and of puerto rico. >> thank you. >> my name is john carlos i'm from puerto rico and now living in d.ci want to follow up on what your question was in mainly about what can be done regarding the constitution itself. it has certain aspects of how it can be changed and how it can be made. what are the possibilities of actually a constitutional assembly as a happen between 1950 and 1952? >> thank you. >> i did not get the last part of your question. [speaking in foreign language] >> basically i want to know -- i remember back in 2012 i read about how the constitution itself was basically made for bipartisanship. and how that sets a president throughout the years to basically be the norm over the next few decades. so with so much antagonism and puerto rico. how do you see that plano and any changes to the constitution itself or overhaul itself. [inaudible] no return. [inaudible] i'm not questioning his integrity but his appointment of sector state speaks about control rather than the public demand of transfer to. i don't see changes to the constitution happening anytime soon because the le

puerto rico has always had life charted but by someone else. puerto rico back to 1492, 93. there's nobody to do charting now. there's nobody to do charting right now. so they're waiting for somebody to chart, trying to invent a chart where to go, but they've never done it before. last time puerto rico ran its own destiny, the governor was -- last autonomous governor of puerto rico. the problem is powerlessness. we're talking about symptoms which have to be addressed. the patient is ill and needs attention. fundamental disease is powerless. you reach a point people realize they're powerless. and washington doesn't know what to do with it. there are structures, they don't use the structures. they come here, they learn soon to use the structure because they're dependable. they don't vote as much, but use the structures. puerto ricans, they never created the structures. >> we have to move to other people. >> i am saying this point to pedro and gretchen. >> right behind you, please. >> helen santiago. i spent five months in puerto rico as a planner working for fema. my question,

puerto rico's governor. speakers include a reporter covering puerto rican politics, a university professor and a public affairs consultant hosted by the inter-american dialogue. this is an hour and a half. >> good morning, we are going to get started. welcome to the inter-american dialogue. thank you for coming. tomorrow at 5:00 pm, the new progressive party, no longer the island's governor. he came under enormous pressure after highly sensitive, outrageous chat messages between him and close aides were leaked on july 13th touching off massive street protests across the island demanding his resignation. as is the case throughout many latin american countries these days with anticorruption movements, journalists played a key role as these letters were published by the center for investigative journalism. it first rose cello resisted but it became clear that what had been dubbed as wikileaks was the last straw and the situation was unsustainable. rose cello has named pedro really lussier secretary of state who

rico. first we have jose delgado. he has covered washington and federal affairs for publication since 2001. we welcome him. he will have to leave us a little bit early. he has to cover a hearing at the senate. it is very relevant to puerto rico we are glad he is with us. gretchen sierra-zonita is bringing attention and washington dc to issues affecting puerto ricans. in a number ofs important initiatives including the national working group. reina-perez is an award-winning historian in a caribbean history. yet -- he has had an is extinguished -- the sting wished academic or. he just came in this morning from boston, from harvard. it is great to have you with us. recognize the extraordinary efforts of my colleague at the dialogue for pushing and prodding us to organize this event. and for the tremendous coordination of all the details. thank you for making this happen. people in the audience who have a expertise and a lot to share on the situation in puerto rico. we look forward to your comm

not just for puerto rico, globally speaking.ink that engagement politically has now shifted, that something has changed, and that is going to help puerto rico? pedro: i believe so. the fact that people agreed on something beyond partisan lines and took to the streets to protest, young, old, women, men, children, it basically marks a different route from what the political life of puerto rico has been. so at this point i believe the citizens have lost fear. they've been driven by rage. we were basically enraged by what we learned from the chat. and i think a collective decision was made to shame governor ricardo rossello into resigning. and that was achieved. however politicians did not fully grasp what was happening and i think the fact that pedro pierluisi who was appointed under such questionable has stoe focused on the scandal, the 900 pages of text messages that were leaked, but really it was the the arrest for corruption on corruption charges of these six officials. where does that case stand right now? pedro: there was a f

i trust in the people of puerto rico. we are ready. we are going forward, we are going to wait and see how this emergency unfolds, and we are going to be better prepared. >> the government says puerto rico has a 41-day stockpile of gasoline, infrastructure supplies across the island, 300 generators with 100 more on standby, and police and national guard troops set to provide security at shelters. >>> among other preparations, miami-dade county is sending a 45-member search and rescue crew to puerto rico. airlines and cruise lines, they are modifying their schedules. so check with your carrier before traveling through the area. >>> as tropical storm dorian bears down on puerto rico, the trump administration is taking $155 million out of the fema disaster relief fund to use it for immigration enforcement. the department of homeland security confirms a total of $271 million, including the fema money, will be repurposed for immigration. last week the administration announced that it intends to hold migrant families indefinitely despite a l

forecasters now saying the storm is tracking toward puerto rico, could hit puerto rico tomorrow. could even become a hurricane before it makes landfall. are you worried that puerto rico isn't prepared for yet another storm? >> i am worried. look, the people of puerto rico are very resilient. they have been preparing since the last hurricane. and more importantly, i want the president to be prepared. i want fema to be prepared. i want the -- to succeed. i want to see puerto rico secure and want us to have whatever lifelines to send to the island and hopefully this is a good story thatms could out about how well the trump administration did for puerto rico and not the debacle that occurred two years ago. >> president trump once again today cited a misleading dollar amount when he tweeted about aid to puerto rico earlier today. are you confident that the president will sign another emergency aid bill to puerto rico if necessary? >> i think the president really has no choice. he may not want to sign emergency aid bill but we are going to make sure especially democratic-led caucus, ho

puerto rico, then florida. attention here because there has been an important and dangerous shift in the forecast for what will be hurricane dorian. this is the current situation. overnight, the storm got stronger. it is now headed straight for puerto rico, impact expected in just a few hours right through the eastern side of the island which has been among the slowest to recover from hurricane maria two years ago. >> obviously this is the last thing they need. then all eyes will be on florida. everyone from miami to savannah, georgia, needs to be on alert good morning as dorian is forecast to gain strength to a category-two storm before it makes landfall in the governor is preparing people to prepare now. let's begin our coverage with cnn's chad myers with the new forecast track. what sit, chad? >> it is to the east side of puerto rico. almost a direct line of where maria made landfall now. yesterday at this time, we were way down here heading toward the d.r. missing ponce altogether which is right here. but n

slamming puerto rico. as the u.s. territory is threatened by dorian, it is also being bashed by the president of the united states. after famously throwing towels at hurricane maria victims, mr. trump is throwing insults. calling the island corrupt. >>> back to the wall. we're learning more about the president's obsession with completing his border wall before the 2020 election. is he encouraging aides to break the law by promising pardons? >>> and fox aren't friends. mr. trump complains that his once favorite news network is not doing enough to promote his presidency. is he openly admitting he expects fox to act like state-run tv? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >>> we're following breaking news on a hurricane endangering millions of americans. a just released forecast shows dorian's winds intensifying as it thrashes the u.s. virgin islands and threatens puerto rico with heavy rain and potentially deadly flooding. dorian is expe

it's on attacking puerto rico and his rivals tweeting today puerto rico is one of the most corrupt places on earth. the political system is broken and politicians are either incompetent or corrupt. congress approved billions of dollars last time more than anyplace else got. sent to crooked pols. no good. goes on to claim i'm the best thing that happened to puerto rico, exclamation point. the best thing even though he claims he is not the one responsible for the bunkled response to hurricane maria. devastating the island in 2017. and remember, killing 3,000 people. cnn meteorologist tom satter tracking the storm. how bad could the storm get as it runs over the warm waters between puerto rico and florida? >> well, most likely it will be a major hurricane. but this has been an intriguing storm, jim. if you had asked us about this three days ago we would say what hurricane? yesterday it was okay, we see you dorian. then today all right here we go. the president's tweets have slammed puerto rico harder than dorian. we got lucky. a couple of days ago it looked as if they was going to move over

puerto rico and other u.s. territories are on a separate medicaid system than the rest of the united states. congress funds the him to block grants which can be depleted early if there's a hurricane or other natural disaster. a hearing on why states get continues medicaid coverage while the territories do not. >> the committee is meeting today to hear testimony on the impact of the end of medicaid funding for the areas under the affordable care act, also known as the use learning areas medicaid cliff. under committee rules, any oral opening statements at parents are limited to the chairman and the ranking minority member. therefore, i ask unanimous consent all of the members statements be made part of the hearing record if they are submitted to the clerk by 5 p.m. today. i ask anatomist consent the gentlewoman from the u.s. virgin islands be allowed to sit on the dice and question the witnesses. hearing no objections, so ordered. good morning again everyone. the mariana islands, which i represent, and the war m

>>quiero agradectodas las agencias federales que ya estÁn en puerto rico ayudÁndonos y dispuesto a darumentos para declarar en estado de emergencia puerto rico y para conocer mÁs sobre la trayectoria de esta tormenta pamouardo rodrÍguez. eduardo: sin duda alguna ha habido cambios importantes 50 millas por hora, antes de llegar a puerto rico se debe fortalecer probablemente un poco mÁs fuerte que esto y las rÁfagas superiores a 70 y 75 noten que las primeras lluvias ya comienzan a llegar y comienza a sentirse por seguro los vientos van a ser de fuertes vientos tropicales pero esto puede daÑar techos el buen consenso y luego giran hacia la florida, este ha sido un consenso. hay que recordar que este tipo de tormentas a veces es difÍcil hacer el pronÓstico de todas maneras pero una vez que cruce puerto rico la tendrÍa, no permitiÉndole que crezca mucho. esta es la baja superior y los famosos vientos cortantes pero esto no dura todo el camino, dura aproximadamente hasta aquÍ el cÁlculo es que va a ser categorÍa uno y a partir de ahí entonces se enfila hacia las bahamas y esto serÍa de sÁba

puerto rico, heavy rainfall. up to 10 inches ofane. big impacts for puerto rico. look, an eastern shift means more water, more warm-water. so the change overnight is a little east and a little stronger. >> why is this one such a wild card, why are those centers jumping around more? >> we've seen it so many times over the years where they're that small. even another thunderstorm could start to rotate and become a new center. until they form it's hard to forecast. it's compact but at the same time it still has a lot of impact. moving aroundgist a little bit can shift that track big time when it comes to the end of the forecast. >> chad myers told us smag alarming which it could hit florida or georgia or south carolina as a category 2 or as he said well above. what does that mean? >> there's so many different factors when it comes to the extended forecast. look at this cone. i mean, the cone is really important in this case because two thirds of the time, alisyn, we can see the center of the storm anywhere inside this cone. and that means from the south carolina coas

slamming puerto rico. as the u.s. is threatened by dorian, it is also being bashed by the president of the united states. after famously throwing towels at hurricane maria victims, mr. trump is throwing insults. calling the island corrupt. >>> back to the wall. we're learning more about the president's obsession with completing his border wall before the 2020 election. is he encouraging aides to break the law by promising pardons? >>> and fox aren't friends. mr. trump complains that his once favorite news network is not doing enough to promote his presidency. is he openly admitting he expects fox to act like state-run tv? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf

and by the way, i'm the best thing that's ever happened to puerto rico. >> puerto rico has been takenof better by donald trump than by any living human being. >> local officials say otherwise. including the san juan mayor, who feuded with trump after hurricane maria, in 2017. when she blamed his administration for being too slow to respond. as puerto rico and its 3.2 million american citizens brace for another major storm, trump is shrugging off his work as comforter in chief and focusing on the fuse. but critics say he should focus on his response. after he tossed paper towels to a crowd the last time he visited the island. >> i give ourselves a ten. >> while the president is on hurricane watch, he is also criticizing his favorite tv channel. tweeting, today, that we have to start looking for a new news outlet. because fox isn't working for us anymore. trump, launching that attack, after the network interviewed a democratic party official. all this, as the "washington post" reports he recently told aids, quote, don't worry, i'll pardon you, if they have to break the law to get his bo

3 million people in puerto rico are u.s. citizens? >> i don't think he's ever really acknowledged that. at least he didn't talk about dropping a nuclear bomb in the middle of a hurricane as he's reported considering it. >> he's denied that, but axios is confirming that multiple times. the president says fema is prepared for this new hurricane, this category 4 potentially when it hits florida, maybe georgia, about you as you know, the trump administration is now diverting about 271 million from fema in order to beef up immigration protection, as the president would call it. what do you think about it? >> i think it's crazy. he has this obsession on a wall, now black wall, when we know that the things we need to be concerned about with the border, drugs, fentanyl are coming through the ports of entry. so it's a disaster. fema gets better and better, unfortunately with climate change we have become more practiced at dealing with this. >> but since congress appropriated those funds for fema, does the president have the authority

wow, yet another big storm heading to puerto rico, will it ever end.gress approved $92 billion for puerto rico last year an all time record of its kind anywhere. first of all, the number 92 billion is wildly inaccurate, but why does it seem like he's complaining about having to help out u.s. citizens? >> two things, wolf, i think for one, the president has never fully adjusted almost three years into his presidency to the idea that the job of president of the united states isn't just spiking footballs and celebrating touchdowns, it's taking care of people in need and when they're in trouble, and puerto ricans are american citizens. he seems to have to be reminded over and over again. the second thing, wolf, i'll just say, we don't know for sure, if i'm a student of the president's style, it doesn't seem like he's complaining, he seems gleeful that puerto rico is getting its come up ins for not being grateful for the round of help, which is he overestimated. >>> everybody stick around, there's a lot more we need to discuss. we will right after a quick b

in the democratic party presidential candidates castigate donald trump over his record in puerto rico but it's also been revealed that many of those same 2020 hopefuls have accepted the nations from hedge fund managers have been cashing in on the u.s. territories debt crisis a complicated story we'll go through with the. bottom end to this protest nestle's plans to draw over 3 and a half 1000000 liters of water each and every day from florida to santa fe river saying it's going to threaten the. kidney springs. in a very good morning as i just turned late morning 11 am here in moscow life in russia it's out international with me kevin i love to get through the next 30 minutes if you can stay with me we're starting with this the big news in from britain of course 3 years after a majority of brits voted to leave the e.u. and with parliament still paralyzed and suffering from a severe crisis of legitimacy boris johnson has decided to shut it down the radical move means lawmakers will not reconvene until 2 weeks now before the big breaks it deadline and will have little time therefore to p

take puerto rico. you don't think there are people in the country who believe the president when he says they don't know how to run the money? i gave them more than ever and can't fix houses. people believe that. is it a lie? not necessarily. they have problems there. it's about his actions and a real argument. are you making faces? >> i just -- it doesn't help the rational people. it doesn't help the people who believe. and puerto rico who probably don't want to hear it. they know how the president feels about them. so -- >> there's a real argument in the country. do you want to keep people out? are they less than us. people believe that. it's an argument that needs to be made. people have to be per sided and reminded. it's not lie or truth. he lies. that's what a demagogue does. it's not as simple as saying everything that comes out is a lie. it's not true. if you believe that they beat you. >> i don't think sh e serves the american people well by lying on tv and not being honest. >> it must be expos

puerto rico is just like the rest of the united states except it isn't and if their votes don't countn the final election why should presidential candidates care. 20 candidates 5 moderates says 2 debates and only one mention of puerto rico in a democratic debate that took place in florida home of 1200000 puerto rican and these are the progressives show is your p.r. policy when it comes to going after donald trump anything goes even the all but forgotten puerto rico democrat certainly did speak up when trying snubs puerto rico didn't sign a disaster relief bill at 1st. he's shameful the way with 3 to puerto rico in the islands i'm not even sure people in the president's administration you poor 3 kinds are all citizens if we're talking about territories let's make sure the people of d.c. actually get senators let's make sure the people of puerto rico are actually treated like fellow u.s. citizens that they are and let's make sure that we have some handle on the financial future of this country are very honorable of them but what is not honorable is cashing in on puerto rico's difficulti

to a number of democratic party presidential candidates castigate donald trump puerto rico but it's been revealed that many of those same 2020 hopefuls have accepted donations from hedge fund managers who's been cashing in on the u.s. territories christ. and environmental activists protest plans to draw over 3 and a half 1000000 liters of water each and every day from florida's santa fe river saying it would threaten its health and it's part of a. good morning live from russia this thursday morning it international with me kevin i would think so much take the time to stay around to the next 30 minutes for this world news round so 3 years after a majority of brits voted to leave the e.u. parliament still paralyzed and suffering from a severe crisis. of legitimacy boris johnson has decided to shut it down the radical move means lawmakers will not reconvene until 2 weeks before the brakes a deadline and will have little or next to no time to pass legislation preventing a no deal departure saskia taylor's got the latest for you. boris johnson is being well boris he's being bold as brass and

number of democratic party presidential candidates castigate donald trump over his record in puerto rico but it's revealed that many of the same 2020 hopefuls have accepted donations from hedge fund managers who have been cashing in on the u.s. totally debt crisis. i did viral mental activists protest nestle's plans to draw the 3 and a half 1000000 liters of water every day from florida's santa fe river it would threaten the biodiversity of jenny springs. are there just a mid day here in moscow so very good afternoon to this thursday watching out international live with me kevin owen here with his latest 30 minute world news roundup for. the top stories from britain 3 years after the majority of brits voted to leave the e.u. and with parliament still paralyzed and suffering from a severe crisis of legitimacy boris johnson has decided to shut it down the radical move means lawmakers will not reconvene until 2 weeks before the big breaks it deadline and therefore going to have little time to pass legislation preventing a no deal departure saskia taylor reports. boris johnson is being well

democratic party presidential candidates castigate donald trump over his record on crisis stricken puerto rico but it's revealed that many of the same 2020 hopefuls have been taking donations from hedge fund managers who benefited from the islands and sustainable debt along the way. and environmental activists protest nestle's plans to draw over 3 and a half 1000000 liters of water each and every day from florida's santa fe river saying it would threaten its health and biodiversity. good morning i live from russia this thursday morning watching out international with me kevin i am here with this latest 30 when it will these around for you the 1st protests a broken out in cities across the u.k. after the country's prime minister boris johnson shut the parliament until the 14th of october that's going to mean lawmakers reconvene than just 17 days now before that breaks it deadline and would have little time to prevent no deal departure from the e.u. is r.t. saskia take. boris johnson is being well boris he's being bold as brass and he wants breakfast come what may rather. what you do when parlia

he's the best thing that happened to puerto rico? >> reporter: the president's message to puerto rico, fema and all others are ready and will do a great job. when they do, let them know it and give them a big thank you, not like last time. >> i don't know. just something missing. he lacks the ability to have empathy or sympathy or concern. what is wrong with this person? >> kyra phillips joining us from the white house. with the hurricane season in full swing, there's news tonight the administration is transferring more than $100 million from fema's disaster relief fund to support the immigration crackdown at the border? feists it won't hurt emergency response efforts, saying in a statement they'll still have enough money to, quote, support >> ka illips at the white house, thank you. >>> next to the nationwide manhunt for an escaped couple charged with murder and now on the run. the husband and wife fugitives overpoweri offic in utah. they were being transported from new york to arizona. the couple now considered armed and dangerous.

us democratic party's presidential candidates take donald trump to task over his record on puerto rico it's real though that some of the same with 2020 donations from hedge fund managers who've been cashing in on the crisis. and environmental activists protest. to draw over 3 and a half 1000000 liters of water every day from florida's santa fe river saying it would threaten the biodiversity genie springs. from almost can use it with you today thanks for joining us here at international. 3 years after a majority of brits voted to leave the e.u. and with parliament still power lies and suffering from a severe crisis of legitimacy or is johnson has decided to shut it down the radical move means that after the suspension takes effect lawmakers will not reconvene until 2 weeks before the break. i believe a little time to pass legislation preventing a no deal departure. has more. boris johnson is being well boris he's being bold as brass and he wants breakfast come what may rather. what you do when parliament won't play ball you suspend it he needed her majesty's permission to do that which

but you can see it on radar from puerto rico. not quite there yet but it will be a center of circulation as it moves over that area 37 where does it go from there. there are models that take it up the east coast and now make landfall in north carolina. there are storms here. a lot of models here all the way down to almost west palm. so we're going to have to watch where this goes and when it gets there. right now it's on its way to puerto rico. >> okay, chad. we know you will get at least hourly updates and bring them to us. puerto rico's government says preparations are 90% done. and the shelters are open. cnn's polo sandoval is live in pnce on the southern coast of the island. what's the situation there? >> reporter: you know, alisyn, that's hundreds of shelters open across the island. we spoke about 24 hours ago. of course people here were expecting a smaller impact particularly because those were showing this storm that would possibly just skirt the island. now as you heard from chad with the more direct impact, there is a co

number of democratic party presidential candidates castigate donald trump of puerto rico but it's been revealed that many of those very same 2020 hopefuls have accepted donations from hedge fund managers to be cashing in on the u.s. territories debt crisis. and environmental activists protest nestle's plans to draw over 3 and a half 1000000 liters of water each and every day from florida's santa fe river saying it would threaten the bar diversity of spring. a low very good afternoon live from russia this thursday watching out international broadcast around the world will be kevin here with this 30 minute rule of these round up for you so 1st top story from britain 3 years after the majority of brits voted to leave the e.u. and with parliament still paralyzed and suffering from a severe crisis of legitimacy boris johnson has decided to shut it down radical move means that after the suspension takes effect lawmakers will not reconvene until 2 weeks before the big breaks it deadline and that's going to leave them very little time to pass legislation preventing a no deal departure saskia t

the aid he gave to puerto rico?days. he said they built new wall. no new wall has been built. he lies all the time. >> it is the campaign pitch of this election. the democrats are talking about 50 different ways to slice the pie on single payer health care, which one may be the most bigoted in their past. that's what they'r going to be up against. if they're not ready to take it on, if they don't hear it, they don't understand how many people receive t they're going to wind up in the same position they are now in another four years. >> remember the tape of people cheering after 9/11? no, you didn't, because it never happened. >> of course. >> do you remember when president barack obama was not born in the united states? i mean, oh, that was -- >> i had one of his guys the other night. i don't know why he didn't show the birth certificate sooner. >> he showed it right away. it was the short form. >> all b.s. it's frustrating. i know you have to go. i'm going to talk about biden's poll numbers, his support among afric

puerto rico is just like the rest of the united states except it isn't and if their votes don't countn the final election why should presidential candidates care. 20 candidates 5 moderates says 2 debates and only one mention of puts a rico in a democratic debate that took place in florida home of 1200000 puerto rican zz and these are the progressives show as your p.r. policy when it comes to going after donald trump anything goes even the all but forgotten puerto rico democrats certainly did speak out plenty from snaps puerto rico didn't sign a disaster relief bill at the 1st. it's shameful the way with 3 to puerto rico in the islands i'm not even sure people in the president's administration you poor 3 kinds are all citizens if we're talking about territories let's make sure the people of d.c. actually get senators let's make sure the people of puerto rico are actually treated like fellow u.s. citizens that they are and let's make sure that we have some handle on the financial future of this country very honorable of them but what is not honorable is cashing in on puerto rico's diffi

>> the people of puerto rico are suffering the consequences of collective ptsd. i think the scars from maria and hurricane irma are still very fresh. eai know it has been two y since we got hit by maria, but still we have 25,000 families living in houses without roofs, with new tarps. we are bracing for a tropical orm. fortunately, it is not a cat 5 hurricane. the government is doing everything they can to keep people abreast of the situation and making sure that government can do what they are supposed to do. we are preparing ourselves, we are doing the best we can. obviously, people habe very concerned with flooding and the winds of a tropical storm. laura: has the u.s. government learned the lesson from hurricane maria anpositioned more resources on puerto rico ahead of the storm? roberto: yes, they have. they have deployed 500 federal employees that will be making landfall in puerto rico within the next couple of hours and assuring that we have the surpluses, water, tarp,, generatorsough food to supply the people of puerto rico in case we have an emergency. l

ravaged puerto rico. thousands of homes are still covered with tarps and the power grid remains unpredictable. some residents are fleeing the island. >> because i'm so unsecure here with the power, the food, the security. >> those who are staying are preparing for the worst, boarding up their homes, pulling their boats out of the water, and stockpiling everything from bottled water to batteries. dorian may be hit by the end of the week. residents are filling sandbags now to avoid long lines later. >> i thought it would be a lot more difficult, to be honest with you. i have to say, these really save you. >> meanwhile 45 firefighters from miami-dade rescue are leaving florida and heading to puerto rico. >> we do door-to-door knocks, we do wide area searches. we go to the hospitals. >> officials on the island closed public schools and government offices through at least tomorrow. and as hurricane season ramps up, this is some startling news, wendy. the department of homeland security is planning to divert $2

he did not do it to puerto rico.ce now what is the difference between florida and puerto rico or frankly between puerto rico and florida and texas when texas was in the eye of the hurricane also two years ago before maria and then after -- during maria as well? what is the difference, scott? the difference is that puerto rico -- most of the people there speak spanish have brown skin are hispanic and zero electoral votes. i'm sorry those are the facts if there is any other reason you can think of as to why the president treats the 3 million american citizens in puerto rico differently and don't tell me it's because of the corruption from the leaders. the people in puerto rico, the 3 million americans in puerto rico should not be blamed for the corruption of their leaders? yes, i believe that they are corrupt and guessway, the people of puerto rico got that government out. that has nothing to do with the fact that this president should act in a humane way towards all american citizens and he has been unable and uninter

we are on the eastern coast of puerto rico right now. we are actually just starting to feel the initial bands of rain directly stemming from dorian. it continues, of course, to gain strength out in the atlantic to our east. a few things we are keeping an eye on right now. mainly one thing officials are concerned about is the rainfall and potential flooding that this event could bring. in the words of the national weather service director for san juan, he said this is not going to be a maria event in regards to winds. maria, of course, is top of mind for many people, striking close to two years ago. what they're most concerned about now is the rainfall, up to 10," potentially, that could lead to flooding, coming down from the more mountainous regions of the island as well. another thing people are concerned about from both the citizen level as well is even close to two years removed from maria's landfall are many infrastructured gaps that could be exacerbated based on the into this region. executive director for puerto rican relief, speak

la tormenta tropical dorian podrÍa llegar con fuerza de huracÁn a puerto rico.casas, tras el paso del huracÁn marÍa en 2017. ramÓn: la tronera fabrica doria sigue avanzando hasta las antillas menores puerto rico, obliga al gobierno federal a lanzarcampaÑa para que la comunidad estÉ mejor preparada, sin necesidad de alarmarse. hay que conocer. la ubicaciÓn de los albergues y tambiÉn una mejor preparaciÓn financiera. la campaÑa se llama "preparado, no asustado". >> que la gente empiece a pensar que tenemos que prepararnos para los riesgos que nos impacten en la comunidad. ramÓn: el director de operaciones de fema dijo que hay que estar preparados para tornados e inundaciones. por eso estÁn solicitando que se discuta un plan de acciÓn con los mÁs pequeÑos de casa. el apoyo econÓmico para ayudar a combatir los incendios en la amazonia, ofrecÍa la cumbre del grupo de los siete paÍses mÁs industrializados estÁ prÁcticamente creado una polÉmica. primero el presidente brasileÑo la rechazÓ, pero hoy el mismo a natalio jair bolsonaro dijo que aceptarÍa los casi 20 millone

zona este de puerto rico, y donde estÁn entrando las intensas bandas.es fajardo, en este lado estÁ normal y el ferry que rÍtima yÉ. cuando vemos que se acercan las bandas y viene una. se va transformando esto. en puerto rico se han preparado para la memoria de los puertorriqueÑos y el daÑo que puede causar una tormenta de este tipo. en un macao tambiÉhato. con la Última informaciÓn . luego para resumir un poco aquÍ. se viene por la parte de atrÁs en otra de estas bandas terribles que hemos estado sufriendo. en lo que es el huracÁn dorian. carolina: te agradecemos por la informaciÓn. >> no tienen un techo para que los puedancurar en caso de que se intensifique. y hablando de puerto rico, el presidente trump arremetiÓ en contra de la isla en varios mensajes de twitter esta maÑana. albert martÍnez nos cuenta que es lo Último al respecto. aire seco que imperial desarrollo del sistema y va hacia la zona de aquÍ, sin aire seco. dorian se desplace en un lugar fantÁstico. sus anchas y lo hemos visto durante las Últimas h setenta y cinco llnta y cuatroÍr incluso

however, let's take puerto rico. you don't think there are a lot of people in this country who will believe the president when he says, look, they don't know how to run their money down there, they're corrupt, banana republic, i gave them more money than ever. they can't even fix their houses. a lot of people will believe that. is it a lie? not necessarily, they have problems down there. but it's his actions and it's a real action. are you making faces at me because of my rationale? your head was moving a lot. >> it doesn't help the rational people, doesn't help the people who believe in facts and it doesn't help the people in puerto rico who don't want to hear it. >> it definitely doesn't help them. there is a real argument in this country. do you want to keep people out? are the people who want to get in this country somehow less than us? people believe that. it's an argument that has to be made. they have to be reminded of what this country is. it's not just lie or trugtd. he does lie in furtherance of his points

just to the east of puerto rico. puerto rico will get definitely some strong rain from this. we'll see flooding on the eastern side of the island. san juan probably not as bad. injury not as close to this. the satellite image, you can see -- begins to look like a hurricane. they were just in there flying around and found the winds at 75 miles an hour. so they did that upgrade. what we've been seeing the last couple days is that center of the storm be displaced towards the north. so we saw that yesterday here. every time that happens, they go in and find the center. when the next computer models run, they've got to recenter where the starting point of the projection goes out after that. that's why we've been seeing the models change quite a bit. we'll probably see that again. center of the storm is there. you still see a lot of the worst convection to the north of it. still a little bit to the north of the bbis. we'll watch this storm move north and across the bahamas. this area is more favorable for strengthening than it has been in the caribbean, this is a warmer body of wat