humanitarian crisis at our southern border with mexico. as the u.s. struggles to meet the reality of the greatest complexities of global migration. this new reality demands a reimagined nation of our immigration system, a system that is of past decades. border agents stopped more than 6200 undocumented migrants at our southern border on friday. it was the first day since the u.s. entered the trump era border restrictions known as title 42. a number of crossings downed shortly compared to earlier in the week. behind each numbers a person trying to find their way to a better life. this week, our colleague jose diaz found a family fleeing their country, venezuela. three generations, a grandmother with her daughter, and granddaughter leaving everything behind because of their nations unstable government. they have dreams with a better future earning an education, building a new life here in the united states. and beyond her southern border, there are millions of families across
oh, that s right. despite those who say, go back to your own country, puerto rico is part of the u.s. it s not a state. but its inhabitants are 100% american. and this right here is el viejo, san juan, the oldest part of a heavily fortified colonial city established in 1521 by none other than ponce de leon. and the spaniards named it puerto rico, aka rich port, so you can get an idea of what their intentions were for this island. sugar, spices, gold, just a few of the perks the spanish enjoyed for over 400 years. that is, until the u.s. was happy to help, you know, liberate the island from the spanish and make it a u.s. commonwealth. that means puerto rico is neither an independent country nor an official state. and its people don t have a vote in the u.s. congress or in presidential elections. despite all of that, puerto ricans are unstoppable. and their cultural impact on the u.s. and the world? massive. to really get to the bottom of how puerto rico has not only survived
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but when you think of d.c., you mostly think of dead white guys, am i right? like washington, jefferson, lincoln. well, guess what. latinos have been here every step of the way. [upbeat latin-tinged music] in fact, latinx heroes have fought in every war for the united states for centuries. this goes all the way back to the revolutionary war. american forces got major financial contributions from cuba, and they also got help from the spanish forces led by a young venezuelan commander named francisco de miranda. and then during the civil war, more than 20,000 hispanics served. almost half of them were mexican-american, and that was only 13 years after the mexican-american war. now where s the monument for that? huh? huh? huh? now, today, nearly 20% of the u.s. population is latin, and our numbers are growing. our voting power is growing too, and about one in ten votes are being cast by latinos, and yet we still make up less than 2% of our elected officials, but the good news is
an eight year old child. the clock ticking down, as well. to a hollywood writer strike. the deadline just hours away for work stoppage that could impact your favorite shows. i m going to speak with congresswoman, barbara lee, about her gop kong playing cart chicken with the american economy as the debt limit fight heats up. plus this the job isn t finished. i mean, it is finished for tucker carlson. to the staff i want you to know what you are feeling. i worked at the daily so. i too have been blindsided by the setting departure of the host of a fake news program. president biden and career more would junior take aim at across and in the white house correspondents dinner. coming up, we will take a look at where tucker s extremist audience may be headed. now also this hour, creating a doll that looks like her, nothing better than this. i m gonna be joined by caleb mckee and, and inspiring woman who worked with mattel to develop the new down syndrome barbie for hersel