that includes el paso and about 40 miles south, as well as all the way through new mexico and the boot hill extending toward the west. el paso sector alone has seen a 434% increase in apprehensions this fiscal year. the vast majority are family units and unaccompanied children arriving in large groups which challenges their capacity and our facilities. facilities having migrants near el paso have reached capacity and gone over numerous times in his fiscal year in the first quarter a situation that impacts both the efficiency of migrant processing and quality of the care we're able to provide. to help address this, we're taking steps to establish a centralized processing center, c.p.c., in the el paso sector. this will help us protect the health and safety of families nd children in custody while streamlining operations and reducing the time that we're holding families and hildren. the el paso central processing center will provide one location for the processing of family units and children and an appropriate environment and will facilitate consistent medical assessments in one locatio

and then a new mexico historic site. in february 1971, navajos carried rocks from navajo nation to fort sumner historic site and remembrance of their ancestors who had suffered and died at willoughby. these rocks from the base of the historical on the ground of the fort which navajo visitors have added to an array of objects, a flower 10, a carved horse, a wooden arrow, a purple heart. 20 years later, navajo students visited fort sumner and noticed that the navajo experience was nowhere to be seen. the ruins of the fort and the signage placed around the site mentioned them only briefly as prisoners. they read a letter to the state demanding that the story of navajos and mescalero patches be included at the site it took 15 years but in 2005 oski redondo memorial was built and dedicated at fort sumner. today visitors must walk through a ceremonial ground and memorial itself noted to access the ruins. of fort sumner along the banks. within the memorials rooms and halls are objects that testify to all of the sites different

with the border, specifically these are taken in some large groups the el paso area as well as new mexico. i'll talk about some of the challenges that presents here shortly. i want to hit on a few of the things that was already mentioned. primarily 28 days in february we had over 66,000 apprehensions. during this fiscal year so far, since october, we have had over 268,000 apprehensions so far. as compared to the same time rame last fiscal year. that's a 97% increase. a lot of folks say frankly based upon those numbers we have seen numbers like that in the past. if you look back to 2005, we have seen numbers 1.5 million. so a lot of folks don't understand that the significant change in the demographics of what we're seeing today is what presents us and our partners with challenges. historically the u.s. border patrol has arrested 70% to 90% of mexican nationals. we can apply a consequence to that demographic. we could return them quickly to mexico. today 70% p of all those we're arresting are from the nontriangle, guatemala, el salvador, and honduras. october, 2018, marked the first time i

my husband is a state representative in new mexico. he represents a part of the area i also represent. he represents what of the best green chilies. he understands the agriculture. he works hard to make sure we are investing in things like health. my dad is the president of our local unions for teachers and other school employees. and he's a school bus driver now. he's always working hard to educators, to protect children, and to make sure we have a great community. deeply about our future and children in the community. >> did you have any political mentors and what you remember about the messages they told you throughout the years? >> two mentors i learned a great deal from our senator udall, who really taught me that services everyone,ing with about making sure everyone is at the table, making sure you are listening more than you are talking and you're always focused on finding solutions. i got a chance to clerk for the federal district court judge. he had one of the busiest dockets of the country. every single case he presided over

i'm a new mexico state engineer and representatives for the state of new mexico on the colorado river. thank you for inviting me to testify before the subcommittee today i am here with my fellow governors presented its urge you to separate the request of the federal legislation allowing the secretary of interior design and implement the drought contingency plans for the colorado river. immediate action is necessary to market effectively combat the drought we've experienced in the past 19 years and it is needed and appropriate to develop a consensus between the seven states to reduce the negative impacts of the continuing drought on the cities, farmers, tribes and the environment. it is the culmination of the multiyear efforts of a group of parties the united states, republic of mexico have come together to ensure continued water supply for over 40 million people. each state and country is doing its part to keep the water levels from talking to low levels and resulting in significant wateresult in signir basin and the production of loss of hydropower specifically for new mexico they wo

torres small: my shuzz a state representive in new mexico. he represents a part of the area that i also represent he represents hatch, which is where the best green chilis are grown. he understands agriculture, is working hard to make sure we invest in soil health my dad is president of the local a.s.t., a union for teachers and other school employees. and it's an -- he's an educator and he's a school bus driver now. so he is always working hard to protect educators, to protect children, and to make sure that we have a great community. my mom just retired as a teacher. so they care deeply about our future and children in the community. host: did you have any political mentors and what did they tell you? what do you remember about the messages that they told you through the years? ms. torres small: two mentors they have learned a great deal from are senator udall, who really taught me that service is about working with everyone, about making sure that every is at the table. making sure that you're listening more than you're talking. and making

that doesn't really work for democracy in new mexico. because now it's six states that elect the president. it's not the rest of us. 30-to-40 states get no presidential visits, no ads, no polling, no organization of the parties. nothing, because it doesn't matter. it only matters in six or seven states. so when george w. bush was running against john kerry, bush got 3 million more votes than kerry but 60,000 vote differences in ohio would have elected kerry. so it's both parties should be paying attention to this. >> i pointed out if your state, new mexico and colorado come on board, will you get to 186. i want to put up on the screen, the math of the 2016 presidential. and ask you this question. you will need some red states to get this done. where do you think you have a shot? >> you know, we have i think it's now 30. either state houses or state senates. all over the country that have voted for this in the past. in the past, the arizona speaker of the house, a republican, carried the bill. so maybe right now republicans in red states

she's barely older than her students. >> this is when she graduated from new mexico state university.ime, graduating from college is very important for a woman. >> very important back then. very few got to be there. >> of all the inheritances i've learned about, your family has suffered so much pain. it started with your mother's brother. >> yes. >> tell me about him. >> he was drafted after pearl harbor, and they were sent to the philippines. >> irene's brother vernon is one of more than 60,000 american and philippine soldiers captured by the japanese on the bataan peninsula. they're forced to march 80 miles in scorching heat without food, water, or medical care. thousands die of exhaustion. some are executed by the japanese. did your mom think that her brother was going to come home? >> they always had hopes. >> many of the boys in irene's classroom are eager to sign up and fight. their way of assuring her that they will return is to promise to bring her something back. like a doll, maybe. your mom was such a beloved teacher that they brought her these dolls. >> even back then, moth

in 2007 one of her affairs turned out to be this man, mark allen, a new mexico horse breeder and heirhe limo people asked me do you want some guy or the ex-mrs. washington, and i said i'll take the ex-mrs. washington. >> five months after meeting peggy thomas, allen said he asked her to marry him. >> the biggest mistake i ever made in my life. >> within months of moving to his new mexico ranch, allen says peggy was nosing her way into his horse business, pressing him to fire longtime employees and hire friends of hers. >> you know, she wanted her people to do the accounting and stuff. >> when he refused, allen says, the man magnet turned into a maneater. >> she'd get on me and it was -- it was like a man getting on you. she's a pretty good sized woman. i looked in her eyes and i -- i mean, she's evil. she is evil. >> but if peggy thomas married well, she divorced even better. allen says he gave her money and an 80-foot houseboat just to go away. >> the divorce took way longer than the marriage did. >> looking back, mark allen says he should have known better. he says a few days before

communities from across the country, communities of east los angeles, rural counties in northern new mexico, the west side of san antonio, the south bronx in new york, different communities that have their own sort of local histories throughout most of the 20th century's. cubans arriving in the late 50's through to the present day, going to all of those places is the key to understanding how local latino political communities identified themselves and what they thought of the political parties and their areas. also a look at the presidential archives, the presidential election is where the hispanic exists, is manifest, because this is an effort, the presidential campaign since 1960 , revolved around in listing the kind of national latino electorate. at the national level, at the level of u.s. presidents, we see attempts to organize these various distinct latino constituencies into something kind of manageable and usable for themselves. breaking -- >> breaking it down, how have the parties attempted to court and wu? >> republicans, so republicans, tracing this back to the 1960's, democrats w

in texas, in arizona, in new mexico, processing centers, migrant family shelters, these temporary facilities, they are bursting. and immigration officials are about to release a lot of people, possibly thousands, from detention in texas. we'll go live to the border in just a moment. this is how overwhelmed some of these facilities are. customs officials say these migrant processing centers are well over 100% capacity. edinburgh, texas, el paso,

to the place in new mexico where american senators have come. from i researched in the archives in new york and in washington, d.c., looking for points of connection among communities that had historically seen themselves and different but ever brought into con tact with one another. >> in the classroom with students, what are the most common questions? war they asking you? >> i teach other things as well, but when i do teach, this i think students are generally surprised because they, like much of the population, threes our students, have not seen this kind of texture or nuance in latino communities. the label has been effective at ort of homogenizing or standardizing them. >> which is not the case. >> when. grandmother ne, my is cuban, and they doesn't like puerto ricans. you are trying to figure out why, and you find there is a tremendous amount of cizikas that people feel among themselves. and that is ok. art of my job as a teach is to introduce students to some of those cizikases, but also ways in which, for better or worse, american politic

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and then on march 9, 1916, his forces attacked the town of columbus, new mexico in the middle of the. one column attacks the town and largely burns down the downtown. and one column attacks an army garrison right outside of town. steve: so we are going to watch the film in just a moment, but in order to better understand the border and what it was like back then -- clearly it is in the headlines with the debate over the wall, but what was it like in 1916? what would we have seen if we traveled to that area? julie: on the u.s. side you would find a remarkably safe border, considering there was a very large war going on on the other side. much of the mexican revolution and battles take place in the border around northern mexico. many of the revolutionary fromrs end up being sonora, which is in the north. the north of mexico is a dangerous place. there aren't many refugees at that time coming to escape the fighting in northern mexico. on the u.s. side there are not that many attacks, considering the danger and the long-standing conflict that happens very close by to american soil. so th

it was a time when a sinister force seemed to be snatching women off the streets of new mexico's largest city and the devoutly religious detective knew she needed all the help she could get. >> i think somebody who is very organized. i think he's been preying on his victims, has a particular victim in mind. >> sticking up for victims comes naturally to ida lopez. it's the same instinct that drew her to police work years ago when she was a kid growing up in albuquerque. >> i was about 9 years old. actually, it was my -- my grandfather raised me. he was outside. he was about in his 80s. i'm in the porch area and there's a foot chase. the guy goes toward him and he's tackled by police. i thought that was the coolest thing i had ever seen. so that curiosity, then the service part, helping people part of police work. >> after college, ida graduated from the police academy and joined the force as a uniformed officer. >> most of my areas i worked, especially in patrol, i was assigned to work with the prostitutes in the area. >> so she learned about the lives of the women on the street, and it w

heather: is he doing enough to help you in new mexico?orcement officer, i could point this effort and i am happy that money was released, 57 miles of wall, border patrol will extend down there so they have to close the check points on the interstate which means massive amounts of drugs and that influx into the whole united states, over 8000 crossings in one week alone. there is such a strain on the area of the southern border they are moving these individuals up to the city of albuquerque and it is a huge issue for the state at a huge issue for the country and it is time for us to do something to get this issue resolved. heather: the president talked about that, when it comes to drug trafficking and people crossing the border illegally bringing drugs into the country. he pointed out 300 americans a week die from heroine that is trafficked from mexico. have you seen a rise in their problem over the last years? >> we have seen a huge problem across the state and the huge increase in heroin, methamphetamine uses. it is a big issue for the st

we made a decision to move to albuquerque, new mexico. this was before daca. while we moved, i.c.e. still posed a threat but we made new friend at our school and obtained good grades. college application was tricky. new mexico state university was out of the question because of its proximity to the border. other forms of financial aid were do it come by. i went on to earn a bachelor of science at the university of new mexico. because of immigrant youth fought to be protected the daca program was created in 2012. after that life changed for me and many immigrant youth. i had access to different jobs, i could now move freely in the u.s., i could finally breathe a sigh of relief. unlike dream act legislation of years past academic achievement was not a qualification for daca. even though i'm here as a medical student and someone who is proud of her accomplishments i come from a community of resilient and strong mechanics, construction workers, teachers, home care workers, moms and dads and people from all walks of life who call this nation home. when donald trump killed daca my mental h

lujan of new mexico. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 172, the gentleman from new mexico, mr. lujan, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new mexico. mr. lujan: madam chair, thank you very much. our democracy is at its best when all voices are heard. unfortunately, whether due to antiquated voting systems or restrictive voter laws, too many americans face too many obstacles to participate in our elections. there is also an immediate need to protect election security. russia attacked our democracy in 2016, and could do so again. that is why last congress i introduced the voting innovation prize act to tap into america's innovative spirit to strengthen our democracy. these are competitive grants. today i am proud to offer an amendment based on that legislation. my amendment will expand the election infrastructure grants to promote voter participation, secure our election, and increase funding. i thank chairman bennie thompson for working with m

. >>> and look at what was spotted in new mexico.g tornado there, blew through parts of that state and areas of texas, too. this is onef twoornados that touched down in new mexico. ten homes were damaged.r mi injuries, reported, as well. nature.er >> and the fact there's a variety going on at the same time in this part of the country. >> she crazy. >> no kidding, she is. >> call it what it is. that.ll get a taste of the big storm in the middle of the country is starting to fill in. some ofhe intensity will be gone. by the time all that stuff gets here, it will barely be a shadow of its former self. that's all right with us. we'll have severe weather in the springtime. for now, your thursday, off to a quiet star ies are mostly clear to get your day going. 46 at national airport. not m ah of breeze just yet. that wind will be out of the he thwest, later in afternoon. a little gusty at times. nd to 10 or 20 miles per hour. plan on a breezyild afternoon. emperatures will go from the low to mid-40s thimorning. up to near 70 degrees for a

. >> the same system slammed new mexico with tornadoes.he national weather service believes a tornado touched down in the town of dexter. something very rare in new mexico this time of year. >>> a blizzard warning in effect for half a dozen states in the upper midwest. meteorologist chris shaffer of our minneapolis station wcco is tracking what we're in for next. >>> we're dealing with another monster storm in the country. flooding concerns from minnesota down to the gulf. the hot topic has been the blizzard conditions. reports of four feet of snow in some of the mountains around denver, colorado. wind gusts of 80 miles per hour. you see the blizzard warning stretches up to parts of northwestern minnesota. now this storm will be pushing toward the east as the low does scoot to the northeast. the snow will start to wrap up, pushing over the dakotas with those blizzard conditions continuing. there will be a line of thunderstorms heading toward the east coast. some of which could be severe. but that storm system will eventually be clearing ou

i see that when i travel weather to new mexico or pembroke new hampshire or gulfport mississippi. these are the towns in your be a part of the digital economy. your members are making it happen. we are so happy to learn of your decision to commit to stay on as chairman. that delighted us. [applause] in fairness, judge judy said she wasn't retiring, so i thought i have got to stick with the day job. we will see. led to: tell us what has that. mr. pai: the excitement on executing on our agenda. the job is not done. our top job of closing the divide, modernizing, extending opportunities to everybody hasn't been accomplished. there is more we want to do. having the ability to work with fantastic. it has been amazing. they believe in this mission, work every day to make sure we execute. i enjoy traveling the country. the last couple of days i was in atlanta talking with folks on what digital opportunity means especially for entrepreneurs, minorities and women and other underrepresented populations. broadband really is -- to be one small piece of the puzzle has been extremely rewarding.

in new mexico, two reported tornadoes thursday. near logan, a rackable sight. >> clayton joins us from a very windy scene there near the denver airport. so many drivers stranded. the governor declaring a state of emergency at this hour. >> that's right, david, you can see just how bad the conditions are. all the cars on this highway they are going nowhere fast. as you mentioned just a few minutes ago we learned that a colorado state patrol trooper who was responding to one of the he accidents today was hit by a car and was killed. david. >> all right, stay away from that traffic right there, clayton. thanks for your report and let's get right to senior meteorologist rob marciano tracking this storm as it moves across the country. >> david, this is a rare and record-breaking storm for colorado. now center in kansas. the wind is still whipping 's the wind field that's been most remarkable. wichita, kansas city, maybe some flooding with that rain on top of the melting snow many minnesota and iowa. wind and rain there. this does weaken

. >>> and look at what was spotted in new mexico. a big tornado there, blew through parts of that state and areas of texas, too. this is one of two tornados that touched down in new mexico. ten homes were damaged. minor injuriesreported, as well. >>> we're tossing to chuck bell. i was trying to get histe ion to tell us about what kind of forecast we're expecting today. >> the kind your going to like, eun. sunshine today and near 70 degrees. >> wow. >> and the crowd goes wild. i think we may finally be able to close the books on sw chances around here. as we get closer to the tail end of march, the oppettunity to snow really starting to trail away. and our next ten-day ourecast, that bring us up to the 24th of march, 0% chance of snow. just about two inches above average for snowfall this year, at national airport. dulles was six inches above average. and bwi marshall, just a smidge below. right now, it is 46 in washington. winds out of thesouth, about ten miles per hour now. they will be in the 15-mile-per-hour, 20-mile-per-hour rang

that addressed prisoners' rights of course that doesn't mean they were met with scrutiny like in new mexicowhere the new mexico district attorney's association disagrees with the current state legislature proposal to reduce our drug possession charges from felonies to miss the meters they believe it incentivizes addicts to steal your . and in association release said it's not the alcoholic who is going to steal it it is the heroin addict sick needing a quick fix to make himself feel better who drives away in your ford focus or stole that necklace that your grandma left you i doubt my grandmothers who've collectively birthed fifteen children have any material wealth and i haven't seen a ford focus on the road since their ad which touted escaping from the trunk in a tight parking space as a selling point. and the federal first steps act which is aimed at prisoner rehabilitation and reducing harsh sentencing isn't without scrutiny too specifically a part of the law that would create a risk assessment tool to determine who's at risk for going back to prison or eligible for early release and act

we made a decision to move to albuquerque, new mexico. this was before daca. while we know that i still posed a threat, we went about making new friends and obtaining good grades. college applications were tricky. despite receiving a full tuition scholarship, new mexico state university was out of the question because of its proximity to the border., other financial aid was difficult to come by. i went on to earn a bachelor of science at the university of mexico. because immigrant youth fought to be protected, a daca program was created in 2012. after that, life changed for me and many immigrant youths. i had access to different jobs, i could now move freely in the u.s., i finally breeze a sigh of relief. academic achievement was not a qualification of daca. this is important, because even though i sit here today as a medical student, and as someone who is proud of her accomplishments, i come from a community of resilient and strong mechanics, construction workers, teachers, home care workers, cosmetologists, moms, dads, and people from all walks of life, to ca

so we noticed that that the only place that we saw bugs and we noted it in the episode through new mexico was that there was a lot of bugs splatter well perhaps you know maybe correlation doesn't necessarily causation but this chart in this article might explain that monsanto is roundup weed killer found in top beer and wine brands a new report by the u.s. public interest research group erg education fund reveals that many beers and wine sold across the u.s. contain toxic glyphosate from lead killer of course this is not allowed in europe. but the world health organization has found that it causes cancer but in america we're just focused on the bottom line for shareholders and if americans will take it they'll give it to them and the darker areas are where more roundup is news so that whole heartland. of america where all our food products are grown that's filled with roundup but you notice the this whole white areas where no roundup pursues because there are no crops that could use it and that is like nevada arizona new mexico and we definitely did notice a ploy of bugs there compared to

for more, we go to santa fe, new mexico, where we're joined by whose new book is "our history is theure." use assistant professor of american studies at university of new mexico, cofounder of the indigenous resistance group the red nation and a citizen of the lower paroles who pride -- lower brule sioux tribe. welcome to democracy now! can you respond to what is happening in the midwest from nebraska on an particular talk about the effects of native americans. >> so this history of flooding actually goes back to the 1930's when the missouri river flooded and flooded a lot of towns .ownriver the united states government, under the auspices of the and green deal -- excuse me, the new deal, proposed a series of on damsain stem -- series of on the main stem to prevent flooding. damlaces like lower brule and a from there, another dam to have sort of flood control for downriver states. what we're seeing right now is a continuation of the mismanagement of that river and the flooding that is being caused specifically by the army corps of engineers. these dams dislocated and forcefully remove

no roundup pursues because there are no crops that could use it and that is like nevada arizona new mexico and we definitely did notice a player for a shot of bugs there compared to where you know that you are or through that area you know as. you know i'm stunned at the bagel the crazy. bees become extinct and if they become extinct humans will follow why because the insects pollinate all of the flow or plants you know that's the vegetation that you know cows are basically herbivores on thing you know i eat vegans. cows but if there's no plants there's no cows there's no humans there's no life and the russia game hoax was a hoax rachel. first my apology. well i did hear you. ok well we're taking a break when we come back more. after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next the pope the ball different clubs on one hand it is logical to sort of go from fields where everything is familiar on the other i wanted a new challenge and a fresh perspective i'm used to surprising people and i saw one also you think. i'm going to talk about football not t

service warning, do not even attempt to drive in this storm. >>> danger on the rails as well, a new mexico train derailed by wind, no injuries reported. >> oh, my goodness! >> reporter: violent storms delivering dee strouks to an amazon storage in texas. tossing planes like toys, turning semis sideways. this winter doesn't know when to quit. steve patterson, nbc news. >> now that we've seen how dangerous this storm is, let's go to nbc meteorologist janessa webb. good morning. >> good morning. the pressure dropped very kl let's talk about why they're calling it a bomb cyclone. we saw pressure down 24 millibars in less than 24 hours. and you can still see the spin out towards kansas city, making its way into st. louis. good news for colorado, the avalanche danger is going to decrease throughout your afternoon, but we still have 7 million under winter weather concerns, at least throughout the afternoon. so unfortunately, the storm system is just not done yet. it is shifting to the east. >> man, got to deal with that now. lot more people there, 7 million at risk. janessa, thank you. >> breakin

. >> tom udall of new mexico will not seek re-election.r member of new mexico's congressional delegation was seen as a heavy favorite to win re-election next year. the open seat could change new mexico's landscape with democrats and republicans to mount campaigns there. udall is the first democratic senator not to seek re-election in 2020. >>> still ahead, president trump welcomes benjamin netanyahu to the white house as he makes a major u.s. policy shift with political benefits for the israeli leader. >> british prime minister theresa may face as rebuke from her own party as they try to strike a deal on brexit. - [woman] with my shark, i deep clean messes like this. this and even this. but i don't have to clean this, because the self-cleaning brush roll removes hair, while i clean. - [announcer] shark, the vacuum that deep cleans, now cleans itself. [zara larsson - "wow"] ♪ ♪ baby i'm not even in a gown ♪ and the only thing u have to say is wow ♪ ♪ make you're jaw drop drop say oh my drop drop drop ♪ ♪ make u say oh my god my drop drop ♪

he should definitely be in new mexico. we shouldn't cede any state off the bat because which democrat in fact is actually going to bust through trump's 306 electoral votes? where is the proof of that. we have 13. we have the bakers dozen running. biden may be in. none of them think the others can beat donald trump. no strategy i see. you got beto o'rourke and cory booker promising they would nominate a woman to be vp. do they not think women running are good enough to be president? a whole hot mess in democratic party. giving over the bridge in virginia. can't get rid of allegedly racist governor, allegedly rapist lieutenant governor. why is the democratic party powerless to remove people from office, let alone -- i'm naming states. i think president will compete again in many places where, as the incumbent presiding over boom economy that is envy of the world and trying to bring peace throughout the world he is dealing with china and north korea and iran in a way that previous administrations had not. steve: kellyanne, i

to put a strain on our resources. >> reporter: in the el paso sector alone, which also includes new mexicoan 1700% in the number of family units taken into custody. >> information has gotten out that it's possible to make an effective asylum claim by getting onto the physical territory of the united states. >> reporter: immigration experts say that's also why even the demographic of those trying to enter has dramatically changed. >> historically, for decades, most of the people who have come to the border were mexican adults, mostly mexican men. >> reporter: now they're largely women and children from central american countries, and they're traveling together more frequently. >> these are groups, large groups, at least 27 of more than 100 each group walking around this port of entry and turning themselves in. >> reporter: in a single day, more than 1,000 migrants did just that and showed up in el paso for processing. about 250 took agents by surprise back in january when they arrived in the middle of the night at a remote border crossing in neighboring antelope wells, new mexico. then a fe

. >> the c-span bus recently traveled to new mexico, asking folks, what does it mean to be american? >> it's to be part of the greatest nation in the entire world. i have opportunity, prosperity for all. those who want to work hard and go get it, the opportunities are absolutely unlimited. >> its pride, having pride in my country, i fly, and this is the land of the free because of the brave. betterrd, and make a world for our children. >> to be an american, besides the obvious, liberty and freedom that we have here in this country, we have an awesome country to live in. we had awesome people to live with. those are the things that i like the best. the wonderful landscapes we have in this country, especially out here in the west, but also the wonderful people we have all of the country in every corner. i visit every state in the union and i always find wonderful people to visit with. >> what a great question, what it means to be an american. i'm assuming there have been a lot of answers to that, but to me, its pride and also opportunity. i'm very new to the area i'm at right now. i mo