how are all of you tonight? thank you for. being here. happy new year on one of the co-owners of politics and prose. [cheers and applause] and along with my co-owner and husband who is here in the front and our fabulous wonderful staff we welcome you to tonight event at our nations capital on the campus of george washington university. i mentioned our location because we are at an institution named for the first president from the nerve centers from the white house and congress so what better venue for a conversation for tonight s guest speaker currently spending days on capitol hill and you are not alone if you think in a couple of years she might be taking a presidents at the other end of pennsylvania avenue. [cheers and applause] since her election to the united states senate she has emerged as are the most exciting and refreshing places of the democratic party and national politics. a california native started her career. i am from the bay area. we went to elementary sc
event here in our nation s capital and on the campus washington university. um, i mentioned our location because well, think about it. we are at an institution name for our nation s first president. and we are assembled only blocks from the nerve centers of american government the white house and congress. so what better venue for a conversation with tonight s guest speaker. senator kamala harris currently spends her days on capitol hill and you re not alone if you think that in a couple of years, she just might be taking up residence at the other end of pennsylvania avenue. since her election to the united states senate in 2016, senator harris has emerged as one of the most exciting and refreshing voices in the democratic party and a national politics. the california native who started her career. i know i m from the bay area too. it s not awesome kamala harris, and i went to elementary school not far from each other. she started her career as a prosecutor in the bay area sh
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Security and undocumented immigration will be the over riding political themes of this years president ial election. Donald trump famously said in 2016 that he would build a wall along the Us Mexico Border and quote, mexico will pay for it. And quote, that was ridiculous. Of course, republicans now accused joe biden, of having what they call an open border policy. That too is ridiculous. 12 bidens rhetoric may not be as angry or in some cases as up to says trumps fighting is no friend of the immigrant without a visa. Im john kerry onto welcome to the whistle blowers the. 2 2 2 2 id like to read you something written by our guest today. Quote. On january 14th, victor, my de la son, just set us a 33 year old mother from mexico city, stepped into the rio grande, holding the hands of her 2 children. You are lie, ruby, age 10, and jonathan augustine, very honest, the sunshine, 8 widow, know how they got into trouble in the strong current. Or if they even knew how to swim, group of bait, mex
January 14th, vic derma della sanchez said us a 33 year old mother from mexico city, stepped into the rio grande, holding the hands of her 2 children. You are lie, ruby h 10, and jonathan augustine, very honest, the sunshine 8. We dont know how they got into trouble in the strong current, or if they even knew how to swim, group of bait, mexicos border rescue service, saw them struggling and called the us border patrol. Agents went to the park gate a couple of miles from the boat ramp. Soldiers of the Texas Military department refused to let them through. Mexican authorities tried to rescue the mom and her children. They were able to save 2 others, but the 3 drowned and group of beta could only return to mexico with their bodies. Later, the Texas Military Department Said that its soldiers standing behind a chain link fence had shown high powered lights on the water and use their night vision goggles, but somehow had seen nothing. The white house called the event tragic and used it as ev