Their family members, lieutenant general mark hertling. Thanks very much. And thank you for joining me. Im Jim Acosta Inside Politics with Dana The Bash starts right now today on Inside Politics, game time, just hours from now, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will face off in a debate that could find the final weeks of this deadlocked president ial race and we have new reporting on both candidates, tactics on this crucial night. Plus change the way you speak about women. Nikki haley is offering some blunt advice for the republican ticket that needs to narrow the gender gap, but will Donald Trump fallen too familiar habits on that tonight . And the most important audience of all cnn is asking undecided voters in Mustwin Pennsylvania what they want to hear . On the Debate Stage. One persons tip, tell us what youre going to do, not what the other person has done wrong. Im dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and Inside Politics after months of talking about one another. Kamala harris an
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
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, we do have some prominent figures, like ale
deliberate and what they found in the truck. and then a deal to avoid economic disaster has not been reached yet. moments ago we heard from house speaker, kevin mccarthy. we will talk to jim clyburn about what needs to happen next. and then e. jean carroll, what the president said that has her asking for more money. and then a new wave of afghan migrants going on a dangerous journey to reach the u.s. southern border. we begin this very busy hour with our breaking news on the security scare in washington. a driver now in custody after crashing a u-haul truck into a barrier just one block from the white house last night. police say they believe the suspect crashed the truck intentionally. the law enforcement official telling nbc news the driver was making threats to the white house. investigators also seized a nazi flag from the scene. joining us with more is nbc news capitol hill correspondent, ryan nobles. ryan, what exactly happened? reporter: josé, first let me give
looking for one vote. just one. and he s asking north carolinians to help him. cooper who is not running for reelection is on the campaign trail. campaigning not for himself but for access to abortion. pressure your republican state lawmaker he s pleading, tell the state house a 12-week abortion ban is too extreme. standing in the way of progress right now is this republican super majority legislature that only took 48 hours to turn the clock back 50 years on women s health. if just one republican in either the house or the senate keeps a campaign promise to protect women s reproductive health, we can stop this ban. the north carolina legislature voted to roll back legal abortions from 20 weeks to 12 earlier this month. on saturday, governor cooper, a democrat vetoed that bill, and that would have been that, except for what state rep trisha cotham did back in april. she won and ral bied as a republican, giving she has long spoken on the side of reproductive rights. she