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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...

Now taking issue with the pageant itself. are you taking issue with passions and how they are held and how they examine the women who enter them? >> i dont have any issues with pensions in general, but i do think that pageant should really stand up for themselves and say hey, we support free speech. we support conservative women and liberal women. it doesnt matter what stance or side youre on as long as we hear your voice and empowers y you. >> sandra: has anyone else come out and called you or ...

The need for change even in the priests sermon. we ask the lord, he says, to enlighten the spirit of everyone in government so they make the best decisions for the people. and back in the capital, noisy and imaginative protesters never stop. these women, each with their own toilet, representing human rights, pensions, the separation of church and state, the various virtues they think the governor has, well, you get the general idea. a governor staying put just behind these police listen, his dis...

Group messages. people say those messages only validated what they have felt. hundreds of thousands of people with blue tarps on their homes that have suffered from the hurricane. people who have gone pensions caught, schools closed and now theyre dealing with this. essentially they feel as though they text messages have validated their frustrations with their government. they feel ricardo rosselló is corrupt and has mismanaged millions of dollars. ricky martin was also here. he was messaged in...

The governors mansion, and there are thousands of people that have showed up over the last eight days to protest, asking him to resign. [speaking spanish] ricky, resign, is what they are shouting. [speaking spanish] if they are fed up. hundreds of schools have been closed, people are without jobs, pensions are being cut, and this u.s. territory has been bankrupt for more than a decade. and on top of that, theyre been dealing with hurricane maria. and we spoke to one of the protesters, 21-year-ol...

Greece would only receive a bailout if the country agreed to reduce public spending and institute austerity reforms. that we didnt mr president ladies and gentlemen thoughts must be focused not on rushing in to help prematurely us. but on ensuring that the entire house is put in order. that stands faced little opposition within her own ranks unlike in greece has that been slashed public sector wages and pensions and fired civil servants protesters in greece singled out one person to blame until ...

[speaking spanish] the governors mansion, and there are thousands of people that have showed up over the last eight days to protest, asking him to resign. [speaking spanish] ricky, resign, is what they are shouting. [speaking spanish] if they are fed up. hundreds of schools have been closed, people are without jobs, pensions are being cut, and this u.s. territory has been bankrupt for more than a decade. and on top of that, theyre been dealing with hurricane maria. and we spoke to one of the pro...

>> i think right now, the president he had an opportunity and it worked this week to demonstrate that there is real chaos within the democratic caucus and one that shows that nancy pelosi does not have the stranglehold of power that everyone sort of pretend that she did going into this week. she has a disaster of parliamentary procedure, shes not able to control the caucus, theyre moving in directions way too fast but shes even ready for and i think going into 2020, if you can get this under con...

Recent attacks. do you believe she and other members of this squad, which they call themselves, have out sized influence in the caucus and do you think the presidents framing of them as the face of the party would hurt democrats? >> i think thats whats getting lost in all of this is that were focusing on the rhetoric and divisive rhetoric. on all sides. and not focusing on the issues that matter to the american people. like the issue of pension reform. that if it is not addressed will be a catas...

Little bit. >> neil: but theyre not chilling, congressman. >> somebody has to say it. i did. >> the rhetoric is way over the top from all angles quite frankly. but i personally expect leadership to come from the top. i hope that at some point we can get down to really tackling the issues that matter to the american people. >> neil: by the way, what teamed these two guys up, theyre talking about the pension plans that are on the verge of going belly up and could respect in one million retirees se...