acuna is talking to them before one practice.t what mariachi means to you guys. >> i might get emotional right now cause. mariachis. makes me feel accepted. for who i am. like, i don't mean to cry, sorry , it's just like when i'm here, i feel, i feel the love. amna: alejandra, how often did you hear that sentiment from the students? >> i mean, most days, you know, mariachi, the mariachi classroom was a safe space for these students. it was where they really felt accepted and they felt like they could be who they are, you know, all of these students had totally different associations wth this music. some students were like me, um, i grew up with this music. i love this music. it reminds me of home, and some students, they were playing mariachi for the first time. they don't speak spanish. but they're feeling connected to it. and i thought that was really. -- really special. and so, yeah, i mean, that, that to me is the heart of the movie. it's like exactly what we hope to capture within this film. amna: you mentioned this takes pl

and many certainly went to acuna to get dental work done. and those kinds of things. but in the city right, they would have limited access. but here the school is now serving as a critical site to provide health care services to the people in need of those things. and all of this was free of charge and it doesn't have to do those things. that's not the job of the school district, but the school district did that because it knew it needed to transformative not just to student learners, but it need to be transformed to to their families and to the entire community as well. because if we all uplift and none of us are going to uplift as with what the district and and studies and, graduate studies. now, what they tell you is that the community school. right so in a sense but we see that san felipe actually did that a ago so very very impactful yeah and but the way we you know, it's a good way to think about it is the way we sort of consider studies today a curriculum that is inclusive of culture, a curriculum that is inclusive of community parents. a community i mean, a cu

alicia acuna is live in phoenix. good morning to you. >> good morning, dana and bill. vice president harris is coming to arizona to court latino voters but she arrives on defense. here is a portion from an abc news interview from yesterday. >> here is how i think about it. i really want to bring our country together. >> you are promising to -- how do you convince some supporters of that when you are calling their candidate a would be dictator, petty tyrant? >> i'm talking to everyone as an american regardless of who they voted for. >> harris also has her work cut out for her here in arizona, which has the largest hispanic population of the battleground states. a recent maris poll of arizona likely latino voters find trump leads airis 53 to 46% with a margin of error off 3.0. they moved arizona to leaning republican. the former president has an edge in the battleground. president biden beat trump in this state by a little more than 10,000 votes in 2020. on the issues polls consistently show harris is most trusted on reproductive rights but trump leads on economy and bor

alicia acuna has been following all of it from phoenix. hello. >> hi, sandra.est voting jurisdiction in the country. in maricopa county, more than 700,000 voters have turned in ballots. statewide its one point to million. more have come from register republicans, which follows that parties 2024 messaging to turn out voters early. historically you need to win maricopa to win the 11 cultural votes. focusing on native americans. harris held a rally at the gila river reservation where earlier this month president biden apologize for the forced boarding school policy. biden won the state of emerging lesson 1% 2020 and that year there was a surge in turnout. tim walz was in navajo nation. j.d. vance told the community is coming around to the trunk. they have plans here in the state on halloween. >> sandra: alicia acuna live in phoenix. we will be watching all of it. thank you so much. is it a no-go for joe? axios reporting the harris campaign giving president joe biden the cold shoulder and it comes a last-minute campaigning. >> it's interesting to see the harrison c

in a moment we will hear from alicia acuna in arizona. rich edson in wink.d alexandria hoff in pennsylvania. first, let's take a look at some of the what if scenarios we may see in the rest of these battleground states tuesday. starting in georgia. it has the highest proportion of black voters of any battleground state. black voters overwhelmingly voted for president biden, leading to his victory in georgia in 2020. it received 91% of the black voters nationwide. recent polling shows vice president haste as you see a smaller edge than president biden received. in this case just judging by the recent polls we will give georgia to former president donald trump. now, early voting data can provide some insight into what we may see on election night. in pennsylvania democrat are seeing a great advance vote turnout than republicans so far. although former president trump has a small, small lead in the recent polls in this scenario, if it's moving that way, we will give pennsylvania, in this what if scenario to the democrats. so, former president trump won wisconsi

alicia acuna's live in arizona just west of phoenix. what did it they have to say to our reporters this morning? i understand she spoke just before she headed out west. >> it appears that she is trying to shift attention to issues where polls show she is the strongest like reproductive rights but there was a reporter in the room who said they noticed she has no longer calling herself an underdog in speeches and asked if she still considers herself one. >> i am putting it all in the field. and it will be a very tight race and i am running like the underdog because we are. donald trump has been running for the last decade. i've been in this race about three and a half months. and the stakes are so high. but i've been saying for quite some time regardless of what the polls say, we will win. >> she is arriving in arizona to court latino voters. this state has the largest hispanic population of the battleground states. a recent poll of arizona, likely latino voters show that trump leads harris 56% to 46% that is a margin of 3.7. she lands on

. >> ainsley: alicia acuna live in arizona. >> hi, good morning, ainsley.ood morning to everybody. yes, both harris and trump are bringing their closing arguments out west today. the former president is starting his day in albuquerque, new mexico, it's a borders state also a competitive race there then to nevada and finally a late appearance in glendale, arizona. vice president harris beginning her day here in arizona. then on to reno and las vegas. harris has her work cuts out for her in arizona. of.polls are razor thin. her running mate hit on during a compare stop. >> one vote, one or two votes per precinct in the state of arizona can make kamala harris president. it's that simple. [cheers] >> fox news most recent power rankings moved arizona from toss-up to leaning republican. the former president appears to have an enduring age in this battleground. polls consistently show him leading with voters top two issues the economy and the border. is he also ahead with a key constituency here. a recent marist poll of arizona likely latino voters found trump lea

liz: great reporting, alicia acuna, thank you so much. >> came out that 13,099 were let in during theirion. violent gang members attacking innocent people and tour is in places like new york's time scare. they repeatedly get let out of jail immediately, why? because of the lenient uhl crime laws and happening across the nation. they're calling them wolf pack robberies and fiver or more suspects surround them and use guns and myself. what are you seeing, jason in >> we are seeing this and i hope everyone understands that we have the juvenile crime crisis for all sorts of different reasons, most of which are tied to the criminal justice reforms that we saw 2020-2022 and now add the element of them being in the country illegally, it make it is even more difficult for law enforcement potential cooperation between agencies at local level and national level not allowed to occur. we'll continue to see this and especially because the folks know how to play the system the same way that gang members know how to pour into the country illegally because of american citizens. liz: these gang member h

truly fascinating report from alicia acuna fox news in arizona there. >> what's your message to michiganers in terms of the economy? we have auto workers who have being laid off and those who fear that they might be laid off. the average person can't afford groceries or their rent and recent polls in michigan show that michigan voters believe that donald trump would do a better job with handling the economy and bringing jobs back. what do you say to that? >> well let's start with this. i come from the middle class. >> i think what voters are struggling with and we've heard this across the state is when you discuss your plans they come back and ask, well why haven't you done it already? >> well i'm not president. >> you're vice president. >> yeah, exactly but i'm going to tell you what i'm doing as president when i have the ability then to do what i know based on my experience is a new approach. it is about building on the good work that has happened. liz: what good work has happened? really? i mean, inflation compounded, above 20%. what is kamala harris talking about? she's not answering

. >> dana: alicia acuna is live from phoenix, arizona. the state of the race appears to be shifting. good morning. >> good morning, dana. both campaigns as you know every vote counts at this point. they have their top surrogates on the ground here pushing that early vote and courting female voters right now. last night lara trump, co-chair for the gop party and daughter-in-law to the former president outlined the women's team tour stop in phoenix and dana patrick appearing with kari lake who trails the democratic congressman in most polls. she said she would never pass a federal abortion pan or pass federal dollars to fund them. these are states deciding on abortion access. reproductive rights are a big issue behind the economy and immigration. the wife of tim walz will be in arizona today for a get out the early vote event and plans to focus on issues impacting families. we talked to some women about what is driving their decisions. >> securing the border and boosting our economy, and yeah, just as a woman i don't think too much goes int