Paola Ramos

He was the communications director for Julian Castro's 2020 presidential campaign.

Also with me, MSNL contributor Paula Ramos.

She is the author of the book, Defectors, The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America.

All right, listen.

He was visited by a staffer for Congressman Castro, who was able to observe that he was losing mobility on the left side of his body, both in his arm and his leg, which would make sense because he has a bullet lodged near his spine.

Let's bring in MSNOW national reporter David Noriega.

Paula Ramos is still with me.

David, what do we know about his condition? And we just learned lawmakers are planning to meet with him.

This comes as The New York Times reports, Vance has spent the last several months reaching out to U.S. military commanders seeking unvarnished views of the conflict without the Trump spin.

And joining me now at the table for the very first edition of The Assignment Desk, we have Nikki McCann-Ramirez, political news reporter for Rolling Stone, Eugene Daniels, senior Washington correspondent and co-host of MSNOW's The Weekend, and Paola Ramos, journalist, author, and MSNOW contributor and comedian and host of The Good Liars, Jason Selvig.

It is so good to see all of you guys here at the table with me.

Happy to see you at the front of the table.

All right.

I'm going to let that be the last word.

Nikki McCann Ramirez, Eugene Daniels, Paola Ramos and Jason Selvig.

Thank you all so, so much for being part of this first edition of The Assignment Desk.

I could literally talk to her all day.

Of course, I'm talking about Paola Ramos.

Paola, how are you today?

I'm doing well.

Exactly.

When we started the moment, I remember, Paola, we set out to make sense of the world.

But not only that, we really wanted to understand the deep changes and transformation that America was going through.

And I think we got great conversations.

We talked to Julieta Venegas and then someone like Mayra Flores, you know, conservative voices, provocative voices.

What we have done, Dad, and I'm so proud of this, is we have had these beautiful, long, nuanced, complicated, emotional conversations, and we're ready to give you more.

So the good news is that season two, Paola, is just around the corner.

That's right.