that's what i wanted -- >> no one asked puerto ricans do you want to be american citizens? 1898, the united states invades puerto rico and claims it as a prize from the spanish/american war. after 1917, anyone that's puerto rican is born as an american citizen, but we're still dealing with a colonial government. >> now, here's a little history that wasn't in my high school textbooks. puerto rico was under spanish rule until 1898 when spain gave them autonomy. freedom! hold up, wait a minute. a mere eight days later, the u.s. won the spanish/american war and immediately sent troops into puerto rico to claim it as one of america's colonies, which is weird because we just fought a war about a hundred years before that showed we knew that it sucks to be a colony. america has five major territories including puerto rico. american samoa, guam, the northern mariana islands and the u.s. virgin islands. i know even less about them than i do about puerto rico. i know there's occasionally a push for puerto rico to regain its independence fully from the united states of america. and th

under the table because they were not inspected by the usda. >> anthony: can you use entirely puerto ricane process. i use the pork shoulder and there is nobody in puerto rico that produce that. >> anthony: now that's [ bleep ] up. i mean correct me if i'm wrong the spanish generally brought pigs with them. you can certainly raise pigs here no problem, there is the land for it. why is no one raising pigs in puerto rico? >> pedro: 90 percent of the pork meat in puerto rico comes from the states. the prices are very hard to compete. that is changing. we still have the resources and the talent that is the most powerful tool that we've got the talent to see an opportunity and working forward to that. we have a great generation of young agriculturists that instead of going from the countryside to the city to work in a bank or some big companies they are going back to the countryside. they don't need anybody to say hey you can do it. they just make the click. >> anthony: so there is hope? >> pedro: yeah humbly i can say me and my family are an example of what you can do with the tools you've got

fema, of the federal government, of president trump responding to hurricane maria, and as many puerto ricans will tell you maybe not responding as well as they should have, that's going to possibly, there is expectations that that is going to drive a lot of these puerto ricans to come to florida and vote democrat come the next election. it is florida. there are 1000 different components going on here. there is still tons of people coming from the north settling down here. a lot of them who are registered as republicans. so there will be some balancing that goesis on next couple years but that will be a big, big number of puerto ricans coming here. the majority of which are expected to be democratic voters.te >> host: alan gomez, miami, "usa today" reporter, thank you for your insight. appreciate it. >> guest: thank you. >> we're standing by for president trump at roosevelt room in the white house where he sign as martin luther king day proclamation. while we wait, here is more of this morning's "washington journal." >> host: executive director ofe holly harris, justice network. the topic is

today, there are far more puerto ricans on the mainland than there are on the island itself.r here. lilliam and adrian are just the latest. this is my mom and dad's hometown. when i first got here, there wasn't one empty store here. i could really feel something missing just by walking around the center of town. they were all -- there wasn't one empty building. all the stores were full, all of them. and how long have they been empty? did they close since the hurricane? no. no, they're weren't closed before the hurricane. but this was recently, so they were there. they were there not too long ago. what's that place? lilliam: that's the ice cream place. they're exotic, different ice creams where you need to taste one. heladeria lares is the oldest ice cream shop in puerto rico. they were telling me that you have, like, crazy flavors. yes. we have corn, carrot, pumpkin, sweet potato, and cazuela is like a pumpkin pie. as neighboring businesses melt away, alberto baretto is hanging on. is this a family business? yeah. it's my dad's. it used to be my granddads. third generation. y

and we are proud of the puerto ricans in connecticut. they are coming from there and an exit this unmatched in history. the reason for that outward exodus is because puerto rico is in the midst of a humanitarian and economic crisis. let me repeat. humanitarians in a and economic crisis, 106 days after hurricane maria. it is still in triage. population lack reliable electric. almost half lack drinkable, healthy water. thetourist industry, lifeblood of the economy there, is shrinking and struggling. half the hotel's still are not open. rate is wellent above 10%, double the rate of unemployment here on the mainland. housing continues to be a major problem. homesbout half of the haveneed temporary relief those tarps, because they have not been delivered. i want to pay tribute to the first responders, the corps of engineers and fema workers, as well as the connecticut national guard who are on the ground serving and sacrificing for their fellow americans. they lack the support they need in resources and commitment from the administration, as w

in connecticut and of the puerto rican families coming to america in an exodus unmatched. the reason for that out migration is that puerto rico is in the midst of a humanitarian and economic crisis. let me repeat. puerto rico is in a humanitarian and economic crisis 106 days after hurricane maria. it is still in triage. half of the population lacks reliable electricity. almost half lacks drinkable healthy water. the tourist industry, the lifeblood of its economy, is shrinking and struggling. about half the hotels still are not open. and the unemployment rate is well above 10%, double the rate of unemployment here on the mainland. housing continues to be a major problem. only about half of the homes that need temporary relief, that is the blue tarps that have provided, only half of them have those tarps because they have not been delivered. i want to pay tribute to the first responders, the corps of engineers, and fema workers as well as the national guard from connecticut and elsewhere who are on the ground serving in sacrifice for their fellow americans. they lack the sup

but there is still more we can do to help puerto ricans and everyone impacted by the storm. this year, i am proposing $12 million in funding to establish the english language learners academy. this program will focus on reading improvements and making sure students displaced by hurricane maria have access to important learning programs. and, i ask that you join me in making sure we get support for this important program this year. [applause] gov. scott: as we saw throughout the storm, our first responders came to the rescue of so many. not only did our first responders and national guard do an outstanding job during hurricanes irma and nate here in florida, but they came to the rescue of our friends outside of florida. following maria, 50 florida highway patrol members deployed to puerto rico to help with security and traffic control in san juan. and following hurricane harvey in texas, more than two dozen fwc officers helped rescue more than 500 people trapped in flooded areas. while they are not here with us today, please join me in giving these individuals a big round of

obviously, as a puerto rican, it was an interesting moment because i knew most of my people in puertoico could not see me because they don't have power. it was also a good moment because -- of senses of the word, roseau. >> overpowering in the sense that every person in that room that we know have access and power to something and resources that can help us take these movements to another level were very serious. and there were many women who people would assume because of their visibility and their perceived power that have never been affected by violence and the amount of gratitude and thank yous that we got show we have a shared empowerment at this moment. and it was fantastic. amy: can you talk about what some have described as this elite group, obviously hollywood, even if the pay grade, for example, is different between men and women, still women make much more, obviously, then the women you represent sasaru in the restaurant industy than the people who are in crisis right now, rosa were you just were in puerto rico, but how hollywood can set a tone, can change the climate, can

officials say about 50% of puerto ricans are still without electricity. that loud, constant hum of generators that are powering so many houses that still don't have electricity. >> puerto rico is part of america. everyone you see that's an american citizen. it's an important fact and it cannot be overlooked. >> from the moment the storm hit, jennifer and alex have been fighting for the island. >> tonight we are here as one voice. >> wanting to help however they could. ♪ >> jennifer and alex rallied other performers and friends to host a special concert called "one voice". >> i called everybody i knew, and i said, please come out. please lend your voice. lend your talent. let's try and raise some money. >> they raised $25 million for the relief effort. this trip, a start to allocate funds to some of the island's most devastated residents. >> we're here again to remind people here that this wasn't a one-day show, and this wasn't a concert. we're here because we care about them. we want to hear them. we want to meet the people, talk to them. >> their words pu

announced the beginning of the work of a shadow congressional delegation that has been set up, of puerto ricanublicans and democrats that will come to washington to the hill to put pressure on congress to act on statehood and put puerto rico on a firm path to statehood. it is an institution -- issue of constitutional rights. our constitution guarantees rights for every citizen, but they cannot vote for the president and we have had hundreds of thousands of puerto rican serve in the military. we do not have for voting representation in congress. this is a basic issue. i think congress has to ignore the effort. jumpstart -- this effort has been ongoing. since thethis year united states invaded puerto rico during the spanish-american war and made puerto rico part of the united states. we are basically saying, we are going to start a national movement that will put pressure on congressional districts and states, and not ignore the issue of puerto rico, especially not after maria. there is a lot of people who want to politicize the issue of maria and blame trump, and i am tired of people bashing tr

>> many puerto ricans spent their first christmas since hurricane maria without power.after the storm, the island's electrical grid is operating just 65% -- 65% of capacity. the ongoing crisis there is taking a terrible toll. the challenges that they're facing, particularly in the remote areas, rural areas, smaller towns are much the same now as they were then. >> what we're seeing is really, a lowering of the bar of what kinds of basic services are american citizens entitled to? you know, it's gonna be 100 days without electricity for more than half of this u.s. territory. >> seth: if that's what trump considers a ten, what would a nine be? accidentally sending an "outbreak" monkey? [ light laughter ] "okay, i'll be honest. we sent a monkey to help with the cleanup. it had a deadly virus. long story short, nine out of ten." [ light laughter ] but don't worry, puerto rico, the president might not be on the case. but there's still ben carson. he's a brain surgeon, took a hippocratic oath and he's the secretary of housing and urban development. surely, he had something a

. >>> hundreds of puerto rican evacuees are facing a cold they've never experienced. a charity handed out weather gear to the evacuees today. it spent the past few weeks collecting coats, scaan mov here from puerto rico to the philadelphia area. >> people that puerto r clearly need a le more gear in time for three kings day which is traditionally the end of the christmas season in puerto rico. >>> ready to perhaps break some >> yeah, it's serious stuff. it. it's the caboose of the train, if you will. if we can get through this then the light at the end of the tunnel will shine. >> 40s? >> i know the 40s are the new 70s around here especially after for a lot of people sipainfu people if you can stay inside. >> this is a hibernation weekend. binge watching weekend. whatever you like to do pies inside weekend. theme. inside if you don't like the cold. this shot really tells the story. this is live looking at tit schukioverriver. you don't thisut here we are. we have a frozen tundra over us. for the next couple of days weo cot throu thenor weurn t here's what you need to f

and then this week the puerto rican governor announced that prepa will be privatized over the next 18 months. >> ( translated ): the process will begin for prepa assets to be sold to companies who will transform the generation system into a modern, efficient, and less expensive one for the people. >> reporter: the privatization is not expected to affect the repair schedule. about 80% of electrical infrastructure was destroyed. prepa told us that restoring power everywhere on the island, not just the majority, is expected to take at least until may, eight months after hurricane maria. houses across the countryside are lined with blue tarp on their roofs. but not everyone is waiting for outside help to move forward with repairs. >> we don't depend upon the grid to supply the needs of casa pueblo. >> reporter: arturo massol deya is the head of casa pueblo, an environmental organization in adjuntas. this local community center has been running on solar energy since 1999. the sun powers everything, from industrial coffee grinders to medicine refrigerators as well as a radio station. >> lig

the new obstacle for puerto rican families who moved to our area. >> we will teach them how to make myry rubs and barbecue sauces and hopefully the goals of having them become an employee at one of our restaurants. >> a new start. the local restaurant offering employment to the homeless next at 5:00. before we start, i just want to say if anyone still doesn't have fios, please stay out of the way so your lag doesn't get us all killed, ben. what's so good about fios anyway? uh. what's so great about a 100% fiber-optic network that makes your gaming system actually work awesomely? hey. did you take out the trash? haha, garbage boy! dad, i already took out ben. it's not funny. gaming is best on a 100% fiber-optic network. so get fios. now, just $79.99 per month with a 2-year price guarantee with a 2-year agreement. >>> this is nbc10 news. >> bump stocks are now illegal in new jersey. a bump stock was used during a las vegas concert massacre to turn a semi-automatic gun to one that fired continuously and can shoot over 100 rounds in a minute. retailers have 30 days to turn in the devices.

acting she that is why we need to have additional disaster funds but as part of floridians arepe puerto rican and the senate has been dragging their feet long enough. the more people have leaders on both sides say we want to help but this is the notice of such but we cannot get started until we have a but knowing that these are the spending levels for the current fiscal year. you know from october 1 to september 301 but we are already well into the fiscal year. january.es we have already been on continuing resolutions has the spending caps have not been agreed to and we all know why. >> that i am worried about its impact but even with that spending cap agreed to it would take the appropriations committee additional weeks to come up with bill but even if the spending caps were agreed upon,in but it was a situation for them to manage but the military was funded for fewer than nine months that way. but the consequences are clear. and deadly. so the budgets are spread thin. or for that the but the army is prepared to fight. because i know americans well enough to know that there was an threat, we

and puerto ricans are a part of the country. people should look at the latin community different when they have uniforms on and they're willing to bleed for this country. they should have preferential treatment. they shouldn't have to go through this. i beg to differ with republicans in congress. they should have passed the daca bill a long time ago. and i don't see why they don't do it. i think they're lazy. that is what it is. they are lazy. they are letting the latin community carry their load and that is my comment. host: how many dreamers do serve in the military? the original act did have a path to citizenship or going to college which has been talked about in conjunction with this. that i don't have the exact numbers but there are definitely dreamers in the military. wondering, the immigration thing, there is a lot less of it coming in now, right? what was coming in? they had to lower it down to so much of a percentage. and what i'm wondering is, when we're the melting pot, how come they come here and do the work me, they

what we are watching for closely as to see what effect those puerto ricans are going to have on the upcominglections. they are flooding into orlando as conditions in puerto rico deteriorate. ofer seeing the performance fema, the federal government, president trump responding to hurricane maria, and as many puerto ricans will tell you, not responding as well as they going tove, that is possibly -- there is an expectation that that is going to drive a lot of puerto ricans to florida and vote democrat come the next election. florida has 1000 different components going on. there are tons of people from the north who are settling down here, a lot fewer registered as republicans, so there will be balancing over the next years, but that will be a big number of puerto ricans coming here. the majority of which are expected to be democratic voters. miami, "usaomez in today" reporter, thanks. guest: thank you. host: we have two more guests on this friday in addition in a moments. holly harris will be here with the justice action network. we will talk about prison and sentencing reform and the possibili

." >>> and among the groups of people in the march, a local puerto rican organization. e event to remind people that they're still in need of lots of help. recovering from those hurricanes, they say, they just want to make sure people realize puerto rico is still struggling. >> it is a human right issue, but i also wanted to show up as a proud puerto rican woman and to say we will not be forgotten, our people will not be forgot glenn more than 40% of puerto rico still without power four month after hurricane maria hit. >>> and now to your fox 29 weather authority, we take live look over the ben franklin parkway here in philadelphia. what a day and a night. >> yes, a nice weekends, warming up, i mean it, feels great outside. and it is also just in time for people preparing for the game and the big game tomorrow. meteorologist, monica cryan joins us now with a full check on your forecast, not too bad, monica. >> we had a lot of people outdoors today, they were loving this werth. we reached high of 57 degrees in philadelphia. when you compare that to the normal 40, it felt

2012, the puerto rican community was pivotal in the election of barack obama.f us and i made history as the first meridian of puerto rican descent elected. ricanridian of puerto this set elected. last night, the trump administration cut food and water benefits to over one million americans in puerto rico while they are facing great tragedy. , where is athis policy, as a democrat, you could support from president trump last night? >> we hope to hear about infrastructure. it was his biggest initiative, the problem was we heard little details. he throughout a $1.5 trillion number but spent less than one minute on his top initiative for and we are somehow going to believe that local governments will help fund this with the private sector. a lot of money has been spent on the tax reform. we will like to see that and lowering of prescription drugs. tom: one of your terms is you grew up in the trenches of orlando politics and florida legislature politics. you have been in state government. how far is this president removed on the day-to-day affairs of a given room sta

." >> and among the groups of people participating in the march today, a local puerto rican organization. they used the event to remind people that they still need a whole lot of help recovering from the hurricanes. they say they just want to make sure people realize puerto rico is still struggling in a big way. >> it is a human right issue, i also wanted to show up as a proud puerto rican woman and to say we will not be forgotten, and our people will not be forgotten. >> more than 40% of puerto rico still without power. that's four month after hurricane maria hit. >> and taking a live look over allentown right now, gorgeous night to go out and enjoy your saturday. but wait until the news goes off. warmer temperatures are out there right now, and monica, tomorrow's temperature, at kick-off is looking pretty great, right? >> right. we could see temperatures tomorrow in the 50's, not as high as they were today. but still, possibly in the 50's. we actually reached 57 degrees today. i'm sure a lot of people enjoyed every degree of it. so 57 in philadelphia. trenton, 55. wilmington at 57, as

and so in hartford, they have 388 new puerto rican students, new meaning have come since the hurricane from the island. waterbury, connecticut has 268. new britain, a really small city, has 213. bridgeport has 179. and these are kids that, they're glad to have shelter and schooling in connecticut, but they don't want to be in connecticut. they came in under duress. they came to connecticut as refugees. they want to be back in puerto rico. and the stress that it's putting on our schools is serious. we're in a budget crisis in connecticut. schools have already been, had their funding cut from hartford. and yet these schools are now having to staff up to deal with this influx of students from puerto rico. we're glad to do it. we see it as our obligation and we know these kids will be part of connecticut's strength. but it's not easy to do when we haven't authorized any money to help states like connecticut deal with this influx of students. at macdonough middle school in hartford these kids are thriving but they had to set up a new immersion lab to handle these kids coming in. they had to

and the latest push for puerto rican statehood. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. congress is back in session tomorrow with a government shutdown deadline of midnight friday. the house of representatives gathers at noon eastern for speeches and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business, including government funding and an abortion will. the senate back at 4:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow. senators will consider reauthorizing nsa surveillance programs and keeping the government open. when they are back in session coming you can see the house live on c-span and the senate live on c-span2. russian foreign minister sergey lavrov held a news conference in moscow. foreign-policyir priorities and answered questions about syria's civil war. relations with the yachts under the trump administration and the future of the iran nuclear deal. the news conference lasted almost three hours. mrs. an hour and a half portion. -- this is an hour and a half portion. >> colleagues, good morning. we b

>> well, for puerto rican officials, it is very high on their list.his is a problem they have been trying to fix for a very long time. but maria, of course, is now bringing it to the form. hud is usually responsive to us, but they did not respond for this story. i do know that pam patton, the deputy secretary, was down in puerto rico a few weeks ago and toured the properties, and she was telling residents there's nothing that hud can do for them. >> that seems like it is obviously not a satisfying answer for these folks. >> reporter: yeah. and so we'll see. i mean, the governor's asked hud for flexibility on how we use this disaster fund. so we'll have to see if he gets that from hud. >> molly, the federal government needs to do more, is doing enough, where are you on this? >> reporter: the current dell j get /* delegate is a republican, i have seen her out pacing back and forth trying to get ahold of mccarthy. and they have been taking steps and making efforts to get help to puerto rico. i think that there is also an added wrinkle in this, in that pu

and so the mayor is currently the mayor of ponce other, electricitied during the puerto rican general replaces the first woman elected in office in porn a degree in dental medicine for at the university of puerto rico school of dental medicine. worked as a dental assistant until she established her own dental practice in ponce. we're pleased you're hear and willing to speak to us. >> thank you. thank you for the opportunity to address our fellow mayors, but before i address all of you i like to present part of the mayor right ooh whoa have been suffering what the cate e and mayor turner, the mayor from central part of the island, the mayor in the east coast, and the mayor in center, but to the north, the mayor who is also nelson from the south, and the mayor who are my neighbors in the south. three in the south, one in the north, in the west coast in the east coast -- the other win is central part. this hurricane hits the 78 cities of puerto rico. deputy secretary elaine duke went to ponce. she went to visit puerto rico and knows what the saw. she knows everything. she tell all of you

. >>> three king celebration took place at puerto rican unit for progress in camden yesterday. instead of bringing gifts for baby jesus they brought along gifts for children in their community and their families. all the donations came from the police lodge 218. >>> there's much more to come on "action news," saturday morning, 2018 financial game plan, we'll tell you five moves to help you save money. >>> familiar frozen scene you're looking at there, rivers turning into sheets of ice and there is air travel trouble to go along with it chris. >> reporter: unfortunately there's not much relief over the next 24 to 48 hours, look at the numbers this morning, single digits for just about everybody. 7 cease in the lehigh valley. 23469 philadelphia. when we come back in just a few minutes we'll talk about how most of the locations could be below zero at the same time tomorrow morning. stick around we'll be right back. before we start, i just want to say if anyone still doesn't have fios, please stay out of the way so your lag doesn't get us all killed, ben. what's so good about fios

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we've had hundreds of thousands of puerto ricans come to florida since maria. my goal is that florida be the most welcoming place for people displaced by hurricane maria. [ applause ] we have set up centers to help them get connected to resources. we made it easier for their students to get enrolled in our schools, removed barriers for professional licenses so people can go quickly get to work in our state. there's still more we can do to help puerto rico and everybody impacted by that storm. this year i'm proposing $12 million in funding to establish the english language learners academy, focusing on reading improvements and making sure that students displaced by hurricane maria have access to important programs. i ask each of you to support me to make sure we get funding for this important program this year. [ applause ] as we saw throughout this storm, our first responders came to the rescue of many. not only did our first responders and national guard do an outstanding job during hurricanes irma and maria right outside of florida. following maria, 55 deploy

and having served in the military and in iraq and afghanistan with puerto rican soldiers, a soldiers, american citizens, i think all of the mayors support what you are trying to do for puerto rico. thank you so much for your energy and your time and your passion. and i'm amazed. when i was in puerto rico, the people are just so positive. so thank you so much for your spirit. >> thank you. >> thank you. i want to thank our speakers, deputy spekt, tha deputy secretary, thank you for staying as long as you have. we were going to open it up for questions but we had a lot of conversation just through the mayors. think i we all learned lessons, lessons to carry forward into the next hurricane season. as we know, mother nature does not stop. she will be knocking at our door again soon. whether it is a fire or flood or storm. we thank you for the federal partnership that we have. thank you for the experience of the mayors. thank you all for coming today. thank you very much. >> thank you.

nearly four months after hurricane maria, the puerto rican economy is at a near stand still and thousands of the island's small businesses are teetering towards insolvency. the businesses in southeast texas, florida, the virgin islands and california face tough situations as well. and we must do all that we can to help them recover. i again want to thank chairman hensarling and ranking member waters for working with me on this important legislation. which passed our committee earlier this month on a wide bipartisan basis. 57-0. i also want to thank representatives green, sinema and plaskett for co-sponsoring this legislation with me. i urge members to vote yes and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from colorado. mr. tipton: mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado yields back. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.r. 4792. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative

. >> reporter: gerald is among the 180 puerto rican students now enrolled in boston public schools. >> what we want to do is make sure they are welcomed and they felt safe. we wanted to bear hug them when they came in. >> reporter: thousands of students from puerto rico have relocated as far away as new york, orlando, even bismarck, north dakota. on the island cheers broke out at this private school in san juan when the lights finally came back on recently. >> we were like whoo! >> reporter: this 10th grader was especially thrilled since she still has no electricity at home. >> all the lights came in and the first thought was we're finally going to have air conditioner. >> reporter: principal gomez told us more than 60 of his students have left, crippling his budget. >> every day on the island we're dealing with the same situation, losing students, losing people, losing family. >> reporter: but a teacher has chosen to stay. >> you understand why parents are choosing to leave, but i mean i have to work with the ones that i still have and i have to make them like want to stay. >> report

. >>> hundreds of puerto rican evacuees are better equipped to face a level of cold they've never experienced. a charity handed out winter weather gear to the evacuees today. the group spent the past few weeks collecting coats, hats, skarve acarves and gloves. >> this is not even weather i'm used to and i've lived here for quite some time. people that are coming from puerto rico, clearly need a little more extra help. >> organizers say they want to make sure the families had the gear in time for three kings day which is traditionally the end of the christmas season into to weather right here. this video pretty much says it all. downright freezing today. mother nature had no mercy for th this mail carrier in ventnor. >>> if you're going to be outside you need to be covered. there's some skiers in camelback tonight where it's only 4 right now. >> a little bit warmer for skaters at penn's landing. they're taking on the cold weather at the river rink where it's 15 degrees out there. i hope they have really warm gear on. first alert meteorologist steve sosna is talking subzero temperatures. >> thi

( cheers and applause ) puerto ricans here! the house. >> everyone's from puerto rico. so nice. >> trevor: welcome to the show. >> thank you for having me. >> trevor: so good to have you. >> so cool. >> trevor: you're performing all over the world. you're back in vegas now? >> it's busy. going back to vegas for my second season for my residency. >> trevor: exciting. >> start in march, really exciting. >> trevor: how many shows for your residency? >> march until july. you do ten shows, do a break and another ten and take a break. it's not like broadway. >> trevor: that's not insane at all, ten shows. ( laughter ) >> but we take a break. i'm just really excited, man. vegas has been amazing for me. i'm doing gianni versace the series. my family's doing amazing. we're traveling a lot. ( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: let's talk about this series. it's a story a lot of people have been waiting for. with the story of o.j., people felt it was a story that didn't just go into a murder but a tale that talked about race. the story of gi

. >>> a former stanford student who killed a puerto rican tourist more than a decade ago, zacha zachary katz was centered to four years and seven months today for that dui crash. >> reporter: back on october 5, to 13, a drunk graduate student heading the wrong way on 101 in san francisco crashed into a taxi cab injuring a tourist from puerto rico but today more than four years after that crash, the case finally came to a conclusion. >> we hoped for probation because of the circumstances of the young man, but i can understand a judge youing the same way. >> reporter: zachary katz was sentenced to four years and eight months in state prison. he had been facing a 12-year sentence after driving under the influence. during the trial, the new york native testified that he had been drinking in san francisco's castro neighborhood the night before the accident. the defense that katz's history of epilepsy may have contributed to the crash. >> he has minor psychiatric issues that were related to the epilepsy that were undiagnosed most of his life. >> reporter: katz came from stanford and spent muc

and the latest push for puerto rican statehood. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. congress is back in session tomorrow with a government shutdown deadline of midnight friday. the house of representatives gathers at noon eastern for speeches and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business, including government funding and an abortion will. the senate back at 4:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow. senators will consider reauthorizing nsa surveillance programs and keeping the government open. when they are back in session coming you can see the house live on c-span and the senate live on c-span2. russian foreign minister sergey lavrov held a news conference in moscow. foreign-policyir priorities and answered questions about syria's civil war. relations with the yachts under the trump administration and the future of the iran nuclear deal. the news conference lasted almost three hours. mrs. an hour and a half portion. -- this is an hour and a half portion. >> colleagues, good morning. we b

as a result, recent estimates suggest over 300,000 puerto ricans may have moved to florida. some are fortunate enough to move in with relatives, but others are living in motels that line the i-4 corridor. some are living out of their cars. this is absolutely heartbreaking. how can we fail fellow american citizens like this and yet, given the current situation, the administration thinks now today that it's the appropriate time to cut off food and water for the people of puerto rico? there's no commonsense here -- there's no common sense here. fema needs to continue to provide food and water to the island until at least all of the island has access to potable water and electricity. they are suffering, and while the administration is trying to abandon the responsibility of the u.s. to puerto rico, the house aid package short-changes recovery efforts on the island. we must enhance it in the senate package. for instance, it fails to address the current medicaid crisis just a month away. if nothing is done, puerto rico's medicaid program is going to run out of money. congress must