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But when you think of d. C. , you mostly think of dead white guys, am i right . Like washington, jefferson, lincoln. Well, guess what. Latinos have been here every step of the way. [upbeat latintinged music] in fact, Latinx Heroes Have fought in every war for the United States for centuries. This goes all the way back to the revolutionary war. American forces got major financial contributions from cuba, and they also got help from the spanish forces led by A Young Venezuelan commander named francisco de miranda. And then during the civil war, more than 20,000 hispanics served. Almost half of t...

More than 20,000 hispanics served. Almost half of them were mexicanamerican, and that was only 13 years after the mexicanamerican war. Now wheres the monument for that . Huh . Huh . Huh . Now, today, nearly 20 of the u. S. Population is latin, and our numbers are growing. Our voting power is growing too, and about one in ten votes are being cast by latinos, and yet we still make up less than 2 of our elected officials, but the good news is, we do have some prominent figures, like alexandria ocasiocortez, veronica escobar, Ritchie Torres, and alex padilla. And theyre in good company, because la...

Its 7am in the morning here in singapore and 1am in france, where a huge manhunt is under way for the armed gang who helped a prisoner escape, shooting dead two guards as they did so. It happened in the town of incarville, near the Northern City of rouen. Three other Prison Guards were injured when their van was ambushed. Several shots were fired near at the Toll Booth Plaza as the prison van slowed. The convict who escaped had links to organised crime gangs in marseille in the south of the country. With the story, heres our europe correspondent nick beake. An unremarkable tollbooth in norther...

Degradation. The emphasis of the Foreign Relations council on the importance of the republican presence of the Foreign Relations council for the american Foreign Relations council, which for the first time attended the residence of the iranian president during these 40 years, why our Foreign Ministers went to the american Foreign Relations council in governments different and in that conversation and questions and answers, this was the first time i came there, i realized how important it is to one, of course, i realized more there , i realized more what shaankai means and the presence of the I...

Outs, pro palestinian folks who believe any action by palestinian is justified and i ignore what they have to say. Sandra a couple things across the wire, a second member has been killed in the Isreali Shelling on lebanon. And this, governor, christie, hamas official it says they are open to discussions over a truce with israel. That crossing right now. How should that be interpreted and treated considering we are about to hear from Benjamin Netanyahu who says, we will not negotiate. No, look. This is not the moment to gauge that and the reason why, the hamas leaders are saying that is because...