00:00And precisely to go deeper into our analysis, we have at this hour, Adrian, we have our correspondent, Jorge Gestoso,
00:07in Washington, D.C.,
00:09who has all the latest information right from the capital of the United States.
00:14Hello, Gestoso. Thank you very much for joining us once more.
00:20Thank you very much to you.
00:21We are very, with a lot of expectation to see what is going to come in the next hours, because
00:29the more the minutes goes by,
00:34the more closing are taking place in different states, but to help us to put in perspective so far what
00:43is going to go according to what the results are,
00:48we are encountering with Alicia Garcia, our political analyst.
00:56Alicia, thanks very much for joining us.
00:58Thank you for the invitation, Jorge.
01:00So, what is your reading, your reading so far, of the results that we are watching?
01:07I heard you talking about expectation, and for me I have a rule that the level of expectation is proportional
01:15to the level of disappointment.
01:17But in this case, I'm going to break my rule.
01:20I think you are watching these results, and maybe it was expected, because you know that this kind of midterm
01:30elections tend to be always a change in both,
01:35in the House of Representatives and in the Senate.
01:39And we are watching that this is happening again.
01:43So, whether we were thinking or we were pessimistic, or if we were just like trying to keep our reserves,
01:52I think we are watching that there is being a switch right now in both areas.
01:58So, we have to wait and see, especially the West Coast, we are getting results on the East Coast, and
02:06California are key states, so it's still early in the morning, the results.
02:12Yes, it's early, and something that caught my attention, it was that a lot of voters were actually not thinking
02:23about changing their vote.
02:24So, this election is more about who went out to vote, because the Republicans were really in the same line,
02:34and Democrats maybe were, in this time, more eager to vote, to be fair.
02:50Well, Texas is a sui generis case, because it has been under the Republican Party for at least 30 years,
03:01or almost 30 years.
03:02But I think they oversee the Hispanic population, and they were not reading that the Hispanic population is not only
03:12about tradition, or about quinceañeras, it has a very important economic power.
03:19And in this case, the economy is something that is hitting hard.
03:23So, my reading is more, it goes beyond immigration, it has to do with immigration, but it has to do
03:32always with this pride, and with this economic vision, and all the entrepreneurs, Hispanic entrepreneurs, that are telling the government,
03:43you're not taking care of me.
03:45So, I'm going to tell you that we need to make things different, and it's been little by little that
03:53the Republican Party in Texas has lost followers and voters.
03:58An interesting also case, Michigan, with Abdul El Sayed, so far, is looking like promising for him the results.
04:08And in that sense, the importance that he represents the most progressive wing within the Democrats.
04:16What's your reading of all that?
04:18Yes, and I think it was, like, in New York, it was something that broke everything.
04:26When they elected a candidate that was not the same candidate, it was not the classic Democrat or the classic
04:38Republican,
04:39it was like another door that opened, and the possibilities were beyond.
04:44And they are watching different results, they are watching a different approach to people.
04:49And it's not just, for example, if you're Hispanic, it's not because you're Hispanic, I'm going to work for you.
04:55If you are Muslim, I'm going to work for you.
04:58But here, they have the vision that if you're American, and we are part of America, we're going to work
05:04for you.
05:05And I think that's the message that this is sending, and that people is responding.
05:09And anyway, if by any chance the Republicans will do okay, there was a lot of warning signs,
05:19and there's a lot of dissatisfaction of the population.
05:22And again, the combination, rise of the cost of living, the Iran war, we're talking tariffs, we're talking immigration,
05:34and the lowest level of popularity of President Trump for this term.
05:40So they have a lot of uphill battle to fight from tomorrow on.
05:45Yes, and I think he had the chance in these rallies, because he went to a lot of rallies,
05:51to talk about the improvements in economy, to talk about real projects for the people.
05:59But I think it was very disappointing for a lot of, even for Republicans, not hearing that the economy was
06:09going to improve.
06:11So they were deciding, of course, about security, but they were deciding with their mind in,
06:18what am I going to do tomorrow?
06:19How am I going to pay my rent or my mortgage?
06:22And how am I going to pay for the gasoline that I have to put in my truck?
06:27And how can I work with this?
06:29So I think this is, like, very important, not only for Republicans, but also for Democrats,
06:36and they don't have to forget what is happening.
06:38What do you think about what is going on in Mexico and in Latin America, watching so far the results?
06:46People are really interested to see what's going to be the end of it?
06:50Yes, of course.
06:51I mean, for Mexico, it's one of the, it's the most important relationship that we have internationally.
07:00But, of course, it's not always economic.
07:03It has to do with a lot of things, because we also have a lot of expats that are living
07:08in Mexico.
07:09So this exchange goes beyond.
07:12And I think it's also a call for the new politicians and the politicians that are right now in power,
07:19that are trying to align either to one side.
07:22But this is not about being in one wing or another.
07:25This is about people.
07:26So they need to hear the people.
07:29And in Latin America, with the story of the new wave of the shield of the Americas,
07:36the escudo de las Americas also,
07:39there's a lot of people that are watching carefully in which direction is swinging the wind after this election.
07:47Yes, it's amazing.
07:49And I can understand that they can be like different thinkings and different tendencies.
07:58But you cannot oversee the reality.
08:03And, for example, the reality right now is that in Mexico we have a president.
08:07It's a woman and it's very capable.
08:10And it's also something that is not very common in the conservative side.
08:15But right now we have an era that is a woman era.
08:19So also these parties have to be and see beyond all kinds of tendencies.
08:27So they have to see beyond not only, again, if you are conservative, if you are a traditionalist,
08:34but what are you offering and what do I have to offer you to work together and to make a
08:41country bigger, not smaller?
08:44Aisa, thank you very much.
08:46We were talking with Aisa Garcia.
08:49I put on, Alicia Garcia, precisely.
08:53We have a very, very lovely member of our team that is Aisa.
08:59So far I was just mentioning her name.
09:05Alicia Garcia, political analyst, was helping us to put in perspective so far what we are observing.
09:13In this historical night of the midterm selections here in the U.S.
09:20We'll get back to you now.
09:23Thank you very much, Gestoso, for your information, last minute information at this hour.
