I dont believe the romanians consider themselves dominated by the soviet union. I dont believe that the poles consider themselves dominated by the soviet union. Immediately after the debate we went up to the president and stu spencer was adviser. Mr. President you are going to have to hold a press conference immediately and explain what you meant of the president said what did i say . Stu said she said the soviet union doesnt dominate poland. A presence that i didnt say that in stu said what you think you said . The president said i said the soviet union does not dominate the polish people in their minds and in their hearts and we played back what the person said. He said oh my god i thought i said in their hearts and their minds. We will hold the vice commerce and clear this up. We explained to kissinger when it happened and kissinger said you cant say that. It will insult the soviets and im trying to get sharansky out of the soviet union. They debated it for five days and during those five days the elections looked away. People were reminded the president had Jonathan Folland pretty was made fun of by chevy chase on saturday night live. All that came back and he became the mistake prone president because of this mistake. He did correct the record five days later in california but it was too late. So debates are really dangerous. They are really scary. Speechwriters are very important to current campaigns. I will start by saying that on line. Speechwriters are incredibly important terms of getting the phrasing down so that it means something. Hillary says we shouldnt be building walls, we should be breaking down barriers. Thats a beautiful phrase because you have up and down and the alliteration of breaking down barriers. Thats a well turned phrase and it had become the campaign slogan. She uses it all the time now so i think those are the kinds of things that speechwriters can do for a campaign to give it cohesiveness. Tonight we are thrilled to welcome awardwinning journalist and news anchor jorge ramos pit fresh off the heels of last weeks them accredit debate between moderate with the same integrity and noholdsbarred approach the museum as of lead news anchor says 1986. [applause] more than 2 Million People tune in daily to his nightly newscast. Jorge whose univisions Public Affairs program as well as america with jorge ramos on fusion. He writes a weekly column distributed by the New York Times in india. Take a stand take a stand looks back at the grained groundbreaking interviews he has has those interviews popped them about himself in the world 11 and am revisiting those lessons in the book he offers readers a uniquely formed lens about key issues affecting the world today. The timeliness of this book cannot be overstated ramos shines a lot on the largest minority in america could a mexico city native the author of 10 books jorge censorship on promoting later say among latinos and is a powerful and public voice for immigrants. Im the owner of a Dupont Circle to employ a number of firstgeneration immigrants and ive seen firsthand how this group trust jorge is their voice box and guide the new america. Jorge is won eight emmy awards for excellence in journalism and the one 100 most templates of people who send that 25 most influential hispanics in america. Please help me welcome jorge ramos. [applause] obviously a no him. Thank you so much. Thank you all for being here. [speaking spanish] we will do it in english and then we will do it in spanish but here is the idea. We are going to be together for the next hour so lets take advantage of that. I really hate long speeches because i am not running for anything even though some people might think i am. But the idea is i will speak for a few minutes and then we have two microphones here and i would love to hear your comments. Many of the things that i do im sure you dont like, and im fine with that. Lets have a conversation because right now its fantastic the fact that we are in the middle of i come from a country in which when i was your age, when i was 20, 21, 22 there was no democracy. I come from a country which in the last 10 years 80 journalists have been killed. Obviously im talking about mexico and look whats happening here. We can come here and i can criticize the president of the United States. I can criticize your friend donald trump. I can criticize Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders marco rubio and absolutely nothing happens. In other words thats the beauty of democracy in this country and we just take it for granted. I go home and go to the supermarket. I walk, play tennis, go for a jog and nothing happens because thats the way democracy works here. Its beautiful. I still remember the last time i talked to president barack obama. We had a disagreement on deportation. I was telling him he should not have deported more than 2. 5 Million Immigrants and he did not agree with me. And you know what happened afterwards . Thing. And isnt that beautiful . The most powerful man on earth did not agree with me, which was fine and then i went home and nothing happened. Just imagine what would have happened in mexico or in brazil or many other countries. Thats precisely the thing that i am celebrating. That may just start by asking you to take a look at me because i am a dinosaur. I am a dinosaur, yeah. Im a king a huge effort trying not to be a dinosaur but i am a dinosaur because what i have been asking from you for the last 30 years and the reason i am publishing this book right now is its going to be my 30th anniversary as an anchorman. [applause] each one has a name. Maybe like five trumps over here. But what is really interesting is that i have been asking from you to watch the newscast every single day at 6 30 p. M. If you tune in at 6 29 you cannot see. If you tune in at 7 01 im not there so im a dinosaur. That kind of appointment, that kind of requirement that i have been asking from each one of the end for millions of people is no longer valid. Everything is changing because there is a migration of tv and cspan is here and thank you cspan for having an interest in what we are doing right now. Honestly because its important that there is a migration from tv to cell phones and maybe i should have asked for your permission but youre on Facebook Live right now. Do you want to help me cheer . So you are on Facebook Live. [laughter] let me tell you whats happening the thing is that in the last super tuesday for instance we were broadcasting on univision and on fusion and english at the same time we decided to broadcast on Facebook Live and guess what millions of people decided to watch what we were doing on facebook on their cell phone and not on tv. Many of you know exactly what im talking about. I do a weekly show on fusion and half the people who are watching what we do dont even own a tv. In other words im introducing a tv show for people who dont own a tv. That is amazing. If you are starting journalism work and dedication we dont know how to make money with it exists through ads on tv its a different idea. We know exactly how that works but how do you make money broadcasting through social media, through the cell phone . Thats completely different. That doesnt mean its not a great time to be a journalist because i think right now is the best time to be a journalist. You have millions of tidbits of information on the internet then what is the value of being a journalist . I think its important. The value of being a journalist decides your credibility if what i savored night if you dont believe what i say being a journalist makes absolute no sense. Thats one of the revolutions i wanted to talk about it tonight. Thats the technological revolution which millions migrate to cell phones if that is where the news is going to be. Every single morning a pickup and i checked i social media. I still get to the New York Times every morning. A few newspapers and id love to touch the paper but many of you are saying what you talking about . You are a dinosaur and im sure thats what you were thinking. I still love to do that but the fact is that theres breaking news, theres an earthquake in china or gunfire in los angeles or a candidate says Something Interesting in chicago or ohio or orlando right now i cannot compete. I cannot compete with facebook. I cant compete with twitter. I can compete with snapshots and i cant compete with instagram. Im not there so as a reporter projecting that as many reporters have been doing we have to embrace the new technology so thats the first revolution i wanted to tell you about. This second revolution has to do with what i call when i first arrived in the United States there were 15 million latinos. Right now there are 55 and in 2055, 2055 would be a great good year because i would turn 97 if im here but many of you will be here and in 2055 i will be dead, right . In 2055 look whats going to happen in 2055 a stunned pew research numbers. The white population in this country the white nonhispanic populations country will become another minority. Think about it. So these will become a country of minorities. Think about it. It means that what i am leaving right now in miami 70 latino or when you go to a hospital to see the babies in los angeles or you go to a school in houston or chicago that is the future. We are a multiracial multiethnic country and thats precisely a what we are seeing. Some incredible revolution that i celebrate but not everyone is celebrating. Many people are scared. Many people are not embracing this change thats precisely what i think we are seeing with donald trump and some of his followers. We will talk a little bit about donald trump. Just a little. He is changing the dynamic of things but i think he has an nostalgic view of the United States. When he says we are going to make America Great he wants to set us back to where we were and honestly to a place that many of us did not like and we dont want to go back to racism and we dont want to go back to discrimination. Shes fantastic, right. And then when she was a little girl she was diagnosed with diabetes. Very early on she learned how to administer insulin shots to survive. Also very early on, and she is one of the people i interviewed for the book, she learned that she had to live life to the fullest. So i went to the Supreme Court to talk to her and then we had a plan, because tv has to be produced, it is not something that you take for granted. There is a lot of things behind television. And then we thought how about at the end of the interview we put salsa music real loud to see what happens. And then with the experiment of the Supreme Court justice, can you imagine my producers and i finish the interview and then pal, salsa music in the preSupreme Court. Guess what happened . She stood up and that she told me, do you want to dance . And we danced. And the picture is here. Its in the book, that is precisely what im saying i said also this in the past, more salsa has been catch up, it is true. More tortillas and bagels and hamburger buns and you send this man, what is he saying. That is true, were changing everything in the United States. And then i dont know why am sensing that many of you are liberal here. [laughter] but think of this, for the first time in history, we have it to latinos running for the white house. Even though the majority of latinos in this country vote for the democratic party, it is about 70 for the democratic party, the reality is that the new normal for us, and isnt that great, the new normal for us is that two latinos could become, i dont know whats going to happen after florida tomorrow, but i consider today. Two latinos could become the next president of the United States. Think about it. Isnt that just fantastic. Were talking about two sons of immigrants. , so for the first time, its true. Im losing my voice here. So hes the son of immigrants. So whats so interesting is that again for the first time we have the possibility that two latinos could become the next president of the United States. They are 4445. If it doesnt happen this year it may happen in 2020, or 2024. It doesnt matter. But the fact is that we have gone again latinos from big numbers to power for the first time. That is a huge change. I think it is important that we realize that new power is here and that we can talk about things in the past that we had no chance to talk about. Therefore, when we have a candidate who says, donald trump that mexican immigrants are racists, criminals and drug traffickers. Think there is a new power and we can respond to that and we did respond to that. What is so interesting, let me just put it in a question. Where were were all the candidates nine months ago, where was the press nine months ago . Where was the u. S. Government and the Mexican Government nine months ago . When donald trump said that mexican immigrants were criminals and drug traffickers . Where were they . Nowhere to be found. Then, we responded. We latinos responded. We said no, you are absolutely wrong. What you are saying mr. Trump is not right and it is absolutely wrong. We responded, we did not wait for another latino candidate, we did not wait for the hispanic congressmen to respond, we responded. It was all of our artists in each one of you on social media who said what you are saying mr. The passenger the immigrants are not criminals nor rapists, they want to build a wall between mexico and the United States, good luck. You know why . Because almost 40 of immigrants come by plane or with a visa. So he wants a big wall, well i mean it is going to have to be a really big wall for that. And then he wants to take the citizenship to the children while he would have to change the constitution for that. In other words he is absolutely wrong and i think we have the right to start changing the conversation and i think we are changing the conversation. Talking about latino power, lets suppose that he wants he saying that he is going to win the hispanic vote, and let me tell you some news mr. Trump, youre not going to win the hispanic vote. [applause]. These are the numbers that i got for the Washington Post poll a few days ago, 81 1 of latinos have a negative opinion of donald trump. So with that, what would that mean in terms of if he were to run against Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders . Only only 16 of latinos, 16 , i know youre asking who is that 16 . 16 of latinos would vote for donald trump against Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders. Can he win the white house with 16 . No he cant. Remember romney got 20 of hispanic vote and he lost the election. John mccain got 31 of the hispanic vote and he lost the election. So was 16 of the hispanic vote, donald trump cannot win the white house. That is where our power resides precisely. We have 27 million latinos who are eligible to vote. Unfortunately not all latinos go to vote. But i think donald trump is helping us because many latinos were thinking while im not quite to go out to vote they see donald trump and they sail yes im going to vote. So thats changing. 13,000,000 or 14,000,000 latinos million or 14 million latinos going to the polls on november the eighth can change and im completely convinced that apsley no one can make it to the white house right now without the hispanic vote. That is where our power resides. In that power in which one by one we are saying no, no, no. No. Let me put it in perspective. The say only 13 or 14 Million People latinos go to the polls. Brock obama won in less than 5 million votes. So 13,000,000 votes votes could easily change the conversation. That is my and let me put it aside, i want to tell you about the book and why it is connected. I think that after my encounter with donald trump and let me put it in perspective. When he said that mexicanamericans were rapist and criminals, i said well, i did what did what any other journals would do, i sent him a handwritten note and send it via fedex to new york. I expected a response and i got one. He published my letter with my cell phone number in it. So i had had to change my cell phone number. And then i said okay, thats good that your response, so i was looking for donald trump for a few weeks and i found that he was going to give a press conference interview, iowa. And i thought dubuque, i why dont think a lotta dont think a lotta journalist will be interview, iowa. But i decided to confront trump and i was never very successful. I was ejected from the press conference, the first time i have been ejected from a press conference. The first time. Whats interesting is that i was ejected by one of his bodyguards. The only other time in which i had been prevented from asking a question with a bodyguard was with fidel castro in 1991. I asked fidel castro about the lack of democracy in cuba, while 1991, and 2016 president barack obama is going next monday to cuba and nothing has changed, right, thats another conversation. But the fact is i was prevented from asking a question by Fidel Castros a bodyguard and i dont even know if i can call it an interview it lasted 63 seconds before i was pushed by a bodyguard. But. But i think it lasted a little longer than my encounter with donald trump. I think it only lasted a few seconds. Now i think it is dangerous one a president ial candidate attack minorities because after he told me go back to univision, just a few seconds later, outside of the pest press conference somebody told me to get out of my country. He he told me that. Get out of my country. And then i thought i look around and i said im a u. S. Citizen, where were to me to go . But now that we are seen confrontations and violence in trumps rally, we know briggs where that comes from. Because i live that. I think discrimination and hatred is contagious. Just a few seconds after he said go back to somebody told me get outta my country and if that happened to me on national television, what would happen to many others . So i think that when it comes to and this goes directly to my book, take a stand. The photographer thought i should have been standing up and that is one of the reasons why i decided to stand up when i was with donald trump because i thought had i been sitting down, heat tell me how many times to sit down and i said no knocking to sit down. I think its important because it is body language. If you have the same level, if youre standing up you are at the same level as the candidate for the member of congress, or the president. It is completely different. I think when it comes to when do you have to stand up . Think about it, when it is okay for you to stand up and say no im not going to do that. Well ask a journalist. I think you have to take a stand stand because i have been asked are you a journalist . Im just a journalist who ask questions. But in certain situations you have to take a stand. [applause]. And you do that all the time. When when you take a stand . You take a stand when it has to do with racism, discrimination, corruption, public life, dictatorship, or human rights. On those rights. On those situations ask a journalist. You have to take a stand. But you are not objective, youre not being neutral, course not. Of course can i be neutral when someone is promoting hatred and racism . Might be hatred when i talked to fidel castro can i treat him the same way as the victims of the cuban dictatorship or as the victims of the authoritative government in venezuela . I do that . Of . Of course not. You have to take a stand. I cannot treat fidel castro the same way as a victim of dictatorship. Thats when you have to take a stand. Each one of you im sure you have to take a stand on certain situations. I interviewed many cuban who, at this point have no alternative. So we dont know whats going to happen with cuba. I think president obamas trip to cuba, they dont want to admit it and they cannot admit it but behind the plan of going to cuba there is an idea that self power, another words more communication, more contacts, more visas, more traveling could change eventually the cuban regime. Can you imagine going to castro and i know im going to hate it when president barack obama says, president castro because hes not present, hes a dictator. But the idea behind it is that more contacts eventually could lead to a change in cuba. I sternly really hope so. I hope i can take my children both with cuban blood, they were born in miami, i can hope i can take them whether grandpa was in cuba. But the citizens of cuba cannot do that and they took a stance. They have a beautiful word, was the strongest word in any language . It . It is no. No. That is it. They do not know what is going to happen in cuba, they do not know what the next step, but they learn how to say no. Thats an incredibly strong word. Thats exactly who i interviewed for the book is saying, no. Simply no. And that that word is the first thing that you have to do to take a stand. Maybe you do not know what is next, but you know what is right. Sometimes when you just say no, that, that is the first step. The idea behind the book came not by any president , or by any political leader, but by four dreamers. These dreamers, six years ago they decided to do something incredibly crazy. Many people thought it was it was crazy. They wanted to to go walking all the way from miami to hear, to washington dc. They have no papers, they were undocumented and the first thing i thought and many people thought was there going to be detained in orlando, or before. They will be arrested and they will be thrown out of the United States consent to a country they dont even recognize. They dont care. They decided to go all of the way to dc. They came all the way. They started changing the conversation, because their parents before them and im sure many of you are dreamers, good. You change the conversation because your parents, they were hiding and they thought the best way to survive, that they had to sacrifice themselves. They thought we rather not move lets live in the shadows, we dont make noise, we will be better off. Because back back then, it was it incredibly dangerous for them to move. Theyre investing their future for you, for many of the dreamers. These new generation of dreamers, they say no. I dont want to live that way anymore. They took the risk of walking all the way to miami to d. C. And they started changing the conversation. Do you remember when president barack obama said that he did not have the authority to change the law for executive action, he was not a king or emperor, and then the dreamers slowly convince the president that he did have the authority and now we have to wait to the Supreme Court to make a ruling in the summer. So the first lesson i learned from the dreamers is that it doesnt matter what you do, the first step is to lose the fear. We all have fears. They had fierce. But if you do not lose that fear in the beginning, if you dont become a rebel the nothing really is going to change. I i think every Single Person included in the book from billionaires to president s, to rebels, to dreamers, they started with recognizing that they were fearful, that if they did not take that step nothing could have been achieved. Let me just finish with a wonderful anecdote from desmond tutu. He thought with Nelson Mandela to change south africa. I just wish that i could have the energy and to laugh with such enthusiasm as desmond tutu. But he told me something beautiful. I asked him, so what should we learn from you . What should we learn within the Hispanic Community from the struggles in south africa and he told me, what you have to know is that it does not matter what happens, at the end you are going to win. And that is just wonderful. That is just fantastic. The idea that at the end you are absolutely convinced that youre going to win. Each one of the rebels i include in the book but especially the dreamers, they knew at the end they were going to win. I think think the idea behind the book i include i interviewed more than 30 people that i include for the book. I tried to draw a lesson from each one, i think the most important lesson as a rebel i learned from my mother, she is 82, she is still walking and very dangerously, but she is still driving. [laughter] but what i learned from her and i finish with this and will have a conversation. What i learn from hers when she was growing up in mexico and let me put in perspective, we are five kids and im the oldest. Each each year she had another one and another one. So for boys and one girl. So she wanted a girl and that was the only way. And and then my mother, when she was growing up she was not allowed to go to high school, forget about about college. She is not allowed to go to high school. Then when i was old enough to go to college she had it, she said thats it. What am i going to do. She was young, she had a lot of energy. She had been a wonderful mother for many years but she needed much more. Then there is a major fight in my house with my father. Then she said, i dont care what you want, i am am going to go to college. My father said what are you talking . She said im going to go to college. So my mom went to high school and then she went to college with me. So just imagine she went to college with me [applause]. And we went to mexico city and i would see my mom in the corridors going from from classroom to classroom and there she was the first rebel that i knew, my mother who broke all the rules, who fought with my father, who challenged every rule just to go to college and do what she wanted. That was my rebel, my mom. So that changed me. That change change the way i think about what is important and how just little actions of rebelliousness can change a lot of things. Each each one of you can change that. So that is my speech. Now let me just hear from you. [applause]. This is what i learned as a journalist, every question has to have be a question, right . So, thank you, do you want to say goodbye to the facebook people [applause]. It is something changing the industry. So who wants to talk . I want to give a quick background and then asked my question. Im a journalism and Political Science student at the university of maryland. I was undocumented for 15 years and i see the person that you are for our community. You are are one of the very few leaders in my opinion for latinos and for immigrants. I appreciate that. I want to thank you personally for that. You are here over me. You me. You are here for me i learned from you. My question is, were you and activists or were you first a journalist . We know that journalism is a profession which you advocate and talk about an i wanted to know about your personal view on that . Neither one. I i think first i was in immigrants. And that change my hope you. When i go to mexico the told me go back to your country. So thats what happened when youre when you are in immigrants. The great french historian used to say that the powerful and the rich i became an immigrant because i had to be an immigrant. I did not want to be an immigrant. It would be great to be at my house and stay home but i couldnt. So before being an activist im in immigrants. That changed my whole perspective. Thank you. Im joe, im a journalist as well. I like to ask if you are not covering the election this year which stories would you be chasing right now . I would, again because because of where i come from i think with the immigrants coming from syria and libya are risking their lives, thats where i would love to be right now instead of covering the election right now. Its important as what we are living in this country. And then, i always think that today one of the best journalist in mexico [applause]. Has been off the air for one year today. And you know what happened . She denounced that the mexican president , and he is white, they bought a house a 7 milliondollar house from a government contractor. And then you would think okay so they are going to lose their job or something is going to happen. But the ones who lost their jobs were the ones that denounced it. So i think if i had been in mexico i would be employed right now. Or worse, think of the mexican journalist have been killed. Thank you for the question [applause]. My name is jesse im from san diego and just moved to d. C. About a year ago, its its an honor to be here. My question for you is what you think is the best solution to address the activities associated with the drug trade, especially those those adversely affecting our youth like addiction, Gang Violence and even the sex trade . The reason i asked is i i am not a journalist, when people see me, i went to harvard and the kennedy school, i went to under grade i used to manage the foundation for j. P. Morgan chase out of miami, bank of america before that, nine here with u. S. Government. Since i moved to d. C. My level of frustration of policy being created by and those that do not represent our Community Get really frustrating. So the question question comes from a place of, former covered in tattoos, at 11 years old i was was sexually abuse, at 12 i became a sex worker and the sex trade by force. By the time time i was 14 i had 400 sex partners by force and i was drugged. At 16, is living in east l. A. And a trailer, male prostitute on santa monica boulevard and out 18 i was homeless. In san diego doing anything in everything he could to get my next hit of dough. Very few people people talk about the sex trade, sexual abuse, and the many repercussions that come from that in our communities. What would you recommend for somebody like me who lived that life, who did go to harvard after that, who did go to berkeley, who had that mother who stood by me no matter what to get that story out . So i keep being told tell your story, tell your story. Im story. Im not going to let the opportunity pass with having your front of me to say how do you [applause]. How do you address these issues of the drug trade, sex trade, and the impact its having on our youth and someone like me who feels that frustration when it feels i have more impact. You have the courage that i do not have. What you just did, right now that is so full of courage, i think you know much more about that than i do. I think what is so important is that you have the courage to sell tell that story to everyone here. You can tell that same story you can write a book, you go on social media, if you start the conversation with other people that is precisely what we need to hear. I talked to former president s, and but what is so interesting is that former president they always say oh yes legalize drugs but when they are in power they do not have the courage to do that. So i cannot pretend that i know what to do but i think what you just did right now that is precisely what you should do. Tell your story, dont be dont be afraid. Tell your story. [applause]. Congratulations jorge, thank you for being here. I would like to ask you about two topics. One of them is the independent candidacies in mexico, how are they going to develop and the impact here in the state, and the other is, what you think about the double citizenship a latino citizenship and american citizenship of one person being in mexico . How is it being looked at by the people . I can go vote in mexico and the United States and i think thats fine because thats what defines me right now. The fact is, im for for both countries i cannot change that. And if i am having an influence in both countries question a tie vote in both countries. At the same time we dont want to diminish your power if you want to present something in the government arena . I dont think you can run right in mexico. You cant join the military but theres other ways that you can do that. And the independent candidacy . I think its beautiful. As americans with the establishment, just imagine having the possibility it of having an independent candidate mexico would be fantastic. But us candidates am all for it. He and many others will now have a chance to run. We want change. So i am am all for it. Thank you. [applause]. There are other dreamers like me who are taking the challenge to come to d. C. And become an intern. I think weve taken that stand but what can the media and community due to stem with us and. How were you . Fifteen. And, i i think youre already changing the conversation. Look at the tactics that you as a dreamer, the inyourface that you have had, and nobody else has use that. When you go to the other members of congress and you tell them your story, that changes everything when you decided to go to the white house until the president that changed absolutely everything. So it is not a matter of the dreamers have a strength that the immigrant community did not happen the past. The traditional hispanic leaders look at you in despair saying what are these little boys doing . Theyre changing the conversation. So just do not be afraid, keep on saying what you think. I think thats the most important thing. For many many years we were waiting for another and in 1984 he said in a speech he said i have seen the future in the future is ours. He was talking about you. That is the future. Not only in the numbers but in the way that we can change the conversation. You are changing the conversation. So i think its the other way around you just do not realize it. It is the politicians looking at what you are doing not the other way around. [applause]. Sorry i interrupted before but you are about to hear an oxymoron. Im a guatemalan feminist. And thats the reason im standing here. I have the door to citizenship as well, even though i was born here i was guatemalan as you can believe. I dont want to die without seeing a female president in either of my countries. [applause]. I read an article last night before i went to sleep because i continuously am attacked on voting for Hillary Clinton, i do not feel the burn, im sorry. And they attack me like saying im voting for her because shes a woman, you know it, maybe i maybe i am. I read an article last night and it says if you were to twist around the plots, if hillary could not have the ivy league, if she were not former first lady, she had not ever been in the white house chances are she would not have the momentum that bernie does. So if bernie was bernadette, bernie would not be seen near you where nobody would bes feeling the bernadette burn, you know. So what is your stand on that . I know that you are harsh so sometimes were different on things there. But i want to hear good standpoint on Hillary Clinton. [applause]. I think my job i can be tough on both republicans and democrats. Many people people thought that we cannot do that. Have been really tough on trump and marco rubio and ted cruz for turning their back on the immigrants who came after their parents. And and i think the last debate with the democrats, i think i was tough enough with responders and with hillary. I think that is my job. But something important i think is that as a journalist i think i can be tough and independent, but i cannot be partisan. If i were here and tell you i for one party or the other, you would not trust me. So do you think that if the plots were the other way around, bernadette would be standing where she is right now . Thank you. We have a few minutes but i would like to hear all of you. Why dont we hear all of you and then i will stay another hour to sign your book. I just dont want you to be here forever. So go ahead. Okay now you can see how difficult it is during the debate the candidates do the rules and they have to give an answer in 30 seconds. Sometimes they have a minute, but they have to respond in 30 seconds. So this is my challenge for each of you. You have 30 seconds for a question or comment, whatever you want and i will not say anything to the ends. Ready,. I have seen the number, 34. I go to the university of kansas my question is have you ever thought about running for office in the past, did it ever cross your mind, are we ever going to see you . At some point yes i did consider going back to mexico, thats where i went to grad school, not anymore. Im 57 already. Its your turn. Just a brief, and i want to say thank you for being truthful in the election and providing one of the most unbiased moderations ive ever seen so far. Congratulations and i appreciate that. For a question a lot of us are rebels here, where dreamers, we are outspoken and hopeful, but sometimes on the way we stumble. And we fall down. What guidance can you provide or what light can you shed on those that fall. We dont want to get back up sometimes, specialist minorities they fall really hard. Just for the dreamers, they were really afraid of being deported and look what they did, they change the conversation. Its okay to be afraid, you just you just have to conquer it. If you can conquer that it will be impossible. Im from mexico, so besides condemning what is happening, you more than anyone else know how much the u. S. Government has in mexican politics and policy, so what should the u. S. Government to about the atrocities that are happening happening in mexico . I wish they will speak much more about that so any policy . I think mexicans would have to deal that directly. If there is the u. S. Government directing on what to do with human rights violation in mexico the way mexicans are, they would not respond positively. I think mexicans are changing mexico from within. That is that is what we have to do, what is happening. Mexicans are realizing that. Its been 15 years since ive been back to mexico. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible conversation] on the College Chapter leader or the College Chapter four defined american in it seeks to change the conversation around immigration and we recently launched our network and so i wanted to ask you and this is why im recording this so i can show my chapter leaders later, how can our chapter leader in colleges around the country change the conversation on their campus and bring in folks who are may be reluctant to join the conversation . I dont dont know, you tell me. What are you doing . Well is built around telling your story and having folks that are on document to tell their stories like myself, im a dreamer from argentina. And allies as well. How do we, through those stories bring allies in, the folks that we really need so that we are not preaching to the choir. I think what youre doing, i want to hear your story all over the place. For for instance in the last debate we did something that seemed really simple, we brought in on documented, when was the last time that you see in undocumented immigrant on national tv mainstream, that is the kind of story we need to hear more. That was not normal for many people. I think what what you are doing is wonderful. Thank you very much i want to hear you instead of me giving you answers so im not going to respond anymore but i want to hear you. 30 seconds each and then well have another 15 minutes, will that be okay . I actually have a couple questions, they are Great Questions i promise. You have 30 seconds im from mexico, i studied in america as well, is wearing wondering what was your greatest challenge that you had and how did you overcome it . How did you move forward instead of backward and what we say to emerging leaders, especially female leaders in the country if you have any advice. For me the most difficult thing was to decide to be an immigrant. I didnt want to be an immigrant. I think the most difficult thing was to come to the United States. I was 24. What was i thinking. I gave up everything, that, that was the most difficult decision for me,. I just wanted to thank you when youre talking about objectivism and journalism. Im happy i dont think a lot of journalists take a stand like you do. Have a have a question in terms of the journalism narrative around trump. How do journalists expect him as a candidate and so he does deserve some respect but not legitimize his speech and his message. Yes, i just wish wish it would be tougher on him. He he has been soft on way too long. I am from puerto rico, my question question is given the financial crisis, there so much political that theres no real clarity as to how we got here and what we can do. Who would you interview and what would u. S. To get some clarity of what is really going on and how we can help fix it. Puerto rico, i dont know. Raskin the candidates, but honestly i think the answer has to be done by puerto ricans. I find it strange that were asking the u. S. What to do in puerto rico. Its unthinkable in other countries. And and in many ways i think puerto rico is an independent nation but thats my point of view. Hello, i work at the Mexican Embassy in dc, thank you for being here. During your speech you talk for example how whites in 2055 are going to be a minority of the u. S. And people cheered. And then you talk cheered. And then you talk about tortillas being sold more than bagels and people cheered, and then dont you think that we have to be very careful not to sound most superior and not to compare things, and not to seem to be saying that whites are in here instantly not that good, cheering for those thing seems as discriminatory as many things that many whites do in this country. I think we have to be very careful with the way we portray things and the way we celebrate certain things. I have have a completely different point of view. [applause]. I think the president has been doing a terrible job responding to donald trump. That is not the way to do it. I. [inaudible] i wasnt talking politics, is talking more about society that wants to create a mix society where theres going to be a lot of latinos and you want to bring the societies together not make one better than the other. I dont think were making one better than the other i am just recognizing the growth in the changes. [applause]. Good evening. You dedicated your 2004 book to the first latina president , and i remember to this day, i want to ask a latino has not made it to the general election, what you see that day looking at and what will that mean to the Latino Community when a president is elected. We had the wrong idea, and we thought he was going to be a democrat. And now we we realize he may be a republican. So in that way they have to do much more, what about the asian candidate from the candidate party, and that way republicans are doing something right in that sense. Anyway we have the idea again that is going to be a democrat now it seems like not the selection that we might have a better chance in the next election. So we will see. Hello im diego from what im all up. So theres an argument among political scientists that the community is in a tough spot because its a spot where the Republican Party has a band and the policy choices and the democrats dont have to worry about the policy choices because theyre assured their vote. What you think about that, what you think the lit tino community can do. They can take it for granted. George w bush, 44 4 hispanic vote. At that point, remember 2004, republicans thought they would split the hispanic vote. Then of course they made many mistakes especially on immigration. I think democrats would make a huge mistake if they take the hispanic vote to granted. The suspicion of of big government, i think many latinos feel closer to the democratic party. If they they dont take that into consideration. My name is elizabeth, i am in a Mexican American born with immigrant parents. Im nervous nervous standing here because ive been watching you since i was a long time. You come on at 6 00 p. M. I would go to my room and i would would not want to watch the news at that point but i started seeing you around your books and then i started thinking about my mexican identity and youre always identifying as an immigrant. So being born here and my parents being mexican i have had to mesh those things together. Ive also seen you as a reporter not an activist. To me that is how i grew up knowing you, as a journalist. So in you identifying as an immigrant in the u. S. , a lot of the reporting that you do is because you are influence on this culture. Does this culture, being the mixture of american and mexican influence the reporting that you do when you do stuff in mexico . Absolutely, everything. Who i am affects everything that i do. The fact that i am an immigrant means i am reporting about immigrants in the United States and not somewhere else. Do you think that still connect to the public that youre reporting to the . Being in mexico on them not really knowing and being him reversed our culture and the u. S. In others a wonderful writer and she told me i had the opportunity to talk to her and then she said that until she realized that she had a specific point of view and she was different from the others, that that is when she found her voice. I think i found my voice when i accept it completely that i am who i am. I am am an immigrant. And that changes everything that i do. Its a different story than yours but when its recognize that she was who she was, she wrote now shes in mexico, shes living in mexico right now and shes looking for her house and im looking for my house too. And we in urine immigrant, youre always looking for your house or your home. A place to call home. And therefore your question is beautiful because i cannot be anyone else, i cannot compete with Anderson Cooper or with cbs news because i am not them. So my only value is to recognize who i am. [applause]. I got involved in politics against my parents wishes, it was a frustrating experience to talk to latinos who were wasting my time and how do you channel that with that anger but that into something. And it works beautifully. Youre always changing things right. I guess something you can touch, that is the beauty of writers and publishers and artists, they can actually touch their anger. They can touch their frustration. Do frustration. Do something that you can actually touch. And it changes everything. Thank you for coming. How are we doing on time . Five more minutes. And then i will sign some books and pictures you on selfies . [applause]. So five more minutes. It would be like three and three. Two and one. [speaking in spanish] [speaking in spanish] [speaking in spanish] [speaking in spanish] [speaking in spanish] [speaking in spanish] [speaking in spanish] [speaking in spanish] hello. Im a journalism student at georgetown university. I have a question about journalism in general. You have been very open about opposing donald trump but in Journalism School they teach you to be impartial. Originally from venezuela and its difficult to say objective with whats happening in my country. My question is, when does the journalist and ends the person begin . I would put it a different way. I would think maybe the question should be this week. When as a journalist you have to take a stand. If you you are reporting about a crash or fire, if you set its red its red. If you do the basic i completely agree with the basics of journalism. And you have to be neutral. You have to be partisan. But then sometime then sometime you have to take a stand. When it comes again to racism, public life, dictatorship, dictatorship, you have to take a stand. It you remember what happened with watergate here, reporters took a stand. The spotlight, you see reporters taken a stand against the catholic church, with the victim, they took a stand. At some point they just cannot be neutral. They can say all these priests, he abused a child, they give him exactly the same time as the victim, no they took a stand. I think as it is happening right now in venezuela, someone abusing human rights you have to report it thats your job. So i agree with the basics, in other words we have to report exactly what we see but if you do not take a stand nothing happens. The base example of journalism in the United States is moral, Anderson Cooper after katrina, spotlight, thats the best of journalism when you take a stand. Not all of the time, a few times. But if you dont take a stand youre not doing your job. I think we have time for two more questions. And then the rest i work at the Washington Post, ive been a dreamer dreamer and been here for 16 years. My one topic that nobody is talking about and is heartbreaking a frustrating is it were talking about millions of immigrants being deported back to the country, my native country, honduras, many of us, even even journalists as well, were all blaming the us, we we are fighting against the obama, or whoever, but then again we are not being upset or frustrated the president of el salvador so my question is the latinos that are here, how can we advocate from those people, a lot of these children are going back and are dying. These teenagers are going back to gang members. Its very its very heartbreaking that we are not protecting them from our end. We also talk about the White Privilege country but i wasnt born here but i see a lot of latinos who are born here were become citizens. They dont realize the great privilege they have in this country. It frustrates me and it aggravates me a lot that they are not fighting for the people. They dont necessarily have to have a Family Member in mexico. Theyre not fighting for those people, so how is you as an active it in journalism what you tell to the latinos here . The latinos in here are taking for granted that people in our country are dying. And nobody cares. Cares. So what you have to say to that. I think what youre doing to speak up when eric garner was killed by new york police, they speak up she didnt, shouldnt have to do it but she did it. And when and when you see something happening in honduras right here, you have no important how it is for the american government. It is really upsetting to me. But your voice is here. So just imagine the impact. [speaking in spanish] [speaking in spanish] [speaking in spanish] [speaking in spanish] hello, im originally from my question to his what you think the government should do to decrease the amount of hours and murders in the country right now. What is your opinion about the amount of highranking politicians that got away. Its a long answer but its a real crisis right now. How do you stop the violence . We really dont know exactly how to do that im not even going to pretend to know, everybodys trying different. The drug trade is affecting everybody. The war on drugs have not worked at all. Maybe that is the first place to start. Were talking about a decades long problem. I would start with the war on drugs. Its not working. Thank you. [speaking in spanish] [speaking in spanish] putting candidates on the spot as you have been i think it is great they keep doing that any keep reminding them that they cannot just they have to respond to you. I just want to commend you for standing up in front of donald trump making sure your voice is heard. Now everyone knows that they cannot take hispanic vote for granted. And that they do have to respond back to your questions. Thank you so much. Three minutes. Thirty seconds each. [speaking in spanish] [speaking in spanish] hello, im from ukraine my question is it possible. [inaudible] it not tonight, but sure. Yes. [speaking in spanish] i want to hear your voice. I want want to tell you something im very passionate about witches in the environment and i think a lot of latinos are passionate about it as well, my question is how do you see the latino voice impacting Environmental Policies addressing that is disproportionately affects the Latino Community here and also where our countries of origin may be . Okay three more. [speaking in spanish] [speaking in spanish] [speaking in spanish] [speaking in spanish] thank you. Two more. My question is what advice do you have for advocacy and epic activists who have a heart for activist was severed from depression . Speak up because many times you think you dont have a voices strengthen you do have a voice. We need to listen to it. If you dont speak up we dont listen. It thank you so much. My name is christina i want to ask you a question about last week univision hosted the democratic debate and before that debate 6 million homes nearly did not have access to univision because they cannot reach a deal and they pointed it out as a form of discrimination that hispanic americans face today not been able to access relevant content. What would you tell the room about this discrimination today and this kind of content. We want to make it so everybody has access, what we did at the beginning everybody wanted to watch was able to watch. And we can have a new agreement. But then facebook is fantastic. We have to realize that there are new forms of communication that we can all use. Take you so much for coming. [applause]. [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible] [inaudible] book tv is on facebook, like us to get publishing news, scheduling updates, behind the scene pictures and videos. Other information and to talk directly with authors during a live program. Facebook. Com, book tv. Sunday april third, book tv is live with author and publisher of Forbes Magazine steve forbes. On indepth are live monthly college show. Mr. Forbes has authored many books which focus on politics and economics. In his most recent book, reviving american he argues for replacement of the current tax code and a repeal of the Affordable Care act. Other titles include power and vision glory which compares great leaders of the agent world with modern Business Leaders and how capitalism will save us. Wife three people and free markets are the best answer in todays economy. In 2014 mr. Forbes appeared on book to be discussing his book, money. The. The topic of money is very straightforward and simple. Even though shrouded in a lot of jargon, a lot of equations. The idea of money is very basic. We have gotten away from it. 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