FOX News’ “Special Report with Bret Baier” highlighted Jorge Ramos’ exclusive interview with CIA Director John Brennan Wednesday night – watch here. The interview aired earlier this week on Fusion’s “AMERICA with Jorge Ramos.”
When Republican leaders in the House of Representatives put forth their guiding principles for immigration reform some reform advocates were optimistic a bill would reach the president’s desk. Then Speaker Boehner threw cold water on the issue saying his caucus was unlikely to move forward due to a lack of trust in President Obama.
Jorge Ramos, host of “AMERICA with Jorge Ramos” on Fusion, as well as various news programs on Univision, joined Jeremy Hobson of NPR’s “Here & Now” to discuss the developments, listen below –
RAMOS: It seems that they did this political calculation that they can wait. They can wait until next year or maybe 2016 for immigration reform. What they have to know is that Latinos will remember and that they will blame Republicans. And if they continue doing this, and blocking immigration reform, Republicans will lose again the White House in 2016.
HOBSON: But they seemed to have made the calculation that they’re better off - or at least some Republicans have made the calculation that they’re better off not passing it than passing it.
RAMOS: Exactly. I understand that. But I think they’re wrong. I think - their talking points right now as you - as we listen to John Boehner and other Republicans, is that President Barack Obama is to blame for not having immigration reform. And we called on President Barack Obama for not keeping his promise in year 2009. But that was 2009. 2014, Republicans are to blame. If Speaker John Boehner wants to bring immigration reform to a vote, he can do it. He can do it tomorrow. But he simply won’t do it.
It seems that they really don’t get it. They don’t understand that the Hispanic community is growing, that in 2016, 16 million voters will go to the polls, that, really, Republicans’ future depends on the Hispanic vote and that before Latinos will really take another look on Republicans, they have to resolve immigration. But they simply are not taken seriously. And again, I think Hispanics will remember this moment.
Full transcript here.
It was his first newscast of 2014 and Jorge Ramos is already generating headlines with news-making interviews on his Fusion show “AMERICA with Jorge Ramos.”
On Monday night Ramos spoke to Phil Schiliro who was brought back to the White House last month to help oversee the roll out of the Affordable Care Act. The interview was featured Tuesday morning in Politico’s widely read PLAYBOOK as well as cited by the USA Today, The Hill, and Washington Examiner among other outlets.
Watch the interview here.
“AMERICA with Jorge Ramos airs weeknights at 8:00 p.m., ET on Fusion. To find out if Fusion is available in your area visit: http://fusion.net/GetFusion. To find out what channel visit: http://fus.in/channels.
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Jorge Ramos stopped by “The Daily Show” on Thursday night to talk with Jon Stewart about his new Fusion newscast “AMERICA” as well as to discuss the changing face of the U.S. and the impact Hispanics are having on the country’s culture and political system.
Jorge Ramos is anchoring Fusion’s flagship news program “AMERICA with Jorge Ramos” – marking the first time he has done a newscast in English in his 30 year career. “You’ve earned this authority and gravitas in that community… and now 30 years later you find that you are in the most relevant and fast growing demographic, and political voice, in the country right now," Stewart said to Jorge of his role with Fusion.
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"They think they can hide, and they can do politically expedient things like not putting immigration reform to a vote, but Latinos will remember that,” Ramos said of Republicans in Congress. “They have a problem, if they don’t pass immigration reform they can say ‘Adios’ to the White House in 2016.”
“George Bush, of course, was the first U.S. president who thought that he spoke Spanish. But…it helped him,” Jorge joked.
Watch the extended interview here. http://fus.in/1bMBdr7
Jorge Ramos, the longtime Univision anchor, is the second most recognized Latino leader in the U.S., according to a survey conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center. Time magazine included Ramos in its list of “the 25 most influential Hispanics in the United States.“
"AMERICA with Jorge Ramos” airs weeknights on Fusion at 8:00 p.m., ET.
Tonight Fusion will have special election day coverage on “AMERICA with Jorge Ramos” to examine what can be learned from the outcomes of the vote on Election Day 2013.
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Special editions of “America with Jorge Ramos” (@ThisIsAmerica) will air on Fusion at 5:00 p.m. and live at 8:00 p.m., ET. Ramos will be joined by Fusion host Alicia Menendez (@AliciaMenendez), ABC News Political Director Rick Klein (@RickKlein), Fusion Political Editor Jordan Fabian (@JordanFabian), Fusion Digital Editor Ted Hesson (@TedHesson), Fusion White House Correspondent Jim Avila (@JimAvilaABC) as well as Business Insider’s Josh Barro (@JBarro), Jamelle Bouie of The Daily Beast (@JBouie) and Lizzie O’Leary of Marketplace.org (@LizzieOhReally).
For the latest election results and insights visit Fusion.net and follow @ThisIsFusion and @ThisIsFusionPol throughout the night.
President Barack Obama participates in an interview with Jim Avila of Fusion Network on the South Lawn Drive, Oct. 28, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
The premiere of “AMERICA with Jorge Ramos” on Fusion featured an exclusive interview with President Obama. The interview, conducted by White House Correspondent and ABC News Senior National Correspondent Jim Avila, took place this afternoon.
Jim Avila: Alright, so, Mr. President, let me ask you first about the news of the day: the National Security Administration. People wonder, how is it you didn’t know about the cell phones being looked at or listened to, and why you didn’t know, and who should’ve told you?
President Obama: Well, first of all, I’m not confirming a bunch of assumptions that have been made in the press, but what I have said is that the national security operations generally, have one purpose, and that is to make sure the American people are safe and that I’m making good decisions, and I’m the final user of all the intelligence that they gather. But they’re involved in a whole wide range of issues, and we give them policy direction, but what we’ve seen over the last several years is their capacities continue to develop and expand, and that’s why I’m initiating now a review to make sure that what they’re able to do doesn’t necessarily mean what they should be doing.
Jim Avila: So would we assume from that answer, sir, that you did or would know, you would know if actually that was happening?
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