REPORTS AND A HUMAN TRAGEDY.

DISCREPANCIES CONTINUE TO MOUNT

OVER THE OFFICIAL DEATH TOLL

HURRICANE MARIA HAD ON PUERTO

RICO.

NEW DATA SHOWS THAT EARLY

ESTIMATES WERE GROSSLY

UNDERESTIMATED.

NOW ORIGINALLY IT WAS REPORTED

THAT ONLY 64 PEOPLE DIED AS A

RESULT OF THE STORM.

BUT SINCE THEN THAT NUMBER HAS

GROWN ENORMOUSLY.

ACCORDING TO THE LATEST REPORTS

1,400 DIED IN THE MONTHS

FOLLOWING THE HURRICANE.

THE QUESTION IS HOW DOES PUERTO

RICO NOT JUST FIX THE DAMAGE

DONE BY MARIA BUT HOW CAN IT

REBUILD SO WHEN THE NEXT STORM

HITS THE ISLAND REMAINSRY

SILIENT AND THE REBUILD PROCESS

EQUITABLE.

>> AND WITH US IS LUIS MAREN.

THE FOUNDER OF THE HISPANIC

FEDERATION.

AND ALSO JOINING SUS XAVIER

DESUSA BRIGGS.

THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE

INCLUSIVE KMS FORETHE FORD

FOUNDATION.

AND SUPPORTING OUR CHASING THE

DREAM INITIATIVE ON POVERTY IN

AMERICA.

GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW.

FIRST I WANT TO TALK SOMETHING

POSITIVE.

TELL ME ABOUT THE RESILIENCY OF

THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO.

>> I'M START BY SAYING SOMEONE

WHO CAN WITHSTAND NINE MONTHS

WITHOUT POWER, WHICH IS WHAT AT

LEAST 25,000 FAMILIES HAVE

LIVING IN PUERTO RICO RIGHT NOW,

MY BROTHER AND SISTER DIDN'T

HAVE ELECTRICITY FOR SEVEN

MONTHS.

YOU SORT OF GET USED TO THE NEW

NORMAL, WHICH WAS TO DO

EVERYTHING WITHOUT ELECTRICITY.

SO IF SOMETHING WE HAVE SEEN --

IT'S PEOPLE JUST ADAPTING AND

TRYING TO CHANGE THE HORRIFIC

CIRCUMSTANCES AFTER MARIA.

>> LUIS IS RIGHT.

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY

RESILIENT, RESOURCEFUL, MAKING

DO.

TAKES ONE FORM IN THE BIG

CITIES.

>> UM-HUM.

>> AND A DIFFERENT FORM I'D SAY

IN THE SMALLER TOWNS, THE RULER

COMMUNITIES.

SOME ISOLATED IN THE MOUNTAINS.

THEY'VE BEEN TREMENDOUSLY

PATIENT.

PUERTO RICOS HAVE ENDURED SO

MUCH GIVEN ALL THE SYSTEMS THAT

FAILED AND HOW INADEQUATE THE

GOVERNMENT RESPONSE HAS BEEN.

>> WHERE IS THE ISLAND IN TERMS

OF READINESS?

BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE SO MUCH NEED

AND THOSE NEEDS AREN'T

NECESSARILY BEING MET.

YET WE HAVE ANOTHER HURRICANE

SEASON COMING.

I-THINKING IT DON'T NEED TO BE A

CATEGORY FIVE OR A DIRECT HIT TO

CAUSE A LOT OF DAMAGE IF THE

ISLAND HAS BEEN SO DAMAGED.

>> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A CATEGORY

5.

THERE HAS BEEN FOR PRIVATE

INSTITUTIONS, LARGER

NON-PROFITS, THEY HAVE BEGUN TO

THINK ABOUT REBUILDING IN AN

INTELLIGENT WAY.

WHERE DO WE NEED THE SOLAR

POWER, DO WE NEED THE GENERATOR?

BUT OVERALL THAT IS NOT THE

REALITY FOR PUERTO RICO.

MOST OF IT HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER

WITH SLIFA AND CHEWING GUM.

WHATEVER IS PUT TOGETHER WITH

THAT IS DISAPPEARING WITH A

STORM NEVER MIND A HURRICANE.

>> I WOULD ADD, JENNA, WE HAVE

SEEN SOME OF THE BIGGEST FORWARD

STEPS WHERE MAJOR SYSTEMS LIKE

HOSPITALS ARE CONCERNED, OR

COMMUNITY CENTERS, A LOT OF

LESSONS FROM LAST YEAR ABOUT HOW

TO MAKE THOSE PLACES SAFE AND

MORE FUNCTIONAL.

AND THAT'S BASICALLY LET'S BE

HONEST IT'S BASICALLY EMERGENCY

MEASURES BUT THEY'RE IMPORTANT.

ALSO IF YOU CAN AFFORD TO YOU

MAKE YOUR OWN HOME STRONGER,

MORE RESILIENT OR LET'S BE

HONEST YOU LEAVE THE ISLAND.

WE KNOW A LOT OF THAT HAS

HAPPENED.

THAT LEAVES MILLIONS OF PUERTO

RICANS QUITE VULNERABLES IN

HOMES AND COMMUNITIES.

THERE IS A LONG WAY TO GO.

ANT BIG YES IS WHAT COMES NEXT

AND HOW CAN IT BE DONE QUICKLY.

>> I'M WORNING HOW DOES THE FORD

FOUNDATION SUPPORT AND HELP THE

INITIATIVES TO HELP GET SOME OF

LIKE EITHER THE FUNDING OR THE

SUPPORT?

WHAT IT IS THAT FAMILIES NEED.

>> JENNA, WHAT WE LEARNED

ESPECIALLY AFTER KA TREENA.

WE ARE WORKING WITH PARTNERING,

THE OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATION,

PHILANTHROPY CAN PLAY A CRITICAL

ROLE.

AND BECAUSE THE COMMUNITIES

NEEDS TO BE RESILIENT AND OPEN

UP SPACE FOR THINKING OUTSIDE

THE BOX THP LUIS IS POINTING TO

THE NEED TO DEAL WITH THE LAND

TITLING ISSUE.

THAT'S AN AREA THAT'S URGENT.

UNLESS IT'S RESOLVED YOU WON'T

SEE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN

CRITICAL INVESTMENT FLOW FROM

THE GOVERNMENT EVEN THOUGH THE

MONEY IS APPROPRIATED.

WE HAVE DISCOVERED AFTER SANDY

THIS WAS TRUE.

KA TREENA THIS WAS TRUE.

PHILANTHROPY CAN FLOW QUICKLY

AND ENABLE COMMUNITIES TO TACKLE

THESE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT

FOR THE LONG HAUL.

WE CAN'T BE A SUBSTITUTE FOR

GOVERNMENT.

AT THE END OF THE DAY NO ONE

SHOULD TRY TO BE.

WE WANT GOVERNMENT TO DO THEIR

JOB.

BUT PRIVATE ACTION AND

PHILANTHROPY IS USEFUL.

>> IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO BE -- WE

HAVE RAISED $38 MORE RECOVERY

ISSUES IN PUERTO RICO.

BUT THE NEED AS STATED BY THE

GOVERNMENT IS $94 BILLION.

SO YOU'VE GOT TO BE INTELLIGENT

ON HOW DO YOU USE THE LIMITED

RESOURCES THAT EITHER

PHILANTHROPY IS PUTTING OR

PEOPLE ARE GOOD AND GIVE IT OUT

OF KINDNESS OF THEIR HEART?

BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU ARE NOT

GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WELL, I DO WANT TO END THIS

INTERVIEW ON A POSITIVE NOTE

BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY

HEART WRENCHING ISSUES WE DEAL

WITH.

AND THAT WAS OF COURSE HAMILTON

IS COMING TO PUERTO RICO.

TELL US HOW AUDITIONS ARE GOING.

HOW -- HAS THIS CREATED A SENSE

OF LIKE WE'RE BACK THINGS ARE

COMING BACK TO WHATEVER NORMAL

MIGHT BE?

>> MANUEL HAD ALWAYS SAID WE

BROUGHT IN THE HEIGHTS TO PUERTO

RICO.

MANUEL HAS ALWAYS SAID HE WILL

BRING HAMILTON.

WE ACCELERATED THE PROCESS JUST

TO BEGIN TO SHOW THE WORLD THAT

PUERTO RICO IT'S READY, READY

FOR PRODUCTION LIKE HAMILTON.

IT'S READY FOR MANY OTHER

THINGS.

WE ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF

REBUILDING THE ROOF OF THE

UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO

THEATER.

>> OKAY.

>> JUST CAME BACK FROM AUDITIONS

THIS WEEK.

WHERE 600 PUERTO RICOENS FROM

THE ISLAND AUDITIONED FOR THE

DIFFERENT ROLES.

BECAUSE HAMILTON OPENED IN

PUERTO RICO WITH A LITTLE TOUR.

MANUEL WILL BE PLAYING HAMILTON.

BUT EVERYONE ELSE IS NEW ACTORS

THAT ARE BEING HIRED TO CONTINUE

WITH THE TOUR FOR PUERTO RICO.

HE GOES TO SAN FRANCISCO.

PEOPLE WILL BE HIRED TO BE PART

OF THE HAMILTON TOUR THAT STARTS

IN PUERTO RICO.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

>> CAN I ADD, IN ADDITION TO THE

MAGIC THAT IS HAMILTON THERE IS

A NEW REPORT RELEASED TODAY.

AND REALLY EXCITING CALLED

REIMAGINE PUERTO RICO.

NEARLY 100 ACTIONABLE IDEAS -SP

COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THE ISLAND,

LEADERS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE

COMING TOGETHER IN A COMMISSION,

ALL LED BY PUERTO RICOENS.

AND IN ADDITION LOTS OF PUBLIC

INPUT AND IT'S A REAL ROAD MAP.

>> IS THERE A PLACE PEOPLE CAN

FIND THIS LET'S SAY VIEWERS

WATCHING THE SHOW SAYING I WANT

TO DO SOMETHING BUT I'M NOT SURE

WHAT TO DO.

GIVING TO YOU KNOW THE TYPICAL

ORGANIZATIONS I DO DOESN'T FEEL

LIKE ENOUGH.

>> ON ONE HAND REIMAGINE PUERTO

RICO IS THERE.

AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC IN

ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

THERE ONLINE.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE ROAD MAP AND

HOW YOU CAN CONNECT IN YOUR OWN

COMMUNITY OR LET YOUR ELECTED

OFFICIALS KNOW OR O INTO THE

BOARD ROOM IN YOUR BANK AND SAY

WE'RE ALREADY A PART OF THIS

LET'S TEAM UP.

AND THEN GETTING TO THE HISPANIC

FEDERATION, OTHERS NAMED IN THE

IMPORTANT REPORT.

BECAUSE THEY'RE BRINGING

RESOURCES TOGETHER AND AS LUIS

SAID, ENSURING THAT THESE FUNDS

MAKE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE

POSSIBLE, THAT THEY'RE NOT A

SUBSTITUTE FOR GOVERNMENT OR FOR

TAXPAYER PONY BUT RATHER A

COMPLIMENT, A CATALYST FOR REAL

CHANGE ON THE ZBLIELD THAT'S A

GREAT PLACE TO LEAVE IT,

GENTLEMAN THANK YOU FOR JOINING

US ON THE PROGRAM.

>> THANK YOU, JENNA.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.