and this right here is el viejo, san juan, the oldest part of a heavily fortified colonial city established in 1521 by none other than ponce de leon. and the spaniards named it puerto rico, aka rich port, so you can get an idea of what their intentions were for this island. sugar, spices, gold, just a few of the perks the spanish enjoyed for over 400 years. that is, until the u.s. was happy to help, you know, liberate the island from the spanish and make it a u.s. commonwealth. that means puerto rico is neither an independent country nor an official state. and its people don t have a vote in the u.s. congress or in presidential elections. despite all of that, puerto ricans are unstoppable. and their cultural impact on the u.s. and the world? massive. to really get to the bottom of how puerto rico has not only survived but thrived requires an understanding of the cultural history of the island. so that s what we re going to do now. and in case you re new to this show, that s l
oh, that s right. despite those who say, go back to your own country, puerto rico is part of the u.s. it s not a state. but its inhabitants are 100% american. and this right here is el viejo, san juan, the oldest part of a heavily fortified colonial city established in 1521 by none other than ponce de leon. and the spaniards named it puerto rico, aka rich port, so you can get an idea of what their intentions were for this island. sugar, spices, gold, just a few of the perks the spanish enjoyed for over 400 years. that is, until the u.s. was happy to help, you know, liberate the island from the spanish and make it a u.s. commonwealth. that means puerto rico is neither an independent country nor an official state. and its people don t have a vote in the u.s. congress or in presidential elections. despite all of that, puerto ricans are unstoppable. and their cultural impact on the u.s. and the world? massive. to really get to the bottom of how puerto rico has not only survived
alaska, the major general saying the fort waynewright community is one of the tightest i ve seen in 32 years of service, i have no doubt they will pull together and provide comfort to families of our fallen. the apache helicopters were part of the 25th aviation regimen returning from a flight heading to fort waynewright base. they went down near fairbanks, where the base was located. two soldiers were declared dead at the scene and a third died on the way to the hospital. a fourth soldier is being treated for injuries. in february, two soldiers were hurt when a helicopter was involved in an accident and it is nearly a month to a day nine soldiers were killed innen can tucky when two blackhawks collided midair before going down. we ll continue to monitor last night s crash as officials begin investigating what went wrong. todd: prayers to those families. thank you. americans stranded in sudan hiring private security companies to help get them to safety. some say it is simila
to the courthouse. he is being closely guarded by the secret service. this is a pretty fluid situation, but here s what we know so far. former president expected to get fingerprinted once he s inside the courthouse. it remains unclear if you will have a mug shot taken. they have been going back-and-forth on that today. we do understand he will not be handcuffed. remember, i told you on tucker couple nights ago that no, the secret service would decide the tone of all of this. the tone would include whether to handcuff him which is a completely different visual for the nation to see or not. he will not be handcuffed. he will then be escorted to the 15th floor of the main courthouse where the hearing will take place. it s expected to last less than 30 minutes. video cameras have been banned from the courtroom today but there will be some still photographs taken. during the arraignment, the indictment will be unsealed, and those charges will finally be revealed, although andy mcc
tonight, we begin with breakin news it s all hands on deck this weekend, donald trump i huddling with a team of lawyer damar legault. this comes as nbc news learned that the ex president has been invited to testify before a ne york grand jury next week. it s part of the manhattan district attorney s years long investigation into hush plenty payments made for adult film star during trump s 2016 presidential run so, why does the ds offer have trump so spooked the invitation is why they received the a warning of criminal charges may b imminent had district attorney alvi bragg joined reverend sharpton a short time ago, and he appears to be keeping his card close to his vest. we have an active investigation. many observed last year that the trial of the trump organization, in some ways, would say is the same team tha is working with the same typ of professionalism and rigor the same type of team on our active investigation i am concerned from saying anything more than that becau