chinese government to raise money for jeb bush, there is a flow of millions of dollars to jeb bush'slong multigenerational relationship. the crescendo, today neil bush runs the bush center, they deal with u.s.-chinese relationships, he goes to chinese state media talking about how you know the human rights situation is hung hong kong is understood by people in the west, and rights of people in hong kong are like those of people in united states, he has become an apologist for the chinese regime, and previously mentioned bush center is financed in part by united front groups, they are groups that are linked to chinese intelligence to push the chinese agenda overseas, this is a classic example of how they operate, it is influenced i think elements of the republican party and how they view china. for a long time they pushed line that greater commerce, greater dials with china would moderate china. that is not come to pass, only made china stronger. and so people have advocated that position and made money advocates for that position, and the bush family unfortunately is an example of th

project, mobilizing hispanics to vote for joe biden and served on the bush-cheney, romney-ryan and jeb bush presidential campaigns. cesar, we are leaving politics aside. antonio villaraigosa was the 41st mayor of los angeles who served two terms and also chaired the democratic national convention. and he is the partner and cochair of mercury public affairs. mindy romero is founder and director of the center for inclusive democracy at usc and is also a research assistant professor with expertise in latino political behavior, voting rights and political participation, and identity in political movements. our moderator is gloria molina. we are proud to have her as a fall 2021 fellow at the center for political future. she was the first latino elected to the california state assembly and a real pioneer, the first latino to join the los angeles county board of supervisors, where she served for more than two decades. gloria. gloria: thank you, bob. this is hispanic heritage month that we are celebrating, and today, we are going to talk about the rising impact of the hispanic electorate. let's loo

until mueller, commit the contributor to the bulwark, and former communications director for jeb bushtim, i remember, less than a month ago, joe manchin was complaining about the public pressure campaign about build back better. one, is any of that is going to work, and to, a question i often asked myself. if oprah can do it, who can? with >> oprah can't hurt, i guess. i think the question for manchin is this. the democrats have to come up with something that manchin can take back to his own voters in west virginia, and sell to them, and that you can feel good about selling to them. i don't know if oprah is it. so does that mean some sort of trade. can he bring over a republican and say, hey, we did a compromise. they wanted to push me to the extremes, and i'm coming back with something sensible. they have to give him something that he can sell in a state that voted 70% for donald trump the other thing i have fear is that all this pressure and beyond joe manchin, the republicans cannot be continue to be left off the hook, the democrats have to put pressure on republicans, there's a ve

bush's brother, governor jeb bush. now, more than 20 years have passed since that report came out. we have had five more presidential elections and the effort to disenfranchise voters in florida has just continued. in 2018 nearly 65% of floridians voted in favor of an amendment that would restore the voting rights of convicted felons after they complete their sentences. it would affect about 1.5 million people in that state. but the following year, the republican legislature and governor ron desantis overturned the will of the people and essentially instituted a poll tax. the new law requires all felons to pay back their financial obligations before being eligible to vote, disenfranchising many felons who may not be able to immediately pay off things like court fees and fines and restitution. of course these restrictions especially affect black people in florida who comprise a disproportionate share of felons and register overwhelmingly as democrats. we've seen a wave of new restrictive voting laws passed nationwide in the wake of the 2020 election, and again florida is no exceptio

the national voter protection action funded, and tim miller, former communications director for jeb bush to see you both. tim, i remember less than a month ago joe manchin was complaining about the public pressure campaign around build back better. one, is any of this going to work? and, two, a question i often ask myself f oprah can't do it, who can? >> i mean, oprah can't hurt, i guess, right? look, i think the question with manchin is this. the democrats, you know, have to come up with something that manchin can take back to his own voters in west virginia and sell to them, or at least feel good about selling to them. i don't know that oprah is it, right? does that mean some sort of trade? can he bring over a republican or two and say, hey, we did a compromise, he wanted to push me to the extremes and i'm coming back with something sensible. they got to give him something he can sell in a state that voted 70% for donald trump. the other thing i have is that all this pressure shouldn't be on joe manchin. you know, the republicans cannot continue to get left off the hook and the democra

so if you think back to 2015 and 2016, during those primaries at this point jeb bush was leading by doublehe same time. so i wouldn't put a whole lot of weight on this poll but what i would say is, you know, there's a lot of people who are dismissive of president trump and a lot of people who say he is -- has been terrible for the party, he's been terrible for the country. he's still very, very popular and americans need to remember on the other side of the aisle that about half of america voted for this man and he's not likely to go anywhere and neither are his politics. i wouldn't put too much weight on this poll at this point. dagen: ken, what do you think? >> i always like to follow the independent poll, the swing vote so-to-speak. of course republicans are going to -- by a majority are going to want trump back, democrats will hate him coming back. i want to see the independent numbers. that's the swing. that's what swung him out of the office the first time, it may swing him back into office. again, it is early as lee said. there's a long runway before we get there, a lot of things ca

especially when i served in public service, jeb bush was governor of the state of florida. i learned very quickly how great leaders respond in a time of crisis. this is just the opposite. this will be part of ralph northam's legacy, a bad part of his legacy. >> in his final stretch in office. you're right, in a moment of crisis, and a snowstorm like this is one, you look to a leader to actually show leadership and communicate. first of all, that's what we heard from so many drivers yesterday as we followed this story. the absence of any kind of directions from the state of virginia or any local communities there as to what was going on, how much longer the drivers might be trapped there. afterwards, as their situation began to ease yesterday afternoon, to hear the governor blame the drivers, those who had been out there 24 hours in the freezing cold, extraordinary. let's just hope that there are no reports of any real significant ailments or injuries that stem from this. it'd be borderline miraculous if that were to be the case. senator tim kaine was remarkably good humored