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Could reverse that trend. >> i got more hispanic votes in my re-election effort than i got white votes. how many people can make that claim? and i can make it based on reality. >> were still working on fact checking that claim. but while the rest of the gop is going right on immigration, jeb bush wants to go in a different direction. the big question will that last in a republican primary? joining me now, clarissa martinez decastro, deputy vice president for the national counsel of la rossa, and...

Theres very few in the hispanic population about the field is crowded with candidates for evangelical voters. rick santorum was down at the recent poll of christians with 2% getting the event. hes so east coast, i dont think its a good sign when you come in behind him. >> he has a little mountain to climb. >> well cross that bridge when we get to it. >> thank you, roger simon. >> when we return let me finish with a salute to the whistle-blower, rand paul. youre watching hardball, a place for pol...

Julian castro of san antonio. hes now the hud secretary. he would be a youthful significant for hillary clinton, although hes not really -- hes mexican by descent, but he was born in san antonio. it didnt translate well in texas with the hispanic community. she wants to look for a youthful hispanic running mate for herself. >> for get about swing states. jacksonville florida, could be the deciding twinge county in 2016. were going to look at some stats. 842,500,0, its the largest city in florida...

He younger but theres a charisma around him and he just -- i dont know. this country -- i think back to the election in 92 when bill clinton was the new generation against 68-year-old george bush sr. >> it remains to be seen what kind of national candidate he is. we dont know if hes ready on the national scale. if he is then i agree with you. if hes an appealing candidate, he is youthful i think that he will make inroads in the hispanic vote against hillary. so -- but its still difficult for me ...

Governor of florida, speaks a little spanish, you know so its going to be an interesting contest. im not one of those saying rubio is the republican salvation. hes going to be tough, but i dont see him being automatic with hispanic voters because hes hispanic. >> all right. governor, always good to talk with you on a holiday weekend. thank you for your time. thanks. >> payday loans why did president obama talk about them in a recent speech? we will look at a report on a growing crisis. if you su...

Losing some of the latina support that you may otherwise have. >> well first of all the predominant issue in the hispanic community in america is what it is for all americans, that is the desire to have a better life for themselves and their children and thats the issue we need to focus our attention on all americans especially of hispanic descent are worried about. what im saying if you want -- if you are serious about moving forward and doing something on immigration that its good for america,...

Times" piece right now in which you are quoted and it says that democrats are getting very nervous about marco rubio. theyre concerned he could win over hispanic voters hes young and has a motivational story. do you buy into this? >> well he is attractive. hes going to be a tough candidate. i dont think he will beat jeb bush in the primaries but hes going to be strong. no he has a shifting position on immigration reform. hes for it one day, hes against it one day. that resonates with hispanic vo...

You didnt have that here. >> one thing that youve reported extensively on that i dont think a lot of our viewers know about is this lawsuit. there has been a federal lawsuit filed by some of these police officers. nine of the 13 police officers that used deadly force against these two individuals filed a federal lawsuit saying they are victims of racial discrimination. eight of those that are the claimants in this are white the ninth is hispanic. that is still on going right now. >> they charge ...

Say that making that gesture and that noise probably is -- >> a cardinal sin in the democrat party. if it was sanchez versus a republican for this seat they would be completely behind her. >> i think thats fair. and i think we should remember that if this was a republican lets say, lets imagine that as the republican candidate for senate even in a red state had done this the amount of national outrage and media coverage would be enormous and it would be for everybody. but in the case its a democ...

Bush. you talk about his father-in-law crossing the border in order to work. we see when jeb talks about immigration as an act of love and people making a commitment to their family, you see a large part of where that comes from and you see the depth of the difficulty he may have on appeasing the gop base which is staunchly anti-immigration. >> yeah everyone in miami knows this about bush. people in the nation are just learning it but he is functionally hispanic. cultural lives as a hispanic. hi...