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
the iranian president threatens decisive action to stop the wave of anti government protests sweeping the country. and two months ahead of the men s football world cup in qatar concerns that there may not be enough affordable accommodation for fans. sir keir starmer has said a future labour government would reinstate the 45% top rate of tax which the government has announced it is cutting but that they would keep the one pence cut in basic rate tax also announced by the chancellor. as the labour party conference got underway, sir keir said the party would take a very different approach to economic growth, partly by promoting green energy. he dismissed the government s strategy announced on friday of cutting taxes to make the uk more attractive to business and investors. here s our political correspondent, ben wright. for the first time in years, labour gathers for its conference believing power might be in sight. the party now confronts a new prime minister borrow
and i m gonna address theunited states of america. gary: there s no doubt that night. it was a textbook procedure. i had no choice. i was forced to take a life. i was a white cop whoshot a black 16-year-old. (protestors chanting) natacha: i would like toaddress all law enforcement across the country and around the world. honor the oath. (dramatic music) gary: the other officerskept repeating: he did the right thing.he had no choice. it was a good shoot. reporter: the death ofphillip pannell brought rage the streets of normallypeaceful teaneck, new jersey. m2: this was middle-classmodel city, american. alison: we live in teaneck.this doesn t happen in teaneck. w2: it wasn t the utopia ithought it was for many people. (dramatic music) thelma: we enduredthis pain for 30 years, now we re back here again. crowd: yeah, (music) natacha: on my honor,i will never betray my integrity forthe public trust. m3: the fact of the matter isphillip pannell was executed. m4: i don t care how
griff: that s a good one. he s definitely going to make the cut, because as you pointed out and i really hadn t thought hard, deep thoughts about the antlers, but we ve got to get milk and cookies up there. oh, perfect, excellent. santa s going to like that. you were talking about the antlers. the antler didn t have one in the middle of its head. carley: one of the reindeer was very top-heavy with the one big antler. griff: i can t wait to touch one. we are moments away. carley: is there a difference between reindeer and caribou? griff: yes. one can fly around the globe and deliver presents, and the other is just caribou. [laughter] todd: i need an audio clip of saying i can t wait to touch a reindeer. that s going to be my new ring tone. i didn t think it was such a big deal until today. carley: we re tracking santa, and he is just over japan or just left japan. believe give just over right now. you can see from this precision map that is santa flying with the reindeer, an