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, we do have some prominent figures, like alexandria ocasio-cortez, veronica
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
refusal to testify before the january 6th select committee and his failure to turn over documents. let s begin this morning outside the u.s. district court in washington, d.c. cnn political correspondent sara murray is there. how is all of this expected to play out today? reporter: well, you know, look, steve bannon is here in court, we expect this could take a couple of hours. what we know is that steve bannon is trying to get out of any kind of jail time. he was convicted on two counts for refusing to show up for a subpoena to testify before congress and refusing to hand over documents. the government has asked that he spend six months behind bars and they said he should pay a $200,000 fine. now, bannon s team has said, look, at the most he should get probation, he listened to his attorneys advice and if you are going to put him behind bars it should be house arrest only. they are also saying bannon plans to appeal his conviction and they re saying that any punishment he
their vote either in person or by mail. we have fox team coverage. brian and rich are in pennsylvania. alexis mcadams following the governor s race and aisha and georgia. brian is live in bethlehem, pennsylvania. northampton county pennsylvania. the side of doctor s last big rallies before election night. you can hear the crowded music here. it is raucous. northampton county, the last time there were contestants setting gubernatorial elections, in 2010 and 2018, northampton county predicted the winner by three percentage points. earlier today, oz held a roundtable election with susan collins of maine. they are talking about bipartisanship and bringing balance to washington. it has been oz is closing message to suburban swing voters. listen. john federman has said i will not work with joe mansion. he has also said i will be the 51st vote for chuck schumer. that is not what we need to solve problems. john federman takes the extreme position over and over again. economic i
politicians campaigning here in new york. and rafael mangual and katie pavlich on whether rising crime will turn the state red. john: an attempted attack on a republican senate candidate happening the same night president biden blamed the gop the rise in political violence. hello, john roberts in washington. happy friday eve, sandra. sandra: and to you as well, john. this is america reports. don bolduc, running in new hampshire, was talking to voters ahead of his debate with incumbent democrat maggie hassan. a man allegedly took a swing at him before police were able to step in. it happened within hours of president biden s speech to voters which he pinned the blame on maga republicans five days to election day. john: fox team coverage, peter doocy has the latest from the white house and marc thiessen is standing by, but mollie line is in busy ton. accused assailant was outside the debate venue as the republican was going in, but according to the campaign and the ca