i mean, you're not authorized--the board hasn't authorized for you to talk about your new head julián castronyway. it's got to be exciting to have julián lead your team now into what might be next. i mean, this is some of the greatest news that's come into california, former hud secretary julián castro. anais: definitely. we're very, very excited. and, you know, we sought somebody with a national presence to deepen our work in california, but also elevate it and elevate our impact nationally. so we're excited about what's coming and working under his leadership, which has been incredible. damian: well, and for a tejano to like what's going on in california, that's an even added plus. so kudos to him for realizing that. marily, talk about just the importance of the latino investment, the latino donor, and why, you know, where maybe this--a lot of the beliefs that people have, we're kind of putting those aside and showing, "no, we are philanthropists as well." marily: most definitely, as you mentioned, we really need to remind latinos that they are philanthropists as well. there isn't only one

i will talk to a former mayor of san antonio, juliÁn castro, and what the biden administration can doto stop it. you are watching msnbc. tching msnbc a force to be reckon with. no, not you saquon. hm? you! your business bank account with quickbooks money, now earns 5% apy. 5% apy? that's new! yup, that's how you business differently. >>> the political battle over immigration is heating up. on thursday, the doj threatened legal action against the state of texas over a sweeping new law that would allow state and local police to arrest migrants who enter the u.s. from mexico without authorization. the laws texas governor direct retaliation against president biden's handling of the border crisis. the move comes shortly after antony blinken and andrea mayorkas met with mexican officials and committed to working more closely to address record numbers of migration. as a massive number of factors come closer to the southern border, the caravan is just one factor adding to the political pressure on the biden administration to take action. joining me now, juliÁn castro former hug secretary, for

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joining me now is former housing secretary juliÁn castro.. secretary, thanks for joining us. are there any signs now that migration could slow in the new year? >> it's good to be with you, stephen. well, it does seem to be cyclical. look, we've seen these surges in democratic administrations, republican administrations. it does go up and down. of course, the numbers that we saw in 2023 were larger than we've seen in a very long time. the thing is, we live in a neighborhood in the united states. and in that neighborhood, these central american countries, there is a tremendous amount of strife. people are leaving their home countries for a number of reasons, deep poverty, threats of violence, political reasons. and as long as that's true, there's always gonna be some level of a number of people who want to come and seek a better life in the united states. it's good that the biden administration is trying to address the root causes. i think ultimately, that is the most important work that can be done. people need to be able to find better safet

i'm juliÁn castro in for at least menendez.ne 16th, 2015. a day most americans and most around the world probably remember when businessman donald trump came down the golden escalator at trump tower to announce he was running for the republican nomination for president. i want to warn you, we will be playing a couple moments from the former president tonight h

. >>> hello everyone, i'm julian castro in for alicia menendez. as we begin a new hour, a break continues on this holiday weekend. special counsel jack smith delivers a newfound, an urgent an appeals court to dismiss former president trump's immunity claims. ahead, what that means for the case and when we could get rolling. >>> plus, nikki haley's campaign playing cleanup after she botched a simple question about the civil war. what herenda says about the state of the gop and its base. >>> also ahead, but look at how the polls have shifted over the course of 2023 and what that means for 2024. >>> and why and immigration law in texas is drawing the attention of the justice department. this is american voices. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> we begin this hour in iowa, where several gop presidential candidates are spending the weekend in hopes of dismantling donald trump's hold over that republican party. that includes former south carolina governor nikki haley. but as she works to capture momentum from a surge and the polls, her campaign is also cleaning up her recent c

joining me now is julian castro, housing secretary and current msnbc political analyst. thank you for being here tonight. first, hearing trump's words on the campaign trail could have just as easily come out of the mouth of adolph hitler, which he's not that shy about, by the way, the sort of parallels. the reality is as distasteful and abhorrent as you and i may feel they are, i think there's new polling out from market that says more people trust donald trump on legislation. what do you make of that? >> you have somebody like donald trump who presents a real threat because he's put some of these policies into place before and is neck and neck in the polls right now with president biden. saying these kind of things based on his track record and that he has so much support still with the american people it makes you think what's going on with us? what's going on with the american people? not enough by any means but it's striking and very worrisome and i think dangerous if we're not careful. the kind of language that he's using, we know the result of this. this foments ha

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i'm juliÁn castro in for at least menendez.i want to begin tonight by throwing it back to june 16th, 2015. a day most americans and most around the world probably remember when businessman donald trump came down the golden escalator at trump tower to announce he was running for the republican nomination for president. i want to warn you, we will be playing a couple moments from the former president tonight which is not typical on american voices, but tonight is an exception. it is important for you to be reminded of exactly what donald trump said that day. specifically, this about mexican immigrants. >> they are bringing drugs, they are bringing crime, they are rapists. some, i assume, are good people. >> trump's racist opinions were well known before that moment. his role as lead -- his attacks on the exonerated five before that. as a candidate for president of the united states, saying people who come to our country that was built by immigrants are rapists, well, that showed trump's true colors. it's rare in the years since t

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congressional a hispanic caucus is furious that that they've been left out of conversations, and julian castrohud secretary, said on x it would be a huge mistake for democrats to deform our asylum system with policies that won't work. for president biden, this would mark a total abandonment of what he promised, throwing in the towel in the fight for the soul of the nation. but alienating progressives might be the only way biden can secure an 11th hour agreement that will deal critical aid for ukraine and also israel. the white house says biden's been heavily involved in trying to hammer out this deal before the end of the year. proposals under discussion, reportedly, include plans to allow homeland security officials to stop migrants from applies for asylum if crossings at the border exceed 5,000 a day, including families with children and more ways to expel migrants who have not claimed asylum or not approved pd, but nothing's been formalized quite yet. >> whether we can land this plane, i don't know. you know, what i'm looking for is the president the acknowledge the border is severely broke

>> that's all the time i have for today, i'm juliÁn castro in four alicia menendez. -- for now, i handedover to paola ramos. hey, paola. >> hey, secretary castro. what an honor to share a screen with you. -- in the screen. have a good night. >> you as well. d ni>> good evening, everyone, d welcome to "ayman". breaking tonight, jack smith asks a d.c. appeals court to -- federal interference case. this has made becomes the second state to remove the ex president from the 2024 ballot. plus, the do nothing congress. i look back on the chaotic year in the republican-controlled house. democratic congressman greg landsman joins me to discuss. and, running scared. far-right congresswoman lauren boebert switches districts after a are now former democratic opponent adam frisch is here. i am paola ramos, in for ayman mohyeldin. let's get started. ♪ ♪ ♪ we begin this hour with major developments in donald trump's 2024 ballot saga. on thursday, and historic move, made secretary of state removes the former president from the states presidential primary ballot under the constitution's insurrection caus

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. >>> hello everyone, i'm julian castro in for alicia menendez. we begin this weekend with a new filing from trump special counsel jack smith. just hours ago, smith urged the d.c. appeals court to reject trump's claim of presidential immunity in the january 6th case. trump has argued presidential immunity protects him from prosecution on federal charges and once the court to dismiss the case. sandra trump's presidential bid, which seems to be defying the u.s. constitution. two states have now part trump from the ballot. under the 14th amendment. just a week after colorado's supreme court found trump unfit for office, the top election official in maine has followed suit. she's standing by her decision to remove trump from the pellet despite someone placing a fake 9-1-1 call to target her home last night. >> swatting the home of an elected official who is doing their job is unacceptable. and what my staff, my team have experienced what they experienced all day yesterday it was a constant onslaught of threatening communications. and that has to stop.

. >> hello everyone, i am juliÁn castro in for alicia menendez.as we get to the our immigration talks come to the wire as homeland security chief, alejandro mayorkas meets with bipartisan senators, the clock is ticking on a deal. and progress is slow. while we are not denying crucial aid for our allies, gop lawmakers spend their time on bogus impeachment schemes. california congressman, robert garcia, and what happens next. also tonight, paying the price, how this week, multimillion dollar ruling against rudy giuliani could have ramifications beyond his bank account. and how might home states attorney general is doubling down on extremism after surviving a recent impeachment. this is american voices. ♪ ♪ ♪ we are just over one week from christmas. most lawmakers have already gone home for the holidays. earlier today, a few, along with homeland security chief, alejandro mayorkas, had a rare weekend session to try to hammer out some kind of deal on immigration before the end of the year. while they have not reached a deal, several senators cited, qu

. >>> hello everyone, i'm julian castro in for alicia menendez. as we begin a new ho

i'm juliÁn castro, in for alicia menendez. welcome to american voices.we begin with paying a hefty price for pushing a big lie. on friday, trump's former personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, was ordered to pay a whopping hundred 48 billion dollars for defaming to georgia election workers. elie freeman and her -- daughter shaye moss. by repeatedly and falsely accusing them of election fraud, during an emotional testimony on wednesday, freeman said those lies unleashed a mob of angry trump supporters after them. she was flooded with racist and violent threats. forcing her to moveut of her home. many of those messages were shared with the jury. and they listened. the jury unanimously decided giuliani was liable for defamation. intentional affliction of emotional distress, civil conspiracy and punitive damages. after the verdict, freeman and moss said their lives will never be the same again. >> the flame that giuliani lit with those lies and passed so many others to keep that flame blazing changed every aspect of our lives. >> money will never solve all of my pr

take a listen to some of what juliÁn castro shared earlier. >> the mayors have been pushing, and i understandit, as a former man, look, this strains budgets. it's also causing tensions in the cities. chicago is a good example of that. my hope is that the administration is going to be able to provide more resources and republicans are going to compromise on that. but again, i think right now republicans feel like heading into the 2024 election they have this issue of border security and immigration where they -- i don't think they are good faith actors to actually make a deal and compromise. >> alex, you heard castro allude to it there, which is the political football in all of this. you know, so long as some lawmakers don't have enough incentive to take action on immigration, it may continue to fall on the shoulders of these localities, these mayors, to take action on a problem that, again, it's national. what these mayors are calling on and asking the at biden administration for is more support, more resources, and to help them essentially spread the load. so that migrants are resettled, the

. >> the former mayor of san antonio and 2020 presidential candidate julian castro will take over aseo of the latino community foundation, starting next year. the foundation is the nation's largest latino serving organization and is based out of san francisco. so castro replaces outgoing head jacqueline martinez. garcelle a comedy legend and trailblazer. >> norman lear has died. lear was a film and tv producer who broke new ground in television. he made shows topical in the 1970s with sitcoms all in the family and sanford and son in 2021, lear became the third person to receive the golden globes annual lifetime achievement award for television . before starting his career, he served in the army during world war two. he also founded the nonprofit liberal advocacy group people for the american way. lear was 101 years old. >> this is not her end game. but taylor swift is picking up a prestigious accolade, one that she may have never imagined. >> plus, artificial intelligence is speeding up the process of designing homes. we'll show you how it works singer songwriter taylor swift has bee

. >> new at noon, former mayor of san antonio and 2020 presidential candidate julian castro will take over as the ceo of the latino community foundation starting in 2024. the foundation made the announcement earlier this morning. lcff is the nation's largest latino serving foundation and is based in san francisco. castro replaces outgoing head jacqueline martinez gasia. the hill reports large national philanthropic organizations have been struggling to make an impact in the latino community and castro says he wants to make sure to highlight the importance of investing more in the latino community. >> today, president biden will sign an executive order during a tribal nations summit that aims to make it easier for native americans to access federal funding. the biden administration is also announcing more than 190 agreements that allow tribes to manage federal lands. waters and natural resources. and a new study to help better interpret and tell the story of native americans. white house officials say the goal of today's summit is to provide an opportunity for tribal leaders to have mo

i'm juliÁn castro in for felicia menendez. be sure to follow the show across social media.it's at lisa on msnbc. for now, i handed over to paul almost. hey, paula. >> hey, secretary, what an honor to share screen with you. in the screen. have a good night. >> good evening, everyone. welcome to ayman. breaking tonight -- jack smith as a d.c. appeals court to reject donald trump's immunity claims in the federal election interference case. this, as main because second state to remove the ex president from the 2024 ballot. plus, the do nothing congress. looking back on the category of the republican-controlled house. democratic congressman, joining me to discuss and running scared. far-right congresswoman switches districts after scandal play deer. for now, democratic opponent. i'm paula ramos in for ayman mohyeldin. let's get started. >> democratic secretary of state now becomes the first election official to take action unilaterally. in the 30-page decision, she didn't come to that conclusion lightly. writing, quote, i outlined people that no secretary of state has ever depri