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Emphasize that this election started with anti-immigrant nativists. an example is orrin heatley, a retired sheriff's sergeant who at one point had posted on facebook that he believes immigrants should be microchipped and tracked and compared them specifically to animals. he was one of the lead proponents, one of the first proponents of the recall election and was joined later on by other people who were angry about newsom's pro immigrant and pro latino policies that he had been putting into place, particularly when he extended health care or health insurance to undocumented seniors. that upset...

Rally in support of governor gavin newsom ahead of this week's governor gavin newsom, if a majority of voters do that, he becomes the newest governor. both candidates are painting the election as being about much more than just the california governor's job. let's bring in a columnist for los angeles times, author of hate monger. good to see you. they say this race that national implications. why does that remain the focus? >> it has national implications because california has been the most pro-immigrant and racial justice states we have in the nation. gavin newsom has been part of that imple...

Mentioned larry elder, who right now is leading as far as the potential replacements go, california, as you point out, this is a very blue state. it has had a republican governor before, but larry elder, you know, that would be a very different dynamic, right? >> yeah, i mean, in the past california's republican governors have been what i would term in my years just kind of a california republican, in many ways conservative on economic issues, on defense, kind of more moderate or liberal on a lot of social issues. we have someone that fits that bill in the race now, which is kevin faulkner, th...

Across the country yearning for the opportunity to be free. if i have a message for the people watching us today, it's to say that if you ever thought about being pro-immigrant, if you thought of yourself as someone who stands for justice, we're asking you to join us in this fight, to call your member of congress and ensure you're joining sergio and myself and many others calling for citizenship. >> sergio, greisa, thank you both. still ahead, the question about masks and the vaccination new comments. is the vaccination the only way to save lives? plus a number of olympic athletes test pos...

Because we're proimmigrant. don't tell me that's the moral high ground when you're treating a huge portion of our society as second class citizens that's what we're doing. >> the challenge when politicians speak about faith is to not lecture people and not say well if you were a person of faith you would do this or support that. it has to be a way to embrace people. otherwise it's a turnoff to young voters. if i support this i'm not welcome in the community of faith. that's tricky for a politician because they're used to talking in a way that's polarizing and divisive. you can't do that. >> bo...