>> hinojosa: you ultimately did... they did... >> yeah. >> hinojosa: i guess it was actor's equity that basically had to make a decision to allow you to perform. >> right. >> hinojosa: but opening night there were picketers, there were protestors. >> there were picketers throughout previews, too. i mean, during one of the preview performances there were picketers that came into the balcony. and so we were doing this... we were onstage already, we were doing a preview performance. and then we just hear this screaming in the balcony. and i'm thinking... i'm looking up going, "what's going on up there? we're trying to do a show," you know? "are you going to give us a little respect?" >> hinojosa: people were also very upset about the fact that miss saigon... you know, the terms that would be used now would be to say well, it was a show that was looking at the forced trafficking of women in vietnam who were forced to become sexual objects against their will. and you know, this whole drama is made around them, and there's a love story. but do you think that... >> the show would exist today?

we're going to get into that, okay, gay muslim nurse. >> by the way, maria hinojosa... >> hinojosa: hinojosa. >> did i say it right? >> hinojosa: you're working on it. you're a gay muslim nurse on the show nurse jackie on showtime... >> yes. >> hinojosa: ...could also be puerto rican. >> yes. >> hinojosa: so we're going to put that aside, come back to it, because we're going to start off by talking about the movie the visitor, which was an oscar nominated film. just to clue people in-- because the visitor is an amazing film, but it wasn't a blockbuster-- so what is the story of the movie the visitor? >> well, actually, you know, for a small budget film, it was a blockbuster. >> hinojosa: really? >> you know, because it's... you have... you can't like, look at it in terms of like, the big studio films. small budget films... it did really well inhe box office. it was actually one of the best reviewed films, and did amazingly in the box office, so everyone was really happy about that. >> hinojosa: that's wonderful. >> and it almost sort of gave hope back to hollywood, because it was sort of los

>> hinojosa: oh, my gosh! >> okay. >> hinojosa: so and you end up, you know, addressing the ted conference, and u end up meeting vice president al gore... >> uh-huh. >> hinojosa: ...and that moment when you meet al gore is pretty amazing, right? >> it was. >> hinojosa: because he basically says to you, "oh, just apply for a grant," you know, "we're going to include you in the environmental stuff." and you said to him... >> well, actually, he didn't say it includes me in the environmental stuff. >> hinojosa: oh. >> it was more of, like, a brush-off. the, you know, "apply for a grant" was kind of like, "we'll have these little things that, you know, th's what we do for folks that don't really deserve a seat at he table." and i was just like, "no, we all need to have a seat at the table." it's big enough for all of us. >> hinojosa: i love that. you're replying to the vice president... >> yeah. >> hinojosa: ...former vice president, and saying, "no, no, no, no, no. i'm not asking for anything; i'm telling you... >

i'm maria hinojosa, this is one on one. lin-manuel miranda, welcome to our program. >> thank you for having me. >> hinojosa: so you're the lyricist, performer, and composer of the award winning in the heights on broadway which tells the story of this barrio, this neighborhood in northern manhattan, and it becomes this amazing musical of survival of this community. and you started writing that when you were in college. >> yeah. >> hinojosa: so did you ever imagine, "yeah, it's going to end up on broadway," or was that just like an illusion? >> oh, i imagined it! ( laughing ) i mean, you wouldn't write it if you didn't feel like it was... it was worth something, but i imagined it in the way that you imagine being a jedi when you are three years old, you know? it's in the realm of possibility, and sure, maybe one day. but you know, i just... i knew that i wanted to write, i knew that i wasn't good at anything else, and i just... i knew there weren't enough musicals to keep me employed as a latino actor if i wanted to go into t

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quinones- hinojosa here.thers would make canada a role model for our graduates as they embark on their journey -- that would make him a role model. he said yes. that conversation did me an opportunity to speak in spanish, which is one of my favorite languages, and confirm for me that the doctor and i both literally and figuratively speak the same language. [speaking spanish] [applause] chairman alton and trustee wagner, please join me at the podium. i am deeply honored to introduce to you our second honorary degree recipient, who will after the awarding of the degree address the class of 2011 as the commencement speaker. please join me in welcoming to the podium and dr. alfredo quinones-hinojosa. [applause] and now the magic words. by virtue of the authority vested in me by the board of trustees of southern vermont college, i hereby confer upon new a degree of doctor of humane letters, with all their rights, privileges, and obligations there and to appertaining. ladies and gentlemen, our commencement speaker,

hinojosa of texas for today, ms. mccollum of minnesota for today and mr. markey of massachusetts for today, mrs. napolitano of california for today, mrs. pastor from florida for today and tuesday, may 24, and mr. sutton of ohio for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 2011, the gentlewoman from the sixth district -- i'm sorry, from vermont -- from the virgin islands, mrs. christensen, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee for the minority leader. mrs. christensen: thank you, mr. speaker. and i'm pleased to lead the congressional black caucus in this hour to talk about jobs and the need for job creation in communities across this country. and before i begin i'd like to skrks mr. speaker, unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the subject of this special order which is jobs. amid reports of improvement in the economy and the april jobs report was one of thos