. >> alejandro mar quiz directs it and stars michael pena as hernandez.ideo. and what so inspiring about that. he applied to nasa # 1 times and got a no knocking on that door # 1 times. the 12th time because he believed and did it a 12th time that was the one that made it. >> he's the michael jordan of nasa. >> so cool. >> amazing story and michael pena is such a good actor you know it's going to be a good one. >> they knew they had to have michael pena star in the role even early on. they said that he nailed it as far as, you know, looking like him. and it's just a perfect, perfect choice for the role and another female director who is latina. >> you know what? gianna did a story a couple of days ago on our website under the hispanic heritage month list of stories that talks about the importance ofof represesentation in film. amazing. k kudos to them. >>> a lot more to come.e. time now 5:42. would you pay to use your social media? well, you might have to for x. the plan under consideration by elon musk. >> i'm thinking about that. >>> here's a live look

keyt[upbeat music]k. - a lot has changed in chicago since michael peña was a kid.ut latinos have been systemically underrepresented in the city's government. and illinois' first mexican american representative, congressman jesús chuy garcía, who i'm meeting today, has been working to change that. congressman garcía wants to make sure that mexican americans in this city are seen and heard. and one way is by showing off the chicago mariachi project with this warm traditional welcome. [all singing in spanish] ♪ - [speaking spanish] [cheers] - this city has a rich history of activists and community leaders, and congressman garcía is cut from that same cloth. chuy started out as a community organizer, then became a politician. he started enlace, a community-driven activist group that among other achievements demanded a new high school be built in little village, one of the most under-resourced communities in chicago. - we are going to be sure that the money that has been approved goes to the people in need. [all cheering] ♪ all: sí, señor! - bravo, bravo. amazing. you g

michael peÑa es un actor extraordinario, estuve tan contento cuando lo seleccionaron a Él, y Él dijou esposa y tu familia que estuvo siempre en detrÁs de ti? >> que los quiero mucho, que muchas gracias por ese apoyo que me han brindado, y que me lo sigan brindando, porque como decÍa raÚl velasco, aÚn hay mÁs. satcha: no se lo pueden perder, yo sÉ que los va a inspirar. >> es en prime video de amazon, hay que celebrar viendo la pelÍcula, porque va a salir en 140 paÍses al mismo tiempo, estamos muy contentos porque ya no vamos a esperar a mÁs miles sino a millones de personas, quÉ bonito que la historia se cuente para que se pueda empoderar la gente en creer que sÍ puede. michelle: gracias a josÉ por seguir inspirÁndonos, y en mÁs de temas espaciales, cuatro astronautas que trabajaron en la estaciÓn espacial internacional, regresaron a la tierra. dentro de la cÁpsula venÍan dos astronautas estadounidenses, ruso y un cosmonauta de los estados unidos. satcha: paul mccartney pide ayuda a los Áticos y a todos los que puedan brindar asistencia encontrar su instrumento favorito, desaparecido

. >> reporter: "a million miles away" starring michael pena tells jose's story and one of so many migrant families coming and they want their children to go to school. at the same time, they're trying to make a living. it is very hard. your parents took a major sacrifice. how do you encourage other families in similar situations? >> i realized that parents, you know, are trying to put food on the table, and they're working long hours. but i think if they work as a team and sort of have some type of agreement, that there's a way to provide that environment at home. >> reporter: jose has already beaten the odds by all accounts. successful career, a master's degree, husband, father of five. but something if him and those around him pointed him straight to the stars. what do they have that you don't have? a boy raised picking vegetables in the fields of california one day becoming the first migrant farm worker to make it to space. he didn't just shoot for the stars, he found himself among them. i want to ask you, was it worth it? >> being able to see the earth from a unique perspective, this

not in a million miles away, michael pena plays jose hernandez. >> from the time he was a little boy, to one day go into space. the movie shows us what it took for hernandez to make his dreams come true to up his odds. he became a pilot and a certified scuba diver. he even learned russian. what he didn't learn was to accept rejection. >> i've applied 12 times and yes, sir, i've been on the verge of giving up after each and every rejection. but you know what, sir? here i am. so you could turn me down again. but rest assured, i'll be standing here again in a year. >> the real jose hernandez, who makes a cameo in the film, is excited to see his journey become a movie, and i hope it inspires lots of people to reach their maximum potential because i think it's going to be an inspirational, classic. >> all right. good luck and godspeed. thank you. >> welcome. i couldn't deny, you know, the power of the story and the power that it was going to have. >> hernandez made it to space in 2009 on a 14 day mission when it was time to land the shuttle had to scrap florida for california for landing a

followed his dream to fly into space as a nasa astronaut hernandez is played by award-winning actor michael penaound with him. i said, you know, he's a great actor. >> but he does. he's not as good looking as i am. the astronaut was very down to visiting with fox 40 at the hometown premier. i think it's a story about perseverance is the story hard work education being the great equalizer. the concept that the american dream is alive and well, if you're willing to work hard persevere and prepare yourself, according to the challenge select. he says the feeling of looking down on earth is surreal and humbling. as you realize, you're one of only about 500 people to have that experience. and and yet he is still rooted in stockton. my office is in the waterfront warehouse and >> it's just a couple blocks away a walk here for the premier. his story is the story of perseverance. stockton mayor kevin lincoln expressed thanks that hernandez wanted to share this movie with the hometown audience first, you know, stocked in is a beautiful place that produces a lot of talent. but stockton is also a place wher

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