary, don't need to steal from anybody. prove it. give me a lie detector test and i would prove it. >> it's has to prove it. >> get me a lie detector test and i will pass it. i'm not a thief. >> i steal at stores at home, yeah. >> i'm talking about here. >> no. give me a lie detector test. >> let them say what they want to say, their girls. how they talk. >> they never called you that. they are accusing me of being a thief, dude. give me a lie detector test. >> and claiming you were a white supremacist active. >> those girls are young. i'm not a gang member. i'm not a supremacist. >> we'll do a follow through, okay? all right, ma'am. >> thank you, sir. i like to have a lie detector for all three questions you asked me. i pay for it. >> you g

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andy his wife and two sons are about to set off on a path, taken by tens of thousands of puerto ricans before them. tied up struggling to get by they are moving to florida. >> there are better schools better education. i know my sons don't have a social studies teacher. their teachers are missing they will have a shot at a better education. crime here is sky high. am i going to raise two criminals? no, i don't think so. this is a time to leave. >> the neighborhood you can begin to understand why people are leaving. businesses houses and schools are boarded up. and employment is at a two year high, and there is talk of depayment. one of the only businesses still open on the main street is owned who has lived here for 25 years but is thinking of going back to the dominican republic. >> the people running the country have issue all bankrupt, and it is going to stay that way, right now we are running the business ourselves. me, my brother, and my mother. and we are doing it for free, we aren't making any money. puerto rico's economy is shrinking at an alarming rate. the more ebb equality y

puerto rican cuisine is different from mexican.e bottom line, this is a food trend that's here to stay. >> oh, yeah. i like it, i like it, i like it. thank you. >> in my office, i have about 20 different bottles of hot sauce. >> you surely do. >> and everybody drops by and they pick it up and we throw it on everything. lunch, dinner, breakfast. >> tasty. >> you name it. >> i'm having salsa tonight. you're having taco. >> fish tacos tonight. >>> former president bill clinton is stumping for a friend on the campaign trail in virginia, but his comments are leading some analysts to believe he's interested in more than helping him win the race for governor. susan estridge weighs in. >>> remembering an american hero. a look how family and friends are saying farewell to legendary astronaut scott carpenter. ♪ pppp÷÷ppóóppp max and penny kept our bookstore but as time passed, i stted to notice max just wasn't himself.e and i knew he'd feel better if heost a little weight. so i switched to purina cat ow healthy weight formul

me that they heard a reporter in the media room saying, well, that's what you get for hiring a puerto ricanh that being said, i'll go ahead and make a brief sound bite for the spanish media. [ speaking in spanish ] >> i got a lot of who i am as a lawyer from the miami-dade public defender's office. you're taught to have a certain type of mentality, a warrior's mentality. you're going to war and you're fighting for someone who can't fight for themselves. i don't claim to be the smartest person in the room but i don't think you're going to find someone who knows the record better and who's going to work harder than me. i know for a fact that in the anthony case i knew more about that case than anyone in the courtroom and when the opportunities showed up, i was able to capitalize from my knowledge of the facts and take advantage of the fact that they did not. >> other members of the defense had issues as well. attorney dorothy sims knows what it's like to feel fear. wondering if the next person she meets is going to kill her. during her time serving as co-counsel for the casey anthony defense

my whole entire family is black and white and puerto rican. tell me this.d. >> i'm just asking. i'm telling you, i'm not -- if i was prejudice i wouldn't have mixed children. >> okay. also accuse you of allegedly of possibly involved with commissary theft. >> i have my own money, my own commissary. why do vie to steal from anybody? >> i'm not accusing -- >> i'm stating a fact, my own commissary, don't need to steal from nobody. if you accuse me of steal, prove it. give me a lie detector test and i will pass it. >> you're right, it's hard to prove. >> get me a lie detector test and i will pass it. i'm not a thief. >> you never stole anything. >> no. >> i steal at stores at home, yeah. but not here. >> i'm talking about here. >> no. give me a lie detector test. i guarantee i'll pass it with flying colors. >> let them say what they want say to say, their girls. how they talk. >> they never called you that. >> they are girls. they are accusing me of being a thief, dude. go get me a lee detector test. i'll pass with flying colors. >> and claiming you were a whit

the puerto rican nationals try to kill him at warehouse. we have conspiracies. i guess you could say part of it is americans don't accept the official word without questioning it and that's in our nature. it's in our history. it's in the first amendment but the other part of this is simply that began the warren commission did a poor job and didn't answer a lot of questions. second, there was this imbalance between the most powerful person in the world at the peak of his power. probably the peak of america's power. being eliminated by a loner. he was actually very bright but he was a loner and he was clearly disturbed in various ways. he had a very in usual life. the imbalance there is just enormous and you have to imagine that life makes sense. can life makes sense when this powerful 35th president of the united states can be eliminated by someone like lee harvey oswald with maybe a lucky shot? so i think all of those are reasons why. various things have emerged. we were being lied to about what the cia was doing and what the fbi was doing and what the governmen

puerto rican cuisine is different from mexican, but this is a food trend that is here to stay. >> i love i love it, i love it. i love salsa and having tacos tonight. it is the bomb. doc >> "a healthy you" with carol alt is coming up. >>> welcome to "a healthy you." i am carol alt. what are gmo's? don't have a clue? don't worry. most people don't know. what is scare yes, sir is now people ingest them every day of their life and they don't know it. it is in our food and they could be causing you disease. plus, want to hear some staggering numbers? approximately two-thirds of the u.s. population is overweight. that's more than 105 million people. why is it that america is so fat? is it something we are doing? or something we are not doing? who better to tell us how to

you may recall that two puerto rican nationalists tried to run their way into the house and assassinate president truman who was taking a nap at the time. that is the story. the president of united states is dead. the new president of the united states is lyndon johnson. mrs. kennedy is still at the hospital. she was not hurt. the white house spokesman refused to comment on her condition. president johnson is under heavy guard and was taken away from the hospital by white house officials. president kennedy was shot in the right temple. it was a simple matter of a bullet right to the head, said the white house doctor. >> for additional information, we go to station wbat-tv and news man charles murphy. >> the car wanted in connection with the assassination has been stopped in fort worth. the suspect is in custody. further word will come later. fort worth is 30 miles west of dallas. we heard from one of our news man in dallas who said that a dallas policeman was shot to death by an unknown man in a car minutes after the president and governor connally were shot. the officer was shot about

so america's who aren't latina kind of wondering what's the difference between a mexican and a puerto rican and a dominican and when did they come and why are they here and what's the background and of how is this change in the country? then letting us ordinarily taught their own history if they went to public schools so in the book i say at least once a chapter you don't say i didn't know that, how come i didn't know that? i think that it both assignments pretty well for the general audience, sort of having them an idea of how one out of six of their fellow citizens came to be here and for the latino audience some affirmation. a little history they didn't know of proud and not so proud history and leaning forward for the next 20, 30, 40 years when we will become an even bigger part of america. >> whited to start 500 years ago in 1500? >> the first european settlement in what became the united states not in the western hemisphere, not in north america but in what in the united states was the time of soldiers, priests and settlers who came up from mexico city into what's now new mexico and s

three quarters of muni bond funds in the country have exposure to puerto ricans debt and sell something and they may wind up selling whatever as opposed to what they should sell. >> a lot of veteran analysts believe puerto rico's debt is money good meaning when it comes time to the interest and principal is going to be paid back. there's a lot of concern about reading the negative media reports and i have to be honest of hamel concerned two or thre weeks ago there were hedge fund managers would not know municipal bond it they did them in the face claiming puerto rico with a $0.10 on the dollar. that is ludicrous. if you look at the facts and you know what is going on you know puerto rico's debt is many good. adam: hugh point of the strong steps puerto rico has taken, any new hires in the government sector, a 401(k) pension, it is not the defined benefit contribution plan. they have raised taxes, something we would never have done in the united states on the skills they have done it. you see all of this as money good. this is a good long-term bet. >> these are extraordinary measures for

you may recall to puerto rican nationals try to gun their way into the white house and assassinate president truman, who was taking a nap at the time on the second floor. that is the story. the president of the united states is dead. the new president of the united states is lyndon johnson. mrs. kennedy, we understand, is still at the hospital. she was not hurt. the white house spokesman have refused to comment on her condition. president johnson is under heavy guard and was whisked away from the hospital by white house officials. resident kennedy, we are now informed, were shot in the right temple. it was a simple matter of a bullet right through the head, said dr. george berkeley, a white house medical officer. >> we have more details. we are risk we -- reestablishing our contact with the stations in fort worth and dallas. and news man-tv charles murphy. >> the car wanted in connection with the assassination of president kennedy has been stopped in fort worth. suspect inrt that a custody. further word will come later. fort worth is 30 miles west of dallas. just a few minutes before this re

some funds have loaded up on puerto rican bonds, although a few of them, but some of those are doingeally stretching for yields combine things that are not rated. non rated bonds tend to offer a higher yield. you have to go inside, look at the portfolio and be able to understand what you're buying because you're not buying an individual bond but a collection across the country in all likelihood. adam: if my bond fund is chasing yield what is wrong with that? chances are i notice this year, don't like? >> hopefully you do. but if you bought it in that time when the high-yield municipal bond market was doing well which was what was happening in 2012, you are rewarded for taking on risk. the funds that are offering above average yields and those taking an above-average rest are getting hurt quite badly in 2013, among the worst performing funds, the ones that either have a lot of non rated bonds or bonds that are rated, but are tied to burger rico, where, as i am sure you've talked about, bonds are not performing very well. adam: the last one we had was the state's downgrade with the pot

, but prior to that in 1950, we do remember the attempted assassination of president truman by puerto ricanrorists. and the question is, what is the definition of the lone wolf? again, there are many examples in recent history that focuses attention on the lone wolf, for example, in 1985. 18 years ago, when an individual assassinated the prime minister yitzhak rabin come and this can be regarded also as a lone wolf operation. now, again, history has recorded many instances of the lone wolf. but before we go into specifically the lone wolf examination, i would like to suggest a context to our discussion in terms of -- [inaudible] by that i mean what are really the challenges that we are facing on the holistic level, the security agenda. in other words, the challenges all the way from organized crime in the linkage that's been organized around terrorism, trafficking, whether we're discussing drugs trafficking or human trafficking, and so on, the financial threats around the world, then maritime security concerns, transportation security concerns, the infrastructure security, cybersecurity, an

audience, so americans who are not latinos, are kind of what was the difference between a mexican and puerto ricanand cuban and the dominican, and when did they come and wire the here and what's the background? how is this changing the country? and then latinos are not really taught their own history will ethic of the public schools. some in the introduction to the book i say i haven't done my job if it at least once a chap you said i didn't know that. how come i didn't know that. so i think i hit both assignments pretty well, with the general audiences with giving them an idea of how these one out of six of their fellow citizens came to be your, and for the latino audience, some affirmation, a little history they didn't know, both proud and not so proud history. and a leaning forward to the next 20, 30, 40 years and we're going to become an even bigger part of the american home. >> host: why did you start 1500 years ago? >> guest: the first european settlements in what became the united states, not in the western investor, not in north america but in what became the united states was a column of

. >>> with crime rampant and its economy in tatters, many puerto ricans are leaving their island to find a better life abroad. it's been a u.s. territory for more than a century, but it's quest for state hootd is in doubt. in the find installment in the three-part series, andy gallagher reports on an island divided over independence. >> reporter: this is in san juan, a remnant of puerto rico's colonial past, but it's this island's future that's the subject of renewed debate. for over 100 years it's been a united states territory, but people here don't vote in u.s. elections. there are three options. independence, becoming the 51st state or leaving things the way they are. the problem is this is an island divided over its own future. most of the island's resident commission esh, a u.s. congressman with no voting rights, puerto rico's path is clear. he's campaigned hard for statehood and says his fight is backed by the majority of puerto rico cans. >> it won't happen overnight, but putting puerto rico on a path to statehood is the best thing to be down for puerto rico for all reasons. poli

but prior to that, in 1950, we do remember the attempted assassination of president rican by puerto terrorists, and the question is what is the definition of the lone wolf. again, there are many examples in recent history that focus attention on the lone wolf, 1985, 18 years ago individual,n assassinated the prime minister rabin. and this can be regarded also as a lone wolf operation. again, history recorded many instances of the lone wolf. about we -- but before we go into specifically the lone wolf examination, i would like to suggest a context to our discussion in terms of trying to look at the forest and not only of the trees. by that i mean what are really the challenges that we are facing on the holistic level -- this is guarded -- security agenda. in other words, our sense of challenges all the way from organized trying -- crime and the linkage between organized crime, terrorism. -- the humanng trafficking, and so one. the financial threats around the world. the maritime security concerns. aviation security. as dictation concerns. the infrastructure security -- transportation concerns.