there is a national army but a lot of local security forces to maintain order. >> thank you all very, very much. this has been an extremely, i think, informative and well-articulated session by our three speakers and by the commentators. i have to confess, though, that i leave here not particularly optimistic that there's going to be any resolution of any of these issues anytime soon, and, therefore, can confidently guarantee we'll be back in this room or another room with a new administration going over much the same ground in 2017. thank you all very much. >> thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations]

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to", if you like donald trump, you're going to love his choice for vice president and she listed several issues where she says the two agree, cutting taxes for millionaires, proposing a higher minimum wage, taking money away from planned parenthood, deporting millions of immigrants, ignoring climate change and repealing the affordable care act. the weekly conceded her criticism of the presumptive nominee releasing a new tv ad in a number of battleground states. >> i love the old days, you know what they used to do to guys like that when they were in a place like this? they be carried out on a stretcher folks and you can tell them to go believe themselves i could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay? it's incredible. when mexico sends its people, their bringing drugs, their bringing crime. they are rapists. you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of or wherever. you see this guy, i don't know what i said, i don't remember.

>> our children and grandchildren will look back at this time, at the choices we are about to make. the goals we will strive for, the principles we will live by and we need to make sure that they can be proud of us. [applause] i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. >> people in city leadership will say they've been working for this for like 10 years, it's that process so it's a fundamental thing that the city needs to be able to provide at the event like this is to have the capacity to handle it. cleveland has got political conventions in the past, they came, they were unsuccessful in 2008 and told them at the time they were lack the number of hotel rooms they needed so you need to have 16,000 hotel rooms, you need half enough nearby venues that people places to go before and after the second. other than that, of a factor as well is fundraising and being able to actually, local

communities are expected to pay for these things to some degree. they fell short in 2008 and the stumbling block was the number of hotel rooms close to the convention site so what they've done since then, they don't the convention center hotel, the county government actually used a sales tax hike to pay for it, it has 600 rooms, 32 stories tall and is going to be the first major event it will be hosting so that was a big one. we found it in july 2014 they got a phone call shortly before rance previous went on tv and it's been accelerating some of the public works projects so one of the things you guys will see when you get here is there's been a public square downtown which is kind of a public park that's been made into more of a park that used to be. there's been a lot of road repaving, more run-of-the-mill things like that where they want to make it look nice there's been this convention economy that springs up and follows the conventions as they go from

town to town so there's been consultants here for the better part of 18 months trying to get restaurants on board with them and help broker events and stuff like that. for a lot of them unless they have somebody like that helping them they are flying blind a little bit especially because the road closures are very recently announced and they didn't know what kind of security restrictions would be in place but it's, i think that a lot of the places downtown are ready. they're expecting to be busy with private events and stuff like that but i think it's going to be hard to know what to expect until it actually gets here. a big part of it has been trying to recruit the right number of police officers they need to get here. the been secretive about that so it's been hard to ascertain how that's proceeded. there's been sides where they are having a hard time getting police to agree to do it, a lot of that may be getting blown up because of the attention and but clearly they are having trouble

meeting some of those early numbers they are trying to reach. it seems that it quieted down and we think they will be all right. it's been one of those things where at the end of the day, people may not even notice it was an issue but it was a challenge for them only been recruiting officers, training the officers to be ready for it. they've been spending a federal grant they received about $50 million on equipment, things like vehicles, things like personal protective equipment , basically right gear and medical supplies and things like that. we had a lawsuit here filed by the aclu on behalf of some of the groups that claim to be here that resulted in this point but we expect that there's going to be a number of troops following official palladium routes, quote unquote raids that will proceed past downtown, past the indian falls park but other than that, it's hard to know because there are always estimates of how many protesters are going to show up and you don't know until it arrives so there's there's going to be a lot of interest in this year's election, the presumptive nominee is very controversial. cleveland is an easy spot to get to whereas in tampa in

2012, it's in the corner of america so i expect there will be a robust presence. there's going to be people set up in a couple of the parts downtown, cleveland has said that there's no barriers to people if they want to approach the physical security perimeter itself so you can see people throughout the streets but i guess we will find out when it comes. the cast had a victory after winning the nba championship and that brought around 1 million people downtown and things were backed up and closed down so compared to that it might not be so bad. one of the big things was that we do have a rail system here so whereas the super was backed up with all the people for the cast parade, it should be up and running for the rnc so people will be taking public transit and avoiding downtown because there's going to be a citywide street parking man, a lot of parking garages might be getting repurposed to state media trucks or whatever so obviously a lot

of people will steer clear of downtown. because of the wind reputation or lack of reputation they don't think they're going to see much when they get here but one thing cool about cleveland is it does offer urban lifestyle in a relatively small area, there is a good scene here, a lot of good restaurants and bars near the convention but people will be impressed. they might have lobar coming in but cleveland is a fun place. >> where outside the quicken loans arena and this is the facility where the 2016 republican national convention is going to take place. we're standing on level iv of the quicken loans arena and we are in one of the suites, normally a hospitality suite which of course is being converted for broadcast services for c-span. on this level there are some hospitality suites for guests but there are also about 30 broadcast media suites and i was involved in the early infighting you might say to

get these suite for the media, get that chair which is about normal, it's about what we normally do. and while we get the total number, they are actually aside individually through an intermediate process by the house radio television gallery and c-span, they did well by c-span for viewing this location. the delegates will be seated facing, all of them facing the state which we call the podium, we call it the podium complex and while that seating chart has not been announced, it usually is kind of a handshake with people all facing, as you move out they taste for the complex and we have files, the center aisle and side aisles so that people can move and the media who have floor passes can move and whatnot so we will see that next week when the plan comes out and when the seats go down and when this

state sanctioned show where the states will be seating will be and all the color will come in and take place to really get a view of it. there are a number of standup broadcast positions and some of those are at floor level on each end, on the end zones and then there are two huge network anchor boots that the far end we are seeing them and nbc, they opted for those positions, it cost them more to build obviously than the others. three others, fox, abc and cbs are in a level up in what were handicap seating areas where they have built on them and we have other handicap seats elsewhere of course and taking those positions so you have the broadcasters up here that, we call them nonnetwork but that means they're not one of those five and maybe affiliates for one of those in other words and then we have those same groupings

with stand up positions on the floor and some upon the level in handicap broadcasting areas also so they are out everywhere. down on the floor if you can see them, there are two major side camera stands and those will have television pool cameras on the front chair and still photographers on the upper chairs. the same way that the center camera and if you can see it from here that faces the podium. it will have two crew television cameras and our house production camera on the frontier and the upper tears will be still photographers. the presspress seats are in , they are fixed positions with tables and electrical and internet capability all built-in and they are decorated with their red white and blue and the stars, they look real fun. with the state reflects a trend that started in 1996 in

san diego.with steps in the front and those steps were put in and the podium that we call the stage was lowered from what it was to give more of a feeling of openness, not unlike a 10 foot high battleship approach where you look down on the delegates and that is enduring, we have steps in every design since then. it's a secular design and it was brought to us by executive producer bill a g and his company and the designer joe stewart from los angeles and another designer eddie from new york and they have done this for us before and our expert at it. you can see it has large screens and has lighted steps and what we are seeing today is a tremendous way that we can very look of this. not just on the steps but everything, the lights can change many colors throughout the state. and as you will see, people will enter from one side and make their speech at the

point and they will exit from the other side and there's a small bandstand to one side where a house band will keep the flavor and there could be other entertainers. we mentioned the lighting grid and other things that hang, i think the lighting trust itself is 140,000 pounds which reminds me when we went into the houston astrodome in 1992, in any event it was rapid and there were no records to show what the ceiling would hold and the most they never hung on there was ready to 50,000 pounds and we were going to hang at least 125,000 pounds so we had to do all these major studies, you know, to see that it would hold our weight and we did. there was also an acoustical disaster for a convention type thing because it was built for spoken word at the floor level and there was an echo in there that if you said something loudly at floor level, it echoed

throughout the place and in some capacity for 17 seconds. sound would go in some of the crevices and come out like an echo chamber, lower than it went in so we had to deal with that also and that brings us to the fact that these sports arenas are more modern, this one is more modern and we had acoustical improvements to make here for our particular sound at floor level and they're going to work fine but i think this is our fifth straight convention in a sports arena of approximately this size. prior to that we were into dome stadiums, that was the superdome in new orleans in 88 and the astrodome in houston in 1992 but for now at least it has become the standard of what you see. we are in what is going to be known as media row and media row is an extension and variation of what traditionally has been known as radio talkshow row and this time it was the idea of our communications director

kirsten to variate and enhance it and make it more than just radio talk shows and it will have broadcast positions in here and also the digital media, the new angle of this is the digital age and that will all be in here and there will be be defined spaces of different variations and we have quite a seating design in here to spruce this place up. you can see a few of the initial panels that they've started on the scenic design today, this is the beginning of that. it will be a very popular, of activity during theconvention . with interviews going constantly, constantly all the time and it's a good place to come by and see him be involved in. quite the media is changing right now so obviously we have to adapt to that. it's really exciting the way we are entering digital at this convention, it's a

priority for the cycle. we made a priority or where not going to get our content out to voters. were innovating the component to everything we talked in terms of the convention, making sure there's a constant operation to tell the story outside of the speeches and balloons. we are trying to clear out the community to capture content, put people behind the scenes and have a operation set up to support this, we will be going live streaming and 360 live streaming which we are excited about, also integrating book, twitter and google into a lot of what we are doing here. the rnc 2016 at will help bring information about the proceedings directly into the palm of your hand in terms of being able to find the schedule, the speaker bios, actually be able to live stream there as well including the 360. we also have an experience both in the spokesmen that

are coming to cleveland, information about transportation there, there will be information about cleveland and also direction and wayfinding in the queue itself so we are excited, we hope that from being home to here will help us through the convention and it will give you more access.it's all about that access, more than being in front of your tv screen to watch it, it's more than being physically in your seat to watch it. that's what it does, it makes everything connected and that's important. it will help again improve the experience and improve our engagement with the people we want to reach. we lost our snap chat a couple of weeks ago and we're going to be using that platform but we think it's important and an integrated content plan to be able to reach voters there and again, give them a unique convention insight into the platform so we're excited we are able to get this out to them. his book will have some buildout this year, helping us specifically with getting backstage content from our speakers on instagram so the instagram gop convention, we are excited about that. twitter will be helping with

that as well but they will also have some space on media row and also on the convention hall. we also have google that's going to be there official live streaming provider so you will be able to see the street gavel to gavel on our youtube channel at the gop convention and they will have a buildout on media row so you have a physical presence, not just an online presence. yes, she's our little mascot here. we created a little smart family as a constant campaign around her, you see some of the things we've done and we've been sharing it with some of the parties and delegations and they've been sharing it on mine as well. we included everybody so take liberty and take pictures of her and be on the lookout for her, we will be seeing her a lot more during the convention. whereat sean king and nine, we are working hard, we've been i think about several

law enforcement professionals to support our operation and i'm appreciative that of that because as it fills it's going to take a lot of work area i'm going to be running around everywhere but i will say we have our contact teams going out and capturing content from the delegates, from our surrogates, just the events going on around the convention and we want to tell those trees. we also support our live streaming and making sure videos are caught from the convention. we archive right after they've been to it. it's really about just making sure everything is amplified and the moments are living on past the conclusion of the program for each evening. were bringing the convention online, making it accessible online. were creating opportunities for people to engage with the convention the on just the speeches. were going in a really good direction to make sure no matter what digital platform

you're on you will be able to see and engage with the convention. >> and as we watched some of the prep work for the republican convention next week, the cleveland plain dealer reports the republican national convention will track the number of democrats quickly went to counter convention activities according to campaign officials. hillary clinton's presidential campaign and the democratic national committee are planning to hold news conferences, make press calls and do rapid response activities from the headquarters in downtown cleveland less than a mile from the convention site according to a clinton campaign release. use conferences are scheduled every day including dnc chairman debbie wasserman schultz, al franken of minnesota and several other members of congress from around the country according to the clinton campaign. >> city c-span voices from the road.

recently our city store unit stopped in cleveland to ask voters what issues an ex-president needs to address? the next president should focus on lowering student debt. it's a huge problem when undergraduate education is the new standard to obtain success for a lot of people but so many people can't afford it and it makes it even more tough for people to go on and attend graduate education and law school and so i think it's really important and to focus on the interest rates. they keep creeping up over time so i think it's very important to focus on lowering the student debt. >> the next president should address healthcare. i think that's a big issue. i know the last president tried to address it but i think that's becoming a big issue right now and a lot of people right now are losing a lot of money, especially medicare though i think they need to address that and continue that progress. >> one of the issues i

believe the president should address is actually the veterans affairs, the va and how poorly the veterans are being treated right now. not necessarily by any individuals in particular, there is not necessarily a name that you can point out, justsystematically , the veterans are not being given the benefit of doubt for injuries or mental illnesses that a lot of times affect the more parts of their lives and create a negative quality of life as a whole so that i think one of the issues. >> voices from the road on c-span. watch c-span's live coverage of the republican national convention beginning next monday in cleveland and saturday night at eight eastern we take a look at

past republican conventions including the contentious 1976 republican convention in kansas city missouri starting with the rules of eight where proposed rule would require president gerald ford system to select his running mate prior to the balloting process. also speeches from the convention from president for and for california governor ronald reagan. >> we had just heard the call to arms based on that platform. the call to us to really be successful in communicating and reveal to the american people the difference between this platform and a platform of the opposing party which is nothing but a revamped and a re-issue and the running of the late late show of the thing we've been hearing from them for the past 40 years. >> the 1952 convention in chicago with like eisenhower. >> you have summoned me on behalf of millions of your fellow americans to lead a great crusade. for freedom in america and freedom in the world.

i know something of the solemn responsibility of leading a crusade. i have led one. >> known for his military career rather than his political expertise he's was selected as the republican nominee and later on the 1952 election and a 1996 republican convention in san diego with former kansas senator bob dole, past national conventions, saturday night at eight eastern on c-span. >> c-span makes it easy for you to keep up with the latest convention developments with the c-span radio app available as a free download from the apple app store or google play. audio coverage of every minute of the conventions as well as schedule information about important speeches and events. get c-span on the go with the c-span radio app.

this afternoon, president obama will be speaking about last night's terrorist attack in france, that scheduled to start at about 3:10 eastern this afternoon, watch it live from the white house on c-span2. right now, their reaction to the terrorist attack from this morning's washington journal. >> good morning. it's saturday, july 15, 2016 and on today's washington journal, the headlines focus on last night's deadly attack in france where seaside bastille day celebrations in mice were marred by an attacker who drove a large truck through a crowd gathered to watch fireworks, killing at least 84 people. ex-president francois hollande said the incident appeared terrorist in nature and president barack obama condemned the attack and offered the assistance of us officials in investigating the matter and bring those responsible to justice so we start this morning by asking our viewers your reaction to the latest in the string of

terrorist attacks over the last 18 months. democrats can call 202748 8000, republicans 202748 8001 . independence can call 202748 8002 and you can also reach us on social media at c-span wj on twitter and also on facebook. and good morning. a little bit more about those attacks but in nice from today's usa today headlines, which pointed out as i said president francois hollande addressed the nation friday night where he said horror has struck france again and an apparent reference to terror attacks in january 2015 and in november that together left 150 people dead in paris. now we have dozens of people

who have died in the attack in nice on bastille day celebrations which are closely equivalent to the fourth of july here in the united states. it says here that president obama was apprised of the situation, more in usa today as a national security council spokesman ned pryce said thursday that the president spoke words regarding the developing situation. the president said on behalf of the american people, i condemn in the strongest terms what appears to be a horrific terrorist attack in nice which wounded dozens of innocent civilians. the president said in a statement released thursday night, i directed my team to be in touch with french officials and we have offered any assistance that they need. as reports come in it appears that at least two americans were among those killed last night.

two victims according to cnn were identified on friday as americans sean copeland, 50-year-old sean copeland and his son brody who is 11 from texas. the austin american statesman reported citing a statement from the family, us officials confirmed that at least two americans were killed in the attack but they have not yet confirmed those identities. we are talking to you, getting your reaction to the latest in what has been a string of terrorist attacks across europe and around the world . first on the republican line we have joe calling in from georgia, good morning. >> caller: thank you very much, i've been calling a great network for 35 years, it was a terrible thing to happen last night and were going to have to increase our defense and do a better job of protecting the american people against these terrible attacks. on a strong supporter of donald trump and i want to say that steve morris is

great economic advisor has a great article in the wall street journal, he's also written a great cold fueling freedom, anyway we need to be much more diligent about increasing our, the section of the american people, increasing our defense. >> host: we focused a lot on terrorist attacks but on attacks like this one on so-called soft targets where someone used a truck, i mean this wasn't using firearms or explosives although there were reportedly both firearms and explosives inside the truck, you think it's possible to protect against this type of attack? >> yes, we are going to have to. i think we need to increase, we got to do a better job of going after the bad people that do these things and preventing them, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure so i think we need to

do a better job of screening people who do these type things and if i'm to understand this person that did this was a criminal and had a criminal record. he should not even have been on the streets so we need to do a better job and i think donald trump will do that and that's one of the reasons i'm strongly for donald trump. >> host: okay. in today's wall street journal there's an analysis about how to protect against a wider variety of terror attacks as we saw last night. it says us government has launched thousands of airstrikes on oil facilities and redeployed its military, moved satellites, intercepted phone calls, but money transfers and made dozens of arrests in support of the islamic state. but time after time the terror group, its affiliates and sympathizers have found ways to break through a global rain, launching spectacular attacks that have killed hundreds of people in europe and the united states.

the islamic state has exploited weak or nonexistent governments in syria and iraqi and libya to fortify, recruit and plan attacks and leverage social media to proselytize and lure new members. it's hammered out soft targets. people in airports, concert halls and nightclubs and now after last night, a group of revelers gathered along the mediterranean to watch fireworks for bastille day. up next, we have john calling in from district maryland, goodmorning john . >> caller: thank you so much for taking my call. that last guy and people like him, what you're reading there, military is not the answer. i don't care where you look on this planet, the only thing people are asking for is justice.

that's all they're asking for. if there was justice in this country, we would not have the quiet we got here now. if there was justice in the middle east, when george bush went over there and attack iraqi and did what he did to the people over there, if there was justice dealing with that, ben schreckinger might not be here. >> caller: let me ask you this, especially for soft targets and attacks like this whether they are directed by ben schreckinger, directly or inspired by the propaganda they hear online, are you worried about more soft target attacks here in the united states? >> caller: when we took a look at who america is killing, they are killing soft targets. when when george bush attacked that country he was killing soft targets. when they attacked libya who

did they kill? soft targets. play the game fairly. this man was wrong, he had probably been mentally ill or highly upset about something because he probably could not get no redress for something that happened to him or his family or just got tired of lying crooked politician to talk out of both sides of their mouth when they are always making the victim the culprit. this is what's been going on for so many years and it's a shame that american people have not woken up yet to understand that you are not going to get anywhere by more killing and more killing . people need to be addressed, people problems need to be addressed. jobs need to be brought in. negotiations need to be talked about, they talk about negotiations on one side and droning people on the other side, bringing more troops and that poor country over there has not had anything done other than just american playing lip service and giving more weapons. it's like they're doing in england with tony blair, george bush should have been done the same way. >> host: that is john calling in from maryland. we have david calling in from carbondale pennsylvania on our republican line, good morning . >> caller: thank god for an honest network that actually giving you the news and so forth. i don't know where to start

but just saying that hillary clinton destabilized the middle east something terrible. she got herself messed up in then ghazi. i could go on and on but this president is open arms for all this group that we don't know where they're coming from, we don't know what they're going to do. we can't be kissing their docs, we have to get serious. >> host: let me ask you this, the last few terror attacks that happened on us soil have been carried out byfolks who are either american citizens or american nationals, they weren't recent immigrants . how do you propose officials should fight against homegrown terrorism? >> caller: homegrown terrorism will be very hard to take care of because there's so many separate cells all over the place. you can't guard against the internet because then you're taking away your rights by invading the internet and telling you what to do and where you can go and what to say.

that's what it is about the united states, we are free. temporarily free, i don't know how long that's going to last but everything's been taken away from us. how do you stop people like that? i don't know what to say. i don't have the answer, i just have a lot of, very disgusted. i don't want to vote anymore i'm so disgusted with the system. >> host: we are in the middle of a presidential election and republican candidate donald trump was scheduled to announce his running mate this morning at 11:00 . he has postponed those plans in a tweet last night he said in light of the horrible attack in nice friends, i postponed tomorrow's news conference concerning my vice president announcement . it has been reported widely that he selected indiana governor mike pence as his presidential running mate. another statement from donald trump this morning said an announcement will be made sometime today about the formal introduction of governor pence as dumb as running mate as we continue

our discussion about the attack yesterday in france. dozens of people killed as they reveled in bastille day. next on our independent line we have danny calling in from clover south carolina, good morning. >> caller: good morning. thanks to c-span. the french revolution that happened many years ago, they drug out the ... what you call it, what they cut their heads off with? >> host: theguillotine . >> caller: exactly. then they clean house. the french people need to rise up, start with their government leaders who have allowed and encouraged this situation with all these people who came into france with no intentions of ever assimilating into the culture and this is the result of that. >> host: let me ask you a

similar question i asked one of our other colors, i know here in the united states when we seen some of these attacks there were people who were with these people, they were either born here or lived here a long period of time and they had assimilated. you think it's getting harder to find people? >> caller: they have not assimilated. they have not adopted the culture of the country. they are simply, in fact that karen, it is against assimilation so if they take their religionseriously they do not assimilate . that is the whole point. their whole philosophy is moving to other countries, increase your numbers tothe point where you can take over the country , that is their whole philosophy. >> host: up next we have

carol, carol is calling in from rochester new york on our independent line, good morning carol five good morning. one thing i would like to see is more human intelligence developed that as a us citizen or us national goes overseas to one of these ben schreckinger training cancel or whatever that steps should be taken to make sure they don't come back. maybe to have an unfortunate accident or something like that. but to let these citizens go over there, train and come back is just crazy in my estimation. and another thing is i'd like to see more heat put on the house of sod, i'm not going to say saudi arabia but it's the house of saud, finances all these religious extremists that lay the seeds for more terror but they seem to get a free ride. >> host: carol, are you concerned about how difficult it is to combat these soft target attacks, places like shopping malls or other places that are not, you

know, we have heavy security at airports but at these other ... >> caller: a lot of this heavy security at airports is theater were totally reactionary but i guess you can't protect against a soft target like the shopping malls and stufflike that but i'm not going to live my life in fear . my number is up, it's up but i'm not going to sit stay home and cower because i'm afraid that somebody's going to drive a truck and do a crowded sporting event. i'm not going to live like that. >> host: a little bit more from nbc news about the americans sean and brody copeland who are reportedly among those who died in the attack. they live just outside austin in lake wade texas according to nbc news, a statement from the family says we are heartbroken and in shock over

the loss of brodie copeland, an amazing son and brother who lit up our lives and sean copeland, a wonderful husband and father, use of the depths were also reported in the austin american statesman newspaper which said brody played youth baseball and his father was a coach. up next we have emily calling in from green bay california on our republican line, good morning emily. >> caller: good morning. it's nice to hear you. i would like to make two points and the first one is i would like to see the entire world warned us with an alarm, there are shopping malls and all areas of entertainment and therefore we know that there's something coming and also i think we in the united states and in the police departments, we cover a perimeter and that's how we were able to catch the killer. in dallas so i would make those suggestions and secondly, i think there are

reasons why we have black lives matter because what we did was, under president clinton we increased 500 percent for the minorities going to prison, some of them for no lights on their cars and some things that should never have happened. >> host: emily, let me ask you about these attacks you were talking about, warning systems. you think that police, local officials need more resources to be able to respond to these type of soft target attacks? in the nice attack, the first responders clearly were local officials once this happened. would you like to see more resources to local officials? >> caller: definitely. i'd like to see them have military weapons and i'd like to see them be able to stop the truck

if they decide in france not to put a barricade , a truck can't get through and instead how many miles this man traveled at a very fast speed and he had those toy guns and things just to camouflage what hereally had in mind . that he was innocent in other words what give me a second to get back to hillary clinton. i don't believe she helps this country and i believe that we should be very careful because we've got the financial crisisunder the clintons . we got so many other things that went bad and i hope that the american people take this in mind. maybe we need change. maybe we need revolution. >> host: that's emily calling in from california, a little more about the attack last night from today's new york times which says french officials quickly concluded that thelikely motive in this attack was terrorism . as the scope of the slaughter group clear, use of a large

commercial truck as the principal weapon of death raised new questions about how to prevent such attacks. the official warned residents to stay indoors and cancel all further scheduled festivities including a five-day jazz festival and the concert on friday night by the singer rihanna. we are getting your reactions to last night's terror attacks. on next we have david calling in from oakland california on our independent line, good morning. >> caller: good morning. i just think people have to get to a point where a serious dialogue has to be had as to what we are willing to do and what we are not willing to do. i hear people talk about barack obama taking all the troops out of iraq. but i don't hear them realizing how many troops.

how many have been saved by taking them out when he did? so until we are able to decide that when a saddam hussein of the world shows up or any of these tyrants anywhere in the world, i think were able to say you know what? that's your problem. we're not going to be involved, sold your own problem. >> host: david, given that, do you think that it's even possible to prevent attacks like this regardless of who is ... >> caller: definitely not in the only reason i was going back to having the troops pull out of the rack is the fact that the decisions have to be made in this world. i don't think anybody expected that isis would have risen out of the rack when we pulled out but the reality is that the american people spend money and blood trying to build up the military of the rack. for years after the war was over and you spent all this

money and blood, at some point you haveto be able to say we have helped you, we will continue to facilitate what you need but you have to be willing to defend yourself . >> guest: >> host: next we have gary calling in from the maryland, good morning gary. >> caller: good morning. listen, i don't know what this young lady was talking about earlier regarding the hillary being bad for the country and also, they mention the deficits, i don't even understand that she didn't even know that when the clintons were in office there was a surplus. furthermore this been gossiping is sold, people need to fact check what they are talking about. >> host: let me ask you about your reaction to last night's attack in terror area are you concerned with either or both presidential candidates in

terms of what they said about their plans to fight terror so far? >> caller: actually, no i think the clintons would be the trust factor here. they would probably, they would definitely know what to do in terms of protecting our country. they've been there before especially bill clinton, he knows how to deal with these issues across the borders and furthermore, he's able to communicate with other countries, that's very important, keep that in mind that you have to have an open door to be able to communicate with these countries and especially allies and get things done across the water. if you have a president such as donald trump which the entire world basically despises, how in the world are you ever going to go over there to another country and talk terms and conditions on what should be done to secure our borders or even to secure the safety of the people? people better wake up. trump is not the answer and

there are very, very forceful in trying to have people think he is the answer. >> host: that's gary calling in from maryland. as we said, donald trump today postponed an event where he was set to appear with his mice presidential pick who is rumored to be indiana governor mike pence. here today to tell us a little bit more about that vice presidential pick is been tracking injured, a reporter from politico. good morning ben. >> guest: good morning, how are you? >> host: thank you for joining us. tell us a little bit more about governor mike pence and held donald trump came to select him. >> guest: mike pence is very much the safe pick for trump. he served in the house, he's now governor of indiana. he's a staunch conservative at a time when many conservatives within the party are withholding their

support from donald trump or only supporting him reluctantly. he's someone who has the support of the coke brothers although even with pence on the ticket it's not expected they will support trump. and trumps political campaign really wanted pence, other people and trumps orbit, they favored newt gingrich including his son-in-law jared kushner who seemed to be influenced by sheldon adelson's support for gingrich. many of the rank-and-file people on the campaign supported gingrich and trump had a stronger personal relationship with both gingrich and chris christie so his apparent decision to go with mike pence and i would claim that anything could happen between now and it looks like tomorrow when trump will actually hold the announcement but the apparent decision to go with pence indicates trump is willing to

go outside his personal comfort zone to do what he thinks is going to be politically necessary and then the other case is we seem trump unwilling to go outside his comfort zone so it may indicate a new personal dedication on trump's part to actually try to win this thing. >> host: speaking of going outside this comfort zone, let me redo a little bit about what dan paul wrote in today's washington post about mike pence and get your reaction to it. it says pence is a mission to the ticket could help unify the divided republican party ahead of next week republican convention in cleveland. earlier reports that he would be chosen were welcomed on capitol hill with house or paul ryan calling the governor a good movement conservative. the deeply conservative former congressman and talkshow host and he is 57. he is a seasoned politician who could help bring together the republican coalition.

what do you think of that assessment? >> guest: i think that's spot on. he's also a midwestern conservative so in a place like wisconsin where trump wants to be competitive but where a large part of the conservative movement really detests him and it seems likely many republican voters will stay home in november, the addition of someone like pence could help but it could also help bring in money as you know, someone like paul ryan is a very successful fundraiser. so i think that's absolutely one of the assets that pence brings. >> host: talk about some of the factors that may have weighed against new jersey governor chris christie who was reportedly being seriously considered by trump . they have a very long relationship. what might have made mister trump not select chris christie? >> guest: one of the more interesting factors is that trumps son-in-law.

kushner has become a very influential advisor on the campaign and chris christie as a prosecutor put his father in jail back before christie was governor and so that made christie an awkward choice in some ways. trump has also spoken about wanting someone with capitol hill experience, obviously newt gingrich and mike pence has been away in christie doesn't area and pence comes from the midwest, a region that trump is also talking about putting the northeast in play although not specifically new jersey, he talks more about new york and sometimes connecticut so christie ultimately is already doing what he can for the campaign, he's already making himself an asset in terms of helping with the transition,advising and fundraising , putting him on the ticket doesn't add to

that in the same way that bringing mike pence into the full would. >> host: and also talk about a little bit about former house speaker newt gingrich, is he a donald trump surrogate question mark he was also under consideration and today has made some headlines with comments that are very much in line with things that trump has said after last night's attack in nice. he called for deporting muslims in the us who believe in sharia law. >> we will leave this segment to go live to the east hill where president obama is making a statement about last night terror attack in france. >> so overnight in nice we witnessed another tragic and appalling attack on the freedom and the peace that we cherish. today, our hearts are with the people of france and with all the innocent men, women

and so many children who were hurt or killed in this sickening attack. this includes americans that we know of. a family from texas, a father and a young son just 11 years old who were there on vacation. their families like so many others are devastated. they are greedy. they need all the love and support of our american families as they grapple with an unimaginable loss and try to get through what are going to be very difficult days and so on behalf of all of us i think i want to welcome our friend ambassador a role of france, i had a chance to meet with him right before i came out and he knew that

it's not just the united states of america but the entire world that stands in solidarity with the people of france during this difficult time. i spoke to president hollande earlier today and in addition to conveying condolences, i reminded him that france is america's oldest ally and one of our strongest. we all are freedom to each other. americans and french had stood together for two centuries and i told president hollande that we will stand united now. in our brief, in our praying for the many who are injured, many of whom are still fighting for their lives and we pledge to stand with our french friends as we defend our nations against this scourge of terrorism and violence area and this is a threat to all of us. we don't know all the details but what we know is the capacity of even a single individual to do

extraordinary harm to our people, to our way of life . a lot of nations represented here today have been impacted this year and in previous years. the recent weeks, we've seen heinous attacks inspired or directed by isil. here in the united states, in turkey, in iraq, in bangladesh, saudi arabia, the terrorists are targeting and killing innocent people of all backgrounds and all faiths including muslims. and i know i speak for all of us when i say that these individuals and these networks are an affront to all our humanity. many of the nations that are represented here today are a part of our global coalition against isil and i want to take this opportunity tosay once more we will not be deterred . we will not relent.

we are going to keep working together to prevent attacks and defend our homeland, we are going to keep taking out isil leaders and pushing isil back in syria and iraq. were going to keep standing with our partners from africa to afghanistan and we are going to destroy this mild, terrorist organization. in contrast, with these terrorists who only know how to kill and destroy, we are going to win this fight by building. my never giving up on diplomacy. to end the syrian civil war, by working with partners around the world including muslim communities to push back against hateful ideologies that twist and distort islam. a religion that teaches peace and justice and compassion. we will defeat these ideologies by offering a better vision of development and economic progress so people, especially young people have more hope and opportunity and are less susceptible to extremism and

violence in the first place and we will continue to promote political opportunity and democracy so citizens have a say in their future. and we will win this fight by staying true to our values, values of pluralism and rule of walk and diverse city. and freedoms like the freedom of religion.freedom of speech and assembly. the very freedoms that the people of nice were celebrating last night on bastille day. in the wake of last night attacks, we've heard more suggestionsthat all muslims in america be targeted . tested for their beliefs. some deported or jailed and the very suggestion is repugnant and an affront to everything we stand for as americans. we cannot give in to fear or turn on each other or sacrifice our way of life. we cannot let ourselves be divided by religion because

that's exactly what the terrorists want. we should never do their work for them. and here in the united states, our freedoms including freedom of religion will keep us strong and safe and we have to be vigilantand defend our security and our freedoms . and all of us, whatever nations we represent here, i think have to step back and reflect on what we are doing to eliminate this kind of chronic violence. it's has been a difficult several weeks here in the united states but the divide that exists is not between races and ethnicities and religions. it is between people who recognize the common humanity of all people and are willing

to build institutions that promote that common humanity. those who do not, those who would suggest that someone is less than them because of their tribe or after the city or their faith or their color , and those impulses exist in all our countries. and those impulses ... when we do not speak out against them and build strong institutions to protect people from those impulses they can

rescuing global economy and securing vulnerable nuclear materials, comprehensive deal to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, halting the spread of ebola and thereby saving countless lives. in paris the most ambitious agreement to fight climate change, a new sustainable development set of goals to index treatment poverty and promote health and education and equality for all people including women. and through the efforts of many of you we've continue today move beyond old conflicts, supporting the transition of democracy, forging a new partnership in vietnam, deepening our new

chapter of engagement with the cuban people, helping to support the efforts in colombia to end decades' long conflict. what a contrast to the death that terrorist offer. what a powerful reminder of the progress and opportunity and hope that we can advance when as nation as people and as individuals we refused to be defined by our differences alone and we will remember that we are part of one human race. even on difficult days like this, it's what gives me hope and should all give us hope because in this planet of more than 7 million people the hatred and violence of a few ultimately is no match for the love and

decency and hard work of people of good will and compassion so long as we stand up for those values, so long as we answer those who would undermine those values. i'm very proud of the work that we've done over these last seven and a half years in partnership with your countries and so long as i have the privilege of being the president of the united states, i will continue to stand along side you to promote those values all across the world. thank you very much, everybody. [applause]

[inaudible conversations] [laughter] >> president obama speaking at the reception for the diplomatic core here in washington and by the way, if you missed any of what the president had to say, you with watch it in the c-span video library. also from the hill today the house committee released 25 classified pages from a 2002 congressional investigation into the september 11th terrorist attacks, the saudi embassador said that he welcomed the release of redacted pages, quote, saudi arabia has long called for the release of classified 28 pages. we hope the release of the pages will clear once and for all any lingering questions and suspicions about saudi arabia's action and long-time friendship with the united states said in a statement.

[cheers and applause] >> 2016 primary season is over with historic conventions to follow this summer. >> colorado. >> florida. >> texas. >> ohio. >> watch c-span as the delegate consider the nomination of the first woman ever to head political party and first nonpolitician in several decades. watch live on c-span. listen on the c-span radio or get video on hand on c-span.org. >> you have a front row seat of every minute on both conventions on c-span all beginning on monday. >> house democrats including members of the congressional black caucus rallied last night outside the u.s. capitol supporting gun violence prevents legislation including comprehensive background checks, banning gun sales on people on the no-fly list and hate crime offenders, democrats said the rally was a administration of

the sit-in on the house floor from two weeks ago. [inaudible conversations] [cheers and applause]

[shouting] >> no bill, no break! no bill, no break! [inaudible conversations] >> no bill, no break!

[cheers and applause] >> thank you very much for being here this evening. [cheers and applause] >> we have been observing a critical has of people who have been here to my left and right and given them just a few moments to get here, but before we start this evening's program i think it's fit and proper as i bring forward for indication and hopefully observance of the people of france who once again, who are experiencing the raft of beings who are inflicting their

notions upon unsuspecting people in such a way that it brings great sorrow to all of us, and so before i ask pastor howard john to return indication, let us all please just pause for a moment of silence for the people of nice, france who are experiencing a lot of trauma as we begin this program. [silence] >> thank you very much. now, i would like to call to the podium for an indication pastor howard john wesley.

[cheers and applause] >> let us pray. creator, god, god loving life of justice and peace and mercy, we gather under the sovereignty and protection of thy believing thy has called to shine our light in the mist of dark times, to remain comfortable or quiet, times when our call to go live in the light of the world is cristal clear, we gather in this place with the laws and legislature of liberty and life are written and crafted to protect your people by those whom you call to their elected office and we becease the oh god. we address the government with the grievance of gun violence and demand that there must be a change that necessary gun reform

laws be brought to this congress floor and be passed. we seek your presence with all those who mourn as a result of gun violence in orlando, baton rouge, dallas, minneapolis, charleston, chicago and virtually every city in the united states, we ask that our wisdom would guide us on our path forward, thy spirit will lead us as we raise our voices against the violence and thou will continue to unit us as people regardless of race, religion or race, sexuality or salary, politics or preference with peaceful respect given to all faiths gathered here honoring the name by which you are called, i pray in the name of my savior, amen.

>> now to lead news the ming of allegiance to the fla which all of us can see over in the distance, call upon the vice chair of the democratic caucus joseph crowely of new york. [applause] >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, one nation, under god, indivisible and justice for all. [cheers and applause] >> thank you, mr. crowely. and now, ladies and gentlemen, i would like to introduce to some, present to most of you the leader of the house democratic caucus, the former and it is my

prayer future leader, speaker of the house of representatives nancy pelosi of california. [cheers and applause] >> good evening, everyone. thank you for being to light the way to disarm hate. it is honor to be here with each and every one of you, to be comforted by the words of the invocation, to be led by mr. clyburn leading news this beautiful ceremony this evening inspired by our colleague, a national icon, a global hero, john lewis. [cheers and applause] >> we are here outside on a day that we are supposed to be in the session of congress today and tomorrow but the majority in

congress has decided they had more important things to do than to save lives. they decided that they would not pass give us a vote on preventing gun violence, instead they would go home. we have a message to them, we will never stop until we have a successful vote to say no fly, no buy and to say -- and to amend, to enhance our gun violence prevention laws in a number of ways. two in particular, no fly, no buy and background checks. [cheers and applause] >> i say to you that we are here really, my colleagues and i and it's an honor to be with all of them. they've had events in washington, in the capitol across the country in their districts, they're all committed

to the pledge, we will not stop until we succeed in passing the legislation. so i thank my colleagues for their leadership. you'll be hearing for more of them. so often we hear the quote about reverend martin luther king saying that he hope it is dream of nation by where children would be judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. if we apply that test to the american people, they come up very strong because we are a nation of people based on values, compassion and courage. but that same measure does not apply to the leadership in the congress of the united states when it comes to respecting the dignity in worth in lives of every person in our country. there is no compassion, their judgments are not values based and they do not have courage. they think their political survival is more important than the survival of little children,

people gathered in church, young people gathered on a saturday night or people in a movie theater across the country, again, we must, we must all of us be judged by all of that. mr. -- beautiful mr. lewis always tells us and reminds us that we all have a spark in us, all the people we care about are made in image and likens of god and i say to my colleagues in the congress, the leadership, you too have a spark, act upon it, act upon it in respect for the dignity and words of every person in our country. [cheers and applause] >> so tonight we are going to hear a little bit from members of congress, a whole lot more from people whose families have suffered through this. we make a pledge to them as we not only listen to what they have to say, we hear what they

have to say and we will act upon it. they have act upon their grief to turn their grief into action so that other people will not suffer. we join them tonight not just as to listen but to hear, to listen and learn as we listen so that we can make sure that we use their voices to make change in the congress of the united states. so that congress will have the courage, the compassion, values to pass legislation that will save lives and with that, i am pleased to yield -- thank all of you for coming and yield and thank our distinguished assistant ledder for call us all here together. he is a champion on this issue. he's a champion on saying to these people, why aren't you funding zika so we can protect lives of people, why aren't you doing money for opioid so that we can address that concern in a

meaningful way, why aren't you thinking of the children of flint, michigan who also need our attention, what do you have to do that is more important to that that you had to go home, a person who is keeping us here until the job is done, our distinguished assistant leader mr. clyburn of south carolina, he's proud to say, mr. clyburn. >> thank you very much, leader pelosi. and now we are going to hear from members of congress and the people that they have invited here to speak out behalf on this hopefully lighting the way to common sense gun reform legislation. [cheers and applause] >> so we want to thank all the members who have come out here this evening, only a few of them

will be presented speakers and i want to begin by inviting to the mic now representative katherine who will present on behalf of the people of charleston, south carolina. >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you congressman clyburn, our leader nancy pelosi and congressman john lewis who has lead us in this effort. my name is katherine clark, i represent district of massachusetts. on june 17th 2015 nine souls gathered for bible study at emanuel church in charleston, south carolina. the lives of reverend clameta,

cynthia hurried, the reverend sharonda, tawnza sanders, susie jackson, depayn, myra thompson was snuffed out by a hateful murderer who was allowed to purchase a gun because of a loophole in our background check laws. i support common sense gun violence solutions including closing the charleston loophole because we can no longer remain silent. [cheers and applause] >> speak out on behalf of the emmanuel and disarming hate, i am honored to introduce tewanza

sanders, mother. >> thank you. [cheers and applause] >> hi, on the evening of june 17th, 2015i survived the most horrific experience of my entire life. i did so by hiding under a table pretending to be dead while protecting my grandchild from gunshots. domestic terrorist who should not have had a gun was able to get it because of loophole and our background check laws. i am pleading with congress to close the so-called loophole, charleston loophole. this loophole led to the murder of my son, my aunt and a cousin.

three of the faithful worshipers who lost their lives while participating and the furtherance religion journey. why are you doing this, why are you doing this, we mean you no harm, we mean you no harm, but that did not matter to the shooter because we were all targeted because of racial hatred and the color of our skin. the perpetrator should not have been in possession of a gun. i am here today to ask members of congress to help disarm hate

and to pass some common sense gun laws. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> before we present our next congressperson i would like for all of you to meet and greet the widow of reverend clemente, jennifer, and her two daughters. thank you so much for coming down and staying with us here today. [cheers and applause] >> where are you? because of what happened on that

evening a father, a husband, a loved one is not by our side. clemente was a family man and he loved the lord, and because of his love he invited someone into the church that didn't look like him because he loved the lord. something has got to be done. you never think about crimes such as what happened to our family and all of our families until it happens to you. never on that day when we left our home that day did i think

that my husband would not be returning back with us for he had promised melana, she asked her father, she said, when we leave church, can you take me to mcdonalds. we never made it to mcdonalds. too many lives are lost. it's got to stop. think about the love that clemente had, a peaceful person and because he shared that love and because he was a people person, when this horrific crime happened, charleston could only embrace each other. did we fight, no. because clemente wouldn't have

wanted that because that wasn't what clemente was about. we have to do something. something has got to be done. no one else should lose a loved one. no should else should lose a husband, lose a father, just think the person that's standing next to you, think about your loved ones at home, think about your children, think about your spouses, think about your parents, what if you get a phone call right now and someone tells someone just shot them, what if that person right beside you was walking away and somebody shot them, you never realize the hurt and the pain that the families go through until you've experienced yourself. no one should have to experience what we have experienced. work has got to be done. thank you.

>> thank you. [cheers and applause] >> and now to present our next speaker from the great state of california congressman judy jue. [cheers and applause] >> thank you congress member clyburn. i'm judy from california, on a peaceful sunday morning the men, women and children of the temple in oak creek wisconsin were getting ready for their weekly worship. then a white supremacist armed with semiautomatic weapons burst in shooting whoever he could. he left six people dead and four wounded. here to talk about the effects of this horrendous act of gun

violence on an entire community is dr. gerpaul of the seek american legal defense, a surgeon who as he says has operated on too many victims of gun violence. [applause] >> thank you, representative chu for inviting me to speak here today. i want to start by thanking representative john lewis, representative jim clyburn, the house democratic caucus for organizing this incredible event. my name is grupaul, almost four years ago on august 5th community in 2012 the community in wisconsin was viciously attacked by a white supremacist with a gun. six people in the temple that

day were shot and four others wounded in this house of worship. as an active member of my local house of worship, as a surgeon and grandfather of four children, this event hit home for me. but i was proud in the way the oak creek community responded with the spirit, eternal optimism. in the face of thousands of innocent lives taken by guns every year, we must respond with the same spirit. the first man killed in a hate crime after 9/11 are killed across the country with guns because of their identity. it is time to take action now and use the spirit to drive this change. the gun control platform proposed by these members of

congress embodies this spirit. it is practical and it will make a difference. that is why as american and grandfather i'm proud to stand here in support of these common sense reforms, specially in the form of expanded background checks and the hate crime prevention act and no fly-no buy act. i stand with you and enough is enough. thank you. [cheers and applause] ..

>> the people who live in the nation's capital. [cheers and applause] in march of 2010, five assailants armed with an illegally purchased ak-47, and .2 caliber weapons opened fire on a crowd of innocent d.c. teenagers, killing four and wounding six others. in the south capitol street massacre. i support those in the charleston -- closing the charleston loophole, the district loophole, the united states loopholes. and requiring universal background checks. [cheers and applause]

because we can no longer remain silent. to speak on behalf of those in the district of columbia we have lost. i am pleased to introduce nor dean jeffries, the mother of a 16 year-old rochelle jones, tragically lost to gun violence in the south capitol street massacre. [applause] >> good evening. this was a beautiful, vibrant, college-bound 16 year old. this is what ak-47 does to human flesh. my only child was gunned down worse than an animal in a first world country. this happens every single day

all over the united states of america. this is not the america i grew up in. this is not the american we should be proud of your if we disarm hate during the slave trade come if we disarm hate during emmett till, dr. martin was a king, we wouldn't be where we are here now. we have to do better than this. too many people are being slaughtered. [applause] i don't know what's wrong with mitch mcconnell and i don't know what's wrong with paul ryan, but i'm going to tell you, it does not value human life. it does not. we need to have universal background checks on all gun sales. no matter where the guns are purchased. and we need them now. too many children, too many young people, too many people

are being slaughtered and i don't accept this. this is an unbalanced society. i should be in a great. my child should be burying me. i should have to bury my only child because someone used a weapon that my father used to protect this country. this is not acceptable. too many of our young people are being killed, and i am standing here with so many other parents, so many other loved ones, and i'm going to keep on fighting and we will keep on coming. so if you're not going to do your job, speaker ryan, then guess what. it's not a single issue vote. we are going to get you gone, simple as that. you don't want to do your job, then go home and stay where you are -- i can't even think, wisconsin. [applause] i'm just, i'm very emotional because this shouldn't be our life.

and it doesn't feel good to know that i have to go to an empty home. my child should be graduating college, but instead she is dead. and that's a because the nra controls the republicans, and we're going to disarm all of them because this is not going to continue to happen in our city, in our country. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> thank you very, very much. and now to present our next speaker, the chair of the congressional black caucus from a state of north carolina, g.k. butterfield shimek spent thank you very much. reverend doctor barbara the second is senior pastor of greenleaf christian church in north carolina. he is state president of the north carolina conference of the naacp, the second largest

conference in the united states and serves on the national board for that organization but today he is here in his capacity as a pastor. he is nationally known for his advocacy on the battlefield for racial justice. over the years he is organize thousands of people, black, white and brown for historic marches, protesting, discrimination and bigotry. we are honored to have the reverend dr. william j. barber, and i present to you at this time. [cheers and applause] >> america today is in deep need of pastoral and prophetic care. assad of our brother sterling killed by police in baton rouge said his father was a sacrifice so the whole world could see what was going on. the lawyer for our brother castile and st. paul said this, this time it was a black man.

in every area doing the right thing trying to do the right thing. the moral question before us is how many more sacrifices? how many more times before killing a black mother son and fathers and daughters is as important for others and forces the changes necessary? how many more tragic sacrifices, how much more death needs to be seen lying on the concrete, dying in front of the camera, dying in front of us before those in american who don't want to do with a deadly data-driven reality of racism, stop fighting the truth and deal with it. we must deal with it now and we must use every nonviolent action to declare it's time now to address how racial -- [cheers and applause] into we see as enemies. because for some, black death seems to mean more than black life.

but also we must end the proliferation of guns. our love of weapons constructs a false sense of independence and freedom. the unholy power the nra house on congress and state legislators and electoral politics is insane. it's easier to get a gun than a voting card. that's immoral and that's insane. [cheers and applause] -- about protecting assault weapons than assuring affordable health care. that's immoral and insane. [cheers and applause] when there's more interest in the free sale of guns that ensuring free public education, that's immoral and insane. [cheers and applause] when there's more interest to get guns in the hands of people that put lead in people's bodies rather than get the lead out of the water that's killing people,

that's insane. [cheers and applause] the great moral question is how much more blood must be shed before lives mean more than -- the nra and the gun lobby? [cheers and applause] the other day the nra said it was the oldest civil rights organization. tell the truth to the nra is neither civil nor right. how much more blood, mr. speaker? how much more blood, senate leader mcconnell? 20, first graders laying dead in newtown. between six and seven. is that not enough blood? nine souls and mother emanuel. they deserve more than a flag to come down. they need gun laws to come up. how much more blood? 49 souls in orlando. blood in temple. 11 times the president has had to be pastor in chief as opposed

to president and chief. and now five officers of the law who were actually performing their jobs. how much more blood? will it take for leaders in this congress to say no to the nrk and stop the proliferation of guns and strengthen our gun laws and strengthen background checks and declare no fly not by. how much more blood? i come by to tell you the blood is crying from the ground. the blood is crying from the schoolhouse. the blood is crying from the church. the blood is crying. how much more blood will be necessary to scare us to life? god, tell us. if this congress hasn't seen enough blood. [cheers and applause]

>> how about that reverend barbara? [cheers and applause] you know, it's a pretty warm day but i think you'll agree with me, we can take the heat. and we are ready. we are ready to build this movement but there's some who couldn't take the heat. they decided to cut out of town for seven weeks without finishing the work of this congress. i think this movement is ready to tell them when they come back in seven weeks, it's going to be a lot hotter here in washington, d.c. [cheers and applause] so brothers and sisters, we've got work to do. we've got to turn up the lights, get a little hotter and make it

so that every single person who could not be here today because they were gunned down, our brothers and sisters, someone like shannon johnson, my constituent who died in the san bernardino mass killing, that all the people of america who cannot be here, we are here to stand up for them and speak out. it is time to turn up the heat. and so let me introduce to you someone who represents some 600,000 americans who work every day on our behalf in our federal offices doing the work of this federal government. taking on the courage to be there for us whatever the conditions. someone who's fighting for us every day. let me introduce to you the president of the national come the american federation of government employees, j. david cox senior. >> thank you, congressman. good evening brothers and sisters. you know, i am grateful to join

together and be with friends committed to doing everything in our power to end the bloodshed from gun violence in this country. i like millions of other americans, i'm shocked and disgusted by the violence we have experienced. all of our hearts are broken when we think of the lives at short, and about the bereaved parents, children, wives and husbands. our hearts cry out for all lives that are lost. one of our members come a border patrol agent in texas, was killed right in front of his family by two men who should have never had a gun in their hands. another member, a correctional officer, was shot in his own front yard in california. and yet one of our transportation security officers in the lax airport was gunned

down in the middle of the los angeles airport while he was just doing his job, protecting the american citizens. that time is over. it's time to act, brothers and sisters. it's time. we are fortunate to be with his brave group of lawmakers and families that we have here today. are you with us, brothers and sisters? [cheers and applause] are you ready to act, brothers and sisters? on behalf on the federal and d.c. government workers, afg be so proud to represent the i stand with you committed supporters you see before us for all americans to end the gun violence. we owe it to the memories of all those and their families, to use the power that's been entrusted to us to make communities safer for everyone.

the time is now, brothers and sisters. now for the congress of the united states to vote for these bills, to help reduce gun violence. let's show our children, let's show our families that we will take a stand to make our country much better a much better country for all american citizens. our country that we love. thank you brothers and sisters. [cheers and applause] >> thank you very much. come on around so you can get a better view and we can see you better. thank you very much. from the great state of connecticut, elizabeth will present our next speaker. [applause] >> think is a much. i represent connecticut's fifth district which includes newtown

your sense the tragedy at sandy hook elementary school in 2012, 100,000 americans have lost their lives to gun violence. 100,000. brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers and grandchildren. and in that time the house of representatives has done nothing. the american people are calling on this congress to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people, and it is time for this congress to heed the call of the people. it is my honor to introduce one of the incredible, amazing citizen leaders of that effort, my good friend, paul murray, chairman of the newtown action alliance. [applause] >> thank you, elizabeth.

an armed society is not a polite society. one gunman, my neighbor, used in ar-15 to gun down 20 innocent children and six educators in elementary school that my four children attended. after the horrific incident in sandy hook where it devastated 26 families, 27,000 community members, and over 300 million americans, the members of this congress who are in the pockets of the nrk refuse to take action -- nrk. shame on them. [cheers and applause] shame. shame. shame.

shame. >> i urge, i urge my fellow citizens activists rise up and demand action. stay and with these champions of change. we are on the right side of history. take this challenge. those of you who came from ohio and pennsylvania and new york. [applause] together, go back to your district during recess and demand change. hold your congressional members accountable. we are just as culpable if we do not stand up to demand change. we cannot have anymore mass shootings, and we cannot have anymore killings on our streets. sandy hook proved that no one is an even from gun violence.

we are all touched by gun violence. we must take action. fellow activists, please take the message back to your district and in your state, and work with us to demand action for change that is needed. we don't want to be remembered for the tragedy that occurred in sandy hook. we want to be remembered for the change that occurred about horrific day. comeback on august 13. there will be a rally here in washington, d.c., and then you will begin district action for two weeks. national discard hate 2016, weeks of action. i challenge all of you to hold an event, a sit in march, rally, all across the country in every city and town in every single state.

and then disarm hate, disarm hate. disarm hate. disarm hate. [chanting] >> and then on august 27 and 28th, join national action network and american federation of teachers, join us again on washington, d.c. to rally again for change to end gun violence once and for all. thank you. [applause] >> good evening. i'm donna edwards. i'm oxen hill maryland. i represent maryland's fourth congressional district. i'm here tonight to speak out

for commonsense gun violence solutions, including h.r. 1217, the public safety and second amendment rights protection act. this bipartisan legislation would expand and strengthen background checks for all firearm purchases, to make it harder for abusers to get a fire arm bandit is to buy cough medicine. [applause] to speak out on behalf of the domestic violence and victims, people who die every day in this country, in their homes not by strangers but by people who know them. i'm pleased to introduce mrs. kim lee. [applause] >> good evening. my name is kim lee and time from laurel, maryland animated speak about universal background

checks -- and i'm here to speak -- i don't want another family to go through what i did. as a teenager my parents were estranged to domestic violence. by bomb had a protective order against my dad come and while i was a sophomore in high school, my older brother was shot and killed, no fault of his own. two years later i became a victim of gunshot violence. my father who is a convicted felon and should not have had a legal handgun shot me three times. when the answered the door, my father bumrushed in the door and dragged it around the house looking for my mother with the intent to hurt her or myself or both of us. gun violence is an issue, and convicted felons should never have the right to purchase a gun

or have ownership of a gun. [applause] i was shot three times and i still have a bullet in my leg to this day from that incident. i was shot in the chest, the leg and the hand. while i was recovering in the hospital on christmas day, my father over they was in a gun battle with the police officers and was killed. he died in the hospital. but that just goes to show that gun violence is everywhere. it's in the home. it's not just an act of summer with an ak-47 as well. we have to protect our young people. we have to protect our families, our women. we have to protect the police officers. because he was willing to get into a shootout with the police as well, and he had no right to have a gun. and i thank you for listening. [cheers and applause] >> thank you.

>> i'm told all those over here, the police officers have told us you may come on down in this area from over -- come on down. they will open up the walkway for you. thank you. come on. and not to present our next speaker from the great state of illinois, representative robin kelly. >> thank you, leader kleiber, thank all of you for being here with us tonight. we really, really, really appreciate and need your support. i am from the chicagoland area and i'm so proud to come back to d.c. every week and telling my colleagues how may people were shot and how many people died in the chicagoland area. 2100 people have been shot this year and 344 have already died.

we are on pace with 700 deaths this year, more than last year. it is my honor to have with me tonight a young warrior in the gun violence prevention fight, daniel. she lost her family when she was eight to gun violence. children should not go up without their parents because of gun violence. enough is enough. please don't forget that the enough is enough and we need your help. danny. [applause] >> good evening, everyone. thank you all for being here. thank you, congresswoman robin kelly. i love you so much. i lost my dad when i was eight years old. utility was going to come get me but never showed up. only to wake up the next day while i was jumping on the bed with my little brother, my mom came in my room and said again and told me my dad was shot and killed in 1996 while he was washing his car.

we often talk about parents losing their children to gun violence but i am here today to talk about children losing their parents to gun violence. and no, my dad was not a fog. he wasn't in a game. my dad worked two jobs to raise five children. he was an innocent bystander. you think i violence start happening. like i said that was almost 20 years ago. all i can think about is a little girl that was in the back seat with castile watching his gun did all i could think about is alton sterling's son on national tv crying his heart out because his dad is gone. all i can think about is reverend pinkney little girls who are around the same age as i was when my dad was killed. we need to start thinking about the children. we need to start thinking about mental health. i am 28 and today i still

struggle with the loss of my father. today i am getting help because no one ever asked if i was okay. and that's what we need to do. congress, you need to step up. what if that was you? what would your children do? think about the children, not yourselves. think about the children who lose their parents, it is a thought. that everyone is out here for a limited. children need their parents or the cycle will continue. children will grow up in broken homes because they don't have their father. girls will be promiscuous about industries looking for love. boys will join gangs because they don't have a father to tell them from right from wrong. so we need to take action. i will continue to take action as an advocate for children who lose their parents to gun violence and also an advocate for young girls who are growing up without fathers. thank you. [cheers and applause]

>> to present our next speaker from the great state of iowa, joyce -- [cheers and applause] >> yes, i am congresswoman joyce beatty from the great state of ohio. and tonight as would like the way forward i want to introduce to you a mother who knows all too well the pain of losing a child to gun violence. on june 6, 2015, ebony crossed the and her family's lives changed forever. that night her daughter, 13 years old, was sitting at the kitchen table when shots rang out. in the blink of an eye, ebony crossed the had lost her child. a tragedy experienced by far too many families in ohio, and across the country. please join me and those in

orange shirts from the great state of ohio, and across the country, to welcome ebony crosby to the microphone. [cheers and applause] >> hello, everybody. i am honored to be here. i wish i didn't have to, but i'm here. italy was a beautiful little girl who could bring a smile to anyone's face. she had a smile like no other. she loved her family, was real tight with her siblings and her nephew. ..

to watch me cook, to take pictures, and she loved to run. i used to call her cd men. because she was so fast on her feet. she was fat like her father. she used to say to me or him, mom, dad, watch me. we try, we talked about her trying out for track and her school but that ner