biggest and most consequential elections in the country s history, a change election. mexicans say they want to stop violence and put an end to government corruption. the outcry comes as more than 130 politicians and political operatives killed ahead of the elections. joining me to discuss is nbc s kerry sanders on the ground in mexico city. 18,000 seats up for grabs. what are you hearing from those heading to the polls today? reporter: i mean, everything from local politicians, mayors, members of congress, all the way up to the president here, of course, all eyes are on the presidential election. but this is the second largest country in latin america. mexico behind brazil and there are a lot of eyes because, of course, this is a country that is on our border to the united states. and so, issues like the immigration crisis that we have seen, those leaving from central america making the way up transiting through the country coming up to our border is as
the awould ligs of i.c.e. in maryland ben jealous won and in new york city where alexandria o koes toshio cortez, let s start look if we could. this is the big story about this young woman in new york city, younger than 30, going up against this incumbent who had a senior leadership position in the democratic caucus. what s your takeaway from that victory? a couple of things, you don t want to overstate the national significance of one district in new york city but at the same time, i think there s a recognition that there s a sort of earthquake here that has happened and already people who didn t necessarily endorse o kas tosh o kas toshio cortez, there s a broad recognition it will be decided in large measure by people like her and her supporters. what does it mean for nancy pelosi, we had that conversation
that has already turned up so much, why does that person get a pick? and i think that s important. always good to talk to you. thank you very much. it is election day in mexico, more than 18,000 seats in that country up for in that country up for grabs today. why many are calling this the biggest election in mexican history. that s coming up next. who governed thousands. .commanded armies. .yielded to no one. when i found you in my dna, i learned where my strength comes from. my name is courtney mckinney, and this is my ancestrydna story. now with 2 times more geographic detail than other dna tests. order your kit at ancestrydna.com. let someone else do the heavy lifting. tripadvisor compares prices from over 200 booking sites to find the right hotel for you at the lowest price. so you barely have to lift a finger. or a wing.
donald trump. tell us a bit about us, kerry. he was the mayor of mexico. this is a country for so long in the grips of one political party. a pri. how s that changed? and what role is traditional parties playing in this election? reporter: well, you know, this has a country that had one party for so long and so to have multiple parties here has been somewhat a shift and the idea of seeing multiple parties means that perhaps to people that they feel that they will have a voice because for a long time in this democracy those who lived here said, sure, we vote but we don t feel we have a voice. thank you very much. appreciate it. ahead in the next hour, president trump weighing in on the growing incivility in american politics. what he is saying about the increasingly heated tone on both sides of the aisle. rs are pretty much the same. but while some push high commission investment products, fisher investments avoids them.
separation of children with their families there s question how the outrage will lead to change in policy. talk a bit if you would about how this focus on i.c.e. has come about? well, look, i think a lot of it is meant to rev up the baes, the democratic base ahead of the mid-term elections and maybe even looking farther beyond that to the 2020 presidential election. you sigh many of these potential contenders like kamal aharris and elizabeth warren saying the agency should be abolished outright and you re seeing a xis m is notable. we ve reported at the daily beast that the congressional hispanic caucus, preeminent coalition of hispanic lawmakers on capitol hill, all democrats, distributing talking points saying that abolish i.c.e. not so fast. the reasons why are because they know that the agency also deals with things like narcotics