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 latintinged 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 mexicanamerican, and that was only 13 years after the mexicanamerican war. Now wheres 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, we do
alexandria. good morning medical city health care is treating the victims and over and over again is their first thought is please let there not be any kids whorm hurt. the ages of those injured rages from 61 to five years old. no information has been released on the individuals who died on the scene as of yet 2378 rescue task force teams found seven desees individuals on scene. we transported nine individuals to the hospital to area trauma facilities. of those that we transported, two have since died three are in critical surgery and four are stable. so this all started after 3:30 yesterday a male shootser described as heavy set and wearing all black open fire at the alan premium outlets 30 miles west of dallas and dozen shots reported as employees and shoppers scramble for safety. unrelated call he heard gunshots located the gunshot, located the shootser, neutralized shooter neutralized the threat. we believe at this point that the shooter acted alone. yeah. we
this happened at 3:30 yesterday at an open air shopping center 30 minutes north of dallas. what was first confusion for shoppers led to a terrifying reality. one man rushed to the scene, knowing his sister-in-law was on site. my wife and i actually went over there immediately and we picked her up and i just saw i mean, if i would have to he s guess 1,000 to 2,000 people had that were standing in the hot sun, it was 92 degrees. it was people were just crying, hugging, being united with loved ones. it was something i ll never forget. the trauma is not going anywhere but the rampage was put to an end according to police by an officer responding nearby and jumped into action. our rescue task force teams found seven deceased individuals on scene. we transported nine individuals to the hospital to area you traa facilities. of those transported, two have since died, three are in critical surgery and four are stable. at 3 3:36 our officer was at the premium outlets at an
developments are happening during our show. exactly. there s a lot happening at the g-7. we ll get to that and a lot more. let s get started with five things to know for this friday, may 19th. cnn learning that president zelenskyy will attend the g-7 summit in japan in person. russia s war set to be a top agenda item as world leaders vow to step up sanctions. new reporting, biden administration signalling it won t stop allies from sending f-16 jets to ukraine. that s according to sources familiar with the discussions. will we ll see what they say today. also happening today, the suspect charged with leaking military secrets will be back in court as a judge is expected to rule where jack teixeira will remain behind bars while he awaits trial. this time, disney versus desantis. a spokesman for the governor called it unsurprising given the company s financial challenges. i think disney would see it another way. and a film festival celebrating harrison ford last night.
ayman wilkie dean and new york, we are continuing to follow the tragedy out of allen, texas this hour. police reports are at an outlet mall just north of dallas. and moments ago, local officials made a very brief statement saying a police officer and an unrelated call at that mall heard shots ring out at about 3:36 pm local time. officials are confirming there are casualties, they have not yet released the exact numbers on those dead, or injured. police also say they s believe the suspect has acted alone. they re saying they plan to hold another press conference in about two hours from now. as you can imagine, lots of questions. we are going to bring you more updates the money they come into our newsroom. a short time ago, governor greg abbott issued his statement writing in part, quote, our hearts are with the people of allen, texas. tonight, during this unspeakable tragedy. we are going to, as we mentioned, bring you all the information that we get as it happens. joining