NOW, FROM CBS 4 NEWS, THIS IS 3
FACING SOUTH FLORIDA WITH JIM 3
DEFEDE. 3
GOOD MORNING, I AM JIM 3
DEFEDE, WELCOME TO FACING SOUTH 3
FLORIDA WE HAVE A LOT TO GET 3
TO TODAY. 3
WE HAVE DANIELLE WHO WAS 3
RUNNING FOR MAYOR, SHE WILL BE 3
JOINING US SOON. 3
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE CHAOS 3
SURROUNDING THE NEW PRESIDENT 3
FOR MIAMI-DADE COLLEGE. 3
BUT FIRST, MASS PROTESTS IN THE 3
STREETS OF SAN JUAN, PUERTO 3
RICO FORCE THE GOVERNOR TO 3
ANNOUNCE HE WAS STEPPING DOWN 3
EFFECTIVE NEXT FRIDAY. 3
TICKETS WENT INSIDE THIS WEEK 3
HAS BEEN LIKE FOR YOU? 3
HISTORIC, EUPHORIC. 3
BUT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE 3
HERE, AS A JOURNALIST, I HAVE 3
NEVER COVERED ANYTHING THAT 3
AMOUNTED TO THE KIND OF MOMENTUM3
THAT THE PEOPLE HERE GENERATED 3
IN 12 DAYS. 3
A LOT OF THE MOMENTUM WAS FUELED3
BY MILLENNIAL'S WHO ARE REALLY 3
ON THE FRONT LINES. 3
LITERALLY ON THE POLICE 3
BARRICADES, NIGHT AFTER NIGHT. 3
TO BE HERE AND SEE THOSE PEOPLE3
, INITIALLY SAY, WAIT A MINUTE, 3
WE ARE OFFENDED BY WHAT YOU 3
SAID IN THOSE CHATS. 3
AND THEN TO SEE THEM PLAN THE 3
PROTEST AND TURNOUT IN THE 3
NUMBERS AND COME BACK AND MESS 3
500,000 WAS THE FIRST LARGE 3
PROTEST. 3
THE SECOND ONE WAS ESTIMATED TO 3
BE CLOSE TO THREE QUARTERS OF 1 3
MILLION. 3
I WILL NEVER FORGET ONE MAN 3
SAYING TO ME LAST NIGHT, HE SAID3
DAVID, THE REASON THOSE CHATS 3
WERE THE FINAL STRAW BECAUSE 3
FOR SO LONG PEOPLE HAVE LOST 3
MORE THINGS THAN YOU HAVE 3
FINGERS TO COUNT. 3
HE SAID THOSE CHATS WERE WHERE 3
WE FELT OUR DIGNITY. 3
HE SAID THAT IS WHEN WE SAID IT 3
IS ENOUGH. 3
THAT IS AN EXCELLENT POINT, 3
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT GOING THAT 3
PRECEDED THIS. 3
THOSE PRIVATE SHOTS THAT WERE 3
RELEASED, THEY WERE BOTH 3
HOMOPHOBIC, DISPARAGING AND 3
INSULTING TO SO MANY PEOPLE, 3
YOU SEE RICARDO ROSSELLO, 3
TALKING TO HIS CRONIES. 3
THAT WAS THE FINAL STRAW BUT 3
CERTAINLY THERE WAS A LARGE 3
BUILDUP. 3
IT IS NOT JUST HURRICANE MARIA, 3
THERE IS A LOT OF HISTORY HERE, 3
LEADING UP TO WHAT HAPPENED 3
THIS WEEK. 3
THERE IS BEEN DECADES OF 3
CORRUPTION. 3
THERE 175,000 EMPLOYEES IN THE 3
EXECUTIVE BRANCH. 3
SOMEBODY'S GOING TO SCREW UP. 3
THE SCRUBS HERE OVER THE LAST 3
TWO DECADES HAVE INVOLVED 3
PEOPLE AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS. 3
AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS, 3
INCLUDING THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.3
PEOPLE WHO LIVED HERE ON THE 3
ISLAND HAVE NOT LONG SUSPECTED 3
THE ABUSE OF THIS MANAGEMENT. 3
SOME OF THE MOST HUMBLE PEOPLE 3
I HAVE MET ARE PUERTO RICANS, 3
CONSISTENTLY, THEY FEEL LIKE 3
SECOND-CLASS CITIZENS. 3
THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT. 3
THEY HAVE WATCHED THEIR LEADERS 3
MISMANAGE THEIR MONEY, 3
HURRICANE MARIA WAS ARGUABLY 3
THE LOWEST POINT FOR PEOPLE IN 3
RECENT MEMORY AND THEN THOSE 3
CHATS. 3
THOSE CHATS WERE THE FINAL 3
STRAW. 3
THEY MAY PEOPLE MARCH INTO THE 3
STREETS AND THERE WERE CHATS OF 3
VERIFIED WITH SO MANY PEOPLE 3
SUSPECTED. 3
I REMEMBER ONE WOMAN, A QUARTER 3
OF A MILE FROM HERE WHO WAS 3
MARCHING, SHE SAID LET ME TELL 3
YOU WHY WE ARE INFURIATED. 3
BECAUSE THOSE CHATS PROVED TO 3
US, EVERYTHING WE HAVE 3
SUSPECTED. 3
EVERYTHING WE THOUGHT BUT 3
COULDN'T PROVE. 3
HOW DOES SOMEBODY WHO HAS A JOB 3
WHO IS NOT INVOLVED IN 3
GOVERNMENT PROOF THERE IS 3
CORRUPTION IN THE GOVERNMENT, 3
YOU PROVE IT WHEN YOU READ 3
THOSE 889 PAGES AND WHEN THE 3
GOVERNOR SAYS I AM SORRY AND 3
ADMITS IT WAS SHAMEFUL. 3
WHAT IS INTERESTING, FROM 3
OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE, THERE ARE 3
TWO WAYS TO SEE THE EVENTS OF 3
PUERTO RICO OVER THE PAST WEEK. 3
YOU CAN SEE IT AS A NATURAL 3
RESULT OF A CORRUPT GOVERNMENT 3
AND FAILED STATE, BORDERING ON 3
CHAOS. 3
OR YOU CAN TAKE A MORE HOPEFUL 3
LOOK AND SEE IT AS THE PEOPLE 3
RISING UP, RESPONDING AND 3
HAVING AND DEMANDING THAT THEIR 3
VOICES BE LISTENED TO, IT IS 3
EITHER ONE OF THE OTHER, YOU 3
CAN VIEW A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH 3
BUT REALLY ONE OR THE OTHER . 3
ABSOLUTELY, LET ME TELL YOU. 3
IN 15 YEARS OF JOURNALISM, I 3
HAVE NEVER COVERED SOMETHING 3
THAT INVOLVED PEOPLE UNITING 3
AND ACTUALLY EXECUTING, ALMOST 3
FLAWLESSLY AND WHAT WAS 3
ASTOUNDING, JIM, YOU HAVE 3
PEOPLE IN PUERTO RICO WHO ARE SO3
PROUD TO BE ON OPPOSITE ENDS OF 3
THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM. 3
IN PUERTO RICO HIM, POLITICS IS 3
SOMETHING PEOPLE TALK ABOUT 3
EVERYWHERE. 3
THEY DIG IN THE SIDE THEY ARE 3
ON AND THEY ARE PROUD TO BE ON 3
THEIR SIDE. 3
WHAT HAPPENED, EVERYBODY UNITED 3
UNDER THIS UMBRELLA, TO GET RID 3
OF THE GOVERNOR. 3
EVERYBODY, DIFFERENT PEOPLE 3
FROM ALL SIDES WERE HUGGING 3
EACH OTHER. 3
PEOPLE WERE SAYING TO ME, YOU 3
DON'T SEE THIS. 3
YOU DON'T SEE POLITICAL PARTIES 3
COMING TOGETHER LIKE THIS, 3
UNDER ONE UMBRELLA TO OUST THE 3
GOVERNOR. 3
THEY DID IN 12 DAYS. 3
HOW LONG DOES THAT GOOD 3
FEELING COME TOGETHER STAY? 3
BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, JUST 3
REMOVING RICARDO ROSSELLO DOES 3
NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEMS, THE 3
UNDERLYING PROBLEMS THAT LED 3
TO IT AS WELL. 3
YES IT TAKES AWAY THE PERSON 3
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE 3
PRIVATE CHATS AND TEXT MESSAGES 3
BUT A LOT OF UNDERLYING 3
PROBLEMS REMAIN, WHERE DO WE GO 3
FROM HERE IN PUERTO RICO? 3
LET ME TELL YOU, THE PROTEST 3
ARE NOT OVER, THE WOMAN WHO'S 3
GOING TO BE THE NEW GOVERNOR, 3
THERE IS A NEW PROTEST TO PRIME 3
PREVENT HER FROM GETTING THE 3
JOB BECAUSE MS. VASQUEZ HERSELF 3
HAS BIT OF A BLACK CLOUD 3
HANGING OVER HER WITH 3
ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION THAT 3
SHE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN. 3
SOMEBODY MIGHT LOOK AT THIS AND 3
SAY THEY OUST OF THE GOVERNOR. 3
THAT IS A LITTLE NAOVE, PEOPLE 3
WILL SETTLE DOWN AND MOVE ON. 3
FROM COVERING THIS THE LAST 12 3
DAYS I WOULD NOT DOUBT THE 3
ABILITY OF THESE PEOPLE TO RISE 3
UP AND ALSO PREVENT WANDA 3
VAZQUEZ FROM BECOMING THE NEXT 3
GOVERNOR OF PUERTO RICO. 3
IF THEY DO THAT SUCCESSFULLY, 3
YOU KNOW WHO IS NEXT, THE 3
TREASURY SECRETARY. 3
THAT IS HOW FAR DOWN THE LINE, 3
THE GOVERNOR IS GONE, THERE IS 3
NO NUMBER TWO, HE RESIGNED. 3
NUMBER THREE, WANDA VAZQUEZ ON 3
DECK. 3
IF SHE DOESN'T GET IT YOU TALK 3
ABOUT THE MAN WHO RUNS THE 3
TREASURY. 3
YOU HAVE TO FACT CHECK ME, I 3
DON'T THINK HE IS OLD ENOUGH TO 3
BE THE GOVERNOR, HE IS NOT EVEN 3
35 YEARS ALL . 3
I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF 3
YOUR TIME. 3
LAST THING I WANT TO KNOW FROM 3
A SELFISH STANDPOINT, DO YOU 3
GET THE SENSE, WE HAVE ALWAYS 3
TALKED ABOUT THE IDEA OF PEOPLE 3
WANTING TO LEAVE PUERTO RICO 3
AND COME TO FLORIDA AFTER 3
HURRICANE MARIA. 3
DO YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE GONNA 3
STAY PUT AND FIGHT FOR THE 3
GOVERNOR THERE? 3
I GOT THE SENSE PEOPLE ARE 3
TRYING TO COME BACK. 3
THIS IS WHAT I HEARD FROM 3
PEOPLE TODAY. 3
I POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 3
THEY SAID I LEFT THE ISLAND 3
BECAUSE I COULDN'T GET A JOB 3
AND I'M DESPERATE TO GO BACK. 3
I LEFT THE ISLAND BECAUSE THE 3
POWER WASN'T ON FOR EIGHT 3
MONTHS AFTER MARIA BUT I AM 3
DESPERATE TO GO BACK. 3
THE PEOPLE FROM PUERTO RICO 3
LOVE THEIR ISLAND, THEY DON'T 3
LEAVE BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE 3
IT THEY LEAVE BECAUSE THERE'S 3
NOT ENOUGH OPPORTUNITY, THEY'RE 3
COMPLETELY DEPRESSED WITH THE 3
CORRUPTION THAT SEEMS TO BE 3
UBIQUITOUS. 3
IT IS JUST THE OPPOSITE. 3
WE ARE NOT HEARING FROM PEOPLE 3
TRYING TO GET OUT, WE ARE 3
HEARING FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE 3
COMING BACK. 3
PEOPLE FROM OHIO AND MAINE IN 3
CALIFORNIA AND CHICAGO, WHO 3
FLEW INTO BE PART OF THE 3
PROTEST. 3
PEOPLE WHO ARE ENCOURAGED BY 3
WHAT THEY ARE SEEING IN MEDIA 3
AROUND THE WORLD. 3
THEY ARE SAYING, MAYBE, JUST 3
MAYBE, I WILL BRING MY FAMILY 3
BACK TO THE ISLAND. 3
DAVID, IT HAS BEEN 3