maria teresa, thank you. thank you for joining us. we're going to drill down on latino immigration, including legal and illegal immigration. the immigration story in this country is bigger than that. >> we're the only country where it's built on self-selecting, coming to the country and empowering. it's a different wave of immigration. it's interwoven who we are fundamental. that's why i'm excited to be here. >> the place for politic, we've discovered latinos is a very significant voting bloc now. they decided the election for harry reid and others. what is happening in latino voters participation now and going forward? >> they keep surging. i think the number one thing is immigration is a critical part of the immigration filipino voters. what's happened is immigration has reached such a heated point we can't have an honest conversation. that's what this is about. yes we need to talk about global asian, competing on a global level as immigrants, national security. but more importantly we're talking about families. people who we're tal

so, people, please, join -- >> our professors have books to sell. [ laughter ] >> and tonight, maria teresa>> i think, most importantly, we have to recognize, this is an opportunity that is before us, an opportunity to actually modernize our immigration system, they consent to come here and build off of that so we can continue to be a force to be reckoned with in the 21st century. >> i want to thank all of you for participating tonight, especially our guests. maria teresa kumar and our other partner here on the program and thank you for joining us here tonight on the beautiful campus of the university of san diego. and, of course, you out there in television land watching. as you know, the immigration debate has been part of the american conversation for a couple of centuries now. of course, there is much, much more to say and we're going to make sure that all sides are going to continue to be heard right here on msnbc. good night from san diego.

marÍa teresa, quÉ gusto tener en enfoque. >>muchÍsimas gracias, josÉ, por tenerme. la gente joven, americanos latinos que reconocemos que ellos tienen un tipo de liderazgo dentro de sus familias, que los puede ayudar a navegar en lo que es los estados unidos y su democracia. reconocemos que casi 50 mil muchachos cumplen 18 aÑos cada mes y es una oportunidad de 50 mil nuevos votantes para participar a nivel estatal y local. >>estamos oyendo las campanas de la universidad. esto es una cosa bellÍsima. pero cuÉntanos cÓmo es que uno puede llegar a comunicarse con estos jÓvenes, porque ellos se comunican de una forma muy distinta a la nuestra, ¿no? >>bastante. nosotros trabajamos con diferentes programas de cadenas de media. por ejemplo mun2, youtube, myspace. tambiÉn trabajamos con diferentes celebridades. rosario doson es la computadora, trabajamos con pitbull, con eva longoria, wilmer valderrama, para promover la comunicaciÓn, lo que nos falta, y es para abrir esos niveles de comunicaciÓn, para que la gente joven participe. >>¿y cuÁles son los resultados? ¿quÉ has vis

we'll get a preview of tonight's special, two-hour town hall event, latinos, maria teresa kumar.ports" only on msnbc. if you live for performance, upgrade to castrol edge advanced synthetic oil. with eight times better wear protection than mobil 1. castrol edge. it's more than just oil. it's liquid engineering. funny how nature just knows how to make things that are good for you. new v8 v-fusion + tea. one combined serving of vegetables and fruit with the goodness of green tea and powerful antioxidants. refreshingly good. >>> tomorrow, army staff sergeant salvador guinta becomes the first resip kbrent of the medal of honor. bryant, thanks for joining us, brian williams. looking at this conversation that just took place. >> okay. >> you realize, though, that here's your challenge. you have this in common now with 86 men alive today for some reason your act was written up, and when the president places the medal around your neck, you will, in fact, feel that you're wearing it for a whole bunch of guys, and you'll get there mentally, but i guess you realize that's the journey have t

act, msnbc contributor maria teresa kumar.ctually on msnbc, jose diaz-balart said if harry reid wins nevada, harry reid better learn how to say muchas gracias. this is it, isn't it? >> there's a lot of lame duck members now that can actually sacrifice sacrifice themselves and start setting up the playing field. the latino vote is going to be critical for anyone who wants to go to the white house. >> nancy pelosi said she's going to do this in the house of representatives. the house can probably get it through with the membership they have, but in the senate, can harry reid realistically deliver on this? what would the opposition to it be? and would there be enough, 45 votes to oppose it that would stop it in the senate. >> well, right now, both reid and durbin are saying they need about five republican votes. luger co-sponsored it and he said he still supports it. but at the end of the day, the republicans know full well in order to win the white house in 2012, they need at least 44%, if not more of the latino vote. >> so brin

. >> and be sure to join lawrence o'donnell and msnbc contributor maria teresa kumar for the event "beyondorderlines" live from the university of san diego, beginning at 10:00 p.m. eastern. >>> here's your chance to participate in the special town hall event. send your questions to msnbc town hall questions at nbc uni.com or visit us on facebook at facebook.com/thelastword and on twitter at thelastword. >>> your first look at some of the other news going on around america today. in colorado three u.s. soldiers were arrested after their attempted raid of a medical marijuana dispensary hit a snag. security video captures the panic when they realized they accidentally locked themselves inside. they've each been slapped with burglary charges. >>> a three mile stretch of one california beach is littered with thousands of jellyfish. officials are investigating. they say a similar event happened about seven years ago, but it was a smaller type of jellyfish. they believe these are moon jellyfish which are about a foot in diameter. >>> heavy snow in minnesota didn't stop a group of 300 cyclists fro

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we invite you to watch the special yt beyond borderline" hosted by lawrence o'donnell and m maria teresa to get washington spending under control. they have released a slew of proposals to tackle the deficit including raising the returm age to 69, raising the federal gas tax by 15 cents and slashing $100 billion in tee dee fence spending. 're just the tip of the iceberg. good morning to you. >> good morning, alex. >> you know, we had a budget surplus not so long ago. how did we get to the point where we need to make these kinds of sacrifices. >> that's right. a decade ago we were running surplisu surpl surpluses. the biggest component is due to recession. economy is weak, unemployment is high. when they're not working they're not paying taxes. unemployment, that sort of thing costing the government more money. that's a biggest part of where the deficit comes from. the others were the tax cuts in 2001, 2003 we were still debating. then you also have higher spending. have the wars in iraq and afghanistan, the medicare prescription drug benefit. add all that together. more spending, less ta

locations see drscholls.com >>> monday, "agenda borderlines will be hostedly lawrence o'donnell & with maria teresa. we'll take a look at life and politics, monday night 10:00 eastern on msnbc. >>> new details are emerged in that failed cargo plane bomb plot. one bomb that was found in the uk was primed to dead nate over the eastern seaboard. that plane was heading for philadelphia. but the bomb was set to blow up long before it would have arrived there. i'm joined now by michael sheehan. good morning, michael. >> good morning, alex. >> let's talk about the timing of this. what's the ideology behind trying to blow that plane up midair as opposed to there or philadelphia or somewhere else. >> obviously, a modern terrorist would prefer to get his attack on video and get that loop on the cable channel. but for an aircraft that's flying over the ocean, you're probably not going to get that vid video. on the other hand, that small plane will blow a hole in the airplane and at those high altitudes, it will make the plane break up. without video or blow it up or a tarmac but maybe not at devastating -- >>

lawrence o'donnell co-hosts and maria teresa kumar. take part in tonight's town hall.s to msnbc town hall questions at nbc. ni dot com and make sure your voice is heard. >>> a tough two weeks for president obama. his party took a beating in the midterms. his trip abroad not as successful as hoped. the president is back at the white house keeping a low profile. power players are setting their sights on pushing him out in 2012. sophia nelson is a "jet" magazine political communist, writer and contributor for the brio and "washington post" as well. >> good to see you. >> do you think, say you've got the lame duck session now prepared to deal with tax cuts. the president still has, as we're speaking now a democratically controlled house. is that something he can prevail on? >> probably not, because i think he wants to reach out. as i talk about he wants to work with republican s on the tax cuts, work with don't ask, don't tell, move things. what's going to happen on the tax cuts, they're going to find way to accommodate one another going into the new congress so that there

"beyond borderlines" hosted by lawrence o'donnell with maria teresa kumar. here on msnbc. one thing to campaign loudly about cutting spending. it is quite another to actually wield the ax, but spending cuts came one step closer when the co-chairs of the president's debt reduction commission released their plan to balance the budget. rick newman is chief correspondent with "u.s. news & world report." welcome back. social security age should be raised up to 69? >> right. >> we saw how well that went over in france, by the way. this would be phased in gradually taking full effect not until 2025. >> that's emphasis on phased in gradually. social security is not running out of money like some of the other programs. it won't take a lot to fix social security but if you do this gradually, what will have to happen is people will, first of all, if you want to retire at 65, do better retirement planning so you can do it yourself. what that means is that social security payments kick in at 69. you have to take care of the rest yourself. >> you're talking about the prog

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