>> do we have any sense how alaska will run virgin? is this about getting the routes or getting the airlines. >> i think it's more about getting the routes and getting in terminal 2 at sfo and good market in los angeles. >> they are not going to keep two distinct brands, right? >> i don't think so. the important thing you have to remember, this is going to take a while. i met with alaska airlines folks here in san francisco earlier this week and they said it's going to be two years before we really see any big changes. 18 months until we see any changes in the frequent flyer program. so our airline love, virgin america will be around for a while. and one thing that the alaska folks did tell me on tuesday, alaska airlines does have mood lighting. blue instead of purple on the newist 737s. >> flew alaskan last weekend and didn't see mood lighting. >> it depends on -- >> got pretzels. >> as much as scott may mourn the loss of virgin america, this is not unexpected. we've seen wide scale consolidation. >> not only in the airlines but but m

. >>> a deal for virgin america takes off and founder richard branson fails to stop it. he says his hands were tied. is he being up front with flyers? our fact finding mission begins right now on "reality check." international sports arena. in just 3 months, the summer olympics kick off in rio. and like previous games, concerns have mounted about doping going on among world class athletes. now, there's a global watchdog group for doping, but does it have any teeth? we explore how the system works to better understand accusations that the entire process is designed to fail. hurdles on the race to rio. maria sharapova: i did fail the test, and i take full responsibility for it. sam: tennis star maria sharapova, just the latest pro athlete caught doping. and it's still unclear if she can compete in the olympics this summer. enter wada, the world anti-doping agency, formed by the international olympic committee. it's funded by sports groups and world governments, and here's how it works. every country has its own anti-doping agency, which, along with sports federations, test

finally, a deal for virgin america takes off, and founder richard branson fails to stop it. he says his hands were tied. but is he being up-front with flyers? our fact-finding mission begins right now on "reality check." and good evening, and welcome to tonight's special edition of "reality check." i'm sam brock. for the next 30 minutes, we will plunge head-first into recent headlines, using a combination of data and expert analysis to cut through the claims and to clarify the facts. and we begin tonight with fear of fraud in the international sports arena. in just 3 months, the summer olympics kick off in rio. and like previous games, concerns have mounted about doping going on among world class athletes. now, there's a global watchdog group for doping, but does it have any teeth? we explore how the system works to better understand accusations that the entire process is designed to fail. hurdles on the race to rio. maria sharapova: i did fail the test, and i take full responsibility for it. sam: tennis star maria sharapova, just the latest pro athlete caught doping. and it

virgin galactic, where are we now with it?e going to the cusp of space in this decade? i very much hope so. otherwise, i would have miscalculated very badly indeed. the good news is that the new spaceship has been born. it is starting its test programs at the moment. over the next few months, test will be putting it through its paces and taking it into space. ,nce they finish doing that they and the authorities feel it is worthy of a certificate, then i will be going up and we will start taking people to space. the good thing was that we knew the accident that took place 18 months ago was not a technical issue. it was a pilot issue. we can make sure that that does not happen again. fundamental craft that has been built, we feel very comfortable with it. rishaad: what about the satellite business. where are you with that? it is getting to be a crowded space. elon muskff bezos and in that sector, and even india joining the fray. well, there are five billion people not connected to the internet, to wi-fi, and those people need co

a lot of new cash, fresh funds from virgin australia.n stanley recently said you needed a further $700 million aud. what this injection, what does it enable you to do in terms of future strategy? well, there are two things to separate. the first is that the company has been going through a review for quite a few weeks and months and the outcome of that capital review is not yet public. when we do decide on it obviously that will be communicated. quite separately to that, we have a situation where we have a strategic investor that comes with a very important strategic alliance to the largest inbound marketing australia. the two should not be confused. apparently, as you saw from the press release, they said that whatever the outcome of the capital review is they will support it. angie: what does a future version australia-hna deal, now that we have a big stake in this, talking about the china rise of tourists, what kind of rout can we see? what kind of changes can we see as a result of this? >> yeah. so what you will see is a very similar

it is going to give them a sizable chunk of virgin australia.hey intend to expand that over the coming years to about a 20% stake. hna full also be invited to nominate a director to the board. the deal is still pending. timemes at an interesting with air new zealand saying in march he wanted to get out of their stake in virgin currently holding about 26%. we do have virgin shares up, very healthy, 5.3% this morning. it has been an underwater -- underwhelming investment for air new zealand. virgin is off about 38% year to date. , they are as forhna conglomerate that owns china's fourth-largest airline. they are involved in supermarkets, hotel chains as well. it looks like hna will have a piece of us trillion as well. angie: thank you. coming up next, unfinished business, our interview with india's finance minister. we discuss economic reforms and policy plans when "first up" continues. ♪ angie: welcome back, you're co---ng "first up your "first up here -- speaking exclusively to bloomberg, they say more economy boosting reforms are in the pipelin

the virgin islands is facing a looming debt the virgin islands is also facing a debt crisis. we have a huge unfunded debt problem in the territory. i would like to know what protections territories might have that cities and dates would have. we know that detroit filed for bankruptcy. and whether there is any debt relief plan to put in place a financial oversight board to look at how any kind of relief programs given to the territory would managed -- would be managed by someone outside of the territory? question.at you mentioned a few things. u.s. virgin islands, i don't know exactly what the pension problems are, but pension liabilities are also a big problem for puerto rico. have about $46 million of pension liabilities. they are facing the same issues that you are facing the u.s. virgin islands. -- precedentt is is set is a great question. knowledge, it seems like this does clear precedent for territories for setting up a introl board that would be place. if it can apply to puerto rico, it can apply to the u.s. virgin islands or another territory that runs into this proble

, 48 virgins.hat it promises, as far as heaven goes, is something lush. the arabic word for virgin has been miss translated. the original word that was used in the quran was the word for "raisen." not virgin. in otherer words that martyrs would get raisins in heaven, not virgins. >> 72 raisens. madgeen the surprise of the terrorists who expected something completely different. ♪ we will march through the gates ♪ >> reporter: the story illustrates that radicals have twisted islamic ideas and also reflects a growing new reality, the violent jihadists who carry out isis terror attacks often know little about islam. >> they're petty criminals, drop outs, unemployed, drug users. who never had goog do with religion, have no religious training whatsoever. >> maybe you have studied. >> they're completely ignorant of religion and lartch on a. >> these are the isis killers partying at a high-end night club in brussels. sala was the master mind. brahim blew himself up in paris. they say it's easier to brain w

in heaven, not virgins. >> 72 raisins. imagine the terrorists who expected something completely different. >> the story illustrates that radicals have twisted islamic ideas, but it also reflects a growing new reality, the violate jihadists that carry out terrorist attacks often know little about islam. >> many cases they're pelt ee criminals, dropouts, unemployed, many cases drug users who never had anything to do with religion, have no religious training whatsoever. >> you probably know it better than me. maybe you studied. >> they're ignorant of religion and latch onto radical islam as a way to act out their alienation. >> these brothers fit the profile. these are the isis killers partying at a high end nightclub in brussels. saleh was the master mind of the paris attacks. brahim blew himself up in paris. it is easier say some to brainwash recruits who are not religious. former radical told "the new yorker" for purposes of recruitment, having no background in islam is actually an advantage. he is trying to stop the recru

mightaland said it offload its entire virgin australia stake.ta coming out of australia. we just put a bit of flame under the aussie here. david: we typically do see the aussie react more than most other currencies. 7227. taking it back above 72

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virginity is something i felt i had to do from a young age. it's part of my purpose. it's hard.ve a misconception that we're just not exciting people. >> she's one excited person. she can put up with me. >> i imagine in this day and age it takes a lot of will to stick to her values. of course it does come up when you're dating with someone. >> what's going on with your dating life. >> i had a guy ask me to make his baby. >> when a man comes up, oh. there's a lot of pressure. she needs to find a guy that basically shares almost her identical religious beliefs and core values. >> she's more than her sexuality. she started a website a few years back. there's not a lot out there for tall women. >> it began when i was frustrated about finding clothes and i knew other tall women were too. imagine not having any clothes that fit you, any shoes that fit you and you find this. think about how much that would boost your confidence. >> it's good that she shows there's more to her than other being the big v. >> she's a senior manager of gaming experience. but overall her message in general

the airbus 320 suffering a bird strike, according to denver international airport. >> virgin 864, you know where the bird strike was? >> we're assuming it's the right engine. >> reporter: you can see the flight path here. they were in the air less than 20 minutes, landing back on a neighboring runway without incident. virgin america saying in a statement, "the safety of the passengers and crew was never in question." but it's a very real fear in the air. birds striking planes. just weeks ago, a bird denting the front of this dallas-bound american airlines flight, forcing it to return to seattle. and that landing on the hudson river in new york city in 2009. thankfully no, one was injured but bird strikes are a major concern. and according to the faa, they cause more than $300 million in damage every year. kayna whitworth, abc news, los angeles. >>> canena, thank you. >>> there's been a shake-up at the tsa. its top security official has been replaced a month after accusations he had received $90,000 in bonuses despite poor management. and new leadership team is at chicago's o'hare airp

. >> all about this statue of the virgin mary and what she's doing.from our station in fresno. >> reporter: to the faithful maria says this statue of the virgin mary is a blessing. tears seem to well up in her right eye and stream down her face. she says it's beautiful the way she looks right now. every tear she says is nothing short of a miracle. so she collects them in a glass and shares them with those who find their way to this home. a lot of people come and they can't believe it, she says. but they come with faith. >> i wanted to come see. >> reporter: richard just moved in across the street and he was invited in to take a look for the first time. >> that's amazing. it takes the words out of my mouth like wow. >> reporter: cardenez says i don't understand why she's doing it but it's something good. she says the statue was a mother's day gift she received ten years ago almost to the day. but it didn't start weeping, she says until a year and a half ago when her cousin jesse lopez was murdered. [ speaking a foreign language ] sometimes she doesn't

jane the virgin star gina rodriguez looked like a princess at the golden globes and now gina is helping high school senior tur into cinderella herself. we took our cameras to buffalo where one lucky lady is heading to prom wearing gina's golden globe gown. this is a night17-year-old jessica will never that prom dress the very same gown worn gina at the globes in 2015. >> i tweeted her on twitter after watching the golden globes and i said i wish i could wear your goalen globes dress to prom. an hour or hour and a half she said maybe i can make it hahn and it started toroll. >> she wanted to borro this year's blue ach posen gown but she had to return it. but she offered this from 2015. she won wearing it. >> i'm i'm getting dehydrated. -pi just created a flood of tea somewhere. >> it's the most beautiful dress i've ever seen in my entire life. >> to look like her idol on prom night a trip t salon. jessica even wanted her hair styled just like gina. >> if gina is watching this i love you and i can't wait to hug you. >> next came make up but almost came off when her mom saw her. >> oh look

mightaland said it offload its entire virgin australia stake. economic data coming out of australia. we just put a bit of flame under the aussie here. david: we typically do see the aussie react more than most other currencies. 7227. taking it back above 72 u.s. cents. data of course. this was down to the building approvals which unexpectedly rose month-to-month. we can reverse some of the losses toward midmorning. we are back above the 111 handle here for the dollar yen. at 658.eeing cny it is flat of a young to look at this with them the context of yesterday. that being said, have a look at japan. we are now up half a percent. gaining a bit of traction over the last 30 minutes. rishaad: paul allen has the details of this deal. i'll, what is going on here? >> the operator of the fourth largest airline in china is paying 159 million australian dollars for the stake in paying a hefty price for it. $.30 per share. if a 7% premium on what monday closed at. the virgin ceo held a media call a couple hours ago. here's some of what he had to say. >> th

let go, i'm melting darling ♪ i can't let go ♪ i -- ♪ i've frozen over my desires, covered up in virgin i'm burning so deep that just breathing hurts ♪ i'm melting, darling, i can't let go ♪ i'm melting, darling, i can't let go ♪ i'm melting, darling, i can't let go ♪ [ applause ] >> whoo! >> wow! so good. >> was here's the beer? [ laughter ] where's the beer. >> foy vance, you'll know that. >> really, really good. >>> that was a fun day, i want to thank jennifer for being here today. tomorrow bathing suit bloggers, wh

plaskett, my very good friend from the virgin islands. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from the virgin islands is recognized for two minutes. ms. plaskett: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you to the gentlewoman from the district of columbia, and i thank all of the speakers here today in expressing their opinions. today i rise in support of retaining local budget autonomy for the district of columbia and to express my strong opposition to h.r. 5233, clarifying congressional intent and providing for the district of columbia home rule act of 2016. now, this partisan bill would repeal a district of columbia referendum that allows the district to implement its own local budget without affirmative congressional approval. and while this bill passed the oversight and government reform committee on party line vote of 22-14, i would remind this body that committee's last four chairmen, including republicans chairmen representative tom avis and darrell issa who have studied the district of columbia government, each to give the district bauget

the guy with a microphone is a virgin. >> ed. >> and have you ever had sex in a moving car?on't know -- [ applause ] ha-ha. i don't know how it would even work but let's find out. >> no. >> in the trunk of a car but not while it was moving. a moving truck, yes. a ford ranger. >> in the trunk? >> in the trunk and in the passenger seat of a ford ranger while it was driving down the freeway. very short girlfriend at the time. >> jimmy: sadly his current girlfriend will never know the many treasures of trunk sex. >> have you ever had sex in a moving car? >> jimmy: right off athe bat, ray's alone. so, what about ray? that's two yeses and 150 noes. >> moving car, never. >> no? >> no. >> parked car? >> yeah. but not for sex. like just part of sex. >> jimmy: i don't know which part but all right. next up. >> i'm from arizona. >> i'm richard from tucson, arizo arizona. >> and have you ever had sex in a moving car? >> jimmy: wow, everyone says yes. the answer is. >> yes. >> yes. not together. >> jimmy: i think they get half credit for that. >> carry. >> greg. >> we're from arizona. me

the males want 72 virgins. animating and in a world that suppresses any glimpse of a female let alone any interaction , that's pretty powerful. >> look, it was said that you have to introduce these people to the west. our values will just, you know, they will rob off. that's not working, is it? >> it doesn't seem to be. i don't like terrorism, but i don't -- i am not a huge fan of the french. what is the plan to turn these people into insufferable snobs? they are not blowing anything up. now they hate good movies and they are better than everybody and they are -- i don't know if that's the solution. >> but they are dealing with this, right? they have to do something or are you worried it is the psychologists and the sociologists not doing a good job. >> i will echo the not without merit phrase. a lot of people like us sit around and when we see the problems and others sweep it under the rug and sanitize what is going on in the religion they need a refirmation. it appears to be a good faith attempt to get that g

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the virgin islands is facing a looming debt the virgin islands is also facing a debt crisis.have a huge unfunded debt problem in the territory. i would like to know what protections territories might have that cities and dates would have. we know that detroit filed for bankruptcy. and whether there is any debt relief plan to put in place a financial oversight board to look at how any kind of relief programs given to the territory would managed -- would be managed by someone outside of the territory? question.at you mentioned a few things. u.s. virgin islands, i don't know exactly what the pension problems are, but pension liabilities are also a big problem for puerto rico. have about $46 million of pension liabilities. they are facing the same issues that you are facing the u.s. virgin islands. -- precedentt is is set is a great question. knowledge, it seems like this does clear precedent for territories for setting up a introl board that would be place. if it can apply to puerto rico, it can apply to the u.s. virgin islands or another territory that runs into this problem. i

. >> scott mcgrew, you've got your virgin card? chance the merger does not go through? >> this one will go through. last week a judge stopped the merger between staples and office depot. the justice department asked for more detail about alaska's plans. the second request. that delays the merger. had the doj not asked anything, the merger could have taken effect. the purchase of virgin america will combine two of the west coast carriers and that does raise anti-trust concerns. tesla will sell more stock. what we call a secondary offering, in order to raise more money to make the model three. we have said several times in the past, tesla did not have the funds to ramp up its production and it would have to offer more stock, which it just did. investors hate secondary offerings because when a company offers more stock, it dilutes the existing stock. if i offered to sell you a slice of pizza for $2 and you and i understand by a slice i mean one of six slices of pizza, then i keep slicing that into smaller and smaller slices, you are n

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virgin islands. he needs 60 more to clinch the nomination. >> president obama is continu continuing his stop to vietnam. the south vietnam meez capital of saigon said he is not singl singling out the country when talking about human right and nations are more successful when they uphold universal right. the president also says the u.s. is not trying to impose its form of government on vietnam. >> now, for a look at newspaper headlines from across the region. >> state lawmakers struck a deal that gave the city time for a state takeover and allows budget cuts. they have 150 days to draft a five year fiscal plan and will receive a state bridge loan to cover shaky finances in the meantime. >> from intelligenceer 40,000 gallons of water a day proceeded to doylestown to supplement the supply to the cross keys area. cross keys well was closed after an unregulated chemical was found in water making it unsafe to drink. >> on front page of the times herald hundreds of athletes and volunteers turned out to part

and george whiteside, the ceo of urgin virgin galactic. somethingout to face extraordinary that will happen. and i want you to talk to us about that. we are going to have a launch, from a government site activity space and are -- kennedy space center at cape canaveral, launching at wer astronauts on a commercial vehicle. this is a very big deal. how does this come about? >> it is a huge deal. it actually started back in 2003, after we lost columbia. thelong story short, recommendation was made to the president at the time to face out the space shuttle from number of reason. one, we wanted to explore. the shuttle was a low orbiting vehicle. we felt that, as we have worked with industry partners enough, and they were fully capable of providing transportation to cargo and crew, we struck out. we did not invest in commercial crew illicitly. were kind of lukewarm. and president obama provided the impetus. he said we are going to do it. so we started in earnest, and now we are a year and a half away from launching american astronauts from u.s. s

[laughter] not surprising it wasn't a virgin country he made a very firm point to say that palestine is part of the arabian world to write about what he envisioned is a new 7:00 to bring arabs and jews together with this to say did not make him popular or mainstream as he builds the buildings the situation is getting harder and harder politically all types of things make it hard to construct their our fist fights about which workers will work on the construction site will lead the arabs or jews or labor zionist door members of the revisionist right-wing revisionists party? there are curfews and strikes and riots. this pertains to everyone not just him but it was making his life harder and harder thinking he had to get things done to redo the plants the haven't forgotten but to go down the street a little ways and a little further to explain in 1936 and the arabs in palestine seeing what was happening now have been not only promised a national home but now with hitler's rise it was flooded with new immigrants. so a result broken out against the jews there really the british you were r

virgin america saying in a statement, "the safety of the passengers and crew was never in question." it's the very real fear in the air. birds striking planes. just weeks ago, a bird denting the front of this dallas-bound american airlines flight, forcing it to return to seattle. and that landing on the hudson river in new york city in 2009. david, tonight, thankfully, no injuries, but bird strikes are a major concern. and according to the faa, they cause more than $300 million in damage every year. david? >> kayna whitworth tonight. kayna, thank you. >>> we turn to baltimore next, this evening, a city on edge after a police officer was found not guilty in the arrest of freddie gray. officer edward nero was on bicycle patrol last april when he was called to assist in gray's arrest, helping to put him in the van. officer nero leaving court, cleared of the charges today. his acquittal is the first decision in the case, after an earlier trial of one of those officers ended in a hung jury. tonight, there are now extra security on the streets of baltimore, amid the debate over whether jus

julie, from air jet to, next to her is andy we're of the martian and finally we have george ceo of virgin galactic and spaceship company. all of these people are involved in space in various ways. something extraordinary extraordinary is going to happen in a year or two and i went to to talk to us about. you're. you're going to have a launch from a government space center, were going to launch nasa astronauts to the international space station, but they're going to be launched on a commercial vehicle. >> absolutely. this is a very big deal. >> is a huge deal and it started in 2003 after we lost columbia. long story short, a decision was recommended to the present at the time to phase out the space shuttle for a number of reasons. number one as we wanted to explore. the shuttle was a orbiting vehicle. we felt that nasa had worked with our industry partners long enough and that they fully capable of providing transportation and cargo so we struck out. we did not invest in commercial crew initially and then president obama said were going to do it. when he and i came into office we started i

i am a believer in virgin australia.has done a fantastic job in investing money in making it a far better airline. going after the business market as well as the backend of the plane. it,gin australia has spir which qantas does not have, which the public enjoys. will -- but if there are other opportunities that come up, we will obviously look at them and make a decision. >> if you don't buy it, who would you be comfortable taking that stake instead of you? aboved: obviously, we've to have other airlines involved in virgin australia i can bring something to the party. i will leave you to guess which ones that could be. things that we have been approaching from airlines that are considerable and add a lot to virgin australia -- again, those discussions are going on. i cannot go into detail. >> moving on to politics, next month is the june 23 referendum in britain on whether to stay in the european union. which way would you i cannot to go, and why? go,ould you like that to and why? richard: i live in the british virgin isl

we have virgin galactic.three of them, they are obviously pushing each others, how is that helping the people who want to eventually be some of their passengers? >> well, what they're seeing is that, the development of this space x and this capability and they're seeing how everybody is going through the steps and being able to develop a successful system that'll operate. what it is showing them is the future is coming and that space is coming more assessable to the everyday person. now, i know that's a long reach to say because the cost goes into space with the virgin galactic space is up to $200,000. not many people have that kind of money to do that trip. >> as long as the blue margin and evon musk and virgin galacitc are building the infrastructure. >> so getting into space orbit is one thing and then there is mars. there is this increase in interest special of the movie, where do we stand in on that on the landing into mars? >> in fact, the ultimate goal is to set economies on mars. he's developing the c

mark: virgin group founder richard branson speaking to us earlier in an exclusive interview.ad on " @flacqu europee we will talk the looming business of football in europe. how much are some of these clubs worth? i will break it down, next. ♪ vonnie: live from london and new york, i am vonnie quinn. mark: i am mark barton, this is on bloombergse" markets on bloomberg television. will madrid squares off with aletico for the league title. real is tied with manchester united for the title of the most valuable football club in the g the according tokcn estimated valuation is $3.1 billion. joining us from global head of sports. thank you for joining us. how do you quantify the valuation of these football clubs? what is the valuation method? >> first of all, thank you for the opportunity. at the top end of the ranking we actually have real madrid and manchester united with a value of 2.9. our methodology is a multiple of revenue approach. the revenue is basically that ised by a effect adjusted by each club to take into account certain specific parameters. parameters for each club.

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a little bit about the cultural differences between the sort of ethos at a place like virgin or blueirnlg or spacex versus nasa. how are they different? how are they similar? >> charlie is the captain of an aircraft carrier. >> we turn slow. >> and it's an amazing organization that has a lot of different capabilities. what the new companies are dpog are trying to do one or two things well. i think it's the most exciting time to be a young aerospace engineer than in decades. and the reason i say that is because there are so many different opportunities, whether it's inside nasa or at virgin galactic or in some of these other companies, julie's, where young and older and middle-aged, all kinds of engineers, can climb on board and get involved in a real way with real hardware that gets built quickly. we've got some of these new machines as well. what they can do is just spectacular. whereas before maybe you go work inside some company and work on a bolt for five years or something now you can build whole subsystems and do that really quickly. by the way, we're hiring if anybody -- >> so

speaking exclusively to bloomberg, the billionaire founder of virgin group's in a brexit would be inorma's began --enormously dangerous. devastatedwould be if we had to pull out of europe. i hope that sense prevails. and, you know, when push comes to shove, people realize that it would be enormously damaging, i think both to europe and great britain, should britain walk away. businesses have warned of economic damage to protests continue. strikes at the refineries and railroads will intensify today, at the government refused to back down on a labor law. the eight refineries all on strike, calling for elliptical workers to walk off the job today, and putting 19 nuclear plants. meanwhile, the national railroad is entering the eighth week of protest. , the 200 meters river, severed a round the area. people asked to leave their home. break is not because of it falling away. global news 24 hours a day. powered by our 2400 journalists around than 150 bureaus the world. you can find more stories on the bloomberg at top . back to you. anna: selina wang there. thank you. julia sally has d

virgin islands has expressly asked not to be part of this. in fact, i work with representative on this amendment. and my concern is that it could have the unintended consequence of eroding other territory's access to capitol markets and the cost, if the control board can be brought in at any time. i had the written opinion of not one, but three constitutional lawyers that this is unnecessary language that we can focus this entirely on puerto rico and not the others. and what my amendment does is simply restores the bill to its purpose of restoring fiscal stability to puerto rico alone and not apply it to the other territories. and i ask for its adoption. >> i yield back. >> is there further discussion? >> thank you. >> mr. chairman, this amendment would limit the scope of legislation to puerto rico only since it is the one facing the crisis. the bill is introduced provides a process for restructuring and physical responsibility for all territories should the other territories request it. the other territory, quite frankly, are included becaus