THIS
THIS IS
THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG CELEBRATION OF CULTURE CONTRIBUTION AND HEROES HOSTED
BY EVA LONGORIA. GLORIA STUFF
ON RICKY MARTIN TO NAME A FEW.
AND THE MAN BEHIND THE SPECIAL
CALLED ESSENTIAL HEROES A
MOMENTO LATINO EVENT. HENRY
MUNOZ IS JOINING US THIS
MORNING. HENRY, IT'S SO GOOD TO
SEE YOU. THANKS FOR BEING ON
OUR SHOW. NICE TO SEE YOU TOO.
GOOD MORNING. NOW WE WANT TO
TALK ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND
HERE. YOU WORK IN THE HEALTH
CARE INDUSTRY AND YOU OBVIOUSLY
HAVE GONE THROUGH A LOT DURING
THIS PANDEMIC. I'M SURE WHAT
WERE YOU EXPERIENCING WHEN COPE
19 FIRST CAME AROUND? WELL.
THIS WHOLE IDEA WAS BORN IN
THE DARKEST DAYS OF COVE AT 19
WHEN MANY OF US REALIZED THAT
THE IMPACT ON MANY COMMUNITIES.
BUT FOR SURE THE LATINO
COMMUNITY WAS GOING TO BE
SIGNIFICANT AND THAT IT WASN'T
GOING TO GO AWAY EVEN WITH
THE VACCINE THAT WE NEEDED TO
WORK IN HEALTH CARE AND
THE VIRUS. WE NEEDED TO WORK IN
THE ECONOMY JOBS AND WE NEEDED
TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR YOUNG
PEOPLE HAD THE ABILITY TO
CONTINUE TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TO
GO TO COLLEGE. SO I THINK THIS
IS A MOMENT THAT HAS INSPIRED
MANY OF US MYSELF INCLUDED TO
MOVE FROM CRISIS TO RECOVERY
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS TELEVISION
SPECIAL IS ABOUT. I LOVE IT. SO
YOU KNOW, HERE IN SAN DIEGO WE
HAVE SUCH A HUGE LATINO
POPULATION. AND UNFORTUNATELY,
AS YOU MENTIONED, THEY WERE HIT
HARD BY THIS PANDEMIC. OF
COURSE 19 AFFECTING THEM WHEN
IT COMES TO JOBS, WHEN IT COMES
TO THE ACTUAL VIRUS ITSELF.
THESE DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBERS
HERE EFFECT AFFECTED BY IT.
WHAT DO YOU HOPE THIS IS
SPECIAL? DOES TO KIND OF MAYBE
BUILD THEM UP OR WHAT DO YOU
HOPING WHAT ARE YOU AIMING WITH
THIS? WELL, I HOPE HIM MOMENTUM
LATINO IS A COALITION OF
IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONS AROUND
THE COUNTRY WHO ARE DOING WORK
IN PLACES LIKE CALIFORNIA WILL
CREATE AN INFRASTRUCTURE OF
OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO SEEK
HELP THEM TO BE SUPPORTED IN
THOSE THREE AREAS. I ALSO HOPE
THAT THIS SPECIAL REMINDS
PEOPLE IN A COMMUNITY LIKE SAN
DIEGO, THIS BEAUTIFUL BORDER
COMMUNITY THAT HAS FOR
GENERATIONS BEEN BLENDED
TOGETHER THAT HAS BECOME
STRONGER BECAUSE OF
THE INTERSECTION OF MEXICAN
CULTURE AND AMERICAN CULTURE
WORKING TOGETHER THAT IT THAT
WE'RE ABLE TO REMIND PEOPLE
THAT EVEN THE NAME OF A PLACE
LIKE SUN THE EGGO RIGHT IS AN
IMPORTANT AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
THAT WE'VE HAD AN IMPACT ON
THE HISTORY AND THE HERITAGE OF
THE UNITED STATES THAT OUR
PEOPLE ARE HEROES NOT JUST
DURING COVERT 19 BUT FOUR
GENERATIONS WERE THE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE,
KEPT THE COUNTRY MOVING WERE
THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ON
THE FRONTLINES OF THIS
PANDEMIC. WE'RE PATRIOTS AND
OUR CONTRIBUTIONS DESERVE TO BE
RECOGNIZED, HONORED, ELEVATED,
PUT ON BROADCAST TELEVISION,
ENSHRINED IN A MUSEUM FOR
THE FUTURE AND I THINK WE NEED
TO RECOGNIZE IT FOR OURSELVES.
SO I HOPE THAT THE PEOPLE
ENDORSED AND DIEGO WILL TUNE IN
TO ESSENTIAL HEROES, A MOVEMENT
INTO LATINO EVENT AND MAYBE
DANCE A LITTLE TO THE MUSIC
BILL. AND ONE IS SAN LOUISE
FONZIE. MAYBE LAUGH A LITTLE AT
THE COMEDY OF GEORGE LOPEZ AND
JOHN LEGUIZAMO AND AT THE END
OF THE DAY BE INSPIRED BY
THE STORIES OF EVERYDAY HEROES
WHO ARE A PART OF THIS
TELEVISION SPECIAL AND WHO
REMIND US THAT EACH OF US CAN
MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES
OF OTHERS. AND THAT'S WHAT
REALLY MAKES US STRONGER UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA. I LOVE THAT
SO BEAUTIFULLY SAID. THANK YOU
SO MUCH. I MEAN YOUR LINEUP OF
WHO IS GOING TO BE ON THIS SHOW
QUITE IMPRESSIVE. SOME HUGE
NAMES, AMAZING TALENT. YOU CALL
THAT EVA LONGORIA YOURSELF AND
SAID HEY, CAN YOU JOIN US? YOU
KNOW, I CALL EGO LONGORIA
WHENEVER THERE'S A JOB TO DO IN
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I
JUST GOT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
E-MAIL FROM HER. YOU KNOW, SHE
IS NOT ONLY AN ACTRESS AND A
PRODUCER DIRECTOR BUT SHE'S A
SERIOUS PHILANTHROPIST AND
SCHOLAR. SHE GOT A MASTER'S
DEGREE IN CHICANO STUDIES FROM
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
SYSTEM. SO NOT ONLY EEVA WHO
BROUGHT HER SERIOUS
PHILANTHROPY AND ACTIVISM TO
THIS EFFORT BUT EMILIO AND
GLORIA STEFAN. I MEAN CRAZY
COMMITTED TO THIS AND RICKY
MARTIN, ONE OF THE GREATEST
HUMANITARIANS IN OUR COUNTRY.
SO SO MANY PEOPLE NOBODY SAID
NO. AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
OUT OF THAT COMMITMENT IS
TELEVISION SPECIAL UNLIKE
ANYTHING ANYBODY HAS SEEN ON
BROADCAST TELEVISION OVER
THE COURSE FOR SURE OF THE LAST
10 YEARS, A MOMENT WHEN
THE LATINO COMMUNITY WILL BE
HONORED AND ELEVATED BY CBS AND
I'M SO PROUD OF CBS AND ITS
AFFILIATES FOR CHOOSING TO BE A
PARTNER IN THIS EFFORT. AND
QUITE HONESTLY, YOU KNOW, WE
ACTUALLY CONVINCED FUNNY OR DIE
TO HELP PRODUCE THIS TELEVISION
SPECIAL. AND I THINK EVERYBODY
IS GOING TO BE REALLY PLEASED
TO LAUGH DAD. BRIAN CAN
OUTWEIGH LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
WHAT ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION?
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING
THAT BEHIND THE SCENES THAT HOW
YOU MADE IT HAPPEN AND WHY YOU
WANTED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. SO
IT'S GOING TO BE ON MONDAY