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Interview the very small handful of people who they say are responsible. she is depicted as an angry person lashing back. thats very tough language. >> lets move onto an interesting comment from joe biden. he was addressing the hispanic chamber of commerce. he talked about how the president had put him in charge of the hem miss fear. is this the right way to say it? >> you know, 11 million people living in the shadows, i believe theyre already american citizens. rooz investment said it better, h...

The program, i came on as a hispanic business owner and i can tell you that the voice hispanic has and business owners in general, theres a lot of uncertainty with regards to obamacare. theres a lot of unknowns and i just think this should have been better dealt with beforehand. you dont inact a law and figure it out after its passed congress. first of all, you figure out what the consequences will be. >> theyre going try to make an issue of it. i dont think its going to hurt the democrats. i am...

Relen quish his post as co-chair of campaign fund raising. i think that has no indication as to how mr. rick scott has dealt with hispanics in florida. i think that when the folks go to the polls, theyre going to take into account how the state has progressed and thats the main issue. >> why is it -- >> i have -- >> go ahead. >> as a hispanic, i havent felt any insensitivity from my community or leaders and you cant base a persons actions on the entire republican organization. thats just absurd....

Saw, for the first time, what has become a staple of moral monday protests. demonstrators being arrested. 39 in total. this movement is clearly not bound to one single state. it has become regional, leading us to ask the question, is there a new progressive movement sweeping the south? john, im going to start with you. because the south is undergoing large demographic changes. and im going to put this on the screen. for example, 10 of the 12 states with the largest hispanic growth from 2000 to 2...

Im trying to think in my mind what a 4-year-old would do, black, white, hispanic, asian, that would require a suspension. should that be something thats obsolete? >> i think so. i think i cant imagine a good example. but i think its also true in elementary school and even in middle schools and high schools, most of these kids are being suspended for minor offenses. and its just not educationally sound practice when were kicking kids out, even at the high school level for dress code violations or...

Saying they will not renew laceys contract. by the way, more than half the students in the school district, wait for it, hispanic. k.g., your thoughts on this. this is a tough one. >> yes. >> she tells the kids dont speak spanish on campus at all. >> i think she went a little too far in the legal world we call that over broad, strike it down, but if she could specifically tailor it saying we would like to speak english in the classrooms because we have a vested interest to give you the best skil...

Them. you can qualify if youre a legal resident, legally in the united states. if you have a family where some people are citizens and legally here and others are not documented, the immigration people will never get that information. joining me now chris plante radio talk show host of the chris plante show and president of gotham ghost writers. dan, what do you think the president is trying to accomplish here? >> i think the real significance of this story is the growing level of backlash in th...

Because they were hispanic, jewish or african-american. >> as one family member had said, in is long overdue. >> only three are living today. for more than an hour, the citations were read. the president presented the nations highest military honor to the family of those who dedicated their lives to their country. as one of the original army green berets, the battle was almost his last. >> i went in and threw hand grenades everywhere. >> reporter: under relentle lel enemy fire, he was shot three...

Vote, if we work like dogs, can we get 35? you know, instead of 5% in the african-american community, can we get to 9? and i think if we do that and then slowly improve over time in these national elections, i think we can win. i mean, in spite of -- go ahead, sorry. >> no, no, finish your thought. >> i was going to say, look, mitt romney, in spite of really not having a big national party presence, no technology, no data, no built-in hispanic, african-american, asian engagement effort, he still...

Good to see you, mandy. >> see you tomorrow. this afternoon, president obama will take a step to right old wrongs. he will present the medal of honor to 24 army veterans from world war ii, korea, and vietnam. these men previously overlooked because they were hispanic, jewish, or african-american. only three are still alive and are expected at this afternoons ceremony. speciali specialist santiago erevia died in 199. staff sergeant melvin morris risked his own safe to recover the body of his fa...