[applause] host: speaker scott.ere talking about helen and mellanda, and the washington post clued u.s.c., or wrote about you saying, "he never realized how much his mother struggledas an ult, he saw a social security document that suggested she never earned more than $13,000 a year." d my mom helen, and a lot of other women have always nurtured me and pushed me. it was amazing to me tso like m, black and white, we don't have all the resources they need, me. i don't know how she did it, i really don't. i look back. i do pretty well now, and sometimes things can still get a little dicey.but she did what so raising six kids. i am grateful for that. and my wife, you know, she saw something in me that a lot of folks will be wouldn't see after experiencing what i have, the adversity that i have. she saw me as i was and said, you know what, maybe one day he would be somebody. she fell in love with the aspirational don, not the don she saw at that moment. host: il houston? speaker scott: yes. part of my childhood. a lot of