First, at this hour, Vice President Kamala Harris finally visiting the southern border. 93 days after she became the point person on the crisis. Her trip comes during a record surge in illegal crossings in the United States. Hello. Im john roberts in washington, this is america reports. Good to be back with you again today. Seems like we have a busy news day every day. Today is. Im Gillian Turner in for sandra smith. Vice president harris is on the ground in el paso. Thats where youll recall that we saw one of the most heart breaking videos from this Currents Iteration of the border crisis. You can see Border Patrol footage from april. Shows smugglers scaling a 14 foot fence and dropping two girls on the other side. The smugglers completely abandon the girls leaving them defenseless, alone in the desert outside el paso. John critics point out the epicenter of the border crisis is hundreds of miles away in rio grande. The white house says el paso was a perfect case study. The Vice Presi
Minutes for an introductory round to talk to the audience and then we will get to questions. I am going to try to do the questions first in spanish and then in english, because we are live on univision. [speaking spanish] it is great to see you all here in milwaukee. [applause] mr. Castro i am julian. I have a one brother, joaquin, who says that you can tell us apart because i am one minute uglier than he is. A few days ago we had our first president ial debate, and i said i was happy to be there, and that my presence on the stage marked some of the tremendous progress we have made as a Latino Community. And the question before us in the next few months is, what kind of country do we want to become . Im able to stand on this stage and so many of you have been able to do the work you have done and achieve the dreams you have dreamed because generations have worked for progress in this country to make sure, no matter the color of your skin, you can get a decent education, that when you l
You have two minutes with the introductory round so i will try to do the question first in spanish and then english because we are live on univision. [speaking spanish] thank you to all of our lulac chapters. [cheers and applause] i am julian i have twitter bet joaquin says i am one minute uglier than he is which is not true. Im happy to be here this evening about conversation of the future of the country. We had our first president ial debate and at the end i said i was happy to be there in my presence on that stage marked some of the tremendous progress we have made is a Latino Community. The question before us the next few months is what kind of country do we want to be from cracks and then to achieve the dreams you have achieved because generations have worked for progress to make sure no matter the color of their skin if you went out for a an apartment to rent you can get good job opportunities. And exercise your right to vote at the ballot box. The question before us is if we con
Secretary Julian Castro and vermont senator Bernie Sanders area this is almost two hours. Bernie sanders. This is almost two hours. [applause] just a quick heads up before we get started. You got two minutes for an introductory round to talk to the audience and then we will get going with the questions. Just a quick thing i am going to , try to do the questions first in spanish and then in english, because we are live on univision. So you have two minutes. [speaking spanish] [speaking spa] thank you to all of our lulac chapters. [cheers and applause] i am julian i have twitter bet joaquin says i am one minute uglier than he is which is not true. Im happy to be here this evening about conversation of the future of the country. We had our first president ial debate and at the end i said i was happy to be there in my presence on that stage marked some of the tremendous progress we have made is a Latino Community. The question before us the next few months is what kind of country do we wan
President lyndon b. Johnson signed the Voting Rights act into law. Removing legal barriers for black voters, johnson not only made a quality at the ballot box of reality for everyone but he also ensured this nations laws matched its revered ideals. And yeah, its over the ensuing indicates protections under the act have been chipped away. Most notably after the 2013 Supreme Court decision in shelby v. Holder which made it easier for states to pass restrictive voting laws. Still, the outcome of our elections and our democracy held firm. Until january six 2020 line. An angry red violent mob stormed the capitol driven by one terrified goal. Overturn a free and Fair Election. They were motivated by the lives of one. Dan donald j trump. The new twice impeached thrice indicted for now former president of the United States. That dark day expose just how fragile american democracy, our democracy, really is. But, trump is now finally facing accountability for trying to illegally stated. Power th