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
they saw something they never have. before today, the house judiciary committee traveled up from washington to hold what they call the field hearing in manhattan. it was supposedly focused on crime in manhattan, which is interesting because the murder rate in manhattan is below the murder rate in washington, d. c. where the house judiciary committee is based. and it s lower than a number of big cities in republican controlled states like tampa or jacksonville or dallas or nashville or tulsa, oklahoma. so why did the judiciary committee headed by republican jim jordan come here because manhattan is where district attorney alvin bragg works and he brought charges against donald trump and jim jordan s doing all he can to protect the former president and ensure he becomes the next president of the united states. at the hearing today. jordan attacked district attorney brag , calling him soft on crime in response, bragged called today s hearing a political stunt and last week brag,
administration should ignore this ruling. how will the fda respond? health and human services secretary javier bezerra and democratic congresswoman alexandria koziol cortez next and political retribution. tennessee republicans expelled two democrats over their gun reform protests during session they think of the issues over we ll see you on monday, another flashpoint in the guns debate. you ve aldi congressman tony gonzalez will join me, plus ultra mega, a defiant former president vows to fight charges against him as other ongoing probes accelerate our republican voters responding do not go to the gutter avoided, it turns off the voters. hello i m dana bash in washington, where the state of our union is wondering what doesn t become politicized these days, we just closed out an especially bitter and divisive week in american politics. on tuesday, former president donald trump was indicted in new york and is vowing vengeance as it appears possible. the case could go to trial m
to find out how you can get your lexus at 80% less than prescription hearing aid prices roger on capitol hill, and this is cnn. seismic ruling conservative judge reverses the fda is decades old approval of the abortion pill. i am flabbergasted. democrats say they ll fight to protect abortion rights. this ruling is in extreme abuse of power. but why are republicans staying so silent after such a big policy way? plus showdown in tennessee. we must be out of order to get justice and that s what we ll do to black democrats expelled from the statehouse protest over gun laws. what does it tell us about the state of the union and donald trump s legal peril grows , but so does his lead in the race for the gop nomination. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation. hello and welcome to inside politics. i m abby phillip. it has been a dizzying week in american politics, beginning with the indictment of a former president and now ending with a dramatic court
morning. we re just talking. do you think they should settle? i was saying to pop in there like go. i didn t even have time to answer that. i mean, it s fast fox news, by the way in dominion. what do you think? fascinating. i think they have a lot to weigh in whether lives are going to a good start morning, everyone said. there s a lot lot to wait here. you know , i think there is a value and a trial and there s also risk in a trial. yeah we ll see. we ll see . we re going to update you on all of that. good morning, everyone, caitlin today it s just popping i so we re gonna get started with the five things to know for this monday, april 17 2023. we re going to start with the dominion trial that dominion trials start, though. in that box defamation trial abruptly delayed until tomorrow . the wall street journal is reporting its because fox is making a late effort to settle we ll get into that. also, protesters taking to the streets of kansas city after a 16 year old was shot a