for it to issue a stay and to a block a federal agency for going forward with a rule or regulation, the federal judge in the federal court must find that the opposition litigant have a substantial likelihood of prevailing. so i think this this decision in the case of judge hanning, the fifth circuit, and even the supreme court believes that it is likely that judge hannon would be upheld in his decision. but what is clear as highlighted by the egregious, unethical conduct conduct of the lawyers of the united states department of justice, where i served for almost 15 years and we worked our hearts out to always be faithful and operate withdg

integrity before the federal judges, and always sense we work representatives of the united states of america to make sure that every representation we made to the court was accurate.o it was a high standard and most united states attorneys and department of justice attorney lawyer should know that and adhere to that at the highest level. other lawyers are frequently don't, private attorneys frequently don't but federal attorneys representing the people of the united states of america have that high duty. well what happens, judge hannon found really that they were determined to go forward with these unlawful actions, even though he had ordered them to stop. subst it appears in some substantial violation of integrity of the immigration law and their department. they are going to have a further hearing soon i believe oned

whether there will be additional penalties. he has already imposed penalties on the justice lawyers for their proper conducf which he severely condemned them for. so, the message that this administration is sending to the world is that if you can get here you can stay here.ded at according to official statistics from the u.s. customs and border protection, the the number of so-called family units that ared apprehended at the southern of i border has already exceeded the number that were apprehended and all of fiscal year 15, already this year. approximately 12% more so-called family units were apprehended through may then were apprehended through all of last year. in total apprehension of all aliens appears to be on the rise which is in indication of

increased legality of entry into this country. last month, the head of the bordeaux patrol council testified before the subcommittee on immigration that i chair effort every alien apprehended at the border by the united states border patrol, we could assume that at least one even rated detection. so he represents the border patrol officers, he says says that catching half of the peopln that enter and they apprehended more than 300,000 illegally in the country last year, he further testified, get this colleagues, this, this is important, critically important. it shows the extreme nature of the obama administration's policies with regard to immigration. this officer testified that of the have that are apprehended, at least 80% of those are released into the country and not deported.

they are told okay, come back to court. sometimes they have a veil, sometimes they don't. on one hearing of federal agency official testified that they paid young people to their destination city when they are apprehended.nd what does that mean? it means country and there 17 years of ad age and they don't know what to do with them, instead of of deporting them and sending them back at that time, they say where did you intend to go. while my destination was chicago, so the so the federal government takes them to an chicago. turns them over to a cousin, uncle, and, whatever. and, whatever. there is no effort to ascertain whether or not the person they turned over to is legally in the country or not either.he law so this is a kind of thing that is causing such disturbance within the law-enforcement field.

it is so discouraging to them. t so the strength to which the administration has directed its officers not to enforce plane acts of legal disobedience in the history of america, i think. to the next president in refuse to enforce tax law? could the next president say, i don't like this tax, i believe this tax is to hire i don't believe that we should tax these entities so he tells his subordinate unit the head of the irs, just like he tells the head of the homeland security, do not of course this law. i know congress passed a, don't passed it, don't think it's a fair tax, don't collect it, tell everybody in the country if you pay that taxi can be certain your irs is not going to spend his time and effort to collect it. so you're home free. that is the kind of logic we are dealing with. what

these lawless actions faced with the american people have asked for, and yet despite having the most radical immigration policies in our nation's history, former secretary of state hillary clinton has promised to go even further, i have just been astounded at some of the things that she has declared. if president she promises to deport only those who commit violent felonies or happen to be terrorist. anybody else i guess can come in illegal into the country, sell drugs, drugs, get copper frog, get copper fraudulent ids, get caught for credit card fraud, and those kind of things is long as it is not a violent crime they don't ever get sent home, they get to stay here. how is this in harmony with thes will of the american people to

have a lawful system of immigration? one that protects their public safety, protect protect them from criminal activity, protect them from terrorism and those kind of things. it's breathtaking to me, is provided with the moreover, secretary clinton is provided with the ability as president to point to new justice to the supreme court, the the outcome of this case might change.nows? who knows, but it is certainly clear that she has been vigorously critical of the decision and said it is correct essentially, and she said this in her statement today quote, today's decision by the supreme court is purely procedural, it

cast no doubt on the fact that doppler and darker, these amnesty programs are entirely within the presidents legal authority. she says this is entirely within the president's authority. will again, let me remind you what the president did. he not only said to 4 million adults and they issued before the supreme court that you will not be deported, he declared jo. that you are able to work, he has given them work authorization when the laws of the united states do not allowe people illegally here to take jobs. not only that, he gave them the right to social security. he gave them social security numbers. and they will pay it to socials security and be able to get social security and medicare and other programs. basically, he gave illegalal persons, established by the laws of the united states legal status to participate as american citizens on virtually

every matter of importance. it's pretty exceptional. former secretary clinton says ia will induce comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship for those within my first 100 days. in other words, she would give legal status, citizenship to everybody who came to the country illegally. that is just a very damaging thing and has remarkable consequences and impacts on the legal system and it also incentivizes more people to come to america. american people have every right to demand that are very generous legal immigration laws be followed according to the law.

and that it reflects their wishes. the american people are good and decent people. they are not asking for anything extreme. the what's extreme is this idea that we systematically refuse to guarantee the laws of the united states to be executed. the actions and policies advanced by president obama and apparently even more radical policy by secretary clinton is a radical thing. it is not traditional in any our way.lear it is directly contrary to our constitutional principle and the clear will of the american people.es it must be stopped. mr. president, we have have a generous immigration system, there are 1,100,000 at least, million at least, i think maybe now closer to 1,000,001.2 million, more than any nation in the world for the

remarkable thing that we do. in addition to that, at any at any given time there are 700,000 people in the united states, t foreign-born that take jobs in the united states. these are are supposed to be temporary jobs for the most part, a lot of them are basically permanent jobs and can be re- upped and re- extended and that is going on in the country at a given time. we don't have enough jobs for thehe american people now. we don't have enough jobs for the american people now. we have a surplus surplus of labor in this country. that is why you believe in free9 markets, that is why since 1999 until last year, 1 million household income in america is down $4000 per family. a big part of that is an excess of labor flow into the united states.

look at the rates, the professor at harvard, born in cuba and something came here as a young person, the dr. shows that an excessive labor pool slows down wages, why would it not. it's just common sense, free market principles, but he has documented it through the labor reports, census data, and there's no doubt about this, we are hammering american working people. their their lives are being diminished while some makg more money because they have a lower wage. i am not saying we are going to end immigration. nobody's talking about that. but we have an extremely high immigration level legally, and on top of that we have this massive eel legality. so the first thing the american people have asked us to do is and that you illegality plea, they been pleading for 30 years and all we have here is some complaint

about any bill that actually takes a step toward that end and it gets box. j we cannot even get votes on amendments. so i just want to say, i think the american people are correct, any nationstate, that sees itself as sovereign, sees itself as having a loyalty to its own r people should protect those people from unfair policy. should defend their legitimate t interest. but we are not doing it, we're pulling down wages right now, the people who do not have jobs today. we have the lowest percentage of americans with a job, those inse the working years today that we have had in 40 years. last month we created 38000ough

jobs, a shockingly low number comments and some shockwaves to the business community. we need to have close to 200,000 per month to stay level. we we are bringing in almost 100,000 immigrants per month. from 2000 colleagues to 2014. fourteen years the nativeborn population of the united states increased throughout that period by millions, how many jobs were created and did nativeborn americans get during that. nine, the actual number of workers from 2000-2014 went down. all jobs that were created during that period of time went to foreign-born. is it any surprise that wages have fallen?

is it any surprise that we have going from around the low 50000-dollar a year median income year for american family to $4000 less, it's simple and somebody needs to talk about ths this and defend the legitimate concerns of families in this country and working americans. s i would like to say couple things. outcome of this court ruling is not going to cause any major change in what is happening today, in fact we have been living under the policy of the court ordered for some time now, it is not going to change that. were not going to have any mass around up as people haveions, ep suggested is going to happen. that's ridiculous. the. the president has ordered basically an end to deportation. except for those that commit crimes, serious crimes secretary

to be a violent crime or terrorism connected before you get 40. we're headed -- deported -- were heading in that direction, were not going to have a dramatic impact on the changes in america. numb but they will not get worse. this is a dramatic providing of work permits, social security benefits, social security presu members, and people who entered our country unlawfully and presumably they have no family here, no connection, connection, they would receive these s benefits too. dem this is not a sound policy for america. we're going to have to work our way through many the difficulties in the future. but the simple demand that we have to congress for the majority of the people, i do

believe this and the illegality, do that first and then we'll talk about what were going to do next about people who have been here long time, a lot of people just came, they get to come, y they get identification, are they broke across the border w near caught and released on bail and he went to los angeles, chicago or somewhere. you get to demand that you are given legal status in america? to get to demand that you get made a citizen. other people around the world waited their time and may nevero get into the united states because they don't qualify.mm that is the question where facing. i truly believe that we believe in immigration as an american country, we are are always going to have immigration. but the level of a and the nature of it should be such that we admit people who are most

likely to be successful. most likely to flourish in america. most likely to benefit america.e not people who are going to have a hard time, who do not speak english, and do not have skills that we need in this country today. i believe. i believe it is wrong to bring in more workers, particularly those skills who compete directly against americans were trying to get a job and pull down their wages or make it harder for them to get a job. i really think that is going beyond what the responsibility of the government is. it is our responsibility to follow the law as it is written and the president's responsibility under his oath and duties as a chief executive a chief executive and the chief law-enforcement officer in america is to see that our laws are force.

if you want to come back again or some other changes in the law, bring it up, let's talk about it, but he himself does not get to do that on its own and i'm pleased that the supreme court has stopped him at least a with regard to this specific program. mr. president, i appreciate the opportunity to share these remarks. and i'm not the absence of a quorum. >> in the news, the supreme the supreme court split four-four by case challenging the obama immigration plan. the wall street journal says they killed the plan to defer deportation and provide work authorization to millions of americans push into the forefront of the 2016 election. >> i am pleased that the senate body has come to this conclusion. television in the senate will undoubtedly provide citizens with greater access and exposure to the actions of this body. this access will help all americans to be better informed

to the problems in the issues which faces nation on a day by day basis. >> during the election i had the occasion of meeting a woman who had supported me in my campaign. she decided to come, to shake my hand and take a photograph. a wonderful woman, she was not asking for anything, and i was very grateful that she took the time to come by. it was an unexceptional moment except for the fact that she was born in 1894. her name was marguerite lewis, an african-american african-american women who had been born in louisiana. born in the shadow of slavery, the board at a time when lynchings were commonplace, born at a time when african-americans and women cannot vote. >> it took our country from the time of its founding until the

mid-19 80s to build up a national debt of $850 billion which was the size of the so-called stimulus package when it came over here. so we're talking about real, borrowed money. >> thirty years of coverage of the u.s. senate, as he's been to. >> in addition to the supreme court decision on immigration, the high court also ruled in an affirmative action case. that labor secretary comments on the case of before the leo, the national situation of latino elected and appointed officials. speaking first with evelyn of illinois who was elected the nation's first hispanic lieutenant governor. >> [applause]. [speaking in spanish] how is

everyone today. this is such a dynamic group and i feel so incredibly humbled to be invited to attend. but most of all, to see that i am among my brothers and sisters. [speaking in spanish] it means so much to be able to congregate. i'm not thinking i'm more than anyone else. i'm 4-foot 11 inches so i stay away from the podiums of you can see me. so really quick, my background, i was invited to tell you about what motivates me as the first latino lieutenant governor not only in illinois but the whole country. what motivates me and also my story, but the truth is, my my story is no different than all of your stories. my story is not typical but definitely very american. my father is a refugee from [speaking in spanish].

we have some representation in the house. it is one of the poorest countries in latin america. that side of the family came to united states for freedom. my for freedom. my mother side of the family, she is from cuba. a place where there are no freedoms to be had just yet, let's wait five minutes. for that side of the family she tells me stories about having been chased, harassed, and lost her property rights and so on. so both families arrive to hialeah, florida. you know where that is? that's is? that's where pitbull the wrappers from. schoolkids love it what i say that but when i tell them that i don't know pitbull that i'm out of it. my parents met an apartment complex in hialeah, florida and i came shortly after. mom chose to have me and keep me when she was only 15 years of age. that tainted the backdrop to my life because i was a child raised by children. i remember always been one step ahead of the landlord. from an educational standpoint to about that in the neighborhoods i was growing up in is disinterested and uninspired in my schools because i felt my schools were

disinterested and uninspired with me. so i feel the first grade. but i had a sheer row in my life and she's my mother. and she always used to tell me to [speaking in spanish]. in this country you are going to rise like the phone. i believe her, i still believe her today. so she bought me a piano to give me of the streets. i learn how to play at the community center and then, and then an opportunity opened up like for me. there was a school in florida, a magnet school, brand-new and they a magnet school, brand-new and they told all of the students that if you have talent, you addition and get inside. by the time you graduate you will have the equivalent of an associates and arts degree for free. that was a big deal, that was a big big game changer in my family because college was not really my future. i did, i auditioned to get that school. those instructors saw promising me and let me in. it was in those schools that i

became inspired. i got to know who beethoven was, who bought, and mozart were. i learned to love the sciences, all the academics and it stayed with me because i also said wow, this must be what the rich kids get in the nice neighborhoods. that is why i joined forces with the governor of illinois. he believes in education reform and i do too. having come from my ring and i believe every child in illinois, every child in the country deserves a world-class education it should matter where your parents come from, what neighborhood they have or where they work. we all all deserve a world-class education [applause]. so i was glad to get into the school. by the time i graduated i did have that equivalent of an associate of arts degree, but i also had an opportunity because then i was able to to go to florida international university on a scholarship.

just because i had that when opportunity. i was later able to go to the john marshall law school where he served as an adjunct professor of law today. i was also able to learn in illinois that i was different. being from miami, florida it is a melting pot. we are very ill international. in illinois whether there was discrimination and i was able to serve at the john marshall or housing clinic to be able to help those who had been discriminated against and denied housing on the basis of the color of their skin, there their ethnicity, their race, and that was truly something that taught me how to be a leader. going forward after law school, i went and lived in a place called wheaton. it is a god-fearing community of 54,000 residents and i decided to run for the wheaton city council. i went to the door to door and was able to talk to families and let them know my plus fee of government. haven't been government. haven't been the first latina to ever serve on the wheaton city

council, a lot of people approach me and said you know what, illinois has another problem. latinos, where the largest minority group in all of illinois because what, most of us are not getting out there and voting and getting involved. when i heard that, i love being able to get involved in that regard. i love traveling the state as lieutenant governor, getting into these migrant farm working communities of these little girls and boys to see a lot of me and them so that they could be our next governor. and also get them of all. i also loved talking to individuals and telling them the story about my great grandfather who left us at that late age of 96. i remember how he would get in front of the tv and argue with the news and he would say [speaking in spanish] >> of this country there is no liberty, only wrongdoing. i would would oftentimes to my great father. [speaking in spanish]. when was last time you voted?

when was last time you are hurt. we are the largest minority group in illinois and we know soon will be the majority. but if we do not make an impression by getting out there and voting, getting out there and running for office and going door to door to stamp those policies that we believe in. then, we'll never be heard. i love doing that as your lieutenant governor. so come in the future, [speaking in spanish]. have a great day [applause]. >> she may be small but i think she's pretty fiery, what you think? very well. they're going to continue with our program please, think our servers first of all we have to pause and recognize those who prepared our meal and are serving. [applause]. we want to thank you. [applause].

i have the great honor to introduce, and playing point guard today, just passing passing the ball which is codified. collins as going through school, he was a trash collector. imagine that. [applause] i guess you could say that was his first entry into politics. the other thing i learned about him was he talks about the

concept of dignitity of work. the fact someone in 2016 who lives and works full time should not live in poverty. he is a fierce advocate for raising the minimum wage. he is among the great academics minds charged with managing our federal government, the cabinet secretary sometimes operates a critical position, as secretary of labor, the honorable tom perez oversaw a campaign to increase minimum wage, historic investments in working training and the implementation of the bipartisan workforce innovation and opportunity act among many other projects.

unemployment has continued to decline while the economy reestablishes itself on firm footing. secretary perez had a long and distinguished career at all levels. he was the first latino elected to the maryland city council, served on the labor and license and regulation, he is a former director at the health and human services and served as assistant attorney general for civil rights at the doj. it might be said he has already reached the pinnacle of his profession as an advocatie for quality and justice we hear there may be greater things in store for his future as well. please welcome our guest, secretary of labor, thomas

perez. [applause] [applause] >> good afternoon. thank you. it is great to be here. may i ask you to give one more hand to the people who are serving our meal and working so hard for us? >> justin, thank you so much. it is an honor to be here with you and so many mentors. great friends and the force of nature known as

arturo and pauline, michele martinez, two examples of when women succeed, we all succeed. this isn't my first visit to the area. it is an honor to be with you and having been in local government i know that the rubber hits the road in local government. i know that when you are working in cities and counties and states you can't afford to be d ii i ilogical. when i think of the people i know during my time he was part

of a sit-in with a number of democrats. if you saw his hash tag it said #goodtrouble. keep causing him a lot of good trouble. now, i often go into a room and i have some understanding there have been events that occurred with our meeting because we live our world in real time. i cannot help but reflect on the events this morning at the supreme court because, you know, frankly the ruling on the case is certainly disappointing to say the minimum. frankly, it breaks my heart because i remember where i was when the president announced it. i was in maryland at a remarkable non-profit i used to be the board chair of and i

remember vividly the looks of hope and potential on the faces of so many immigrants who have been here working so hard. when i see what i saw today it undenialable breaks my heart but it will never break my spirits nor should it break your spirits and strengths my resolve to fight for fairness and our resolve to fight for comprehensive immigration reform. that is a when question in this country. it is not an if country in this country. i have no doubt about it. i have no doubt about it. we need your help. we mead to make sure mayor garland gets a fair hearing because they have time to vote against the affordable care act 64 times but don't have time for

a hearing on eric garland and today illustrates the consequences of the broken republican leadership. we have to get on that, my friends. we do need your help. when i was reflecting on the decision of earlier today i thought of a guy named jose guterez. i have not had the privilege of meeting him but i have read a lot about him. he has inspired me. i think this story is so appropriate in the context of today's ruling. jo jose both saw and embodied the optimism that embodies america. he became an orphan at the age of eight raising himself on the streets of guatemala city. but jose wanted more. jose and so many like him deserve more. so he set out for a better

future. he came to this country, a 3,000 mile journey of scars and sacrifices and arrived in the u.s. undocumented, went into foster care. he wanted to be an architect and went to community college and so loved this country he joined the marines and on march 21, 2003 he was killed in southern iraq. one of the most casualities. he was an american in every way and received his citizenship and he is now an american citizen and he will always be an american hero. i have no doubt that the four million people who were told to wait for some there are many

more jose's among them. i have no doubt about it. [applause] >> and what i admire so much about jose and so many others like jose was that chronic optimism, that chronic sense of he can do better, the chronic impatience that comes along with the desire to do better. that is why, i come to you with unrelenting optimism about the future of our country. i see so many of you doing remarkable things. i cannot help but acknowledge one of my great friends here from the great state of maryland. fellow dominicana. she is an elected official in maryland doing great things. i see ruben guiego and i speak

with him with great frequency. a remarkable member in congress from arizona who is doing so much. all of you fuel my optimism and so does the data showing we are moving away. the latino rate in the deficit was 13 expect and now it is 5.6%. since 2000, latino high school drop out rates have been cut in half. since 2008 the rate of college enrollment among young latinos is up and 30% of young latinos are attending college. and today's affirmative action is critical to produce an america that looks like an america.

my siblings taught me and my siblings that education was the equalizer. my father literally worked himself to an early death so he could provide for his five children and that is why we had the benefit of pell grants and producing and going into higher education. all of my siblings became doctors and i had to be a lawyer because i fainted at the sight of blood. every parent tells that to their children. we know in terms of progress that thanks to the leadership of president obama the affordable care act has helped four million latino adults get coverage. and thanks to you because so many of you worked on enrollment fairs and were spreading the word about the importance of the affordable care act. a group that once had an uninsured rate of 40% has seen it drop by over 11% points.

underneath those statistics it is you working so hard. thanks to you millions of americans have gotten a raise. despite the opposition from the republicans to raise minimum wage you have taken the bull by the horn and led at state and local levels. people laughed at the fight for $15 movement three years ago but they are not laughing now because 20% of the nation now lives in state and local governments that are either passing $15, will soon pass it. thank you to california. thank you to new york. thank you to seattle and so many other places because you know nobody who works a full-time job in this country should have to live in poverty. and the businesses that i talk to know when you pay a decent wage you retain workers longer and have more money in people's

pockets and that creates a virtuous cycle. we happen who is benefiting from the increases in the minimum wage. in california, for instance, latinos make up 55% of all workers who will get a raise as a result of the $15 an hour minimum wage. so thank you to all of you who have been working on these wage fairness issues across the country. i am sorry the republicans here in washington simply haven't gotten the memo. minimum wage has been a bipartisan effort. every president except two have signed an increase in the minimum wage. but the number one priority for all too many people on the republican side of the congress is to make sure president obama doesn't have a signing ceremony. the number one priority should be helping the american people and it all too frequently isn't. thanks to you millions more

americans no longer have to chose between the job they need and the family they love. i meet so many people, especially low income people, who are having a baby or a sick parent but because they don't have paid leave at work they have to make choices between the child they love and the job that they need. that is not right. once again we have tried to do something about this in washington. i have no doubt that paid family leave is a when question not an if question. but until it is a when question here in washington, you at state and local levels have been leading the charge. just yesterday, chicago became the 28th local jurisdiction to adopt an earned sick leave policy. the reason i bring this up is because it is critically important for latinos who are much less likely to have access to paid leave. that is a fact. nearly 3-10 latino children live with only one parent making

access to leave that much more important. i want to say thank you as well because thanks to you 4.2 million people became citizens between 2009-2014 and that is because of your efforts. community leaders like you are helping people get across the finish line. we still have 8 million people that can naturalize but haven't. [speaking in native tongue] >> we have to remember that. your work in making sure that people who are eligible to vote vote is so critically important. i was born at night but not last night. i have seen america at its best, day in and day out, i have seen america that needs to get better day in and day out. we have an undeniable list of

unfinished business. we just continue to work on that unfinished business. i know that as we have done this throughout our nation's history i will tell you who has helped get the job done. it has always been immigrants. from the founding of our nation, immigrants fought and made the ultimate sacrifice in the revolutionary war. a frenchman, and i have been thinking about him a lot because i had the privilege of going to see hamilton on broadway. if you have not gone to see it, pay a thousand dollars and you will have to go see it unfortunately because it is a heck of a lot of money. lafayette, there is a great song with lafayette and alex hamilton where they are talking about the battle and they say immigrants. we get the job done. and you know what? they are right. because, you know, you look at what immigrants have accomplished. they comprised 18% of the

soldiers in the civil war. my father and his brothers earned their citizenship throughout service during world war ii. we saw so many other statistics about the importance of immigrants. 17% of the labor force and 18% business owners are immigrants. immigrants are three times as likely to file patents than u.s. citizens. we are indeed getting the job done. but we have more work to do, my friends, because i was out with farm workers in company and their challenges inspire me and keep me up at night but they get me up in the morning to help them. too many people who pick our crops can't afford to put food on their own table. too many people who care for our

loved ones can't afford to spend time with tlar own family. too many dreamers are continuing to dream and today's supreme court decision underscores the need more than ever for co comprehensive immigration reform. we needed it yesterday. we have more work to do when fixing the immigration system. we don't have the luxury of time. the legacy of jose deserve better. we see so many other challenges in this country. i still continue to watch joe pie held in contempt in arizona. and some sheriff's think racial profiling makes communities safer. it does not make communities safer. thank you for standing up to rogue sheriffs who do nothing for public safety and everything for public division. all too many states in this country have legislatures who

believe that voter id is the key to making it harder for black and brown people to vote. let's call voter id laws what they are. they are a scourge on our nation. they are an effort to make it harder for latinos, hard for african-americans to vote. and frankly there have been some legislatures who have admitted that. a legislature from pennsylvania saying the purpose of voter id was to elect republicans by making it harder for african-americans and latinos to vote. we can do better. i saw this first hand when i was at the department of justice. i saw it too frequently. i was so appreciative of the

assistance i got from so many people in this room. the fact of the matter is we lost a critical tool to protect latinos and african-americans and others seeking the right to vote when the supreme court struck down the shelby case and as justice ginsberg put it throwing out section five of the voting rights act when it has worked to stop discrimination is like throwing away the umbrella in a rain storm because you are not getting wet. it has protected the rights of so many people. i was in arizona recently and if you read about their democratic primary or their primary generally a few months ago it was a mess. it was a mess because they reduced the number of places where you could vote. if the law had been in place they would not have been able to do that and guess where those places got reduced to most? where latinos live.

that is unconsciousible. we have to do more about it. we have to do more to address economic inequality. we have to do more to rebuild the infrastructure of democracy. but, my friends, this time that we are living in is more than simply about educational access or inequality or the minimum wage or the affordable care act. all of those critically important issues. i really believed we are living in a moment in time that is a debate about really who we are as a nation. it is the fundamental question of what we stand for as a nation. it is a choice, i believe, between reverting to the failed policies of the past, the past prejudices of the past, or marshling the collective hope and optimism and the we are all

in together approach that kept our nation so strong. the recent events in orlando are a stark reminder that all too frequently prejudices persist. as someone who headed up the civil rights division, that act of hate, that act of terror, was something i saw too frequently. we owe to those victims and values of a nation to celebrate our diversity and not be fearful of our diversity and make sure we build bridges not walls in this country. i will tell you, my friends, because i travel internationally the whole world is watching america. they are looking to see if we will indeed build bridges or whether we will build walls. will we marshall that collective

collective speared of can do or will we sucumb to the isolation. we are at this moment i call a where are you moment. your grandchildren will be asking you down the road where were you when. i remember being able to ask my family where was my grandfather when the horrible dictator in the dominican republic ordered the massacre of 20,000 nations. the answer is he spoke up against it, spoke out against it, got kicked out and he was on the right side of history and i am so proud of my grandfather for doing that even though it was against so many forces in place. history will soon ask where we were in the face of unrelenting attacks on immigrants, unrelenting attacks on our

muslim brothers and sisters, unrelenting attacks on voting rights. history will ask if you spoke up for the rights of people that didn't look like you. as a pastor once said, someone who opposed nazi germany and hitler; he said the following first they came for the socialist and i did not speak out because i wasn't a socialist. then they came tr the trade unionist and i didn't speak out because i wasn't a unionist. and then they came for me and there was nothing left to speak. we must always speak out for any unjusti un uninjustice anywhere. that is your dna. -- injustice.

that is your dna every single day. we have seen this movie before, my friends. and that is why i have optimism. the know-nothing movement of the 19th century was anti-immigrant and anti-catholic and failed. we past the chinese exclusion act and interned japanese americans and you know what? that was wrong. we have to beat these things back. we have beaten these forces back every time whether it was from selma to the disability rights movement. we have been able to summon the three simple words the nation was built on. out of many one. it appears just above the eagle on the great seal of the united states and in the marble in the highest court on the land and on

every dollar bill in the strongest, most resilient economy in the world. but i take comfort again from the story of another immigrant. a guy named albert einstein. my friend, walter isaacson who is a remarkable story teller, tells the story of albert einstein coming to the united states to flee nazi germany and wrote a letter to his son during the height of the mccarthy era and expressed fear. what is going on in the united states of america? these witch hunts for communists. this feels like hitler. then he wrote another letter a while later in which he talked about the united states' ability and this is what he said to his son: there is something amazing about america's democracy. it has a gyrooscope and when you

think it is going off the cliff it rights itself. it rights itself, my friends, because of people like you. you are the scope that makes your we do live [speaking native tongue] >> i continue to remain as optimistic as every because every time we confronted these challenges in the history of the united states we had the gyroscope. we have had dreamers throughout the nation's history and dreamers are not simply a group of people seeking status and citizenships. dreamers are who we are as a nation. dreamers are the value of our nation. that is exactly who we are. we have work to do. not only on our economic and democracy issues. we have work that the whole world is watching.

our work is more important than ever before because the whole world is watching. we can summon our better angels and we will summon our better n angels for the better of america. as the civil rights song goes some days we fall down but we always get up. i have no doubt we may have fallen down today but that fall is brief because we will get up, we mean get up stronger, we will not only say [speaking in native tongue] >> i have no doubt about that on immigration reform. i have no doubt about that on so many other issues of critical importance. so i am hear to say in closing -- here -- don't ever get down. get up. do what john lewis told you. what john lewis does every day,

day in and day out, cause good trouble. that is what we have to do. that is the secret to our success as a nation. you have the gyroscope. let's martial the collective power to build an america that works for everyone. a land of opportunity, a land in which we say we do not make our candle brighter by blowing out our neighbor's candle. we make our candle brighter by making sure every candle in every zip code is lit. that is who we are as nation and who we will always be as a nation. let's go forward together. [speaking in native tongue] [applause]

mac. >> the festival includes author discussion about roosevelt, the personality and histories of the oval office. featured authors include paul brandis, discussing his book, under this roof, the white house and the presidency. 21 presidents, presidency. twenty-one presidents, 21 rooms, 21 inside stories. and then mcarthur at war, world world war ii in the pacific, david priest author of the present book of secrets, the untold secret of intelligence briefings from kennedy to obama. marlene treisman with fair labor

lawyer, the life of supreme court advocate bessie margolin. mark mark wortman, his book is 1941, fighting the shadow war. a divided america in a world of war. and alonzo with man of destiny, fdr and the making of the american century. then at 10:00 p.m. eastern, afterwards, historian pamela haig traces that the history of guns and examines when and how they became part of american culture in her book "the gunning of america" she also looks at the business end of manufacturing and selling arms. ms. haggis interviewed by william doyle, author of author of american hunter, how legendary hunters shaped america. >> i think it stands to believe that the element of our gun culture that has of the very most to gain by promoting, and celebrating their product is the

very most invisible when we think about guns. instead, much of the political talk today is exclusively about interpreting the second amendment. the gun industry has become almost invisible. >> on sunday at 10:30 p.m. eastern, marcia clark lead prosecutor in the o.j. simpson trial, weighs in on the legal system. she discusses her discusses her second career as a novelist. she is the author of the book "blood defense". we spoke with her at the book expo in chicago. go to to booktv.org for the complete begin schedule. >> democrats and gun control said and after more than 24 hours on on house floor. the headline, at nbc news.com. house democrats quote stage a revolt in the house of representatives overcome policy reform suspended their nearly 26 are sitting sitting in the capital this afternoon.