They will provide weapons to kurdish and arab groups already fighting terrorists in syria. Now we go to our feature story tonight. We know about the financial crisis in greece. Theres a similar crisis going on in puerto rico, which is having a negative effect on the worlds economy. So why isnt anybody talking about it . Whats being done . Antwan lewis begins our indepth look tonight. This is video of Governor Cuomos visit to puerto rico. 3. 5 million u. S. Citizens live on the island. It is going through a difficult economic time. People are leaving the island because they have limited opportunities. Reporter the island is struggling with a huge financial crisis. 72 billion in debt, accumulated over decades and reaching critical mass. There are two bills in congress that, if passed, would allow puerto rico to file for chapter 9 bankruptcy protection. So far they havent received much support. Detroit, other cities, have been able to avail themselves of bankruptcy protection to restructure the debt so it is payable. Its not about waking away. Its restructuring the debt to where it can be paid. Reporter cuomo pledged 5 million to promote tourism between new york and puerto rico. While the connection to the island is well known, new york cant do it alone. Within the states limitations, the governor stepped up. I appreciate that. We need the assistance from others across the country to step up at the federal level in congress to put pressure on the president to do whats right by puerto rico. Reporter antwan lewis, fox 5 news. Ernie thank you very much for that report. Joining me a special guest, lieu luis miranda. Good to have you here. Lets talk about this. 52 billion debt. Thats a lot of dough. Whats congress doing . How come theres no action . Very little. Congress and the republican majority in congress cannot agree on whos going to be their speaker, imagine puerto rico, that its not at the top of the agenda. And the difficulties, money problems are resolved with money, not only with goodwill. If Congress Comes into the equation and they have. Otherwise the problem will not be resolved. They have to come with resources to help puerto rico through the crisis. Ernie we talked about chapter 9 with detroit. They restructured their debt. Why cant they do that . That is something that congress can do without any additional resources. In fact, congress can allow puerto rico to redo their debt, go into bankruptcy and do that, and that will be the first step for a much longer process of doing real economic changes between puerto rico and the United States, and Congress Also reviewing Everything Congress and the president reviewing everything that is happening in puerto rico right now. Ernie weve heard Governor Cuomo wants to put 5 million thats okay. The situation . Something that can be done immediately, 25 billion of that 72 billion is Health Related payments that puerto rico is making now. While states with the new Health Reform are getting 3 more, puerto rico is being capped and getting an 11 percent cut in all of the health programs. So that alone will eliminate a third of the debt that puerto rico has at this time. Ernie you also know elections are coming up. And theres a big concern there. Down in florida, all the absolutely. There. In fact, though puerto rico millions of Puerto Ricans, more than 4 million, in the United States are concentrated in states that are key for the election. Almost a million Puerto Ricans have moved ernie florida, california. Florida has decided many of the president ial elections lately. So the puerto rican population are demanding from local members and congress, people who represent them, to do something for puerto rico. Its important. Theres something your viewers can do right now. They can go into the Hispanic Federation web site or facebook or twitter and there is a click to ask the president to sign a petition to ask president obama to get involved in the issue of puerto rico. Ernie action you can take. Raise the awareness. Thank you so much for joining us. Luis miranda. Thank up. Next, its been a church, a club, and the backdrop for a notorious crime. Now theres something new where the limelight once stood. Christal young takes us there right after the break. And be sure to join us for Breast CancerAwareness Week starting monday right here at 6 00. From advancements in treatment and prevention to even fashion that helps patients and survivors selfesteem. Our special series next week at 6 00. And were coming right back after the break. Baby | mom i love that were spending the weekend together. Oh i know hey, why dont you turn off your phone and all your stuff. Good idea. Mom . Oh my internet is so slow when anyone else is using it. Did you like want to do something . I am doing something. Leave slow downloads behind. Its good to be back. The 100 Fiber Optics Network gives you the Fastest Internet available for all your devices. It took Joel Silverman years to become a master dog trainer. To master depositing checks at chase atms. Technology designed for you. So you can easily master the way you bank. Ernie its friday. We got a little weather action going on now. This is a live picture were showing you. The avenue of the americas around 49th street, radio city. Its coming down not that hard right now, but its been sporadic. Ive been looking out my window. Audrey will talk about. Theres something pretty. The lights are shining. Everything looks nice and clean. Its glistening. Ernie its great. If you have an umbrella and youre not getting wet and you can have fun. Some people find the rain a little romantic as well. A little on the rooftops and stuff like that. Unless youre worried about your hair. I know some of my friends are texting me about that. Ernie your hair looks good. Dont worry about it. Nice for the weekend . Yes. We have a nice weekend coming up. Well have nice weather to go with it. First we have to get through the rain that is moving across the tristate area. Its a line of storms that is moving through from new england through new york city and extending into portions of new jersey at the moment. I want to zoom in on a few locations. If we get closer across long island, we have some heavy downpours and storms with lightning moving across nassau and suffolk county. These are the storm cells that moved across new york city a while ago. Theyve now shifted towards the east. Its a very rough ride across all of our long island roadways right now. And thats going to continue as this is moving directly eastward. It will be affecting most of long island through the next 30 to 60 minutes. There is cloudtoground lightning, so quite a show, anywhere from islip towards portions of fire island. Again, this is shifting eastward. Areas like the hamptons and the nor shore of long island, around green port, youll be getting into the rainfall in the next 30 to 60 minutes. Another cell is one thats moving towards jfk. There are significant delays at all of the three major airports and probably the smaller ones. Check with your Airline Carrier if you are flying out or expecting someone to fly in for this holiday weekend. Theyre probably experiencing some delays. We have a rough ride across the turnpike and the garden state parkway. We have downpours moving out of eastern pennsylvania, moving across central portions of new jersey. Atlantic highlands to seaside heights, youll be experiencing steady rainfall that will increase in the next 30 to 60 minutes to downpours. Then they should exit. Heres the line from new england moving into new jersey. Philadelphia was slammed earlier, but now everything is shifting to the east. This is the radar in a futurescan mode. Im expecting downpours across the hamptons and montauk. These should be pushing off the jersey shore in 60 minutes as the dry line begins to work across the northwestern portion of new jersey as we go into the 7 00 hour. There is a severe thunderstorm watch that has been discontinued for northwestern new jersey as the line pushes eastward. Its continuing until 8 00 along the jersey shore, new york city and extending towards nassau county. The threat will be diminishing as everything shifts eastward. Temperatures are into the 70s for highs. Right now the temperatures are in the 60s as the rain is cooling things off. Weve dropped down to 59 in monticello. Drier air will be working in from the northwest. Thats going to set us up to a chilly evening north and west of the city. The line is moving eastward. There are clouds, but those will clear out overnight and tomorrow well see more in the way of sunshine. Temperatures will come down a little bit. In fact, during a breeze, it will feel chilly tomorrow in the shade. The same thing for sunday as temperatures by then will be rising into the upper 60s. Tonight its going to be chilly north and west. Well have readings into the 40s. Well have temperatures in the 50s in the city. Clearing skies overnight. Well see plenty of sunshine for your saturday. It will be breezy. Temperatures down a little bit. Mostly into the 60s across the region. A couple of spots in new jersey could hit the 70 degree mark. Plenty of sunshine for sunday. Monday. And on tuesday, well see our next rainmaker moving in. I think the rain will hold off and last through the evening. It should clear out for wednesday as temperatures begin to drop. Well have highs only in the low 60s by friday. Well probably go even cooler weekend. Its going to feel more like fall next weekend. Ernie im going to take you back. When you were just a child, 30 years, the limelight was one of new yorks hottest clubs. It became the backdrop for a notorious crime and was shut down. Now the location has new life. Christal young has a look at the limelight now and then. Reporter perhaps no other building in new york city has as varied and storied a history as this one. In 1844, the first cornerstone was laid to the protestant e pisk episk eepiscopal church. The complex was designated a landmark. By then the congregation had dwindled and in 1976, the it was transformed into the infamous limelight disco. Andy warhol through the opening party. I was there. It was a great party. But the club didnt take off right away after that opening night. It had trouble finding its identity for some time. Part of it was maybe the weirdness of partying in a church. Reporter by the early 90s, it all came crashing down. There was the club kid murder where the leader and his friend killed a drug dealer named angel. This was in 1996. And obviously that put an end to the night life and it was a horrifying thing that sent shockwaves through the city. Reporter after sitting vacant, the marketplace opened in 2010. 12,000 square feet of upscale boutiques. Now the Main Building is divided between the marketplace and a no better place to come and have a party and work out and have a clublike atmosphere than the limelight. We have the club music, the lighting. It was a club. Reporter inside the gym, in addition to the workout equipment, youll find peters old safe. Youll find disco balls from an era gone by. By, if these walls could talk. Theres a lot of history, but in a month or two, a 275seat restaurant is going to open as part of the building. What i want to tell you is the last piece of this puzzle is the grimaldis pizzeria. It used to be the vip room for the limelight. We know a lot of naughty things probably happened in there. Ernie i went to a few parties there. It was pretty nice. We had some good times, too. A lot of history. Ill share some of those stories off camera. Reporter youre too funny. Id love to hear them. Ernie ill share them with you. Thank you for the report. Watch out for the rain. Reporter youre welcome. I will. Ernie thank you so much. Coming up tonight, i hit the streets to play fill in the blank again. Check it out. I am blank and proud of it. What is it . Ernie what are you proud of being . Some great answers coming up. Fans are proud of their mets in the playoffs. Russ will be here to pick up the story after the break. Its not about hugging trees. Its not about being wasteful either. You just gotta find that balance. Where taking care of yourself takes care of more than just yourself. Lease an mkz hybrid for 299 a month only at your lincoln dealer. Oh, stay on that one. [changes channel] sometimes its hard to catch all your favorite shows. Youre killing me, dad. Give me that, please. With time warner cables enhanced dvr, you can. Record up to 6 shows at the same time. Plus, you can record in one room and watch in another. P so you can enjoy tv on your schedule. Welcome to the future. Yes, welcome. Get over 200 hd channels, internet, and unlimited calling for 89. 99 a month. Ernie russ is here. Big games tonight. Mets and the dodgers. Exciting. Some matchup. Russ after nine years, mets are in the postseason. I said to you the other day, if this if theres a lot of runs scored, ill be shocked. You have the reigning National League rookie of the year pitching for the mets. He was 14 and 8 this season. He had a 2. 54 era. What impresses me most about him is his poise. Hes one of those young men that you hear this about athletes all the time. Dont let the moment become too big. Dont let the game become too big. I think if he does that tonight, hell be up to the task. Ernie hes going up against kershaw. Thats major opposition. Russ all kershaw has done in three of the last four years is be the National League cy young award winner, the best pitcher ernie is he going to fill the pressure . Russ i dont think he will. I think the pressure will be felt by the hitters. Kershaw is a lefty. The big hitters, granderson is a lefty. Its going to be incumbent. Youve got other guys, david wright. I look for this series to be about a guy making a mistake. Whos going to make the mistake on the mound. Ernie and joe girardi. A little wrap up. Russ he had his wrapup. For joe, its hard to watch whats going on. He was knocked out of the postseason in the wildcard game tuesday night against the astros. But joe was asked flat out to assess his performance this past season. Heres what he had to say. With the information in front of me and being prepared and the discussions i had with my was right every day. The bottom line is we didnt win, so thats going to be questioned. I understand that. Hindsight can be 2020. Could you have done Something Different . In saying that, were not sure that would have worked any better. Ernie thats joe. How do you assist his performance and the season . Russ when we spoke at the beginning of the season, i didnt expect the yankees to be in the postseason. They got there. For a long time, it looked like they would win the division injuries. I think joe did a good job. I think the yankees overachieved. Rangers beat the blue jays this afternoon 6 to 4. Ernie happy birthday tomorrow. Russ thank you. Ernie big 80. Should be fun. Russ wise guy. Ernie what are you proud of . We hear what new yorkers are saying right after the break on fox mom this is hugely important. Is there anywhere in your house i can get a good signal . Anyway, you were saying. Its a tragic love story. I love tragedy. What is that noise . What . Im on set. What movie . About laundry. Leave slow internet behind. A movie about laundry . Yeah the 100 fiber optics fastest wifi available when you need it the most. Ernie a reminder to be watching fox 5 tomorrow beginning at 4 30 for new yorks star of the day. Wait a minute. Isnt that Bernie Williams from the new york yankees . Yes, it is. Yes, it is. Ernie theyre saying how come hes not holding a bat. He has a guitar. How come . I am blessed to have an opportunity to do music and baseball for as long as i did and now music. I am blessed. Were happy to have you on board. Youre terrific. Ernie ill be joined by celebrity judges from the new york area helping to choose the next star of the day. Get ready to see some of the best local talent competing tomorrow at 4 30 here on fox 5. Now id like you to fill in the missing word. I am blank and proud of it. A new yorker. Ernie a new yorker. I can understand that. You should be. Whats the best thing you can say about new york . Its a cultural haven. Ernie it sure is. And a lot more. Yes. Ernie thank you. Have a great day. Be proud of new york. Im an american and proud of it. Ernie there you go. Thank you. Ernie okay. Fill in the blank. American. And proud of it. Absolutely. I am in college and proud of it. Ernie you must be happy, right . Yes. Ernie whos paying the bill . What are you . Im a woman and proud of it. Ernie stay that way. Very proud of your heritage. Two wonderful cultures, two wonderful inheritances. Ernie a lot of people in this great melting pot. Still asking the question what are you proud of . Im proud of being an american. Im proud of being a mother. Ernie proud of being a mother. Thats very nice. Im proud of doing good things in this world. Ernie isnt that nice. We need a lot of people like you. You know what . Were proud of you. Well, thank you. Ernie arent we . You bet. Take care. Nice to see you. Byebye. Thats it. Im ernie anastos. Thanks for joining us. Have a wonderful weekend. Well see you monday. Take care. All right. 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