castro: thank you. i represented and grew up in a city that has the official moniker of military city usa. if there is some of you all in the air force you may have gone , to lackland air force base to get training. i hope you are not there in july or august. [laughter] it is very hot. i think in the 21st century, the -- we have to be smarter about our military engagements. we saw 15 years ago, what kind of mistake the iraq war was. obviously, our troops who went and fought over there did a noble job. however, we need to work to avoid conflict as much as possible. and we need to invest in the personnel, the people of the military as much as we sometimes seem to invest in the hardware of the military. [applause] that means investing in the veterans administration to be able to deliver effective health care. it means investing in the families, everything from housing to educational opportunities of people in the military as well as veterans. you mentioned veteran suicide. for instance. it means doing what

castro: -- mr. castro: [speaking spanish] [applause and cheers] i am running for president because it is time for new leadership, because it is time for new energy, and it is time for new commitment to make sure the opportunities i have had are available to every american. [applause and cheers] in the years to come, we must go forward as one nation, working toward one destiny, and that destiny is to be the smartest, the healthiest, the fairest, and the most prosperous nation on earth. [applause and cheers] again, in this 21st century, we must be the smartest, the healthiest, the fairest, and the most prosperous nation on earth. [applause and cheers] demanding anything less is a failure of vision, and achieving anything less is a failure of leadership. to be the smartest nation requires an early investment in our children's education. as mayor, i challenged the voters to raise the sales tax for high quality all day pre-k for thousands of san antonio and four-year-olds. -- san antonian four-year-olds.

castro: thank you. i grew up in a city that has the official moniker of military city usa. you may have gone to lackland air force base to get training. i hope you are not there in july or august. [laughter] it is very hot. i think in the 21st century, the have to be smarter about military engagements. we saw 15 years ago, what kind of mistake the iraq war was. obviously, our troops who fought over there today noble job. , we need to work to avoid conflict as much as possible. we need to invest in the personnel, the people of the military as much as be seem to invest in the hardware of the military. [applause] that means investing in the veterans administration to be able to deliver effective health care. it means investing in the , everything from housing to educational opportunities of people in the military as well as veterans. suicide.oned veteran tomeans doing what we can ensure we remove the stigma from a conversation about mental because too often people who are dealing with thoughts of suicide o

castro es el hermano gemelo del congresista joaquÍn castro quien dirige la legislaciÓn demÓcrata hispana en el congreso en los Últimos dÍas. ha elevado las crÍticas a las los castro provienen de una mp. familia inmigrante mexicana que ha estado ligada al Ámbito polÍtico durante dÉcadas. " hay una crisis hoy y es una crisis de liderazgo . donald trump ha fallado en mantener los valores este gran paÍs". castro podrÍa ser limitado por otro tejano, el ex congresista del paso, texas que podrÍa anunciar su candidatura en febrero. ademÁs seÑala que el hecho de que cerca de $10,000,000 fueron al parecer mal usados en san antonio cuando hanford era secretario-- >> primeramente porque no hablaba de eso. segundo porque una persona que estÁ tratando de tumbar la campaÑa de castro va a poder preguntarles. va a poder preguntarle y decir " quÉ pasÓ?" >> juliÁn castro aÑadiÓ que se va a dedicar a el voto de las minorÍas, especial mente la comunidad inmigrante. juliÁn y su hermano joaquÍn viajaron por las calles de san antonio en un autobÚs público, hablaron de su herencia familiar

castro: -- mr. castro: [speaking spanish] [applause and cheers] i am running for president because it is time for new leadership, because it is time for new energy, and it is time for new commitment to make sure the opportunities i have had are available to every american. [applause and cheers] in the years to come, we must go forward as one nation, working toward one destiny, and that destiny is to be the smartest, the healthiest, the fairest, and the most prosperous nation on earth. [applause and cheers] again, in this 21st century, we must be the smartest, the healthiest, the fairest, and the most prosperous nation on earth. [applause and cheers] demanding anything less is a failure of vision, and achieving anything less is a failure of leadership. to be the smartest nation requires an early investment in our children's education. as mayor, i challenged the voters to raise the sales tax pre-kgh quality all day for thousands of san antonio and four-year-olds. -- san antonian four-year-olds. at the

i am so proud and so thankful thank you so much congressman castro. , joaquin castro. >> thank you, good evening, first, i want to say that all of us should give a moment of gratitude she has done in incredible job, to domenika lynch. thank you, domenika lynch. she is with us until march. thank you for taking the time to join us, this evening. this is a exciting time in the united states congress in particular for the chci and the latino community, 39 members of congress, the most that we have ever had. and, i want to make a little bit of a prediction for you, that when we do this again in two years, we will crack 40, next time. >> [ applause ]. >> for over 40 years chci has brought the most talented, brightest young people latino people to washington to help them be part of the government of the united states government it has been an effort to make sure that the capital in watch it looks more like the face of america. that the diversity of this country is represented in the halls of canada, longworth, rayburn, and in the capital itself. more and more we are succeeding at that. you see

albert castro, uber diver:"he goes 'oh, you're gonna crash.' no, i'm not gonna crash. and he says 'no, no you're gonna crash' and he laughs and then drifts away and then two seconds later he pops back up and grabs the wheel and we fly across two lanes of traffic." natsot/dashcam footagecastro, known to his friends as dax, captured that chaotic moment on his dash cam.smacking his drunk rider's hand down, while they were going 65 near the southbound fulton exit on business 80, he thought he had the situation under control. his passenger had other plans, putting them frighteningly into action as the car they were in reached the highway 50-99 interchange.albert castro, uber diver:"he goes 'i love you brother' and he lunges for the wheel and grabs and pulls it."natsot/dashcam videoalbert castro, uber diver: "and it was literally every ounce of strength i had to keep us from i still don't know how we didn't crash." natsot/dashcam videocastro was in such a battle for control of his car, he hoped others would see his hazards on - and stopped his car in the number two lane of b

that would bejulian castro. i remember from campaigns past that it such a long time that stars rise and fall, people lose momentum and they run out of money. it really is a marathon for these guys. absolutely. there are two yea rs guys. absolutely. there are two years to go. it's amazing, isn't it? you are absolutely right, it is a costly business running for president here in the united states. millions of dollars need to be generated. you know what is going to impact the early runners? the prospect of running out of money. that is something that people like mr castro need to guard against. he will need to get out there and really appealfor cash will need to get out there and really appeal for cash in order to keep going in this campaign. south africa's governing party the anc has putjobs at the centre of its election camapaign, as it launched its manifesto in durban. thousands of supporters turned out to hear party leader — and president — cyril ramaphosa outline his promises to transform the economy. but

[applause] i'm grateful to senator castro -- secretary castro, who established the pre-k 4-sa program when he was the mayor of san antonio. i would like to give a shout out to to grace and her son, dimitri. she's from the south location. give her some love. [applause] >> without the pre-k 4-sa program, i wouldn't have access to high-quality pre-k for my kids. without the program, i wouldn't have met the amazing parents i still have as friends today. pre-k 4-sa is a true community partnership. castro, i couldn't agree with him more. success the currency of and education is -- [applause] >> thank you all for having me today. gracias and enjoy this beautiful day. thank you. [applause] a san antonioome native and first-generation college student. [speaking spanish] [applause] [speaking spanish] my name is carmen lydia. i'm honored to be a part of a democracy where my voice and vote matters. i believe my freedom of speech is at risk every day under the current administration. for this reason, i feel honored to share part of my story that has been directly impacted by the man we are here to

castro is heavily leaning on his immigration background. i think that's in quite indeference to the president of the united states. ultimately they're trying to determine who is going to be the democratic nominee to go against trump come november 2020 and trying to differentiate himself and saying look, we want to take it to president trump, i will present a different america than president trump is presenting and we'll see if it works. he's being honest with everybody. saying he's a long shot. he certainly is. you know what, you run, you run, you run, you run. you never know what might happen. >> mustafa, we heard again castro has been able to attract, you know, some pretty heavy hitters in the political, you know, sphere to join him. >> look, one thing we often don't talk about the 38 electoral votes from texas. texas has been pay republican state. democrats have been winning the popular

nuevo aspirante juliÁn castro el exsecretario de vivienda de es a presidencia de los estados unidos para un rechazo directo al presidente trump. promesa cumplida el actor y dramaturgo lin-manuel miranda llega a su amado puerto rico y disfruta ahÍ del aplauso de los suyos con su obra hamilton los fondos serÁn para la isla despuÉs del huracÁn marÍa. ( ♪ mÚsica ♪ ) >>> noticias telemundo con julio vaqueiro. ( ♪ mÚsica ♪ ) >>> quÉ tal a veces cuando llueve di lu vÍa ademÁs de la polÍtica de deportaciÓn y las sac muchos inmigrantes tambiÉn enfrentan insultos. en phoenix arizona un grupo llevÓ el odio a las puerta de una iglesia que le da ayuda a los refugiados se habla de ama amenaza en contra de las personas que los ayudan. >>> varios miembros de una organizaciÓn que se hacen llamar los patriotas llegan a esta iglesia donde lleva ice a los inmigrantes liberados para luego enfrentarlos. en el video se les escucha gritando ademÁs de decirles no son bienvenidos. >>> darle mal palabras >>> esto ocurre cuando todo caminan a la iglesia. el grupo grupo antimigrantes afectan

that would be julian castro. i remember from campaigns passed and i am sure you do, having covered them, that it is such a long time that stars rise and fall, people lose momentum and run out of money. it really is a marathon for these guys. absolutely and there are two years to go now. you are right, it is very costly business to run for president in the united states, millions of dollars have to be generated and you know what will impact the early runners is the prospect of running out of money. that is something that people like mr castro have to guard against and he will have to go out and appealfor cash to and he will have to go out and appeal for cash to keep going and he will have to go out and appealfor cash to keep going in and he will have to go out and appeal for cash to keep going in the campaign. david willis in washington, good to speak to you, thank you. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. protesters have marched through central london demanding a general election and an

albert castro, uber diver:"he goes 'oh, you're gonna crash.' no, i'm not gonna crash. and he says 'no, no you're gonna crash' and he laughs and then drifts away and then two seconds later he pops back up and grabs the wheel and we fly across two lanes of traffic." natsot/dashcam footagecastro, known to his friends as dax, captured that chaotic moment on his dash cam.smacking his drunk rider's hand down, while they were going 65 near the southbound fulton exit on business 80, he thought he had the situation under control. his passenger had other plans, putting them frighteningly into action as the car they were in reached the highway 50-99 interchange.albert castro, uber diver:"he goes 'i love you brother' and he lunges for the wheel and grabs and pulls it."natsot/dashcam videoalbert castro, uber diver: "and it was literally every ounce of strength i had to keep us from i still don't know how we didn't crash." natsot/dashcam videocastro was in such a battle for control of his car, he hoped others would see his hazards on - and stopped his car in the number two lane of b

back to san antonio when julian castro takes the stage. meantime, we bring in michael of daily wire fame to talk about this. good to see you. we put up the graphic and it's a little difficult to see the faces of every possible democrat. we've had to make them so small because there are so many possible candidates. i think that's more than what is allowed on the travelling major league baseball team, but i could be wrong by a couple of numbers here. it brings up an important point. you've got so many possibilities, do the democrats have anybody, number one, number two is this a little bit of a plus? because for commentators like you, it's a plus for democrats because it's difficult to figure out who commentators focus on? >> who to go after. i've got a big announcement to make on your show today. i ate scrambled eggs for breakfast, i'm as confident it's as consequential for american politics as julian castro's announcement. leland: did they have cheese, and bacon? >> i'm going to wait for my formal announcement to discuss that. there was a

antonio: rosie castro, presentÓ con orgullo a su hijo juliÁn castro y su familia, en la plaza guadalupe. >> ¡vÁmonos! antonio: juliÁn castro oficializÓ su candidatura, en busca de la presidencia del paÍs. >> ¡julian! ¡julian! (habla en inglÉs) antonio: en este siglo xxi tenemos que tener la nociÓn mÁs inteligente, saludable, justa y prÓspera de la tierra. dijo como promesa de campaÑa. abordÓ el tema migratorio del que tanto habla donald trump. (habla en inglÉs) antonio: tenemos que tener seguridad eÉs no es la manera de hacerlo. sÍ aceptÓ que hay una crisis en la naciÓn. (habla en inglÉs) antonio: sÍ hay una crisis en este momento pero es de liderazgo. la naciÓn necesita de otro tipo de presidentes. al final considero que tiene lo suficiente para ser electo por la gente de este paÍs. julian: yo soy candidato para presidente de los estados unidos. >> para este aÑo, los millones de contribuyentes tienen que tomar en cuenta los cambios del 2018. solo aplica para dependientes que viven en estados unidos. >> ahora solamente te van a dar 500 $ por los niÑos. >> aconsej

you've got castro saying we have to have border security. no to a wall, yes to keeping families together. he's not just engaging in democrats to appeal to him, this is a widespread message. >> certainly, very topical with what's going on. he clearly based on how he referred to in the speech, he's making it an emotional issue and not talking about the facts and figures. >> it's a message to the sitting president. >> it absolute is. it's one he's in a good position to convey that message. i think is really positive for him. he is telling his personal story. i think this is tremendous. this is a good way to get out there and really establish himself in the field. you tell your personal story. you outline your political ideology. you show your power to connect. if he's able to connect with voters, that will go a long way in making him -- as he sees himself now, as a long shot, that will put him in the running, if he's able to pull all those factors together. >> another "p" word, so rebecca, you've got to be persuasive, you know, if you are runni

how do you expect julian castro to do in those areas? about that.ed him he is not going to take back money. is, as we saw from another texan who may announce himself one of these days, you can survive without pack money. it is seemingly a trend particularly among progressive oriented candidates. just before he announced, as i mentioned in that piece that you alluded to, he convened 20 potential funders in san antonio and he came away thinking he will have plenty of money not just from those campaign bundlers that also what he can raise on facebook, which is the new and preferred method of withng money as we saw president trump who seemingly changed the rules for campaigning for president. the correspondent for the san antonio express news, thank you for your time. appreciate it. guest: my pleasure. announcer: c-span, live in san antonio texas where former housing and urban development secretary julian castro is announcing he is running for president. this should be getting underway shortly. it is live coverage of the 2020 wrote to the wh

(applause) now although, although he is a long shot, castro could be a real contender. he is a real contender. is he young but he also has washington experience. he is a progressive person who is running on universal pre-k and affordable college. his dad probably wasn't fidel castro, i mean, these are all the things you want in a candidatement but aside from gabbard and castro, we've also gotten an announcement from one of the biggest names in politics, elizabeth warren. and she celebrated her announcement with a live intra gram chat from inside her kitchen. >> senator elizabeth warren becoming the biggest name in the democratic field to signal she's running for president. >> now looking to reintroduce herself to democrats. connecting with supporters on instagram. >> hold on a section,-- secretary, i'm going to get me a beer. my husband bruce is now in here. you want a beer? >> no i'll pass on the beer for now. >> you sure. >> yeah. >> so this is my sweetie. >> hello. >> he's the best, thank you for being here. >> pleasure. >> i'm glad you are here. (laughter). >> trevo

so, who isjulian castro and what do we know about him? the 44—year—old is the grandson of an immigrant. his grandmother was born in mexico and he's used his family's personal story to criticise trump's border policy. he was the mayor of san antonio for five years from 2009 to 2014 and then went on to serve as secretary of housing and urban development underformer president barack obama. castro is the second candidate to formally launch a presidential campaign. former us representative john delaney has been running for more than a year. and us senator elizabeth warren has formed an exploratory committee and has started holding campaign events. while more than a dozen others are exploring the possibility. the bbc‘s david willis in washington has more. the former mayor of san antonio in texas, he gave a speech at the democratic national convention four years ago and was the youngest member of barack obama's cabinet. but more than anything else, he's looking to become america's first hispanic president. it's a real american dream story,

i worked with her in the castro, the castro merchants. she is there for everything. she is your neighborhood business. she takes care of those kids at harvey milk silver rights academy whoots kids can't afford to have eye care. what she does for the lgbt community, her volunteering, i just want to say thank you for everything that you've done for the neighborhood. and you're not going away, so don't worry. and everybody else, st. mary's pub, i actually was in there about a year ago. that's a fun pub, so congratulations, everybody. alioto's, you got the best crab cakes around. that was even before i moved to san francisco 25 years ago, i was on a trip here 30 years ago. the very first restaurant i went into was alioto's. and each one of you came out here, and you know, you took the time, you filled out the applications, you did everything to help your business, and i just want to repeat what commissioner zouzounis said. you're also helping other small businesses by doing this. and you just make san francisco a better place to live. so do we have a motion? >> move to a

we love the castro. i personally feel extremely fortunate to have the honor of providing i care to our wonderful patients in this dynamic village for decades. we do have a concern about our practice's future. our office has been very help -- happy in our victorian since the practice was founded in 1983. recently our building owner passed away and we have a new landlord now. he has not made clear to us what his plans are. we worry about what will become of us when our lease is up in 2020. be included in the legacy business registry and it would offer as protection when this happens. i request you support applications for legacy business registry so we may continue to serve and be a vital part of our beloved neighborhood for many years to come. thank you. >> thank you. maria davis. >> hello. i am maria. i have been the owner of the pub for the last eight years. thank you so much for considering us. like shelley said, we are named after saint mary's college that was across the street. in 1933, when prohibit

you'll see that with julian castro's entire campaign. i think his advisers are people that knew him a long time, including his identical twin brother who is a member of congress from texas as well. >> i was about to mention that. his brother, highly accomplished as well, twin brother, identical twin brother, joaquin. thank you so much. dan merica, we'll check back. >>> he is not the only one considering a presidential bid. massachusetts senator elizabeth warren set up an exploratory committee. let's go to mj lee where senator warren is scheduled to hold an organizing event. mj, warren was in iowa last weekend, today is in new hampshire. what might we expect from there today? >> reporter: fred, this is warren's first visit back to new hampshire. this is a neighboring state, she represents massachusetts in the senate. for political reason since the fall of 2016, she spent a lot of time in 2016 campaigning for hillary clinton and campaigning for now senator maggie hasan. we are told she hasn't been back for political reasons since then. i s

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castro al-jazeera washington. well negron battles as a senior writer for space dot com an online publication she joins us live on skype from new york meghan tell us about ultimate just how significant is this mission and how much can this rock tell us about how our solar system was formed. sure so thanks for having me and this mission is really exciting so you probably heard about its twenty fifteen fly by of pluto which in enough itself was an incredible accomplishment it turned fuzzy dots in the sky into real world with real geology and. shortly after that five i was completed they realized that they could actually do it again with this new object that's even farther out it's four billion miles away from earth in the hyper bell which is the same sort of general region as pluto but further away and this object is really tiny it was literally just the speck in the hubble space telescope field of view it was it wasn't even identified until after new horizons has launched so it's really just sort of piggybacking on

castro is a former mayor of san antonio, texas. he's the latest candidate to join what is expected to be a crowded democratic field, vying to challenge the be president in 2020. casey siegal is at the rally and is in san antonio with more on the announcement. hi, casey. >> reporter: hi, eric. things are quiet now, the rally over, but at one point the line wrapped all the way around the block. hundreds and hundreds of people turned out to see the former mayor of san antonio, their former mayor, julianne castro officially declaring himself a candidate for the presidential 2020 election. this location on the city's west side is near and dear to his heart. he and his family took a public bus to get here, broadcasting the ride on facebook live from the number 68 bus, a route he told the crowd that he and his twin brother, gentlema used to o school growing up in the community. castro said he is proud to call himself a son of san antonio and the crowd went wild. he said under the current leadership, the country seems to be falling backwar

former san tone yo mayor, julian castro. and analysis on all the news d oace the nation." >> brennan: good morning, welcome to "face the nation." 's 23 of the partial government shut down. now the longest in history. and there is no end in site. some 800,000 federal workers did not get paid on friday. and president trump "has no idea if he can get a deal with nancy pelosi." we spoke wit>> brennan: mr. sece in a shut down. i know a number of employees are not getting paid including a quarter of u.s. employees in foreign country. what are you telling staff about when they can expect a paycheck. >> it's unfortunate we're in the shut down. i wish we were not too. i hope it's resolved quickly. i told our teams. that you have to know the g americans in our embassies across the world. they understand the mission. they understand it's important. they understand whether the government is open or close they have a task to do. they are hard at it. >> i want to ask you sips we're so focused on what is happening with the shut down here a

with the latest from washington meanwhile in the state of texas democrat julian castro has launched his challenge for the twenty twenty us presidential race the former mayor of san antonio and secretary of housing under president obama launched his campaign with a call from national unity and fan this as the grandson of a mexican immigrant castro's often cited his family's history while criticizing trump's order policies. so mews from ecuador now a fire to drug rehabilitation clinic has killed seventeen people and left twelve others injured the blaze in the country's largest city was started by patients who set mattresses alight while trying to escape police are looking to arrest the owners and operators of the building. protest as i have marched in belgrade against alexander and his government are part of a growing protest movement against the serbian president who critics say has tightened his control over the media and serbia's institutions.

david: thank you so much, former housing and development secretary wholly on castro -- juliÁn castro. release is reporting that president trump is expected to endorse a short-term bill to reopen government. there is some talk it might even appear later today at the white house. we will keep you apprised as things develop. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: you are watching "balance of power." i am david westin. one of the effects of the government shutdown is it requires government approvals to get put on hold. for example, the t-mobile and sprint merger. we welcome the man in charge under president barack obama, tom wheeler, also the author of a brand-new book, "from itenberg to google," understand it is not officially out yet, but you might be of find one at your local bookstore. is that right, tom? mr. wheeler: you can find it in some, and you can also preorder at amazon. david: of course. regarding t-mobile and sprint, not whether you would approve or disapprove, but you were a venture capitalist. time out there in silicon valley. mr. wheeler: david, first of all, you have to realize t

castro mission is off 17th street. it's next to pond and it's in the castro district. southeast is off of k street which is a block from martin luther king or third street corridor. it's in the bay view district. all those zuckerberg building five projects -- >> thank you. >> any other comments or questions? any public comment? thank you joe. item 6, presentation from the city services auditor regarding the c.s.a. mid-year report. >> good morning everyone. i'm peg stevenson i'm the director of the performance section of the city services you a of auditor unit. this is my counterpart tonia lediju who is director of audit section of the city services auditor. we'll be speaking. our functions today and happy to answer any questions you have. we'll give you some background on our function especially for the new members and mid-year update on our activities. then there's a couple of things that we do specifically that are in service to the cgboc i'm sure you want to hear about. we are a creature of charter appendix f which was passed in 2003. it took the city's internal aud

. >> julian castro will be here. ♪ >>> hello. i'm jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is open. at least for now. the u.s. government is back up and running after five weeks that left hundreds of thousands of americans without pay and agencies starved for resources. on friday, president trump gave in announcing he'd sign a temporary spending bill to reopen the federal government without any funding for the border wall. the move was a win for house speaker nancy pelosi who maintains she'd not even discuss border security until the government reopened. the president defended himself against critics from the right tweeting it was not a concession, but on its face, the president retreated from his demand and the deal was essentially the same as what the senate unanimously passed in december before the president forced the shutdown. lawmakers face a ticking clock. they have three weeks to make a deal before the government runs out of funding again. president trump has already said he will shut down the government or

you can see reach for the steering wheel and castro slaps his hand away. then once castro thinks he has the situation under control... the passenger does it again. <"and it was literally every ounce of strength i had to keep us from i still don't know how we didn't crash.">( james ) castro did manage to stop his car in the middle of the freeway. the passenger is facing d-u-i charges for trying to take control of the car. police say this video posted to facebook shows the man partying and drinking just one hour before requesting the uber ride. ( james ) breaking news this morning --- police have arrested a 36-year-old man for sexual assault in the hacienda health care case. where a woman in a vegetative state for years gave birth in december. the phoenix police chief said that "nathan sutherland" is a caretaker and licensed nurse at the facility. we will continue to update you with any new information as it comes out. ( james ) breakng overnight ... firefighters are on the scene of a house fire in santa rosa. this is new video just in to the kron 4 news roo

the head of the cuban communist party, raul castro, has delivered a speech to mark 60 years since the revolution came to power. it comes as the island's new leadership has drafted a new constitution — which supporters say is intended to reflect a changing cuba, but which critics say will simply concentrate power into the communist party's hands. will grant reports. few moments could have been more symbolic for the cu ban few moments could have been more symbolic for the cuban government than holding a ceremony of the 60th anniversary of the revolution in front of fidel castro's tomb. the former president and his younger brother, raul castro, delivered the key speech and focused on strengthening revolutionary results on the 21st century. translation: strengthening revolutionary results on the 215t century. translationzlj can confirm that the transfer process to new generations is going well. very well. there have been no hiccups nor shocks and we are confident that it will continue this way. in reality, however, things are very different in cuba to what they we re very different in c

here's what mr castro had to say. when my grandmother got here almost 100 years ago, i'm sure that she never could've imagined thatjust two generations later, one of her grandsons would be serving as a member of the united states congress and the other would be standing with you here today to say these words, "i am a candidate for president of the united states of america." cheering and applause. the bbc‘s david willis in washington has more. the former mayor of san antonio in texas, he gave a speech at the democratic national convention four years ago and was the youngest member of barack obama's cabinet. but more than anything else, he's looking to become america's first hispanic president. it's a real american dream story, if you like. indeed, mr castro said today that his grandmother, victoria, who came to the united states from mexico nearly a century ago, would have been amazed to know that one of her grandchildren would end up a member of the us congress. the other would end up running to president. the us se

julian castro has announced his bid for the white house. more now from san antonio, texas. >> reporter: julian castro announced his presidential campaign saturday here in san antonio where he was born and raised across from the street he was even baptized in. castro has made his history here in the united states where his grandmother immigrated to the united states in 19272 after her parents were killed in the mexican revolution, and he references his grandmother when he announced his campaign official. >> when my grandmother got here almost 100 years ago i'm sure that she never could have imagined that just two generations later one of her grandsons would be serving as a member of the united states congress and the other would be standing with you here today to say these words. "y" a candidate for president of the united states of america. >> reporter: before he even has a shot at president trump he's going to have to win the democratic nomination. and he admitted to me in the interview that could be a long shot. he may have issues with mo

dan murica caught up with castro after he threw his hat into the ring. what did he say to you? >> he leaned heavily into the story that he told in that sound you just played. and the sound that -- the story that vaulted him to the keynote speech. we caught up with him, actually outside the church here in the plaza that he was baptized in. he was raised here, born here, and he mentioned his grandmother extensively, the fact that he's shocked that two generations later, he would be able to carry this mantle and run for president. he said he sees himself as the anti-dote to president trump because of his story. take a listen what he said about the president. >> i see myself as the antedote to trump. my story is an immigrant story. it's a testament to what immigrants have contributed to this country. it shows people in this time when this president is scapegoating immigrants, that immigrants contribute a lot to the forward progress of our nation. >> castro is clear about the fact that it may take a lot for him to get to president trump, he's going to have to go through a crowded de

.">( james ) castro did manage to stop his car in the middle of the freeway. the passenger is facing d-u-i charges for trying to take control of the car. police say this video posted to facebook shows the man partying and drinking just one hour before requesting the uber ride. ( darya ) new this morning ... the city of berkely is changing the way you eat take-out or dine-in at restaurants ... in an effort to reduce waste.( james ) kron 4's will tran is live in berkeley with more on the new ordinance passed by city lawmakers.will? a local law was passed requring only reusable foodware to be used for dine- in service. the new law also requires that all take- out foodware must be compostable. vendors would have to charge customers 25- cents for every disposable cup. and, take- out customers would have to ask for straws ... napkins and utensils. small grants would be made available to help businesses reach these requirements. the new law will go into effect in 20-20. ( darya ) ( darya ) ( james ) ( james ) ( james ) breakng overnight ... firefighters are on the sc

sixty years after fidel castro's revolution and we look at its lasting legacy in latin america. and harden launches the rockets into the new year will have all of the sport in just a little. by the springtime flowering of a mountain unique. to the first month on a winter's day. well we're not into some an iowa game in australia and the wood heat wave comes up now despite the fairly regular thunderstorms that give if you're lucky some decent rain this is the overall picture give me two examples in camber of the capital the average is twenty eight in summer this time of the some of the record is forty we've been fortunate raise above average for the last five days camber is not alone it's true of many cities the park may be mostly because example alice springs at least the average here's a high one at thirty six we set a new record just at the end of december and the last five has been running eight to ten degrees above average this is not a typical and it carries on for most places clearly if you're on the coast brisbane sydney melbourne adelaide you get to see reason every now a

castro, julian castro, howard schultz running in 2020 would help trump, we heard sound bite just like that a minute ago. let's go to numbers here on independents that have run for president over the years here, ross perot did a good job, jerry johnson, 33%. does he have a prayer? >> i will see how he flushes this out. the big question, does he layer onto early primary state kind of calendar and actually run kind of parallel to the party which i think would be smart or does he hang back and do more of a vanity project. sounds like if he will wait after book tour that he will roll into the general and do personality-driven thing and i don't think this is the cycle to be untested ceo wanting to, you know, dabble in politics after you made millions and things like that. i don't think that's where the country is and what the country is looking for. rob: we will see, there's a lot of animosity towards big party, gentlemen, appreciate it very much. >> thank you. carley: hillary clinton could be gearing up for a third presidential run. according to cn, in the candidate is telling people she's

julian castro may not be the only texan who wants to be president. >>> there are a few out there that want to be president, i believe. we'll be hearing from them. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world, we're live in atlanta, georgia, i'm natalie allen. >> i'm george howell from cnn's world headquarters. "newsroom" starts now. >>> 4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. a new report raises new questions about the u.s. president and his russian counterpart vladimir putin zeroing in on the private conversations the two men had, a lot of what has been said remains between the two of them. >> the latest reporting comes from "the washington post" which says mr. trump went to extraordinary lengths to conceal the details of his meetings with mr. putin. that included on at least one occasion confiscating the notes from his interpreter and not allowing the interpreter to discuss the meetings with anyone else in the administration. the u.s. president calls the allegations ridiculous and adds he has not kept anything under wraps. >> the u.s. president attacked the familiar foe "the ne

and he was annoyed, and he sent me back to castro street. i was crestfallen, and he said it's okay. i just need the file. i went and stopped at the local cafe that was being picketed by people from local 22. i was waiting inform are a bus, and somebody leaned out the window and says cleve, somebody shot the mayor. i couldn't imagine who would want to harm george moscone. i got a taxi, and i got in on the vanness side. i ran up stairs, and it's been reconfigured since the earthquake. i had a key to the passage from the chambers in. i just ran in shouting harvey, harvey, and turned the corner and saw his feet sticking out into the hallway. you know, he only had one pair of dress shoes, an old pair of secondhand wingtips. i was only 24. i'd never seen a dead person before. it was so who ahorrifying, andi could think to myself was it's all over now. how could we move forward? he was such a leader, he was so important in my life. and we're trapped, and they're moving out the bodies, and all ai can think of is it's over, it's over, it's over. then, the sun went down, and people began to g