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>> crowd: yamas. [ glasses clinking ] one of america's favorite past times is lumping people together. like the minorities. take all the people darker than denzel and call them minorities. we all have so many different cultures and religions and things. we believe if you're going to eat pork, you got to use all the pig. you know what i mean? you can't be like white people and scrape off the bacon and the ribs and scrape the rest of it away.
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let's rhine that, barbecue that. suck on that toe nail. you got to get in there. and i think about that word, "minority" a lot because it's not going to make sense for much longer. according to statistics, 2024, minorities are going to makeup the majority of america. we decided to investigate latino people. i feel i haven't done a good job connecting to my latino brotheress and sisters, especially since they're the largest demographic. a few years from now, there will be a lot more clapping, but right now, it's just you back there holding me down. my name is kamau and i'm on a missions to reach out and experience all the cultures and believed that bring color to this country. this is "united shades of
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america." to explore the vast topics, that is latinos in america, i'm in los angeles. nearly half of them are latino descent and the other half are kardashian or married to a kardashian or waiting for a kardashian to get divorced so they can marry them. i'm looking at you khloe. my big time show biz meetings with my big time show business agents who never return my calls, big time. but this time i'm going to east, east l.a. and boyle heights. they'ir slightly more latino an by that i mean over 90% latino. they're located on the eastern edge of los angeles. it's not that far from beverly
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hills demographically, but let's say i feel i owe my high school spanish teacher an apology for saying "why would i ever need to learn spanish after i graduate?" the mexican revolution caused one of the biggest migrations into the u.s. if i'm going to learn anythi anything -- you going to talking to us for a second? okay. maybe this isn't going to be so easy. cut to a few hours later. i think the problem is, camera guy, that we're in east l.a.,
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we're looking for people to talk to and one of the inherent challenges is that many people are undocumented, so when you take a larj crew and say will you like to talk to us it's -- [ bleep] you saw my show? >> in prison. >> i didn't know i was on in the joint. >> you were. >> you've lived here all your life? >> yes, i have. >> what was it like when you were growing up? >> being shot at. >> 30 years ago, could we stood here on this corner and had this conversation? >> i could, you couldn't. >> i'm looking to buy a house and move in. >> if you're a hipster, i can't talk to you. >> do i look like a hipster? >> it's a mindset.
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>> i'm not a blipster. >> some of the nicest people, some of the best cultures, traditions. >> i would imagine there's undocumented people who live in this neighborhood. >> what you talking about? >> am i breaking news? >> there might be a few. >> probably half these shops. >> so, if you want to make an honest living but you doint have your painepers, come to east l.. that's a good slogan. don't know if the mayor would like that or not. >> probably not. >> we'll be the majority when it comes to elections. >> taking over. >> you say that with confidence, with a smile. we give you guys the presidency, we're next. >> i didn't know hillary clinton was latino. a big topic for any group who
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immigrates to america is assimulation. how much, how little? why? and latinos are no different. luckily, i ran into a ringer, community activist, who also p happens to be undocumented. what do you think of people assimulating? >> no one has to sacrifice their past, culture to be american. i have nothing against white people, nothing against americans, but we need to reflect what america means and definitely embrace that our cultures are beautiful. we come here to a better life too, be ourselves. we shouldn't sacrifice our identity. >> people don't assimulate to the way things are done. they should, it would benefit them for the long run, bullet if you're coming to los angeles, you should learn spanish. >> now that i talked to the people, i want to talk to the
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mayor but since he wouldn't talk to me, i guess i'll talk to somebody else at city hall. in this town, you're a rock star? i'm meeting with l.a. city counsel member who had successful work to get driver's licenses for undocumented. they're the largest group. >> we got scale. >> what do you mean? >> we're everywhere. it's incredible. because immigrants from all over the world come here and latino immigrants, they're entrepreneurial, they come with family values and that's the american story. they make our economy hum. >> one thing i've heard a lot when talking about latinos and many people of color communities is the word "assimilation". >> it's the constant.
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the oil that makes our engine run in america. everybody who comes here from another country doesn't know english, everyone doesn't know the customs and practices, everyone isn't fully assimilated to that process but within a generation or two, they're doing what everyone else does. shortly, within a short period of time, everybody will have trouble talking to their grandmother. >> that's how you know you've made it. some people feel you should immediately learn english. >> of course everybody does. >> not everybody. >> but they don't learn it the day they get here. rits it's a generational proces. >> i feel like if i don't speak spanish, i'm the a -- hole. >> the more languages you speak, the more capable you are to
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communicate with the world and that's what brings understanding and ends conflict in the world is that we have a greater ability to communicate. >> i'm pretty sure british immigrants speak english and the fact that the only trouble i have talking to my grandmothers is that they're dead, he makes some pretty good points. at's up? ♪ ♪ ♪ does nobody use a turn signal anymore? ♪ for fastidious librarian emily skinner, each day was fueled by thorough preparation for events to come. well somewhere along the way, emily went right on living. but you see, with the help of her raymond james financial advisor,
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people say it's good because you need to learn the culture and language of your new country. but it's used as a 2 by 4 to blujen your old language out of you. a lot nof the old is good stuff. what would this country be without us incorporating the cultures of other people? why would we want them to drop that old stuff? that culture has been road tested and approved. all this beautiful music that comes from mexico. we've been working on it for 10,000 years. that's interesting. have you heard taylormith? ernesto. i'm at the art studio of ernesto. artist and activist based in boyle heights. i saw you need an unskilled
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obvious laborer. tudaw, here i am. tell me what you believe about the power of the graphic image as it relates to political change? >> the concept behind a lot of my work is to create political artwork for working class people. i wonder if working class people grew up with artwork that was socially charged, how that would change the minds of the youth. we're drawing the humming bird. we use that image. it almost represents freedom. since i'm a nerd, hummingbirds have to work so hard to find food, they're always at the brink of death and i thought rits it's a good representation the working class peachople. they're working so hard to make ends meet but doing it
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beautifully. we want to put these in. >> but in the spirit of rachel ray and cooking shows everywhere, let's just fast forward to the end. wow. that is so not what i was expecting. i mean, in a good way. you were spraying stuff. it looked like you were making it up as you went along. >> no, it's pretty calculated. >> no, i can tell. it's very calculated. art dist ils words into these powerful images. >> people need to try to understand themselves and in the context of history. >> he's not the only artist using creativity to provoke change. i'm dropping in on the band who tell their story of their people's past, present and future. ♪ >> how you doing, man?
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good to see you, homey. thanks for making it through. >> heard the music coming all the way down the street. >> sounds cute, huh? >> i've heard this type of music before but it sounds like a different spin. >> we got roots music, born here, but we got roots all over the world. jewish, mohawke, yaki, mexican. all across the board. but we all grew up here and so this process of assimilation and knowing your language, not knowing your language, where does your ancestors come from? that whole feeling proud, not feeling proud. that we call the chicano experience. >> lot of times they lump all the people of color in one group and i understand the country becomes more latino, i feel i need reach out. i need to go to east l.a.
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i need meet people and talk to people. >> we have multiple identities. we love burgers. but all of us here have college degrees. three of us have masters. my brother just got accepted to a ph.d. program, ucla. and so the whole idea of the immigrant of who are they? they're taking away. they're not giving back. you're looking at us and we're like we're paying your taxes, creating music, building bridges. we're creating family. that's bhauwhat we want to see. we don't have to all be the same. it's all good. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. i got two of those blended kids. i got afro. >> you know what, you down to
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play it? >> hey -- yeah, so this is actually donkey jawbone. >> dada, da, da, boom. da, da, da. ba bark ba, ba, ba, ba, ba. ♪ [ singing in foreign language]
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♪ >> i felt every black person on tv watching me, every latino person watching me. don't mess that rhythm up, don't misthat rhythm up. i've never felt so much pressure in my life. ♪ i don't normally dance in public, but i can't help it with their music and message. so, here goes nothing. >> 1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3. >> they said that the conversation on race in america is a work in progress, and apparently so is my dancing. ♪ network in america.
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it's time for me to get more into the minds of latinos in our country. i want to meet some of the undocumented citizens doing what they can to reach the american dream, even if others don't see them as part of that dream. tonight, i'm meeting with a
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family with undocumented and documented members. why am i the one who feels so nervous? hello. >> hi. >> how are you? >> hi. kamau. nice to meet you. thank you for inviting me. >> you want to help with cutting the cucumbers. >> sure. any particular way? >> let me ask my mom. >> yes, ask your mom. >> little squares. >> dam it. that's the one way i don't know how to cut cucumbers. he works as a mechanic and -- so, do you speak english with your daughters or spanish? >> both. >> spanglish. >> spanglish. >> i know, i know. for me, it's important that both
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language because that to talk to my son's teacher. >> so, to talk to your son's teacher, you need to speak more english. >> her english is way better than my spanish. this household has a mix of statuses. they brought their two daughters across when their were children but the two boys are automatically citizens because they were born in america. get it? me either. are you about to graduate? >> yes. >> you excited? >> yeah. >> what do you hope happens? >> just helping others is what i really want to do when i get my college degree because growing up, trying to learn english, it was difficult, but since i was retained because i didn't know english.
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>> so, she's going to college soon. how does that make you feel? >> i feel excited. but worried because she decides to go far away. >> so, you want to go to college with her? you just want her to go to college in there. where are you going to school? do you know? >> not yet. i applied to san francisco state. they have a great support system for undocumented students. >> i would imagine sometimes you feel like have to hide that fact, right? >> yeah. >> i've only lived here, i was born here as an african american. we sort of struggle with our identity because we are americans but don't always get treated like americans, so i can relate to some of that. ♪
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despite how some people in the more paranoid corners of cable news make it sound -- you know who i'm talking about -- many latinos are working hard every day to improve their english skills. and to get a better idea of this, she invited me to the english learning center where she gets classes five days a week and hopefully i can work on my spanish. >> herv everybody, hello. how are you doing? burtau is a friend of yours? would you like to introduce the visitor? come to the front, please. >> cultural curiosity is a street that runs both ways. i want to know more about them and they seem to want to more know more about me. >> what is your name? >> kamau. >> what is your purpose to be here? >> i want to learn. i'm not a latino.
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i'm a black guy and i like to learn about new cultures and new things and also i need learn spanish, so i came here where you learn english but i want to learn spanish one day. >> how old are you? >> how old am i? excuse me. how old do you think i am? 25? well, you flatter me. 22. no, no, no. 42. there's an expression that black people say. it's called good black, don't crack. this is fun. yes my favorite food? i like burritos quite a lot. it feels like i'm pandering but i actually like burritos quite a lot. >> how many hours a week do you
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exercise? you know, currently, uh -- zero. >> you eat many burritos? >> when exactly did this turn into a roast? why do you want to learn english? >> because i want to improve my better english for myself because sometimes i need to go to the doctor and have snoob talk to me and i want to go up to talk to the doctor, what is my problems and that's how i come here to learn english. >> wow, i mean this lady just want to be able to communicate with her doctor and bertha wants to talk to her kid's teachers and i want to eat burritos without falling into a shame spiral. none of it is too much to ask.
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one place where latino roots and culture have absolutely been underrepresented is in movies and television. while change is still slow to come, there are those doing what they can to get their people's stories told. >> let's do it again. >> i'm in east l.a. on the set of east los high school, an original series that airs on hulu. >> you finish doing the step to the back. >> this is within of the stars of this high school teen drama. now filming in his third season, it's one of hulu's top 10 show squs and a favorite for binge
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watchers. and an all latino speaking cast. >> it's a blessing. to be able to be part of the start of a change. a lot of hispanic culture -- they're movie goers. we watch movies all the time but we don't see ourselves in a lot of instuff out there. but now, to be portrayed as lead characters. so, it's exciting to be part of that trend, transition where the industry is starting to take notice p. >> why do you think they are taking notice? >> numbers don't lie. >> tell it, tell it. >> we been here for years. i've auditioned for the bad guys and the gangsters. >> we got similar auditions. mine, they don't ask if i speak spanish. that's the only difference. >> getting away from that is huge, as an actor and for a lot of us to be able to have the opportunity to audition for
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projects that get to be lead roles and heroes in movies and television. >> and sometimes you got to dance it up. >> you got to. everybody loves music. you got to dance it out, all the time. >> you're not the only one who can wear a white t-shirt and look this good. some of this, some of this. uh-oh. pass this way. oh, i broke it. >> he just caught you having a moment and then you kiss him and drag him away. >> and here's the person responsible, the show's creator a . so, yeah, it may not seem like standing around telling people when to make out is a big deal, but there and a much bigger picture that is a very big deal. what is the idea behind creating
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hollywood's first all latino speaking television show? >> i always grew up watching images on television and movies of other people in my race. we usually see ourselves as the mads, the gardners, the gang members. and there's over 60 million latinos in the united states and there's a little bit of everything. my father started as a milkman when he came to the united states, my mother was a made. so, i come from that background, but also have inkuncles who wer doctors, accountants and lawyers. i just want to keep growing and telling different stories we haven't seen before. a show about latinos from a latino's point of view. action. ♪ >> normally we're dealing with dancing and romance and drama
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but we're dealing with things like domestic abuse, immigration. things you usually don't tell on televisions and we get to tell the good, the bad, the ugly. >> you don't have too much time, sir. that would take season four and five. >> you and i are brothers because i'm the same way. somebody ask me to do that and no, that's why i write. >> the idea of assimilation. is that a dirty word to you? a good word. >> i think we all have to stay open to change. having said that there are things we ehave to stand up for. that's what all of my projects have been about, how do we bring both of the cultures into that. and my attitude is you're in the
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united states and you're here and you should speak english. if you want to succeed, you have to speak the language. >> do you speak spanish too? >> perfectly. >> he does, everybody. i just tested him. "east los high" is a great example of the strives the communities is making. seeing somebody like you in hollywood can be empowering, especially if you're just discovering who you are and where you come from. next, i want to talk again to hector and denise. they have both talked openly about their specific struggles and trying to figure out how they fit into all the cultures they represent. i've heard the word hispanic and latino, latina. give me a break down of what they mean and what words you use
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and why you choose them? >> chicano, that's people from the struggle. brown is beautiful. we want access to the same rights as anybody else. hispanic -- >> wasn't that regan? >> so, that's the white man's word. >> it's a census word to basically put everybody who remotely speaks spanish under an umbrella term. >> to keep track of you people. >> and put everybody in a category. and latino is another complicated term. what do you call everybody from latin america and the caribbean and it has the word latin. latin is french, italian, spanish, portuguese. those are latin languages and does not honor the fact that we existed as a people before columbus, before the latin
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colonizatio colonization. >> before the spanish said would you like to borrow this language? how did you grow up? >> spanish is my first language but when it comes to school, everything is about english and being american and -- >> assimilation. >> put your mexican food away. over here we're having white bread sandwiches. as a kid, i wanted to be something else 37 something else. i wanted that nice white boy haircut. >> after going to college, getting a master's degree, there's still the fear and are we okay being visible? >> so, it's the colonization of the miennd as they call it. >> and now i'm really proud to
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be chicano, losing a language, feeling proud of who you are, but also not knowing who are. that anxiety, pride, anxiousness. >> knowing where you can be proud. all of that. you mix that and that experience is what we call being chicano and chicana. >> everything you are saying makes me feel like i think i'm a chicano. everybody has a buy into americanism or get out of the way. >> and that's wrong. families can't feel they can practice their culture. this is native land first and then you stole black folks from africa and brought them here and all the latino folks, you try to make us feel like second class
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citizens. >> even though a lot of this land was -- >> mexico. >> basically we're in northern mexico right now. a big chunk of this country was mexican up until 1848. the people we're trying to keep out owned this land over 150 years ago. >> for a long time, chicanos have been surviving. what it means now is our people are going to be thriving. we're creating the cons and the story, the new narrative. for me, that's what it is to be a chicano, i'm a story teller. i'm taking the sufferings that my people had to go through and make sure it's not just good for chicanos, but for everybody and it's our job to move that forward. >> yes, our job.
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♪ i'm always gotten into the idea of taking your culture and remixing it with the current day. a really great example of latinos remixing their culture
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is the growth of -- meet alexia. this is her super sweet 15, in english. dating back the 1400s and the aztec indians, it's considered a right of passage for girls transitioning into womanhood. back where her parents for from in guatemala, this ceremony would take place in a church. but here in southern california, it's taking place in a fancy country club. hit it. the party has a hollywood theme and they've gone all out. how far out? that's not our camera kracrane. we couldn't afford that. it's all for alexia. i wonder if it's too late for me to have one. which day are you most excited for this day or your wedding day? >> this day. >> why is that? >> because you only turn 15 once.
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>> that's true, you can get married a lot of times. alexia's father is as proud as a man can be, who'sa also doing everything he can to not think about how much this is all costing him. what does this mean? >> my daughter is going from child hood to woman. >> so, from this point forward, she's a woman. >> she's a woman. >> but she still gets to live at home, right? she's not that much of a woman? >> no. >> i'm going to talk to the people who figured out how to pair the old traditions with the new country. how has it changed over the years? >> it it would be really simple but now it's decorations and then food, dancing. it's a lot. it takes more than it used to be. >> why did it get bigger?
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>> because we want to show off. we want to do it big. >> what do you think when you hear latinos are the fastest growing demographic? >> it's great. more money in my pockets. >> that's about as american as you can get. cha-ching. ♪ beyond all the shiny stuff, the fancy clothes, country club and the delicious food, you'll still find the heart of this tradition. this family is doing what we all do, they're taking some of the success they've experienced and using it to make an old trudition new. am i stating the obvious too much? they're being american. financially, maria's family isn't where alexia's is just yet but like a lot of americans,
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what's important to them goes beyond material wealth, as every day brings about obstacles. you're undocumented, your brother's were born here. >> yes. >> is that a fear that you walk around with? you or your parents being deported? do you feel that fear every day? >> not all the time but sometimes. >> when do you feel it? >> when there's the big buses that -- the ones that deport the people back. >> so, you'll be walking down the street and see one of these buses. >> just seeing that bus, pass by me is just like what is my family's next? what if my family gets separated? >> so, i heard that you might have some news? >> yes. >> what is your news? >> that i got accepted to san francisco state. >> that's where i live.
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we'll be neighbors. that's a great school. >> it's great. >> i believe you have it in you to accomplish all your goals and more and i'm happy there's a path for that. because i'm sure when your parents were younger, there wasn't a path for that. i tink hink 2 should be easier i believe you're going to accomplish everything you want. to me, this all boils down to who is aan american and how do you define an american? is it about the paperwork or the person? to me, it's clearly about the person. [ bleep] the paperwork. you know. when my people came we didn't have our papers either and they seemed perfectly fine with letting us in. we had receipts, does that count as papers? is it too soon? [ laughter]
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but it's not that easy. the border is hundreds of miles. most of it is desert. it takes hours and days to get across and there's people who take advantage, people get assaulted, they have to pay money, they get ripped off. it's a brutal, horrible experience. and my thing is if you want to do all that to get to this country, then welcome to america. you're a citizen. that's your citizenship test. i don't care how much you know about george w. bush chopping down the cherry tree. i think that's how it goes. i can't end my time in east l.a. without checking in with band one more time. hopefully they won't ask me to dance. ♪ i hope all us nonlatinos who enjoy people assimilating into quote unquote american culture are having a great time now.
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assume that latinos are going to discuss assimilating into our culture in lohs america. it feels we're living in the future. >> we are. we're remembering where we come from and we started the stars we built pyramids that we have medicine that's lasted thousands of years. so, that's -- what you're in right now is an echo of our ancestors. >> wow. i'm honored to be here. ♪ what would you say to americans out there in parts of the country that don't feel like this? that are afraid of that idea? >> i think it's a matter of understanding our differences and being good with it. respect each other. we all bring something to the table. >> we do. but i don't appreciate you wearing my glasses better than i wear them. this week i've learned that this
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community is made up of all sorts of people. with a variety of backgrounds and traditions. but what they all have in common is the desire to be acknowledged and accepted for who they are. and i don't see anything wrong with that. besides, how boring would it be if we were all the same? >> i'm glad you could experience the east side. this is love, this is movement, this is music. this is solidarity , man. it's not quite heaven, but definitely not hel, i'm chilling in the east side with k. bell. ♪ [ applause ] >> so, let's do this. >> listen up. all of our -- are on the line. >> more like your -- you're the one who's going to lose your job. >> ini the only one who wants
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this? >> i'm saying, that's what your a rr always saying. >> man, she's tough. show some respect. she ain't j-lo and you ain't the boy extinguishing canada's wildfire. this hour we will tell you how the weather is hoping to rein in that blaze. >> trump's one-time running mate sarah palin says the speaker of the house will live to regret his failure to back the billionaire. and half a world away, the presidential favorite in the philippines election is drawing comparisons to the donald. all that plus news of a bbc journalist expulsion from north korea. hello and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm rosemary church. i'll be with you for the next two hours.

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