Okay, look, we hear about it every day but if there is one thing that regularly brings our country together, its our hatred of washington d. C. What is wrong with washington . Whether youre republican. Washington d. C. Is not only broken, its broke. Or democrat. Change needs to start right here in washington. Or just a opportunist. We ought to change it from the word swap to cesspool or perhaps to the word sewer. You have sole levme level of dislike for the nations capitol so whats it like for the people that live in d. C. . Washington, d. C. Is not just capitol hill. While the people who dominate that scene are overwhelmingly white men, the city has proud black leadership and problems like any other city. Unlike most cities, d. C. Is not allowed to solve them on their own. Washington, d. C. Is a Federal District which means its not a state, but its not in a state. We would like statehood. When d. C. Decides to legalize marijuana or hand guns, the federal government said not today, bla
Democratic city. Diverse culture, distinctively chocolate. We will talk to the working people. People like this dude. Sure. Was that Henry Rollins . Look, we hear about it every day. If there is thing that regularly brings our country together its our hatred of washington, d. C. Whether you are republican washington, d. C. Is not only broken, its broke. Or democrat. Structural change needs to start here in washington. Or just a crass opportunist. We have to change from the word swamp to sesz pool or perhaps suer. You have a dislike for the nations capital. Whats it like for the people who happen to live in d. C. . Washington, d. C. Is not just capitol hill. While the people who dominate that scene are overwhelmingly white men, the city has proud black leadership and problems like any other city. Unlike most cities, d. C. Is not allowed to solve them on their own. Washington, d. C. Is a Federal District which means its not a state, but its not in a state. We would like state hood. When
let s talk about kids. so bilingual public school and half of our students are native spanish speakers, half are native english speakers and pick up chinese in sixth grade. wow. you re not messing around here, huh? no. this is principal myer cruz. for us, she leads an incredible school and for us, she s friends with our producer gerald dean. gerald dean approved. [ laughter ] let s talk about your story. like how you ended up in d.c. i first came here with a congressional hispanic caucus institute. so i was a chci intern with my congressman and i saw capitol hill. i remember saying like where are the latinos and everyone is like go to colombia heights. i went to the metro and the education campus was at dismissal and i saw these beautiful kids come out and i said if i ever live in d.c., i m going to work at this school