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Control is one of the big controversies inside if for some its always been a big controversy the good news i think is that we have to strengthen the control board stand up and i think everybody agrees now that there is a level of control. but what exactly does level of control mean. we travel to the peruvian capital lima to meet an expert on the countrys timber industry. who works for the environmental investigation agency or an advocacy group shes just finished a report that indicates that many...

Paul: time now for our hits and misses of the week. kim, first to you. >> this is a hit to the people of puerto rico for successfully getting resignation of their governor, ricardo rossello. puerto rican people have been plagued with democratic socialist politicians, terrible poverty rates, unfunded pensions. this is their opportunity to start fresh by demanding a government thats anti-corruption and thats going to work with congress federal control board that it set up to actually restructure p...

Weeks they were set off by elite that revealed he had exchanged offensive messages about homosexuals women and harry can take terms with his top advisers get him a kid hes wanted ricky to step down not only because of all the obscene it is an insult to he said in the chops but also because of a corruption we have to put up with for decades were going ahead and getting rid of the corrupt who believe they cannot be removed this is the start of a new era that within seconds they could remove a gove...

Of this corrupt administration. the moneys that have been designated to puerto rico need to flow. that needs to come directly to the people. and the issue of the fiscal control board which is very oppressive which will probably try to step in and get more power. that will be another rebuke. thats a conversation before congress right now. and thats part of the work that were engaged in. >> thats my question. is that -- does the problem end with rossello gone? or is the corruption systemic? >> loo...

What do you mean by that? trauma? how so? >> yeah. so one of the things were seeing is that even though the chants really were a catalyst for these protests, the grievances the protesters have on the streets are really dating back to the start of the financial crisis and the debt crisis in puerto rico. but particularly compounded by the effects of hurricane maria. so right before hurricane maria struck in puerto rico, we were actually witnessing a period of revitalization on the left and the rad...

Standpoint, we know rosello said hes not stepping down, as leyla pointed out, the legislature needs to decide what to do about impeachment. practically speaking, lets say hes gone. whats next? i mean, what happens and who is waiting in the wings? >> yeah. i think thats the issue that protesters themselves are actually trying to grapple with right now. because one of the points that folks are making is if -- if rosello steps down, another member of his administration who is just as corrupt is goi...

Lawmakers that they will pay for it at ballot box if they block the deal. if the control board does block the deal, governor cuomo has power to veto the block which would send democratic-run-state senate into standoff, that would be politically tragic for cuomo and has hefty agenda. from queens. rob: big story and anticipation of amazon coming here, prices have shot up from expectation of it coming, a lot of people are banking on it. jillian: thank you. rob: 53 minutes after the hour and slam du...

Were monitoring the cameras, 24/7. at the same time youre hearing the beeps of the gates that need to be open. you need to go to your control board, open the gates and throughout the day we have yards that are open so thats hundreds of inmates out and about. im only the one that can see where theyre at. i have to be looking around. theyll call me on the radio. the courts come in, buses going. theres a lot of stuff going on. >> rio kasumas also houses overflow inmates from the main jail downtown ...

We have ensured that we have medication and medical and surgical equipment for one month. but thats not the case in other towns in puerto rico, because of a financial situation. we have to know that there was another storm was brewing before even maria camealong, which was the fiscal control board. made storm. we had a debt, and thats on us. we took too much money on, we owe too much money, but people should not be denied basic human rights because of that. we are rig. 55% increase in suicide at...

>> yes. i do. >> how? your a political junky. how do they change? >> people will go out and be motivated to vote and that is work we have to do on the ground. let me a-- add, there are group talking about a community-based rebuilding process that we have an unelected fiscal control board in puerto rico making decisions on unelected board chosen by congress that is making decisions on how money will be spent on the island and whose prime interest is the bondholder. we want a community-driven proc...