1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:01,120 Speaker 1: Ola. 2 00:00:01,400 --> 00:00:05,880 Speaker 2: I'm Andrea Lobescruzzalo, Latino USA, Senior Editor. As part of 3 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 2: my job, I help producers to identify the voices and 4 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:12,039 Speaker 2: the sounds that you hear in the stories that we 5 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:15,240 Speaker 2: bring to you every week. Thank you for listening to 6 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:19,639 Speaker 2: our work. Happy Trinta Anus to Latino USA, and we 7 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:24,600 Speaker 2: hope you, dear listener, stay with us for thirty more years. 8 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: This is Latino USA, the radio journal of news and 9 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:33,280 Speaker 1: Kurturre Latino USA, La Latino USA. I'm Maria Inojosa. We 10 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: bring you stories that are underreported but that mattered to you, 11 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 1: overlooked by the wrestler media, and while the country is 12 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 1: struggling to deal with these, we listen to the stories 13 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 1: of black and Latino Studio United Latino Front, a cultural 14 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 1: renaissance organizing at the forefront of the movement. I'm Maria 15 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 1: Ino Jossa Nosebayan. It's an early morning in late September 16 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: and the day is gorgeous, an extraordinary blue sky expanding 17 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 1: all above us. Today, Latino USA producer Renaldo Leanos Junior 18 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 1: and I are at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, and 19 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 1: we're doing something that neither of us have ever done 20 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 1: before for Latino USA, something we've been aiming to do 21 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:25,040 Speaker 1: for a long time, just about four years on and off. 22 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 1: Today on our show, a one on one interview with 23 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 1: the Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris. 24 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 3: Latino USA first started reaching out to then Senator Harris 25 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 3: for an interview when she was running for president, and 26 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 3: when I joined Latino USA as a producer. I began 27 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 3: reaching out to her team in early twenty twenty one. 28 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 1: And today those efforts are paying off. We're about to 29 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: ride Air Force two with Vice President Harris. 30 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 3: And right now we're standing in front of the plane. 31 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 3: Air Force two is huge. The plane has its end 32 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 3: and spreading and it's so loud I can barely hear 33 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 3: my own voice in my audio recorder and my headphones. 34 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:11,359 Speaker 1: We are watching two helicopters make their way close to us. 35 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 1: You can hear them now. The Vice President is now arriving. 36 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: There are two large green helicopters that are approaching us. 37 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:23,359 Speaker 1: One of the helicopters is carrying the Vice President. The 38 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 1: other one is a decoy in case her life is 39 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:30,399 Speaker 1: ever threatened. They're going to touch down right in front 40 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: of us, and then the Vice President will make her 41 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 1: way over to get onto Air Force two with us today. 42 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 4: We're not alone. 43 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 3: There's maybe just a handful of other journalists and the 44 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 3: Vice President's team, and of course there's a lot of 45 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 3: Secret Service members around. 46 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: It's pulling around now in the front of Air Force two. 47 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 1: Frighteningly close if you ask me. And you have two 48 00:02:56,600 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 1: military officials who are standing on guard, and it's literally 49 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: bully right in front now and they're going to stop. 50 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 1: Oh here she comes, Oh my gosh. She makes her 51 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 1: way towards us, very kind of dramatically. She's wearing a 52 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 1: bright magenta suit with black stilettos that I can spot 53 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: from way over here. And well, she's walking with this strong, 54 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 1: confident stride. She is going up the stairs. 55 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:29,800 Speaker 5: Now. 56 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 3: She makes her way up the steps of the plane 57 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 3: and before she gets in she waves and now it's 58 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 3: go time. 59 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:41,119 Speaker 1: So now we are running back up on the red stairs. 60 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: You've got to get in the plane quickly with seated 61 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 1: so that the Vice President can come and say hello 62 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 1: to members of the press off the record, but we 63 00:03:48,880 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 1: all have to be sitting. So what happened was we 64 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: were asked to turn off all of our recorders and 65 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: then the Vice President who made her way to the 66 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 1: area where the press is sitting. You know, she came, 67 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 1: She shook my hand, she shook Ray's hand, just very 68 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: happy to see journalists. We were able to ask her 69 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: a couple of questions off the record, but you get 70 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:26,360 Speaker 1: a sense of the give and take between journalists and 71 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: the White House, right and she makes herself, I mean, 72 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:34,600 Speaker 1: in this case available now. It did take us four 73 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 1: years to get this interview. Four years and now we 74 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 1: are literally taking off. Here we go. We're on our 75 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:51,799 Speaker 1: way to Miami, specifically to Florida International University, which happens 76 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 1: to be the largest HSI, largest Hispanic serving institution in 77 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:01,279 Speaker 1: the country, and that's where Vice President Terris is holding 78 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 1: part of her college tour across the country. She has 79 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 1: named this tour fight for Our Freedoms, and for this stop, 80 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 1: we're coming with her from FUDUR Media and PRX. It's Latino, USA. 81 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: I'm Maria Josa today a conversation with Vice President Kamala Harris. 82 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 1: Kamala Harris was born in Oakland, California. She's fifty nine 83 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:44,720 Speaker 1: years old. She's often called herself a child of the 84 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 1: civil rights movement because she was at protests with her 85 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:52,920 Speaker 1: family when she was just a toddler. In two thousand 86 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 1: and four, she became the first woman district Attorney in 87 00:05:56,720 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: San Francisco, California, and the first black person, first South 88 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: Asian woman in the entire state to hold the office. 89 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:09,479 Speaker 1: In twenty ten, Harris became the Attorney General for the 90 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:13,040 Speaker 1: state of California, the first woman in California to do so. 91 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 1: Flashed forward to twenty seventeen and Harris was sworn in 92 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:22,119 Speaker 1: as a United States Senator. She became the first South 93 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:25,599 Speaker 1: Asian person and only the second black woman to serve 94 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 1: in the US Senate. Her first speech on the Senate 95 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 1: floor was about immigrants. 96 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 5: As a prosecutor, I can tell you it is a 97 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:45,479 Speaker 5: serious mistake to conflate criminal justice policy with immigration policy, 98 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 5: as if they are the same thing. They are not. 99 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 5: I know what a crime looks like, and I will 100 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 5: tell you an undocumented immigrant is not a criminal. 101 00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:00,479 Speaker 1: Then, in early twenty nineteen, Senator Harris threw in her 102 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 1: hat to try and become the Democratic presidential nominee. 103 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 5: I love my country. I love my country, and I 104 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:11,679 Speaker 5: feel a sense of responsibility to stand up and fight 105 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 5: for the best of who we are and I'm prepared 106 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 5: to fight, and I know how to fight. 107 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 1: Harris would later withdraw her nomination citing a lack of 108 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 1: financial resources, and then candidate Joe Biden asked her to 109 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 1: be his running mate. The two one the twenty twenty election, 110 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 1: more than eighty one million people voted for them. We 111 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 1: did it. 112 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 5: We did it, Joe, You're going to be the next 113 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 5: president of the United States. 114 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 1: On today's episode, Latino USA, producer Renaldo Leans Junior, and 115 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: I bring you an eyewitness account of the Vice President 116 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 1: in action in Miami, Florida as she addressed young voters, 117 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 1: and later I sat down with the Vice President for 118 00:07:59,000 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 1: a one on one interview. 119 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 4: You watch spite. 120 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 6: Watching. 121 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 1: It takes us about two hours to arrive in Miami 122 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 1: from Maryland, but once Air Force two lands in Miami, 123 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 1: it suddenly becomes non stop. 124 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 3: And once the Vice President dplanes, she makes her way 125 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 3: to a black vehicle. There are several of these, and 126 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 3: we're not exactly sure which one she's in. 127 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:32,400 Speaker 7: We're gonna go now, we follow her. 128 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 3: Okay, Maria and I are ushered by the Vice President's 129 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:39,840 Speaker 3: team towards a large white van along with the other media. 130 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 3: The Secret Service agent that we were sitting next to 131 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 3: on the plane is with us, and we're making our 132 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 3: way towards the last van and they're all in single 133 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:52,320 Speaker 3: file and we're essentially part of Vice President Harris's motorcade. 134 00:08:54,400 --> 00:09:00,440 Speaker 1: Up. Okay, So that was a real fast and from 135 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 1: the plane a wave in the car, and then it 136 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 1: was like with rush and we are the last car 137 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:10,679 Speaker 1: in the motorcade. We are pulling out real fast. Now 138 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:18,840 Speaker 1: we're making our way down to Florida International University. 139 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 5: Don't stop. 140 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 1: So this is a first time being part of a 141 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 1: vice presidential motorcade, and you know the experience of just 142 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:30,320 Speaker 1: going through all the red lights and having fifteen cars 143 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 1: and the sirens and you just don't stop. You are 144 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:38,959 Speaker 1: part of the motorcade. I mean, you've got police everywhere, 145 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:42,559 Speaker 1: police on motorcycle. On the left, police on motorcycle and 146 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 1: the right. Traffic has been stopped. Suddenly we're speeding down 147 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 1: Miami highways that have been closed off for the Vice 148 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:59,480 Speaker 1: president's arrival. So we're with a driver who he's had 149 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:02,599 Speaker 1: to be minded that he has to be blumper to 150 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 1: bumper with the car in front of him. We cannot 151 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:08,440 Speaker 1: get separated from the motorcade. So it's like he's like, Okay, 152 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:12,959 Speaker 1: I'm going as fast as I can. And now we're 153 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:18,320 Speaker 1: making our way into Florida International University's campus. Outside I 154 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 1: can see rows of people who are waving holding their 155 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 1: cell phones recording the moment of the motor Caide's arrival. 156 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:29,120 Speaker 1: There's also people in cars honking and waving. And once 157 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:32,319 Speaker 1: we get to the university again, we are quickly ushered inside. 158 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:38,679 Speaker 3: The moment that we enter, the auditorium is booming, the. 159 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 1: Music is blasting. Thousands of students are sitting in their 160 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:45,560 Speaker 1: seats and bleachers on both the floor and the balcony 161 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:49,120 Speaker 1: areas above us, and you can just feel the excitement. 162 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:53,080 Speaker 3: Everyone is waiting for the Vice President to come on 163 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:56,439 Speaker 3: stage and participate in a panel that will be moderated 164 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 3: by a rapper, Fat Joe, an actor and singer Anthony Ramore. 165 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:05,520 Speaker 1: And then the Vice President walks on stage hid Paris 166 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 1: and greets both Bat Joe and Anthony Ramos. 167 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 3: During the vice President's panel, Maria and I head backstage 168 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:21,960 Speaker 3: to a room where I begin to set up our 169 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:24,839 Speaker 3: audio equipment and Maria is going over her questions one 170 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:28,080 Speaker 3: last time, and I have to admit I'm a little nervous. 171 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 3: We've been told that we only have about twenty minutes 172 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:33,560 Speaker 3: with the Vice President, but she might go over time, 173 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:36,800 Speaker 3: something that we're really hoping for because we have so 174 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 3: much to ask her. 175 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 1: Let me set the stage. We've been escorted to a 176 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 1: room which I think is outside of the women's locker room, 177 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:48,720 Speaker 1: and this place has been transformed now by the Vice 178 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:53,200 Speaker 1: President's advance team. They've hung up blue curtains everywhere. There's 179 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 1: an American flag and the Vice President's seal, a little 180 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:59,680 Speaker 1: table in the middle where Ray has set up the equipment, 181 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:02,560 Speaker 1: and now we're just waiting for her arrival. 182 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 3: The panel lasts less than an hour, and all of 183 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:08,560 Speaker 3: a sudden we're told by a member of her team 184 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:11,959 Speaker 3: that the Vice President is headed backstage towards us. 185 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 5: I ha, nosle it is nice. 186 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:29,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, Madame Vice President, thank you for speaking with us, 187 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:30,360 Speaker 1: sitting down with us. 188 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:33,080 Speaker 5: This is my pleasure and honor. Thank you. I'm glad 189 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 5: to be with you. 190 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:34,840 Speaker 1: How you doing. 191 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:35,520 Speaker 5: I'm good. 192 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 1: I mean, it's a long day for you, but then again. 193 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 5: Every day is I guess by normal proportions along. But 194 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:44,679 Speaker 5: you know, we are a lot of ground to cover. 195 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 1: So tell me about what you were feeling out there. 196 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:50,080 Speaker 1: Just give me a sense, because you're on this tour, 197 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:54,560 Speaker 1: this is a predominantly Latino institution. What's your like, what's 198 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 1: your vibe? How'd you feel? 199 00:12:56,080 --> 00:13:00,560 Speaker 5: So this is my sixth stop on my tour, which 200 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 5: we have named the Fight for Our Freedoms Tour, and 201 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 5: I decided to do this. 202 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:10,679 Speaker 1: What we've been told is that this entire idea of 203 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 1: visiting historically black colleges and universities, Hispanic serving institutions, community colleges, 204 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 1: and apprenticeship programs across the country was all Kamala Harris's idea. 205 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:26,400 Speaker 1: She wanted to travel from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, 206 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 1: to here in Florida, to Northern Arizona University and Flagstaff 207 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 1: all just to name a few, all of this during 208 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:36,840 Speaker 1: the months of September and October with the goal of 209 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 1: mobilizing young voters. 210 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 5: I am very optimistic about the future of our country. 211 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 5: And one of the main reasons is because when I 212 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:48,959 Speaker 5: look at these young leaders, when I look at gen Z, 213 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:56,440 Speaker 5: for example, they are stepping up. They are not waiting 214 00:13:56,480 --> 00:14:02,120 Speaker 5: around for other people to we eight solutions. They are 215 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:06,959 Speaker 5: acutely aware of what is at stake. They are acutely 216 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:11,679 Speaker 5: aware of the clock ticking and the need for urgent action, 217 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:15,600 Speaker 5: and so I decided to embark on this tour as 218 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:19,240 Speaker 5: a way to one let them know that I see them, 219 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 5: but also so I can hear from them. And I 220 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 5: purposely decided to focus on college age people. So it's 221 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 5: universities and colleges, it's community colleges and its apprenticeship programs, 222 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:39,080 Speaker 5: trade schools, and so today being here at an HSI, 223 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:44,920 Speaker 5: the largest Hispanic serving institution in the country, was just 224 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 5: reinforcement of the importance of lifting up the voice of 225 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 5: America's leadership currently and future leadership. 226 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 1: The topics the students brought up to the Vice President 227 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 1: were wide ranging. Here are a few of those questions. 228 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 8: With the the election approaching upon us, we understand how 229 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 8: important and how pivotal it is for our voices to 230 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:08,200 Speaker 8: be heard and for our votes to be casted. What 231 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 8: strategies can we the people employ to empower and engaged 232 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 8: marginalized communities to ensure voting rights are respected and that 233 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 8: our voices. 234 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 7: Mentioned earlier, there have been detrimental changes to reproductive rights, 235 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 7: which in turn has caused a woman's right to abortion 236 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 7: and a decision to make the choices about her own 237 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 7: body go under attack. 238 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:32,040 Speaker 5: What do you. 239 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 7: Think about this issue, it's impact, and what can we 240 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 7: do to address it? 241 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 9: First of the recent book bands, I'm here in the 242 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 9: state of Florida. What advice do you have for students 243 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 9: looking to learn those raw on you know, uncensored truths 244 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:48,360 Speaker 9: about our social issues that we face here in the country. 245 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 9: And what advice would you have for educators looking to 246 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 9: teach those topics while navigating through all of the roadblocks 247 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 9: that are currently in stated. 248 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 1: As each student came up to the mic to ask 249 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:03,280 Speaker 1: their question, Vice President Harris listened intently, sitting back in 250 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:07,440 Speaker 1: her chair, her legs crossed, very focused on each student 251 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 1: as they spoke. 252 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 5: I actually said to a couple of the folks before 253 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 5: I went on stage, I was meeting with some of 254 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 5: the student leaders who are in official positions in student government. 255 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 5: And you know, I mean, I was raised in a 256 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:28,240 Speaker 5: community that believed in nurturing the children and the young people, 257 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 5: and so this is very familiar to me as something 258 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:36,480 Speaker 5: one does as part of your responsibility and duty. 259 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 1: According to the Brookings Institute, thirty one percent of all 260 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:48,480 Speaker 1: Latino eligible voters are between the ages of eighteen and 261 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:54,240 Speaker 1: twenty nine, and these voters are more supportive towards progressive policies. 262 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 1: That's something elected officials and aspiring twenty twenty four candidates 263 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:03,440 Speaker 1: are talking about and taking notice. So it's not all 264 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:07,480 Speaker 1: too surprising that the Biden Harris administration is here today 265 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:12,200 Speaker 1: in Miami trying to mobilize the vote. But will it work. 266 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 1: When we come back, we get into what exactly the 267 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:19,680 Speaker 1: Biden Harris administration is doing to foster the Latino vote 268 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:23,479 Speaker 1: in Republican leaning Florida, and later we're gonna hear her 269 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:28,359 Speaker 1: thoughts on abortion, immigration and more. Stay with us notes 270 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:41,400 Speaker 1: as our conversation with Vice President Kamala Harris continues. 271 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:56,200 Speaker 10: Felis Latino USA. I've been listening for years now. It's 272 00:17:56,200 --> 00:18:00,159 Speaker 10: stills such a great need that our people are on 273 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:04,680 Speaker 10: the radio and that people can feel a sense of community. Anyway, 274 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 10: You are great and may you have fifty more years. 275 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:17,479 Speaker 1: Welcome back to Latino USA. When we left off, we 276 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:21,359 Speaker 1: heard Vice President Harris begin to talk about the administration's 277 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:26,640 Speaker 1: outreach to young voters across the country, especially Latinos and Latinas. 278 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 1: It's part of the college tour that the Vice President. 279 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 1: Designed we're going to go back to our conversation with 280 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:36,760 Speaker 1: the Vice President, where she's also going to discuss climate 281 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 1: anxiety and she enters into some self critique. But just 282 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 1: before that, let's hear a bit of my conversation with 283 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:48,040 Speaker 1: Fat Joe, who I also got a chance to speak 284 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 1: with backstage, and I got to ask him, why is 285 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:54,480 Speaker 1: he doing this, Why is he supporting the Vice president, 286 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:57,679 Speaker 1: Why is he supporting Joe Biden, and why is he 287 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 1: so intent on helping them get re elected? 288 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:05,280 Speaker 11: Because first of all, I've always been a big fan 289 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:09,240 Speaker 11: of Joe Biden for years and years and years. And 290 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:13,200 Speaker 11: Kamala Harris she's the real deal. She gets it. She's 291 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:17,160 Speaker 11: from our community, and she's really out there making change. 292 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:20,080 Speaker 11: And I just feel like we had a tough time 293 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:23,960 Speaker 11: in America to where, you know, so many obstacles, like 294 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:27,680 Speaker 11: she said, they you know, took away the rights for abortion, 295 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:32,359 Speaker 11: and now she's in the middle of a term of 296 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:35,040 Speaker 11: where we just came off COVID, we came off for everything. 297 00:19:35,119 --> 00:19:38,679 Speaker 11: So everything they're doing and starting to implement is starting 298 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:41,400 Speaker 11: to take form, and we just want to see it through. 299 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 4: And I'm honored to be here. 300 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 11: This is crazy for me being a kid from the 301 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:46,400 Speaker 11: projects in the Bronx. 302 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:51,720 Speaker 1: So you were your message to Latino and Latina voters, 303 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 1: especially in Florida, because everybody's watching. 304 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:56,400 Speaker 4: The youth can make the difference. 305 00:19:57,359 --> 00:20:03,920 Speaker 11: And even if your mothers and fathers a die hard Republicans, 306 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 11: just look at the issues, look at the facts, and 307 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:07,720 Speaker 11: you make up your mind. 308 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 4: And so that's what I tell my kids. 309 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:13,199 Speaker 11: You know, I'm a die hard Democrat, but look at 310 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:15,080 Speaker 11: all the issues and vote for who you want to 311 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:15,640 Speaker 11: vote for. 312 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 4: Florida is very important. 313 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:21,440 Speaker 11: It's a lot of ugly things taking place in Florida 314 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:25,040 Speaker 11: where you know, they don't want to teach you African 315 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:26,720 Speaker 11: American history in the school. 316 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 4: They don't let you say the word gay, they don't. 317 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:32,199 Speaker 11: I mean, it's a lot of weird stuff going on 318 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 11: in Florida, and it's going to be the voice of 319 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:38,920 Speaker 11: the Latino youth to make the difference. And you don't 320 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:41,480 Speaker 11: gotta follow suit. You don't have to always just be 321 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 11: like my mother and father think this way. I'm gonna 322 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:46,679 Speaker 11: think this way because even they need to rethink of 323 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:47,760 Speaker 11: how they've been thinking. 324 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 1: But the numbers in terms of the voters now, like 325 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:55,119 Speaker 1: when you think of young Latinos, what do you think, Like, 326 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:55,920 Speaker 1: what's possible? 327 00:20:56,440 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 11: We are definitely growing at a rapid pace. And you know, 328 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:04,440 Speaker 11: it's an honor and a privilege to be American and 329 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 11: live the American dream. And so I see the Latino 330 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:11,160 Speaker 11: youth as the future. There's no doubt in my mind. 331 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:12,840 Speaker 11: We got the numbers. 332 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 1: And then just like that, someone from the Vice President's 333 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:18,160 Speaker 1: team stepped in between me and Fat Joe. 334 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:19,680 Speaker 5: Guys, we have to rap. 335 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 1: Now, let's go back to my conversation with the Vice President. Now, 336 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:38,960 Speaker 1: so when we were on the plane, you were very 337 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 1: clear when I asked you about Latino and Latina voters, 338 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:45,679 Speaker 1: and you were like, yep, I know, and your answer 339 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 1: was they're the future. Right. You were just like, so yeah. 340 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:51,240 Speaker 1: A lot of people are like, wait, what are you 341 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 1: talking about Latinos and Latinas? Do they vote? Aren't they 342 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 1: all immigrants? Aren't they takers? You know, this whole kind 343 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:02,760 Speaker 1: of very confused narrative that is not true. But you 344 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:07,399 Speaker 1: are like, I see the future and you're talking like data, 345 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:09,160 Speaker 1: but you're also talking hard. 346 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:14,080 Speaker 5: I'm talking life experience. I mean, I'm a kid who 347 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:16,200 Speaker 5: is raised by parents who acted as the civil rights 348 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 5: movement in California. I've grown up in the community, understanding 349 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:25,960 Speaker 5: the community as part of an extension of the neighborhood 350 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:29,000 Speaker 5: and the folks who raise me, and it's natural then 351 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 5: for me to hopefully be informed about who people are, 352 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 5: the history and also the future of any group of people. 353 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:42,760 Speaker 5: So I am very clear about what we're talking about 354 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,800 Speaker 5: and on a variety of subjects. If you look at 355 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:49,159 Speaker 5: it in terms of the student body here at the school, 356 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:51,880 Speaker 5: if IU, if you look at it in terms of 357 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 5: some of the work that I've been doing that is 358 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:57,359 Speaker 5: really a labor of love for me, focusing on small 359 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:02,840 Speaker 5: businesses and that the fastest, one of the fastest growing 360 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:08,040 Speaker 5: groups small business owners are Latinas. That the last numbers 361 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 5: I saw, one in four new small businesses are Latino 362 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 5: or Latino owned, right, So you're talking about it in 363 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:19,280 Speaker 5: terms of young people in the future of our country 364 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:23,199 Speaker 5: and leadership, you're talking about the future of our economy. 365 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 5: You're talking about just the fact that we are a 366 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:32,480 Speaker 5: nation that is a diverse nation, and all people must 367 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:36,119 Speaker 5: be recognized and given the dignity and respect they deserve. 368 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 1: My mantra is Latinos and Latinas are the second largest 369 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:45,600 Speaker 1: voting cohort in the United States, the second largest voting cohort, 370 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:49,040 Speaker 1: not a block. Yeah, and people are just like, wait, 371 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 1: they are and the connection has not been made. There 372 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:55,440 Speaker 1: are Latino activists that I've been speaking to and they're 373 00:23:55,480 --> 00:24:01,239 Speaker 1: just like, we think the Democratic Party and Biden get that. 374 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:04,960 Speaker 1: So you're having a big impact on this. 375 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:08,480 Speaker 5: Oh, we all are. But I will say that I 376 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:13,400 Speaker 5: feel very strongly about it, and for a number of reasons. 377 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:18,119 Speaker 5: You know, I'm look on this college tour, I'm engaged 378 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:23,000 Speaker 5: in real talk everywhere I go. I talk about, for example, 379 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:28,359 Speaker 5: the attacks on DEI Diversity, Equity and inclusion, which was born. 380 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:30,800 Speaker 5: That attack was born here in the state of Florida, 381 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 5: and an attempt by these extremists, so called leaders, to 382 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 5: diminish the significance of diversity and equity and inclusion. Right. 383 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:46,840 Speaker 5: So back to the point about the state of Latinos 384 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:48,600 Speaker 5: in America, and of course we know that this is 385 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:54,600 Speaker 5: not a monolithic either. Only two percent of venture capital 386 00:24:54,720 --> 00:25:01,359 Speaker 5: investment go to Latino owned businesses. You look at the 387 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:07,479 Speaker 5: disparities across the board, and so I'm focused on issues 388 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:10,680 Speaker 5: like equity. Understand that people don't all start at the 389 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 5: same base, but they have ambition and aspiration, and we 390 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:17,480 Speaker 5: have to pay attention to the differences to make sure 391 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:21,040 Speaker 5: people have equal opportunity for success. This is how I 392 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:24,360 Speaker 5: think about things, and so it's not just only about voting. 393 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 5: It's about my investment in the strength and the prosperity 394 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:33,160 Speaker 5: and the security of our nation. It's not just about 395 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 5: winning election. 396 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:41,359 Speaker 1: As my point, when we first got the okay that 397 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 1: this interview was going to be happening, it interested me 398 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:48,960 Speaker 1: that the Vice president was hosting this college tour, especially 399 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 1: here at this university in Florida. We're about seven out 400 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 1: of every ten undergraduate students or Latino or Latina a 401 00:25:57,080 --> 00:26:00,640 Speaker 1: state we're in the last midterms, Republican for the first 402 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:05,399 Speaker 1: time in fifteen years won the Latino vote. To me, 403 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:09,040 Speaker 1: this meant that there was an intentional effort by the 404 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:13,320 Speaker 1: Biden Harris campaign to try and reach and connect with 405 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:18,840 Speaker 1: young Latino and Latina voters. So while we were on campus, Ray, 406 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:22,879 Speaker 1: my producer, and I approached several students who attended the 407 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:26,119 Speaker 1: Vice president's talk and we asked them about the Biden 408 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:34,040 Speaker 1: administration and what issues will bring them out to vote. So, 409 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:36,960 Speaker 1: are you are you like a registered Democrat? Oh? 410 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 6: Actually, my parents are Republican, not like super far right, 411 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:44,040 Speaker 6: but they vote Republican usually, and I guess I'm in 412 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 6: the younger crowd. I follow more of the democratic beliefs. 413 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:49,280 Speaker 6: Even I consider myself morally in the middle, but leaning 414 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 6: towards the left. 415 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 1: One of the reasons why you're like, Okay, I definitely 416 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:53,160 Speaker 1: have to vote this time. 417 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 6: I do believe in the reforming gun violence, as we 418 00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:59,440 Speaker 6: had one of the people who was affected by the 419 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 6: parking shoe come up recently, and you know, he's spoken 420 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:04,320 Speaker 6: a little bit about that, So I think it's a 421 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:06,800 Speaker 6: very important problem that we have in America today, and 422 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 6: just general democratic beliefs. I can't a line myself with. 423 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:15,400 Speaker 1: How satisfied are you with the Biden Harris administration so far? 424 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 3: It's done some good things. 425 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:20,280 Speaker 6: I'm studying civil engineering, and the Biden administrative passed the 426 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:21,200 Speaker 6: Infrastructure Bill. 427 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 1: I think it was a couple. 428 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:25,359 Speaker 6: Of trillion dollars just to improve the general infrastructure of 429 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:28,600 Speaker 6: the United States of America. And I've directly been affected 430 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:29,840 Speaker 6: by that. Is there are a lot of new projects, 431 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:32,240 Speaker 6: a lot more work for civil engineers to people in 432 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:35,080 Speaker 6: my field. So I think that at least from the 433 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:37,879 Speaker 6: infrastructure and trying to improve the general lowness of American 434 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:40,320 Speaker 6: infrastructure has been a great Yeah. I think they've they've 435 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:40,920 Speaker 6: done a good job. 436 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:43,520 Speaker 1: Why was it important for you to be here today 437 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:44,680 Speaker 1: to see the Vice President? 438 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:46,600 Speaker 12: It was important for me to be here because my 439 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:48,919 Speaker 12: union leadership asked me to be here. I'm not Just 440 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:50,880 Speaker 12: to be clear, I'm not a student here at FIU. 441 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,640 Speaker 12: I'm a teacher with United Teachers of Dave Union. They 442 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:55,480 Speaker 12: got an invitation, they send it to me and ask 443 00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:56,680 Speaker 12: me if I can participate. 444 00:27:57,040 --> 00:27:58,800 Speaker 1: What are the issues that matter the most to you 445 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:00,520 Speaker 1: as a Latina voter. 446 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:03,480 Speaker 12: Well, obviously, immigration is very important some of the students 447 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:05,920 Speaker 12: that I serve. Immigration is a big issue right now 448 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:10,160 Speaker 12: and protecting those individuals that are seeking asylum, that need 449 00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 12: a place to live, a place to stay, they need safety. 450 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:15,040 Speaker 12: It also impacts our economy right we have a lot 451 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:18,119 Speaker 12: of our especially down here in South Florida, our agriculture 452 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:18,400 Speaker 12: a lowed. 453 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:20,119 Speaker 5: It's based on immigration labor. 454 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:23,239 Speaker 12: So that doesn't just impact those individual families that are 455 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:26,240 Speaker 12: coming from other countries Central and South America, it also 456 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:28,639 Speaker 12: impacts everyone as a whole because if you don't have 457 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:30,359 Speaker 12: the food, what are we going to eat. 458 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:33,439 Speaker 1: So immigration is a big issue. What would you like 459 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:36,560 Speaker 1: to hear from the vice president on immigration? 460 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:40,240 Speaker 12: I just really wanted like a comprehensive plan, because there's 461 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:42,920 Speaker 12: immigration is a very complex issue. It's not black and white. 462 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:44,520 Speaker 12: It's not something that's simple to solve. 463 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:48,000 Speaker 1: Why did you want to come here today? 464 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 13: I just started my first semester at the law school here, 465 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,520 Speaker 13: and I'm really interested in public health and so a 466 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:56,680 Speaker 13: big part of that is like voting and gun rights 467 00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 13: and LGBTQ bus rights and everything that they're talking about. 468 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 1: Feeling like there's energy for the Democratic Party or are 469 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:08,800 Speaker 1: you like friends are like, yeah, we're definitely voting this 470 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:12,280 Speaker 1: time or is it more like, oh, I would just 471 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:12,760 Speaker 1: say so. 472 00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:16,960 Speaker 13: But I do know a lot of Democrats who are 473 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:18,200 Speaker 13: voting for the same. 474 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:20,720 Speaker 7: Topics that I am. 475 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:23,200 Speaker 1: I have the group chats about my friends or every election. 476 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:24,680 Speaker 7: We're discussing what. 477 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:29,920 Speaker 13: Topics we're voting on, and we share our thoughts on 478 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:31,600 Speaker 13: each candidate and whatnot. 479 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:41,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, it was clear that a lot of the young 480 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:45,560 Speaker 1: voters here were definitely energized by this visit, and all 481 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:47,760 Speaker 1: of the people we spoke to said they were definitely 482 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:49,800 Speaker 1: going to be voting in a year from now for 483 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:54,360 Speaker 1: the presidency and all of this, well, this fascination with 484 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 1: democracy and voting, it reminded me a lot of my 485 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:01,000 Speaker 1: own experience as an immigrant and with my immigrant parents 486 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:05,680 Speaker 1: as we started to become involved with American politics, and 487 00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:09,320 Speaker 1: I shared this with the Vice President. My dad may 488 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:13,120 Speaker 1: he rest in peace was the big dream when he 489 00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:16,239 Speaker 1: was born in Dampico in Mexico. He was like, I 490 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 1: want to help to create something that will have people 491 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:22,680 Speaker 1: who were born deaf here again. So he came to 492 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:25,040 Speaker 1: this country, hired by the University of Chicago, helped to 493 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:28,600 Speaker 1: create the cochlear implant. Like your mom had a vision, 494 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:31,640 Speaker 1: and my mom, like your mom took me out to 495 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:34,880 Speaker 1: the protests when I was eight years old. So the 496 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,560 Speaker 1: nub is that that you're like, You're like, well, I 497 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:39,040 Speaker 1: was an a stroller, and I'm like, well, I'm a 498 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:39,960 Speaker 1: little bit older. 499 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:43,480 Speaker 5: Age is more than a chronological fact, it's a state 500 00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:44,400 Speaker 5: of mind, you know. 501 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:46,680 Speaker 1: So I was actually out there, but none of us 502 00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:49,920 Speaker 1: could vote. Only my dad could vote. So this notion 503 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:53,600 Speaker 1: of democracy as something that goes beyond the vote. 504 00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:55,840 Speaker 5: That's a great point. That's an excellent point. That's an 505 00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:59,280 Speaker 5: excellent point. And I think your point is and certainly 506 00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:02,640 Speaker 5: the way I think of it, it's about participation, and 507 00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:07,480 Speaker 5: there are many ways to participate, right, But the alternative 508 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:11,760 Speaker 5: is unacceptable, which is to be passive and watch things 509 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:14,720 Speaker 5: as they happen, invariably, knowing they will happen to you 510 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:18,560 Speaker 5: if you're not active and standing for the things you 511 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:19,000 Speaker 5: believe in. 512 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:24,680 Speaker 1: So you brought up climate anxiety on stage here, and 513 00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:28,600 Speaker 1: I have to let you know adult children, Yeah, and 514 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:34,280 Speaker 1: one of them suffers tremendously from climate anxiety, and I 515 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:36,800 Speaker 1: try to tell her. Look, in the nineteen seventies there 516 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:40,760 Speaker 1: was smog everywhere. We couldn't breathe. So I have a 517 00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:44,680 Speaker 1: little bit of hope. But for those young people who 518 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:47,200 Speaker 1: have this deep climate anxiety, in fact, they want you 519 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:52,200 Speaker 1: and Joe Biden to create a climate emergency. Yeah, and 520 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:54,480 Speaker 1: you say, what, why can't we do a climate emergency? 521 00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:57,440 Speaker 1: Because that would unlock so many policies. 522 00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:01,160 Speaker 5: So let me start by a green with you completely. 523 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:04,800 Speaker 5: I grew up in California. I remember, for example, in 524 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:10,120 Speaker 5: Los Angeles you couldn't see a cloud barely because it 525 00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:13,600 Speaker 5: was just the smog was so thick. And then people said, 526 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:18,200 Speaker 5: enough enough, we're going to change the policies, and now 527 00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:21,800 Speaker 5: you can see the sky and stars and all of that. 528 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:25,640 Speaker 5: The short point there, and the obvious point being that 529 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:29,960 Speaker 5: it is within our power to actually do something about this. 530 00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:35,560 Speaker 5: That it is for the majority of these extreme weather occurrences, 531 00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:39,160 Speaker 5: it is created or precipitated by human behaviors, and human 532 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:43,320 Speaker 5: behaviors can mitigate substantially what is happening to our earth. 533 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:46,720 Speaker 5: So let's start there. The question becomes what kind of 534 00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:48,360 Speaker 5: policies can we put in place that are going to 535 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:51,880 Speaker 5: achieve our goal. I am proud that our administration has 536 00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:56,160 Speaker 5: put an historic investment in the climate crisis, one trillion 537 00:32:56,200 --> 00:33:01,760 Speaker 5: dollars by my estimate, that is invested in adaptation, resilience, 538 00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:05,600 Speaker 5: a clean energy economy, doing things like removing lead pipes, 539 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:09,200 Speaker 5: which are predominantly in communities of color, poor communities, immigrant communities, 540 00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:12,400 Speaker 5: and so we are doing that work. But it's important, 541 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:15,760 Speaker 5: Mariad also understand that with everything we've done, it's not 542 00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:19,960 Speaker 5: been without great opposition. There are a lot of forces 543 00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:22,360 Speaker 5: that are in opposition to the stuff that we have 544 00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:25,600 Speaker 5: been doing, and so we can't do everything. You know, 545 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:27,480 Speaker 5: it's not like we can wave a magic wand. And 546 00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:29,040 Speaker 5: because we know this is the right thing to do, 547 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:31,800 Speaker 5: just actually get it done. There's a lot that we 548 00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:35,160 Speaker 5: have been doing that we have been up against incredible opposition. 549 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:38,280 Speaker 5: Not one Republican voted for the Inflation Reduction Act, which 550 00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:40,600 Speaker 5: is where the bulk of our climate work has come from. 551 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:41,840 Speaker 5: Not one Republican. 552 00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:44,960 Speaker 1: Do you feel like the story is getting the narrative 553 00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:49,640 Speaker 1: that the Biden administration has taken on climate that's got 554 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:52,440 Speaker 1: to be like a major campaign issue for the next year. 555 00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:54,360 Speaker 1: Do you feel like that that narrative is that you 556 00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:56,200 Speaker 1: really have to drill down to make that. 557 00:33:57,040 --> 00:34:00,960 Speaker 5: I think one of our challenges in the campaign is 558 00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:07,280 Speaker 5: going to be this everything that we have achieved, almost 559 00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:09,239 Speaker 5: everything we have achieved, if you put it on a 560 00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:12,880 Speaker 5: scale of history, has been historic in terms of the 561 00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:17,320 Speaker 5: investments infrastructure. People talk about Infrastructure Week all the time. 562 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:20,680 Speaker 5: It's now you know, we're now really upgrading America's infrastructure 563 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:25,320 Speaker 5: climate just you can go across the board and everything 564 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:27,359 Speaker 5: that we've done if you look at it, We've now 565 00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:30,200 Speaker 5: capped the cost of insulin at thirty five dollars a month. 566 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:33,400 Speaker 5: Latinos are seventy percent more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes, 567 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:37,960 Speaker 5: extremely popular the challenge we have to your point, we've 568 00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:39,520 Speaker 5: got to let people know who brought it to them. 569 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:45,240 Speaker 5: So the accomplishments are very popular, but in some ways 570 00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:48,440 Speaker 5: we have just been we've been so busy pushing through 571 00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:51,840 Speaker 5: accomplishment getting things done, that we've not been out there, 572 00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:54,560 Speaker 5: you know, putting our name on everything so that people 573 00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:56,640 Speaker 5: know exactly who brought it to them. And so that's 574 00:34:56,680 --> 00:35:00,279 Speaker 5: part of the challenge we have right now. And the 575 00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:02,719 Speaker 5: goal that we have is to now remind people of 576 00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:05,640 Speaker 5: who brought it to them. You know, I mean, Joe 577 00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:09,080 Speaker 5: Biden is this elegant. He's very elegant. I work with 578 00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:10,640 Speaker 5: him every day. I spend a lot of time with 579 00:35:10,719 --> 00:35:13,759 Speaker 5: Joe Biden. And you know, like Joe Biden didn't put 580 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:16,920 Speaker 5: his name on checks when the checks went out, like 581 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:20,719 Speaker 5: during the pandemic. You know what I'm saying. He just's like, no, 582 00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:22,799 Speaker 5: that's what government is supposed to help people out when 583 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:27,680 Speaker 5: they're in need. And so that's our challenge is to 584 00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:30,600 Speaker 5: let people know what we've actually that it's been delivered 585 00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:33,960 Speaker 5: by us. The irony and you know, the joke is 586 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,480 Speaker 5: that we will from time to time see local news 587 00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:40,200 Speaker 5: in some district of some member of Congress who voted 588 00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:43,959 Speaker 5: against what we have achieved at some event talking about 589 00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:47,920 Speaker 5: what he brought to the people that he actually voted against. 590 00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:50,920 Speaker 1: It is a criticism of the Democratic Party, though, you know, 591 00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:56,080 Speaker 1: which is that you know, you don't fight enough, you 592 00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:59,040 Speaker 1: don't stand up for yourselves enough, you don't push back 593 00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:02,799 Speaker 1: against the Republican Party and all of that kind of 594 00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:06,840 Speaker 1: authoritarian push And it's kind of like, why don't the 595 00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:10,240 Speaker 1: Democrats come on you guys? You've heard that before. 596 00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:14,840 Speaker 5: Yeah, And I will tell you that we've got some 597 00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:18,319 Speaker 5: real fighters and the party who are fighting, but we 598 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:20,320 Speaker 5: let me I feed on mind. I'm going to just 599 00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:23,840 Speaker 5: step back for a moment. What I am seeing among 600 00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:31,239 Speaker 5: these extremists, so called leaders, is they are intent on 601 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:37,120 Speaker 5: dividing and distracting, and they want to divide our country, 602 00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:39,319 Speaker 5: and they want to distract people from the fact they're 603 00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:43,680 Speaker 5: not getting a thing done. They're not getting anything done. 604 00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:50,600 Speaker 5: So that's their game. And I say, everywhere, let's not 605 00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:54,080 Speaker 5: be distracted by what they're up to. Right. They want 606 00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:56,640 Speaker 5: to create unnecessary debates. They want to create a debate 607 00:36:56,640 --> 00:37:01,120 Speaker 5: about whether enslaved people benefited from slavery. I'm not oh no, 608 00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:04,000 Speaker 5: I will not get distracted from the things that we 609 00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:06,399 Speaker 5: need to deal with, such as the fact that you're 610 00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:09,759 Speaker 5: proposing that women and people don't have a right to 611 00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:14,320 Speaker 5: make decisions about their own body. So we are fighting, 612 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:17,920 Speaker 5: but we're going to fight the fights that are worth having, 613 00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:21,279 Speaker 5: right And the most important thing is that we have 614 00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:24,080 Speaker 5: been able to achieve things that are actually moving the needle, 615 00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:27,839 Speaker 5: like the climate issue, like capping insulin at thirty five 616 00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:30,359 Speaker 5: dollars a month, like allowing Medicare for the first time 617 00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:34,120 Speaker 5: to negotiate drug prices on behalf of Medicare recipients, so 618 00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:36,440 Speaker 5: that we're going to bring down the cost of prescription 619 00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:39,200 Speaker 5: medication cap it at two thousand dollars a year for seniors. 620 00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:41,880 Speaker 5: That's a big deal. We've been I just did an 621 00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:45,640 Speaker 5: event last week talking about medical debt. How many people 622 00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:48,440 Speaker 5: in our country are suffering from medical debt, which is 623 00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:51,400 Speaker 5: messing up their credit score, not to mention, you know, 624 00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:55,760 Speaker 5: putting them on the verge of bankruptcy. So we're fighting 625 00:37:55,920 --> 00:38:01,520 Speaker 5: four things for the people, right and and we're going 626 00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:03,160 Speaker 5: to have a fight in front of us in this 627 00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:07,680 Speaker 5: election to make sure that folks vote. And that's one 628 00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:09,680 Speaker 5: of the reasons I'm doing this College tour to remind 629 00:38:09,719 --> 00:38:12,560 Speaker 5: people they've got to vote. They have to vote. The 630 00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:17,839 Speaker 5: elections make a difference. And let's not forget where we 631 00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:20,480 Speaker 5: were just a couple of years ago and what we 632 00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:21,319 Speaker 5: were dealing with. 633 00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:29,520 Speaker 1: Coming up on Latino USA, we continue my conversation with 634 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:33,800 Speaker 1: Vice President Kamala Harris. We talk about abortion, gun control, 635 00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:38,200 Speaker 1: and of course immigration, all top issues for Latino and 636 00:38:38,239 --> 00:39:30,680 Speaker 1: Latina voters. Stay with us, Yes, welcome back to Latino USA. 637 00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:34,759 Speaker 1: I'm Maria no Josa. We are reaching the end of 638 00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:39,520 Speaker 1: my limited interview with Vice President Harris. Her press team 639 00:39:39,719 --> 00:39:42,840 Speaker 1: is pressuring us to wrap up. In fact, her press 640 00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:45,960 Speaker 1: representative keeps on getting into my line of sight and 641 00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:48,879 Speaker 1: I keep turning away from him in order to keep 642 00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:52,120 Speaker 1: the conversation going. But I know I only have a 643 00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:55,000 Speaker 1: few minutes left. So I have to ask her about 644 00:39:55,000 --> 00:40:00,480 Speaker 1: reproductive rights because it's an issue that disproportionately impacts Latina, 645 00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:03,760 Speaker 1: and of course I had to ask about immigration. Okay, 646 00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:08,200 Speaker 1: let's get back to my conversation with Vice President Kamala Harris. 647 00:40:10,520 --> 00:40:14,920 Speaker 1: So for the first time that we know of reproductive 648 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:18,359 Speaker 1: rights abortion access have ended up in the top five 649 00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:21,360 Speaker 1: issues that Latino and Latino voters care about. Can you 650 00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:25,520 Speaker 1: talk a little bit about that particular issue of reproductive 651 00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:27,680 Speaker 1: rights and why it matters so much for Latinas and 652 00:40:27,719 --> 00:40:28,959 Speaker 1: what you're going to say to them. 653 00:40:29,440 --> 00:40:31,160 Speaker 5: Well, first of all, it goes back to your point 654 00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:34,400 Speaker 5: about the stereotypes about who cares about and thinks about what, 655 00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:39,040 Speaker 5: because what I know is the majority of Latinos and 656 00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:43,279 Speaker 5: Latinas support the right of the individual to be able 657 00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:47,520 Speaker 5: to make that decision and not the government. And so 658 00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:51,319 Speaker 5: contrary to some stereotypes about based on religious beliefs that 659 00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:54,720 Speaker 5: there would be a different perspective now and especially depending 660 00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:57,680 Speaker 5: on who you're talking about and when they arrived in 661 00:40:57,680 --> 00:41:01,000 Speaker 5: the country and from where they also, so no personally 662 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:04,200 Speaker 5: a history of a government taking their rights from them, right, 663 00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:06,800 Speaker 5: So this is a big issue for a lot of reasons. 664 00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:10,400 Speaker 5: And when you look at the impact, of course, the 665 00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:14,680 Speaker 5: impact is significant. You're looking at you know, states like Texas, 666 00:41:14,719 --> 00:41:21,000 Speaker 5: states like Florida with huge Latino Latina populations who are 667 00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:24,080 Speaker 5: now being restricted in terms of their access to essential 668 00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:27,480 Speaker 5: reproductive health care. You're looking at when you still look 669 00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:31,640 Speaker 5: at disparities around income and then what that means to 670 00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:36,359 Speaker 5: a woman in Texas or in Florida who has the 671 00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:40,279 Speaker 5: majority of women who seek abortion care have children, right, 672 00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:43,760 Speaker 5: So what that means, god willing, she has a job 673 00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:47,000 Speaker 5: that gives her paid sick leave, God willing, she has 674 00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:49,960 Speaker 5: affordable childcare because she's got have to leave the state 675 00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:53,960 Speaker 5: and think about childcare, think about the day she's going 676 00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:55,880 Speaker 5: to miss from work and what that's going to mean 677 00:41:55,920 --> 00:41:58,600 Speaker 5: in terms of her ability to pay rent or by groceries. 678 00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:01,800 Speaker 5: So the thing is that I I think that there 679 00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:06,440 Speaker 5: are lots of stereotypes about where Latinas are on this issue, 680 00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:11,040 Speaker 5: but the reality is that, like anyone else, I think 681 00:42:11,080 --> 00:42:15,520 Speaker 5: that that Latinas and we're all clear, the government should 682 00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:17,040 Speaker 5: not be telling her what to do with her body. 683 00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:21,680 Speaker 1: I spent the last six months since January basically in Uvalde. 684 00:42:23,120 --> 00:42:25,200 Speaker 5: I know you did, you know, I know you did. 685 00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:26,959 Speaker 5: That must have been heart benching. 686 00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:34,000 Speaker 1: But also hopeful because there's a generation of young activists. Yes, yes, 687 00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:39,439 Speaker 1: from Uvalde, like from here in Parkland. Yea. I mean, 688 00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:44,280 Speaker 1: shouldn't there be a federal assault weapons ban? Period? 689 00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:45,200 Speaker 5: Yes? Period? 690 00:42:45,719 --> 00:42:47,400 Speaker 1: And so you're saying. 691 00:42:48,640 --> 00:42:51,239 Speaker 5: Congress has the ability to do it, and we and 692 00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:54,320 Speaker 5: this is why I'm saying to these young leaders here 693 00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:58,360 Speaker 5: and around the country, when they start voting in their numbers. 694 00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:02,640 Speaker 5: This is going to change because every Maria, every college 695 00:43:02,719 --> 00:43:06,759 Speaker 5: that I'm going to, I ask the students, and they're 696 00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:10,040 Speaker 5: showing up by the thousands each place. I asked, the students, 697 00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:13,040 Speaker 5: raise your hand if you ever had to have from 698 00:43:13,160 --> 00:43:16,760 Speaker 5: kindergarten through twelfth grade an active shooter drill at school? 699 00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:18,480 Speaker 5: I mean, did you see all those hands that went on? 700 00:43:18,520 --> 00:43:22,880 Speaker 1: Honestly, I had a moment. My heart just clinched because 701 00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:25,919 Speaker 1: ninety percent of the students raised their hand hand. 702 00:43:26,040 --> 00:43:28,520 Speaker 5: And the point that I make every time is older 703 00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:31,280 Speaker 5: adults have no idea what these kids have been through. 704 00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:35,440 Speaker 5: They have no idea that these kids like the story 705 00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:39,480 Speaker 5: I tell about this young student who, when I'm talking 706 00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:42,480 Speaker 5: with about this, said to me, yeah, and then and 707 00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:44,080 Speaker 5: because of all that, I don't like to go to 708 00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:47,040 Speaker 5: fifth period. And I said, sweetheart, why, And I was 709 00:43:47,080 --> 00:43:50,240 Speaker 5: told because in fifth period that classroom has no closet, 710 00:43:51,160 --> 00:43:53,799 Speaker 5: which means the child has nowhere to hide. And they're 711 00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:56,920 Speaker 5: acutely aware of that when they're sitting in a classroom 712 00:43:57,120 --> 00:43:59,480 Speaker 5: where their minds should be open to the wonders of 713 00:43:59,560 --> 00:44:02,919 Speaker 5: the world, and half of them is concerned about whether 714 00:44:02,960 --> 00:44:04,839 Speaker 5: someone's going to come bust through the door with a gun. 715 00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:08,880 Speaker 5: And so I say on this issue that as it 716 00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:11,799 Speaker 5: relates to what I'm doing in terms of traveling the 717 00:44:11,800 --> 00:44:14,320 Speaker 5: country to speak to young leaders when they start voting 718 00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:17,440 Speaker 5: in their numbers, this is going to change because they 719 00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:21,319 Speaker 5: are practical. They understand false choices to say. It's you're 720 00:44:21,360 --> 00:44:23,120 Speaker 5: either in favor of the Second Amendment or you want 721 00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:25,680 Speaker 5: to take everyone's guns. I'm in favor of the Second Amendment, 722 00:44:25,719 --> 00:44:28,800 Speaker 5: and we need an assault weapons ban, we need background checks, 723 00:44:29,040 --> 00:44:30,280 Speaker 5: we need red float laws. 724 00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:34,640 Speaker 1: On the issue of immigration, yeah, and I thought about 725 00:44:34,640 --> 00:44:37,080 Speaker 1: this a lot, Madame Vice President, and I was like, 726 00:44:37,120 --> 00:44:40,719 Speaker 1: you know what the issue of denial of due process? 727 00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:44,560 Speaker 1: Because your mother, your father, me, who was not born 728 00:44:44,600 --> 00:44:48,120 Speaker 1: in this country, you know that every single night, every 729 00:44:48,120 --> 00:44:51,600 Speaker 1: single day, people are being denied that due process. And 730 00:44:51,680 --> 00:44:54,399 Speaker 1: I don't know as a lawyer how you can sit 731 00:44:54,480 --> 00:44:57,400 Speaker 1: with that, knowing that just because we weren't born in 732 00:44:57,440 --> 00:45:01,080 Speaker 1: this country, our country denies the people any kind of 733 00:45:01,160 --> 00:45:01,800 Speaker 1: due process. 734 00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:05,359 Speaker 5: So let me start with this. As you and I 735 00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:10,000 Speaker 5: both know from personal experience and just understanding who our 736 00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:13,839 Speaker 5: country is, this is a nation that was founded by immigrants. 737 00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:20,520 Speaker 5: Immigration makes our country stronger. When we came into office, 738 00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:24,919 Speaker 5: Joe Biden and I were looking at a situation where 739 00:45:25,040 --> 00:45:28,880 Speaker 5: the previous administration I believe, intentionally tried to break our 740 00:45:28,920 --> 00:45:33,319 Speaker 5: immigration system dismantle it. Let's not forget before we came 741 00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:37,239 Speaker 5: in family separation policies, what they were trying to do 742 00:45:37,320 --> 00:45:40,080 Speaker 5: to end DACA, what they were trying to do to NTPs, 743 00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:45,040 Speaker 5: the Muslim ban, right, and we undid a lot of that. 744 00:45:45,120 --> 00:45:47,680 Speaker 5: We are still fighting for DACA in the courts. We 745 00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:52,560 Speaker 5: expanded Temporary Protected Status TPS, and most recently we announced 746 00:45:52,560 --> 00:45:55,640 Speaker 5: for Venezuelans, and we are trying to fix a broken 747 00:45:55,680 --> 00:45:58,200 Speaker 5: immigration system in terms of the process by which people 748 00:45:58,239 --> 00:46:02,120 Speaker 5: can come in. So that's the state of affairs. There 749 00:46:02,200 --> 00:46:04,920 Speaker 5: is a lot of work to be done on the issue. 750 00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:09,640 Speaker 5: I think it's really important to also deal with the 751 00:46:09,680 --> 00:46:14,520 Speaker 5: fact that the first bill, Maria, that we dropped, the 752 00:46:14,560 --> 00:46:16,560 Speaker 5: first bill, and I'll never forget the day it was, 753 00:46:16,560 --> 00:46:19,200 Speaker 5: the first day, I think the day one that we 754 00:46:19,360 --> 00:46:22,920 Speaker 5: entered after the inauguration. The first bill we dropped was 755 00:46:23,320 --> 00:46:28,400 Speaker 5: a Pathway for Citizenship, an immigration bill that Joe Biden 756 00:46:28,880 --> 00:46:32,759 Speaker 5: sent over to Congress. These and I don't like to 757 00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:37,720 Speaker 5: just so simply characterize Republicans versus Democrats. But on this issue, 758 00:46:37,880 --> 00:46:42,520 Speaker 5: there are especially among the Republican leadership, there is it's 759 00:46:42,680 --> 00:46:48,239 Speaker 5: pure politics right now. They believe they are politically profiting 760 00:46:48,320 --> 00:46:52,520 Speaker 5: from the chaos that they are intent on creating on 761 00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:55,600 Speaker 5: this issue of immigration, intent on creating on the issue 762 00:46:55,600 --> 00:47:00,400 Speaker 5: of the border. Instead of taking control of the salutions 763 00:47:00,400 --> 00:47:04,759 Speaker 5: in a productive way. They are politically benefited and this 764 00:47:04,840 --> 00:47:07,040 Speaker 5: is what they've been doing. Gone are the days of 765 00:47:07,120 --> 00:47:10,280 Speaker 5: you know, you know, we can criticize the other stuff, 766 00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:13,800 Speaker 5: but Bush or you look at John McCain who said, 767 00:47:13,840 --> 00:47:16,520 Speaker 5: you know, as Republicans, we know we need to deal 768 00:47:16,560 --> 00:47:19,320 Speaker 5: with this and let's figure it out. Our policy is 769 00:47:19,400 --> 00:47:24,919 Speaker 5: we want a safe and orderly and humane system, and 770 00:47:25,120 --> 00:47:26,360 Speaker 5: we're going to keep fighting for that. 771 00:47:27,480 --> 00:47:30,240 Speaker 1: A few days after our interview with the Vice president, 772 00:47:30,680 --> 00:47:34,040 Speaker 1: it was announced that the Biden administration would begin deporting 773 00:47:34,200 --> 00:47:38,799 Speaker 1: Venezuelans at the border. There was also news about more 774 00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:43,640 Speaker 1: construction of twenty miles of border wall in South Texas, 775 00:47:44,440 --> 00:47:49,359 Speaker 1: despite Biden's campaign promise not to build another single inch 776 00:47:49,440 --> 00:47:52,359 Speaker 1: of the wall. The money comes from dollars that were 777 00:47:52,400 --> 00:47:57,320 Speaker 1: appropriated during the Trump administration. President Biden says he had 778 00:47:57,360 --> 00:47:59,920 Speaker 1: to use the money in this way, and when now 779 00:48:00,200 --> 00:48:03,279 Speaker 1: if he thought the border wall would be effective, the 780 00:48:03,320 --> 00:48:08,319 Speaker 1: President said no, Okay, back to my interview now with 781 00:48:08,560 --> 00:48:13,160 Speaker 1: the Vice president. So finally, this is a hard one 782 00:48:13,400 --> 00:48:17,680 Speaker 1: because it's such an emotional issue, right, and politics and campaigning, 783 00:48:17,680 --> 00:48:20,280 Speaker 1: there's a lot of emotion. So I was like, well, 784 00:48:20,320 --> 00:48:22,920 Speaker 1: you know, people would love to hear the vice president 785 00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:26,720 Speaker 1: apologize for I mean, you said once at one point, 786 00:48:27,120 --> 00:48:27,680 Speaker 1: don't come. 787 00:48:28,040 --> 00:48:31,040 Speaker 5: I want to be clear to folks in this region 788 00:48:31,120 --> 00:48:35,279 Speaker 5: who are thinking about making that dangerous trek to the 789 00:48:35,360 --> 00:48:41,440 Speaker 5: United States Mexico border, do not come. Do not come. 790 00:48:42,960 --> 00:48:46,400 Speaker 5: The United States will continue to enforce our laws and 791 00:48:46,520 --> 00:48:48,240 Speaker 5: secure our border. 792 00:48:49,440 --> 00:48:51,520 Speaker 1: You said, don't come from Central America, and people were 793 00:48:51,560 --> 00:48:56,000 Speaker 1: really shocked. And then I thought, well, Joe Biden actually 794 00:48:56,080 --> 00:48:58,960 Speaker 1: has been covering and on the issue of immigration since 795 00:48:58,960 --> 00:49:02,120 Speaker 1: I've been a journalist. He's really the one that should 796 00:49:02,400 --> 00:49:06,680 Speaker 1: apologize to every immigrant that has been mistreated or badly 797 00:49:06,719 --> 00:49:10,160 Speaker 1: treated in the country. And I'm like, well, will the 798 00:49:10,239 --> 00:49:14,440 Speaker 1: Vice president even ask the president, because if you apologize, 799 00:49:14,440 --> 00:49:16,280 Speaker 1: if you said, look, we are sorry for the mess. 800 00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:17,160 Speaker 1: We didn't create it. 801 00:49:17,640 --> 00:49:19,120 Speaker 5: We didn't create the mess, so. 802 00:49:19,200 --> 00:49:21,080 Speaker 1: We are sorry for what it's doing now. 803 00:49:21,200 --> 00:49:25,240 Speaker 5: Well, listen, let me just be very clear. My heart 804 00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:31,640 Speaker 5: aches for anyone who has to flee their home, especially 805 00:49:31,680 --> 00:49:36,879 Speaker 5: those who flee harm to themselves or their family, much 806 00:49:36,960 --> 00:49:39,080 Speaker 5: less those who have to leave a place they love 807 00:49:39,160 --> 00:49:41,280 Speaker 5: because they just simply can't take care of the basic 808 00:49:41,360 --> 00:49:44,600 Speaker 5: necessities of their family if they stay. In fact, that 809 00:49:44,719 --> 00:49:47,120 Speaker 5: is why I have taken on the issue of the 810 00:49:47,239 --> 00:49:50,239 Speaker 5: root causes of people leaving and what we are seeing 811 00:49:50,280 --> 00:49:52,640 Speaker 5: in terms of migration that is happening in particularly from 812 00:49:52,640 --> 00:49:55,600 Speaker 5: the northern part of Central America. I have now raised 813 00:49:55,840 --> 00:49:59,560 Speaker 5: over four billion dollars to focus on what we can 814 00:49:59,600 --> 00:50:04,320 Speaker 5: do to support people in their natural desire to stay 815 00:50:04,719 --> 00:50:07,279 Speaker 5: and not have to leave. The majority people. You and 816 00:50:07,320 --> 00:50:10,640 Speaker 5: I both know this. The more majority people don't want 817 00:50:10,680 --> 00:50:13,240 Speaker 5: to leave home. They don't want to leave their grandmother, 818 00:50:13,280 --> 00:50:15,439 Speaker 5: they don't want to leave the church where they pray, 819 00:50:15,480 --> 00:50:17,400 Speaker 5: they don't want to leave the neighborhood they grew up in. 820 00:50:17,640 --> 00:50:19,800 Speaker 5: And the only reason they do usually it's one of 821 00:50:19,880 --> 00:50:24,000 Speaker 5: two reasons. They are escaping and fleeing some harm, or 822 00:50:24,040 --> 00:50:27,719 Speaker 5: they can't satisfy their basic needs. So at the core 823 00:50:27,760 --> 00:50:31,400 Speaker 5: of what you are talking about is the importance of 824 00:50:31,520 --> 00:50:35,160 Speaker 5: humanity and having an approach that is humane and understands 825 00:50:35,200 --> 00:50:37,520 Speaker 5: the condition of people, and so people. 826 00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:39,280 Speaker 1: Are not worry that they're worried that they're not feeling 827 00:50:39,280 --> 00:50:41,319 Speaker 1: that from Joe Biden and from you. That's why I'm 828 00:50:41,320 --> 00:50:44,160 Speaker 1: pressing you on it. How do you push through on that? 829 00:50:44,280 --> 00:50:46,920 Speaker 5: Well, I hope that they see in terms of the 830 00:50:46,960 --> 00:50:49,880 Speaker 5: approach that we are taking. For example, the work that 831 00:50:49,960 --> 00:50:51,680 Speaker 5: I am doing on the root causes not to mention 832 00:50:51,760 --> 00:50:53,960 Speaker 5: the history of my work on this issue to no, 833 00:50:54,040 --> 00:50:56,840 Speaker 5: I care deeply. I've been working on this issue for years. 834 00:50:57,360 --> 00:51:00,920 Speaker 5: You talk about children, you know, when I Attorney General, 835 00:51:01,000 --> 00:51:04,520 Speaker 5: I pull the legal community of California together to represent 836 00:51:04,640 --> 00:51:09,279 Speaker 5: unaccompanied children who are coming across the border. So there's 837 00:51:09,320 --> 00:51:11,120 Speaker 5: a history and a body of work that I have 838 00:51:11,560 --> 00:51:15,839 Speaker 5: that I think is evidence of something I feel very 839 00:51:15,840 --> 00:51:19,200 Speaker 5: strongly and very deeply, which is it is important to 840 00:51:19,280 --> 00:51:23,200 Speaker 5: understand the experience of people and to have some level 841 00:51:23,239 --> 00:51:27,080 Speaker 5: of empathy. And in fact, I'll end this on this point. 842 00:51:28,160 --> 00:51:30,000 Speaker 5: I think part of what is wrong right now with 843 00:51:30,040 --> 00:51:34,600 Speaker 5: what is happening in our country is there is some 844 00:51:35,080 --> 00:51:39,880 Speaker 5: perverse kind of suggestion that the strength of a leader 845 00:51:40,280 --> 00:51:43,640 Speaker 5: is measured based on who you beat down instead of 846 00:51:43,640 --> 00:51:49,920 Speaker 5: who you lift up. I believe one of the characteristics 847 00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:53,800 Speaker 5: of strong leadership is the ability to have some level 848 00:51:53,880 --> 00:51:59,000 Speaker 5: of curiosity, concern, and care for the suffering of other people. 849 00:51:59,480 --> 00:52:05,279 Speaker 5: That's called empathy. No one can ever question whether Joe 850 00:52:05,320 --> 00:52:11,200 Speaker 5: Biden possesses that important quality, and I believe that people 851 00:52:11,239 --> 00:52:13,040 Speaker 5: who know me know I do as well. 852 00:52:17,080 --> 00:52:20,239 Speaker 1: So that was my one on one interview with Vice 853 00:52:20,239 --> 00:52:23,400 Speaker 1: President Harris. Now I'm back in the studio in Harlem 854 00:52:23,440 --> 00:52:27,840 Speaker 1: with Latino USA producer Renaldo Les Junior, and we're just 855 00:52:27,880 --> 00:52:31,880 Speaker 1: gonna reflect quickly about this interview that we have been 856 00:52:31,880 --> 00:52:33,480 Speaker 1: trying to get for so many years. 857 00:52:33,960 --> 00:52:36,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, Maria, So I'm just curious. You know, how do 858 00:52:36,880 --> 00:52:39,680 Speaker 3: you think it went? Just like, you know, overall, well. 859 00:52:39,800 --> 00:52:42,719 Speaker 1: I felt like it went well. I mean, the Vice 860 00:52:42,760 --> 00:52:48,640 Speaker 1: President is very approachable, she is a great conversationalist. She's 861 00:52:49,120 --> 00:52:54,440 Speaker 1: frankly beautiful and fun. She likes to smile and laugh, 862 00:52:55,280 --> 00:52:58,760 Speaker 1: and so overall it went okay. It just went so quickly. 863 00:52:59,000 --> 00:53:01,080 Speaker 3: I know, like every time when I finished an interview, 864 00:53:01,160 --> 00:53:03,440 Speaker 3: there's like that moment of like I should have asked this, 865 00:53:03,600 --> 00:53:05,799 Speaker 3: or you know, I should have asked that. How were 866 00:53:05,800 --> 00:53:09,440 Speaker 3: you feeling you know, just like after this interview ended. 867 00:53:09,760 --> 00:53:13,080 Speaker 1: Well, I had a long list of questions that I 868 00:53:13,239 --> 00:53:17,320 Speaker 1: did not get to, that is for sure, But in general, 869 00:53:17,520 --> 00:53:20,839 Speaker 1: I felt like the major issues, the topics that are 870 00:53:20,880 --> 00:53:24,200 Speaker 1: of concern for Latino or Latino voters, we got to them. 871 00:53:24,400 --> 00:53:26,719 Speaker 3: And one of the things Madia that I was also 872 00:53:26,840 --> 00:53:29,440 Speaker 3: wondering is like, not only your reaction to some of 873 00:53:29,480 --> 00:53:32,239 Speaker 3: the answers that she gave, but maybe things that she 874 00:53:32,400 --> 00:53:33,840 Speaker 3: didn't say during our interview. 875 00:53:34,080 --> 00:53:38,120 Speaker 1: Look, I'm not a politician, but I think the opportunity 876 00:53:38,320 --> 00:53:43,480 Speaker 1: to do a real self critique or apologize to people 877 00:53:43,560 --> 00:53:46,040 Speaker 1: who would like to hear one from the Vice president, 878 00:53:46,719 --> 00:53:50,080 Speaker 1: that's something that I think is a worthwhile conversation as 879 00:53:50,160 --> 00:53:53,640 Speaker 1: part of her campaign and it's a part of the 880 00:53:54,480 --> 00:53:57,279 Speaker 1: kind of the moment. So these are the kinds of 881 00:53:57,360 --> 00:54:01,000 Speaker 1: questions that I really look forward to continuing in conversation 882 00:54:01,080 --> 00:54:03,640 Speaker 1: with the Vice president because we're going to keep trying 883 00:54:03,680 --> 00:54:08,080 Speaker 1: to get interview number two in this campaign year. She's 884 00:54:08,160 --> 00:54:11,680 Speaker 1: not afraid to answer any question. The problem is is 885 00:54:11,920 --> 00:54:12,680 Speaker 1: the amount of time. 886 00:54:13,080 --> 00:54:15,719 Speaker 3: And it's also definitely you know the beginning of our 887 00:54:15,760 --> 00:54:19,319 Speaker 3: political coverage. You know, we're also releasing this episode first 888 00:54:19,360 --> 00:54:24,320 Speaker 3: Friday of November, and it's essentially kicking off our election coverage. 889 00:54:24,360 --> 00:54:27,759 Speaker 3: And you know, we're not stopping here. You know, there's 890 00:54:27,760 --> 00:54:30,399 Speaker 3: a lot of requests to be made and are being made, 891 00:54:30,800 --> 00:54:31,720 Speaker 3: and we want. 892 00:54:31,560 --> 00:54:34,560 Speaker 1: To bring the voices not just from inside the White House, 893 00:54:34,960 --> 00:54:38,200 Speaker 1: but those outside of the White House as well, people 894 00:54:38,239 --> 00:54:42,719 Speaker 1: who like us at Latino USA, believe in democracy and 895 00:54:42,960 --> 00:54:47,000 Speaker 1: believe in participation. So this is just the beginning of 896 00:54:47,040 --> 00:54:50,319 Speaker 1: our twenty twenty four election year coverage and we're so 897 00:54:50,400 --> 00:54:52,759 Speaker 1: excited to bring it to you as part of our 898 00:54:52,800 --> 00:54:57,000 Speaker 1: thirtieth year anniversary celebration of Latino USA being on the 899 00:54:57,080 --> 00:55:01,080 Speaker 1: air documenting Latino realities for thirty years. 900 00:55:01,400 --> 00:55:04,360 Speaker 3: I'm guessing right, I can only assume that you obviously 901 00:55:04,400 --> 00:55:07,360 Speaker 3: also want to speak with President Joe Biden. 902 00:55:07,560 --> 00:55:10,040 Speaker 1: We would love to speak with President Joe Biden. We've 903 00:55:10,080 --> 00:55:13,040 Speaker 1: been making that request for about four years as well. 904 00:55:13,239 --> 00:55:15,560 Speaker 3: Any last thoughts, Mandy, any last closing thoughts as we 905 00:55:15,719 --> 00:55:18,160 Speaker 3: end this segment with the Vice President. 906 00:55:18,600 --> 00:55:21,359 Speaker 1: One of the things that we talked a lot about 907 00:55:21,760 --> 00:55:27,480 Speaker 1: was not being lured or enamored of the exclusivity of 908 00:55:27,480 --> 00:55:31,959 Speaker 1: what we just experienced being an Air Force two, which, 909 00:55:32,120 --> 00:55:34,839 Speaker 1: by the way, we paid for being in a vice 910 00:55:34,880 --> 00:55:38,719 Speaker 1: president's motorcade. These are all things that are very enticing 911 00:55:38,800 --> 00:55:42,520 Speaker 1: in terms of power, but for us, the most important 912 00:55:42,520 --> 00:55:46,280 Speaker 1: thing is to remain grounded and to always remain committed 913 00:55:46,840 --> 00:55:49,759 Speaker 1: in asking the questions that the voters want to hear 914 00:55:49,800 --> 00:55:54,919 Speaker 1: from and pushing. So that's what we'll continue to do. 915 00:55:55,280 --> 00:55:58,680 Speaker 1: We will continue to push and look forward to what 916 00:55:58,800 --> 00:56:03,239 Speaker 1: is an essence of democracy, which is actually dialogue, and 917 00:56:03,440 --> 00:56:05,960 Speaker 1: to document what this campaign is going to look like 918 00:56:06,040 --> 00:56:09,680 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty four when I believe that Latino and 919 00:56:09,760 --> 00:56:13,879 Speaker 1: Latina voters, young, middle aged, and old will have an 920 00:56:14,000 --> 00:56:17,839 Speaker 1: essential impact on the future of democracy and the presidency 921 00:56:17,960 --> 00:56:38,600 Speaker 1: in the United States. This episode was produced by Renaldo 922 00:56:38,719 --> 00:56:42,840 Speaker 1: Leanos Junior. It was edited by Andrea Lopez Grussavo. It 923 00:56:42,920 --> 00:56:46,640 Speaker 1: was mixed by Stephanie Lebou, Julia Caruso, and gabrielle Abiez. 924 00:56:47,040 --> 00:56:50,720 Speaker 1: Fact checking for this episode by Roxanna Guire. The Latino 925 00:56:50,840 --> 00:56:55,799 Speaker 1: USA team includes Victoria Strada, Tori mar Marquez, Marta Martinez, 926 00:56:56,000 --> 00:57:01,480 Speaker 1: Danilee Ramirez, Mike Sergeant, Norsaudi, and Nancy Druquillo. Additional engineering 927 00:57:01,560 --> 00:57:05,720 Speaker 1: support by JJ Krubin. Our marketing manager is Luis Luna. 928 00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:09,359 Speaker 1: Our theme music was composed by Signor Rubinos. I'm your 929 00:57:09,360 --> 00:57:12,440 Speaker 1: host and executive producer Mariaojosa. Join us again on our 930 00:57:12,480 --> 00:57:15,160 Speaker 1: next episode. In the meantime, look for us on social 931 00:57:15,200 --> 00:57:17,520 Speaker 1: media and remember siempre. 932 00:57:18,800 --> 00:57:19,000 Speaker 3: Joo. 933 00:57:31,720 --> 00:57:36,240 Speaker 14: Latino USA is made possible in part by the Ford Foundation, 934 00:57:36,840 --> 00:57:40,840 Speaker 14: working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide, 935 00:57:41,520 --> 00:57:45,960 Speaker 14: the John D. And Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the 936 00:57:46,040 --> 00:57:52,480 Speaker 14: Heising Simons Foundation, unlocking knowledge, opportunity and possibilities more at 937 00:57:52,680 --> 00:57:54,439 Speaker 14: hsfoundation dot org. 938 00:57:58,560 --> 00:58:06,040 Speaker 1: Okay, so finally Beyonce or Bad Bunny, reggaear Maggaton? 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