they have not have the space or the time. you might find the special section called the lens blog. that's kind of the special area. how do we find the space in our every day media to look more deeply differently at these types of issues. those are other refugees. be it religious threat or a mortal threat. they would bring vice and evil. they would undermine the american workingman. they were considered that. i really don't believe that simply because they are muslim that somehow they are different than other populations that have come to the u.s. before and that's the thing about history.

typically europe and the united states have played a role. it has produced refugees in the first place. the role that the u.s. has played. that has led to the refugee crisis. we like to think about those kind of things. crisis of globalization we are putting the blame for the economic fallout of those things. let me challenge very quickly and this will wrap it up. does anyone had any sympathy for the argument that the country can really only sustain some new people coming in. over certain. of time is there any thing to

that and the concerned that you let one person and in this flow and that guy decides to put on a suicide vest. there is a risk there. where are they just loony to have these concerns. they may have a threshold of what i it can do in terms of resources but i think the thing to look at here is that we need an international framework. it places the responsibility for any crisis for those who are more set on it. did far less to do with the circumstances that led to the unraveling than the united states. if you look at the three largest refugees that we've seen over the last ten years had been out of syria and iraq.

the framework of shared it doesn't place it on the front line states. until that there was no migration crisis. there is no acknowledgment. as long as that determines that. they have the threshold where is the breaking point to the global south. if they absorb another million or another million after that. they need to put that very high.

that's what we want to live in them theirs can have to be a massive resource transfer. these are people who are traveling to make a better life. the conditions for them to be able to make that our absence from the places they can first travel too. in the questions like what is the threshold is not gonna be the determinant of what they try to do. i would like to thank all of you. and the space for photography that sparked this conversation so many others like this if you haven't seen it i hope you do walk over there. and you come back and you talk to others about these issues.

are we taking questions and answers. that concludes it for the evening. there will be two people with microphones please raise your hand if you have a question. try to make your way to the end of the aisle. this is being recorded. please talk clearly into the microphone. i would just like to know a large segment seems to be exempt from the consideration of all of these factors you have discussed tonight like asia how many refugees or immigrants are heading towards asia are they welcome. are they not japan does not take anybody.

why aren't they in the news. if you can to take take a very wide scope. would anyone like to tackle this. i can start with the point. they make the claim that the actually host the very large populations. but not as a refugees and they don't represent these. unlike china they do pay into a system of trying to create some resources but that does not exclude. they have not participated. with the resettlement program. one of the reasons they don't have that. they have a major crisis again

they are leading them. they are basically trying to go anywhere. that they could land. they would've been willing to go. in the moment of extremist they don't try to go to the united states or europe. they try to go to the place that is nearest where they hope to find some kind of safe haven. those are the societies that already there. managing a set of very challenging circumstances in large refugee population is going to be able to integrate and maintain where they can actually had any hope of the system. in the country that has largest resources. they are fleeing in an attempt to secure the conditions to stay alive. the resources are more likely

to be available. that isn't to say that the populations from asia. they are trying to go to australia they described what kind of constraints they are facing. every region of the world has a set of destination points. why those other countries aren't being required to join the resettlement program is one of the questions of what i'm suggesting sharing the framework in which international responsibilities are more fairly allocated. that have relatively large economies they can do more. we have another question right

here to the right. thank you for coming. i was hoping you could talk a little bit about the violence in my it's not been a refugee. when you think about the cartel. i often wonder with the act like violence. when they actually show at the reality the reality of what is happening. i think people here don't really understand the level of violence that is happening and maybe if we sought these more regularly it would actually wake people up a little bit more. >> is the way in which she addresses the history. telling the story of the migrants if you look at her images she is often staging

her subjects in very specific locations and if you read her captions easy to her reference a particular historical event. one other thing she's of the things she's trying to do is to remind us of the history of that violence that migrants had faced and that could possibly injure. that's what it takes to do what these individuals do. in the ways that respect the issues of violence. a lot of blood shed. she's trying to do something different. without actually showing that gratuitous violence. if i could give additional thoughts. they frame this. now when they flee violence.

around the persecution that is connected to five recognized categories. the membership and social group. and in the challenges for those who flee violence like criminal gang violence and so forth to find a way to fit the framing. they have not been found to fit the framing. one way to understand it under the challenge anybody that is fleeing and has a feared persecution that is a risk to their life is entitled to some sort of protection. there are two possible ways to rethink our framing. one would be to reopen the current convention. they agreed that it would probably involve a scaring back --dash mecca like a

scaling back up protections. and your question is motivated by a desire to see an expansion of that. they develop the guidelines that suggest that they remain as it is. it would be adopted by countries but nonetheless offers protection. the framework of broader protections anybody that is at risk that involves individuals

especially in a powerful country like the united states which is convening a summit. on the question of first migration and population mobility. it could take up the topic. given the critical climate that we have. and without that leadership it is difficult to come up with a broader remark. when you think about those in central america we think there is issues of how they are just coming purely for economics. you face the same degree of legality there. it is a good point.

i want to follow up on the last question i think it is something a lot of us don't even realize. i was one of a group of attorneys that went to a place called texas where women and children from central america had been held there when i came back to los angeles by the way most people said did you go to europe and help the syrians i said no we have a refugees crossing the border into the united states. number one i thought it was interesting they didn't let us take cameras or cell phones in. i took pictures of them. it is one of the reasons it does not get as much press coverage as it should.

there is only five bases for asylum. the fact that you're gonna die doesn't necessarily mean that you qualify for asylum in the united states. but having interviews dozens of the women there the typical story i heard was this they are outside of their homes they would start a business they would have a restaurant they would sell clothing something like this. and some diet would come there for lunch every couple of days and they knew he was a gang member. he would say something like isabella your 5-year-old girl she is so cute. i would always see her going down this boulevard and then she turns left to go to school. and by the way we have a little organization is trying to help the community and you're doing pretty well with this restaurant maybe if you could donate a hundred dollars hundred dollars a month or

something would be good. and they knew that that meant their daughters life was in danger if they did not come up with a $100 or whatever it was. they crossed over to the united states they immediately look for the first border patrol agent. and turn themselves and and then end up in these camps some of them at the time i went there some of them had been there for over a year and i think it's something that we really should be cognizant of because the right here in this country and there is no possible nobody is afraid that central america women air going to go into a bus and blow everybody up or something like that. it's purely are we going to provide safety for these people or not. >> it just relates to what you are saying earlier.

of how they are described in categorized. and the fact that i think with this woman who opened the store the issue is there is a recommendation that she could be just as dead by that gang member who kills our verses versus the steering child is killed by a soldier. it's the same level of threat. i have to leave this place cause i have to die. even if it's not a strict international community. an event that is worthy of refugee status. the idea that they exist and that americans don't know that they exist for the most part i think most countries have these kind of camps. the places were people can live. of statelessness. it's something that is unknown to most citizens of many

countries together they comprise of the 24th largest country in the world. it is a really crucial part of many people's existence but if you're a citizen you are invested in not knowing that your country has these places where people can just do that. we don't understand how immigration court system work. we have them who can go into the courtroom with no lawyer at their side. next question thank you for being here and sharing in this important topic. and put a very human face on the story of the refugee they went through very difficult circumstances and ended up in china in shanghai to follow up

with your question about china. my question pertains to how do we light a fire up under our nation and it includes the story in st. louis. we turned away people who went back. what can we do as assistant to continue this conversation how do we get a room full of people having this conversation that will perpetuate change. >> i will turn it over to smarter people. there is almost no substantial organized political way in the united states you're arguing for them to process that.

in because the numbers that the united states are willing to take in is an absurd small. they are in circumstances of displacement. in crisis that is a low figure they could make an argument for much broader. at the time this is what i mean by that crisis framing. it is a crisis at the southwestern border. the numbers that they represented a crisis is absolutely absurd in a country that has the economy of the united states.

it actually became national framing that authorized extraordinary action for huge numbers of people. to resist the tendency to do the expedient thing. required organizing. the community members and people who attend events like this one is a grassroots story of religious communities pressing a case because at the top of our leadership at the moment with the kind of response of our country. both in the causes of doing that. but also as a leading country

in offering that's how they respond to them. i think it is a heightened obligation for here. we live in these parable universes here. we don't know them at all and i think it's really important to talk to folks. this is kind of a no-brainer to me. talk to people who think the next immigrant could be the next g hottie. and obviously there are a lot of americans. they just head some pretty extreme views about the threat. i think conversations are equally as important.

that is my 2 cents. it's also important to tell these stories because they do listen when people show up. they are being told in many ways in many places but people don't come. they don't buy the magazine or support it. a very easy way is to actually support these things. i would guess there probably aren't a lot of donald trump supporters in this audience. i think it's important that is that you don't agree with and talk to them about these issues and talk to them about the future of this country. if you are a supporter of my apology. you should give your views back. >> thank you for a very interesting talk and to see

how much interest there is in our city. the chair of the refugee forum. here locally people don't know that we have one of the largest humanitarian community of agencies working. and they had 21 agencies at this time. but also service providers i just want two-point out if you're interested go see it. it's very educational. reach out to the agencies in september to be happening in

the upcoming weeks. look at for information and in the city. there is a lot of public events. we hope they state informed and engaged. there is catholic charities no shortage of groups here. if you guys can all join me in thanking the panelists [applause]. the washington journal live every day they impact you.

tom reed will join us to talk about his endorsement of donald trump and the statements that they made on the record they will be on to talk about the latest campaign developments. to african-americans and other minority voters as well as immigration and the congressional agenda leading up to the november election. beginning live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. hillary clinton held a news conference today. the first one and more than 250 days. they followed that. it is about 20 minutes.

good morning everyone. i was very glad to be able to begin a conversation with the american people and offer some of my thoughts about isis, i ran into how we reform the va system to provide better care. i am honored in the last 24 hours they had decided to endorse my campaign. to focus more on these crucial challenges tomorrow i'm

convening a meeting of the national security leaders including the former secretary of homeland security the general john allen michael morel to that end. i want to underscore something that i mentioned leslie we should make a top priority to hunt down the leader of isis. and bring him to justice just as we did with osama bin laden. as with that operation getting it will required a focused effort driven at the highest level.

but i believe it will send a resounding message that nobody directs or inspires attacks against the united states and gets away with it. let me be clear last night was yet another test and donald trump failed yet again. we sought more evidence that he has been unfit and unqualified to be commander-in-chief. he trash talk american general saying they had been reduced to rubble. ..

now, that is not just unpatriotic, and insulting to the people of our country and our commander-in-chief, it is scary, because it suggests he will let vladimir putin do whatever he wants to do. he will then make excuses for him. i was just thinking about all of the presidents that would just be looking at one another in total astonishment. what would ronald reagan say about a republican nominee who attacks american generals and

gives praise to russia's president. i think we know the answer. when asked how he would stop the spread of global terrorism, his answer was simply take the oil. the united states of america does not invade other countries to plunder and pillage. we don't send our brave men and women around the world to steal oil and that's not even getting into the absurdity of what it would involve. massive infrastructure, large numbers of troops, many on the ground. of course trump have hasn't thought through any of that. every republican seeking or holding office in this country should be asked if they agree with donald trump about these statements. no one thing you didn't hear from trump last night was any plan to take on ice is, one of the biggest threats taking on this country.

he says his threat is a secret but the truth is he doesn't have one. i have a very different vision for how we keep our country safe and strong. i respecter men and women who put their lives on the line and i will hold true to our country's most cherished value. even with all of the attention being paid to the campaign, we cannot forget how important this decision is. this weekend is the 15th anniversary of 911. i will never forget the horror of that day. i will never forget either the victims and survivors in the brave first responders and emergency responders that i met with and served as senator of new york.

the decision was made to bring osama bin laden to justice. that is the kind of leader i will be, someone who will bring us together in common purpose and our country strong. this is -- >> madam secretary, the latest poll has you up by an average of 2.8 percentage points over donald trump. given what you say are his historic inadequacies and qualifications on the commander-in-chief point that you just made, shouldn't you basically be running away with it at this point? >> i thought that many, many times and i've always thought this was going to be a close election. that's what we've been putting organizations in place, gearing up for these final weeks to mobilize and turn out our.

that is exactly what we are going to do and i feel we are in a strong position, but we are not taking any thing for granted. we will work as hard as we can and hopefully pull out as many voters who agree with me as we possibly can muster. >> should you not put troops in iraq ever again, isn't that ignoring some problems that are bare and boxing yourself in? should your military commanders be the ones to advise if you should or should not do that? >> i've said that before, i've said on numerous occasions and i believe it. i don't think putting ground troops on the ground in iraq and syria would be in the best interest of fighting isis and other terrorist groups.

in fact i think it would fulfill [inaudible] i've been very clear, i support the air campaign and special forces and enablers then special forces and reconnaissance. i will absolutely be prepared to do whatever is necessary to support the arab and kurdish fighters on the ground to take out as much of the infrastructure vices from the air to go after big daddy with a very focused commitment to taking him off the battlefield. i think it in ten spies what we are doing but also recognizes there is no, in my opinion, path forward to ground troops that would be in our interest. >> good morning, secretary clinton, you been to sized for

your demeanor last night that you're too serious, you didn't smile enough, can you react to that and also you suggested there is a double standard. you think you are treated differently in this race because you are a woman? >> i'm going to all of you ponder that last question. i think there will be a lot of phd theses and popular journalism writing on that subject for years to come. i don't take my advice and i don't take anything seriously that comes from the rnc. >> we were talking about serious issues last night, i know the difference between what we have to do to fix the va, what we have to do to take the fight to isis and just making political happy thought. i had a very short window of time in that event last night to convey the seriousness with which i would approach the

issues that affect us. >> thank you madam secretary. >> i like your hat, is this a new look? >> no it's kind of an old look, i'm bringing it back. >> did you go shopping in your closet. >> yes. >> i do a lot of that. >> mr. trump suggested last night that they were not pleased, cia was not pleased that the decision the administration and president obama had made so far. did you get that impression in the briefing you got and can you comments on that? >> i think what he said was totally inappropriate and undisciplined, i would never comment on any aspect of an

intelligence briefing that i received. >> what does it mean to you going into the debate? >> it's a very fair question. i have been somewhat hardened by the number of articles recently pointing out the quite desperate treatment of trump and his campaign compared to ours, i don't understand the reasons for it. i find it frustrating, but it's just part of the landscape that we live in and we just keep forging ahead. i think this is a really important moment for everybody in our country. have as you have seen by the numbers of republican concerned about trump coming forward and saying this is not acceptable.

they are willing to put their names out there, people who have never endorsed a democrat or people have never endorsed before because they are so concerned about this man and how totally unqualified he is to be president and how totally temperamentally unfit he is to be commander-in-chief. i know that he says outrageous things on a pretty regular basis and i know that's part of the coverage and i know it may be difficult to feel that you know exactly how to respond to some of his behaviors, but we are on the brink of making a very critical decision for our country. if i were not the candidate, a fire or not the nominee, if i was just a concerned citizen, i would be i would be out here doing everything i could to sound the alarm about someone

like donald trump getting anywhere near the white house. i will continue to do that. >> you can look at the map. [inaudible] >> i love you andrea, you are my kind of a woman, i'll tell you what. look at this. the sympathy vote, the whole thing, i love it. [inaudible] >> right. >> right in audible question. >> no that's not true. look republicans are in a

terrible dilemma trying to support a totally unqualified nominee. have no sympathy for them that it's their nominee, but i am not going to tolerate them continuing to make misleading, inaccurate accusations and putting out this information. here's an example, a very distinguished and effective former director of the national terrorism center was so disturbed by what he had seen coming from the trump campaign that he wrote an article that came online in the past 48 hours, pulling from public sources very clear statements of isis leaders, essentially throwing whatever support they have to donald trump.

they have, as matt olson pointed out, they hope allah delivers america to trump. they have said they hope that he is the president because it would give even more motivation to every jihad, someone who has insulted muslims, who has insulted a gold star family, captain con, somebody who has said he doesn't want muslims around the world to come to our country. that is a hit for isis and that is what matt olson knows more about this and it's very clearly stated. that's what i mean, look. i'm i'm not asking for any special treatment, i know the road that i'm on. i've been on it for 25 years. i get up every day and keep

moving forward. i love this country, i will serve it with my entire heart mind and soul. i will do everything i can to protect america and i will do everything i can to make sure donald trump is not president, for many reasons, but this latest information coming from it terrorism expert should put every american mind in motion to try to figure out what everyone can do to prevent trump from becoming president. thank you. [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation]

[inaudible conversation] >> hillary clinton tries to salt donald trump's wound in a headline at political.com. thank you for being with us. >> it's my pleasure. thank you for having me. >> let me begin with the press itself in white plains new york. why after nearly nine months did she agree to take reporters questions like this? >> it seems like the pressure has sort of been building toward this for at least the past few weeks and probably even longer than that. donald trump's campaign had begun sending out e-mails every day about hiding hillary and the number of days she had done her last press conference and really she warmed up to the press over the last couple of days. she started traveling with the

press on a bigger airplane, she had been taking impromptu questions on board the plane, taking taking questions and this seems like sort of a natural extension of that. that's one aspect of it and two, i think she is eager to get back out to see what the word is on last night commander-in-chief form. donald trump want second and she wanted to come out and say a couple of things and get a couple of things out there and get her own message out there after donald trump got to close out the night last night on nbc and msnbc. >> was this an attempt to make sure her discussion in her words were driving through tonight.

>> sure, and maybe to get back on the, maybe the offensive isn't the right word, but get back on a positive note. >> neither candidate looked impressive last night. hillary clinton, although she seemed on top of her tax and figures, she sort of comes off defensive and not terribly confident. it seemed like this morning her decision to come out and hold this press conference was an effort to hold last night maybe shaky performance not be the most recent tape of her shown all over the news. >> let me follow up on your earlier point.

as you write, this was a debate dry run last night. both candidates on the same stage, not at the same time, back to back half hours on nbc. the so-called commander-in-chief form, but hillary clinton is getting a lot of questions on her e-mails, her server, confidential and classified in top-secret information. did she stop the bleeding or did she raise more questions? >> that's a good question, i'm not really sure that she did either one. she certainly hasn't stopped the bleeding and that's something that donald trump's campaign seemed intent on making sure that she could stop the bleeding that's one of the stronger talking points and it really speaks to the larger., one of the larger themes of their campaign that she is dishonest, lies, can be trusted. hillary clinton herself has tried to put this behind her, has tried to sort of wrap this up with a bow and put it behind her on the campaign trail. we've released all of these investigative notes but even in

releasing those notes, there are a lot of fresh details the new questions that came out that sort of reignite all the discussion about hillary clinton's use of the e-mail server. it seems like an aid to her husband using a hammer to destroy, and using this computer programming bleach bit to wipe things away, things like that that reignite all the concerns. >> concerns on the comments donald trump made last night including his reference to the american general who had been reduced to rubble, something that hillary clinton jumped on today. have we heard more from the trump campaign from that statement? >> sure, early this morning one of his closest military advisers

, he is that close to donald trump but this morning he said he was absolutely right that hillary clinton, that the generals had been reduced to rubble under barack obama. when he talks about one usually talks about the other. he said basically there is a disconnect between the white house, president obama and the military in the military isn't able to do some of the things that it could be doing to get back to the islamic state and so that's what the trump campaign said and that is one of their surrogates said in defending that remark. of course hillary clinton and hillary clinton's campaign manager both came out this morning. her campaign to ensure both said

this was insulting to the military and that it is not language becoming of somebody who wants to become commander-in-chief. >> he is following the clinton and trump campaigns and has reaction on the campaign that took place last night. thank you for being with us. we appreciate it. >> thank you so much, we appreciate -- it was a pleasure. >> this is hosted by the national council and it is about one hour 15 minutes. >> good morning everyone, my name is janet and i am president and ceo of the national council. we are delighted to host what we think would be a very important discussion as it relates to the

presidential election. on behalf of and clr, i want to welcome you officially to today's briefing on the dynamic of the let you know a lot for it and how that is shaping the 2016 election. perhaps i don't have to tell some of you how different this election has been or has felt. there has been nothing conventional or traditional about this election year. so much that might have been expected has not happened but perhaps lost in the roller coaster ride has been the fact that what was expected, that latino voters would be playing a pivotal role is in fact happening. what we did expect is that the fastest growing group of voters and a community that has already made headlines in 2012, hispanic

voters are poised to make a difference in this year's election. as i have said often, the road to the white house runs right through the latino community. what we did not anticipate was the expense that our community would be the face and in many ways the target of the most prominent issue of this campaign, integration. frankly, not enough attention has been given to the impact that this will have on our community and on our vote. that is why we are hosting today's form. this panel of experts that you will hear from will address the growth of our vote. we expect at least 2 million more hispanics to vote in 2016 than in 2012. we will discuss how her community is feeling about this year's election and the top issues for latino voters. finally, we will also talk about

the ways we are working to make sure the latino voices heard in this election. it is not about partisanship, it is about participation. there are still too many hispanics who are eligible, but yet not citizens were not yet registered to vote. nearly half of the latino potential voters, about 44% are millennial's. each year, nearly one more million latino citizens turn 18 and become eligible to register and vote. these are important factors that need more attention. our voice will only continue to grow stronger but it will not happen solely on its own. it will take a good deal of work, effort and focus. we do have very good news for our fellow americans. the more than 55 million latinos in this country are maturing

into a political force for good. for anyone who cares about good schools, safe streets, helping communities, a a better economy, sound immigration policies or strong and inclusive society, the growth of the latino electorate should be a welcome development because those of the issues that move our communities too. i am very pleased to kick off this panel and to start by introducing our moderator who will then introduce our panelists. fernando is the washington affiliate correspondent for the univision television group. an emmy nominated journalist, he has covered capitol hill, the white house and the federal government for more than 15 years.

twenty-four the huffington post listed him as one of the top 40 latinos in media. his other experience includes working for cnn in a spanish. we are honored to have him as our moderator and i will turn this program over to him. >> thank you for your kind introduction and for being here with us today. thank you to everyone who has joined us for this timely discussion as we head into the final stretch of what has been a long and very interesting election cycle and welcome all the families as well. i will introduce them shortly. i've been in this town for a while and i've been doing national election cycles since the year 2000. i have seen how this particular

election has risen the interest of people and other minority communities as well. the rhetoric we've heard so far during the primary season has offensive or toxic, some candidates are not focusing on issues that are important to hispanics and all americans or have chosen to demonize and antagonize entire community. >> is there anything positive that can come to this? >> may be that people are paying attention on election day. how many voters will turn out to vote and in what state? we know for instance the projections that some organizations are making that this could be a historic turnout for the latinos. we know in 2012 those projections were a little short we also know there are millions

more latinos that are eligible to register or become citizens and vote. will the latino interest turn into enthusiasm and participation? what is driving them to want to participate? are some candidates more than others motivating them to write this? i was the rhetoric this election? how do latinos view the issues and what are they most concerned about. these are just some of the topics that our panel is going to discuss today so i will begin with you. our vice president will talk about what's needed in the final months as we approach voter registration deadlines which are in most cases just weeks away and then they will talk about recent poll results as we near the election and then finally we

will talk about the organizations work to engage the youth vote and how those voters will help shape this election. we will have a very good discussion and at the end we will have ten or 15 minutes for them to answer your questions. because this is 262 we are live on facebook. you can find links to today's presentation and i've been told recently, because i didn't grow up with all this, i met digital immigrant. follow me on twitter and facebook. [inaudible conversation] >> sorry we just want to make sure everyone has the correct slides. i think we have a couple.

anyway if anybody is interested in the twitter handle for people , again as janet mentioned, thank you all for being here. i thought it would be important because even in this day and age , other areas are now seeing factors, not just in the white house but that there is still a lot of misconceptions about the latino community. particularly as we head into hispanic heritage month you will hear some of those. because of the nature of the immigration, may be by intention is a very broad perception that all latinos are immigrants and with that most of them are undocumented. that fuels all kinds of

different things including cries of voter fraud. frankly, the cries that the border is not secure when people see latinos in their community. i thought it would be good to start with just some of the basics, i think most of you know these but as a grounding point of departure that 76% of latinos in the united states are united states citizens. that means, for those who are looking at demographic change in the country and doing it through immigration, the reality is the vast majority of this immunity is a citizen community. and of those, latinos under 19 is 93%. the very young contingent that

is coming up is fueling the importance of voting. the one thing is true, it doesn't matter what election you look at, an important segment of the latino electorate is going to be in the young cohort because we are young population. so, part of the work that organizations like ours are doing is to make sure that just like we have a place in the marketplace commensurate with the numbers in the population, we are able to cheat that in our electoral participation. i think the broad sense here is that latinos are going to play a pivotal role but it's not just in the space that you normally think about him at list keeps growing. in many ways, what we are seeing unfold in places like arizona colorado, nevada, it is a sign

of things to come in many other states. just to give you a taste, between 2008 and 2012, the number of latinos casting a ballot grew by 18% nationally but that was 26% growth in arizona between oh eight and 2012. in florida, that growth was 18%. again, the number of latinos casting a vote. in north carolina, it was 39%. in pennsylvania, 19%. in virginia by a whopping 54%. for those of you interested in looking at those numbers and also a number of social and economic indicators for it latinos, in in each of these states and actually in all 50 states you can see a fact sheet

for each of those dates in our publications section on our website that will give you population numbers, voter growth numbers as well as indicators in health, education, employment and other areas. so anyway, what janet mentioned and i want to emphasize is that we are seeing a contradictory environment given the light of that growth and that is that the election season has taken a very negative tone where the latino community is concerned but also we are seeing very weak investments in what we consider nonpartisan organization a key factor in growing the latino vote. why are people paying attention to the latino vote even if we are trying to change, i think

these charts, just at a glance show you that even though we still have gaps to close, the the latino vote has been growing at a faster clip than some of their american counterparts. so, where are the gaps? i think this chart is one that i try to update every election and it shows you very clearly one of the things that is important about what happens in elections. if you look at the red line in the green line, that that is where the vast majority of resources in election cycles are spent. immobilizing registered voters to the poll. some of those resources even go to the latino community to mobilize the meaningful outreach to the community, but what i would suggest is that completely misses the picture in terms of where the real opportunity is and that is in making sure that

latinos are eligible and get registered. in addition to 12 million currently tino citizens there is an average of 1 million latino citizens turning 18 every her. particularly in presidential elections where as much as you hear about the voting gaps, i would want you to take away this number. among latinos who are registered , 82 - 82% of them vote in a presidential year. that's why the challenge is closing registration gaps. the story is a little bit different in midterms but since we are in a presidential, i wanted to make sure i highlighted that. there is way too much in this graph. the graph is going to be available online, but this is just to give you a taste of the different states that people are talking about this year and what happened in terms of the margin of victory in 2012 and who is in play. the most important part here,

again is that while most people think about latinos when they think about certain states, it's important to think about which of the states that have the fastest growth in latino voters. even though our numbers are small, they will continue to grow and therefore politicians can choose to continue to ignore this population at their own peril. in terms of the work we are trying to do because the latino community is young and many of our people are first-time voters or may even be the first voter in their family, we are trying to create, together with our sister organizations, a number of different strategies that can meet people according to their sensibilities, whether that's additional methods of going door-to-door and having those conversations which is still the most effective to providing people to empower themselves in

the palm of their hand. also, because we are young community, we need to work with schools so we have a big push coming up in a couple of weeks with back-to-school high school senior voter registration push where we are partnering with schools across the country to make sure their eligible seniors get registered. in doing a number of different experiments to make sure that we are able to do registration more effectively, as as we continue to see investments get weaker and weaker that we are able to grow the electoral voice of this community as well as grow that voice in terms of accountability in issue campaigns. just a little bit more information about the work and the tools that we are creating to make sure people have access to the information they need, and what i was going to say is

that since 2014, the latino vote will continue to grow and i think it goes without saying every election cycle latinos continue to vote in record numbers compared to each past election. we want to make sure that grows at a faster clip given the number of people are becoming eligible. the other thing is this. a lot of people talk about the growth of the latino alec tour in terms of partisan interest. this is what i would say, that is a choice that the parties make. those are the choices that parties make and leave latinos with. there is no outreach, there is no meaningful progress on the

issues that communities care about. that's what creates the decision for a voter, whether they go one way or another. it's not like latinos have a democratic gene of some kind, its what are the choices they have. when it comes to that i would say that the trajectory we have seen since 2006 is that where latino voters are concerned, republicans seem to be their own worst enemy and democrats best friend. reality is, there's not a change in that, republicans will be facing a shrinking base and democrats have an opportunity for an expanding base but they have not sealed the deal. at the end of the day, candidates matter, issues matter and meaningful outreach is essential. i think the perfect example of that, for anybody of any party

was in 2014 where breed leaned in in terms of outreach and making decisions that really spoke to the latino community where he could've just leaned back because he was running against a candidate that was making very offensive statements about the latino community. it kind of sounds familiar, right. if he had rested on his laurels, i think everybody everybody looking at the margin of the race knows that he would've lost. that is a playbook that every candidates of other parties should follow. i will leave it at that. i look forward to our conversation and to your questions. with that, i will pass to fernando.

>> do we have a question do we want to take one question at least? >> i am just trying to understand the gap. what are the gaps that you are

referring to? please go over that one more time. >> so as all of you who follow political campaigns now, a lot of the money that gets better in the political campaign is on ads , mail and a number of other things. it's targeting habitual voters. the electorate that they reach out to is a very narrow slice of the country. what i would say is that even the amount of the latinos who have a very strong-willed history, will well we've done pulling in the past, we have seen from that that even among habitual voters, the outrage and information they get from parties is also not at the intensity that you would assume among other habitual voters. what does that mean? with the population that is

adding so many new voters every cycle in the population where so many need to become registered, those are the areas for political campaigns invested that's where the vast majority of resources always flow. voter registration has normally been left up to the good samaritan approaches of any nonpartisan organization in the reese's resources for that have been weak and getting weaker. that's a concern for us as well as other communities for a number of reasons. we have a big registration gap to close and i think of how many americans we have seen who are not voting in this election. we have to make sure that folks who are eligible. so that's the gap.

>> if you have questions, please begin to your microphone because cspan is recording. these results were released almost a week ago last friday from a national survey that we did with 3729 latino registered voters across the country. we asked the question of what is the most important issue on in two ways. what do you think congress and the president should aggress. first is immigration, then

healthcare, economy and another. this is open-ended so we record what they put. many said education and healthcare so we record both of those immigration works first, economy second and healthcare third. those are commonly in the top three. usually education is in the fourth spot. we usually see economy, immigration in the top two. anti- immigrant and anti-latino discrimination has has perked up more and more since we started. we've been asking this question a long time but since about last summer. this is the second time we've seen it tied at that third place. the second question that we asked when we don't give you

essays and we just say what are the most important issues, economy is first at 36%, then immigration, then healthcare and terrorism, national security tied at 14. >> with respect to views about favorability with candidates, clinton has the favorability among 68% of hispanic voters, 29% had a negative view, trump had 74% with a negative view and 21% with a positive view. view. he has a net of negative 53 and she has a net positive of 39. i know we hear lots of stories about how these are the most dislike about candidates in history but that's not really true with the hispanic electorate. she's viewed fairly favorably. many have a very positive view of her and that's quite the

opposite compared to trump. i would just be mindful of those kind of narratives that speak about what most americans were most working-class americans, most latinos are working class americans. among those who have an unfavorable view of trump, it includes latinos who might otherwise think would be available. 74% of those stood there interviews in english. 56% of cuban-americans we know have been the most reliable national origin for republicans. with respect to the presidential vote, 76% of hispanics expect to vote for hillary clinton, 19% clinton, 19% will vote for trump and 5% are undecided. 2% don't don't think they are going to vote. >> this is what it looks like when reality has a partisan

bias. it's not even, it's not undecided, it's not close. she is ahead by quite a bit. among constituencies that we've known in the past, it's been swing voters or more reliable republican voters. again, two thirds conducted interviews in english and more than 53% of hispanic voters tell us they have voted for republicans in the past and now hillary is winning the majority of them. thick about those who were voting for george w. bush when he hit his high water mark. she is also winning with cuban-americans that 52%. to her.earlier, presidential candidates are the bears for their party. we asked you think donald trump or hillary clinton has made

their party more welcoming for it latinos, more hostile or do you think you have had effect. the red bars of the republican. 10% think trump has made the party more welcoming to latinos. 70% think they have made it more hostile. 16% say no difference. 58% think hillary clinton has made the democratic party more welcoming, 10% more hostile. among those who think trump is making the party more hostile, it includes four out of ten self identified republicans. it is similar among men and

women. 69% of men, this is not a about a culture. they think he is doing damage to the party with this campaign. 60% of latinos think she is making the party more welcoming to latinos or hispanics broadly. 44% of those who had voted for republicans of the past think she is making the party more welcoming to latinos and 25% of republicans can see that she is.

thinking about the selection do you think it's more important that you vote in this election than 2012? 76% inc. this is more important. 19% said it's the same and 4% said the last one was more important. 76% think 76% think there is something different about this one. then we asked that in a different way, compared to last election would you say you're more enthusiastic about voting. 51% say they're more enthusiastic, 31% say they were more 1% say they were more enthusiastic in 2012 and 18% about the same. we suspect that gap between 76% that choose more important, does that imply something positive and there's a lot of negativity and hostility levels at the latino electorate. they may not see enthusiastic about the tenor of this race but they may feel it's important.

>> when we ask what's different about 2016 than the last election that makes them more important. we followed up with a two thirds that that it's more important with the half but said it's more important this time. we asked what's more important this time. the ones in the yellow bar set it's more important. the ones in the green bar said they were more enthused and no matter if it was more enthusiastic or set it was more important, it was because it was important for them to stop donald trump. that was an open ended question so stop trump remote in a number of ways. it's important to stop trump had his discrimination against latinos. that sort of response. the second most popular response among 25% say it was to support hillary clinton. the smaller share gave a combination of supporting trump and stopping clinton, about 14% gave those responses.

so when people say this election is different, here's one way to quantify it and how it fits differently in the psyche and in the ears of the spanish electorate. lastly, or second to last, we know this community is engage. we ask how often they're following news related to the election and many say they're following every day and 30% say they are following it several times a week. we asked how many times they are engaging with their election, talking with her friends are or liking things on social media, engaging in conversations with people in real life, 24%, one out, one out of four say they are talking about engaging with the election every day. 34% say several times a week and 22% say% say a few times a month

we are looking at 58% that tell us they are talking about the election, engaging with the online several times a week or every day and there watching the news. 78% are are watching it about the election every day to several times a week. it's a very one-sided level of engagement where we ask if they've been contacted by campaigns or parties to register to vote or support their candidate, 60% 60% say no they are not being contacted. again, these are are people that we talked to who are registered voters who have a history of voting in the past. ultimately, all these opinions matter most when people turn out to vote. i will stop there.

>> thank you fernando and thank you for inviting us to join the conversation. i'm the vice president of politics in campaign when i'm really excited to be here. think it's a nice recap of what we've discussed already, what is unique about the patino electorate. i think the key thing is we are very young. this started 12 years ago we are strongly rooted in digital strategies and talking to young latinos. this is really bearing fruit now because we have a following of young people who really trust what the latinos, they trust we can bring them tools that are useful to them and we understand as well that reaching latinos is

a multi prong approach. the electorate has to take into consideration one thing that was said very clearly that the investment has to be robust and a has to come early. one of the things that we found with our electorate, and i save this, when folks aren't reached out to or who have participated in elections, not hearing from campaign, they, they are done in november essentially. we are about building movements in building our community of power and not infrastructure takes a lot of time and a lot of investment and a lot of understanding of our community by our community. one of the things we learned early on is that although peer-to-peer will always be the fastest approach to getting folks to move, you telling your college roommate or your friend

at church to go and vote will always be more helpful. that's why as we develop strategies and technologies you have to lead with the. to. approach. we've also found that celebrity voices and more importantly, a digital influencer influencer to give you an added voice within this echo chamber of so many folks were reaching out to young latinos online in english, you will really need folks who can just drop on some of the pop-culture references who can feel a little more assessable so that they're not just hearing it from partisans or politicians who not always move the dial for our community. secondly, as we think about social media we push out information that i think many of us have digested but really it reaffirms what we know and what young latinos spend online.

young latinos are over indexing online and in fact spend up to nine hours online. to those hours on social media. as you think about our approach and in addition to traditional outreach efforts, you have to think about not just are we on social media, but what time are you scheduling to reach latinos in college or those who may not be in college but may need to see your message again when their off work. thinking about your digital strategy not in a way that is posted but in a holistic way i would like to point that as well as our parents who may not be native to online strategies and they too are texting and sharing on facebook.

: for folks who drop off from immigration compare about considerably and one of the most thing we took away is paid family leave is an important topic for latinas and some asked, why is that? especially they were young

women, and we say on two fronts. one, we do have a lot of young parents in our community, and so the discussion of paid family leave is an important one, and secondly, we model our programs and i think so many of our sister organizations model their programs around a leadership develop program that recognizes that young latinos are their lead ares in irhome, the translators, help their kid sister apply to college, that call into work when their parents need a question because their english is not as proficient. so recognizing that, it made sense they would care about this policy issue on a personal level because perhaps their young parents and for their parents and grandparents who they're often the gatekeepers and informs sources. so this is a set of policy areas you don't see as often that continue to be important issues

of college foodability, equal pay and paid family leave and of those we were able to test through different graphics and messages we tested online with young latinos. we're happy to provide dismiss separately. super progressive for family paid leave. and then so thinking sort of also more big picture, and thinking about being multipronged we think about hispanic heritage month of action in this was. hispanic heritage month its action that acknowledges voter registration day, and what we learn is when you create a moment, when you create a day, that folks can target and pay attention to, especially individuals who are not used to being in the civic engagement space you can create a lot more engage. so, the lat teen community with

sister organizations are hosting hispanic heritage month of action starting september 15th what we call upon the latino community to join us and get registered to vote. we want this to be a collective effort and so we want to make sure that the entire community has several opportunities to maximize participation and we'll be calling upon our entire partners throughout to keep mobilizing. at a hot of these initiatives are happening now because we are getting very close to key voter registration deadlines across the country, many of which take place in mid-and through late october. >> then finally, i couldn't come up here and talk about what the latino if i didn't talk about our commitment to vote modernization. we have focusing on to create efficiencies and create access through technology.

our later iteration voter pal. we just a launched our android -- and there's a scanning technology that cuts the effort on the front end so scans the back of your i.d. and prepopulates a voter registration form for you that it then e-mails you and it's really important because the work we do it sight based and you're at a concert, campus, church, a health center and you need to grab people as they're going in quickly and be able to reach back out to them once they've registered. so we proud of voter power and the work that led to voyeur power that has required a lot of testing and partnership. i would just wrap up with that and to say that i think it's special that our electorate is young. it's special that these challenges are unique to latino and we welcome the thought partnership and the investment that are going to required to really make an impact.

the example i like to use, just look the first person to go to college in your community or home needs a lot of counseling and mentorship and education and so does the first person who votes in your family and that's largely most of our families so much that's why this is important work. thank you. >> the reference so nicely explained to me. i wanted to kick off this discussion with a question that's followup. the overall theme here also considering the findings about the motivation and enthusiasm of the latino vote, if we look back, the people who have been here while, if we remember the last great drive for voter ridge station for latino vote if i'm correct was 2006 and 2008. as a result of the sensenbrenner

bill in congress, which attempted to criminalize the status of undocumented immigrants in the states, and that created, those huge marchs in many cities in the u.s., particularly l.a., and even here, so many places, and that translated into this enormous voting registration, become a citizen drive. what is lacking right now, because we have been covering this issue for a while. the rhetoric has been there for more than a year. many of the efforts to register voters have started timely enough as in previous election cycles, and as you say, there might be done mary there's not enough investment right now or there's need to be more. we talk about certain -- like maria talked about, having a lot

of action during hispanic heritage month which is commendable but are way little too late, in september? what's going on? i'll take it to anyone who wants to take this. >> sure. i would turn that and say that much like the rest of the american electorate they don't pivot nothing now eshore that's not unique to the american latino community in terms of paying attention more and registering now with more frequency, and what we're looking at -- i can't give you the exact numbers because some is internal but if we were examine participation rates from january to june and compare them to 2012 and just online, because we're able to track that a little bit, with a little more ease, there has been an uptick and i'm sure that's true for sister organizations and for other individuals that there's an uptick. just like she said in her preparation, we will have

turnout that is record once again. so we have been doing work all along and we do work every year no matter who is running and what the election and is whether people are investing or not. this work continues for us because it's constant. but creating moments that are going to be recognizable to the community and knowing that many at lean toes -- latinos are going to be at fiestas and creating calls to action on top of them, does maximize latino participation. >> you want to -- i will just add very quickly that i think -- look, you saw that chart. the growth of the people who are eligible is huge. right? it's almost as big as those who are voting, the number of people who are able to register to vote, and i think that there's a number of things that are contributing to that. we as a country do not put a lot of weight on insuring that all ore eligible citizens are

registered. and given that latinos are -- population coming of age and in coming into voting age, we are seeing those gaps there. right? with less investment in those kinds of strategies i think that the silver lining in that is that we're all getting creative on trying to figure out how to take that access to people, but it will continue to be a challenge. think in 2006 and the years that you refer to, there were three vectors converging, one was citizenship we didn't even talk about, but if you look at that line, there's also a significant number of people who are already eligible to become citizens, and so what happened in those years is that the citizenship grew -- was going to be raised exponentially, and so some folks who were eligible decided to take the step.

that kind of created a notch. the other nudge in the other vector was the anti-immigrant rhetoric happening at the time, and the other vector was the access to voter registration, community organizations coming together and doing that. so those three things came together. right now, there's a lot of work on citizenship, but again, it's also small in comparison to the potential, and so that's a little bit of what is happening. >> open it up to questions. please identify yourself and your organization. >> i'm with the hill. related to what you're talking about right now, want you to go a little bit into the past and the future, open question for all of you. apart from demographics and the raw number of people, what would you say were the three main factors that led to latinos becoming a political force rather than just as a demographic force? and looking into the future, to

what extent do you think that attrition by assimilation will counteract that growth in in the future? what i mean by that is, this may be a bet of an obscures example but you don't see politicians in indiana catering to the german votes and maybe that would have happened 100 years ago, where politics in chicago going after the ukrainian vote. to what extent do you think latinos will just assimilate and stop being a bloc. >> tackle part of this. so, i think that why did latinos become an important part of the electorate or electoral power? it is in large part because of numbers, but then there were actual contests where they were decisive. if you look in 2012, if you take out the latino electorate, it was so close in colorado and in florida, that the republican

candidate would have won. so there's -- presidential candidates get the most attention but they matter many other races. i think the other thing that helped make latinos more nationally visible is at one point you had both parties vying for their votes and you had an increasing number of latino candidates on both -- running in both parties and holding elected office in pretty visible positions, and i that that raised their profile as well in terms of a national media narrative and advertising and coverage and that sort of thing. with respect to attrition by assimilation, we don't share a border with germany. germany was never part of america the way parts of the southwest, texas, arizona, new mexico, california, that used to be mexico, and so there are certain things that -- we're inextricably tied to this

latino-ness, particularly with mexico and also puerto rico is also a place we have a long relationship, that one or two generations doesn't really change. that was showing you earlier it's interesting that you have third generation latinos who follow certain trends. so when you really cue up ethnicity, people will kind of play decent. if i don't pick on somebody because they're german or czech they're not thinking about it a lot. but if i don't let it go, then probably you'll be defensive about and it it might pick up on the cue. so, i don't really foresee that happening with the latino population, in hard part because of our shared history, also because of our shared border, and so -- also -- well, there's lots of other rope s but i'll stop there. >> thank you. i know you guys don't want to be

seen partisan here, but when we see the polling numbers for clinton, one can only wonder, do you think she really missed the opportunity to make inroads to gettary bigger share of the hispanic vote in this cycle? with her personality, he poll sirs, some seems to be speaking for hispanics on immigration. she seems to be relatively well liked. what -- she didn't do the investment in hispanic vote? not doing enough? what your take on what she's not doing better than obama for hispanics even though having the help of mr. trump on the country. >> i would just push back on the notion she is doing badly. 70 to 19 is really good. and obama -- you're talking about election day vote? that's not election day vote. we still have -- the undecideds who don't vote so i expect that number is going to go up. i would be really surprised if

she doesn't do as well as obama if not better. you only have two party votes in that scenario. we also have two people who said they weren't going to vote. and win we asked people about their enthusiasm, people who say they're trump supporters are lease thussic and excited about turning out than hillary clinton supporters. so i'm not sure that there's strong data to say she is is not be where obama was. one thing that he had hugely going in his favor, going into the 2012, is that he had announceed daka right before and right after the convention, but that summer. so she doesn't have that benefit. and then in '08 you had a really unpopular incumbent but if you install '08, two-thirds of latino voters, 68%. voted for hillary, not obama in the primary. he won almost all of them. he won, what, 65% of the hispanic vote, and he won adding

on to that later. but there's not really evidence that she is trailing far behind or that suggests she is going to do measurably different than he would. the one thing i would say, maybe a little bit indirect, right? is -- as a rabid nonpartisan, i think that this community benefits when both -- frankly, think the electorate across the country would benefit when both pears are equally aggressively courting us so mat you're seeing in latino numbers going back to one of my comments, is that if they continue on this road, sure, republicans facing a shrinking base but democrats have not sealed the deal either and partly is how intense is that outreach, how earl, how constant, how consistent. that's going to be important going forward.

the piece on -- a little bit on the backstep on why people are paying attention to latino electorate, i say everybody likes to talk about swing voters and elections and i think particularly of -- if you look at latino vote performance at state -- particularly in state races, governorship and other statewide races, you will see that latino have long exhibited a swing nature to their vote or the willness to vote for a candidate based on outreach positions rather than just along party lines. you see a lot of examples of that in arizona, in florida, in california. that started changing, that swing nature was blunted by what the parties were doing. it was after '06 when you started seeing a deeper embrace or a deeper correlation of the republican party with anti-immigrant, anti-latino

rhetoric that blunted that swing. so again, it's on the parties. >> next question. >> hi. abey stoddard with real clear politics. beyond motivation and interest and enthusiasm and even the outreach, i think we're not surprised there hasn't been much outreach for the republican side but i'm struck by what the three of you said about actual registration. you're hitting up events with these apps trying to do stuff at the local level or because you're specific voter focus group. i really want to know what the national party, what the senatorial committee, the house committee democrats, the hillary clinton campaign has done -- have there been any states, 60% of the decisions? polls show they haven't been communicated to and targeted. are there any statessed where it's better or worse? i fine that in a year like this, where there's such an opportunity, and you're seeing,

as you said, real spikes in registration in key states like virginia, more than 50%. this is an opportunity. i'm just amazed to hear you say the ridge station efforts are so weak. is there any reason you can give? is there any -- like i said, have any of the committees done better thans oohs, the national campaign, arizona vs. colorado? any data about that? >> so one thing i would say is obviously as a nonpartisan organization we don't coordinate with those folks so we read the same reports you ten to read and lately we have been hearing that the clinton campaign was going to be investing in voter registration in arizona and a couple of other things but that's the perfect example. as our sister organization has been saying for years, and echoed by us, as was in one of the slides, right? since lated teenows -- the

majority of latinos concentrated in states that at least in national contests are not the battlegrounds. right? so california, texas, although now things are shaking up in texas. the parties don't invest in those states to do a lot of outreach so you're leaving it then to the congressional candidates and/or the candidates running at a more local level do do outreach. but that's partly what it happening. again the concentration of latinos in what locations, party as i ban don those states sometimes so there's that piece. the other effect is that if you look at the 15 states where latinos are growing the fastest, because their numbers are still small, and this tendency of campaigns -- and in some cases, if i were a political consultant, you can see that is

what makes sense they've focus on then people who have a tried, true, voter history, and in bigger chunks so-so if latinos or 5%, 10%, they won't hit that population unless the margin is razor thin, which means it comes really late. so some of it has to do with that and in general, candidates only look at the pie that is already cooked and try to slice it in the way that they can win it. you see candidates like obama did in 2008, who look at the shape of the pie, don't think that's going to give them the winning equation and then move into voter registration. >> so, one, are you surprised 60% of the people your survey reached out to would not have been targeted yet for registration by the clinton campaign, and you say any of the three of you that the obama

efforts were more vigorous? time height not surprise it because it's a national number and over half of hispanics live in texas and california and they're not competitive. so you add the other large latino population states of new jersey, new york, and illinois, you will add a whole bunch of more not competitive places. the handful of states that are competitive, that have larger latino populations -- florida, nevada, colorado -- you do see higher latino registration rates and higher turnout rates because people are talking to them and it's more often the case you have two parties that are completely respectful to them and actually vying for their votes. but if you're in texas or california or new york, it's a different game. so that national number is not surprising. what i would be more on the look for is if you're seeing those numbers in colorado in florida, that would be more problematic. >> next question.

>> can i answer the last question? >> was the obama campaign more aggressive in trying to register new voters in the latino community than in '12 or '08. >> on he registration side i think the analysis i've seen on it would suggest that. there was more earlier move on voter registration. >> and there's more interest this year. >> more interest -- >> more interest in vote among registered voters. shows they're mores and because of trump but there's less effort being made to register them. >> right. >> you talk about millenials and millenials and going to the schools do you have a list of the schools you're going to impact? and what you're going to do for those who are millenials and the

internet access. >> those are yet questions. i'm happy to take some questions. what the latino has worked most recently with young people on college campuses who are looking to organize on their campus and in their surrounding communities and apologies if i miss someone on our list. we have folks in florida, kansas, texas, nevada, arizona, and oregon. so, which results to ten different chapters and different young people who again to your question, absolutely do we want them to organize on campus, or some of them, they come to us and say we want to make sure in the last latino community and for others they say there's no space for souse we want to create a space to be involved and get more information and education, and similarly we ask anywhere reachout efforts

they're reach ought to the latino community, especially smaller communitieses or communities who don't get a lot of touching and what about folks who are not online? i think that's a great question. flossed over it in my remarks but if wrote -- if you don't have a mobile program, you don't have a program for anything that you're doing. right? in terms of online outreach. so, secondly, that's why it's important to be building really strong texting programs because you may not be able to get onor download an app but you might want to get a text from a friend to ask you to come to a rally or come volunteer or text you to register to vote because it's a voter registration deadline. so building a strong sms program, and because you want to make sure you're still reaching people in tradition traditional media on radio and television,

and you must create efficiencies and that's why we have strong digital model because i allows for efficiencies to be made you're quickly and testing done. >> i think she just called you old again. >> she called me traditional media but thank you. >> the high school program we're doing that is in person, with also a technology component, and the idea is that many -- even though the college rates are improving, many of our young folks are still not going straight to college so we want to make sure that at the high school level, senior level, that's happening. but the reason we really invested in that program is because we don't see voter ridge station has something that should happen episodically elm warrant to work with the school's every year they can register eligible seniors before they graduate so it becomes a rite of passage, like getting

your cap and gown, you'll be registered when you leave. >> and just to clarify univision has a strong digital presence. we have this app which we get -- re register and get election information on my phone and my text -- >> i want people to -- >> thank you, thank you, maria. >> primarily for miss martinez. talk more about how tarnished the republican brand it, what are the prospects of this lasting between 2016? how much has trump hurt the run brant? you came very close to projecting into the future but you didn't quite go there can you elaborates on that a little bit? >> can you introduce yourself. >> i'm so if, i'm david lateman. >> mart of the reason i don't want to project too much into the future is i am hopeful. like i said i want to see the republican party fight hard for the latino electorate, and i

think that we had seen some of that on under bush, who managed to get between 40 and 44% in his second roll, depending which exit polls you look at. think that battle of ideas is important for any electorate. but that said, i think that there is serious damage being done, and i think some of the work that latino decisions have -- that sylvia alluded to shows that -- however it's getting tarnished, spreads. it doesn't stay just with that particular candidate, and that has to do a lot, i think, with the depth of the nature of those remarks because like we said before, latinos look at candidates based on their own record, but i think if we saw mccain in his previous run, it

was clear that he was carrying some weight of the tarnishing of the republican brand, and so i don't think that republicans have reached the point of no return yet. but i do think in their own analysts are saying so, that this is very extreme, and coming back from that is going to take take a he e herculean effort. >> i just want to add i think this new congress will give them a real opportunity if they want to get rid of that stench. >> that's absolutely right. think at the end of the day, latinos want to see progress on issues and so the economy and jobs is huge, immigration progress is huge, and i think that, again, this is a -- what happens is shaped by the action of the parties and they have a very important year coming up where republicans can show that progress can be made on these

issues. >> you'll have the last question and then we can have one union ones later. >> i want to follow that up. how? history shows that once that seed is planted, it's very hard -- you said, too, cue up ethnicity and people play defense and don't stop because that's a very powerful motivation. how can the new congress mitigate that? >> by passing and enacting comprehensive reform that is fair and humane to the 11 million and so many others affected by a broken immigration system. >> i think that's a very important first step. that's where all the eyes are on, and sylvia mentioned the ethnic cue. what i say to the notion whether latinos become just like everybody else or not, is that latinos generally speaking want to see themselves as part of the american mosaic. we are not interested in being

isolated and separate. but we are also not immune to being targeted, and made isolated and separate. and so i think that's the play that you're seeing right now, but i think one of the important things is that i see that this electorate can play a moderating role in american politics based on its views about government, about entrepreneurship, and about self-reliance, and that's one of the reasons why i think both parties should be courting it more aggressively and we're going to continue to make sure that share is grown. >> thank you. you can have it. one more, just for -- >> because we have seen some stories about the koch -- i'm sure, susan from nbc news. stories about koch investment. with that kind of investment, the work that the gm folks are doing o