we have worked merida through the merida as we can.y understanding is the government of mexico understands the problem and is focused on it. >> i am not sure about this hugs thing either. the new presidents as hugs and set bullets and i'm not sure that is going to work. >> thank you, congressman. >> thank you. i appreciate y'all being here. i want to thank you for the work that your agencies do. i know you do it with good intention. and you put forth everything and the teams with you. but here in congress i hear the same thing over and over, good governance, where working on rule of law. going after, increasing the judicial system and all that. but yet we are not seeing it. mr. glenn, you brought that up. nohink you said, under illusion we have decreased the drug trafficking and flow, i think that is what you said. we know that. we know there is more drugs coming in. i want to look i like to look at , things what is the solution and how do we change this. ms. feinstein, you are talking about there was a 3% recidivism. versus the 60% in

i.n the face of these challenges the merida initiative has better positions the u.s.-mexico cooperative to tackle corruption and security to build trust between u.s. and mexican law enforcement. inl has learned adapted the and programs to meet the changing environment tackle those through the u.s. and prioritize sustainability and impact. where there is sustained political will we have seen our investments bear fruit. one example is more than 400 canines donated since 2011 have helped interdict 23 tons of narcotics, including fentanyl, 56,000 guns and millions of , dollars of smuggled cash we have since expanded the canine program to state police and corrections partners. the next step is working closely with mexico with a strategic plan for the deployment of canines to targeted locations, to increase seizures and save more lives. we have learned no amount of equipment or training can reduce impunity without sustainable improvements. this requires continued political will and resources to tackle today's immediate problems while laying the foundation for the enduring c

. >> kevin merida why is he espn putting out the young readers book called "the fierce 44"? >> guest: for the undefeated our platform or raise sports and culture we have done a digital project in 2017 that was kind of an ode to the first african-american president since the title is "the fierce 44" so we have this idea that let's do an ohmage to an arguably a think is the greatest achievement for african-americans to become president and who else should be on that list? we did a list and interactive digital project and it was well received, highly debated and then code mifflin hardcourt publish it and said could you turn this into a children's book because there are not a lot of african-american biographies of the genre that is a popular children's biography collection so they had these beautiful illustrations. we turned it into a book. >> host: what is the format of this will? >> guest: well it's basically a short file of sketches with a couple of illustrations. it just gives you a -- kids -- gives kids enough so they can learn about these tremendous african-american achiev

. >> so, kevin merida, why is espn putting out a young reader's book called "the fierce 44." >> guest: for the undefeated, our platform, which focuses on race, sports and culture, we have done a digital project in 2017 that was kind of an ode to the first african-american president, hence the title the fierce 44. we had this idea that let's do kind of an homage to inarguably the greatest achievement for african-americans to become president, and who else should be on that list? and so we did a list, it was interactive digital project, and it was well-received, highly debated, and then hard hard court publish it this saying you turn into into a children's book because there are not a lot of african-american biographies, a general a was that -- genre that was popular issue children's biography questions and so we edited our digital project and turn it into a book. >> host: what is the format of the book. >> guest: well, it's basically a short bio sketches with illustrations, and it just gives you enough, gives kids enough they can learn about these tremendous african-american achievers,

latina, de 25,000 personas en el festival de mÉrida.has nominaciones y la nominaciÓn se recibe con los brazos abiertos, cuando ganas un premio y se recibe con los brazos abiertos, se recibe con los brazos abiertos cuando aterricÉ y viene a realizar el show esta noche y habÍa una familia esperÁndola en el aeropuerto, todas esas cosas, la sonrisa, las palabras que te dicen sobre tu trabajo, todo eso se aprecia mucho.. >> hizo un vÍdeo y su hija colabora. >> estoy muy feliz con ella, pero estÁ de lleno en su producciÓn, en sus composiciones, sus estudios y estoy feliz y porque estÁ haciendo algo que le gusta, siempre fue la conversaciÓn que hicimos, de ... >> chayanne es uno de los mejores artistas que provoca motivaciÓn, han creado menos con su imagen y jennifer lÓpez, ambos artistas contemporÁneos, una situaciÓn indomable. >> veo los nenes y los disfruto, el compromiso con su trabajo, mucha disciplina, la alimentaciÓn, los ejercicios, coger tu tiempo libre porque hay que oxigenarse y eres humano, imaginÓ de lo que han dicho, mira eso. ♪

>> under the merida initiative, we have assisted them in the form of primarily recovering the weapons so through the forensi forensics, ats is present in the embassy and it does work with the attorney general's office with the state level attorney general's office is to retrieve weapons that have been used in the cutting of crimes to be able to track them back and find how they came across the border. >> thank you mr. chairman. i have a few questions. i'm certainly concerned about the trade routes to my district. being that mexico last year had if you consider the confirmed murders and disappearances that number exceeds every soldier we lost in vietnam and this is just in one year. violence to this extreme and mexico being our number one trading partner, are we having a conversation that this could potentially be a national security threat if we have portions of the country that have failed and in my opinion they have in certain states are we having those conversations? >> thank you, congressman. we do have conversations every day about the security threats to mexican citizens, u.s. c

>> he tenido la oportunidad de hacer videos aquÍ en mÉrida, fue representante de mÉrida de invitar alves de la misma familia. todas esas cosas, la sonrisa, se aprecia mucho. >> los paÍses a visitar son argentina, uruguay, colombia. >> isadora estÁ metodÍsima en la mÚsica, y estoy feliz por ella pero estÁ de lleno en su producciÓn en sus composiciones en sus estudios y estoy feliz porque estÁ haciendo algo que le gusta y siempre fue la conversaciÓn que tuvimos como amigos fuera de familia, de hacer lo que te gusta, cuando haces lo que te gusta no estÁs trabajando, estÁs disfrutando de ti, de la vida. y recibir amor y sentir esa alegrÍa eso es lo que vas a exteriorizar ¿no?. >> chayanne es uno de los hombres que mayor admiraciÓn provoca por estar muy bien conservado, a sus 51 aÑos, a tal grado que en redes sociales han creado memes con su imagen y jennifer lÓpez, ambos artistas contemporÁneos. >> vi los memes, veo los memes me rÍo, los disfruto, es cÓmo hacer una gira de mucho tiempo, cÓmo es el compromiso con tu trabajo, la disciplina, la alimentos los ejercicios. tambiÉn coger tu tiem

>> under the merida initiative, we have assisted them in the form of primarily recovering the weapons so through the forensics forensics, ats is present in the embassy and it does work with the attorney general's office with the state level attorney general's office is to retrieve weapons that have been used in the cutting of crimes to be able to track them back and find how they came across the border. >> thank you mr. chairman. i have a few >> >> those conversations? >> thank you, congressman. we do have conversations every day about the security threats to mexican citizens, u.s. citizens and the fact that this obviously represents a national security extreme for mexico and the u.s., so yes sir we do have those conversations. >> being that the homicide rate has skyrocketed over the past few years and we have also witnessed a series of issues come in here and beat prosecuting crimes especially those against american citizens and mexico recently we have had in the past few months i can recall about 11 deaths of american citizens on mexican soil. .. >> so during the conversation with p

california en el mes de abril es por ello que nos acompaÑan el centro de recursos legales para el de mÉridaun indicaciÓn en su correo para participar por internet como por correo por telÉfono si quieren. >> cuente porque es importante participar o hacerse constar en el censo >> como dije nada mÁs ocurre cada 10 aÑos es importante especialmente para nuestra comunidad que participe porque este censo ayuda para que nuestras comunidades reciban dinero y tambiÉn para que tengamos mÁs de representantes en el gobierno para apoyar nuestras ideas. >> hay varias preguntas por ejemplo si las personas son indocumentadas deben participar en el censo y sin formaciÓn no serÁ entregada? >> exactamente, la gente tiene que saber que el censo es completamente diferente obligaciÓn ello no tiene nada que ver con inmigraciÓn, la respuesta conceden entonces no tienen que tener miedo nuestros emigrantes >> hay que participar sin temor y asÍ puede haber fondo para las comunidades esto es importante. agradecemos la participaciÓn del centro de recursos para inmigrantes, gracias por responder las duda sobre censo 2020

. >> kevin merida why is he espn putting out the young readers book called "the fierce 44"?guest: for the undefeated our platform or raise sports and culture we have done a digital project in 2017 that was kind of an ode to the first african-american president since the title

buffalo soldiers actually build in 19 oh 4 on our merida it is believed to be the first museum in the national park system. >>although from contributions are gone ranger johnson says another connections are still very present. >>happen, i'm wearing on my head right no to rise from the calvary were worn by the us army troops both in yosemite sequoia and yellowstone that history of the after american contribution. >>to the national parks is what johnson is working to keep alive and inspire others we didn't just come along after this was set up we were part of the setting up we are part of the building of this idea. >>and that was anthony bailey reporting make sure to tune in on saturday night february the 22th at 9 30 how the host an hour hidden history special celebrating black history. coming up former finaland the tea and fan favorite andre iguoda returned to the bay area play against his old teammates. >>mark and jason will set you up for bay area sports night by breaking down its with dollars return coming up. >>and winds continue with at least across parts of the north bay. we get

reach parts of the world kenya is where luna is making its commercial debut i spoke with charles merida he doesn't represent loon but it's more well known sister company google google's mission from the get go was to really get a lot of the africans who are offline online and to make sure they get online in a more affordable and have better conduct content as well as relevance and the mission around noon is to ensure that we are able to deliver connectivity to the most remote parts of the continent and around the world so i'm proud to say that here in kenya is the 1st commercial agreement between noon our sister company and telco to kenya we're amazed to be seen is what standards of. accountability there will be will that mean that people are restricted to only using google esque sites for instance that remains to be question what data will become acted in the process of connecting people i put some of these questions to charles he made it clear he couldn't say much more about luke after all he doesn't work for that company he did tell me this though about google's approach to data coll

. >> watch authors kevin merida, f.h. buckley this weekend on booktv on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] >> okay. good evening, everyone, and thank you all for joining us tonight. e on behalf of carmichael's bookstore, i am delighted to welcome you all to tonight's event. if we could all take a moment before i begin and silence our phones, i'dok greatly appreciate that. tonight we are joined by cassie chambers whose debut memoir, "hill women," honors her childhood in an latch cha and the strong women who raised her. she has now worked extensively with domestic violence survivors here in kentucky. she currently lives in louisville with her husband. please join me in giving a very warm welcome to cassie. [applause] >> thank you all. first off, i just want the thank everyone for being here and coming out in the rain on a cold night. it means so much to me to have people from all the different stages and phases of my life, and it is wonderful to see you all here. i also want to thank car mic's for hosting -- carmichael's for hosting this event. if we want to have th

. >> so, kevin merida, why is espn putting out a young reader's book called "the fierce 44." >> guest: for the undefeated, our platform, which focuses on race, sports and culture, we ha d

. >> watch authors kevin merida, f.h. buckley and others this weekend on booktv on c-span2. >> i think we're ready. i think we're ready to get started. i'm so so excited. thank you all for coming out today, and welcome toll -- welcome to francie and fitch book shop. we have a lot of helpers. i want to point out if you haven't noticed, we've got c-span in the room, tony came in from iowa, taking a little break from the iowa campaigning. so you're going to be on c-span. i'll find out when, i'm not sure when, but i'll be finding out so you can spread the word and let people know. mary anne andre is here, award-winning producer of documentaries, among them "under the milky way." it was absolutely beautiful. and we're kind of in a little fish bowl today, right? [laughter] which is great. i also want to recognize stephanie, she's going to be helping with the book signing afterwards. we'll kind of try and streamline that process a little bit. how the agenda's going to go is i'm going to -- you're going to get some introductions

. >> watch authors kevin merida, f.h.uckley and others this weekend on booktv on c-span2. >> i think we're ready. i think we're ready to get started. i'm so so excited. thank you all for coming out today, and welcome toll

fÉlix: hoy juega el atlanta contra los venados de mÉrida. carlos: quien va a ganar?: todo esto y mucho mÁs en "despierta amÉrica" en donde amanecemos siempre... francisca: con los protagonistas de la noticia y es viernes! ♪ ♪ ♪ enseguida llega el "doctor juan" raÚl: enseguida llega el "dr. juan" que se va a sentar con un panel de expertos para contestar lo que queremos saber para evitar el contagio del coronavirus. eso serÁ más adelante aquÍ en "despierta amÉrica". francisca: muy importante lavarse las manoscomo por 20 segundos y usar un desinfectante con alcohol. raÚl: vamos hablar del espectÁculo yentretenimiento. francisca:ella compartiÓ de las reacciones cuando se enterÓ de que estaba esperando a su primer bebÉ. reportera: la actriz África zavala nos platicÓ que se enfrentÓ a un gran miedo. África: siempre da miedo y me da mucho miedo porque estaba en la serie, me enterÉ y pensé que me quitarÍan el trabajo. todo ha sido tan hermoso. me consienten, me llevan comida todo el tiempo, ha sido muy bonito y una cosa que no me esperaba. les dije y se portaron muy hermoso

carlos:astrid, y mÉrida. qué noticia tan triste. respiro. kikr douglas la leyenda de la pantalla que protagonizÓ mÁs de 80 pelÍculas muriÓ a los 103 aÑos. asÍ lo anunciÓ su hijo michael douglas. para el mundo era una leyenda. alguien cuyo compromiso con la justicia estableciÓ un estÁndar al que todos aspiramos. para mÍ y mis hermanos Él era simplemente, papÁ. era hijo de inmigrantes judÍos llegados de rusia, en 1940 llegÓ a hollywood, hasta 1960 que su papel en la pelÍcula " spartacus" le dio un significado distinto a su carrera. en cada una de sus pelÍculas Él tenÍa una marca distintiva. de hecho se decÍa que daba lo mejor de sÍ en papeles en donde sus personajes eran de temperamento fuerte o de poderosa presencia. se casÓ dos veces y tuvo cuatro hijos. kirk nominado al oscar en tres ocasiones y nunca lo ganÓ, sin embargo en 1996 cuando fue galardonado con un Óscar honorÍfico por sus 50 aÑos a la industria del cine. conocidos como filÁntropo aportando millones de dÓlares a causas que ayudaban a personas especialmente niÑos y person

. >> kevin merida is the editor-in-chief of the undefeated, he is also one of the authors on this book "the firece 44: black americans who shook up the world". >> thanks peter. >> we recently asked republican congresswoman cathy mcmorris rodgers of washington about the book she's reading. >> the book that i most recently completed, finished reading, was the 100 year marathon which is china street strategy to replace america as a global superpower. it was a book recommended by greg walden to the energy and commerce committee members and we've had a number of briefings recently on china and i got the book and read the book and i thought it was really important, important insights about our relationship with china and china's strategy. 100 year strategy from 1949 to 2049. in some of the ways they have been not playing by the rules. and taking our technology are innovations in military intelligence to promote themselves as a superpower. >> any other books? >> some other books that i would love to read and one thing about serving in congress i get to meet amazing people and it's actually ha

kevin merida editor in chief of undefeated on their latest book on african-american history , the fierce 44. >> we don't think this is the greatest black achievev