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Overwhelmingly populated by latino voters that president biden under performed in last fall and helped hand texas to donald trump. theres a special election in state house district 118 in and around san antonio which is almost 75% latino and that district might give us a window of what is to come next year. one of the candidates in that race, democrat frank ramirez, joins us now a former zoning and planning director in that area, and one of five candidates, three democrats, two republicans, that...

Challenges that exist in this district and throughout a lot of texas, the state of texas, is we need more robust infrastructure. im talking about public transportation, im talking about pedestrian mobility transportation that allows for people to cross the road without being hit where we are seeing a higher influx of this type of activity happen here in district 118, on the south side of san antonio. were bridging that gap with voters by talking to them at their doors. we hear from them directly...

>> all right. frank ramirez, the election for house district 118, happening september 28th, thanks for taking time for us this morning. we appreciate it. >> thank you, boris. i appreciate it. tonight, be sure to watch the new cnn film "the lost sons." heres a preview. ♪ >> michael reese is on the lake. theres an "l" there in the train station and the airport. she had every means of transportation to leave chicago within five minutes of taking the baby. >> this was premeditated on the part of...

You are correct, we are working under the gun in the sense that we are not going to bes the majority going into this legislature, however we need 11 seats to flip in 2022 to make that happen. >> frank, one final quick question, on the issue of voting rights, that legislation of that passed earlier this year, do you think its going to affect your campaign at all? do you think voters might be afraid or intimidated in voting this week? >> i think that the people of san antonio, specifically the peo...

Hey, you have a voice with us, we care about you. so my candidacy in this race is bridging that gap as well, going door to door, talking to as many residents in district 118 to get them out and to make sure that theyre at the polls so we can combat this trend where it really matters at their doors. >> frank, lets talk about some of the issues on the table. i dont need to tell you there have been a lot of controversial bills passed in texas recently on abortion, voting rights, et cetera. the poli...

Specifically among latinos. does that concern you republicans are trying to build on those numbers? >> it is a concern, and ill tell you why. down here in central/south texas weve had a history of voting democratic. as a matter of fact, in 2016, we were in the same situation as we are in now. in district 118 were looking at a special election and the governor called it and a republican walked away with it for the first time in the seats history. we are in an odd time in this districts history wh...

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A lot of voices that told me i dont know how to be pep, so... anyway, its not between me and him. we dont play a match of tennis or a match of chess tomorrow, we play with our teams and the teams and clubs compete each other, against each other, on a very high level. unbelieveable, and it will take time to sink in. the words of the warwickshire, captain after they became county cricket champions for the first time in nine years. they needed to beat somerset to pip lancashire to the title and lia...

Helped take them to the brink of victory. then, liam norwell claimed the final wicket to ensure victory by 118 runs at edgbaston. they will face lancashire in next weeks trophy final at lords. lets have a quick look at some of the other sports stories making the news today. the former rugby league player rob burrow, who has motor neurone disease, will present the man of the match trophy at next months grand final. burrow twice won the award during a successful career with leeds rhinos. fi champi...

Carded seven birdies in 16 holes to get the americans their first point, beating paul casey and victor hovland three and two. and at the bottom of your screen, the rookies enter sharply and after cantley have beaten rory mcilroy and ian poulter five and three. the last ten minutes, brooks koepka and daniel berger beating english pair lee westwood and matt fitzpatrick, so very much advantage team usa. the four balls get going in just over half an hour. warwickshire are crickets county champions, ...