puerto ricans accepted, quote, unquote, bombardment for 60-some years. is is not a bailout out of mercy or happiness or kindness of spirit. puerto rico accepted not to have the power or subjected itself to not have the power to conduct federal and foreign economic relationships with other countries and be subjected to the will of congress on many issues including tax breaks like 936 which they gave one day and took it another without us having the ability to stop it. by the way, that change in 1996 was made because somebody in puerto rico had the great idea of suggesting people here in washington, well, you can take section 936 benefits if you extend what was then called clinton care. because before we had obamacare somebody proposed clinton care. what they did was they took away section 936 and we are still waiting on clinton care. we -- everybody is still waiting on clinton care. hillary clinton care during the first clinton administration. and that's not having the clinton reform in implementing the local clinton reform version of with without having t

each week 1,000 puerto ricans latin owns from outside america, puerto ricans are u.s. citizens, eligible to vote. in central florida, swing region of the swing state, they are a growing force to be reckoned with. >> we are a big influence in this election year. it just depend on what candidates we choose. that's the one that is going to win. >> florida now has one million puerto ricans, double the number in 2000, almost equal to the number of cubans. a quarter million puerto ricans have moved to the main land since 2008, one-third of them settling in florida. many are professional, suburban home owners who often register as independents. >> so many of the puerto ricans who have moved over here recently, they don't really have strong feelings about political party, they go nor for personality. >> which means puerto ricans here are being courted for all size, first-time voter de anna who says she is shopping around >> i think a lot of puerto ricans including myself might be influenced on what that person is offering to us. >> just how high are the stakes? >> the swing vo

half of the puerto rican nation. we are 7 million strong. almost 4 million outside of puerto rico, close to 3 million and puerto rico. just for practical reasons, the united states, if it does not want to go that route. don't create the conditions to assert its right. and we will have to deal with the issue. and i believe when it is posed in those terms is a better deal for them and us. and i will go the route of the political process. just let me briefly address some issue about tomorrow's case tomorrow's cases, the right of puerto rico to legislate a local bankruptcy procedure because federal ones do not apply. congress expressly took out puerto rico from the law. all the way to the supreme court, something that really baffles me. i mean,, it is a measure of law. this case is about, in my opinion, the new theory of preemption by omission. the us federal system us statutes take over expressly and by putting something in playing on the possibility of aa local or state statute or commonwealth of territory statute. that this situation brings hi

puerto ricans accepted, quote, unquote, bombardment for 60-some years. this is not a bailout out of mercy or happiness or kindness of spirit. puerto rico accepted not to have the power or subjected itself to not have the power to conduct federal and foreign economic relationships with other countries and be subjected to the will of congress on many issues including tax breaks like 936 which they gave one day and took it another without us having the ability to stop it. by the way, that change in 1996 was made because somebody in puerto rico had the great idea of suggesting people here in washington, well, you can take section 936 benefits if you extend what was then called clinton care. because before we had obamacare somebody proposed clinton care. what they did was they took away section 936 and we are still waiting on clinton care. we -- everybody is still waiting on clinton care. hillary clinton care during the first clinton -- during the clinton administration. and that's not having the clinton reform in implementing the local clinton reform version

puerto ricans accept quote-unquote bombardment for 67 years. this is not a bailout of mercy or happiness or kindness of spirit. puerto rico except not to have the power, subjected itself to not have the power to conduct federal and foreign economic relationship, and should be subjected to the will of congress on many issues, including tax breaks which theye it one day and took it another without us having the ability to stop it either way. that changed in 1986 was made because somebody in puerto rico had great idea of suggesting to people here in washington, well, you can take the benefits if you extend what was then called clinton care. because before we had obamacare somebody gave us clinton care. but they did come with a took away section 96 everest a wedding on clinton care. we come everybody, still waiting on that and care. hillary clinton care is the first -- [inaudible] because that's a combination of not having the clinton reform and some decisions we make in puerto rico as to implement thing the local clinton reform version of a statute

each week 1,000 puerto ricans latin owns from outside america, puerto ricans are u.s. citizens, eligible to vote. in central florida, swing region of the swing state, they are a growing force to be reckoned with. >> we are a big influence in this election year. it just depend on what candidates we choose. that's the one that is going to win. >> florida now has one million puerto ricans, double the number in 2000, almost equal to the number of cubans. a quarter million puerto ricans have moved to the main land since 2008, one-third of them settling in florida. many are professional, suburban home owners who often register as independents. >> so many of the puerto ricans who have moved over here recently, they don't really have strong feelings about political personality. >> which means puerto ricans here are being courted for all size, first-time voter de anna who says she is shopping around for a candidate. ricans including myself might be influenced on what that person is offering to us. >> just how high are the stakes? >> the swing vote in florida is the latino vote.

that shouldn't have to be the reality for puerto ricans living in puerto rico. >> all right, senator. sit tight. a few more questions for you. when we come back from this break, we'll get the senator's thoughts on bipartisan support to make his plan a reality, and also, the president's trip to the senator's ancestral homeland -- cuba -- and the presidential election, as well. also, still ahead on "tiempo," special visas for undocumented immigrant victims of crime in new york city. we'll tell you who qualifies >> welcome back to "tiempo." senate democrats led by robert menendez of new jersey recently put out their version of a plan to tackle puerto rico's growing debt crisis, and we've been discussing the plan this morning with senator menendez, the main sponsor of that legislation. he's in washington, d.c. with us this morning. senator, time is of the essence here. we kind of illustrated that. however, do you think this is gonna get through the house? because republicans are for sure gonna put up their arms and >> well, first of all, joe, we welcome any initiative that basically deals

like i said, it's not monolithic within cuban, with puerto ricans or any other group. in fact in florida alone, 38% of latinos don't identify with any of the two major political parties. democrats or republicans. >> we've heard so much about donald trump and the building the wall the effect on the latino vote in this countriful trump won four out of ten votes in the nevada primary. what do you make of that? >> again, there are some controversies about the polls because the number of latinos was very small in nevada. we, the latino community like i said is is very informed and so, across the nation, we've seen that we're closely monitoring what all the candidates are saying about the issues that matter the most to us. that's not only immigration reform. in fact, with poll after poll and surveys, they show that latinos are as much as worried about issues of the economy, jobs, access to a great education, so they're going to continue to be looking at all of the candidate, republicans an democrat, who see who's targeting them. >> you say latinos are not monolithic and i wo

> american universities washington college of law hosted a discussion with legal scholars, the puerto rican political status. would like to welcome you joining us virtually. thank you for joining us today for public that a political status. the impact each option puerto rico versus sanchez bias. the panelists will also discuss the impact of these decisions on puerto rico. we are fortunate to have a panel of legal scholars and politicians. i'm pleased to introduce hernandes. he received his jd in is the executive director of the joint committee for the penal code and criminal law reform. >> good morning. i am honored to be standing here before all the want to express my gratitude. being available to partner. thank you for making this a possibility and reality. i also want to thank the cosponsors for this event. in the statement of purpose that they have to write in the admissions process i wrote many words that resonate. i believei believe that if a country faces diverse situations the only way to solve such issues as by the citizens voicing out their opinions. as all kinds of opinions sort

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>> reporter: that group of course is puerto ricans many who voted in west tampa today. right now there's about 10 or 15 people in line to vote. but i talked to the volunteer manning the front door. he said that's how long it has been. he says it's been slow and that's good news that we haven't seen long lines in the tampa bay area because some native puerto ricans say they think there is already too many barriers for people in their community to vote. >> the sample ballot that they send you in spanish and in english, when you get over there, there's no one to help. >> doug: janet has been living in tampa for decades and speaks great english. she worries about those that doesn't. >> if a hispanic needs help, they would rather say i'll leave and not do anything. each polling place should have a bilingual volunteer because florida has such a large puerto rican population. >> they are moving to orlando and then tampa because there's more job opportunities. >> reporter: job opportunities in florida have led to a spike in the hispanic population here. 24% of floridians now hi

has the puerto rican problem intruded at all in the presidential race? >> absolutely not enough.hen marco rubio was asked the question was it the only time that it has come up in the debates and his response was essentially dismissive and rather special. in the same way unfortunately that we're caught up in this conundrum. when someone says it happens all the time or when someone says it was a 1984 and it was a mistake. that happens all the time and that little mistake is affecting millions of people. it is affecting people that lose their jobs, lose their pensions and their homes, move from the imd. so really, unfortunately, that's not good enough. what we have turned this debt is into a credit default swap. it is a financial wrt by a buyer of corporate or sovereign debt in bonds intends to eliminate any issue of loose in the repayment of the bonds. this is ensuring that the buyers' potential losses is part of the agreement. so this is what we're trying to do in puerto rico now. we're trying to make it sort of a ponzi scheme. they did the it in 2006. it was the same wall street

he wants to work with puerto rican leaders to get puerto rico to become the 51st state of the island.is very important not only because it would be a win for marco rubio, but it's a good indicator of how puerto rican voters in florida, particularly in central florida, in the i-4 corridor, will vote in the gop primary. and many puerto ricans are affiliated with the republican party and participate in the gop primary. >> yeah, we know in the puerto rican political leanings, about 22% republican, 57% democratic. heavily puerto rican, fastest group in florida. marco rubio is campaigning in part in spanish, speaking spanish and trying to court voters. finally sort of working the latino card a bit. does that wind up helping him or hurting him in a party where anti-immigrant sentiment is driving the front-runner? >> i don't think so. i think it helps him at this stage. certainly, puerto rico and florida. trump is anti-immigrant, but many other candidates in the gop field, many who suspended their campaigns, or some who are still in the race, are good on immigration. want to be constructive o

each week, 1,000 puerto ricans flee in economic collapse and move to florida. unlike other latinos from outside, they are u.s. citizens. eligible to vote. in central florida, the swing region of the swing state, they are a growing force to be reckoned with. >> the influence, it just depends on what candidates we choose. >> florida has 1 million puerto ricans, almost equal to the number of cubans. a quarter million have moved to the mainland since 2008. one-third settling in florida. many are professionals, home own here's often register as independents. >> so many have to puerto ricans have moved here recently, they don't have a strong feeling about political parties. they go more for personalities. >> that means puerto ricans are looking at all sides. she said she is shopping around for a candidate. >> the swing vote is the latino vote. >> some are saying could it come down to towns like kissimmee. where they come to get fresh baked items. >> thank you. >> on the democratic side, bernie sanders is saying there is still a chance that vermont senator tells white

he had a commanding lead in the puerto rican primary. he picked up 23 delegates, which is the same amount that someone would have one if they got a majority of the vote in new hampshire. so, it is a big deal. 23 delegates for marco rubio. the puerto rican leaders include several important figures , who all say that marco rubio is the best for puerto rico and the best for the country. >> we are with marco rubio he understands our veterans. he is for us. he stands up for right. he is a true, american champion for strong worth -- strong defense. of life. adr ian: like we have heard from many others, we need to vote for marco rubio and not for donald trump. they believe he has been belittling and is respecting many people. that includes many hispanics. they say that puerto ricans in central florida really need to bring marco rubio to the floor to vote, so he can win in his home state. again, marco rubio will speak tonight in sanford at the orlando-sanford international airport. the doors will open at 6:45. he will take the stage at around we

every week are moving to florida. >> florida has one million puerto ricans, double the numberequal to the number of cubans. a quarter million have moved to mainland since 2008. a third of them settling in florida. many are professionals, suburban home owner's who often register as independents. >> so many of the puerto ricans who have moved over recently don't have strong feelings about political party. they go more for personalities. >> which means that puerto ricans are being courted by all sides, like this first-time voter who says she is shopping for a candidate. >> a lot of -- >> just high how are the stakes. >> the latino vote, the community here will decide who the next president is. >> so they are swing voters in a swing area of a swing state. that concerns political analysts and think it may be newly arrived puerto ricans who could determine who the next president is. >> exactly where the money guys going? do tell. that's next. recommend synthetic? "super food?" is that a real thing? it's a great school, but is it the right one for her? is this really any better than

bracero s could find themselves workers alongside puerto ricans. because of their status, puerto ricans could come in freely and andome ways work some areas avoid some of the red tape that the bracero brought about. but also endured heavy exploitation. how do we imagine that the bracero program affected mexican migration? they migrated to certain and werethe u.s. undocumented immigrants. >> yes. you see a rise of undocumented labor alongside documented labor. the bracero program will literally creates another wave. when people start to talk about temporary guestworker programs, and they are used as a potential solution to immigration policy, thiseed to remember that didn't solve undocumented immigration. it actually augmented it. that is one reality. know about the. just before this, the 1930's? >> repatriation. a lot of them were mexican-americans. >> there is a moment where there is deportation and what 1942 does is it brings back mexican liketion to areas michigan, illinois, the midwest. were hit sotions hard by repatriation. it reinvigorated me

his supporters feel he can and will win. >> puerto ricans are behind rubio because marco is behind puerto ricans. >> florida will come out strong and marco will be the winner. he will win florida. reporter: marco rubio' s uphill battle got a little tougher this afternoon, donald trump unveiling another set of attack ads in the state of florida against rubio, so he has both testers and donald trump going after him. -- both ted cruz and donald trump going after him. he will rally in the sarasota and st. johns county tomorrow as she really does put all of his effort in the home state leading up to the primary, march 15. summer: thank you. a new poll of florida republicans shows marco rubio him and donald trump. this was conducted over the weekend with registered republicans and they were asked, if the republican primary for president was today, who would you vote for? 38% said donald trump, and 30% marco rubio. in the last round of polls, he had been trailing trumped by 16 points. meredith: florida is very important for those candidates, tomorrow. hawaii holds its republican caucus while ohi

according to pew research center there are a million puerto ricans living in florida. >> so they're potentialre very important swing state. these people come from puerto rico who aren'tness ily republicans or democrats so they're up in the air. they can be swayed. >> today's republican primary is significant to puerto rican going through economic crisis. the island is $70 billion in debt. for 3.5 million puerto ricans it's meaningful because it's the only time the vote counts in the election. >> they can't vote in a general election. so if they're going to participate, this is their time. >> rubio called for leadership change on the island to help solve the financial crisis. the democratic primary is on june 5th. >> fox top story, the nation mourning the loss of a former first lady, nancy reegan. known as an adoring wife who brought classic glamour to the white house. those who knew theÑi president d his wife well. >> the most married couple i have met. they'd be sitting together in a room when ronald reagan would write her love notes across the room. it changed our country and the world, and

. >> roca moreno is known to be part of the puerto rican prison gang called the niota's.icers knight and demerey 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 ne

puerto ricans are rivaling them in size now.nd you have colombians and venezuelans who naturalized and are part of this process, even mexicans as well. but florida, miami-dade county, you've seen growth in the number of registered democrats and no party fill yation. you look at orange county in the central part of the state. their republican voter registrations have been flat, and passed up by democratic ones, but particularly, no affiliation. so many of the cuban americans, i think, are very energized. and they have higher turnouts at the national level, that's true in florida too. and yet i have dinner with my sister's husband's family and talk about the cuban issue. her father-in-law, when i asked him, what do you think about obama's opening up, blah, blah, blah, he's like 80 something years old. he stood up and started yelling, and got really engaged and he went from english to spanish. and his son grabbed his hand and he was measuring his -- he got so riled up about it. so they're very engaged. if you want to see it, i invi

and that's good news that we haven't seen long lines in the tampa bay area because some native puerto ricans say they think there is already too many barriers for people in their community to vote. >> the sample ballot that they send you in spanish and in english, when you get over there, there's no one to help. >> doug: janet has been living in tampa for decades and speaks great english. she worries about those that doesn't. >> if a hispanic needs help, they would rather say i'll leave and not do anything.

puerto ricans are rivaling them in size now. and you have colombians and venezuelans who naturalized and who are also part of this process, as well. even mexicans, as well. but florida, miami-dade county, you've seen growth in the number of registered democrats and no party affiliation. you look at orange county in the central part of the state. there republican voter registrations have been flat, and have been passed up by democratic ones, but particularly, no party affiliation. i think it's reflecting the puerto rican population moving there and just not affiliating. many of the cuban-americans i think are very energized. they tend to vote and a higher turnout rates of puerto rican or other counter parts and yet have a dinner with my sister's husband's family and talk about the cuban issue. her father-in-law, when i asked him, what do you think about obama's opening up, blah, blah, blah, he's like 80 something years old. he stood up and started yelling, and got really engaged and he went from english to spanish. and his son wh

according to pew research center there are a million puerto ricans living in florida. >> so they're potentialery important swing state. these people come from puerto rico who aren'tness ily republicans or democrats so they're up in the air. they can be swayed. >> today's republican primary is significant to puerto rican going through economic crisis. the island is $70 billion in debt. for 3.5 million puerto ricans it's meaningful because it's the only time the vote counts in the election. >> they can't vote in a general election. so if they're going to participate, this is their time. >> rubio called for leadership change on the island to help solve the financial crisis. the democratic primary is on june 5th. >> fox top story, the nation mourning the loss of a former first lady, nancy reegan. known as an adoring wife who brought classic glamour to the white house. those who knew theÑi president d his wife well. >> the most married couple i have met. they'd be sitting together in a room when ronald reagan would write her love notes across the room. it changed our country and the world, and the

on the campaign.on swing states and th puerto rican and cuban migrants might play on the campaign.swino rican and cuban migrants might play on the campaign. >> i'm pleased that we're managing to stay on time. we have plenty of time for this session and an opportunity to have the kinds of discussion after our panelists intervene that we've had in the first two sessions. it's also because this is one of the most valued rooms on campus, which means that if you reserve it until 5:30, you need to be out because there's something else happening at 6:00. and so we always follow the schedule, but all the more reason that we're going to do so this afternoon. for those of you who may not have been here when we opened, i'm director of the center for latin american studies. at the school for the public affairs. i should mention when i introduced my colleague who is the director of ccps, i mentioned his new book. i did not realize there were copies available outside. there may still be, and i strongly recommend it. really a very thoughtful book about an issue that really matters, which is the polari

all black and puerto rican.oung black man, he was 15-years-old, who played tevye, was superb. they understood the show. they understood what it was about, and that kind of race hatred. >> reporter: and harnick says the musical's end. when tevye's family and fellow villagers leave with only the belongings they can carry, can still be seen in real life even today. >> the syrian problem and people leaving syria and having nowhere to go, it resonates even more. it says something terrible about the human race that in 50 years, that image has always been current. there's always been some place in the world where something horrible is going on. >> ♪ to us and our good fortune! be happy! be healthy! long life! >> reporter: but despite the timeless quality of "fiddler on the roof", harnick says the musical's enduring legacy is still remarkable to him. >> that we would run eight years, and that the show would become what it was, was a surprise to us. it's kind of still a surprise. i must say it's a very pleasant surprise.

we do have a key race alert for you on the republican side of the contest, puerto ricans going to the polls today voting with 7% of the vote, 8%. you see rubio on top by a wide margin. this is early going. first key race alert in the race in puerto rico. again, 72% for rubio, followed by donald trump, ted cruz, john kasich. 23 delegates up for grabs in t puerto rico. the delegate race has been intense. we will bring you the results as they continue to pour in from puerto rico. victor rodriguez is joining us from puerto rico victor? >> reporter: yes, the numbers we see in puerto rico. we have with us donna brazile and brian stelter. donna, first to you, what we are seeing out of puerto rico, marco rubio trying to get second w. >> oh, it's no question. puerto rico is a very important state. not only because of delegates to the convention but given the crisis in puerto rico, economic crisis, to have marco rubio, any presidential candidate visit puerto rico at this time is very, very important. let's not forget, also in maine today, on the republican side, they held their caucus yesterday

p there's been a strong migration in the last few decades of puerto ricans to con people into the puertorican migration from the island coming to new york and new jersey, pennsylvaniaom area. that was the first wave but a second wife is going into florida, particularly some of the cities in the middle of florida. overwhelmingly democratic, cuba and the exception, unless an exception then the used to be. >> host: market, florida, fort lauderdale. 61 over. welcome. >> caller: good morning and thank you for this very interesting discussion. sitting on the phone listening to some of the comments from the callers since i got on almost made me forget and change my mind about what i originally called him about. you just had a caller that the gentleman there answered very well who a moment ago talked about givers and takers or makers versus takers and the answered them very well. when you are talking about takers and receivers, whatever, i'll focus on that. why they didn't mention is the fact that he was complaining about immigrants coming here to get free stuff. mexican immigrants coming here w

so by offering this restructuring authority to the puerto rican government we can allow the governmentnd hopefully economy to get back on its feet. but ultimately will be good for the commonwealth of puerto rico speed to let ask you about cuba. it was asked by the president but he didn't enter it at the time, has there been an invitation extended for president castro to come here to the u.s.? >> not that i'm aware of the. >> is that something the president would be interested in? >> at this point i think a lot of the business that needed to get done was conducted on the price of his trip to cuba, but if we determine that there is a need for an additional this and that would serve a useful purpose, then it's something we'll consider but right now that's something i don't envision. >> let me also ask about this will probably interesting are the folks in the art in state and law enforcement about the fugitive question that i asked about you briefly to the trigger on one with so many accused cop killers on the island in cuba, to that topic come up at all in a conversation between the presi

any the candidate also discussed the puerto rican debt crisis. >> congress must give authority to puerto rico to restructure its debt, just like it has enabled states and cities to restructure their debt. and it is a grave injustice for the congress led by the republicans to be refusing to enact that opportunity within the bankruptcy law. and what we see in puerto rico now is a lot of suffering. we see schools being closed. we see health care being denied. and we see 1000 puerto rican families a month moving to the united states, mostly to florida. puerto ricans are citizens of america. they deserve to be treated as citizens and to begin in the opportunity to get back on their feet economically. klux when you get to puerto rico, there's an issue we have not talked about. that little island is $73 billion in debt and the government now is paying interest rates of up to 11%. and many of the bonds that they are paying off were purchased bible to her capitalists for $.30 on the dollar. and what i have said in talking to the leaders of puerto rico, we have to bring people together and it is n

it was puerto puerto rican -- i'm sorry, portugese, attraction from all over the world particularly from china and india and so there was influx of these individuals to the area, now, granted the people that live there you either liked it or you didn't and we had experienced white flight. , but the people that came to freemont were telling people in native countries, this is a great place to live, and they came, and that's how ethic communities have always started throughout the history, whether it's a chinatown, korea town, a barrios, what have you. things have changed. we are now a minority-majority, and asian americans. okay, but within that group, there are many different types of allegations, it's not just chinese and indo americans, there's so many and the beauty of our city is that diversity that we celebrate. we have been a city for 60 years, we have had five council members of color. so i'm the first chinese-american female, we had two indo americans and chinese americans. is it a reflection of the community, i hope so. can it get better, absolutely. >> but is it a function in t

this is just another reason why so many puerto ricans have fled the island and taken up residence in the mainland. it makes no sense to prohibit american citizens living in puerto rico from taking advantage of this important credit, especially with such a stubbornly lower labor participation rate. our legislation corrects this inequity, providing equal treatment for all american citizens, regardless of whether they reside in puerto rico or in the states. mr. president, i shouldn't need to real estate mind this body -- remind this body that from the infan city of this nation, the people of puerto rico have been there with us and for us. now we need to be there for them. puerto rico was ceded to the united states after the spanish-american war. less than two decades later in 1917 congress passed the jones shoffroth act granting american citizenship to the residents of the ieltd. but even long before they were granted u.s. citizenship, puerto ricans have had a long and profound history of fighting on the side of america. as far back as 1777, puerto rican ports were used by u.s. ships ena

government and the puerto rican people deal with their financial challenges. and the fact that we have seen this discussion draft put forward, i think reflects continued good faith in trying to fulfill that commitment. and so obviously we appreciate the constructed efforts by chairman bishop and other members of the house natural resources committee. this is an example where democrats and republicans have been able to at least coordinate their efforts with regard to this legislation, like leader pelosi, the white house believes that benefits from improvement. you know, we have been pretty clear of what we believe is the the crux for addressing the challenging and giving restructuring authorities that the municipalities across the united states have and that will allow them to deal with financial challenges. at the same time, we also believe that the puerto rican government needs to be held accountable for implementing reforms that they have committed to make, and so having a mechanism for independent oversight to confirm that those reforms are being effectivel

first they want to get a message out to puerto rican voters about supporting marco rubio. >> reporter: counting his recent visit to puerto ricoh. jeb bush is on board for >> we got to call it like it is. it's a global war against islamic terrorists. marco rubio has reasonable approach to that. >> reporter: donald trump spokesman steven miller met with me today and skofd at the idea he will win florida. >> all rubio does is raise money. he failed every hispanic voter and every voter in the state because he does not show up for work. >> reporter: diane velazquez will support rubio. he hear the spanish speeches. >> we don't want to give trump any stage here. this is not about him. the message that i basically hear is that he's insulting. >> reporter: there are well over 1 million puerto ricans in central florida. more registered as democrats or no party than they are republican. mark mike synan fox 35 news. the polls. trump once held a double digit lead over marco rubio but some show the lead hassen to five points. trump's lead in michigan is shrinking. trump just as confident as ever th

so one million people in the state of florida are of puerto o rican descent.hat is happening in florida but rubio point another that winning in pork pork, pork porkans can vote in the primary. they're not eligible to vote in the general election, and the only other victory is a caucus in the state of minnesota. doesn't mean he is doing as well as other candidates help has a lot to overcome after saturday but this might be the momentum heading into the florida primary that rubio might need. >> i don't see any of them quitting, do you? >> no. and they've all sworn to stay in doesn't look like they have a need in terms of financial need to stop before the convention this summer. >> all right. thank you very much. probably know the president is still going ahead with plan to name a replacementus for justice scalia own supreme court. the problem is the runs aren't going along with that. you already heard from every chief member of the republicans jew dick dish area committee, they'll take a pass. the chairman of the committee and what is at stake. senator chuck gra

according to pew research center, there are a million puerto ricans living in >> there's several hundredthat have moved to the i-4 corridor in florida. a very important swing state. these people come from puerto rico who aren't necessarily republicans or democrats. so they're up in the air. and they can be swayed -- i wouldn't say easily, but they can be swayed. >> reporter: today's republican primary is particularly significant to puerto ricans who are going through an economic crisis, teetering on a humanitarian one. the island is $70 billion in debt. for 3.5 million puerto ricans, today is meaningful because it's the only time the commonwealth's vote counts in the presidential election. >> they don't really have a lot of say. they don't have a representative in congress who has a voting record. they can't vote in a general election. so if they're going to participate in the electoral process for president of the united states, this is their time. >> rubio has called for leadership change on the island. not bankruptcy protections to help solve the financial crisis. the democratic prima

we have a large puerto rican population. many of them have it invested interest in statehood for puerto rico. >> puerto rico needs to have a referendum. if they do support it, congress should vote on it. reporter: rubio hopes to get the support of florida' s republicans to win 99 delegates. adrian: rubio visited the villages and his rally was interrupted by a heckler with a strange message. you' ll see how rubio responded to that, and who his campaign says is responsible, coming up adrian: a new fight is brewing sanders. >> our campaign will never encourage anyone to disrupt anything. trump called sanders a pathological liar. trump accuses sanders campaign of sending protesters into the trump rally. that is the one that is one had to be canceled due to safety concerns. >> my supporters have tremendous level of this country. adrian: trump was holding a rally earlier tonight. florida senator bill nelson campaign for hillary clinton. >> she' at these perilous times when there is so much at stake. when the world is right on the e

care about education, we are catholic, we are all superbrown skin, that we all hate white people, puerto ricans mexicans hate everyone except the most mexicans themselves. some are based on stereotypes, my job is to do research, if people say mexicans like to drink and drive, let's look at the dui rates, mexicans are more prone to criminality than other groups, let's look at the fbi stat itselfics through the bureau of justice, so what i try to do is in my column find the stats and give the serious answer and give but you have to liven it up with human or and cuss words. i love academia but they suffer from having no humor. you come from the right wing. antiamerican, antiwhite column. you have criticisms from the left, this is an antimexican column, you're demeaning a very serious subject which is the treatment of mexicans right now in the united states. some people think it's not funny, all right, fine, some people say it's not racist enough against mexicans, it's not racist enough but to me it tells the column is doing its duty. it was mexicans specially we are the monkey in american relation

puerto ricans make up a large part of puerto ricans in florida. rubio will be in tampa tomorrow. the senator is confident that the sunshine state is his. >> we're going to win florida and you'll find out on march 15 >> well this week has been a war of the words. even former gop presidential candidate mitt romney getting his two cents in. >> the time came when donald trump's outrage reached such a level i simply had to speak out. you get to the point where you say your grandkids are bowing to say to you, pa pa, what did you do to stop donald trump. >> romney claims the front runner is unfit to be the commander in chief and is a danger to the nation, however, romney did not endorse any of the other three republican candidates. >>> the republican debate in detroit, michigan, did not disappoint, that is, if you were looking for a slug fest. rubio and cruz all said they would support trump if he's the nom yoe. rubio, trump and cruz did not >> he's trying to con people to giving them his vote. >> the real con artist is rubio who was elected in florida and has the worst voting record in

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catholic, all super brown skin, that we all hate white people, that we all hate salvadorans and puerto ricans and cubans. that basically mexicans hate everyone except the people we hate the most our mexicans themselves. there are so many misconceptions. some of them are based on stereotypes. my job is to do the research. if people say mexicans love to drink and drive, let's look at the dui rates, that mexicans are more prone to criminality and other groups or races or ethnicities. lets look at the fbi statistics for the bureau of justice. what i try to do with my call is find those stats, give a stats, get a serious answer, give out the stats, but just to liven it up with some humor, with a mexican cuss words. this is not an academic column. i love academia at academic columns suffer from having no humor at all. you have to next academic with a vulgar, with humor, within your face. at the heart called to do but it's a challenge to i love doing it. criticism of "ask a mexican" come from everywhere. it comes from the right wing, conservatives sync assistant at the american antiwhite column. you

puerto ricans are citizens of america.they deserve to be treated as citizens and to be given the opportunity to get back on their feet economically. and i just want to add one thing to the question you were asking senator sanders. i think in that same interview he praised what he called the revolution of values in cuba and talked about how people were working for the common good, not for themselves. i just couldn't disagree more. you know, if the values are that you oppress people, you disappear people, imprison people or even kill people for expressing their opinions, for expressing freedom of speech, that is not the kind of revolution of values that i ever want to see anywhere. [ cheers and applause ] >> as i said earlier, i don't believe it is the business of the united states government to be overthrowing small countries around the world. and, number two, when you get to puerto rico, there's an issue that we have not talked about. that little island is $73 billion in debt, and the government now is paying interest rate

it was latin music at the party because we are puerto rican. then when we would clean up the house after the party, we would put on the cast album. that is what i keyed into. charlie: were you shy or like you are now? lin-manuel: i still think i'm shy. i do. i fell in love with -- i like applause. i wasn't the kind of person who would take over a run to take over it but if i had something i was good at, i was eager to share it. my mother's favorite story is our first piano recital. i only practiced well enough to play one song. i learned four but it was the only one i could reliably do well. it was my first song and they clapped and i looked up and looked around and said "i know another one." if this is going to be the reaction. and i played four songs. charlie: that reminds me ted williams once told me -- i said why baseball? he said "i was pretty good and i got applause and i wanted to hear more applause so i got better." it was an incentive. lin-manuel: i don't think i'm cut out to be a novelist. sitting alone and not getting the payoff. i'm