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he came to this country in 1962 from cuba as part of the peter pan program and became an american citizen in 1968. i asked him what he thought of the bill. and he told me, you know, he's a big baseball fan. he said what if i go to arizona to see the diamondbacks play and i go to the game and i forget my i.d.? i've been an american citizen for 42 years. yet i speak with a spanish accent and look very spanish. what happens to me if i'm stopped without proof of identification on me? obviously, a lot of people are not too supportive of this. i talked to several people from mera costa college. we talked earlier, you have some strong sentiments about this senate bill and it becoming a law. >> yes, i do. i'm completely against it. i think that anytime you have a law that gives so much power to the state and singles out a group, it's dangerous and it sends the wrong message to the community. i myself am an immigrant. i came in 1985 to the united states. and since then, i've earned a high school education. i have a bachelor's degree and two master degrees. all of it comes from the support that i f
he came to this country in 1962 from cuba as part of the peter pan program and became an american citizen in 1968. i asked him what he thought of the bill. and he told me, you know, he's a big baseball fan. he said what if i go to arizona to see the diamondbacks play and i go to the game and i forget my i.d.? i've been an american citizen for 42 years. yet i speak with a spanish accent and look very spanish. what happens to me if i'm stopped without proof of identification on me? obviously, a...
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eventually won and here he is today, 16-year-old military student in cuba. the grandmother describes him as a little man living a normal life there. that's it for us. "larry king live" starts right now. >> larry: tonight, "family guy" creator seth macfarlane. >> i want you to meet your family. >> you're my family. >> larry: his twisted, dysfunctional, perverse take on mom, dad and the kids made him hollywood's $100 million man. the highest paid writer in television and only in his 30s. he's an equal opportunity offender. >> those americans. >> larry: christians, gays, sarah palin, you name it, nothing, no one off limits. >> i met larry king. >> name dropper. >> larry: cruel or cool? wicked or wonderful? seth macfarlane next. >> you know, today started as a really nice outing but as usual you had to ruin it. >> larry: on "larry king live." that is funny stuff. by the way, we have a group, a gang of nice-looking people here in the studio from the pacific ridge school in carlsbad, california. all high school students all as fans of our special guest seth macfar
eventually won and here he is today, 16-year-old military student in cuba. the grandmother describes him as a little man living a normal life there. that's it for us. "larry king live" starts right now. >> larry: tonight, "family guy" creator seth macfarlane. >> i want you to meet your family. >> you're my family. >> larry: his twisted, dysfunctional, perverse take on mom, dad and the kids made him hollywood's $100 million man. the highest paid writer...
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and a giant middle finger flipped at cuba's enemies to the north. friends and relatives of elian gonzalez have largely put the past behind him, but monuments like this museum is remind e it's hard to know if he'll ever be able to lead a normal life and what kind of future he'll play in cuba. shasta darlington, cnn, cardenas, cuba. >>> on this earth day, one parent is wondering what on earth was the school thinking when it let a famous felon come talk to the kids. the principal's response? priceless. to stretch around the earth over 190 times. each brita filter can take up to 300 of those bottles out of the equation. >>> well, a degree from a press teenous georgetown university, sounds like a slam dunk. want so much for our 30-second pitch guest. miaima tucker has a bachelors in criminology and has been looking for a job for more than a year, but still no luck. she joins us now from los angeles and we'll try to help her with that. maia why do you think it's so tough? what do you think the biggest challenge has been for you? >> i think at this point e
and a giant middle finger flipped at cuba's enemies to the north. friends and relatives of elian gonzalez have largely put the past behind him, but monuments like this museum is remind e it's hard to know if he'll ever be able to lead a normal life and what kind of future he'll play in cuba. shasta darlington, cnn, cardenas, cuba. >>> on this earth day, one parent is wondering what on earth was the school thinking when it let a famous felon come talk to the kids. the principal's...
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/cuba relations and what have you or what will you say on that matter to the president? >> i did very much. we already had the event. we had it in two parts. a small group of people met with him first on one side of the house. and then after he greeted them, i was able to show pictures of the march that we had pictures of the ladies in white in cuba getting violently beaten by the police and thrown into a bus. i gave him a letter from a martyr of recent times. his name is orlando sapato de mayo who died on a hunger strike and was beaten. 18 days without water. he died. another one, guillermo familez is about to die. he's asking for prisoners of conscious who are dying because they are so sick. he's been on a hunger strike for 85 days. i talked to him about that. give him letters from the mother of the dead dis-sident. he was standing by me as was everyone here at the party. it was a wonderful night. >> let me ask you right quick, you mentioned earlier that it was an honor for you to have the president in your home. trust me, it was an honor for the democrats as well and
/cuba relations and what have you or what will you say on that matter to the president? >> i did very much. we already had the event. we had it in two parts. a small group of people met with him first on one side of the house. and then after he greeted them, i was able to show pictures of the march that we had pictures of the ladies in white in cuba getting violently beaten by the police and thrown into a bus. i gave him a letter from a martyr of recent times. his name is orlando sapato...
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action and he has given more rights to terrorism detainees at the guantanamo bay detainny prison in cuba. the magic wall for the volatile political environment. it in this political environment president obama will name a successor. we have seen the left and the right dominate oirg politics. take michigan, for example. bart stupak a democratic congressman resigned today, trying to make the case in that district that his health care vote was the right vote, because the tea party says no, some on the left criticized him. bart stupak saying 38,000 people in northern michigan will get health insurance and nearly 200,000 will see their costs lowered. that is a view from michigan of the contested political environment. utah, bob bennett a republican senator, been in office for years. he's being challenged from the right in part conservatives say, because they don't like these votes. here's one, school safety ability of 1999. passed by 73-25. 31 republicans vote ford this bill yet conservative says senator bennett should not have. another vote, the ashcroft amendment a bill that would punish pa
action and he has given more rights to terrorism detainees at the guantanamo bay detainny prison in cuba. the magic wall for the volatile political environment. it in this political environment president obama will name a successor. we have seen the left and the right dominate oirg politics. take michigan, for example. bart stupak a democratic congressman resigned today, trying to make the case in that district that his health care vote was the right vote, because the tea party says no, some on...