-mexico here with shannon o'neil, her book, two nations individual. , why should mexico matter so much to the united states? >> i think i'm asking the questions today last night i would say this. in researching and writing my book and looking very closely at the united states but also in mexico, that there's just no other country that affects us as much on a day-to-day basis. so from the food that is honor tables to the parts and the cars to the gasoline in our tank to the consumers for our products, to the drugs on our street. mexico is part of our day-to-day lives where ever you live in the united states. that is a reality that you may recognize here in texas i don't think the other 49 states see it quite that way. and that's one i hope with more and more books and more and more people talking about it, more people would realize that. so taking back my will as moderator i want to ask you one last question. i want to return to the personal side and then i want to open it up to all of you for your questions, so be ready for those. my final question, i

i am shannon o'neil. i work at the council on foreign relations very focused on next month america more broadly unedited and pleasure tonight at talking with two wonderful gentleman, who have written wonderful books are really impressive impressive books about mexico. the first one on my right is ricardo ainslie. his book is called "the fight to save juarez." this book tells the story of the border city, which many of you know i've had the unfortunate tension in recent years of being not only the most violent place in mexico, but by some accounts the most spineless in the world. he tells the story of this descent into darkness of this border city through the eyes and through the stories of many people in morris, the mayor from 20,722,010. it is a newspaper photographer who patrols the streets and shows up at the house and the grandstands. it is the mistress of a mid-level cartel operator. and finally a human rights activist that is thrown in to those trying to make sense of it and protects the people insi

i am shannon o'neil. i work at the council on foreign relations very focused on next month america more broadly unedited and pleasure tonight at talking with two wonderful gentleman, who have written wonderful books are really impressive impressive books about mexico. the first one on my right is ricardo ainslie. his book is called "the fight to save juarez." this book tells the story of the border city, which many of you know i've had the unfortunate tension in recent years of being not only the most violent place in mexico, but by some accounts the most spineless in the world. he tells the story of this descent into darkness of this border city through the eyes and through the stories of many people in morris, the mayor from 20,722,010. it is a newspaper photographer who patrols the streets and shows up at the house and the grandstands. it is the mistress of a mid-level cartel operator. and finally a human rights activist that is thrown in to those trying to make sense of it and protects the people insi