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Thats right. As we would say in the south bronx, all that and a bag of chips. Hinojosa so a lot of people, when they think of the south bronx, 1960s, 70s, when you were growing up. Right, right, right. Hinojosa . Their image is of a place that was entirely desolate, that was, you know, in destruction. Right, right. Hinojosa but for you, it was a totally different reality. Well, there was that element to it. But i always say that i was very fortunate to have grown up in that time period, because the culture, as far as latino and African American culture, particularly afro puerto rican, afro cub...

Audience cheering and applause mister secretary, welcome. Thank you very much evan. [evan] an honor to have you here. Its great to be here. Let me ask you to grade the nations Transportation System dont grade on a curve, i want hard grading like you used to get at davidson, and at nyu law school, i want you to do elite grading here. If you had to assess the health and the well being of the nations Transportation System, what grade would you give it . Well, i think itd be about a d. [evan] itd be a d . Yeah. You run your department, really . Youre a hard selfgrader. Well, you know what, there a...

And there are probably a lot of people who say, oh, i know that theres diabetes; i know somebody who has diabetes; i know that in some people it can be really dangerous, in other people, they can manage it. So im a little confused. So what is the headline . What do we need to know about diabetes that is central to the issue . Well, the first thing, maria, is that diabetes is a Major Health Care problem around the world. This is not just in this country, it is everywhere. Hinojosa but its not something that you see, right . Isnt that one of the problems . I mean, you can be living with diabetes...

Lets start with the sizzle before we get to the steak. Are you gonna run for president . I think i just got an f from you, actually. audience applause gloria steinem, welcome. Oh, thank you so much. Thank you. So nice to see you again. Yes, this is our second time our second time together, and seeing you again, im reminded of how you seem to have boundless energy. You never seem to tire of this work. Long ago, you wouldve been forgiven for saying, ive done my part. No, nobody has boundless energy, but im so lucky to be you seem pretty boundless to me. audience laughter i am so lucky to be doin...

Hinojosa that mean guy. Thats me, mmhmm. Hinojosa and i told you that i was going to do this, because as one journalist to another journalist, its hard to kind of sum up, because you have interviewed every major rock and roll and pop musician and country musician that exists, i would day. Okay. Well, youre overstating it, but ill take it. Hinojosa overstating a little bit. If you had to choose your like, top mostmemorable interviews from this huge history, what would it be . What would it be . You know, maria, i have forgotten them all, actually. Hinojosa laughing every, single one even elton ...