for the first time since he left his production last july, he s planning to return to the role when he brings hamilton to puerto rico in january 2019. the performance is part of the latest role he has taken on at the forefront of the recovery and rebuilding effort after hurricane maria destroyed puerto rico in september. two months later half of puerto rico is still without electricity and massive damage to the island s water system has left residents vulnerable to illnesses caused by contaminati contamination. miranda has partnered with the hispanic federation for a $2.5 million recovery fund. today he s speaking at a unity march. thank you for being here. tell us what the ask is in this march today. good morning, joy. it s great to be here. the ask is nothing too radical. it s several things. one, a reminder as we begin to
thousands took to the streets in washington, d.c. to draw attention to the crisis in puerto rico. the unity march comes two months after hurricane maria devastated the u.s. territory and people are still struggling to survive. power is still an issue meaning they don t have it on nearly half of the places on the island. just yesterday the embattled head of puerto rico s power utility resigned due to the slow response to get power restored. let s go to cnn s leila ta santiago. give us a progress report on any improvements for people there in two months. reporter: power has certainly been part of the controversy given contracts and ceo that resigned as well.
terrorists did unspeakable horrific acts today but in the long-term for france to get back on track to be a peaceful multiethnic society where rights are protected, everybody needs to feel part of that society. so i hope that this doesn t create a clash of civilizations and a sense of fear of the other. because that would be the real tragedy. susan cork, who is the director of countering anti-semitism and extremism and our own cal perry. thank you both very much. you will recall that in the wake of the charlie hebdo attacks in january, there was that famous unity march. it drew leaders from across the word. it did not draw the far right national front. that s because they were excluded from the march by the organizers. the other major party in france. the far right party has gained
this situation. tremain, we are seeing some movement of police officers it s nothing urge going on they just seem to be resembling and redeploying and certain positions and certain street corners. the protests today, i saw an awful lot of johns hopkins tee shirts on those students. it was a multi racial protest, for sure. it was not something that seemed to come out of the neighborhood where all of this began. no that s for certain. and it was billed as such. high school students and college students. that was very much the tone. it was kind of a almost like a unity march. there are people from different aspects, different walks of life. where this went down and where we ve seen the rioting. this purely by the demographics. white and black joined together. so that seems to be an
positions and certain street corners. the protests today, i saw an awful lot of johns hopkins tee shirts on those students. it was a multi racial protest, for sure. it was not something that seemed to come out of the neighborhood where all of this began. no, that s for certain. and it was billed as such. high school students and college students. that was very much the tone. it was kind of a almost like a unity march. there are people from different aspects, different walks of life. where this went down and where we ve seen the rioting. this purely by the demographics. white and black joined together. so that seems to be an indication of a couple things. one, that it was very well organized, very well planned. but also, it could mean that organizers here on the ground