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Criticized warren because he said that she was a essentially appropriating -- using just a small ancestral dna bit to essentially say i have tribal affiliation and he said, we get to judge that and youre not that if you just have a little bit of native american blood. essentially diminishing our tribal importance. >> yeah that was a pretty brutal smackdown of a letter. you would think that she would have checked in with them before releasing this. that would have been the politically sophisticat...

Said in a statement that he criticized warren because he said that she was a essentially appropriating -- using just a small ancestral dna bit to essentially say i have tribal affiliation and he said, we get to judge that and youre not that if you just have a little bit of native american blood. essentially diminishing our tribal importance. >> yeah that was a pretty brutal smackdown of a letter. you would think that she would have checked in with them before releasing this. that would have been...

Construct, theyre not used to that. the people in power are not used to that. but what we combat that with is a lesson in civics. all of us, it doesnt matter your political affiliation to talk about whats happening in this country. if you take away lorettas -- voting is not a privilege. its a right in this country. >> and its something that we -- for decades. since the beginning of time, voter suppression has been a thing and it has been a tactic that has been used. we went from counting marbles...

Its especially personal, of course, here in mcallen, very close to the border. the first question comes from carlos garcia. hes an immigration attorney working on family reunification. carlos? >> congressman, this weekend, the president indicated that hes open to resurrecting his family separation policies. for the most part, the amazing people of south texas, regardless of political or religious affiliation, stepped up to the plate to help those in need because, well, thats what we do in south ...

Native. she did that. hes not giving the money to the charity. he also denied saying that. it sort of puts him on the defensive in some ways, but in terms of the cherokee nations statement, i found that to be ridiculous. i am also part cherokee, but i have not taken a dna test. im not trying to join a tribe or claim membership in a tribe, and neither did elizabeth warren. to be clear, i think that while the rollout of the dna test and the decision to do a dna test to be able to, quote, prove tha...

He declined our invitation. please welcome congressman beto orourke. >> good to see you. thanks for having me. thank you. all right. thank you all. thanks. thank you. thank you. >> so, congressman, lets get right to it. texas voters say immigration is their number one most important issue in this election here in texas. its especially personal, of course, here in mcallen, very close to the border. the first question comes from carlos garcia. hes an immigration attorney working on family reunific...

About their ignoring the political affiliation. about standing up to men as women try to climb the career ladder, that is with the me too movement was about. by overly politicizing it you see these sorts of things happen where you clearly invited the privacy of many women in that state were frustrated and upset. i think the senator had a good response. she clearly seems contrite. i think she generally feels bad about what happened. this is what happens when you politicize me to proven political ...

Of the me too movement, from a movement that was supposed to be about all women regardless of political affiliation standing up to men who abuse their power in positions of authority as women climb the career ladder, that is what the me too movement was about an by politicizing it you see these things happen where you invaded the privacy of many women in that state who were frustrated and upset. the senator had a good response, she clearly seems contrite and she genuinely feels bad about what ha...

Got the job by hearing it on the news when did someone from the government actually contact you and say yes this is not a prank. you know its so easy to expect its a prank but you know you see the prime minister talking to the parliaments of. you this is this will be your first foray into politics i believe youre not been an m.p. and youre a university lecturer why do you think they chose you. i think you know that the road that depend government is taking no and again the whole key in the idea ...

Prairie view a&m students can vote in waller county, texas. nevertheless, waller county texas keeps coming up with new ways to try to keep students at this college from voting. new hurdles, news on calls for those students to make it harder for them to vote. over the decades, students at prairie view a&m have had to fight for their vote, fight for their ability to vote, year after year, election after election after election after election. this year, that perennial fight incredibly included thi...