nbc news correspondent gabe gutierrez is live in san juan where he joins me. gabe, these protests have been going on for over a week. how did they start and how did they get so big? >> reporter: hi, stephanie. well, the governor made his announcement yesterday on facebook live. some people were expecting he would resign. he obviously did not. even though he did say that he would not seek re-election, and was stepping down as head of his political party, that isn't enough for all the protesters that have gathered here. already thousands have filed into the parking lot here, roberto clemente stadium in san juan, and many more are expected throughout the day. they are expected to shut down san juan's main avenue. some are selling t-shirts right now. this is the rallying cry we've heard really for the past several days urging governor rossello to resign. ma'am, why are you here today?

in san juan. some of the island's most famous performers, many of whom were targeted in the leaked text messages that have been leading voiceses in the grgrowing protet movement, demanding ricardo rossello step down. singers ricky martin and bad bunny were in the streets of san juan monday, along with grammy-winning artists residente and ile of the band calle 13. last week, residente, ile, and bad bunny released the song, "afilando los cuchillos" or "sharpening the knives," in protest of governor rossello and his administration. this is part of the song. [singing in spanish] amy: that is ile. and joining us now is one of the co-authors of that song, grammy-award winning puertrto rirican artistst and member r oe 13, ile. welcome to democracy now! you're in washington, d.c., right now but you are on the streets of san juan yesterday. describe the scene for us. me, i think i've been waiting all my life for a moment like this. it has been amazing to see so many people in the streets for onee samame ca

quiere venir para san juan para nada. ni a mirar. lourdes: el gobernador dijo a travÉs de twitter, el pueblo estÁ hablando y me toca escuchar. ha sido momento de tomardecisiones que se van ejecutando. futuras expresiones que estarÁn dirigidas a las acciones que llevamos a cabo como parte de la obra de gobierno, segÚn prometida y esperada por el pueblo. en otras palabras, no tiene planes de negociar. mientras tanto, la cÁmara de representantes espera el anÁlisis de tres juristas para decidirse si hay causa para sacar al gobernador. ilia: esperan que esta noche llegan a la casa de gobierno para continuar su pedido, les puertorriqueÑos estÁn firmes exigiÉndole al gobernador que deje su poder. jorge: muchas gracias. pasamos de puerto rico a otros temas. el presidente donald trump dijo que las autoridades de migraciÓn estÁn deportando a miles de personas en mÁsrefiriÉndose a pandilleros. lo hizo luego que el gobierno informÓ que el fin de semana sÓlo detuvo a una treintena de personas. el hecho es que como no di

a political anthropologist she joins us from san juan luna c.m. way goss is an artist in l g p t q activist she is in puerto rico and zola boy is a senator with the new progressive party at last the same party as governor. she joins us from the capital san juan hello everybody it's good to have you here with us that you asked the senate to such a great question just before we got on the air i said hold to it's you all political i'm for apologies but today you are a journalist what was that question is the question that so many of us are curious about go ahead larry but you say you start out of the season i don't as a read time is going the is the governor going to step down or would this you know have any inside information for us on the. satta well yes of course our 1st of all thank you thank you i'm so honored to be part of those and think of my league and family for the support you need. all. the fun and so he here at for that is. a team we thank you for that what do you need to have to answer that no i do not have any inside information but i

vamos en vivo con lourdes del rÍo desde san juan con mÁs informaciÓn. lourdes: saludos Éste es un hormiguero de actividad. estamos frente a la fortaleza, la mansiÓn ejecutiva en donde se puede ver una fuerte presencia policÍaca. estas fueron las vallas que formaron parte de lo que ocurriÓ anoche. la situaciÓn se genera porque la policÍa empieza a decirle a los manifestantes que ocupaban toda esta zona que debÍan abandonar el casco viejo, la zona del viejo san juan. ellos se negaban y coreaban que no se moverÍan hasta que el gobernador respondiera al reclamo. como se muestra en las imÁgenes y como han dicho las autoridades se formo un problema muy grave porque salen cÓcteles molotov que serÍan lanzados por parte de un grupo pequeÑode manifestantes y ahÍ es cuando la policÍa reacciona con gas pimienta, gases lacrimÓgenos y la situación se va de control. esto fue como hasta las 3:00 a.m. cuando por fin la gente se movilizÓ de la zona nosotros llegamos aquÍ muy temprano y ya se encontraba limpiando las calles, los graffitis y que capto tu

and thank you juan carlos , davila, democracy now!'s correspondent in san juan, puerto rico. when we come back, for five al-kateab documented her life to make the community called "for sama." she and her husband joined us. stay with us. ♪ [ [music break] amy: johnny clegg in frankfurt, germany, in 1999 where he was joined onstage by nelson mandela.a. johnny clegg died d tuesday in of 66.me at the age he was a british-born south african musician who bought againsnst apartheid. his music was banned on the radio. this is democracy y now!, demomocracynow.org, the war r ad peace report. i'm m amy goodman with n nermeen shaikh. nermeen: we turn now to syria, where reuters reports airstrikes killed 12 and injured dozens more tuesday at a market in the northwest province of idlib. this is the latest in a russian-backed offensive by syria's military in northwestern syria that has killed more than 600 people and at least 157 children in the past three months according to the syrian network for human rights. the attacks have reportedly targeted schools and hospitals. more than half a

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cnn's raphael romo live in san juan. you've been on the streets all night, raphael, with this breaking news. what have you seen? >> reporter: john, when the news was finally learned, the people here in downtown old san juan erupted into ch

. >>> and national lead now, in just minutes a fifth day of protests will begin in san juan, puerto rico, where allegations of corruption and scandal have taken over the island. the governor ricardo rossello is defying calls to resign and apologizing for his role in what is now been dubbed ricky leaks. nearly 900 pages of chat messages leaked. the governor and his top aides caught using homophobic and misogynist language to describe the public and journalists and after his cabinet was arrested on alleged corruption charges, accusing of misusing money meant for hurricane maria. carlos lopez is in puerto rico for us. and today in law enforcement issued a summons who participated in the ricky leaks scandal. are they coming forward? >> reporter: well, some of them are lawyering up. the governor rossello condemned this but he was one of the administrators of the group. and as you said, this is part of a wide number of corruption scandals on the island that have people really fed up. now if you look at conversations, the tone and what they said, they have a different image of the one governor

these crowds of demonstrators flooded on to the streets of old san juan. they are demanding the immediate resignation of the governor, ricardo rossello, they want him to step down. and it all began after 900 or so pages of leaked chats from the governor, from the private telegram messenger group obtained by puerto rico's center for investigative journalism were published over the weekend. and the chats were leaked days after the fbi arrested former administration officials in the corruption scandal. so now you have these people out on the streets. they are demanding that the governor step down now. and you've got leyla who was in the middle of all of this and, again, is now at a point -- a safe distance away who is reporting for us. leyla, take it away. what do you have? >> reporter: and let me tell you exactly where we are. we are about a block away. we have sort of taken refuge in a kind neighbor's home where even in his home we can still feel the tear gas that was just disbursed by the police that were guarding the governor's mansion. again, what we saw

juan told me those outer banks bring us up to date live from san juan worker puerto rico thanks very much. let's get you some of the other stories making the news this hour now 3 separate explosions have rocked the afghan capital kabul one was a suicide bomber targeted a bus with afghan government workers the explosions left at least 7 people dead dozens wounded no one's yet claimed responsible. south korea's ministry of defense is reporting that north korea has fired 2 short range missiles from its east coast into the say this is going 1st missile test leader kim jong un and president trump agreed to revive nuclear talks last month they come before planned joint us south korean military exercises. to britain now where prime minister boris johnson's cabinet is meeting for the 1st time this morning with a host of new faces around the table now that he's in number 10 downing street johnson has replaced most of the cabinet naming ranks and hardliners to top posts and casting opponents aside. is also due to address the house of commons and present his plan to take britain out of the euro

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mike: looking at the scene there in san juan. the governor offensive tweets and text came out a lot of people are taking to the streets a new progressive governor puerto rico and they areg actively engaging with the protesters now. you can see the camera crew takes cover right now. there is our correspondent on the scene was just comee in that looks like a pretty dangerous scene on the streets for a very tense situation tonight in san juan as protesters are now asking their governor to reside after controversial situation. now let's continue to look at the scene. your thoughts as we watch this glaxo looks like it is getting g worse in the last few minutes. >> we need some leaders other than the mayor to step up to speak to settle the situation s and, down. i don't think this will and without the mayor stepping down. and it will intensify as something is not done and done quickly. >> our correspondent has reconnected with us as you are watching the situation escalate. reporter. mike: it sounds like he is getting reconnected withnn

protesta masiva, cientos de miles de personas marchan en san juan para exigir la renuncia del gobernador de puerto rico. desde maÑana hay regresar al deportaciones rÁpidas a indocumentadosque no demuestren una permanencia en el paÍs de dos aÑos. asÍ confrontÓ esta seÑora a los agentes de ice para evitar que tuvieran a su vecina. les dijo que no tenÍan orden judicial para hacerlo pero igual se llevaran. y abogados de guzmÁn avisaran hoyque apelarÁn el fallo de cadena perpetua de su cliente, expertos dudan que tenga Éxito. ♪ ♪ locutor: este es su noticiero univisiÓn. ilia: muy buenas tardes, comenzamos en noticiero desde el viejo san juan, en las inmediaciones de la fortaleza. la sede del gobierno de aquÍ, de puerto rico. por 10 dÍas a manifestantes se han congregado. la de hoy fue una manifestaciÓn multitudinaria. cerca de 500,000 personas asistieron desde las primeras horas de la maÑana y continÚan pidiendo la renuncia del gobernador ricardo rosellÓ. la manifestaciÓn de hoy fue una de las mÁs grandes en la historia comparada con las de 1999 cuando los puertorrique

let's go to leyla santiago on the streets of san juan. you've been walking with the protesters, leyla, what are we seeing? >> reporter: i'm standing on the highway. this is a major artery where they have cut off any sort of access into san juan and anything south. let me show you what it looks on both sides. you can see people standing here and cheering on as people are being redirected off the highway. beyond that a lot of the truckers are coming by and honking. when they do that, people are waving those flags and cheering on the calls as they demand the resignation of the governor, ricardo rossello. they say this is not just about some leaked chats, in which people were insulted in the conversation he had with his inner circle but this is also about getting rid of corruption. that is what i have heard in the many days we have been here covering this unrest. but let me let you listen to the people themselves. what is your name? her name is lauta. >> where are you from? >> originally venezuela but i've been here 25 years. >> she's been he

he just spoke with the mayor of san juan. obviously, jim, she was a target of some really vile words from the governor in these leaked messages. so let's listen to what the mayor of san juan told nick. >> this is a democracy. why is this opposition movement to special that it doesn't have to wait for an election? >> because the crimes committed by the governor are so horrendous that it cannot wait. >> so impeachment or just -- >> it is impeachment. it is impeachment time. he's obje his mental health isn't there, he doesn't want to resign. it's impeachment time. >> wow, to watch them going through this. we'll stay on that. >>> this week back here in the nation's capitol, everyone is going to be watching democrats and republicans as they question the special counsel. they hope that he will do what his report did not, convince a majority of americans that the president should be impeached. >> well, you may remember the patient initially welcomed the report, praised mueller when it came out when he perceived that it exonerated hi

ok let's go straight to san juan and w.'s alexandra phenomena standing by to us for us good day to you alexandra what's happening right now where you are. there still people in the street maybe he. can hear them playing some of them are already on their way. to. date. since he is indeed they were the governor. down here where he gave her weight. but nothing happened the night very late finally he would. make sure that they will. think. he's. a. great. city. with a happy. ok xander we've lost the sound on that if you can hear me we'll try to get you up again later in this program that was alexander phenomenon on this breaking news story in san juan for us also to britain now where prime minister boris johnson's cabinet will meet for the 1st time this morning with a host of new faces around the table now that he's in number 10 downing street johnson has replaced most of the cavity backs of hard liners to top post and casting opponents aside johnson is also doing to address the house of commons outlining his plans to take brita

who is joining us on the phone from san juan. just take us through what your experience of this i guess is a popular revolution has been in the past few hours. from rome thank you for having me i gave your were it's a mix of emotions right because we're dealing with a government that has been you know thrown through be corrupt we're dealing with a bunch of politicians that were caught doing makeup walking right so right now for the working group. you know only a small group of people in the street come up are drawing in maybe a little bit later are going down on i think i've lost track of time on the start of the dirt and you know i've got darker. not there but we've been documenting the whole process what the menu from this is done every time we have a movement like that are usually a lot harder to recruit people but given the fact that many others in the population did are tied to hurricane marty i would say you know pretty badly 2 years ago and i and how they were actually benefiting a lot of people were dying people were goin

jorge: ilia calderÓn reportando en vivo desde san juan. estamos esperando el contenido del discurso del gobernador ricardo rosellÓ y tratando de confirmar si es cierto o no que tiene planes de renunciar. esto es todo lo que tenemos, gracias por estar con nosotros y por confiar en univisiÓn. nos vemos maÑana. ♪ ♪ ♪ kemal: te ofrezco una disculpa. emir: ¿con quién tiene que disculparse, señor kemal? kemal: no con usted. emir: ¿usted decoró este lugar? es bonito.

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cnn's raphael romo live in san juan. you've been on the streets all night, raphael, with this breaking news. what have you seen? >> reporter: john, when the news was finally learned, the people here in downtown old san juan erupted into cheers. people were sipping and dancing. they couldn't believe the moment. it was the moment that they had been waiting for for 12 days. that's the time that they last appeared protesting every single day demanding the resignation of governor ricardo rossello. he finally did. it was a 14-minute statement that he made. it was a pre-recorded statement that his office released via facebook and in the statement he talked about what he perceived to be his accomplishments. but he finally said effective august 2nd at 5:00 p.m. he will resign as governor of puerto rico. now this is not the end of the story, john, because the new governor is going to have to rebuild the government. governor rossello had already lost a huge number of cab bet members who have resigned since july 13 when that secret

cnn's nick paton walsh is in san juan for us tonight. you know, it was another day of protests in san juan. there are no signs of it slowing down. nick, what have you been seeing? >> reporter: a long protest. 2,000 or 3,000 gathered near the shorefront made its way toward the old city here. i have to tell you, the numbers are much smaller here and the noise is less, but just recently in the last -- a slight rise in the tension, but there's a real feeling of momentum building here. we saw clashes during wednesday night. and there is, of course, much larger one being planned for monday, hoping hundreds of thousands of people will take to the streets to voice their discontent at governor ricardo rossello. now, he's had a substantial blow as these crowds have been on the streets. you mentioned the press secretary, the voice of his administration, resigning, say take the same of the association with his corruption. but the message from protesters here is extraordinarily consistent and simple and sometimes, itself, profanity-laced. they want g

the key focus is blockading that key route into san juan. will then, we think, go around a loop, not going towards the old town of san juan near the governor's mansion has been the focus of much of the tension. in fact some violence on wednesday night. large numbers here and a sense, i think, that they heard what governor rossello thinks last night when he said he wasn't going anywhere. he's not going to file for election next year which he will certainly lose. they are thinking maybe the strength of numbers on the streets today will change his mind. i have to tell you, speaking to one of his opponents, she described a man who grew up with his father being governor in the mansion and has an isolated view from outside. not listening to democratic candidates tell him, his press secretary stepping down because she did not want to be associated with it. his defense was i was elected. those that support him say let's wait until an election to put him out. it's hard to know what will happen if he does step down because the anger here is against th

but as all know is that when she has 1st filled the streets of san juan on wednesday night. i. took a victory for the people and this was the moment they vowed after 2 weeks of street protests in your big hurry closed governor carter rocio said he would try to step down. the side of the call that is going to live where despite having a mandate from the people who elected me democratically today i feel that continuing in this position presents insert mountable difficulties adding heard the complaints spoken to my family thought of my children any prayers i've taken the following decision i announce to you today that i'll be resigning as governor effective friday 2nd of august. those on the street cheerleader later i think i. was my trunk was cut so i think i said i want to feel and i know i was this is but because the outer boros the world we've got to protest the man. they're calling it a revolution others. like i say it's puerto rico's arab spring i was i was euphoric i didn't know you would say the 1st generation do you know how. proud you feel you know the 1st generation to

juan puerto rico and annie gallacher has also been out with a protest as in the capital san juan sent us this update. but despite heavy rains people are still celebrating out here on the streets of san juan and many of them feel like this is a brand new day but it's a day that's also tension with hope for the future and concern about this country's next leadership record only so you know may be gone but there are some concerns about. the future leadership of this country well that anything else will have to win the trust of its own people and that may be the biggest challenge ahead but something these people will never let go they say they will continue to protest until they get the leadership they do serve and many say they need. much while still ahead on the program we're looking at the case of the american rapper detained in sweden president appealing for his release and soaring temperatures break records across europe as the continent's wealth has an unprecedented way. i once again the weather still lost the settle across much of all stripes yeah big blue skies for the most part b

it's impeachment time. >> cnn's leyla santiago is on the scene for us in san juan. so we know that many of the people in puerto rico have said they are disillusioned with the governor, leyla. that is only part of it. >> reporter: right. you know, these chants that came out, that is the boiling point from years and years of what people have felt as suffering from corruption. i can tell you, this is a very impassioned crowd. it is raining right now. people are getting soaked. and that has not stopped them from marching forward. you still hear the trucks that are honking their horns. you still hear people out in the streets, chanting, "resign." and chanting about the corruption of this island. so it seems like last night when the governor announced he was stepping down as the leader of the party and that he would not run for re-election, that really didn't do anything to calm the protesters down. in fact, it sort of fueled them in their efforts to call for his resignation. now, for his part, the governor says that he has no plans to resign as the governor of puerto ric

a political anthropologist she joins us from san juan luna c.m. wake us is an artist in l g p t q activist she is in the noise of puerto rico and zola boy is a senator with the new progressive party and that's the same party as governor. she joins us from the capital san juan hello everybody it's good to have you here with us that you asked the senator such a great question just before we got on the air i said hold to its you all political i'm for politics but today you are a journalist what was that question is the question that so many of us are curious about go ahead you start i have a season i do there's a red time is going the is the governor going to step down does she not have any inside information for us on the. satta well i guess of course our 1st of all thank you thank you i'm so honored to be part of those and think of my league and family for the support you need to be all about the ban and so he here at for there is. a team we thank you for that what do you need to have to answer that no i do not have any inside information but i do

protesters against puerto rico's embattled governor turned violent in the capital san juan it's been several days since protesters started taking to the streets against the leader they say is intolerant and corrupt gabrielle is on the as the isis i. was fighting in rioting on the cobblestone streets of the historic district of san juan puerto rico anger directed at the governor they say disrespects his own people the protesters are furious after nearly $900.00 pages of governor ricardo rosello those private text messages were leaked publicly last week messages that were pulled her and sexist summit made fun of obese people mocked political opponents and seemingly joked about the thought of killing the female mayor of san juan he's admitted the messages were his and apologized but said he won't step down so the people are trying to force him out he hasn't been the best governor but when those attacks got leaked we know that he hit right rock bottom like there's no way that this guy could continue governor puerto rico we need our strong leader we need someone to. guide us in the right

>>> (cÁnticos) >>> el contraste de la noche de ayer y la maÑana de hoy en el viejo san juan es marcado. >> la paz reinaba en el viejo san juan en donde ayer el panorama era de guerra >>> lo que comenzÓ como una manifestaciÓn pacÍfica entrada la noche se tornÓ violenta hubieron lesionados y se registraron varios arrestas durante la jornada en donde el pueblo exigÍa la renuncia del gobernador >>> esto es decisiÓn tuya. hoy a travÉs de un comunicado asegurÓ que las manifestaciones no pasaron des percibidos para nada y el comprometo estÁ mas fuerte que nunca al final dijo que espera la reconciliaciÓn con el pueblo. >> a pesar de eso la ciudadanÍa saliÓ a pintar el casco >>> tengo mi propio negocio en el Área oeste me encanta la arquitectura que no podÍamos soportar cerca de la fortaleza en esta ocasiÓn por parte de familiares de aquellos que perdieron la vida tras el paso del huracÁn marÍa. >> son muchas emociones y el dolor de ver al paÍs de que sean los actos de corrupciÓn la indiferencia. >> cientos de turistas arribaron al muelle de san juan aunque habÍan destrozos

lopez also in san juan. nick, first to you. what's happening on the ground there right now? >> reporter: well, you saw that protest up on the main expressway. they got to their hundreds of thousands mark, certainly. extraordinary numbers. many of them, despite this at times torrential rain started moving towards the old town of san juan. not many behind me here, despite the noise they're making. and actually for the first time in days, we can see the barricades manned by police and down in the distance, fort alayso is. donald trump, the president of the united states, has spoken out today, and said that he considers the governor to be, quote, terrible. he's also criticized his key opponent. just heard from the mayor of san juan saying, quote, she's a horror show. clearly no obviously listening from washington here. we also heard from those in the crowd who have flown in from washington, puerto ricans who live here in their past, how they felt about what they attended today. >> i voted for him, and i am so di

juan. saying that he will not won for re-election but does this mean that he is resigning from his post. know and that's the real headline out of this message that the governor released on facebook a few minutes ago the headline is that he is not stepping down he will not resign he says he remains defiant he says he was elected to do a job elected democratically by the puerto rican people and he says he plans to finish his term his term ends in november of 2020 so this was the real headline out of this you're right he did say that he's not going to run for reelection next year he also said that he is not going to he's going to resign from the presidency of his political party the new progressive party but i can tell you that on the streets they want they wanted to hear something different they wanted to hear most of the protesters that have been out on the streets by the thousands over the last 8 to 9 days they wanted to hear that he was going to step down and his message was very clear tha

dancing in the streets of san juan celebrating what's being called a people's revolution demonstrators have for days demanded governor ricardo rajjo step down after text messages revealed a leader who spoke poorly of his own people and used sexist and homophobic language the young puerto rican soo spearheaded the marches it's in the bed to speak truth i mean i bet you were here when you saw a 1000000 people on this street at that's amazing that that's. almost a zen martial. beautiful man it's no worse for that i have 22 sons one is 10 and the other is 8 so i do this for them and for my future maybe grandsons you know and for the people of puerto rico we didn't want him there we just simply the no one there because they were facts that he wasn't a good governor so we just had to do something the demonstrations began almost 2 weeks ago these were some of the biggest marches in the island's history from a population tired of accusations of corruption and mismanagement later on wednesday night governor ricardo rajjo announced he would step down on august the 2nd. the streets of san juan er

overnight celebrations on the streets of san juan. puerto rico's embattled governor ricardo rossello announced he is resigning. it came in a video which was played on overhead speakers for te entire country to hear. the governor says he will step down next friday after these weeks of huge protests. >> and those prostess were touched off by a corruption scandal in his administration and those leaked communications. rossello had refused to step down until lawmakers started impeachment proceedings to force him out. here's more from san juan. >> reporter: a crowd of thousands of people erupted into tears when they heard the news. they had been protesting here in old san juan for 12 days before they finally heard that governor ricardo rossello was resigning his position. the governor in a 14-minute message said that effective august 12n2nd, he is going to s down which is what they had been demanding for nearly two weeks here. it's going to be a difficult transition for puerto rico because many of the governor's aides and members of his cab

juan, los manifestantes decidieron seguir caminando hasta la fortaleza. cayó el aguacero, pero estamos acá y seguimos acá para dar cara para que ricky renuncie. a fin de cuentas renuncia >>> el pueblo demuestra que está retirando su confianza los políticos y se la está dando con más entusiasmo que nunca a los artistas >>> dijimos que se vaya. lo hemos pedido, lo hemos exigido, ricardo, el pueblo habla >>> nunca antes puerto rico había tenido una marcha de tal magnitud. mientras estas imágenes le empezaban a dar la vuelta al mundo, roselló se veía contra la pared durante una entrevista con la cadena fox tuvo dificultades para nombrar al menos a una persona que le apoyara. >>> finalmente nombró al alcalde de san sebastián, pero minutos después ese alcalde mintió al gobernador, el domingo por la noche funcionario nos aseguró que él favorecía un juicio político a roselló. >>> ahora vamos a una pausa y al volver una popular aplicación de mensajería podrían dejar incomunicados a cientos de migrantes en estados unidos, >>> una aplicación

office on wednesday the scandal began over leaked text messages and again he reports from san juan. dancing in the streets of san juan celebrating what's being called a people's revolution demonstrators have for days demanded gov ricardo rajjo step down after text messages revealed a leader who spoke poorly of his own people and used sexist and homophobic language the young puerto ricans who spearheaded the marches its of them and to speak truth i mean i bet you were here when you saw a 1000000 people on the street and that's amazing that that's. almost a zen muscle. beautiful man but it's no worse for that i have 22 sons one is 10 and the other is 8 so i do this for them and for my future maybe grandsons you know and for the people of puerto rico they didn't want him there we just simply the no one there because they were facts that he was in a good governor so we just had to do something the demonstrations began almost 2 weeks ago these were some of the biggest marches in the island's history from a population tired of accusations of corruption and mismanagement later on wednesday

you know, it was another day of protests in san juan. there does not seem to be any signs of it slowing down. nick, what are you seeing? what did you see? >> reporter: well, it's been a long evening so far. the protestors, two or three thousand gathered their way down to the shore front. the numbers of much smaller but just recently in the last minute people have had a slight rise in the feeling of tension. it's building here. we saw clashing during wednesday night and there is much more being planned for monday. organizers hoping hundreds of thousands of people will take to the street to voice their discontent. there has been a voice resigning saying you can no longer take the shape of his corruption. the message from protestors is extraordinarily consistent. they want the governor out immediately. now there are talks this evening, but now the area that forms committees with anything contained in the chats, there is a real sense on the street here, laura, that perhaps a tiny area, the last few hours. >> thank you, nick peyton walsh. >>>

we'll get you a live update on the clearly fluid situation on the ground there in san juan just as quickly as we can he was expected widely to resign he had shuttled a press conference in the evening local time he initially failed to appear at that according to local media reports as the night went on without any word from him growing numbers of protesters and security personnel arrived on the scene outside the governor's mansion in old sun on along with a big police contingent according to civil rights observers who were reportedly on the ground on monday with hundreds of thousands of puerto ricans taking part in one of the biggest protests that the island has ever seen people were demanding his resignation he again at that point said he would not resign a statement from his office on weapons they said he had not resign have not resigned i should say and he was at that point being quoted as being in a process of reflection and just to give you a direct quote he said i've seen the protests after the people talk of had a process of introspection and i did i made a decision i'm not going to

dancing in the streets of san juan celebrating what's being called a people's revolution demonstrators have for days demanded gov ricardo rajjo step down after text messages revealed a leader who spoke poorly of his own people and used sexist and homophobic language the young puerto ricans who spearheaded the marches it to the bed to victory i mean i bet you were here when you saw a 1000000 people on the street and that's amazing that that's. almost a zen martial. beautiful man but it's no worse for that i have 22 sons one is 10 and the other is 8 so i do this for them and for my future maybe grandsons you know and for the people of puerto rico they didn't want to be there we just simply the no one there because they were facts that he wasn't a good governor so we just had to do something the demonstrations began almost 2 weeks ago these were some of the biggest marches in the island's history from a population tired of accusations of corruption and mismanagement later on wednesday night governor ricardo rajjo announced he would step down on august the 2nd oh oh oh oh the streets of sa

juan in san juan thank you very much for updating us even better luna's c.n.n. way goss is an artist an l g b t q activist she is in puerto rico and zola boy is a senator with the new progressive party and that's the same party as governor. she joins us from the capital san juan hello everybody it's good to have you here with us very much you asked the senator such a great question just before we got on the air i said hold it's you are political anthropologist but today you are a journalist what was that question is the question that so many of us are curious about go ahead larry but you say you started out of the season i don't as a red time is going the is the governor going to step down all of this you know have any inside information for us on the. satta well yes of course our 1st of all thank you thank you i'm so honored to be part of those and i think of my league and family for their support i mean the end to. all. the ban and so here at for this is. a team we thank you for the board you need and i have to answer that no i do not have any inside informati

tifani roberts, desde san juan, puerto rico, nos habla de la situación que se vive en la isla. [tambores] tifani: sonaron los tambores en puerto ricoprotestan cantand] tifani: los boricuas han usado la música para expresar su descontento con el gobernador ricardo rosselló. rosselló anunció esta tardetrésk que renunciaba a la presidencia de su partido y que no buscará la reelección, pero no renunciará a la gobernación. rosselló: he cometido errores y me he disculpado. soy un hombre de bien que tiene un gran amor por mi isla y por todos. tifani: la vida tranquila de esta isla se ha visto interrumpida todos los días esta semana por marchas multitudinarias que han causado estragos para los negocios del viejo san juan a tal punto que los cruceros con miles de viajeros dejaron de llegar al puerto, y el viejo san juan, usualmente inundado de turistas, luce vacío. a pocas cuadras en las inmediaciones de la fortaleza, la residencia del gobernador, los manifestantes se han adueñado de las calles exigiendo a gritos la renuncia de rosselló. lo que ha caracterizado este estall

reports now from san juan. to a victory for the people and this was the moment they found out after 2 weeks of street protests you're it. puerto rico's governor carter row c.e.o. said he would try to step down. the side of the call that call him on the. despite having a mandate from the people who elected me democratically today i feel that continuing in this position prison censored mountable difficulties adding heard the complaints spoken to my family thought of my children and in prayer i've taken the following decision i announce to you today that i'll be resigning as governor effective friday 2nd of august. those on the street she laid it. was set. up the feeling was still i said fix what he's feeling right now i'm happy because this is what we jump up here it's just the world and we've got to protest the man. they're calling it revolution others might say it's puerto rico's arab spring i was i was euphoric i couldn't believe it i the 1st generation do you know how. proud you feel the 1st generation to get

he attacked the mayor of san juan who has been critical of him in particular. he got the number wrong on the aid. 42 allocated, 14 given of the on robert mueller, he recycled his criticisms that ruobert mueller is conflicted. he's not. and he said these four congresswomen hate the country, which is the line he's been using against them. let's talk about afghanistan and pakistan because he's next to the prime minister of pakistan. susan, you first. he raised the specter of nuking or demolishing or bombing to a considerable degree afghanistan. wiping it off the face of the earth he said, but he said he didn't want to do that because it would kill millions of people. >> over and over again, it was kind of unnerving i thought to watch this performance where the president suggests essentially that the choice is either between cutting a deal with the taliban after na19 years of afghanistan or nuking the country off the face of the earth. i've never heard him repeat this over and over again, it was very odd. he said 10 million people, we have bombs that can just leave

cnn correspondent juan carlos lopez is in san juan. explain the broader context of why they want rozello to resign. >> reporter: if i could put it in a sentence, anna, house of cards is childs play compared to what is going on in puerto rico in the last weeks. blue building in the back is where the governor lives, that is the mansion. that is where the protests are ending and where thousands are expected to come tonight. now there are several corruption scandals, some involving former government officials who resi - resigns before they were indicted and after the secretary was fired there was a leak that caused an uproar and have -- have led many to ask for the governor to resign. it is a very controversial issue. the people we've spoke to are very upset. the mayor spoke a moment ago talking about what they expect for tonight. she's saying that the local police, the police of san juan, the city she's a mayor of will not take part in repressing the protest and she was issuing a warning to the governor asking him to resign. this is what

think the streets of san juan erupted in celebrations that continued for hours puerto rico secretary of justice one device because it's likely to replace ross aoe but she's an unpopular choice among those who took to the streets organizers say they will watch closely what happens next with their demands for the future of puerto rico the simple so we just want good leaders true leaders people that are just looking for the you know well being of the people that's all we need really is not it's not really that difficult to say they will. continue to demonstrate if this u.s. territory fails to pick a governor they like in the next few days or a c.e.o. successor will be announced but this political crisis may be far from over for many people here this feels like a brand new day but one that tinge with hope and concern remember the next governor will inherit $74000000000.00 worth of debt on an island still recovering from 2 major hurricanes come or than anything else the future leadership of this country will have to wind its people's trust him out may be the biggest challenge and again ap

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more from the capital, san juan. inthousands of people downtown san juan, puerto rico, the old city, in front of the capitol building are all calling for the same thing. that the governor resign. after more than 900 pages of text messages came out of the governor making -- mocking his political opponents, retaliating against journalists and messages from the governor of sexist and homophobic remarks, even illegal activities alleged by his political opponents. this is the biggest political crisis ever to hit puerto rico and already, two of the governor's top deputies have been arrested for alleged corruption by the fbi and two others have stepped down since these text messages have been leaked publicly. these people on the streets of prater rico say they are fed up and this is a governor that must step down. so far, he has refused to do so. he admitted wrongdoing, admitting that his messages were not appropriate, says he plans to stay in office. the protesters say that is not acceptable. >> hundreds have rallied in ne

esto lo dijo la alcaldesa de san juan. equipos de limpieza y reparaciÓn se han dado a la tarea de arreglar. por su parte el saliente gobernador se reuniÓ con miembros de su ela prÓxima gobernadora, la actual secretaria de justicia. abandonarÁ su cargo rosellÓ, el prÓximo 2 de agosto. pero a pesar de la renuncia las crÍticas al gobernador rosellÓ no paran. y tampoco para las crÍticas a la persona que lo pudiera reemplazar. esto me dijeron dos importantes portorriqueÑos. >> el gobernador rosellÓ nunca levantÓ su voz en contra de trump. y ahora se por quÉ. porque estaba actuando de la misma manera. trataba a los inmigrantes, trataba a los musulmanes,estaba tratando pueblo portorriqueÑo. >> apoyarÍa a wanda vÁsquez como la prÓxima gobernadora?