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As it was before and what will happen when global warming keeps doing its thing and we keep get much and stronger storms and hurricanes? it is all going to go, you know, back to where we started. so, it is very important that we get a waver on the stafford act and senator sanders and senator warren, and others worked closely and the government and have introduced a bill for the transformation of puerto rico. its also very important that we have input and power the say where we want things to get...

And introduce a bill for the transformation of puerto rico. its also very important that we have input and power to say where we want things to get done. right now fiscal control board that makes it evident that puerto ricos political status is a colonial political status, controls anything and everything that would come to puerto rico. and they have added their names to the group of people that are not doing a good job and theyre not doing right by the puerto rican people. >> well, it is not a ...

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 and a bus carrying a group of...

A new normal, that our poverty and our inequality cannot be hidden behind beautiful beaches and scenery and we need to look at our reality and set the foundation to transform puerto rico. its not only the elimination of a debt, but what kind of economic development model were going to put forward in order to have a more democratic and a society where people are really taking charge. one of the things i like about senator sanders plan which includes the u.s. vi is it puts the transformation of pu...

Hit by the storm. and who was here to listen to different -- a different spectrum of ideological and issues that have been hitting puerto rico. the educational issue, the energy issue, the economic development issue and the issue of the fiscal control board. and how do we make sure that we have immediate plans in order to get puerto rico out of the humanitarian crisis that its in and how do we develop medium and long-term plans from the municipal standpoint and so forth. most of the time when pe...

Seems to not be the case when you litten to nick mulvaney and others coming out of the white house and why is this a fact for whenner talking about puerto rico and what they are suffering. >> there is the debt, right, which i dont think -- these calls for canceling the debt, bernie sanders and saying and -- representati representative guiterrez, mulvaney nixed that. but the governor said $90 billion of relief -- $90 billion of damage and there is calls for 20 to $30 billion of relieve package. w...

What matters to me is that the people of puerto rico see a presence of the federal government that has said ive come here to listen and take back your word and make sure everyone understands just what it is you need. i also want to say in this moment of such desperation that exists on the island of puerto rico, i also want to be at least a small light of hope, of solidarity, of friendship to say that the congress of the united states may have imposed upon you a control board that as the congress...

Overcrowded prison system. now thousands of inmates who would normally have gone to prison are diverted to county jails lie rio kasumnas. at the center of this 140-acre facility is a 50-foot-tall security and control tower. >> the tower supervises the entire fility. you have a 360-degree view. we have one deputy up there at a time. staffed 24/7. our job is to sit up here and check the fences, make sure nobody is trying to escape. if somebody is near a fence, we have a lot of programs that theyre...

Overcrowded prison system. now thousands of inmates who would normally have gone to prison are diverted to county jails like rio cosumnes. >> how many points you got? >> at the center of this 140-acre facility is a 50-foot tall security and control tower. >> tower supervises the entire facility. you have a 360 degree view of the entire fenced land surrounding our facility. we have one deputy up there at a time. its staffed 24/7. >> our job is to sit up here with the binoculars and check the fenc...

Prison are diverted to county jails lie rio kasumnas. at the center of this 140-acre facility is a 50-foot-tall security and control tower. >> the tower supervises the entire facility. you have a 360-degree view. we have one deputy up there at a time. staffed 24/7. our job is to sit up here and check the fences, make sure nobody is trying to escape. if somebody is near a fence, we have a lot of programs that theyre out there cutting the grass, make sure theyre within the perimeter. >> were monit...