c-span's profiles of congressional freshmen continues tonight with arizona democrat reuben gallego. scholarship to harvard, but later dropped out to join the marines. he talks about his experiences his family, and his new life in washington. this is a little over 20 minutes. >> congressman seventh congressional district of arizona, a couple months as a freshman -- what is it like? >> it is fascinating. every day brings a new challenge. every day i get to do something very interesting and every day i miss home. but i am glad i am here -- i feel like i am doing good work. >> how that somebody who was born in chicago and up in arizona? >> i followed a woman out there who was not my wife. what happened was i was in new mexico with my wife, working in the 2004 election. while there, i got activated and sent to iraq. when i

paul johnson: in arizona, we created the central arizona shelter that was an organization that started while i was in office. and i was involved in putting together. we put business leaders on that group because our legislature and others completely ignored the issue. it was amazing how after we put corporate people on that board that they came up with good processes and procedures. they did a good job of keeping the organization healthy. they also became a voice to the other side. a concept that i would stress to you today is understanding the importance of symbiotic mutualism. you have to find ways to take these issues and bring people together on them. to educate and listen to one another. it is much more healthy for democracy and has a much greater sustainability. [applause] tio hardiman: homelessness is part of my platform when i ran for governor in illinois. i will keep that up there. >> i am a third-year student at the university of north carolina at greensboro. i have a question for the panel. that social and structural change to a capitalistic society whose foundation is bound

. >>> she is the university of arizona researcher making national news for her study on marijuana and its impact on veterans with ptsd. >> as the sun rises in phoenix, a battle is heating up at the university of arizona. june 27th, 2014, nearly four months after the revolutionary ptsd and marijuana study was approved. >> hr notified me just a little before 5:00 on a friday. >> the university of arizona has fired dr. sue sisley. >> i was stunned because they stripped me of all of my work. >> her work, studying medical marijuana. >> it is so disheartening for all these veterans who have stood shoulder to shoulder with me. >> her termination became national news. >> veterans are demanding that she be allowed to continue her work. >> the pot study has now hit a major snag. >> a snag because without a job, sisley's historic study is without a home. i spoke to her soon after her dismissal. >> what do you think's happening? >> i think arizona legislature is dominated by several very extreme thinkers who are opposed to this type of research, even though this is an fda approved study. it's a r

when i returned, my wife have established yourself in arizona with a good job in-house. i had just left the military. once you are done you are done so i didn't have a job and arizona was a good option. >> let's take a step back>>. your family is originally from mexico and central america. they came to the u.s. when? >> my mom came to the 1970's. >> by chicago? -- why a chicago? >> a lot of industrial, good paying jobs, cheap housing. that was a good draw. the second and third largest latino populations. >> raised by a single mom -- when did your dad leave? >> around 11. >> any memories? >> many, and that is what made him -- he was a construction worker. i worked on the farm and looked up to him as a father figure. but when everything went south it went bad. i don't think he reacted well to it and it caused a lot of problems. that is why it hurts so much to see someone i looked up to abandon us. >> can i ask you what happened? >> a lot of things happened, that essentially he had a construction company that was employing a lot of people. he also didn't pay his taxes and e

this video surfacing late today, released by a police department north of tucson arizona. on it an officer appears to use his police cruderiser to take down a suspect. as i said before the video is difficult to watch. the suspect survives. we want to take you back to that moment now. >> stay off. >> you can see the pa control car about to hit the suspect. can you hear a voice inside the car -- >> oh! >> just stunned by this. authorities say the suspect had a stolen gun, had fired a shot. the suspect was taken to the hospital now back in jail. and the police chief tonight reportedly acknowledging, this is not standard protocol. abc's mara schiavocampo leading us off. >> reporter: tonight, newly released police dash cam video. arizona police telling us they were per suing a man they say was a suspect in several thefts including allegedly stealing a rifle. the video, showing officers following the suspect, mario valencia as we walks down the street. keeping their distance because they believe he may be armed and dangerous. then suddenly a second cruiser speeds by driving onto

all good things and bad things come out of arizona. [laughter] >> arizona's state legislator -- state legislature sued a redistricting commission that had been established by a referendum to remedy the horrendous gerrymandering that takes place in arizona and elsewhere. state legislator sued the commission. the supreme court agreed to hear the case and the state legislature took the position that because the constitution said only the legislature can decide matters pertaining to congressional elections, not the people. what ties this together, hopefully, people will begin to see that this is a matter of sovereignty. if people do not govern, if that is not the source of power, if the legislature can say, issues that go directly to the people can be nullified by the courts or the legislature, then the very fundamentals of democracy are called into question, and that is what can tie all this together. [applause] >> if i can add onto that, the importance of that discussion is at the core. if you look at the case law, how it developed in de

in arizona there is arizona united. >> yeah! >> yes.se guys getting out there, having a good time getting their training and putting together a video. they recently received a new transfer from the united kingdom. >> oh, my -- >> do you know what's funny? such a distinct difference. i was checking out the players' legs and then we got to ollie. it was like oh! >> thanks for the confidence boost, guys. >> we've seen so many of these truck shot videos that i decide to find out how hard it is. i come down to arizona united to pull off an epic trick shot. or not as the case may be. >> when they're out there, training they do this trick shot bit of training. hit the cross bar. >> no! >> they try to float the ball in and hit the bar at the top of the goal. it's unreal. >> it is ridiculous. not three seconds after we start, these guys just start rain reigning them in. >> what can you do? >> i tried to get a bit of device from scott from scotland. >> okay. ollie, keep your head down. get it straight underneath the ball. >> they line up a whole

. >> in arizona we created the central arizona shelter which was an organization that started while i was in office, and i was involved in putting together. we put business leaders on that group and it was manna because our legislature and others completely ignored the issue. it is amazing how after we put corporate people on the board first they came up with good processes and procedures. they did a good job of dealing with financial, keeping the or commission healthy, they also became a voice to the other side. again my concept i think i would really stressed do today is understanding the importance of symbiotic mutualism. you have to find ways to take these issues and bring people together on them, to educate to listen to one another. when that happens it's much more healthy for democracy and it has a much greater sustainability. [applause] >> fondness is part of my -- homelessness is part of my platform would iran for governor in illinois. i will keep that up there. >> i am a third year student at the university of north carolina at greensboro. i study human development and family

the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona. mr. gosar: i rise for another amendment that will reduce the backlog of army corps of engineer projects by providing resources to the corps' construction budget. i applaud for the resources above the president's budget request but the recommended level is $8.5 million below the 2015 level. a drought is plaguing the west. more than 92% of the state of california is experiencing severe drought. over scientists claim this is the worst drought for western states in more than 100 years and approximately 60% of the west is experiencing moderate drought or worst affecting 52 million people. at a time of historic drought, we shouldn't be reducing construction dollars that improve infrastructure, improve ecosystem restoration, provide clean water. the committee report on this bill raised important concerns about the cuts proposed by this administration to the corps of engineers' construction budget. from the committee report, i quote, the construction account would see the largest reduction $467 m

the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona. mr. go sar: i rise to offer an amendment -- mr. gosar: i rise to offer an amendment that would raise money to hire and train personnel for the purposes of reducing the veterans disability claims backlog. by way of background, the v.a.'s budget justification for fiscal year 2016 requests an increase of $12 million for its office of general council -- general counsel but on the very next page it says it needs $4 million to, quote, address increases in the legal work load. the v.a. budget justification also says that the v.a.'s goal is to have an adecisional 45 full-time equivalent lawyers for its office of general counsel which would take the total number of attorneys up to 757. according to the committee report, for the last five years the committee has fully funded the president's budget request for additional full-time equivalents yet the claim backlogs remain. my amendment seeks to reprogram money within the veterans benefit administration from the office of general counsel and put it t

paul johnson: in arizona, we created the central arizona shelter that was an organization that startedle i was in office. and i was involved in putting together. we put business leaders on that group because our legislature and others completely ignored the issue. it was amazing how after we put corporate people on that board that they came up with good processes and procedures. they did a good job of keeping the organization healthy. they also became a voice to the other side. a concept that i would stress to you today is understanding the importance of symbiotic mutualism. you have to find ways to take these issues and bring people together on them. to educate and listen to one another. it is much more healthy for democracy and has a much greater sustainability. [applause] tio hardiman: homelessness is part of my platform when i ran for governor in illinois. i will keep that up there. >> i am a third-year student at the university of north carolina at greensboro. i have a question for the panel. that social and structural change to a capitalistic society whose foundation is bound on

liz: arizona state university's phil regere. good luck. that is great.ood sounding program. >> thank you very much. david: thank you for coming on. great partnership. >> you bet. liz: samsung suffered at the hands of industry giant, oh, yes, it is apple, for years now but is the smartphone maker reaching a turning point with that thing, the brand new pending release of the much-anticipated galaxy s6? >> i'm gerri willis. coming up on my show, i will speak with the ceo of h&r block. we'll talk about tax season and fraud, some. big issues with the taxpayers. that some coulding up on "the willis report" in just a few minutes. people ship all kinds of things. but what if that thing is a few hundred thousand doses of flu vaccine. that need to be kept at 41 degrees. while being shipped to a country where it's 90 degrees. in the shade. sound hard? yeah. does that mean people in laos shouldn't get their vaccine? we didn't think so. from figuring it out to getting it done, we're here to help. gerri: samsung is forecasting disappointing sales for the march quarter

from the university of arizona. he compelled and went on to be the first elected mexican american county attorney and later the first mexican american judge in a superior court. this was just the beginning of castro's improbable journey. he went on to serve as u.s. ambassador to three latin american countries, lyndon johnson sent him to el salvador and bolivia, where he stayed for a short time under president nixon, before returning to arizona and making the first of two bids for governor. after two of the closest gubernatorial elections in state history, castro once again trumped all odds and became the state's first latino elected to serve as governor. he defeated his opponent by less than one percentage point and recalls being 4,000 votes behind until the navajo voters' ballots were counted and that turned out to be the margin of his victory. castro served 2 1/2 years as governor before resigning. when president carter asked him to be ambassador to argentina. let me quote detectly from raul castro's memoir publis

i want to let y'all know i'm here in arizona right now. >> big story this week. you probably heard it. r kelly. >> i'm not going to perform even though i'm right here in my trailer. >> did not perform at soul fest arizona. was scheduled to perform on april 25th. no no. videos are still popping up. angry fans. people who paid a lot of money to see r. kelly. >> i'm here and there's nothing. >> people are not happy. you can see chairs have been thrown. >> i think that ticket said the money was nonrefundable. >> you son of a [ bleep ]. you and your momma. >> soul fest arizona posted on their facebook page people will be getting a refund. however, r. kelly also responded to his fans. >> i just got bad news in my management. they told me they did not give me my money. >> he was in the trailer at the concert venue ready to go on stage in this video he posted and said it was not an issue with him, it was the promoters. he had not gotten paid. >> nothing personal against my fans but this is business y'all, i hope y'all understand. are. >> that's happened to other artist.

but i don't know what exists in arizona for every state. i really do think that what chad provided and what his dad provided in california was the ability to be strategic, to look at it, to think about it, and to try to figure out a campaign strategy that would get them to a win number. at the end of the day, all that matters -- what do you win and what do you lose? at least the people we care about that are affected by these policies -- if we lose, we have done nothing. we may be moved the ball a little. but you have to think about whether you are ranked voting or talk to, whether you are on a. primary or general election. what are you going to do to lose it? it will be enough to create the change that we want. >> i would only add one thing to those very good remarks, which is that study your yes vote and factor that in, because it may be different in different places. take some time to build support for it, like rushing can be seductive but it is usually dangerous. >> thank you all. >> yes? >> my name is katie byrne and i am a freshman at

police in arizona released video of a controversial takedown. we have to say something, i feel like we say each and every week, it comes to police video what you are about to see is graphic. it happened this past february. suspect mario valencia was spotted after allege lead stealing a rifle from a store. >> man is down. >> it is, it is shocking and horrifying. here is what it looked from the police car that crashed into valencia who survived by the way. he spent two days in hospital before police took him into custody. all right, well the local police chief is praising the officer who plowed into valencia. i spoke to him a short time ago. chief of police, tony rosama, thank you for joining us from marana, in arizona. i want to start with your rinse to the dash-cam video first. and what, what we see of course, is this police officer driving his car at great speed, right at that suspect, and arizona police claim that by intentionally using a car to run into the suspect, mario valencia, that they saved his life. how does that argument work and you

. ♪ it was a typical monday morning at the transamerica title insurance company in tempe, arizona.here were only four employees, all friends, who spent their workdays processing paperwork. 46-year-old julie williams had been working at transamerica for two months. >> she had gotten this new job. things were going really well for her, she was happy. when i talked to her on the phone, she always expressed how well things were going and how she was really starting to feel a sense of peace and joy in her life. >> on the monday morning, around 9:00 a.m., julie got a drink from the water cooler. after taking a sip, she said that her lips and tongue were burning and warned her co-workers not to drink the water. >> she walks down to the bathroom, she goes into the bathroom. the people were kind of worried about her. >> the other employees were baffled. >> they got some water out of the water cooler and tasted it and it burned their mouths and they had to spit it out. >> meanwhile, julie never returned from the bathroom. >> she is in the stall. they can't open the door because basically her

the university of arizona helped him secure a patent and then licensed the technology to him.ormed a company called iron shell. experiments on ferrock's strength are underway at arizona state university in phoenix. >> reporter: professor narayanan neithalath, a civil engineer who develops sustainable materials is running the tests. >> when you talk to anybody about concrete of course the thing they will ask you is what's the strength? it's a much tougher material that will resist cracking. which is much more tougher. actually we found out in our work that this is about 5 times tougher than your conventional portland cement concrete. >> reporter: that strength might help protect a building from an earthquake, a tornado or even a bomb, like the one that brought down the federal building in oklahoma city in 1995. >> what happened in oklahoma city bombing was the explosion demolished all the columns of the building and the building crashed because of the, the weight of it and the columns not being able to support them. but if i have a blast resistant material or something made out

they will start on the road in arizona on monday. giants fans will have to wait a week to see them in san francisco. at&t park has new food options for fans this season. ktvu's joe fonzi has a look otwhat you can expect. >> reporter: this definitely qualifies. even though opening day is a week away. when it comes to the sports frannizes, right now the giants have to be considered the top dog. there are three world series championships in 5 years. but they have also done a great job of creating a buzz on the streets for every home game. >> we would like to think of each game as a party. each game is a festival. people come together. >> we feel blessed the fans embraced baseball in san francisco. last year we won the world series and we had real dips during the season and i didn't hear booing. the fans were with us. >> reporter: when everybody is happy that is reflected in the team's ad campaign. >> i got you now. >> my snake. >> impossible. >> reporter: maybe the biggest challenge for a team that already has a full house every game, g

from tucson, arizona, a border litigation attorney for the american civil liberties union of arizona, he works on cases relating to civil and human rights violations. and also out of tucson, he says he has been stopped more than 300 times and frequently, films his check point refusals, his channel has gotten close to 2 million views. thank you for joining us, you say you have been stopped more than 300 times why? and over what period of time. >> sure. well, the border patrol first set up a check point along a rout that i frequent to our remote site. near mile marker 146.5, which is just a few miles outside of 3 points arizona. what is interesting about this check point, is that it is set up along the secondary rout, that runs east to west. it never intersects the border and my remote work site doesn't take me to the border, in fact, i am about how miles away, but since 2008, i have had to go through this check point on the order of about 50 to 60 times every year. that puts me through 300 stops back in 2008. >> all right, i want to play a clip you provided to us about refusing to comp

host: how did somebody born in chicago end up in arizona? rep. gallego: i followed a woman out there who is now my wife. essentially what happened was i was in new mexico with my wife because i was working in the 2004 elections. while there, i got activated and sent to iraq. when i returned, my wife had established herself very well in arizona with a good job and a house. i had just left the military. leaving the marines, once you are done, you are done so i did not have a job or a place to live so arizona was a good option at that point. host: let's take a step back. your family is originally from mexico and central america. rep. gallego: and columbia. host: came to the u.s. when? rep. gallego: my mom came to the 1970's. my dad also came in the late 1970's. host: why chicago? rep. gallego: chicago was a good place for immigrants at that point. it still is. a lot of industrial base. good paying jobs, cheap housing. that was a good draw. people forget, chicago is the second and third largest latino population in the country. host: raised by a sing

arizona and texas they have a lot of trouble with illegal aliens being deported and coming back.here is a guy in arizona who is arrested for transporting illegal aliens into the united states who says he has been deported 20 times. roll the tape. >> a man driving away from a traffic stop leading pinnal county deputies in a high speed chase covering 30 miles. all this happened, the driver finally got off the freeway at rigs road and finally ramming through the entrance of a sun lakes community and from there,he tried to run but he was eventually caught. pin nell county sheriff says the suspect is an illegal immigrant who claimed he has been deported more than 20 times. abc 15 has confirmed he has been removed from the u.s. five times and has no violent criminal conviction. >> all right. so, we also have confirmed it's five times on the federal books he could have been deported at the border and all of this. but the fact remains. this guy may not be a violent guy but he is still a criminal. is he trying -- he is a coyote. he is trying to smuggle people into the u.s.a. >> he felony

he returns to competitive swimming today at a meet in arizona.sion after a second drunken driving arrest that was last fall. the 18-time olympic champion says he's feeling great after attending alcohol rehab and now wants to prove it. >> i would like to show everybody in the world that i am in a different place and i am much better than i ever have been. >> he says he won't be competing at this summer's world championships. that's part of u.s. swimming punishment for his arrest. he remains on an 18-month probation. >> got a used ipad for you. what do you give me for it? >> a used ipad? >> is it an older model? >> let's say i've had two. what would you give me for it? >> about 100 bucks. >> that's about right. ebay now, 100 to $250 what those are going for. $30,000 is what one is going for. >> no, come on. >> $30,000 for an ipad. a buyer did pay, it's a special ipad. it once belonged to that guy. pope francis. >> now you tell us. >> it has an elaborate inscription on the back and comes with a certificate of authenticity. proceeds are going to a sc

ilia: el departamento de policÍa en arizona publicÓ un vÍdeo tomado por la cÁmara de una patrulla delejaba atropello de manera violenta a un sospechoso a quien perseguÍa para detenerlo. vilma: la policÍa estaba persiguiendo al hombre de camiseta blanca quien acababa de robarse un arma en una tienda. el oficial detiene su auto despuÉs que valencia disparÓ al aire y le informa a las otras autoridades que iban a apoyarlo, lo que sucediÓ. me comunica a sus compaÑeros que estÉn preparados, que el hombre volviÓ a cargar su arma, valencia camina por la calle y el auto patrullero se hace por el lado derecho y lo sigue. detÉngase, el arma estÁ cargada, le dice a los policÍas y acelera su marcha en direcciÓn al hombre que se subiÓ a la acera. de repente aparece otra patrulla de policÍas y se atraviesa frente al primer auto policial. la patrulla avanza en direcciÓn a mario valencia y lo embiste llevÁndoselo por delante. el policÍa que atropello a valencia se baja de inmediato de su vehÍculo apuntÁndole con el arma, del otro vehÍculo desciende un policÍa apuntando su arma. luego se baja de la pat

this is arizona -- in this cage. this is arizona, an exposed cage in the desert. they left her there, and she screamed and begged for water and the guards mocked her and eventually she collapsed and by the time they called an ambulance, she'd been cooked. no one was ever criminally punished for what they did to marsha powell because addict cans' lives don't matter in our culture. and they went and found the father of her children and got the story of her life which is heartbreaking and like billie holliday's story. she was trying to stunt her grief. i think it's partly explaining that addiction is caused by pain, and we need to to just tell a lot more real stories of real addicts. and, you know, i actually think most people are pretty compassionate, you know? most people are decent people, and most americans are lovely like all of you. [laughter] and, you know, if we tell those stories, i think that kind of mad, vindictive let's cook them in cages -- in cages memberralty, i think, will not thrive. .. that is an enormous and some of money. transferring money from s

ironic they spent the past six weeks in arizona.y are back here for a few games, they open the season in arizona. they go back and play the d- backs and the giants won't have another game here at at&t until a week from monday. >> the moon is turning orange for the giants. i don't know how the a's fans feel about that. >> i like that to start the season. if the moon turns green, we have a problem. so i'm actually glad -- >> bigger problems than that, right? >> we don't want the moon turning green. that would be bad. >> no. all right, paul, enjoy it. thanks. see you at clock. >>> a price is right model made a pricy mistake. but the contestant on the show loved it. she accidentally handed over a new car to the woman. go ahead, manuela. no! oh!! >> i won it! >> see what she did there? the contestant had three tries to guess the car's price. she only had to use one before the big whoops. the host took to twitter saying the model is not in any trouble and the contestant gets to keep the car. the model also tweeted, for those of you asking

. >>> a cop in arizona runs over a suspect on purpose and is called a hero tonight. >> hillary clinton way to connect with voters, lat tee. >> tonight, this tech ceo talks about why he just >> this crazy new video out of arizona tonight going around. a police officer mowing down a man with his cruiser. as cate caugurian reports, he is being praised for it. >> reporter: when arizona police took down a man suspected in a local crime spree in february, they didn't use a tazer or a service weapon. they used a squad car. police say the suspect identified as mario valencia had stolen a car and a gun from a wal-mart. in the video, he is seen and heard firing a gun into the air with police close by. moments later as one police user follows closely behind valencia, another speeds into frame and mows him down crashing through a cinder block wall. the police chief says the officer's actions saved lives. >> if we are going to choose between maybe we will let him go a little further and see what happens or take him out now and eliminate any opportunity that he has to hurt somebody. you are going to

arizona attended to do the same thing. -- arizona attempted to do the same thing.ecause there were such an overwhelming response, not from just the good arizonans, but the corporate communities and republicans as well, so before -- it did pass the legislature but before it became law, the governor of arizona jan brewer, vetoed it. so when major corporation spoke out and even hoosier republican spoke out on that, the ceo of angie's list is a republican, and they spoke out against the so-called religious freedom bill. the former chairman of the indiana republican party spoke out. so i was not surprised by that reaction. it is surprising to me that the politicians of the states, both indiana and arkansas, seem to be oblivious of what happened a year ago in arizona. amy: i want to turn to conservative radio host tammy bruce who is openly gay. she appeared on "fox & friends" thursday to argue gay rights activists had bullied a pizza shop in indiana who said it would not cater gay weddings and that the gay rights movement risks turning into fascist bullies. >> if there's

host: arizona independent caller. caller: thank you. i think we need to get the money as much as possible out of the system. so that our leaders in congress and the presidency do not have all these strings tied to them. commitments from big-money. the other thing i would like to say, excuse me, two people running for president of the united states is ridiculous. the most powerful office and person in the world and we have two representatives. it is too easy to control this office. thank you. guest: first that comment is an excellent point. the problem with the money is not just who can afford to run but what happens once they are in office. they are bringing to office all of the ious from their wealthy donors who bankrolled their campaign and put them there. the question is whether people once in office, public officials, are giving us the best policy they can craft based on the merits or whether we are getting policy based on the money. based on who is spending to support candidates and hit is lobbying once they are in office to shape

. >>> coming up in sports the giants try to take two of three games in arizona.est of the new comers makes a splash in his open debut. jason has highlights and all the sports next. ♪♪ at kaiser permanente everything you need is under one roof. another way care and coverage together makes life easier. okay, a little easier. become a member of kaiser permanente. because together, we thrive. ♪♪ female announcer: get three years interest-free financing on brand name mattress sets. plus, get free delivery, and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. sleep train's interest free for 3 event is on now! ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ all right welcome back. big bounce back nights for the a's and giants. first the g-men in arizona. he lies one to center field. he will come around and score. he's been hot the first three games. 3 for 4 today. bottom 4th chris is starting in the place of matt. he strikes out mark. he allowed a run but it was unearned. he five strike outs. nice little outing for him. his first home run as a giant. giants win 5-2. it's his first

i'm from salt river, arizona, the salt river community. i wanted to mention, i guess living and growing up around the metropolitan area of phoenix, scottsdale, mesa, fountain hills, and all those big cities around us, it was really hard growing up especially with the media that encouraged -- turned us into the european attitude culture thing that we assimilated to wanting cowboys to win over indians in the movies. i remember i was a cowboy fan growing up because of the cowboy name. it was tough. i really appreciate you all being strong enough and smart enough to get out and tell the truth. i want to say, i worked with the community council and the political side of things. i remember when i first got on council in 1998, i was working working with some representatives from mesa. mesa is right next to us. 79it is probably one of the friendliest communities we have. these representatives had never been on the reservation. they didn't know where the boundaries were. they didn't know the people that lived there. they had no idea what the issues

according to the arizona-mexico commission arizona points of entry are gateways to $41.6 billion in u.s.-mexican trade annually, of which nearly $16 billion is attributed to arizona's own trade with mexico. simply put without trade promotion authority the u.s. would be forced to stand on the sidelines as other countries move forward with their own trade agreements. and without renewing fast track authority, there is little chance of a successful resolution of the ongoing negotiations for the transpacific partnership or t.p.p. this agreement would allow american companies to do business more freely with some of the world's fastest growing economies. and as "the washington post" editorial put it this week, to the boon of the u.s. and world economies, add to the fact that t.p.p. would ensure that the pacific rim plays by u.s. style rules and regulations rather than china's neomercantilist rules. and you have a compelling case for swift approval. i agree. but unless we pass trade promotion authority legislation it will be difficult for the u.s. to become part of this vital partnership. i am

they call mesa, arizona the center of population for arizona. mayor. >> center of the universe. >> center of the universe, i'm sorry. >> don't sell us short, yeah. >> third largest city in arizona, the 38th largest city in the united states, and its history actually goes back 2,000 years ago, maybe we'll hear about this, with the tribes, and they developed canals in those communities, another form of transportation. mayor giles is the 40th mayor of mesa. he started his mayoralship in 2014 but he's had a long history with governance being on the city council, and in many, many organizations, boards and committees. he has a poly sci degree from byu, brigham young university, so he's a cougar. he has a law degree from arizona state, and has managed and practiced and manages a law office of his own. and born and raised in mesa. he's a marathoner. he's a triathlete. he has finished two full iron mans. and this year, he finished his 20th marathon and his fourth boston marathon. so i think, and i hope, we can keep up with him. lastly and not least the