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And now from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN, the Axviles with your host, David Axelrod.

Probably no more singular presence in the commentariat today on our politics then, Ananavaro,

who you see frequently on CNN, read frequently on Twitter, leading Never Trumper in the Republican Party.

She also has an incredible story that began in Nicaragua.

I sat down with Anna a couple of days ago at the Institute of Politics and here's that conversation.

Ananavaro, everybody knows you.

First of all, welcome, welcome to here and welcome to the Institute of Politics.

I thought for sure there was going to be something resembling fall weather in Chicago.

No, but you always say to me, you will come to Chicago only in the fall and the spring, but not in the summer or winter.

And we provided warm weather for you because I know as a Floridian, you would not be happy if you got seasonal weather here.

I simply would not come.

I think there was some contractual arrangement to provide an 80 degree day for you in the middle of October.

But people see a lot of you and they hear a lot from you and you've become one of the really most watched, never Trumper voices out there with the Republican Party.

People don't really know that much about your history and your background.

So I just want to ask you a little bit about that, about your family.

You were born in Nicaragua, your family in Nicaragua.

And tell me about your mom and your dad.

Well, my mom and dad, I grew up in a small town in Nicaragua.

It's called Chínandega, mainly agricultural near Honduras.

Near the border with Honduras. Have you been there?

No, because you've never invited.

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