that wanda vasquez was really not wanting to investigate allegations of mismanagement of trucks full of emergency supplies during hurricane maria. their lawyers are evaluating to open an investigation into her. she has faced allegations of corruption in the past but has been cleared. in a statement today wanda vasquez said this. the desire and agenda of some to try to undermine the credibility at this moment of importance to puerto rico and destabilize the government s order is evident. it attempts to perpetuate restlessness and instability in the country. due to become the governor on friday, august 2. fema announced yesterday that effective immediately the commonwealth of puerto rico must receive approval from the agency to draw down all grant funds for hurricanes irma and maria. fema taking extra steps to protect taxpayer money given all that s happening on the
to root out widespread political corruption. bryan llenas is live in san juan with more. good morning. look. governor ricardo rossello will be out of office on friday, august 2. that still has not stopped the protests here. the chants of wanda resign are making their way around. supposed to be the next interim governor. look at this video. a protest/celebration yesterday on the gold mile here in san juan, financial district. people saying they want to clean house and go after the other people associated with the rows he ll administration who they believe is completely corrupt and they blame for mismanaging millions, if not billions of dollars. now, wanda vasquez is the secretary of justice in puerto rico. i got off the phone with the office of ethics in puerto rico and their lawyers are evaluating screen shots of text messages that allegedly show
the pressure was mounting and building so much. the governor filmed a video, said he was resigning. and friday will be the last day. and now, it s a big party. on this island. it is a big party. the question will be how will this island move forward. what will be next? now that the governor stepped down. according to the reporting and the he is announced he will resign. effective friday august 2. at 5:00 p.m. eastern time. he s resigning as governor of puerto rico. announcing a video message on facebook. just moments ago. our correspondent watched that video. massive protests as you can see. moments ago people cheering in the streets of old san juan. all brought about his resigning after more than a week of protest.
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embattled governor announced his resignation after leaked on line chats. the resignation goes into effect next friday, august 2, came in a facebook video after attorneys commissioned by the puerto rico house of representative unanimously found five offenses that are ground for impeachment. all happening while you were sleeping overnight. now back to robert mueller s testimony, over the course of seven hours yesterday, the special counsel who oversaw the investigation answered lawmakers questions where he affirmed his reports key findings, insisted russia will continue and acknowledged a lack of cooperation from president trump disputing the near daily assault