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The response from the government was swift and fierce. This was the first time in over a decade a strike like this has happened in mexico. In this episode of fault lines, we went to meet the people picking so much of the food we eat in the United States and asked what is keeping them at the bottom of our food system. Were about an hour away from the heart of where farmworkers have started to protest their conditions and were already coming up on a checkpoint, this could be an early sign the move...

She sits in the Domestic Violence court. She spent 10 years as a prosecutor. She is an adjunct professor of law. Before graduating from law school, she was a journalist in washington dc where she one copy number of prizes. Tonight, she will be speaking about Dorothy Ferebee, a civil rights activist. Although dr. Fairly grew up in virginia although dr. Dorothy ferebee grew up in virginia, she attended Simmons College. A number of you are from Simmons College. Thank you for coming. [laughter] she ...

He outlined today. He wants the cdc to have a call to educate the community here in florida about the spread and symptoms and precautions. And the Health Department here to buy 4000 test kits and test for the cases. And people with the travel to the country that were affected and they have symptoms like fever, joint pain and a rash. They are considering the cdc for 1000 zika antibody tests. These tests are especially important for pregnant women. With the test does is to tell us that someone had...

Peter the young bride, lois, had married into the dedomenico family, owners of the golden grain macaroni company. Her armenian landlady taught her how to make rice pilaf. Lois added a twist. Erica with swansons chicken soup mixed in to make it delicious. And the brothers who ran thethe brothers who ran the Pasta Company realized that since they also had a sideline in making dried soup mixes, that they could turn this into a boxed meal and sell it as an alternative to potatoes on your plate, whic...

For. But tonight she says theyre not valid. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Reporting tonight from los angeles. Good evening. Hillary clinton fighting to return the media focus back onto her formidable candidacy for president today spoke to nbc news about the subject that has largely stolen the attention. Her use of a private email server to conduct official business when she was secretary of state. In a Rare National interview she sat down exc...

I think the facts are pretty clear that we had a lot of hard work, hard choices to make in those four years, and im very proud of the work we did. And now the state department has everything that they could have. So at the end of the day i am sorry that this has been confusing to people and has raised a lot of questions. But there are answers to all these questions, and i will continue to provide those answers. Looking at the campaign now, you see huge crowds for Bernie Sanders and for donald tr...

Todays battle for control and all of the issues at stake in just a few minutes. But first, we have a round up of the mornings other top stories. Joe talks about it. Oil prices falling sharply, expanding losses for a fourth session. Check this out right now. You thought this was bloody yesterday, down another 2. 6 this morning. 76. 70 for wti at this point. Saudi arabia cutting prices to the United States. The exporters battling for market share here in the Worlds Largest energy consumer, nation,...

Photobombing a picture of map after. [laughter] after losing two races in a heavily hispanic community. Hes found a way to get his name out there. Get another name out there. He surrounded a candidate seeking office in arizona. Scott fistler has legally changed his name to cesar chavez. Stephen adios, scott fistler. Hola, cesar chavez. You know what they say, if you cant beat em, pretend you joined em. Now, if cesar chavez strikes a cord with my hispanic viewer, its because it is also the name o...

Great. In the evenness of the reporting we need to go beyond to preach to the choir. Most of us here living in a bubble are aware of the issues that you go to new york and the east papers and you know you dont see the same type of reporting where theres very little of it and you dont see it from the perspective of the border. I dont want to say its mainstream in terms of speaking about a reality that makes even us feel as if we are out of reality. I had a person from back east tommy what you all...

But across this country you have been incubators of innovation, pioneers of fairness and opportunity. And you continue to do that. So take my hat off to you because you are doing so much and you have so many tools. I hope youll continue to use them. Because you know what . We do have a lot of Unfinished Business. We have made so much progress in areas of education. One statistic that people dont know is that the latino dropout rate over the last 10 years has declined 50 . Thats a remarkable stat...