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Next phase of healing because of this issue. so, when i think about him, i think about my 1-year-old nephew who is in richmond, texas, who is also under a mandatory evacuation. first cousins who are all over the city, it was really important for me to be here to say that houston is doing all that it can to work together and i know there is a lot. i saw articles this morning about how people of color are receiving a death sentence. and i think there is a time for a conversation about infrastructure and how, you know, people of color, communities are affected. but, right now, what's important to...

Does he have the desire to do this? >> well, he has the financial back chicago is probably the second most important aspect. the congressman is more adept to talk about republicans than i am. he's the candidate i believe as a democrat we fear the most. this guy is qualified. he connects with people. he's good on the stump. he hasn't been performing well but traditionally has done well connecting with folks, particularly on the hispanic side. if he can fight through this process and still have the resources, he'll be formidable when it comes on florida. >> before when he was running for governo...

This is mind-boggling. democrats want the hispanic vote but they are promising to security border, which doesn't make people happy on the hispanic side of the debate. pushing for tougher bored are control. it seems to be a real conflict, jim, right down in your part of the country. >> down here, chris, the answer is nuance. a certain amount of the discussion about securing borders is just nonsense. the border can be secured. but it involves putting people on the river with guns and firing warning shots at children's feet. you can put up a fence. and you could put constantina wire on it and tur...

What was your thought after listen to go that speech on saturday night? >> well, my thought was, you know, i think conservatives want to find somebody they can galvanize, one. i saw a lot of reagan in what rubio talked about that i think appeals to conservatives. i think that they're looking for somebody that will appeal to a working man and i think that rubio's origin certainly fit with that. i think that, you know, republicans have a problem with the hispanic vote nationwide these days and there's certainly credentials on that front from a rubio stand point. you know, everybody will have a d...

let's go out front. i'm erin burnett. breaking news, federal failure. gridlock reigns in washington once again. the payroll tax cut proposal passes the republican house. so why do we say failure? well, the republican bill included a controversial oil pipeline that the president has said he would veto. so pass, smash. we're at square one with congress playing chicken with the clock. there are just 18 days left until the tax cut expires. if it does, the average american will pay about a thousand dollars more in taxes next year. now, this may not be economic armageddon. but because th...