WEBVTT 00:00.033 --> 00:00.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: FOR MORE ON 00:00.966 --> 00:02.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PUERTO RICO, I'M JOINED NOW BY 00:02.333 --> 00:03.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% "WASHINGTON POST" REPORTER 00:03.766 --> 00:04.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ARELIS HERNANDEZ VIA SKYPE. 00:04.900 --> 00:06.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SO TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 00:06.133 --> 00:08.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WHAT WAS THE TIPPING POINT, WHY 00:08.000 --> 00:09.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% DID THESE PROTESTS EMERGE 00:09.500 --> 00:11.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THIS WEEK? 00:11.666 --> 00:14.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> SO PUERTO RICO HAS BEEN GOING 00:14.100 --> 00:16.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THROUGH QUITE A BIT OF DRAMA 00:16.000 --> 00:17.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HISTORICALLY IN THE LAST SEVERAL 00:17.166 --> 00:18.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% YEARS, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH 00:18.633 --> 00:19.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HAVING TO DO TWO YEARS AGO WITH 00:19.766 --> 00:21.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HURRICANE MARIA. 00:21.100 --> 00:22.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SO THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF 00:22.166 --> 00:23.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SUFFERING ACCUMULATED. 00:23.533 --> 00:24.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BUT WHAT REALLY SORT OF TIPPED 00:24.700 --> 00:26.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE SCALES FOR FOLKS WAS A 00:26.566 --> 00:29.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SERIES OF LEAKED TEXTS THAT CAME 00:29.166 --> 00:31.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THROUGH THE LOCAL INVESTIGATIVE 00:31.166 --> 00:33.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% JOURNALISM HERE IN PUERTO RICO 00:33.633 --> 00:35.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IN WHICH SEVERAL JOKES WERE MADE 00:35.500 --> 00:38.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR RICARDO 00:38.200 --> 00:39.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ROSSELLO AND MEMBERS OF HIS 00:39.633 --> 00:40.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% INNER CIRCLE, WHICH INCLUDE 00:40.900 --> 00:42.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% LOBBYISTS AND FRIENDS AND 00:42.000 --> 00:43.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS JOKING 00:43.233 --> 00:45.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ABOUT VARIOUS THINGS, AMONG THEM 00:45.900 --> 00:48.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE CADAVERS OF PEOPLE WHO HAD 00:48.133 --> 00:50.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% DIED DURING HURRICANE MARIA AND 00:50.466 --> 00:52.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE BODIES SORT OF PILING UP IN 00:52.100 --> 00:53.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE MORGUE. 00:53.466 --> 00:54.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THEY JOKED ABOUT THAT, AND THAT 00:54.866 --> 00:56.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IN AND OF ITSELF IS WHAT SET 00:56.133 --> 00:57.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PEOPLE OFF. 00:57.400 --> 00:58.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: AND THIS WAS 00:58.233 --> 00:59.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% RIGHT ON THE HEELS ON AN F.B.I. 00:59.066 --> 01:01.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% INVESTIGATION WHERE THERE WERE 01:01.333 --> 01:02.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ALLEGATIONS AGAINST SOME OF 01:02.766 --> 01:04.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HIS, WHAT, MEMBERS OF THE 01:04.500 --> 01:06.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% INNER CIRCLE? 01:06.366 --> 01:07.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> RIGHT, NO, HE ACTUALLY HAD TO 01:07.733 --> 01:09.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% END HIS EUROPEAN VACATION EARLY 01:09.833 --> 01:11.433 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND COME BACK TO PUERTO RICO 01:11.433 --> 01:12.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BECAUSE TWO TOP MEMBERS, 01:12.833 --> 01:15.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% INCLUDING THE EDUCATION 01:15.133 --> 01:17.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SECRETARY, WERE INDICTED AND 01:17.000 --> 01:18.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ARRESTED BY THE F.B.I. 01:18.633 --> 01:20.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ON CORRUPTION CHARGES, INCLUDING 01:20.233 --> 01:21.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MONEY LAUNDERING. 01:21.266 --> 01:22.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BASICALLY THEY ARE BEING ACCUSED 01:22.466 --> 01:24.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% OF HAVING STEERED BILLIONS... 01:24.666 --> 01:26.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FEDERAL 01:26.366 --> 01:28.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AID TO SPECIFIC PREFERRED 01:28.066 --> 01:31.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% CANDIDATES IN CONTRACTS. 01:31.700 --> 01:32.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: YOU MENTIONED 01:32.633 --> 01:33.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HURRICANE MARIA, AND YOU HAVE 01:33.966 --> 01:35.433 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BEEN REPORTING ON THIS EVER 01:35.433 --> 01:36.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SINCE THE STORM. 01:36.966 --> 01:38.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BUT YOU JUST WERE OUT THERE 01:38.766 --> 01:40.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% REPORTING OVER THIS PAST 01:40.000 --> 01:41.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WEEK AND YOU WERE TALKING TO 01:41.133 --> 01:43.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T HAVE POWER 01:43.500 --> 01:46.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% OR WATER FOR MONTHS. 01:46.000 --> 01:48.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> YEAH, NO, I THINK THAT'S 01:48.300 --> 01:49.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PART OF WHAT HAS UPSET PEOPLE SO 01:49.533 --> 01:52.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MUCH IS THAT TO SEE, SORT OF 01:52.233 --> 01:55.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HAVE A REAL LOOK AT WHAT THE 01:55.300 --> 01:56.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GOVERNOR AND HIS INNER CIRCLE 01:56.666 --> 01:58.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WERE THINKING AND TALKED ABOUT 01:58.000 --> 01:59.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WHILE PEOPLE WERE SUFFERING IN 01:59.833 --> 02:01.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PUERTO RICO. 02:01.166 --> 02:03.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND TO THEM IT'S AN INDIFFERENCE 02:03.900 --> 02:05.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TO THEIR SUFFERING. 02:05.500 --> 02:06.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: TELL ME A LITTLE 02:06.400 --> 02:07.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BIT ABOUT WHAT SORT OF SUPPORT 02:07.933 --> 02:09.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% NOW THAT THE GOVERNOR STILL HAS. 02:09.633 --> 02:11.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BECAUSE HERE ON THE MAINLAND WE 02:11.166 --> 02:13.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ARE SEEING LOTS OF DEMOCRATIC 02:13.733 --> 02:15.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AND 02:15.266 --> 02:17.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PARTY 02:17.666 --> 02:19.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% DISTANCING THEMSELVES FROM HIM. 02:19.666 --> 02:20.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> RIGHT, THE GOVERNOR RIGHT NOW 02:20.933 --> 02:22.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HAS VERY LITTLE SUPPORT ACROSS 02:22.600 --> 02:25.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PUERTO RICO FROM POLITICS TO 02:25.333 --> 02:26.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BUSINESS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 02:26.900 --> 02:28.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% CALLING FOR HIM TO RESIGN, 02:28.333 --> 02:29.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MEMBERS OF HIS OWN PARTY, 02:29.800 --> 02:30.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% JENNIFFER GONZALEZ, WHO'S 02:30.966 --> 02:32.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE RESIDENT COMMISSIONER, WHICH 02:32.266 --> 02:34.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IS PUERTO RICO'S REPRESENTATIVE 02:34.000 --> 02:35.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IN THE HOUSE, BASICALLY ASKED 02:35.900 --> 02:38.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HIM TO RESIGN ALSO THIS WEEK. 02:38.633 --> 02:40.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I'M GUESSING HIS FAMILY IS STILL 02:40.366 --> 02:41.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BEHIND HIM. 02:41.366 --> 02:42.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HE STILL HAS A FEW SUPPORTERS IN 02:42.833 --> 02:44.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE PARTY, BUT THE LEGISLATURE 02:44.733 --> 02:45.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% RIGHT NOW IS ACTIVELY LOOKING 02:45.966 --> 02:47.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AT IMPEACHMENT. 02:47.466 --> 02:48.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: OKAY, SO THERE'S 02:48.800 --> 02:50.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% A CATCH HERE, BECAUSE IF HE DOES 02:50.166 --> 02:51.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% RESIGN THE SECOND IN LINE IS 02:51.633 --> 02:52.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE SECRETARY OF STATE, BUT THAT 02:52.733 --> 02:53.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PERSON IS ALSO RESIGNED AFTER 02:53.633 --> 02:55.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THESE CHATS. 02:55.100 --> 02:57.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> YES, THE SECRETARY OF 02:57.733 --> 02:59.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% STATE WAS A PART OF THIS CHAT 02:59.166 --> 03:01.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ROOM, THIS FRAT BOY CLUB THAT 03:01.966 --> 03:03.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SOME PEOPLE HAVE CALLED IT OUT 03:03.633 --> 03:05.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HERE. 03:05.000 --> 03:06.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND HE... IT'S UNCLEAR IF HE 03:06.600 --> 03:07.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% STILL IN HIS POST BUT HE 03:07.700 --> 03:09.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BASICALLY RESIGNED SO IF 03:09.333 --> 03:10.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ROSSELLO WERE TO DOWN OR IF HE 03:10.966 --> 03:12.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WERE TO BE IMPEACHED RIGHT NOW 03:12.800 --> 03:14.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THERE IS NO CLEAR SUCCESSOR. 03:14.300 --> 03:15.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: OKAY, SO YOU 03:15.366 --> 03:16.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% DON'T HAVE A CLEAR SUCCESSOR 03:16.300 --> 03:17.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% EVEN IF THERE IS A RESIGNATION. 03:17.600 --> 03:18.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% YOU STILL HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE 03:18.666 --> 03:20.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TRYING TO RECOVER FROM THE 03:20.466 --> 03:22.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% STORM, ALL OF THE AID HAS NOT 03:22.566 --> 03:23.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ALREADY MADE IT TO PUERTO 03:23.366 --> 03:24.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% RICO, RIGHT? 03:24.700 --> 03:26.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> RIGHT, NO, PUERTO RICO IS AT 03:26.366 --> 03:27.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% A TURNING POINT. 03:27.533 --> 03:30.433 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THIS IS A MOMENT OF CRISIS FOR I 03:30.433 --> 03:31.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AM GOING TO SAY COUNTRY BECAUSE 03:31.666 --> 03:33.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THAT IS HOW FOLKS DESCRIBE 03:33.066 --> 03:35.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PUERTO RICO AS A U.S. TERRITORY. 03:35.100 --> 03:37.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BUT IT'S A MOMENT WHERE FOLKS 03:37.100 --> 03:39.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ARE REALLY STARTING TO CALL IN 03:39.533 --> 03:41.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ALL THE GRIEVANCES THAT THEY 03:41.233 --> 03:43.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HAVE BEEN ENDURING FOR YEARS. 03:43.166 --> 03:43.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: FROM PUERTO 03:43.933 --> 03:45.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% RICO, "WASHINGTON POST" REPORTER 03:45.133 --> 03:46.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ARELIS HERNANDEZ, THANK YOU 03:46.233 --> 03:47.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SO MUCH. 03:47.100 --> 03:48.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.