prek in san antonio they are looking at prek and make it a more quality pre-k. my favorite is from university of the wisconsin and shows $6700 invested in early education lead toz 48,000 in savings in incarceration and unemployment expense. >> and talk to victoria who has a couple of kids of her own. >> we started prek this week, david. there is a lot of interesting studies sho that show value in preschool education and disporportionately pay a large amount on public education later on in terms of high school and college and you can extend that to incarceration rates. i agree with morgan we should invest in early childhood development. however, what san antonio is doing is looking at a full-day preschool which is versus half day. you are public dollars in day care. i think it is a school and not extending to a full on day care. >> rick, good or bad. >> morgan has it right. you are scoring big with everybody . you got it right, the money is not there because the state and feds pulled back . none of us live in san antonio. it is not being jammed down their throats

(cheers and applause) in my city of san antonio, we get that. so we're working to ensure that more four-year-olds is have access to prek. we opened cafe college where students get help with everything from college test prep to financial aid paperwork. we know that you can't be probusiness unless you're pro education. (cheers and applause) we know that prek and student loans aren't charity. they're a smart investment in a workforce that can fill and create the jobs of tomorrow. we're investing in young minds today, to be competitive in the global economy tomorrow. and it's paying off. last year the milken nation's topked san antonio as the nation's top performing local economy. and we're only getting started. (cheers and applause) >> opportunity today, prosperity tomorrow. now like many of you, i watched last week's republican convention -- >> boo! >> and they told a few stories of individual success. we all celebrate individual success but the question is how do we multiply that success? the answer is president barack obama. mitt romney quite si

but san antonio has had a tough couple of years. the census bureau report brought these numbers appeared between 2009 and 2011, unemployment in san antonio went up by more than a full point. needed household income has gone down. you know how tough the economy is. you're leaving a city that has been bearing some of the brunt. can you talk about that? few dispute that the economy is in a world of hurt? whoever's responsibility that is. >> i think every american would say that the economy is not where we wanted to be. but if you look nationally, there is no question that we have had 30 months of private- sector job growth. 4.6 million new jobs that were created during that time. at the same time, if we were to go right now to the archives of the university and pull out the front page headlines from four years ago and look at what was happening at this 0.4 years ago, where we were losing hundreds of thousands of jobs. in the month when president obama took office, we lost almost 800,000 jobs that month. there was talk of another depres

in my city of san antonio, we get that. so we are working to ensure that more 4-year-olds have access to pre-k. we opened cafe college, where students get help with everything from college test prep to financial aid paperwork. we know that you can't be pro-business unless you are pro-education. we know that pre-k and student loans aren't charity. they're a smart investment in a work force that can fill and create the jobs of tomorrow. we are investing in young mine tuesday to be competitive in the global economy tomorrow. and it's paying off. last year, the milken institute rated san antonio as the nation's top performing local economy. and we are only getting started. opportunity today, prosperity tomorrow. now, like many of you, i watched last week's republican convention. and they told a few stories of individual success. we all celebrate individual success. but the question is -- how do we multiply that success? the answer is president barack obama. mitt romney quite simply doesn't get it. a few months ago he visited a

abriÓ la convencion demÓcrata con fuerte presencia policial, el orodor principal serÁ el alcalde de san antonio juliÁn castro, hay un nÚmero rÉcord de delegados lo que equivale a un 13% en su plataforma el lenguaje diame tralmente opuesta sobre el tema de inmigraciÓn, iniciamos nuestra apertura con blanca rosa vilches, adelante blanca. >> buenas noches y precisamente uno de estos lÍderes hispanos que te refieres nidia velÁsquez estÁ dirigiÉndose al foro en pleno, hace apenas de 15 minutos se acaba de aprobar la plataforma para elecciones 2012, no hay euforia como ocurriÓ hace 4 aÑos, por supuesto que hay gran entusiasmo sobre todo porque demÓcratas quieren asegurar al electorado que entiendan claramente la diferencia entre la propuesta que ellos tienen y la propuesta del partido republicano. >> (♪). >> (en inglÉs). >> ya la convenciÓn nacional demÓcrata estÁ oficialmente inaugurada con la presencia de sus 6.000 delegados que hoy mismo tendrÁn que aprobar la plataforma polÍtica que expone la visiÓn del presidente barack obama buscando la reelecciÓn. >> el tema inmigr

as we walked along the san antonio river, it began to sink it in. the first hispanic ever to give the keynote at a democratic national convention. it's a big deal. >> sure, i'm looking forward to doing it. >> reporter: nervous? >> of course, a little bit. it's a combination of being both very excited and a little bit nervous. >> reporter: so nervous, in fact, the days before his address, castro met with these catholic nuns. >> i wanted to ask you all to say a little prayer for me, because i think i'm going to need it. >> reporter: this week, san antonio sent their mayor off to charlotte with a big fiesta. everyone knows this could launch castro's own political trajectory. eight years ago, it happened to a virtually unknown senator barack obama. he sat down with ted koppel. >> what is it, mr. obama, that you think you might solve with the delegates here? is there a theme, an issue? >> you know, i would say the most important issue that the people are feeling right now is the sense of an america that is separated. >> reporter: the state senator from i

in my city of san antonio, we get that. so we're working to ensure that more four-year-olds had access to pre-k. we opened cafe college, where students get help with everything from college test prep to financial aid paperwork. we know that you can't be pro business unless you're pro education. ( cheering ) we know that pre-k and student loans aren't charity. they're a smart investment in a workforce that can fill and create the jobs of tomorrow. we're investing in young minds today to be competitive in the global economy tomorrow. ( applause ) and it's paying off. >> yes, it is! >> last year the milken institute ranked san antonio as the nation's top-performing local economy, and we're only getting started. opportunity today, prosperity tomorrow. ( cheering ) now, like many of you, i watched last week's republican convention. ( booing ) and they told a few stories of individual success. we all celebrate individual success. but the question is how do we multiply that success? the answer is president barack obama. ( cheers a

in my city of san antonio, we get that. so we're working to ensure that more 4-year-olds have access to pre-k. we opened cafe college where students get help with everything from college test prep to financial aid paperwork. we know that you can't be pro-business, unless you're pro-education. we know that pre-k and student loans aren't charity. they're a smart investment in a workforce that can fill and create the jobs of tomorrow. we're investing in young minds today, to be competitive in the global economy tomorrow. and it's paid off. last year, the milken institute rank san antonio as the top economy. and we're only getting started. opportunity today. prosperity tomorrow. now, like many of you, i watched last week's republican convention. and they told a few stories of individual success. we all celebrate individual success, but the question is, how do we multiply that success? the answer is, president barack obama. mitt romney, quite simply, doesn't get it. a few months ago, he visited a university in ohio and gave stud

the keynote speech from julian castro mayor of san antonio. then first ly, michelle obama, making the case in primetime for four more years for the president. >> announcer: from nbc news, "decision 2012." the democratic national convention live from charlotte, north carolina. >>> good evening from charlotte, the arena home to the bobcats. tonight it is noisy and about the democrats. we get our first primetime glimpse of the message they have planned. days after tampa, 63 days until the election and a lot has changed as we said at the top of the broadcast since the days of hope and change, the last democratic convention in '0 #. tonight we hear from a man billed as a rising star, young mayor of san antonio and from a more established star, first lady, michelle obama. our team is in place for all of it including the largest fleet

antonio a todo el pueblo de san antonio. >>> y para ver mÁs de la entrevista con juliÁn castro y su familia en su casa en san antonio los espero maÑana en el noticiero nacional telemundo, con eso vamos a nuestra primera pausa para ver estÁ entrevista, solo tiene que ir a telemundo.com, al telemundo.com, [ mini ] ¿cuaderno? listo. ¿horario de clases? aquí. ¿regla? acá está. ¿efoca-lizador miniatura? ¿qué es eso? pues...yo. no estás en la lista. sí pero...debería. ¿me llevas? o.k. ven. gracias. [ locutora ] cada delicioso plato del cereal frosted mini wheats de kellogg's está lleno de fibra de grano entero para ayudar a mantener a tus hijos satisfechos y enfocados. iestoy listo! [ locutora ] los mantiene satisfechos y enfocados. ♪ siguiendo en directo desde carolina del norte la sede la convenciÓn nacional democrata hablaremos sobre exactamente que es lo que tiene que lograr el partido demÓcrata en esta semana de convenciÓn que empieza el martes, estamos con lori montenegro muy buenas tardes. >>> buenas tardes saliendo de tampa vemos que desde el aÑo pasado el pr

antonio a todo el pueblo de san antonio. >>> y para ver mÁs de la entrevista con juliÁn castro y su familia en su casa en san antonio los espero maÑana en el noticiero nacional telemundo, con eso vamos a nuestra primera pausa para ver estÁ entrevista, solo tiene que ir a telemundo.com, [ mini ] ¿cuaderno? listo. ¿horario de clases? aquí. ¿regla? acá está. ¿efoca-lizador miniatura? ¿qué es eso? pues...yo. no estás en la lista. sí pero...debería. ¿me llevas? o.k. ven. gracias. [ locutora ] cada delicioso plato del cereal frosted mini wheats de kellogg's está lleno de fibra de grano entero para ayudar a mantener a tus hijos satisfechos y enfocados. iestoy listo! [ locutora ] los mantiene satisfechos y enfocados. ♪ siguiendo en directo desde carolina del norte la sede la convenciÓn nacional democrata hablaremos sobre exactamente que es lo que tiene que lograr el partido demÓcrata en esta semana de convenciÓn que empieza el martes, estamos con lori montenegro muy buenas tardes. >>> buenas tardes saliendo de tampa vemos que desde el aÑo pasado el presidente barack ob

la gente latina por qué tiene que seguir apoyando al presidente barack obama, también el alcalde de san antonio julián castro presnetó a la primera dama michelle oma, luis mejid con lo más destacado adelante >>> buenas noches, maría elena salinas, en un ambiente de fiesta, los demócratas se reunieron para recuperar el entusiasmo de hace años, y para decirle a los hispanos que el presidete barack obama merece ser reelector. >>> abrieron la convención para pedir que se aumenta el impuesto a los ricos, para buscar la reforma migratoria, en polos opuestos, la diferencia no podía ser más grande, bill richardson dice lo siguiente. >>> que vean al partido republicano, al gobernador mitt romney que cierra las puertas, a todo lo que queremos en este país. >>> un doble ejemplo con el sueño americano marcó esto, joaquín castro presentó a su hermano gemelo, el alcalde de san antonio julián castro. >>> hace 4 años estados unidos estuvo al borde de una depresión, el presidente tomó acción y ahora hemos visto 4,5 millones de nuevos empleos, ahora tenemos que hacer una elección, un

in my city of san antonio, we get that. so we are working to insure that more four-year-olds have access to pre-k. we opened cafe college, where students get help with everything from college test prep to financial aid paperwork, we know you can't be pro-business unless you are pro-education. [cheering] we know that pre-k and student loans are not charity, they are a smart investment in a workforce that can dispil create the jobs of tomorrow. we are investing in young minds today to be competitive in the global economy tomorrow. and it is paying off. last year, the milk institute ranked san antonio as the nation's top performing local economy. and we are only getting started. opportunity today, prosperity tomorrow. now, like many of you, i watched last week's republican convention [boos from crowd]. >> and they told a few stories of individual success. we all celebrate individual success. but the question is, how do we multiply that success? the answer is president barack obama! mitt romney, quite simply doesn't get t. a fe

and the unlikely road from san antonio to charlotte. the young keynote speaker, mayor of a major city, tells lee cowan about the day he met the president. >> somewhere in the conversation he asked if i was an intern. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: and good evening. on the first night of the convention here in charlotte. today the pentagon said a former navy seal, who was among those who shot osama bin laden, may (no audio) information in a new book. "no easy day" hit bookstores today at number one on the best seller list. the author, who writes under the pen name mark owen is the first member of seal team six to explain what happened in the raid on bin laden's compound in may of last year. owen has done one interview, which will air on "60 minutes" this sunday. tonight we have part of that interview in which owen tells us about the helicopter crash that might have scuttled the mission. in the interview, owen is disguised and his voice has been altered. was the plan to kilo osama

la gente latina por qué tiene que seguir apoyando al presidente barack obama, también el alcalde de san antonio julián castro presnetó a la primera dama michelle obama, luis mejid con lo más destacado adelante >>> buenas noches, maría elena salinas, en un ambiente de fiesta, los demócratas se reunieron para recuperar el entusiasmo de hace años, y para decirle a los hispanos que el presidete barack obama merece ser reelector. >>> abrieron la convención para pedir que se aumenta el impuesto a los ricos, para buscar la reforma migratoria, en polos opuestos, la diferencia no podía ser más grande, bill richardson dice lo siguiente. >>> que vean al partido republicano, al gobernador mitt romney que cierra las puertas, a todo lo que queremos en este país. >>> un doble ejemplo con el sueño americano marcó esto, joaquín castro presentó a su hermano gemelo, el alcalde de san antonio julián castro. >>> hace 4 años estados unidos estuvo al borde de una depresión, el presidente tomó acción y ahora hemos visto 4,5 millones de nuevos empleos, ahora tenemos que hacer una elección, u

he raised in a highly political family in san antonio. he understands the limit of ethnic politics. >> there's a good story to tell. >> reporter: now he'll have to add persuasive speaker to his resume. >> speeches tonight by julian castro and the first lady michelle obama are going to set the tone for the convention. democrats are going to highlight the president's accomplishments, making the case for giving him another four years in office. so what do they actually need to say? i want to bring in cnn contributor democratic strategist donna brazile. nice to see you, donna. i know you're tweeting already. you have a special pass on the floor, is that right? >> yeah. i'm an officer of the convent n convention. you know the other pass i was given the first day i arrived. you know what it says? i'm a volunteer, a volunteer for the democratic party. i'm honored to be here. this is my eighth democratic convention. i've been to three republican convention. at this convention i get to cast my vote for barack obama as the next president of the uni

. >>> sÍ, pamela, buenas tardes, en san antonio texas, nay conmonaciÓn entre la comunidad latina, por el accidente de la banda el recodo, llegaron 3 integrantes en el centro mÉdico de san antonio, el hospital universitario, llegaron poncho lizÁrraga, y jorge lÓpez, y joÉe martÍn tirado, el conductor, de acuerdo a la informaciÓn, alrededor de 8 de la maÑana cuando se dirigian en el autobÚs de dallas a mc cal en texas, tuvieron el percance, lo que se sabe, dado que no se dio un informe oficial, es que un vehÍculo que venia en sentido contrario, posiblemente invadio el carril, para querer esquivar un choque, el conductor en el camiÓn que iba a la banda, esquivÓ, y se volco del lado derecho, dando volteretas, y tambiÉn sabemos que hasta estos momentos. poncho tiene fracturas, en una pierna, golpes severos, y los 21 integrantes o 21 que venÍan en el autobÚs, todos sufrieron lesiones, algunos mÁs graves que otras, por quÉ no escuchamos mejor lo que dijo el vocalista de la banda, luis alfonso partida, jackie, para que diga quÉ sucediÓ en esta maÑana, aqÍi en el estado de

julian castro, alcalde de san antonio mitt romney ha pasado por una transformacion. y nosotros le diremos que no en noviembre. 6 millones de mujeres, de un total de 12 millones de latinos votaran este noviembre . melissa san miguel, delegada de california los temas que estan impactando a las jovenes latinas como seguro de salud, educacion. eso todo importa y es importante que las mujeres salgamos a votar este noviembre. la convencion tambien aprobo la plataforma electoral democrata, que incluyo un llamado a 1 reforma migratoria integral, y destacando la reciente accion diferida para jovenes indocumentados pero activistas de inmigracion realizaron un acto de desobediencia civil bloqueando la calle frente al sitio de la convencion acusando a la administracion obama de que debe definir si quiere batir el record en deportaciones o ayudar a los inmigrantes. la protesta termino en arrestos.lee que obama entienda de que lado va a estar, va a estar de lado de la comunidad o va a quedar como el presidente que ha deportado a muchas personas.esta de cnn/orc mostro que mitt romn

>> reporter: yes, san antonio mayor julian castro. not a lot of people know about him but he takes to the national stage tonight. he is 37 years old. he's a rising star in the democratic party and will be the first latino to deliver a keynote address at the democratic national convention. here's what he had to say. >> immigration, education, healthcare, and any number of issues, he has been a very effective advocate for the latino community. >> reporter: people are already starting to draw some parallels between obama's speech in 2004 when people didn't necessarily know so much about the state senator and how this is going to be a similar setting for the san antonio mayor. he has some big shoes to film tonight. >> that's interesting. addition to castro, people are waiting for the first lady, mall -- michelle obama. she is supposed toew? stick to a more positive message. the president, though, made mention of his wife's speech when he was campaigning earlier today in virginia. take a listen. >> whatever i say here today, it's going to

he is the san antonio mayor, julian castro. he rose from what are no doubt humble roots all the way to harvard. more on his story in the gop's huge polling gap with hispanic voters coming up. as fox reports live coverage continues from the democratic national convention in charlotte. stay with us ation for events to. well somewhere along the way, emily went right on living. but you see, with the help of her raymond james financial advisor, she had planned for every eventuality. ...which meant she continued to have the means to live on... ...even at the ripe old age of 187. life well planned. see what a raymond james advisor can do for you. [ male announcer ] it started long ago. the joy of giving something everything you've got. it takes passion. and it's not letting up anytime soon. at unitedhealthcare insurance company, we understand that commitment. and always have. so does aarp, an organization serving the needs of americans 50 and over for generations. so it's no surprise millions have chosen an aarp medicare supplement in

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. >> well, he's the mayor of san antonio. he is the first latino keynote at the democratic national convention. also a huge personal story that democrats hope people will really buy into and listen to. he is like the president of the united states, a harvard law grad. he has a twin brother. he grew up with a single mom, some challenges there in his personal life. and pretty dynamic speaker. so people are hoping to tune in. obviously, for democrats, the latino vote is huge this election cycle. even here in states like north carolina, a large and growing minority population. so they're hoping julian castro really strikes a cord this evening, ashley. >> and people should remember back in 2004, there was a young man who was the keynote speaker named, oh, i believe it was barack hussein obama. >> i was on the floor for that. >> ah, you remember it well, don't you? let's talk about getting down to business. and that is the party platform. obviously, it differs from the republican party platform. but it also differs from past democr

in my city of san antonio, we get that. so we are working to ensure that more four-year olds have access to pre k. [applause] we opened cafe college where students get help for financial aid people work in college preparatory. we know that pre k and student loans are not charity. [applause] they are a smart investment in a work force that can fill and create the jobs of tomorrow. we are investing in young minds today to be competitive in the global economy tomorrow. and it is paying off. last year, the milken institute ranked san antonio as the nation's top local performing economy. and we are only getting started. opportunity today, prosperity tomorrow. [applause] now, like many of you, i watched last week's republican convention. and they told a few stories of individual success. we all celebrate individual success. but the question is -- how do we multiplied that success? the answer is president barack obama. [applause] mitt romney does not get it. a few months ago, he visited a university in ohio and a student there a l

i am going to be mayor of san antonio as long as the voters will have me. my tenure would end in 2017 so i will be there and run for reelection and be there, if i do a great job then i will look around and see what is possible, of course the challenge is that we are in texas, texas is very red state, we have 29 statewide offices and it is 29 to zero in terms of republicans and democrats, so we will see. we will see. >> joaquin, part of what we learned in your brother's speech last night was that your grand jury immigrated from mexico. >> right. >> never got past the fourth grade, both of you went to stanford and have law degrees from harvard. how did that happen? you know, our grandmother and everybody in our family worked very hard, so that we could have the very best opportunity possible and, you know, as julian told the story, was a cook for her entire adult life, scraping by to give my mom the best chance we could, my mom and, our zero mom and dad did the same for us. >> it is an american dream story and the point of the peach is that doesn't happen by

he, raised in a highly political family in san antonio. he unders the limit of ethnic politics. >> now he'll have to add persuasive speaker to his resume. you might have seen that last photo there. we do have something in common. he has an identical twin. i have a twin, as well. joaquin is his twin, also interested in politics. and i understand that joaquin is actually going to be introducing his twin brother, so that should be kind of a fun moment on stage. and as we mentioned, michelle obama, the first lady. everybody is going to be watching to see what kind of tone she actually sets here. we have seen ann romney over the last couple days take some pretty hard hits against president obama. we are told that michelle obama will not go after the romney family, but rather will talk about her own family and about her husband. and we're going to be here for the rest of the week. we're doing our show live here. of we're very excited. we've got a couple folks, we're going to be talking to the mayor of charlotte. he's going to be here, anthony fo

in my house, first of all i came from a house in san antonio, south texas of big opinions. my father was a kind of district attorney without portfolio. other jewish fathers play golf. >> this is a jewish district attorney. >> originally from mexico. his whole passion in life is corruption. the family own add discount store. that wasn't where his heart would you say. he was running this family business and his heart was exposing theing bad guy. for a reporter it became the most fantastic training ground. at dinner my father would talk non stop, the mayor is a crook, the senator is a crook, i am going to get that guy. he would have campaigns, whistle blowers, he had stocking bag stuffers. there was an extrodinary house, lucky house, very grateful for all of that who is hilariously funny. he is holder sister, anita brenner was older, worked in the "new york times" in the 1930s. there are many pictures of anita in those family scrapbooks. unfortunately my father hated his older sister, rather than getting to have wonderful times of gertrudestein in mexico, all i heard was she i

and the unlikely road from san antonio to charlotte. the young keynote speaker, mayor of a major city, tells lee cowan about the day he met the president. >> somewhere in the conversation he asked if i was an intern. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley reporting tonight from the democratic national convention. >> pelley: and good evening. on the first night of the convention here in charlotte. today the pentagon said a former navy seal, who was among those who shot osama bin laden, may have released sensitive information in a new book. "no easy day" hit bookstores today at number one on the best seller list. the author, who writes under the pen name mark owen is the first member of seal team six to explain what happened in the raid on bin laden's compound in may of last year. owen has done one interview, which will air on "60 minutes" this sunday. tonight we have part of that interview in which owen tells us about the helicopter crash that might have scuttled the mission. in the interview, owen i

here we are 2012 relative unknown mayor of san antonio. what has he done for his city. >> reporter: he talks about the brain power in the city. that's why he is pushing for the sales tax hike to fund pre-kindergarten programs for lower income students. a lot of his critics say he's a lot like president obama. he's being celebrated and put on this spotlight way too soon. he doesn't have the accomplishments that other politicians in this position should already have. he's got his fair share of critics but he's also won his last election with 82% of the vote. the critics are out there but he's popular in san antonio. >> wow, 82%. thank you for that. no pressure for him. so many people looking for the quote, unquote obama moment for this mayor. we'll look for it and talk about it tomorrow. thank you. >>> a detroit man confesses to shooting four people. two of them die. the suspect then calls the police to surrender and get this, police never show up. you won't believe what the suspect had to do to get arrested. but i had already gone through m

but san antonio has had a tough couple of years. the census bureau report brought these numbers appeared between 2009 and 2011, unemployment in san antonio went up by more than a full point. needed household income has gone down. you know how tough the economy is. you're leaving a city that has been bearing some of the brunt. can you talk about that? few dispute that the economy is in a world of hurt? whoever's responsibility that is. >> i think every american would say that the economy is not where we wanted to be. but if you look nationally, there is no question that we have had 30 months of private- sector job growth. 4.6 million new jobs that were created during that time. at the same time, if we were to go right now to the archives of the university and pull out the front page headlines from four years ago and look at what was happening at this 0.4 years ago, where we were losing hundreds of thousands of jobs. in the month when president obama took office, we lost almost 800,000 jobs that month. there was talk of another depres