what were puerto ricans doing? reading your book it's a story of victimization, clearly what happened to albizu was abuse. the use of it -- was abuse. all of these things are abusive and i wouldn't dispute all of that. it's convincing and we know it's part of the record and you have done a phenomenal job putting it all out there. i'm wondering about puerto ricans, i want to try to get away from this idea puerto ricans as victims because it takes away power, don't you think? guess who i agree with that however however if summers victimized it has to be called for what it is because the only way to treat a disease is to identify it, see the source and apply the proper medicine. there's an external agent that has been affecting and manipulating and extracting wealth from what should be a sovereign self sufficient people. we have two knowledge that. at no point my book is a testament to the resilience in the independence and the willingness to sacrifice on the part of many people on the island of rhetoric overextended

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other way most puerto ricans change. >> the notion of puerto ricans continuing to be a colony in thet century is a problem. i think the crisis is an indication of the need to change course in a dramatic manner >>> joining us from the puerto rican capital is the former capital. -- prime minister. thank you for joining us. your party historically opposed statehood. it's a party that ushered in the era of politics. what do you base on? >> i'm convinced that statehood is not a good alternative for porto reeko and the united states. for economic and cultural and identity issues. first we talk about the economics. porto rico's economy is developing. the united states is the most developed and strongest economy in the world. if we become a state. that means you'll have to impose upon porto rico the tax system of the most developed economy in the world. if you impose the taxed system of a developed economy to a developing economy, you'll destroy the economy. the gao story, the resident commissioner that was mentioned. bail it says na if it comes to stay, all the companies will love porto ric

a fight and vaults two sides but there can't be a gunfight with unarmed puerto ricans. so it was the knowledge that the violence could be sudden, swift and severe and that no matter what you did it was going to be misreported and you entity were living in a complete vacuum. so there were peaks of violence but then as an every day reality you have the two dynamic sticks simplify what people were living through. it was the supposedly intended that it was an outside measure and is correlated to the language of the act. the fact that you have a law that criminalizes free speech literally sing a song, whistle a tune that gets you into your character and you look at the other element that would make it over 100000 from the early to mid-30s right after the agricultural strike this is when jf cooper was given the instruction we need to contain the problem in puerto rico after that strike. when you create 100000 files on people it's not just the files. think of it as an organism how does that get created? if the fbi and the police couldn't created they had to be reported to them

finally, puerto rican that and the question is the mechanism and whether chapter nine bankruptcy debate comes into play. puerto rico ought to go to do the same thing the u.s. municipalities can under chapter nine of the u.s. bankruptcy code. there are some unique aspects of the issue, which raised questions about whether or not puerto rico should be allowed to adjust the bad under chapter nine. make sense is it's not going to happen. order reclassifying out other ways to go through negotiation with its creditors. think argentina. with that i thank you could look forward to her discussions. -- our discussion. >> a thank you. it is a pleasure to be here to talk about this in person. i think we have heard right now pretty well with the nature of the problem is. in each case we have a currency union without economic growth and non-competitive economy with lots of structural impediments in that economy to growth large fiscal deficits and the structural issues in the public sector finance this. basically in a currency as i once heard george asked why might england would never join the hero by

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everybody wanted puerto rican bonds. all the muni bond managers wanted that triple tax-free debt because it was tax-free everywhere. borrowed a lot of money. made a lot of promises to get elected. now the bills are coming due and they can't pay. i don't think they should be struggling. i think they should default. adam: u.s. exposure to greece is essentially nil. exposure to puerto rico is greater. and specifically how? >> sure. i think we benefited from the greece problems because it caused some capital flight into the united states but puerto rico is going to be mean losses for americans who are holding puerto rican debt but i think it also could mean a rerating of all municipal debt as creditors start to become a little more risk-averse, and start to price default not just in puerto rico but other municipalities. adam: chicago. >> yes, yes reality -- and many other cities. reality is, puerto rico is in better fiscal shape than the united states. they have a lower debt-to-gdp than we do. the only difference is, investo

and puerto rican governor says it's public debts cannot be paid. they want to do late payments while negotiating with creditors. they want to delay it so they can negotiate with creditors but who?

and that sloatd slowed down the puerto rican economy a lot. we simply don't have the entrepreneurial spirit to bring about the changes that are needed from the public, from the private sector. >> and tonight the governor said that there's simply no choice, that he cannot stop paying police and teachers in order to pay the debt. so do you think puerto rico will succeed in finding some sort of a negotiated settlement and avoid default? >> i don't think so. the problem is that of the 73 billion basically we have about $23 billion that are cawgd called g.o.s, general obligation, a constitutional obligation to be paid. if you can't pay everything you first have to pay the bond holders. >> so what would the consequences then be for first for people on the island and then for people on the mainland? because three out of four municipal bond funds in the united states own puerto rican bonds. >> well, for the puerto rican people any problems with the bonds creates problems in the government. and since the government employs 28% of the people in puerto r

puerto ricans are us citizens and pay the same medicare taxes, but receive only half the federal healthcare funding as the other 50 states. the headlines tell the story.... "unfair treatment from washington"... "thousands without medications"... "it's a crisis that could imperil the whole economy." president obama must act now to protect care for three and a half million u.s. citizens. before it's too late... maureen: residents who paid million for condo in the georgetown building got word to clear out. the washington business journey reports they must vacate so the developer can remedy structural problems in the building even though it is only a few years old. stephen tschida explains the pricy problems. stephen: it boasts beautiful views and bountiful amenities but it's requiring some residents to vacate premise while repairs are made. >> too bad. it's incredible. i would be mad. >> 3303 water street lists for as much as $9 million. some people have the thought of paying that much and then having to vacate because of bad vent and drywall and other problems puzzling. >> wow! someone would

. >> roca moreno is known to be part of the puerto rican prison gang called the nietas.emerey would like to find evidence of how active he is or if he has any other affiliations. >> what i'm looking for is to see if the mattress has been altered. inmates are notorious for cutting holes anywhere along the seam or the sides, stuffing it with contraband. then they sew their contraband back up in their mattress. >> here we have a spot. that just shows you right there. let's take this one out. this came off the bottom, right? >> right. >> most likely, it's going to be batteries. in this case, it's going to be a cigarette lighter, which is an indication we are probably going to find some tobacco in this guy's room. >> having a lighter is already a rule violation. but with roca moreno's past history, it could have even more serious consequences. coming up -- >> it's going to be one of them? >> one of what? >> i ask questions, you don't answer? >> no. >> staff interrogate alfredo roca moreno and bobby sandier, and they take their search for contraband to the next level. ♪ expect

puerto ricans are citizens leaving for better jobs on the mainland of the united states. but puerto rico is facing a serious situation. we have about an hour and a half before the governor addresses the island to speak to people about how bad situations are. it is not good for the long term future. either the creditors who have loaned this island country money, agree to restructure, we don't know if that's going to happen or not or puerto rico face some serious cuts. either way it's not a good thing. $72 brl in debt is a huge amount of noifn and in the paste couple of administration efers have just kicked the scan down the road. they've failed to address this issue and are now at that time breaking point. they have to restructure those loans and ton paying them back. but no matter what happens the floral working people of puerto rico will suffer, higher taxes less holidays and even losing their jobs which is bound to force more people to leave the islands. each time the people raise the islands, the tax base goes down, and making it harder to raise the money the island nee

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shapiro on the fox business network has been doing a lot of reporting on, holds about $4 billion in puerto ricanebt so the u.s. investor exposure to puerto rico, an angle you are not talking about, germans hold all the debt in greece and puerto rican debt is u.s. investors so retirement accounts are on health care. >> they really are. this is the developing story, up next nbc turns tables on donald trump killing the newly minted presidential candidate you are fired. we will show you why. of the big headlines topping wall street journal justices reject pollution rules, crawling obama's diplomacy. and in iran today is the deadline sending top officials the nuclear talks and deadline day. the main players in vienna have all those stories coming up. continue the conversation on facebook, go to facebook.com/morningsmaria and what you would like to see on this program and click that like button for the latest update on the show. we will be right back. maria: new developments out of afghanistan where a suicide bomber targeted nato troops earlier today. cheryl casone has the top stories. cheryl: reuters

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there's three things to watch on this puerto rican story. one is those bond guarantors. nbia, and take a look at that. down double digits. also assured guarantee, that's ago, down 15%. nbia is about $4.5 bhlillion of gross insured exposure. assured guarantee has about $6 billion. both were downgraded today at btig. the other thing to look at is you are getting great he than expected haircuts on puerto rican debt. there's this sort of risk-on feeling on puerto rico. if you look at banks that have big branches in puerto rico they're down. another peripheral impact is the insurers. not because they have investments in the puerto rico but because there is a flight to safety around puerto rico as well as around greece. bond yields are moving down notably today. insurers are very sensitive to bond yields. lower yields means less ability for them to pay out on their obligations. we are seeing big insurers like methlife and prudential to the downside. watch high-yield debt. a lot of debt for puerto rico is heavily owned by hedge funds. there's some speculation they may sell some

puerto ricans have labor mobility within the u.s. ere's been an exodus actually i call it a brain drain out of puerto rico to come to america for employment. that is labor mobility for greece within the eu. in terms of currency, puerto rico doesn't have control of its own currency. they use the u.s. dollar. whether greece has control about at least to have some representation at the bank but we feel that the greek economy isn't very well synchronized with europe as a whole. fiscal transfers of big point of difference. about 24 25% of personal income and puerto rico comes from fiscal transfers from the u.s. government. the biggest fiscal transfer is social security but there's also medicaid, medicare food stamps, veterans benefits, and the things in it. so that provide some support. and for the more if you think about it, within the u.s. federal system, u.s. citizens don't really care if new jersey pays more than alabama into the federal government. there's not a huge groundswell of opposition necessary for making payments, transfer pa

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when the federal reserve kept interest rates too low it created a lot of demand for puerto rican debt. you can never get something for nothing and the bills are coming do and puerto rico can't pay. >> thank you for your perspective this morning. >> a new jobs plan from the white house will expand overtime pay for millions of americans doubling the pay threshold for guaranteed overtime from the current $23,660 a year. president obama is expected to announce more details about the plan later this week. >> we are expecting another republican presidential candidate to join the 2016 race this morning. new jersey governor chris christie is scheduled to announce his candidacy at his former high school. he joins a growing list of republicans seeking the nomination there are now more than a dozen of them. we look at the controversies and cam battive style that so far has not seemed to hold him back. >> i am proud of my party, proud of my state and proud of my country. >> that's chris christie delivering the key note address at the 2012 republican national convention. at the time, the honor was

even wealthy puerto ricans have been hurt because they are the only ones who have been taxed here. s foreign investors that have come and went. for city sales are up in puerto rico -- worse 80's mercedes sales are up in puerto rico. laura: you are looking at all the problems that they know. this is not an easy situation. creditors are trying to give money to puerto rico thinking this is something that might help. stephanie: way to qualify creditors and help. these are private investors who want to go in there and make a ton of money off of this. laura: they do, but if they do not give economy to where it needs to go, they do not get it back. it is difficult. is hedge funds are going in and dictating. they are business savvy and know how to do this. scarlet: what indication do we have that the puerto rican government understands? stephanie: not. -- none. they have done nothing to adjust infrastructure. there are thousands of teachers, cafeteria workers, custodians, public workers, who should have been laid off because the middle income population has shrunk so much. the government is

puerto rican leaders are protesting the obama administration's unveiling of deep cuts to puerto rico's medicare program. as democracy now's juan gonzalez reports in the new york daily news, the cuts will mean a loss $300 million annually to puerto rico's government and healthcare system, which are both on the brink of collapse puerto rican leaders plan to protest the cuts at this sunday's puerto rican day parade in new york city. here in new york, the culture jamming activist group the yes men protested shell's plans to drill for oil in the artic by handing out ancient shaved ice from the remnants of -- from the remnants of the last icebergs of the north pole. mike bonnano and andy bichlbaum described the action. >> this action is against drilling in the arctic. shell is just getting ready now to launch their drilling rigs from seattle up into the arctic to exploit it for the first time. >> we're just try to make it more visible and this is a funny way to make it visible but light humor. and they like snow cones. so those two things combined seem to provide a sure recipe for letting pe

. >> reporter: the puerto rican economy so dire he lost his business. >> you work for a lifetime to build what you have and all you have a sudden you have to start all over again. >> reporter: now his family's uprooting to florida, joining a growing exodus to the u.s. mainland. governor alejandro garcia padilla says the island cannot pay its $72 billion in debt and is facing a financial death spiral. the unemployment rate already tops 12%, more than double the continental u.s. because it's a commonwealth puerto rico can't declare bankruptcy like detroit did. the white house says no bailout. the crisis would also affect people outside the island. much of puerto rico's debt is held by unsuspecting investors. >> millions of americans without even knowing it own puerto rican bonds. and when they look in their bank accounts and in their 401(k)s they are going to see a number that is lower than it was before. >> reporter: trying to raise money, tomorrow the government will impose a sales tax higher than any u.s. state. 11.5%. as lawmakers debate a new budget. >> the problem is so big and it has

and port puerto ricans too.there are differences they could identify. >> woodruff: caitlin dickerson what did they find out. >> there was reports that does sigz american scientists continued to think that african americans were more resistant. base. >> woodruff: based on what they found. >> based on what they found. we showed those results to medical experts but it's hard to say anything about the vastity of the numbers because we just weren't there and we know the standards about ex perimentations on humans were not at the level they are today. so they do suggest that at the time they thought african americans were more resistent. but right after that they sort of follow up and said that do you know what, there's a lot of variations among these groups maybe more so than between them. >> woodruff: again just to underline. these men went willingly, is that right? all of the people who participated. >> that's not necessarily the case and i'm glad you brought that up because it's important. when we look at all of t

--e is in puerto rico bonds prices on puerto rican bonds are at the lowest level payable. cisco is dropping its planned takeover of general foods. warned thatdiators -- antitrust regulators warned that it would bring too much cost to consumers. and general electric is speeding up its sales of finance operations. it has agreed to sell to canada's element financial. the price tag is $6.9 billion. ge plans to sell off $200 billion in assets so he can refocus on industrial operations. back to let's get puerto rico's debt crisis. the governor there told the new york times that this is not politics, but math. they have more want that per capita than any u.s. state, which is a complete 180 from what the governor told bloomberg just 18 months ago. listen to this. >> puerto rico will never default. it we wouldault, need to close the government. it is physically impossible. second is the moral obligation. i will pay all the debt. byvia: with more, i'm joined laura keller. what happened. laura: they have this report came out today, which was extremely dire and painted a broad picture

what indication do we have that the puerto rican government understands the plans being made?st: -- none!nie: nothing to adjust infrastructure. there are thousands of teachers, cafeteria workers, custodians who should have been laid off the cause the puerto rican middle income population has shrunk so much, but the government is not having conversations. aret: so, those people trying to make those decisions. there infighting? right now i would not say it is infighting. you start with the big collapse and there starts to be lots of big questions about what that is going to be aid, -- you will see -- , they know what thing or 2 -- these are extraordinarily sophisticated, truly understand the distressed debt market and you're talking about an island that does not have the expertise. the current government, they have never been in a situation like this. they had this restructuring plan for their power plant. nothing is happening. it's just going to simply be a failure. i mean, it could be, right? discussions are going on. they have been going on for months and months and months. t