who are from africa, going to school and other countries in the world, we now put them through internships for two years. as a graduate university, they will now go back, hopefully for us or you, go back across the continent. there is leading to africa and in africa. i am such a strong believer that the greatest contribution we can all make is to develop our skills. [applause] >> thank you. you've had a very distinguished and productive experience investing in various different ways in africa. you have been a pioneering partner for which we are very grateful. you have done everything. you have been very useful. we were like to hear your

perspective on where the capital can come from. how we can attract more and way of foreign direct investment. states'role out of the. >> thank you. ago, if we try to put into a room people and try to talk about africa, the conversation would be very different. today, we are talking up about returns. i think it's great. i can only tell you that for coming next six years, you can imagine what that will mean for the capital. that is the manner in which we looking atto start the continent of africa. on a long-term basis, what it can be able to give. investing in hard assets,

like infrastructure him a which contributes results to gdp. the truth is that the whole ispetitive of the continent dependent on improving the infrastructure. that. the challenge is finding camp until -- capital. in what are an initial struggles were very much focused on whereby we couldn't get capital to commit to long-term funds. airport, projects, with money that has to be out in five or six years of the economy. therefore, i think initially those smart capital funding of the continent, which are initial

investors, be sure we can establish interest in their fund on the continent. to enable that type of investment to take place. that is proving itself. life,we can talk about the testament that this is happening. there is still a lot of capital needed to develop the confidence infrastructure, but every sort of like few years it gets better and better. realizing --is now it has been proving -- improving. there is still very much a need. initially, we had to pension funds supporting which was like fund andthe government

pension fund and ghana. today, you know looking at investing in infrastructure, we have seen reform with pension funds in nigeria starting to invest in the infrastructure. i think it bodes very well for the continent. those pension funds are not doing that because they just are, but also for returns. they have tensioners that they have to look after. therefore, they have to do it for the return. they are getting both benefits out of it. >> thank you. [applause] we have just a few minutes left. i wanted to spend the time that remains on a theme that everybody has touched on.

africa's human capital. what some microsoft infrastructure. without that, everything else is secondary. africa's potential is limitless. each of you in your own ways have not only emphasize that, but invested in real terms to develop that human capital. i would like to invite your thoughts and comments on ways united states both private and secular government might take our partnership to develop africa to another level. i would like to hear from colleagues in africa what is our value added. how can we support africa's development of its own human capital in an optimal way? how can we help in the creation of jobs for young people that will be skilled jobs in the

future? >> thank you. dr. jim kamm used an interesting expression when he spoke of shared prosperity. even as we talk of infrastructure, it is important for us to keep in mind that they are still millions of african children going to bed tonight without a light. even to read. there are simple things that we can do, such as providing solar lighting so that children can read at night. there are simple things we can because a lot of our villages will not receive the power from these big power stations. to have a big power line go over your village, and because you

build 5000 megawatts for the city, when we can also look at how we can use solar power to build many grids so that children can have access to those simple things. these are things that we can do today. and useemove tariffs things like solar lanterns. things, and ile would like to urge governments -- because the private sector can do such things today. education is the key. we have got to get kids into school. and to the extent that even the private sector go into these countries, we must bear in mind that that is a piece of our investment. it is not so much about your own worthiness, what can you do to get kids into school, even if you are -- don't need them as

employees. thank you. >> i wanted to add that i think this is a the opportunity of one of these ideas that would be a leapfrog that could not only solve the big issue in africa, but other parts of the world. and number of students to be educated is a large, i think working together, this grand challenge of taking what you might call massive online open education to an entirely different level of joint public private. we started some work on this. if you can understand the child context, the way they learn, the behavior of their learning, you can really break through electronically with them on a dole that you could not otherwise with teachers across the continent. this idea that we could have a great breakthrough on the grand challenge of e-learning, coming out of africa, i think it is really quite real on the basis

of it public-private partnerships to advance that. >> i think to use the issues of a global phenomenon. , from an african point of view, what sort of smart partnerships and investments and social infrastructure, particular education. what is the partnership with the private sector? there will will out and enable the growth of the education sector. i think the new economy that is what is needed. now,ublic spheres we have but the need to be able to be a competitor. ofis going to need that type innovation that we put in place. aspect that i

think we in business can help with is the confidence of youth in africa. that is an important thing. africa was not generally associated with positive things, war, strike, conflict. today, there is confidence coming to the youth. what is the brand? brand is a promise that as well cap. a good brand is a promise that as well cap. t. kep wiki needed a we communicated reasons to believe in africa. we ran that 62nd piece of communication across every nation. it produced enormous results when we looked at how we connected with people.

you can actually go to your to and look for "believe in africa" and see that 60 second piece. that are the -- those are the kind of things that africa needs now. they need a year that believes in itself, and believe that they can really make a difference, a positive difference come in this world that we live in today. i believe they will. >> a great place to and. i want to thank each of our andlists for participating offering her wisdom and insight. more than that, i want to thank you for all you're doing with and for the united states in our partnership and helping us take it to a new level of is that when we look back 10 years from now we will see it as a true inflection point in our collaboration and partnership based on mutual interests and respect. thank you all very much. [applause]

>> c-span's primetime schedule monday begins with the debate between retired professor and anti-vietnam war activist. dinesh thisilmmaker is a. the two-hour event included discussions about war, civil rights, and economics. here is part the debate. >> you started out as a .evolutionary you started out in the modern mode. here is my question to you. you sound totally different today. you talk about teaching, being an educator, socratic doubt and wonder. what happened to that old revolutionary question mark is he still alive?

>> i think that i feel i am a revolutionary, if i revolutionary, and you mean having a fully worked out program by which we can imagine a different world and overthrow a government. not that. if by that, you mean somebody that is willing to make sense out of contradictions and fight for more piece, more justice, more balanced court, more sustainability, and the ever live with ambiguity and complexity and move forward, sure. i am somebody who sees a need for a fundamental change. i will give you one example. to me, the struggle against white supremacy, which i invited everybody joined, is a struggle that is not over. it is a struggle that still goes on. it takes different forms. it is not slavery. it is not jim crow true --. the over the visitation of blacks, that is white supremacy.

that is what we should be fighting. >> you can watch the entire debate between vietnam war activist bill ayers and dineshd'sousa on c-span. presentsonth, c-span debate on what makes america great. geneticallyd modified foods. issue spotlight with in-depth looks at veterans health care, irs oversight, student loan to -- debt. mobile warming, infectious diseases, food safety . artistry tour showing sights and sounds from americans to store places. find our tv schedule one week in advance at c-span.org. let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. call us at the following number. e-mail us at the following address. join the conversation, like us on facebook.

follow us on twitter. >> the national association of latino elected and appointed officials have the discussion about the effect of the latino vote in the term election very speakers included the heads of the latina victory fund and the hispanic libra initiative. this is one hour. >> it is an exciting year politically as well. as you all know, in 131 days we will be on election day come in terms the midterm election. we would like to start up a conference today and talk and put this in a political context as to how we expect the latino vote and candidates to do in the midterm elections. it is one of the major themes of the conference, some of the other major themes we will be working on. the elections are top of mind at the moment. 2014, let'sbout

make sure we put this in context about 2010. when we compare elections, it is only fair to compare a midterm to a midterm. let's not forget what happened in 2010 midterm elections. the latino vote had a decisive impact. the democrats would only -- were in control of the senate today because of the elections of these two senators. michael bennet of colorado and harry reid of nevada. latino vote was decisive in senator harry reid election campaign and senator bennett being elected for the first time. 6.6 million latinos voted in the election. important in the 2010 election was a real significant

milestone that was achieved by latinos in the republican party. marco rubio was elected to the united states senate. the first latina government of any state was erected and 2010 in new mexico. the first latino governor of nevada. the number of you -- latinos in as u.s. representative double. although it is not an election we should compare the midterm elections to, let's not forget the decisive impact latinos had in 2012. 11.2 million latinos went to the polls. ,.4% of the nation's electorate 5% increase over 2000 and eight -- 2008. the latinos had a major impact in some of the decisive campaigns in swing states. 2014, let'sowards

look at how the latino vote is continuing to increase. we are making strides. if you look at what follows the trajectory of them the cano vote in midterm elections from 1994 to 2010, we see that in every single election cycle there has been a steady increase in the number of latino voters. that is the blue line. attracts very closely to the green line, the number of latino registered voters. let's keep our eye on that redline. that line is the number of latinos who are eligible to vote. the truth is that that population continues to grow faster than the population of latinos who actually vote. the challenge before us is to make sure that we engage latinos as they enter the electorate. 60,000 latinosar turn 18 years of age. the are u.s. citizens. 2000 latinosday

become eligible to vote in this country. we have an opportunity. in terms of how many show up to , a polls this november projection was released where it is expected that set of 7.8 million latinos will vote in november. that is an 18% increase over the 2010 numbers. we will make up 7.8% of the national share of all voters. strides. are making the latino vote is growing. .'ll be honest with you it is not growing fast enough. we willext three days be talking a little bit more about what we're doing to make sure that we engage the latino numbers,e, grow our and part of the conversations we will be about other initiatives that are being undertaken to

offering additional latino electorate. placing this in context, there are some political factors that will shape the latino vote. it will shape whether latinos are mobilized, how they vote, and the choices they make. immigration reform is top of the minds on everybody in this room. also to latinos across the country. traditionally and historically, immigration reform has not been the number one issue for latino voters. in many respects, that makes sense. if you are a voter, you are a citizen. you're born here or you are a naturalized citizen. you don't have a personal immigration issue to resolve. as the issue has continued to be part of the public discourse since 2000, and as more and more latino citizens know personally a latino who is undocumented, the importance of this issue has increased.

we will have one of our panelists discuss this. immigration itself has risen to the top of the issues that latino voters care about in elections. one of the questions will be what does it mean that immigration reform has not yet passed both houses of congress? what will it mean in 2014? we will be talking about that. some other things that will be affecting the latino vote include the situation and the condition of federal voting rights act. the voting rights act has been a powerful tool since 1965 to make sure that every single american citizen is able to vote free of discrimination. last year, the united states sectioncourt declared four unconstitutional, meaning that section five, which required preclearance of any change of election practices by formulates, that that

determining who was subject was unconstitutional. decision,t of the texas, alabama, mississippi have that haveter id laws a discriminatory impact on latinos, african-americans, and others. are two other states that are trying to strengthen the citizenshipmpose requirements and voter registration. the environment itself is becoming more challenging area -- challenging. to ensure that latinos can vote, arm automated vote, a little bit about what is happening in terms of candidates in 2014. we expect that two of the latino governor's who were elected in

2010 have excellent opportunity to be reelected in 2014. they're running strong campaigns for reelection. something is happening in new england. ofrhode island, the mayor providence is a dominican american and running a competitive campaign. that primary will be september 9. there are also a number of latinos resting that running for the number two offices in their state. joe garcia and colorado is a reelection. wass lopez concetta appointed in 2014, and is now running on a ticket with governor scott. she will be with us later at this conference. lucy florez is running interstate.

john sanchez is running for election in new mexico. some exciting and interesting races for the number two spots in states across the country. other significant statewide contest will be in november, and padilla.lex [applause] he is running for california secretary of state. he was a top vote getter in california's primary. that is much as i am going to say about his election. [laughter] another thing that is happening in rhode island, is the competition for secretary of state. we hope that she makes it.

in terms of attorney general there is one in utah. a former member of the educational fund, running for attorney general in new mexico. interesting and fascinating races that we are following closely. , stateey statewide races auditor new mexico. state treasurer new mexico. and george p bush continuing the legacy running for texas land commissioner. there is the entire house of representatives up for reelection. we expect the vast majority -- majority to be reelected. there are some very close races that are in this election

throughout the country. california, there is an opportunity for reelection. garcia, who also ran and was , versus beenorida a democrat to be elected to congress in florida, is running against a competitive field of republicans. that primary is august 26. we will see who will be challenging him and what is expected to be a very competitive race. texas the districts in has changed hands between political parties several times in the past decade. it is currently being held by a democrat. he will be facing a business consultant and the 23rd district. that is another district that both parties are investing tremendous resources and. here in california, 21st

, theret, central valley is another race that is being closely watched why political parties in terms of the swing nature of these districts. continuehat we want to -- latinorow groep elected facials. these are the numbers that we are publishing here in 2014. this is our record for the record on the number of latinos who served in elected office as of january 1, 2014. we've gone from no u.s. senators to three. congress members of and 22 to 28. the increase has been 25% in the number of latinos in elected office. to over 600000

latinos serving in elected office across the country today. that is a little bit about where we are in terms of the number of latinos we expected turnout for the elections. the impact we had in 2010 and 2012. now to talk about the impact in the political contests of 2014, i will invite my guests and panelists to put all this in context and expand the us what they are doing to make a difference. as i introduce them, join me. .aniel garza he began his career as a congressional staff assistant. after serving several years as an elected official himself in , he worked for the george w. bush administration.

it explains also crosses into the private sector. today he serves as assistant director of the libra initiative. advances the principles and value of economic freedom to empower the community by developing a network of latino activist across united states. we have dr. victoria sent. she is a senior analyst for latino affairs. she was named one of the top 12 scholars by diverse magazine. she received her degree from duke university. she works on immigration, women, and race. a contributor to

msnbc and a regular political analyst for telemundo. welcome back. [no audio] [applause] arthur atlas is a good friend. he is a resident of the latino victory project. it is a nonpartisan effort. prior to joining the project, he spent five years in philanthropy serving at the ford foundation where he invested more than $60 million to increase political participation. he was named by washington life magazine as one of the season-low influential leaders under 40. it is quite a feat given that he moved to washington dc re month ago. [laughter] please welcome them.

>> thank you. [applause] start with dr. francesco. give us an overview of what you think this election means for latinos and what the latino vote will offer it. >> i will start off with a question. it is one that i frequently get. who cares about latinos? people don't say it that way. it usually comes about in terms that latinos are the fastest-growing population, but they're pulling in third in terms of turnout. we see this question being posed. it is a valid question. want to answer this question.

i'm going to be blunt. because we are having a lot of babies. case in point right ear. [applause] baby max is going to be born the september before the 2032 presidential elections. maybe it was a consideration in the back of our mind. age is a liability for community. latinos is 10e of years below that of anglos and african-americans. 27 as opposed to 37. when you are looking at new latino destinations, north

carolina, arkansas, tennessee. the average age is 15. that is why young folks don't go. they have other stuff going on. they're doing other things. what i want us to keep our eye on the brute force of demographics and change. there is that aspect of it. another one i want to highlight probably science 101 tells us that poor folks and those with less education are less likely to turn out and vote. yet, latinos have had lower educational rates and lower income rates, but if we look at we are losing sight of the dynamic. in the last couple of years, we

with our huge strides educational attainment. pew institute has done a fabulous drop of tracking this. -- job of tracking this. enrollmentege surpasses that of white enrollment. job -- dropouts or falling. we have rising levels of education. at the same time, we have increases economic attainment. community suffered the most in the great recession. 68% of our wealth was lost. ironically, those who are the poorest and have the most to gain from being politically involved, usually don't vote. rising tideis this

of economic attainment. this will push us to the polls. that is the first part of my answer to why latinos matter. we areond is because swinging. we have swing tendencies. compared to african-americans and whites, latinos have the biggest chunk of independent voters. elections, couple of the teen is have tended towards the democratic party. let's not forget about the early 2000's. living in texas, i see a very vibrant republican latina relationship. even in the midst of a strained immigration issue. we know that latinos matter because of that middle ground that they inhabit.

geographically speaking, they also tend to be and a lot of the big swing states, florida, nevada, new mexico. we see growing populations in ohio and virginia. latinos matter just because of and politicalace entrepreneurs know it too. they're going after them. i have 37 seconds left. i will wrap it up. later about to talk battleground texas. i think it is a beautiful thisle of how you see latino democratic -- demographic brute force. immigrants and republicans are going mono mono for the latino vote.

seeing that in this election and 2014. with that, i will wrap it up. >> thank you. [applause] about the talk battleground texas. wasunately we have today, -- to the o'connells. >> texan by marriage. >> all right. >> daniel, you are obviously coming at this from a perspective of reaching conservative latino voters and growing electorate. tell us what the initiative is. what is 2014 mean? important is is that latinos get a sense of ownership.

puerto rico has bipartisan rage rates -- high participation rates. they feel part of the community. they can control the political outcomes and policy outcomes of the island. we need to create the same deal here. our initiative does that. engage latinos by talking about capitalism, rule of law, free market. why we should accept the power of those who govern us. , by engaging in churches and chamber of commerce universities, where ever latinos country in me, we feel that we can engage and do that proper outreach to get the latinos to come out to ofe and control the destiny policy and political outcomes. we have a conservative perspective.

the democratic party has benefited from that democratic -- latino vote for a long time. every presidential race that the republican party has never enjoyed a majority vote. george bush said the high water mark of 45%. i think what is important is that we understand that this has been a conversation in the latino community that has been dominated by the left. to their credit, folks from the , engaged, thened in the community. they have seen the value of the growing demographic. they have capitalize on that. they have sent resources and people to engage latino vote. what i have seen as a political observer is that on the conservative side there is a dereliction of duty.

the principles you espouse that you believe argan make society better, improve the lives of those who are at the bottom, what are those policies to generate prosperity question mark what are the policies that generate poverty? we should be having an honest conversation within the community about these issues. hasink the republican party a bad approach to this. they felt that the principles of economic freedom, the principles inthe free market were lost the community. look at who we say we are. we self identify as conservatives. 30 through -- 32% identify as moderates. 20% of liberals. the vast majority actually agree with you at any given time in the latino community. been courted effectively.

if the left has the unions that are engaging, hollywood celebrities that are promoting aggressive policies, liberal policies, if they have the party that has dedicated resources to that, if they are running left ,lanted news packages on policy on a to one ratio, the university is much more liberal. latinos havehis, not rejected conservatives republican candidates because of what they believe because because of the principles. they rejected them because there has been an absence of this conversation about the free market, hard work, about what makes america strong. we aim to drive that. even in the state like texas,

where 44% self identifying as democrats. their are massive gains to be there is opportunity if they engage. this by the way is the generation of ronald reagan that sort of came up and was influenced by this. i'll wrap up by saying the conversation needs to be driven by the republican party, by conservative candidates and they actually stand to gain much more than i think the democratic party because they are so far behind if they increase the percentage a little bit, they stand to gain a lot from the

latino community. which of course makes us powerful. >> thank you. do me a favor and pass this down over there to our friend cristobal. it's separated by the pregnant woman. >> they can't cross this line. >> which probably is a good time to remind us all that -- what makes naleo a special forum is the expression of everybody's perspectives and ideas, respecting all of them but also engaging and challenging each other. now you have the floor. >> i want to thank him because he lent me his jacket. my luggage didn't come in yesterday. that's bipartisanship, folks. [applause] >> we may have differences about politics, but we're all latinos, we're the same communidad. we work to get it done. turn back if i can get to the powerpoint here, going back to the question about values and

what brings us together. i will start with a very personal story. like a lot of folks here in this room and daniel and others, we're -- many of us come from families of immigrants. my parents came to this country, like many of your parents, with very little in search of the american dream. there is a picture of my grandfather and my mom, migrant farm worker, did everything she could so my brother, richie, and i could have chances she didn't have. and she didn't get that because she was working in the fields. by the time my brother, richie, and i came around, she settled our family in el paso and did everything she could, including work three jobs, so richie and i could have the chance that she didn't have. my brother, richie, always wanted to be president. my mom said, if you guys put your heart and mind to it, you can do whatever you want to achieve. richie said he wanted to be president of the united states. he's autistic. he'll never be president. he knows that. he cherishes his right to vote.

he knows voting is his voice. at the same time and unfortunately, you mentioned at the beginning, across the country there are states that are introducing laws that are designed to suppress the vote. they have a disproportionate impact on people like my brother. they have a disproportionate impact in the latino community. about five million people will lose their vote to -- right to vote. in my state, texas, if you have a college i.d. card you can't vote and if you have a gun license you can vote. has a different idea about values and principles and they know they can't win with our community on those, to be honest. what they're doing is shaving the vote and working to suppress latino political power. it's the same reason why the right won't pass immigration reform. they don't want us to vote, i

have to say that. i'm sorry to say that. if these anti-voting laws and efforts aren't bad enough, we have structural problems as well in our community that keeps us from building political power. we talked about this milestone in 2012 around record participation rates. but more latinos stayed home on election day than actually voted. that's a serious problem. and as a result of this lacking political participation, we have a dirt of latino elected officials. this room should be a lot bigger. we should have twice as many latinos. with a country of 53 million and only 28 representatives in congress, we should have twice or more than that. it's much worse for latinos where we make up less than 2% of all electives in the country. what that means is we have a vicious cycle. when you don't see your community reflected on the ballot, you don't see your faces, your voices, similar names on the ballot, you're less likely to vote. so it's a vicious cycle that represses turnout. we have to change that. we're falling behind other

demographics. i'm running out of time so i'll say this briefly. what happens if we're successful and we change this game? it's what led eva longoria and henry munoz, who i think is visionary voices, if we're successful is this. you see here a picture of the rio grande valley. this is the poorest census track in the country. it had 1200 voters but only 150 of these latino voters turned out in the election. they pressed the local authorities to improve the roads. what they were told is, why bother, nobody out there votes anyways? they pressed him and said what would it take to show quote-unquote life and he said 300 votes. they turned out more than 500 voters for a local election. [applause] now watch this.

this is that same road a year and a half later. that's what happens when you have latino voters for power, accountability and people turn out to vote. we have to take every state in the country and we'll finally have true latino political power. and when we do we have to do things differently. we've got to empower our voices. we have to support future latino leaders. we have to invest in our own communities through this leadership pipeline. that what we're working to do at the latino victory project. when we're successful, latino values, which are american values, will be reflected in the policies that drive our country forward. and with those -- what those values are are clean air and water because latinos scored at the top of the charts when it comes to the environment, believe it or not. it means we have access to adequate health care that's affordable and universal. it means we have access to an ample education and it means that the immigrants come out of the shadows and they're equal participants in our economy. and that they have good jobs that pay living wages.

i'm out of time. let me say this last thing, arturo. i started at the beginning talking about my brother richie who always wanted to be president. when he went to vote on 2012 on november 6, he didn't have the right i.d. luckily for him and for many others that law was held of in the courts and not in effect that day. it is now. on that day november 6 it was not in effect. the el paso times, our paper of record in el paso. it's our "new york times," when he walked out of that voting booth, the el paso times was there and got a picture of him. we have it framed at home. it's sitting right there. it made the front page. it was the best day of his life. so together for our brothers, our sisters, our family, our communidad, we have to pave that road. gracias. >> all right, thank you. [applause] >> we have a little bit of time to peel back the onion on this. i want to talk to you, dr. defrancesca soto.

we have these independent institutions certainly approaching the latino vote from a partisan political perspective and cristobal, you run a c-3, but you also have a c-4. i don't know if you launched it or not. libre initiative is a c-4. so coming at this from a much more political perspective than an institution like naleo would ever do, squarely in the middle, nonpartisan organization. what does it mean for latino political development? >> disagreement and debate is the lifeblood of democracy. and so the fact that we have these two gentlemen who have very different political perspectives to me is wonderful. i love it. i also want -- [applause] beyond that, beyond where they

are in the political perspective, one thing that is very exciting for me is to see the eye on the money because at the end of the day in politics, whether you like it or you don't like it, we run on money in this political system. and in order to run and be viable, you need that funding. so i think that this is really where the future of the maturation of latino politics lays. in having, not just people who say i'm on this side of the spectrum or i'm on that one, but literally putting their money where their mouth is. >> so money where their mouth is. ok. cristobal, your institution came out of the futuro fund, right? this was eva longoria, henry muneyose and other efforts to bring -- munoz and other efforts to bring money into the political system. daniel, you referenced economic power as really being part of the pillars of latino

development. so money is a common thread here. where does money, from your perspective -- you talked about developing economic wealth -- >> frankly, whether it's a church a chamber of commerce, any kind of institution, the accumulation and sufficiency of capital is critical to advancing any kind of -- any kind of effort or messaging or advocacy that you want to do. so it is a lifeblood, you're shrill right about that. with that you're limited in what you can do. but it also positions you to do things that normally you wouldn't do if you don't have the resources. i think as a community, you know, we have evolved, we have stepped up, you know, when it comes to being able now to seek contributions and donations from americans, you know, who are aligned. look, frankly, i am a conservative. that's what i believe. that's what we advance. it's a game where you got to get your ideas into the marketplace

and if people buy those ideas then they're going to join you. so that's the game. and you need capital to do that. >> let me change this a little bit. just remembering cristobal, last year on the stage one of your founders was here, henry munoz, in his capacity as a member of the -- leader of the d.n.c. he was talking about how latinos have benefited -- the democratic party had benefited from latinos' participation but he also sat there and was faced with a question that is -- where are the latinos in the cabinet? where is the progress? he admitted that the progress has not been achieved. is the democratic party at risk of losing latinos to daniel's efforts because of the neglect or takes us for granted? >> so what henry also has said before is that -- and the reason the latino victory project is nonpartisan is we can't be taken for granted by any party or any

candidate. we got to build our own power. for the future of this country, then we have to take that future in our own hands and get it done ourselves. that's also connected to this money question. i think it's so important that we talk about that because our community is not used to talking about this question. the futuro fund is the first time they broke the code and figured out, how do we get latinos engaged in the political process? they flexed their financial muscle for the first time. for us what that means is to be successful, to increase the number of latinos that are elected, to get you more members, arturo, we need to actually invest in our own community. that's why we launched the program first. many of our families we have the eldest daughter, usually, that hits the first milestones, educational, financial milestones. first lawyer, first doctor, first software engineer. eva longoria calls them the c.e.o.'s of the families. they are generally apolitical. they have not been asked to give before.

they need to invest in our community. they will deliver the first latino or latina president of the united states. [applause] >> really quickly. i wanted to sum it up. you know, you sum up the pain points. [speaking spanish] we need to put into our community that notion of writing checks. the anglo community is able to do that. they've just become accustomed to doing it. it's not part of our routine and it's something we need to start doing. i don't care if it's $5. if it's $100,000, great. but it starts with the routine and we know from political research that once you do something you're more likely to just keep doing it over and over again. so i think your organizations are really critical in starting that tradition of money giving. >> you want to follow-up?

>> i was just going to say, a telling statistic in the state of texas, only 25% of latinos have been reached out to by a political organization or candidate. only 25%. it's no wonder that only 38% is the turnout rate for texans while in florida it's 62% for latinos. so you're seeing a disparity there in messaging, in folks, you know, getting the word, informing the electorate about the issues that matter to them, that's going to improve their society, that's going to improve their families. so that's the effort that we're involved in is to get our messaging to the communities. it is a marketplace of ideas. and money is critical. >> so let's talk about texas then. because this is, you know, it is the big prize increasingly so. as it continues, even a bigger prize in california. picked up four congressional seats after this last redistricting, reapportionment, largely because of the growth of

latinos in the state. 65% of texas' growth was latino. daniel, there is a lot of effort by cristobal's friends to turn texas from red from purple to blue. obviously i think you're probably looking at that -- you're based in texas yourself. >> correct. >> how are you going to stop that? >> well, obviously we want more hispanic engagement. we want more hispanics engaged in the political process but we want more conservative hispanics. that's not a secret agenda. that's what we're about. and so turn texas blue goes against everything we're about. so battleground texas, of course, is a threat to us. and so we have to engage. we have to get into the communities. we have to work with churches. we have to work with chamber of commerces. we have to work with our partners on the ground. we are also creating a volunteer force. we're going to have about 3,000 folks that are going to be on the ground helping us to advance

conservative principles, conservative ideas. talking about the marketplace. talking about limited government, these kinds of things. we are well on our way to enlisting those folks who are already helping us. we have offices and staff already in dallas and houston and south texas and in san antonio. so that's what it's all about. it's engagement. i think at the same time it's an opportunity to also engage our young, you know, and get them involved in the political process at a certain age where they can begin to see the political process from the inside. for far too long the latino community was on the outside looking in. and i think that's why [speaking spanish] back in the 1960's and 1970's we had to march, we had to protest, we had to have our fist in the air because that's all we had. it was uncomfortable to do that. that's the only solution that we had. now we're on the inside. this is a new generation that is much more sophisticated, that is now in the congressional staff offices, in the state legislatures, in high elected

offices. let's use those resources and let's drive the conversation. both on the left and on the right and now let's -- >> we'll come to that because there are still a lot of latinos marching in the streets and holding sit-ins. we'll talk about the immigration effort in a second. cristobal, to you, are there really realistic prospects of a blue texas? >> there's no doubt that latinos in texas are going to build latino political power and that's going to change the course of this country. it's just a matter of when. for us, we're taking the longview. we're a startup conversation but with an eye on 2020 because in 2020 you have some things that rarely happen at the same time which is a presidential election, census, followed by redistricting and latino jorts in the two biggest states, california and texas. we have to be ready for that we have to be ready with our leadership pipeline. we have to be ready with our resources. we have to be ready to get latinos out to vote.

if we are successful, turn out record voters, elect a record number of latinos, we can help drive the redistricting line and help drive policies for the balance of the century. we need to get everything in place, especially in texas, to get that kind of impact. now, i have to point this out. i like daniel. i think he's a nice guy. >> has a nice jacket on. >> has the nicest jacket in the building. [laughter] and i think he's honest. i really do. i think what he said is accurate. i think the ads that are actually attacking latino candidates, we have so few, and i don't like libre initiatives, latinos that are champions for immigration, that bothers me. but he's honest. but his ads are not. the reason i point this out is we have a couple of people in texas that can change that state starting now. we've got pete gallego in the

rio grande valley from san antonio over towards el paso who is an incumbent who has put his neck out. and the statewide elected lieutenant governor, she's a rising star. we have other rising stars across the country. i would just like you to hold your fire on our latino candidates. >> what cristobal is saying is to demonize the messenger. he says the left doesn't -- it doesn't play politics either as if the left doesn't message, you know, to positions, their positions or their ideas. look, everything that we do is fact check. everything we do we have to stand by it. everything we do has to be ethical. and so, you know, it's a game of let's have this conversation and we're going to have that conversation and we're not going to back down because it's not about pete gallego. it's about pete gallego's ideas. we don't want centralized

government. we don't want collectivism. we don't want liberal policies that lean more toward dependency instead of self-reliance. we don't want bigger government. that's the idea, the battle we're having so let's have that conversation. i'm not going to play the game, i'm going to back away from latino policies. i think conservative principles is better for our community. i'll drive that regardless. >> express the sentiments towards non-latino candidates. there are probably a lot of candidates that ideas you don't want to see that you can go after. if you think of people in florida like representative garcia they're doing a tremendous job father our community. to go after them i think -- >> i want to get into the issue of immigration now. and vicky, i want to start with you. your capacity workinwi