You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. Good evening. President biden has a message tonight for republican lawmakers in the House Of Representatives. The brinksmanship has to end. The president s remarks come after congress prepped within a few hours of a deadline that would have hurt millions of americans. The crisis was averted by a rare display of strong bipartisan cooperation, but republican hardliners are outraged that House SpeakerKevin Mccarthy made a deal with democrats. Florida congressman matt gaetz on the republican side says this week, he will call for a vote to Strip Mccarthy of that post. Its unclear whether other republicans will join him. In the meantime, mccarthy says that this is nothing more than a publicity stunt. You know, this is personal with matt. Matt voted against the most conservative ability to protect our border, secure our border. Hes more interested in securing interviews than doing something. He wanted to push us into a shutdown, even threatening his own district with all the military people there who would not be paid. Only because he wants to take this motion. So be it. Bring it on. Lets get over with it. And lets start governing. If hes upset because he tried to push us in a shutdown and i made sure government didnt shut down, then lets have that fight. Lets bring in larry sabato, director of the Center For Politics at the university of virginia, and cnn senior political commentator, scott jennings. Larry, if i have the history right here, no House Speaker has ever actually been removed through a resolution to vacate, a motion to vacate. I think i have that correct. How historic would this be if matt gaetz can pull this off and do you think he can . Well, it would be very historic. Thats east enough to conclude. I dont think he will succeed. You know, jim, half the trick in life is having the right enemies. And if you had to pick an income in the house gop or the house gop clown car, you couldnt do much better than matt gaetz. So thats going to make mccarthy get some help, maybe from some democrats voting present. Its also going to solidify his support in much of the republican ranks. So i think hell be able to survive. Gaetz has made some serious errors himself over the course of his career. I dont know that i would want to be in the position that hes put himself in. Right now, my money would be on mccarthy to survive. Though, obviously, he wont be as healthy in public image as he once was. And scott, you spent some time up on capitol hill, on the republican side of the aisle. I mean, to go from a nearGovernment Shutdown, which would have been blamed on house republicans, to a Leadership Crisis that is being instigated by matt gaetz, is this something that you would advise if you were still up there. Well, no, i certainly wouldnt advise people to oust Kevin Mccarthy, because hes done a darned good job as speaker of the house under a really closely divided house. Hes pulled numerous rabbits out of numerous hats, including one this weekend. Gaetz and all the buffoons that follow him are all personally and selfinterested. Many of them are running in statewide primaries for other offices back in their home states. Theyre not there to govern. Theyre there as Speaker Mccarthy said today, they dont want to secure the southern border, they want to secure more tv time. So i theres no advice, though, to be given to these people, because they dont want advice. And i think Kevin Mccarthy will survive. And i think its important to remember that the speaker of the house works for all 435 members. Its not like the senate, where the parties pick the leader. The speaker of the house is the speaker for everybody. We saw a bipartisan vote this weekend. We may see a bipartisan vote to keep the speaker. To me, thats a good signal to the American People that there may be a Bipartisan Coalition forming that says, were tired of this absolute nonsense of gaetz and his ilk. And larry, to that point, i tried to ask a Freedom Caucus member, Republican Congressman bob goode of Virginia Whether or not he would support ousting Kevin Mccarthy as speaker, and i asked him multiple times during the interview, and he would just not answer the question. Lets take a look at that. Why not say youre linking arms with matt gaetz and youre ready to oust him as speaker . This isnt about personalities or individuals. Is there somebody else you might be interested in as speaker . Well, we will cross that bridge if we get to it. Youre not going to the, i guess to the position at this point that he should be removed as speaker. Speaker mccarthy fought through 15 votes to become speaker. I would like him to bring that same intensity to fight to cut our spending. And so, it sounds like hes not your guy. I guess i just dont understand why not just come out and say it. That kind of performance is why i voted against him 14 times during the speaker battle. One last chance, should he stay or should he go . Im focused on us doing our job for the American People. And if that takes place, well see what happens. Larry, i think if matt gaetz does not have bob goode on his side, it doesnt sound like this is going to go that well. Yeah, you would think that he would probably side with gaetz. Although ill have to tell you, hes my congressman. Im glad it was scott that used the word buffoon, because it really applies here. I dont think theyll succeed. And probably, some of the people who have been matt gaetz associates and backers realize that already. Its very difficult for this to succeed. And they dont want to be associated with another losing effort. And particularly one led by matt gaetz. So as i said, the stars havent completely aligned yet, but probably mccarthy survives. The real question is whether gaetz does this over and over and over again. Because as i understand it, and scott worked up there, but as i understand it, he can do it as many times as he wants. Until the rules are changed. Maybe the house will decide that its important to have ten members submit a motion to vacate, rather than just having one person be able to do it. And you can see gaetz doing it repeatedly. And scott, i mean, you were just saying a few moments ago, mccarthy has been effective as speaker, but he did put himself in this position, where his leadership can be challenged, as larry said, multiple times. He kind of did this to himself. Yeah, its one of the yeah, its one of the deals he had to cut back when he was trying to become speaker in the first place. And many of us predicted at the time that it would it would eventually come back to revisit him. And it is. My suspicion is, is if gaetz tried to shut down the house by doing this over and over and over, people would get tired of it and they would change the rules. And they should change the rules, because its not right for one person to impose their will on 434 other people. And its not really right for one republican to impose his or her will when youve got the vast majority of the rest of the conference going one direction, you want to go another. Youre not in the majority of your own party, youre in the majority of the house. Thats not the way the house is supposed to work. Its a majoritarian institution being hijacked by a very fringe minority. Its almost like creating a filibuster of sorts for the House Of Representatives. Yeah. A little strange. And larry, let me ask you this. I want to see if you can weigh in on congressman Dean Phillips stepping down from the democratic leadership role. He has openly questioned having joe biden whether joe biden should run for a second term or whether there should be a primary challenger for President Biden. What do you make of this and, it sounds like, i mean, we were talking to Maria Cardona about this earlier on in the program. Sbel as well as Debbie Wasserman schultz, it sounds like dean is rather lonely in this regard when it comes to democratic lawmakers. He is probably the only one, in fact, i dont think there are many of them privately who have expressed the kind of doubts that Dean Phillips has. Its his right. Hes an elected official in the party, he can say whatever he wants, but there are consequences for doing what he has done. He has isolated himself. Maybe hell be proven right, eventually. I dont think so myself, but its possible that he will be. But being a prophet doesnt always make you popular in your own time. And he clearly is very unpopular within the Democratic Caucus right now. Scott, i guess, one of the things thats kind of interesting about all of this is that the democrats and their leadership were rather efficient and streamlined, in, i guess, showing phillips the door perhaps he saw the light and thought it was a good time to leave. Whereas on the other side of the aisle, its not that disciplined right now. How do you see Kevin Mccarthy getting through this next period . The Republican Leadership is fine. Its the fringe of the party, fringe of the fringe, and the fringe of the democrats causes them some headaches from time to time. Phillips may be lonely as it relates to democratic elites, but he is not lonely as it relates to democrats in every poll ive ever seen who would really prefer it if biden didnt run and they had other options. I can see why theyre doing this. I believe its a long shot. They have changed the rules to make it nearly impossible to make him get rid of joe biden. But its quite obvious democrats are nervous about bidens prospects in 2024 and they wanted some other choices. Yeah, its when you talk to democratic lawmakers, i mean, its almost every one down the line, theyre just not going in the direction that Dean Phillips is trying to go. Scott jennings, larry sabato, thank you very much, guys. Appreciate it. Thank you, joe. In the meantime, democrats in washington are fighting for congress to authorize aid to ukraine that was snipped out of that continuing resolution to keep the government open. Next, what it could mean for the fate of that country as it defends itself against russia. And later, a new surge at the u. S. Mexico Border that has one city calling it a humanitarian crisis. Plus, this weekends u2 concert was something that was just about out of this world. Fu if you havent seen this yet, youll want to take a look at this. The performance they put on at the sphere in las vegas. Its a venue youve never seen before. Well take a look at it. Youre live in the cnn museroom. I want to assure our American Allies and the American People and the people of ukraine that you can count on our support. We will not walk away. The vast majority of both parties, ill say it again, democrats and republicans, senate and the house, support helping ukraine stop playing games. Get this done. Joining us now to talk about this, retired Lieutenant General mark hertling, a cnn military analyst. Thats the president there calling on congress to get busy and pass that funding to continue to support the people in ukraines continue to support that fight against the russians. Of course, as you know, was snipped out of that Stopgap Spending Measure to keep the government up and running. I guess your thoughts on this, j general huertling, what happens if congress doesnt get it done and this funding drys up . What message does that send . What does that do to the ukrainians . Theres a couple of things. First of all, theres a very small minority in congress who are sabotaging the United States foreign policy. And they are influencing in a negative way a fight for democracy and sovereignty and protection of an entire culture and its people by withholding this aid. We have been the leaders in this effort, with our western allies, 50 of them, the last time that they met at the rahmstein conference, and for the United States to go through the things that President Biden talked about this morning is just despicable in terms of being caused by a very select few in congress. Jim, you and i have talked about, you know me. Ive spent 16 of my 38 years in the military overseas. And people in other governments watch us very closely. They trust us to do things. And when theyre seeing the kinds of things that are taking place in america right now, they lose some of that trust. So its not only just how its affecting ukraine, which is critical, its also affecting how theyre trusted on the world stage. And could this have a psychological impact on president zelenskyy, on ukrainian forces. Zelenskyy was just here in the United States in the last couple of weeks, going up to the United Nations general assembly, going up on capitol hill, taking photos with lawmakers who couldnt get this passed over the weekend. And to have the rugged pulled out from under him, i have to think that that would have some kind of an effect. Yeah, it would certainly have a psychological effect. And im sure that there are leaders in ukraine right now who are concerned about this. The president , our president , President Biden promised that this would get done, but he also had a deal with the Congressional Republicans that they would include this in the package in the first place, in the initial deal that he made. So it will be a hard push, but in order to regain that trust, which we need on the multinational environment, this has to be done very quickly. There cant be any delays, because its not only going to affect how other people see the United States, its going to affect the way ukraine continues with their offensive, which truthfully is gaining some momentum in both the southeast and the east. So it has to continue, and it has to be done quickly. There cant be any delays in reestablishing the funding for the weapons and the equipment that go to the Ukrainian Armed forces. And if the u. S. Fails to get this out of the congress and over to the ukrainians, isnt that a win for putin . Doesnt that bail out Vladimir Putin . I mean, the ukrainians have had him up against the ropes for some time now. I mean, this was all supposed to be over months ago, from their Point Of View in the kremlin, and this would just come at a perfect time for Vladimir Putin, and just bail him out, wouldnt it . Yeah, well, i would go one step further than that, jim. I would say that it already has been a win for putin and those who think like him. They have seen the turmoil and the dysfunction in our government in several ways. This is just the latest one. So they are continuing to use that mantra, among some of our allies, to say, the United States is not dependable, you should not trust them as your allies. You should trust us. And, in fact, it may give mr. Putin, and im sure it has, if i were a political leader, i would say, this is a perfect opportunity, to continue to try to extend this conflict, more and more, and its going to be difficult, but i think part of mr. Putins strategy is to make this a frozen conflict, like hes done in four other nations in europe. So, yeah, i think it certainly does help him, but i think more importantly, it shows the world that there are times when we cant be depended upon, because were leaning towards autoaccurateautocrats and dictators. General mark hertling, as always, we appreciate it. Thank you, jim. And the City Of San Diego says a new surge of migrants is now a humanitarian crisis. A closer look at the problem, thats next here in the cnn newsroom. Cmon, were right there. Cmon baby. Its the only we need. Go, go, go, go ah Touchdown Baby touchdown are your neighbors watching the same game . Yeah, my 5g Home Internet delays the game a bit. But you get used to it. Try these. Theyre noise cancelling earmuffs. I stole them from an airport. Its always something with you, man. Great solid greek salad . Exactly dont delay the game with verizon or tmobile 5g Home Internet. Catch it on the xfinity 10g network. Border, San Diego County officials are asking the federal government for more resources to help with a major surge of migrants in recent weeks. They just declared a humanitarian crisis saying u. S. Border agents dropped off around 7,500 migrants in the county over just the last 13 days. Cnns Camilla Bernal traveled to the border this past week to see the situation firsthand. How many you got . A dramatic increase. Espanol . Hundreds of migrants almost constantly arriving in waves into the california border. What country . Russia. Reporter sometimes 50 or 100. Or just five. Many with the help of a socalled smuggler. We ran into one operating openly at the border. He asked us not to show his face and distort his voice for fear of being killed. He says to get to the u. S. , you need at least 2,500. The illegal trafficking of people operating almost like a travel agency. The smugglers arrange the trip starting in the middle east, asia, south or central america, then they buy Plane Tickets and tell migrants exactly where to go. With each paying a few thousand dollars or between 9 th,000 to 12,000 for mexican nationals, the business is lucrative. He says theyre at war with another cartel, so the only way they can get money is by bringing people in. People like alexander. Reporter he says he came here because of the violence that you live in colombia. The number of hundreds of people being here at any given time over the last woum of weeks is not normal. Reporter behind me is mexico. This is an area in boulevard, california, where there is a gap in the border wall, so a lot of the migrants are able to just walk into the United States. They continue this walk along the border wall, and eventually turn themselves into Border Patrol. This is where that Asylum Process begins. They dont have food and they dont have water and they dont have supplies on them. Reporter Jacqueline Narajnarajano with the nonprofit border kindness says theres not enough to address the need. Its regular folks patching up together in a humanitarian response to a huge crisis is not sustainable. Reporter this week, the county of san diego with a bipartisan vote, unanimously declared a humanitarian crisis. The reason why were advocating that the federal government get engaged in this process is because this is a federal issue. Youre talking about Asylum Seekers that legally have a right to be here and to be processed and to get to the final destination. Reporter the hope is that the federal government provides for migrants like mida and thousands of others who after being processed by customs and Border Protection will eventually be released in the streets of san diego. Reporter she says she wants to work, be honorable, and have a good job. But first they wait in the desert, these makeshift shelters their only protection. Camilla bernal, cnn, boulevard, california. In texas, the del rio and el paso sections are among the busiest along the u. S. Southern border. My next guest is very familiar with the ongoing crisis. El paso mayor oscar leaser is joining us right now. How is your community dealing with all of this right now . Well, with you know, one of the things that its important to talk about, were working with a broken Immigration Process and were in a state of emergency. In the last 30 days, weve passed over 16,000 Asylum Seekers that have come into the United States that are not coming to el paso. And el paso, only about 1 stay in el paso. The rest is coming to the United States so its really important that we find a place for them to stay. They stay here between one to three days, but its been really, really challenging for us because of the numbers. The numbers are huge. We have no hotel capacity. We started with four hotels about maybe two weeks ago. Were up to ten hotels. Weve opened up a recreational park. Weve opened up an abandoned school that had been closed. We did that last night about midnight, because the numbers continue to increase. And if we continue to work with a broken Immigration Process, this is what happens. The good thing is, though, the federal government has been assisting us and weve had funding by the federal government, the local taxpayers cannot afford that. It would bankrupt the city of el paso if we were able to if we had to put it on the back of the local taxpayer. But we are at a humanitarian crisis, and we are well overcrowded. And you were just mentioning that the federal government has been helping out. I was going to ask, is there anything more that the Biden Administration can do to alleviate all of this. Do you have any thoughts on what can be done . Well, they have to fix the broken Immigration Process. We cant continue to do the same thing over and over again and think Something Different is going to happen. And thats what keeps happening. We went through it last year back in november when we had 3,000 crossings a day. Were up over 2,000 crossings now a day. And it becomes really very challenging for a Community Like el paso. Its a very welcoming community and we continue to we housed, like i said, over 16,000 people in the last 30 days, and weve been able to provide over 40,000 meals. As its a great community, but at some point, we are at our breaking point, and its important that we change, fix it, and move forward. And whether its, you know, administration or congress, we have to have a bipartisan really solution and if we dont, well continue to do the same thing over and over again. And i understand, they keep giving us money, but theyll have to continue to give us money, because this wont fix the problem that weve continued to occur day in and day out, not only in el paso, but all of texas and california. And you said the Immigration Process has to be fixed. The broken Immigration Process. What about that process needs to be fixed . Well, it needs to happen south of the border. Its not going to happen in the United States. We need to work with the other countries. We need to work as theyre coming in to the United States. Like you said, el paso is a very welcoming community, but at the end of the day, we need to have some kind of process to be able to fix the process and it wont be fixed here in the United States. It has to be fixed south of the border. And you know, one of the things that the border is closed today. It was closed yesterday, and it will continue to be closed. But again, the Immigration Process is broken, that we continue to have these type of crises within our community and the u. S. And i guess, we saw our Camilla Bernal in that piece just a few moments ago. She was just walking through a gap in some of the fencing, it so looks as though in some of these places, and perhaps youre seeing it in the el paso area, as well, the folks who sort of have an unimpeded route across the border in some spots. Well, the numbers are so huge that the Border Patrol does not have the opportunity to do their job. You know, we have so many men and women that work for the Border Patrol and so many people coming into the United States, they dont have the opportunity to do their jobs. You know, one of the things that they get an a number. Thats when they go through the Immigration Process. Theyre league in the United States. And now weve got to help them move through the system. But theyre not allowed to work. And i really believe youre talking about fixing problem. We need to allow them to work into the u. S. And be able to work instead of being here and waiting five to six years for their hearing. Yeah. And just your thoughts on, im sure you watched this down in el paso, that the government almost went into a shutdown. What would that have done to efforts to, i guess, put a lid on this and control the surge at the border. Would that have helped efforts had the Government Shutdown . We do have funding from the federal government and we were prepared if the shutdown was going to happen. You know, the Border Patrol, the administrationive part would not have happened with a register and put people through the system. And i talked to the city manager and i talked to the office of emergency management, and we were prepared to go and help them and be able to register the people that are coming in. So we were prepared for the government, whether it was going to stay open or not. One of the things we talk about day in and day out is that we need to prepare for the unknown. And that was one of the big unknowns. Another known is, do the demographics of the people come into the United States continues to change, from single adults to families. Two weeks ago, we were at about 30 family and 67 single adults. And then 1 unoccupied i mean yeah, unaccompanied children. And today were basically at 52 families and about 46 single adults. It so keeps changing. And that makes it really hard for us to be able to provide when were right to provide shelter and food, and make sure that we help them get to their destination. Absolutely. Well, i dont i imagine that is a huge challenge. Mayor oscar leeser, thank you very much for joining us. I hope we can have you back and keep tabs on how your community is going. The best of luck to you. Im very proud of the way our city is reacting and the way we make sure theres been nobody on the street. Weve saved over 5,000 people that would have been on the street and we take them in and we make sure that they get to their destination. So we continue to do the job and wool continue to do it. All right. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Well be right back. President biden today praising the bipartisan deal to avoid a Government Shutdown, also lamenting what it took to avoid a crisis. Im sick and tired, im sick and tired of the brinksmanship. And so are the American People. Ive been doing this, as you all point out to me a lot, a long time. Ive never quite seen a Republican Congress or any congress act like this. And theres a new book that echos that message and argues the extreme right wing of the Republican Party is threatening the country as it evolves towards a multiracial democracy. The book is called Tyranny Of The Minority and one of its authors, Steve Lavitsky joins us now. It feels like the title of your book is what played out to some extent in these last several days and heading up right to the brinks after Government Shutdown. What was your sense of things as you saw all of this unfold . Yeah, we are it feels like we are sliding into minority rule. In a couple of senses. First of all, we have some institutions that allow political minorities to prevail over political majorities. The Electoral College loves the loser, the presidency to win the presidency. The Senate Filibuster allows 41 senators to systemically, permanently thwart the majority of in the senate. But at the same time, we have a very small political minority exercising outside of the influence over our politics and politicking initiatives that vast majorities of americans support. And this is primarily a product of the recent radicalization or notsorecent radicalization of the Republican Party. You know, its not that unusual for there to be fringe elements in either party. Through most of our history, there have been some farright or farleft members of congress, but whats really critical and has always been critical to our democracy is that party leaders, Mainstream Party leaders have to prevail over these extremists. They cant let extremists exercise outside influence. And whats happening in the Republican Party is that the leadership is losing control over, frankly, antidemocratic extremists. And just to follow up on what you just said there, could it be argued that Speaker Mccarthy did overcome that, that minority, Tyranny Of The Minority, to put it in your words . Absolutely. Let me be clear. Kevin mccarthy did the right thing this weekend. And i hope it continues. And fit does continue. If he does continue to build Jo Majorities in the congress and work with democrats, that will bring us so a much, much better place. Im skeptical. I worry hes not going to be able to continue this, because weve seen a progressive process of radicalization of the Republican Party for 30 years. Remember the gingrich revolution, which shifted the party to the right 30 years ago. That brought john boehner to the leadership. John boehner was then overthrown by the tea party revolution, which brought Kevin Mccarthy to the fore. Kevin mccarthy now is faced with the threat of being consumed by an even more radical rightwing flank. And i very much hope he shifts course and is able to impose himself on this radical wing. But history tells us in the last 30 years, that thats not likely to prevail. He almost is heading in the direction from Tyranny Of The Minority to tyranny of the 1. Because what were seeing in the House Of Representatives this week is that it only takes one lawmaker to call the motion to vacate the speaker of the house, to begin the process, to have the speaker of the house removed. It lalmost gives it almost arms the house lawmaker with a kind of filibuster in a way. Right. And the Republican Party leadership has got to figure out how to handle its radical flank. Because we have, as you said, a very small number of republican extremists who are engaging in acts of sabotage. Sabotage against our foreign policy, our standing in the world. And sabotage against the functioning of our democratic government. They are actively trying to throw Sticks And Stones into the gears of american government. Well, steve levisitski, its great to have you on. This is Perfect Timing to have you on this weekend. I suspect well have to call on you in the days and weeks to come. One of the authors of the book the Tyranny Of The Minority, its a very important book thats out right now. A lot of people are buying it and reading it. Congratulations for as well. Thank you very much for your time. We appreciate it. Thanks for having me. And shifting gears, a unique concert experience you have to see to believe this weekend in las vegas as u2 becomes the first act to play at the sphere. I almost dont want to hype this up too much, because i want to get tickets to this. But what people are saying about the shows and the One Of A Kind venue. Thats coming up in the cnn newsroom. Alex mateo, hey hows business . Great. You know that loan has really worked wonders. Thats what u. S. Bank is for. And youre growing in california . Yup, socal, norcal. Monterey . All day. A branch in ventura . Thats for sureah. 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Screen on the inside and the outside of the structure. Cnn Business Producer john sar lan joins us now. We made you be up live for this, because im obsessed with this. So i apologize to everyone in advance. I almost dont want to promote it, because i want to get tickets to this. I havent put in the pt request, but i want to go esee this. Whats going on with this venue . Its absolutely mind boggling what theyve done. Im with you. Im on the west coast. Im looking forward to see it. If youve been on twitter over the last 24 hours, you have seen videos of inside this show. Look at those pictures some numbers inside. Its 366feet tall, 516 feet wide. It expanse around two city politics. It has 1. 2 million l. E. D. S and 160,000 speakers. It seats 18,000 people. And it cost 2. 3 billion. Thats about 1 billion over budget, but the people behind it, including james nolan, cant be too upset with the spectacle that u2 is launching with the sphere. Yeah, and you can see some of the images right now. Those are we ripped this out of donies instagram feed. I hope thats okay, donie. But the images are spectacular. It looks as though its likes imax on trsteroids. How long did it take for this production to take shape. It looks like youre outside at a concert, but youre actually in the sphere. Im just pointing that out to our viewers. U2 said it took around 18 months for them to conceive it. The entire project took around a decade to conceive. U2s director said he initially didnt think it would work. Some problems with it. The sound in a sphere is notoriously difficult to capture. The sphere these they figured that out with these more than 100,000 speakers throughout, and you know, the results speak for themselves. At the big u2 show, some of the biggest names in media, jeff bezos, lebron james, paul mccartney, all there to see this new kind of show. Yeah, i feel like this is going to change. And when you look at the outside of the sphere, that is also spectacular. I mean, we may not be able to show those pictures, but i saw at one point, they made it into the shape of a basketball, they made it into the shape of a moon. And theres one right there that chose u2 promoting their concert. But i mean, its really spectacular, this technology that theyve been able to ive just never seen anything like it. Yeah, you know, it turned on a few months ago, and the exterior has already become a staple in vegas. Theres a big blinking eye. It cycles between graphics. All of this is the brainchild of james dolan, the man behind Madison Square garden and the knicks. He conceived this, poured money entitle, and now its open to the public. Very good, john sarlan. Maybe we can go together. Just clear it with the folks here. It wont be a weekend show, maybe one of those wednesday ones. Thanks, john, well be right back. Tonight on Jose Andres And Family In Spain, the family visits the Southern Coast and his daughters get ready for a flamenco festival. Inez and i are getting right turned for festival. A weeklong celebration of a anda andalusian food, drink, and culture. And of course, we need to look the part. You look stunning. Thank you. I know, its my first time as a grownup in a flamenco dress. You look beautiful. I love your colors. All of andalusia is famous for Flamenco Music and dance. Its a whole culture that first came to spain as early as the ninth century, performed originally by the roma people. And recently, i sat down with the chef to learn what Andalucia Maint means to him. Its something about being a young boy, growing up really in the kingdom of tapas and sherry. Its a place where everybody celebrates life, one glass of sherry at a time. One garlic at a time. Its a great place to make friends, even if you go alone. And obviously, andalucia, because of its proximity to africa, was the place where spain got huge influences obviously from the arab world, yes, wars are never good, but then when you move centuries later, is in a way what enriches a country, people mixing with people. If you find a place that is really a fusion between different part of the world, thats happening right in andalucia. All of the muslim world was very important, and to these days, all of these traditions remain in many, many different ingredients and traditions. And you took your daughters to a traditional ceremony. What was that like . They dance and its the land of flamenco, without a doubt, own of the great popular dances, the best masters of flamenco come from andalucia. Obviously, especially during the springtime, many of the cities and little towns will do these amazing celebrations where very much the city shuts down and everybody has these kind of casatas, private clubs where usually everybody is invited and everybody is celebrating family, friends, new friends. They all come to dance flamenco, to drink sherry, and to eat whatever is the traditional tapa that every one of these are cooking. Its a party. Its a big party. I mean, when you go, you know that youre going to have the best time of times. Why . Because the entire city celebrating, for not only one day, but one day, two days, three days, four days. Those are celebrations that they seem, they never end. And actually, its a good thing. The day they end, you are kind of happy the next day, youre finally relaxing. And my thanks to chef jose andres. Just a reminder, the all new episode of Jose Andres And Family In Spain is next. Its a great show. Check it out right here on cnn. Thanks very much for joining me this evening. Reporting from washington, im jim acosta. Its been a very long weou