mucha promocion en el mercado latino pero hoy en dia es diferente".lebridades latinas como angelilne moncayo, karla monroig y paola turbay participaron en los dos equipos que representan la conferencia america y la nacional todas tomaron muy en serio su papel en el juego de futbol americano. por su parte, el arbitro del partido fue alberto riveron, nos comento sobre el orgullo de ser el primer latino contratado por la nfl. "despues de los 10, 15 años con los enanitos, los niños pequeños, la escuela secundaria, después colegial, después la nfl me escogio para venir para aca". algunos de los ex futbolistas no titubearon en decir a cual equipo apoyarian en el super bowl el domingo. " i hope new orleans gets it. peyton's got one in the bag so maybe drew deserves one". "yo le voy a nueva orleans, peyton ya gano un super bowl asi que pienso que ahota le toca a drew". el equipo ganador del tazon latino fue la conferencia americana, 25 a 14 sera este un preambulo del super bowl que se celebrara este domingo entre los saints de nueva orleans y los colts de ind

pero en los latinos sigue alto...cc> buenas noticias en el campo del desempleo...bajo levemente esa tasa aunque entre los latinos continua siendo alta..fernando pizarro nos amplia la informacion.. ...una pequena mejoria en enero.ion del empleo la tasa de desempleo nacional cayo levemente a 9.7 % del 10 % del mes pasado, ;y la de los hispanos bajo al 12.6 % del 12.9% en diciembre. esta organizacion laboral piensa que la caida en el desempleo, auque se pequena, es positiva. pero que se necesitan politicas mas agresivas para solucionarlo. "el 30 por ciento de todos los desempleados son latinos y tenemos que reconocerlo, porque es algo urgente para nuestra comunidad. el 40 por ciento de los jovenes de 15 a 19 anos estan desempleados, latinos." el presidente obama pidio este viernes al congreso ayudar a los pequenos negocios. " estas cifras, aunque positivas, son causa de esperanza pero no de celebracion, porque demasiados vecinos, amigos y familiares s

latino community means getting to know latino republicans in the north of virginia area and i thinkuld help a lot toward, you know, people like myself and my mother to be more open for working with organizations to bring the construction to the community and we don't have to be democrat, republican or independent, we just want to help and that is what we are all about. >> host: juan, we are out of time. i'm going to let you go. >> guest: i appreciate that. the fact is we are a nonpartisan organization, and our mission really is to open the door to the american dream for all families including the latino family, and to create opportunities for hispanics is not a partisan edge. we are not a partisan organization. we've reached out to members of congress and individuals on both sides of the aisle. we serve all of those we believe can benefit from that mission and we have engaged republicans and democrats in the past. for us it's not really about those labels. it's about what's in the best interest of the community, and i hope that juan will get a chance, look at the website and engage

economy, especially as it affects the latino community?lies. to engage congress and the w3administration as we look at a new jobsç creation package to makeç sureç that there are targeted programs2that reach te most vulnerable families and also provide relief to middle- class families. host: last week the national council of la raza put out a news release talking about a partnership with freddie mac, tell us about the portion of what you are trying to do. guest: basically we want to ensure there are more opportunities for transparency when it comes to lending and community development. we want to make sure there is access to community development funds as well as loans that are fair, and allow our folks to really understandq what are goig to be the implications when they take on loans, when they looked at trying toç develop communities. they want to make sure there are targeted funds there that are actually going to leverage in many ways for those communities. freddie mac has been a great partner in making sure that we are reducing the

momento en que su hermano justo rosario y otro joven latino alex lacayo fueron embestidos...es estaban intercambiando informacion tras un pequeÑo choque en la carretera.... cuando en segundos.... perdieron la vida....un tercer auto los atropello... "yo me habia quedado un poquito para atras, despues me tire para suelo, ella se llevo a mi hermano, como una esquina, como una cuadra" reportera: jose se salvo de milagro...el accidente ocurrio en la calle riggs en prince george alrededor de las 10 y media de anoche... los jovenes fueron embestidos por una mujer de 30-aÑos, tambien de origen hispano... juse 30 aÑos ex de 4 eran origen dominicano... "me duele el alma, nunca jamas pense, nunca pense que me iba a pasar esta tragedia" "tenia sueños, muchos sueños, el queria hacer una milia viviera ahi, todos su unidos y por eso trabajaba muy duro" reportera: alex deja huerfanos a cinco hijos, el menor tiene solo seis meses de nacido... "hemos perdido a un hombre trabajador, quien estaba feliz en todo momento, quien iba a la iglesia

vida y que es hora de que puedan ser contados y se beneficien este nuevo comite latino integrado el dia de hoy ya tiene su primera actividad el proximo miercoles esta convocando a que el gober r maryland junto con lideres activistas, y religiosos y pastores se reunan para discutir la importancia de nueva cuenta del censo en silver spring maryland jose angel aguirre univision a partir de marzola oficina del censo comenzara a repartir los formularios para que todas las personas, incluyendo inmigrantes indocumentados sean contados y ha enfatizado en numerosas ocasiones que la informacion que se recoja sera confidencial...de hecho, la constitucion de estados unidos establece que el gobierno debe llevar un registro de los residentes en el pais, no estrictamente de los ciudadanos..funcionarios del censo recuerda que si las personas contestan los cuestionarios y los devuelven a tiempo, no seran visitados por los encuestadores en abril cuando se empiece a realizar oficialmente el recuento... en el condado de montgomery las autoridades policiales arrestan a dos me que podr

en washington jovenes profesionales latinos se /cc> solo hay 26.... en general quien quiera trabajar aqui tiene que ser agresivo asi como en las campanas politicas historias como la de gloria montano son muy raras...la ex jefa de gabinete del congesista raul grijalva trabajo duro para poder obtener el puesto mas alto "uno tiene que salir adelte, tiene que pensar en cosas como que en 10 anos quiere ser direcrtor, en 20 anos debe ser preseidente... " pero la agresividad a valeria no le sirve de mucho...a pesar de contar en su curriculum con una pansantia en la casa blanca, ella aun no puede conseguir un trabajo en el congreso.. "hay que convencer a gente, hay que convencer a quienes estan en esas siciones a que nos puedan ayudar pero no hay latinos en esas posiciones que nos pueden ayudar y si hay, son muy limitados..." en washington claudia uceda la policia senalo que un vendedor que repartia mercaderia en varias tiendas, fue baleado esta manana en suitland, maryland... el hecho que podria estar rel

la coalicion nacional de ministros cristianos latinos que lidera el reverendo miguel riverae sin reforma migratoria los inmigrantes no debieran participar. "no se trata de boicotear, el reverendo miguel rivera y conlamic tiene la posicion de que en si no es contra. se quiere dar a entender es hay motivos de desconfianza, usted sabe, se sigue arrestando gente y mucha gente esta desprotegida, no tiene papeles." "creo que es altamente peligroso, algunas personas posiblemente de buena fe esten pidiendo que las personas se abstengan, pero en mi opinion estan profundamente equivocados, porque todos tenemos que ser contados. " "el proximo mes todos los hogares del pais debieran empezar a recibir estos formularios de 10 preguntas que usted debera responder y enviar de regreso por correo. si no, vendran funcionarios del censo a su hogar a formularle las preguntas. desde washington, fernando pizarro univision.' un negociode transportes en hou sospechoso ingresar inmigrantes indocumentados al pais... agentes de la oficina de inmigracion y aduanas efectua

detalles mas adelante ...... )))))) un tercer sospechoso de violar años en un concurrido vecindario latinoel condado de montgomery se encuentra tras las rejas.. rogelio mondragon fue arrestado esta tarde en langley park... segun autoridades, los atacantes se acercaron a la nina en un parque sobre la intersecon de la piney branch y la avenida carroll, cerca a quebec terrace.. luego llevaron a la menor a un apartamento sobre la cuadra 87oo de la avenida carroll donde cometieron el crimen.. los otros sospechosos son melquicide sorto y marcos torres enriquex... cientos de indocumentados eaaaaa fue una de las operaciones mas grandes contra inmigrantes indeseables... maria renee barillas, tiene los detalles de esta operacion ... fueron 72 horas enfocadas a la captura de criminales quienes ademas se encuentran de forma ilegal en el pais. habian casi 300 oficiales en este operativo participaron con nostros el operativo cross check es el mas grande realizado a nivel estatal. un total 284 criminales fueron detenidos. 119 en el area de dallas fort worth, 73

so you're trying to reach latinos and use a latino base. to most of us in this room, it's like you have semi-that looks like me, talking to me, i think i'm going to respond a little bit more. so we did the official research to actually show that is in fact the case. but that's the beginning. we need people to be messengers that look like us because i'm a very psychological point, we do -- that's a how our brains process information. we tend to look to in groups and we do that as an informational shortcut in the process of information. but together with that you also need to be savvy. you can't just have anyone out there. you have to take strategies from the consumer marketing world. you need to take strategies that are good at selling something. and so we need to sell mobilization. we need to sell the desire to vote and be active. and we need to be fancy, and you know what? we need to invest money in it. we can't just think that by asking somebody to go and vote and sending them little postcards of rosa parks, that that will be enough. we n

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. >> claro que sÍ, hay que apoyar a todos los latinos.ernesxes@mk spierteric ♪ khxezcicaxedhkh@derta amah@unin de vamosrta ama casaami ♪ h@ierta icakhxeteh@ >> ¿ÉÓh@ ierta icaxeq÷skh@derta amaxexmv@ >>Úbelebe xeñóykunivnderta ama tvkhxeh@despa amerh@despieameri@ plmas ) h@despa amerh@xezzñkh@despa ame@ sube a casami ♪xetÑmk ♪ >> ¡bravo! >> oye, te va a salir de la cueva, ¿estÁ amarrado? ( risas ) >> tenemos que aprovechar para que nos h@despierta americatvkh nosotros estamos en el tercer aire. >> el tercero. >> viÉndolos bailar, vestidos como estÁn, con esa combinaciÓn, ¿nunca han pensado tener su propio show en las vegas? >> ya estamos trabajando juntos pero yo quiero decirles que prÓximamente, el dÍa 27 de este mes eduardo antonio estrena rta su lugar, se llama "la guaracha", en donde vivimos, ahÍ va a estar Él, todos los sÁbados y es especial para mÍ porque, yo voy a estar leyendo y viniendo cada vez que estÉ en miami ahÍ vamos a estar juntos. >> cuenta de la gira. >> sÍ, vamos a estar juntos... ay, quÉ hermoso. me lo amueblÓ de sorpr

estar siempre viendo películas, no soy de estar en lugares públicos, me gusta salir, si hay muchos latinoses un día normal en la vida de romeo? >>> yo no soy... >>> pero te preparas el desayuno... >>> siemprme levanto tarde, soy bien comelon, y tengo un problema, cuando me da por un plato sigo pisao. >>> a qué le atribuyes el éxito de aventura? pesa más la imagen o el talento? >>> cuando tienes una combinación de distintas cosas aporta mucho. lo que hicimos es mantener la escencia, y cuando vayas a un show que te vayas satisfecho, y cuando lo ves en vivo suenan bien pero yo me entrego. >>> van a ir a lasnominaciones premios lo nuestro? >>> sí.h@tkééaíyqhkpunivisionpr rostro son utilizadas por una compañía canadiense de golf. >>> y está lista nuestra comadre para hablar de deportes. >>> hay buenas noticias de cabañas? >>> estamos pendiente de la ivisionprimer impactoh@tf÷úwncmp evolucionando, y lo sentaron, estuvo comiendo, no se ubica en espacio y tiempo, y el caso es que está bien, este viernes, el médico dará el nuevo reporte, y vamos a ver lo que pasa en la república deportiva. >>> arra

participa en las ultimas promociones y ofertas de la estacion www.univisiondc.com el portal de los latinos muestra los daÑos y lo que hacen las autoridades. >> en el valle sagrado de los incas, hay damnificados en todo el camino las lluvias han dejado sin casa y sin cultivos a miles. >> fueron las primeras noches, hemos estado como borregos, como animales. >> ha perdido todo? >> totalmente. >> el calor es insoportable, y por la tarde un viento helado comenzÓ a soplar. salieron con lo que tenÍan puesto. >> no aguantamos... no tenemos agua. esta semana, de cinco dÍas no nos han venido agua. >> los ancianos son los que mÁs sufren. hay miles de damnificados en todo el departamento de cusco, varias carreteras cerradas y la lÍnea de tren tambiÉn cerrada. mÁs adelante una escena que se repite, una olla comÚn. >> dÍa y noche ha estado lloviendo, y ahora nos hemos quedado con ese miedo cuando llueve que vuelta va a salir el agua del rÍo. >> muchos casos se han construido cerca del rÍo. >> todo el mundo estÉ trabajando con junto para que esto...este pequeÑo traspiÉ lo sobrepasemos rÁpido. >> las zon

coaching them, and quickly became apparent to me there was no varsity team at the high school, and the latino boys wanted to play at the high school, and they head been advocating for several years to create a team at the high school the administration didn't think it was good idea, and so i led an effort to try and get a team together at j.m.; we were successful, and we went on and we had tremendous success on the field with these kids. but really the boys serve as a means to kind of let you know who this community is, why they have come, what their dreams are, what their hopes are, and how they are assimilating into our society. >> what do you think we as country or government needs to do regarding immigration? what policies? >> it's a very complex question to answer. the president has called on beginning of debate about immigration or migration, and hopefully that will happen this fall. there have been proponents to provide access or pathway to citizenship for the might grands who have come and perhaps that's a good idea. there are people who are opposed to that. when you look at the kids

or all latinos are undocumented.ion that to the peril of many -- i am sorry for the gentleman who is running for congress because of gimmicks that assertion and plans to get the latino vote, i will make a prediction you will not get very far in the race. we should not be painted for this broad brush. we have fought and died for this country and have a record of great patriotism and for folks to sing aloud undocumented immigrants and tried to paint a broad brush. host: for viewers and listeners tune in to see the senate finance committee hearing, they are a little bit late getting started. ç. we will go live until they start a hearing. we will continue our discussion about the latino community. our next call comes from boise, idaho, linda on the line for democrats. go ahead. caller: i am listening with great interest. i was born in phoenix, arizona, in 1943 and lived there most of my life. i left that state in 2000. i also was university of arizona in tucson right after high school. that town has and had been a wonde

american history since the beginning, during the other 11 months of the year, because there is a latinoe mth or an asian-pacific american heritage month or for that matter a woman's htory month. that does not stop you acknowledge that women have always been part of the history. >> yet in schools as you mentioned with your daughters, particularly in majority schools often they don't hit these highlighted points until february. >> well that's part of why i respectfully disagree with morgan freeman's point. it's not as if you take out the so-called black history month, and then all of the sudden all of these teaching materials automatically become imbued with what used to be called the black experience. they don't. it just sort of becomes lacking. one of the reasons obviously that he started this whole black history week was the sense there was a neglected portion of american history that was important and was certainly a lot more neglected in 1926 than it is now. but even now, it's very difficult, very often within the majority context to find space to talk about the things that are impor

www.univisiondc.com el portal de los latinos en washington ♪ despierta amÉrica ♪ ♪ >> hola, ¿cÓmo estÁnoles 10 de febrero 2010. queremos darle la bienvenida a la crisis modelo rosana martÍnez. ( aplausos ) >> muchas gracias por la invitaciÓn. me encanta madrugar y mÁs venir aquÍ. >> estuvimos compartiendo un cafÉ, hablando de noticias que vamos a comentar hoy. >> quÉ programa tan padre desde los angeles. >> todo el mundo mandÓ saludos. quÉ bueno que estÁs ahÍ. saludo para todos. nos vinimos con esta noticia. >> cuentalo. >> segÚn el departamento de seguridad interna de los estados unidos, los inmigrantes en 17% han decidido regresarse a su paÍs. aquellos que vivÍan aquí. esto coincide con las medidas tan fuertes desde el punto de vista de inmigraciÓn, nos estÁn persiguiendo constantemente, ademÁs la situaciÓn económica que ha dado a tanta pero a tanta gente. hay gente que dice "no tengo papeles para trabajar, no tengo seguridad econÓmica, para pasar hambre aquÍ, prefiero irme a mi país". ¿cuÁles son las principales razones para venir a este paÍs? buscar seguridad, y un lugar donde estar

that does not really reflect what's happening in poor rural communities and latino communities where the unemployment rates are up as high as 16.9d% and higher in some of these poor rural communities. is there anything you can recommend that we could do to deal with this problem. these minorities have a lower interest rate. that's a terrible problem. welcome. >> somebody has their mic on. >> thank you, on page 3, you talk about the lending institutions one of the reasons why bank lending is down. the other since you began is that in situations for example how many loans were turned down. we like reserve banks around the country with summit meetings with community leaders and development organizations there will be some cases where tighter stand ars are justified because of the weakness of the economy and the condition. my second question is completely different. we have 4 million jobs and picked up 4 million government jobs. when i went on the recovery website. my question is in a larger sense. more government spend spending and obligations. >> we have loss somewhere in the vicinity

this is mostly latinos but also blacks. latinos blacks were together and did a basically 1930s sitdown strike and demanded their ranges. -- wages. and it was on television and obama to his credit played a role in urging them on coming on television saying he supported the striker. one of the things that was one of the joys in reporting this book is that one of the things i discovered is that one of the earliest forms of the union organizing, labor organizing were black women on the plantation and slave plantations and they -- they would organize a sitdown strike or they would stop work in order to get a sunday off or to go be able to visit their relative on another plantation. and this is one of the earliest forms of union activity. and to this day, of course, if you talk to these union avoidance lawyers they will tell you the person they fear the most -- the people they fear among the most plaque women because black women are most likely to join a union. and so this is -- it's always the women. i mean, this is true with ev

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the lead attorney filing the suit says the number of black and latino students at uc schools has dropped dramatically. check out the march issue of "essence ". >>> welcome back. we have disturbing new details in the asia johnson case. a frantic search is still on for the oklahoma girl. she's not been seen for 33 days. cops say the 7-year-old may have seen her own mom bludgeoned to death with a hammer by her stepdad. his name is lester hobbes. he's the sole focus of an intense manhunt. cops describe him as a drifter likely moving from place to place at night. >> he took off out of here in a hurry in the middle of the night. he's gotten to a point he felt comfortable, and he's laid down. he may have laid there for a couple of days and then he's moved to the next point traveling at night just like a coyote, a scavenger. moving from point to point. >> the detectives say he likes to cruise the internet looking for lonely women. he has the word rose on his right hand, the word love on his left. cops have urged him to turn himself in. oklahoma investigators have opened up a special phone line d

nationwide unemployment rates for african-americans and latinos are higher than that of whites. d.c. area governments chose minority joblessness here and it is even higher. >> you look at the question around minorities here, unemployment numbers are extremely high. i think the key becomes education. >> we are also going to -- transfer the material. >> reporter: career training programs like this one in baltimore's biotechnical institute of maryland are working to offer that education. here tuition-free classes trained lower income and predominantly minority workers to as the program director puts it in the skills to pay the bills. as lab technicians and in maryland's growing biotech industry. >> there is a shortage of trained workers. and the jobs of today, jobs of tomorrow, have -- are proving themselves to require more than a high school diploma. >> reporter: the institute operates on prif apartment funding and donations are drying up. this year the program is depending on nearly a quarter million dollars in stimulus money to help more students who said it made the difference

we know there has been a lot of support among latinos, hispanics for republicans in the past but immigration issues may have changed that. what about now with this tea party movement and at the tea party convention? what is the presence there, if any? >> reporter: well, it's -- i just found one person who spoke spanish. someone who came from utah. she was of cuban descent. it is important to clear out this isn't a party. this isn't a real convention. this is a slice of the tea party movement. maybe outside in the states you will see hispanics gather with the tea party. not here. we didn't see a big presentation of minorities. immigration was discussed. it was presented as a problem of legal and illegal issues. >> just to add to what juan was saying, in terms of age groups. we spoke to one couple in their 30s and they felt they were among the youngest attending this convention. most of the people we've been seeing are middle aged and older. >> any minute now sarah palin is going to step up to the podium and give the keynote speech at the tea party convention in nashville, tennessee. two of ou

really reflect what's happening in poor, rural community, in african-american communities and in latino communities where the unemployment rates are up as high as 16.9% and african-american communities and even higher in some of the poor rural communities. when you describe this jobless recovery, i think it would be important to talk about these communities that do not represent -- or are not represented by the 10% description that you give. what do you have to say about that and is there anything that you can recommend that we could do to deal with this problem? >> you're absolutely right that minor the communities in particular have much higher unemployment rate than the national average and that's a terrible problem. monetary policy can't really do much about those distinctions. i think those are issues that congress needs to address if you're inclined to do so. i can only agree with you that it has not only short-term implications in terms of family income and so on. it has, as i talked about in my testimony, it has long-term implications for skills, for workforce attachment and wag

really be very specific about what he will do and what he intends to do for african-americans, for latinomericans and everyone else. and i think that's something that he hasn't done quite clearly yet. >> and let's talk about your list, as we said. thegarriagregri thegrio.com has put together a list of 100 history makers in the making. we had melody barnes the white house domestic policy adviser on earlier in the week. the talk to us about why you selected these people on this list. i see erik holder, lisa jackson. you had a lot of folks to choose from. >> one of the requirements is that these individuals, you know, shouldn't just have an impact within the african-american community, but they'll eventually have an impact throughout all of america. and that was the big requirement. and we have some very interesting people. i see you have a lot of the more established individuals on the screen there, but we have some other folks who are really up and comers that, you know, we say, look, you better watch out for these folks. one is anthony woods. he lost a bid for a congressional seat in cali

door but every student who was at the school from overcrowded schools primarily african-american and latinost 100%, every single one of those kids decided to stay and still through eighth grade. the demographics to shift dramatically in the seventh and eighth grade of the kids who came through. that will be a criticism that we get, that we have gotten, which says you can't get enough middle class caucasian people in a room without having a good school. it is great that you are patting yourselves on the back for doing so well. now you have this influx of a middle-class stable neighborhood base. one, that is not true. all these kids stayed. we had a slow trickle of neighborhood people come. the thing that is remarkable is the benefits were seen across the board by everyone almost immediately. in third grade the incoming kids from our tuition based preschool found the neighborhood. when they got to third grade and were tested for the first time they had the highest test scores in the city. they were 100% for math and 90% for reading which is pretty great. of the seventh and eighth graders for

school, the 300 students there from of their overcrowded schools, primarily african-american and latinoch, every single one of those kids who decided to stay state and is still there through eighth grade. as the demographics do shift dramatically in the seventh and eighth grade of the kids who came through. and that will be a criticism that we get, that we have gotten which is sort of says you can't get enough sort of like middle class caucasian people in a room without having a good school so great that you are patting yourself on the back for doing so well when in fact you have this huge influx of the middle stable base. one, that's not true. all of these kids stayed there. we just had a slow trickle of neighborhood people come. but the thing that is really remarkable list the benefits we are seeing across the board by everyone almost immediately. so, and third grade the incoming kids from the tuition preschool from the neighborhood, when they got to a fair degree day and were tested for the first time the head the highest test scores in the city. the work 100% for math and 91% for re

regain the majority until they get either the blacks, the gays or the mexicans -- i'm sorry, the latinosthey have to go after one more demographic in order to tip the scales. until that happens, i don't see them regaining any seats. guest: that's a good point, but here is how i would answer it. this is a mid term election. i'm guessing the turnout will be 40% of all those age 18 or over. compare that 40% to the percentage that turned out in the presidential election of 2008. 63% of americans age 18 and over voted. so you have a tremendous decline between the presidential and the mid-term election. this is standard operating procedure. who doesn't show up? i sr"-term electrics it is democratic leaning groups such as mine -- elections it is democratic-leaning groups such as minorities that do not show up. minority groups will be a majority of americans. over the past 20 years minorities have given approximately 7r5% 6 their -- 75% of their votes to democrats. if minorities are a majority of the electorate and 70% is going to democrats, that tells you how most of the national elections are

it, and that is that we persuade first the president and then the senate's to nominate the first latinoo the supreme court, sonia sotomayor. shias on the court today. one of the many accomplishments -- she is on the court today. one of the many accomplishments of barack obama. i want to thank you for first bringing her name to all of our attention in terms of the supreme court. and i want to say one final thing. tonight we speak not just to the caucus members but to the millions they represent, to the worried moms and dads who are keeping the wolves of monthly bills at the door, to the senior citizen who worries about health care and the cutbacks that occurred to them, for those young men and women who are desperately seeking a job, not for two weeks or months, but for two years. we speak to them and i can assure you and i know charlie can, president barack obama speaks to them as well. and despite -- despite all of the barriers put in his way and put in our way, but we have accomplished a great deal, but we have much, much more to accomplish. we must on the bench continue to increase -

it, and that is that we persuade first the president and then the senate's to nominate the first latino to the supreme court, sonia sotomayor. shias on the court today. one of the many accomplishments -- she is on the court today. one of the many accomplishments of barack obama. i want to thank you for first bringing her name to all of our attention in terms of the supreme court. and i want to say one final thing. tonight we speak not just to the caucus members but to the millions they represent, to the worried moms and dads who are keeping the wolves of monthly bills at the door, to the senior citizen who worries about health care and the cutbacks that occurred to them, for those young men and women who are desperately seeking a job, not for two weeks or months, but for two years. we speak to them and i can assure you and i know charlie can, president barack obama speaks to them as well. and despite -- despite all of the barriers put in his way and put in our way, but we have accomplished a great deal, but we have much, much more to accomplish. we must on the bench continue to increase

on one level, obama's victory can be attributed to millions of younger voters, white, black am a latino, multiracial spectrum, voters who are under 25, under certain who participated in the process for the first time in 2008 if you really looked at obama as just another candidate, who even though they might have their own individual racial hangups, they did it solely view that campaign and the candidate through the prism of race. at the same time, we have an older generation and we can >> who still is coming to grips with the multicultural, multiracial nature of this democracy. obama's victory is very, very important, the symbolism is very, very important, but it's also been exaggerated, and it's been pang rated h the sense of obama's victory equals the end of racism, obama's victory equals a postracial united states. there's one aspect that encourages a kind of, a kind of mythology and myth making that the unite has complete -- united states has completely turned a corner, and if you don't make it in this country, it's based on your sole individual behavior and not because of any kind

point to some writings i have read, op-ed pieces and collins and stuff like that from asians and latinosin particular saying they have been emboldened by this experience and that they are going to become more directly involved in politics. at the same time, we seem to be shifting away from explicitly based based identity politics and even as they emerge as spokespersons for their particular communities they are already envisioning how they can be spokespeople for multiple constituencies so it might even be steps that they had skipped that african-americans necessarily had to do in order to create this path that they will be following. and you also see some aggressive and not necessarily because of obama, you see some aggressive civil-rights type movements among young populations that are not race-based, such as environmental activists and and transgendered activists who are already-- to make an argument that they were already politically oriented and bobber the beginning certain forms of activism so you can't necessarily credit obama for what we are seeing in those communities but i thin

i've read some columns and stuff like that from asians and latinos in particular saying that they havebeen emboldened by this experience and that they're going to become more directly involved in politics. at the same time, we seem to be shifting away from explicitly race-based identity politics. so even as they emerge a spokesperson for the particular communities, they are already envisioning how they can be spokespeople for multiple constituencies. so there might even be set to the skip, that african-americans necessarily have to do in order to create this path, that they would be following. and you also see some very aggressive -- and that's because of obama. you see some very aggressive civil rights type movements among young populations that are race-based. such as environmental activist and, and activists who are already -- you can make an argument that they are already politically or created an already beginning certain forms of activism. you can't necessarily credit obama for what we're seeing in those communities but i think they have been encouraged by. >> hello, my name is t

and i'm thrilled that this year idol has an asian contestant, latino, black, white, young, older. >>is poppy, i like him. he's somebody i would stroll with on u. street. the confidence level needs to be boosted. and if that doesn't happen, i'm not sure. >> i think he'll be around for a few weeks. >> i want him to be the man of this house because he kind the mr. mom thing going on. >> right. >> so i'm voting for you. bring home the bacon. >> let's look at tracy. i think this is cara's guy. >> look at all of this. but here is casey james. [ singing ] >> to me, i didn't care for his bravado. it was a little -- a little too much for me. >> but it worked. >> don't be mad. don't be mad juneau. [ laughter ] >> compared to the other performances last night only, he was just more female friendly. and bottom line is it worked. >> and that's a tough song. again, we're picking brian adams who sings in a high key. the guy brought a good game. he's liable and it was very distracting what was going on on the judge's panel. look at the smile and the eyes. look at cara. >> but the problem -- what is

sanders, and janet murguia, the president of the national council, will focus on issues affecting latinos. "washington journal" is lighter day at 7:00 a.m. eastern europe c-span. -- is live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. . >> press secretary robert gibbs also talked about creating a commission on the national debt. this is about 50 minutes. >> good afternoon. before we get started with your questions, let me make a brief announcement. the president and the first lady will be traveling to indonesia and australia in the second half of march. this trip is an important part of the president's continued effort to broaden and strengthen the partnerships that are necessary to advance our security and prosperity. indonesia is the world's fourth most populous country, the third largest democracy; is home to the largest muslim population in the world; and an important partner in the g20. during his visit the president will formally launch the u.s.- indonesia comprehensive partnership, an initiative through which the united states will broaden and strengthen relations with indonesia

that is not reflect what is happening in rural and african- american and latino communities where theyment rate are up as high as 16.5%. when you describe this jobless recovery, i think it would be important to talk about these communities that do not represent -- that are not represented by the description you give. what do you have to say about that? is there anything you could recommend that we could do to deal with this problem? >> you are right. minority communities in particular have much higher unemployment rates than the overall average for the that is a terrible problem. monetary policy cannot do much about those distinctions. i think there is to the congress needs to address. -- they are issues the congress needs to address. it does not only short-term implications in terms of family income, and it has long-term implications for skills, work force attachment, wages, employability. it is a long-term problem. i can only agree with the 100%. the need to be addressed. but the gentlewoman from west virginia. >> welcome back to our committee. congratulations. >> somebody has his o

need to open up our narrative, we need to tell stories of women's history, african american history, latinoals or white men. host: carl, liberty city. florida. caller: the old saying about it is coming back to haunt us. when we compare the jeffersonian and hamiltonian type of speaking to this modern day we look at the religious right, we look at the neocons and we look at, what you said earlier, the young people who have a tendency to move the country to much higher levels which is good because the person from kansas mentioned that the history teaching was eradicated and what i wanted to w3eat -- inject is it was eradicated because integration was coming in and the dixiecrats, those of that level of mentality -- mentality against integration did not want the young blacks to know that they had a heritage of building this country and to be and input to the country so that this is winding up to be now a blessing when we compare the joseph mentality of the bible -- where the devil minted for bad and god meant it for good. you are a historian so you can bring it to a better level and we should g

proposed budget from vermont senator bernie sanders, and janet murguia will focus on issues affecting latinosbudget request. defense secretary robert gates and joint chiefs chairman admiral mike mullen testify about the pentagon's spending before the senate armed services committee. that is at 9:00 a.m. eastern. at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c- span, timothy geithner are testifies before the senate finance committee. now, president obama on his now, president obama on his budget request forÑ  fiscal year 2011. plan proposes a three-year freeze on non discretionary spending. this is 10 minutes. >> good morning, everybody. this morning i spent -- i sent a budget to congress for the coming year, reflecting the serious challenges facing the country. we are at war, our economy has lost 7 million jobs over the last two years, and our government is deeply in debt after what can only be described as a decade a profit for -- a profligacy. 10 years ago, we had a budget surplus of more than $200 billion, with projected surpluses stretching out over the horizon. over the course of the past 10 years, the

regain the majority until they get either the blacks, the gays or the mexicans -- i'm sorry, the latinosthey have to go after one more demographic in order to tip the scales. until that happens, i don't see them regaining any seats. guest: that's a good point, but here is how i would answer it. this is a mid term election. i'm guessing the turnout will be 40% of all those age 18 or over. compare that 40% to the percentage that turned out in the presidential election of 2008. 63% of americans age 18 and over voted. so you have a tremendous decline between the presidential and the mid-term election. this is standard operating procedure. who doesn't show up? i sr"-term electrics it is democratic leaning groups such as mine -- elections it is democratic-leaning groups such as minorities that do not show up. minority groups will be a majority of americans. over the past 20 years minorities have given approximately 7r5% 6 their -- 75% of their votes to democrats. if minorities are a majority of the electorate and 70% is going to democrats, that tells you how most of the national elections are

latinos all across this great nation.he understands the importance as we celebrate because it ensures that new york will get our fair share. it ensures we are all counted and treated equally. historic because he appreciates as much as any urban needs and challenges coming from the great city of chicago. a year and a few weeks later the nation is not sure about us. they are not sure of our real commitment to making government actually work. they're not sure if we understand that government can grow too big at times and pose a problem on middle-class and everyday people. middle-class americans are not convinced that we, as democrats, speak for them, understand them, represent them, and will bark for for them. each time we have faced this challenge, democrats, we have found a way not only to come together, but it didn't build a message that will bring others to it. i submit to my friends this evening we face one of those moments right now and in our nation. we can either choose, as president obama and former president clinto

effort means more than just staging recruitment drives at colleges with a lot of black students or latinotudents. diversity means hiring, hiring more arab americans. it means hiring more iranian americans, more pakistani americans, more chinese americans and more korean americans. if the intelligence community is to succeed in its global mission, it must have a global face. i've offered an amendment on diversity in the intelligence committee to the underlying bill. my amendment contains a requirement for the director of national intelligence to report to congress on a comprehensive plan to improve diversity in the intelligence community. it calls on the director to report on specific implementation plans for each element agency in the community. it also requires the information on plans to improve minority retention. not only at the junior and mid grade levels but at the senior and management levels as well. finally, it requires that the director of national intelligence report to the congressional intelligence committees on the efforts being made with diversity training and how improveme

one level, obama's victory can be attributed to millions of young girl voters like white, black, latino, multiracial spectrum, voters under 25, under 30 who participated in the process for the first time in 2008 and who looked at obama as just another candidate who even though they might have their own individual racial hangups they didn't solely view that campaign and that candidate through the prism of race. at the same time, we have an older generation and we can get back to the harry reid, and an older generation who still is coming to curbs with the multi-cultural nature of this democracy. obama's victory is very important. the symbolism is important but it's also been exaggerated and it's been exaggerated in the sense of obama's victory equals the end of racism. obama's victory in post racial united states so there's one aspect of the wallace b. five victory that encourages a kind of mythology and myth making that the united states is completely turned a corner and if you want me get in this country it's based on your sole individual behavior and not any kind of racial and institu

[applause] if you go to american solutions.com you will see a poll that says 59% of latinos want in whicho be the official language of government. they understand, they want their children in the world where everybody has a better future and everybody prospers and that is a world where we can communicate, and with all due respect in the northern part of the united states we don't particularly want to follow the canadian in belgium model of becoming a multilingual nation. i very much respect many languages. german was common and pennsylvania. swedish was common in some parts of the country, battalion has been prominent in some parts of the country but in the long run they have managed to synthesize and bring people together in a remarkable way that has been enormously effective been made as the wealthiest and freest country in the world. to very specific challenges. the first is the border. the border is not in my judgment and illegal immigration problem. the border is a national security problem. [applause] and we have to have methods and techniques of being able to control the border bec

category i want to know how many women owned businesses and african-american owned businesses and latino businesses are really contributing to getting to the ten per cent which should be a floor and not a ceiling. >> if i may suggest a place to start is we could sit down with you and make sure we are getting the information to get there that you would like on this. this is again something we haven't been successful at is we would like to have been. we are looking for ways to improve the process and would appreciate suggestions and input. we talked to a number of minority contracting associations and professional groups and others as part of this but it's clear that we need to do more. >> i look forward to working with you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> on that point i want to underscore that early in this process last year i convened a meeting of the building trades, the presidents of all the building trade unions and the will try caucus and the members of the asia pacific bachus, the black caucus participated. we had a very frank exchange with the presence of the trades about outreach, ab

on one level, obama's victory can be attributed to millions of younger voters, white, black am a latino, multiracial spectrum, voters who are under 25, under certain who participated in the process for the first time in 2008 if you really looked at obama as just another candidate, who even though they might have their own individual racial hangups, they did it solely view that campaign and the candidate through the prism of race. at the same time, we have an older generation and we can get back to the harry reid's comments and older generation who still is coming to grips with a multicultural, multiracial nature of this democracy. obama's victory is very, very important. the symbolism is very, very important. but it's also been exaggerated here it and it's been exaggerated in the sense of obama's victory equals the end of racism. obama's victory equals a post-racial united states. so there's one aspect of obama's victory that encourages a kind of mythology and mythmaking that the united states is completely turned a corner. and if you don't make it in this country is really based on you

the progressive caucus, a caucus made up of members of congress, men, women, whites, blacks, latinos, asians, people of various different backgrounds throughout the country, all unified under the simple idea that everybody counts and everybody matters, that there is no one who doesn't deserve civil rights, that everyone did he serves civil rights. that women should have a right to choose. if there is nobody who is outside the pale of our beloved community and that we stand together on economic justice, environmental justice, stand together on the idea of health care for all, stand together on the idea of real consumer protection, stand together against the idea that wall street bankers and well-to-do should have everything going their way, we think the working men and women of america should have something going our way. we do all the work around here and we are the ones who should see america operating on behalf for the american people. this is what the progressive caucus is all about. the progressive caucus is all about saying the consumer justice is important, health care reform is

few people know that the african american and latino unemployment rate is about 40 piecing -- african-american not have the right to work at a reasonable wage, a wage that meets their skills. teen-age unemployment is 28%. these are all people that cannot get their first click on the wrong of the latter. they cannot take the first out into entering the labor market. they cannot get that low-wage job at mcdonald's that might enable them to become a manager of mcdonald's, and later on the manager of a morton's steak house. the administration also wants to increase mandated benefits, forcing employers to provide benefits that will drive more low-skilled people out of the labor market. take another issue -- the employee free choice act. the employee free choice act would take away the right to a secret ballot in union elections. there would be instead card check, someone signing a card to say that he wants to be part of the union. it allows the possibility of intimidation. there is nothing that can more illustrate taking away liberty and taking away their right to a secret ballot. another provision

it would be, i think, logical to reach into that community, whether it's an hispanic community, latinocommunity, or it could be a somali, the somalis who are here, or it could be some who have come here from bosnia, some asian immigrants who have come here from vietnam or from cambodia. all these people that have come in here to work hard -- to work hard -- and to raise their families here and contribute to our american society. and they're at the bottom. this just seems logical to me that you would go to that community, people in the community who speak the language, who understand the customs, who are intimately knowledgeable with many of these families, to work with them, to let them know what their rights are. surely no one is going to come up here on the floor and argue -- argue -- that these people should be kept in the dark about what their rights are. again, this was on a volunteer basis. on a volunteer basis. so i applaud -- i applaud commissioner smith for having this pilot program. it's the kind of innovative thinking that i think we need to protect the most vulnerable worke