debate. i have even noticed debates -- republican candidates quoting the fact checkers against each other. eyepiece to give the media there do there. i. we understand ought -- do not see how good and immediate a lot of the conflict. there is easily an asymmetry. that is a real problem. . .

>> the created between cities, school districts, and the lack of communication. besides the plan that mayor villaraigosa had to take over the school district, what would you suggest to work together and create an infrastructure not just for higher education, but a basic fundamental education for our kids? >> well, it's a big question. it's a very important one, one we think about a lot. my wife is chairman of the board of the school foundation which runs a charter border school in

washington, d.c. and my daughter teaches for dc in the dc school system. we talk about it a lot. i'm happy to brag on them. but it's a subject near and dear to our hearts. how we deal with it in the book is how we look generally at all of our problems today, which is what ails america today, we think fundamentally is that we lost our ability to act collectively. and all of the problems we face require collective action. we cannot face education problem without a certain amount of action, the energy problem, and lord knows the debt and deficit problems. the thing we've lost is the ability to act collectively. our view on education is simple. we profiled the colorado teacher reform bill, which we think is a really good bill that worked collaboratively with the teacher's union and won the approval of one of the teacher's unions, i think it was the ft, for their reform. and it's one that, you know,

certainly puts teachers under review but does it in a fair way and a collaborative way. so there's no question a great teacher can make a huge difference in a young person's life. we know that. a bad teacher over several years can make a hugely disruptive difference. we need to address that full on. michelle did a great job here in washington pioneering that. but people are finding all different ways to go down that route. i hail that. but we think it takes more than that. we think it takes a village. yes, we need better teachers. secondly, we need better parents. okay? [ applause ] we need parents who take an active interest every day. i did a column a couple of months ago you can look up. it was with the people who conducted the pisa exam for the oecd. they did a study under the exam,

5,000 -- 15,000 kids. they went and interviewed their parents and they found that parents who did as little as ask their son or daughter what did you do in school today? or as little as what are you reading, what are you doing, let alone staying on top of the homework, those kids performed so much better in the pisa exams. we need better parents. we need better mayors. we need mayors that travel around the world and look not to lower -- mayors and governors not to lower the education standards in their districts so more kids can falsely achieve certain levels but raise them. we need mayors to go to shanghai and taipei and say, if you understand who your kid is competing with? they're not competing with the kids with claremont or sacramento, they're competing with a global audience. we need better leaders. we need better neighbors. we need neighbors ready to pay

education taxes in the local schools whether they have kids in them or not. because without that, you're going pay for the school or the new prison. there's a very direct line, okay, between failure of local schools and predicting prison population. so we need better neighbors. we need better business leaders. business leaders who take an interest in upgrading the schools around them. and don't just say, i can't get it here, i'll go to bangalore. lastly, we need better students. we talk about a young woman profile in "the new york times" that sent 40,000 text messages a month wondering why she's getting cs and bs. if you're sending 40,000 text messages a month and come to school ready to learn and understand what a hyperconnected world you're in where average is over, you're going to be road kill. there's no two ways about it. so i said when i wrote "the world is flat," i grew up my

parents used to say, tom, finish your dinner, people in china and india are starving. i tell my girls, girl, finish your homework, people in india and china are starving for your jobs, okay? if your kids don't know that, they're going to find it. the most interesting movie made is "the race to nowhere" where the kids are too stressed out. they need to be on facebook and wrestling practice and the play -- we want kids to be diverse. i don't want my kids to be stressed out. i'll tell you what stress is. stress is not understanding the thick foreign accent of your first boss. that will be stress. okay? so we need -- we need to face up to it. that's why i really like the "the tiger mom," i don't know if you read about her. we talk about her in the book. but i can tell you about the tiger mom. she ain't alone. there are millions and millions of tiger moms out there. so we -- and i'm sure you're one

of them. so that's the view on education. thank you. >> two more questions. may yore polito. >> mayor polito from santa ana in california. being too dumb to quit can be a real asset. i believe we're all too dumb to quit as may yours. we're in touch with the communities and our communities often don't get the memo. you go out there, you see people all the time up to great projects, up to making a difference. two questions for you. one, in california we get this part of the old highway 66. there actually is cafe called the road kill cafe. and it's off of the main highway now. you've got highway 40. if we're not careful, we're going to be on the wrong highway ourselves. that's part of what we're talking about. part of that, the other portion you could allude to a little bit, earlier you mentioned if you kill the category then you

kill everything? >> yeah. >> i think we as mayors have not killed the category. that's a big difference. could we, in any way, do something in that area such that maybe others could begin to stop killing the category. because that really, really undermines our efforts. >> it is a really important question. i don't have a simple answer. we have a chapter in the book on this subject called shock therapy. and we think the system needs a shock. by the way, it's going to get a shock. it's going from the market, mother nature, or the middle. one of those places. we're going to get a shock if we keep going on like this. i hope it's not from the market or mother nature. that will be brutal and messy. i hope it's from the middle. the chapter really is about a third party. i believe in incentives. life is about incentives, really. move the cheese, move the mouse. don't move the cheese, the mouse

doesn't move. we're not going to get a lot of interest from the third party. there's talk about it. i go back and forth about whether i want it. if a responsible person ran on this kind of centrist ticket we talked about and showed 40% to 50% of the country that believed in that, that would be a huge piece of cheese that i think could be taken great note of by our politicians, you know? let's remember, teddy roosevelt did this in 1912, had a huge impact on progressive reform after him. george wallace did it, 1968, a huge i would argue negative impact after him. ross perot did it in 1992. ross perot made bill clinton a deficit reducer. ross is a little -- you know. so -- down there at the end, the elevator wasn't going all the way to the top. so it's a -- yet, ross perot, let's remember, won 20% of the

vote almost. shows you 40u we're really hungry, i think. i think if president obama -- i say because he's president, i'm going to shuck all of this, axelrod, go home. i'm going to run a radically responsible, radically bold, radically visionary campaign. one thing democrats have told you is that republicans are impossible. they're trying to stop everything. i'm not going get into that whether it's true or not in the congress. there's truth to it. we can debate all of that later. my frustration is that may all be true in congress, but it's never actually gone to the people. actually said, okay, if these guys are blocking me, i'm not going with my base, i'm going to to people, oh cape, with a real plan. i'm going to keep going with them. i'll call it simpson and bowles and whoever, there are republicans who voted for that. boys and girls, we're going to go on a road show across this country and tell every american why we need a grand bargain, why

it's good for us, what it will contain. why it's hard, why is it the solution? if he did that for a month, i think congress would get the message. that's my frustration. i know there's grid lock here. what do we do? do we sit back and say it's grid lock and i'm going to shoot by 50.0001 by turning capital into a four-letter word. that's great. someone wins by 50.0001 and it's no mandate. so back in the same soup. if we're back in the same soup, we kind of toss this country around like it's a football, it's not a football. it's a tabs rajai egg. you can drop it, you can break it. i don't want to be the generation that is known for not having -- had the responsibility

to pass on the american dream to the next generation, but that's right where we're headed. time for one more? >> thank you, a lot of talk recently, some of the major companies who made significant gains and increased their bottom line by outsourcing a lot of their work. >> yeah. >> recently, the number of companies announced that they're bringing some of that work back. president obama announced certain incentives to create more of an insourcing environment. what is your view on that? and how could that be successful? >> i haven't done any sort of full blown study. i hear it's going on. a lot of outsourcing. the thing i have to understand and if i were to do an update on "the world is flat," i think this is what it would be about. we go from a connected to a hyperconnected world. outsourcing is over. there's no more out and there's

no more in, okay? basically we're entering the age where the sticker on your computer should say, made in the world, okay? more and more things are made in america, made in china -- they're made in the world. and the whole idea of an export is really so 20th century. and if you look at all of these products now. so what do we -- how do we think about that, made in the world? well, we want to be part of that supply chain where it's made. we want to share that. hopefully the high-end manufacturing side of that. but i think what we really want to aspire to as a country is not just made in america, we want part of that. i think what we want to aspire to is imagined in america. we want to be the place where things are imagined and orchestrated. they've done the study of the ipod. i don't have the figures exactly right. if the ipod made $1, ten cents

went to china. 90 cents went to cupertino, california and the shareholders of apple computer. it's where products are imagined and where that global supply chain is orchestrated and how it's orchestrated. that's where the best jobs will be. we have to get out of the outsourcing thing. you talk to global manufacturers. they live in a world now where they will go wherever the talent is. they can go. you do not want to be svgs ri samford research institute where you have siri on your phone. they invented it, sri. you don't want to be best in class -- if i have a project, apple says, we'd like a phone that talks back to you. i don't want to say give me the best in my company that does

this. i say don't give me the best in class. who wants to be the best class with people? i want best in the world. what kirk carlson does when he gets a project, he goes and says, who is the best in the world now. i see that in my business. i go to real clear politic, i want to read about the world, i can read the best columns in the world. things are made in the world. the whole idea of developed and developing countries, again, very 20th century. we're going to the world of hies and lies. high imagination enabling countries and low imagination enabling countries. we're the highest in the world. we have want to stay that way. it's where products are imagined and then orchestrated where the big projects are. and by the way, in cupertino, when that's going on, not everyone works for apple, but the catkat caterers, the lawyer

service people. a lot of jobs, many decent, good jobs for everybody down the line as long as with ear at the cutting edge of that sphere. i see these in the

will strike back. >> for nearly a half century, herbert hoover's "freedom betrayed" remained in storage unseen. saturday, editor and scholar george nash on the executive branch decisions starting with

the second world war right through the cold war with the soviet union at 10:00 eastern. also this weekend, jeff charlotte on religion in america on "sweet heaven when i die." and saturday, 11:15, jay wexler on understanding our constitution by looking at the odd closet. booktv every weekend on c-span 2. president obama campaigned in new york last night and wrapped up the night with an event in the apollo theater in harlem. that's next on c-span. on this morning's washington journal, gop presidential candidate rick santorum and michael cranish of the ""boston globe"" who co-authored "the real romney." washington journal is live at the top of the hour. >> some will say we're reactionary. others will say we stand for socialism. there will be an inevitable prize to both.

there's time for a change and so on and so on. we'll hear all of those things and many more. we will hear nothing we have not heard before. >> as presidents campaign for president, 14 men who ran for the office and lost. go to our website, c-spa c-span.org/thecontenders. >> let them stand on the status quo while we seek to refresh the american spirit. let the opposition collect their $10 million in secret money from the privileged few, and let us find one million ordinary americans who will contribute $25 each to this campaign, a million-member club with members who will not expect special favors for themselves, but a better land for us all.

>> c-span.org/thecontenders. >> now president obama in new york city talking about the presidential campaign. he spoke for about 35 minutes. >> hello, new york! oh, hell 4r0e, new york! [ applause ] hello, harlem. oh, it is good to be here tonight. all right.

[ crowd chanting ] >> four more years, four more years! >> thank you, thank you so much. i want to begin by thanking you for such a wonderful introduction. being such a great mom. thank you. i want to thank our emcee, lynn manual miranda. we appreciate you. i want to thank the incredible performers this evening. one of my favorites, india arie in the house. there she is. i love india. then to node that reverend al

green was here. [ singing ] ♪ i love you ♪ [ applause ] those guys didn't think i would do it. i told you, i was going to do it. and the "sandman" did not come out. don't worry, reverend, i cannot sing like you. but i wanted to show my appreciation. i want to acknowledge some outstanding members of congress here with us today. congressman charlie rangel and congressman jerry nadler are in the house.

absolutely. i have something to say. >> thank you, mr. president! >> thank you. no, thank you. because i am here tonight not just because i need your help, i'm here because your country needs your help. there was a reason so many of you got involved in the campaign of 2008. worked your hearts out. it wasn't because you thought it was going to be easy. when you decide to support somebody named barack hussein obama for president, you're not doing it because you think it's a cake walk. you did it because you understood the campaign wasn't about me. it was about a vision that we

shared for america. a vision that wasn't narrow and cramped. it wasn't an idea that in america you just look out for yourself and the most powerful among us can just play by their own rules. it was a vision that was big. in america, if you work hard, you've got a chance. you've got a chance to get ahead. doesn't matter where you were born. it doesn't matter what you look like. it doesn't matter what your name is. if you're willing to work hard, if you've got some talent, some idea, if you're motivated, you

can make it. and it was a vision that said, we're greater together than we are on our own. that when everybody gets a fair shot and everybody does their fair share, and everybody is playing by the same set of rules, then we all do better. we all do better. that's the vision we shared. that was the change we believed in. we knew it wasn't going to come easy. we knew it wouldn't come quickly. we knew there'd be resistance. we knew there'd be setbacks. but because of what you did in 2008, we've started to see concrete examples of that

change. think about it. change is the first bill i signed into law. that enshrined a very simple proposition. you get an equal day's pay for an equal day's work because we want our daughters treated just as well as our sons. because that's what change is. change is a decision we made to rescue the auto industry from collapse. even when there are folks saying no and wanted to let it go bankrupt. and now 1 million jobs were saved and local businesses are picked up again and gm is once again the largest auto company in the world. and we are seeing cars rolling off those assembly lines saying three proud words, "made in america."

change is a decision to do something about the oil addiction. finally raise the fuel efficiency standards on our cars. so by the next decade, every car is going to be getting 55 miles per gallon. that will save you money, it will save our environment. it's good for our national security. that's what changes. we got that done. change was a fight we had to stop sending $60 billion in unnecessary subsidy to the banks in the student loan program, take that $60 billion out, give it directly to the students so that billions of young people all across america are able to afford a college education. that's change. change is a health care reform bill that we passed after a century of trying. it says if you get sick in america, you will not go bankrupt. and we have 2.5 million young

people with health insurance that didn't have it and seniors getting help on their prescription drugs. and americans won't be denied coverage because of pre-existing conditions or insurance companies dropping them right when they need to care most. that's what change is. change is a fact in our history. you don't have to hide who you love in order to serve this country that you love. don't ask, don't tell is over. we don't believe in discrimination in this country. that's part of who we are. that's what change is. one of the first promises i made in 2008. we ended the war in iraq and we brought our troops home.

and in the meantime we refocus our efforts on the terrorists that attacked us on 9/11. thanks to the men and women in uniform, in intelligence agencies, al qaeda is weaker than it's been and osama bin laden will never walk this earth again. that's what change is. you guys have been paying attention. none of this is beneath you. some of it was risky. we were opposed by lobbyists and special interests. millions of dollars were spent trying to maintain the status quo. some of the things we did weren't always popular at the time, certainly not the crowd in washington. but part of the reason we were able to get it done is because of you.

i knew all across america your voices were being heard. you were still knocking on doors, you were making phone calls. you were rooting for us. because you understood as hard as this was, it was consistent with the vision that we campaigned so hard to bring about. you kept up the fight long after the election was over. that should make you proud and it should make you hopeful. it shouldn't make you complacent. it shouldn't make you satisfied. because everything we did over the last three years is now a stake in this election. the core of what this country stands for, the idea that no matter who you are, you can make it. the idea we're all in it together. the idea that if there's a child somewhere not getting a good education, that affects me. the idea that if there's a

senior somewhere losing her home, that affects me. that idea is at stake in this election. the crisis struck in the months before i took office. more americans out of work since the great depression. we've got a chart that shows in the months right before i took office, 4 million jobs lost. the months right after i took office, another 4 million. before our economic policies had a chance to take effect. we've opinion growing every since. we've been adding jobs every since. but this was a profound crisis.

it was also a culmination of a decade where middle-class families fell further and further behind. more and more good jobs, manufacturing jobs left our shores. and suddenly our prosperity was built on risky financial deals or homes we couldn't afford or everybody running up their credit cards. we had greater and greater debt, incomes fell and wages flat lined and everything from college to health care went through the roof. these problems didn't happen overnight. we weren't going to solve them overnight. it's going to take more than a few years to meet the challenges that have been decades in the making. people don't understand that. what they don't understand is leaders who refuse to take action. they're sick and tired of

watching people who are supposed to represent them put partying ahead or the next election before the next generation. president kennedy once said, after he took office, he said the thing that surprised me the most about washington was that it was as bad as they say it was. i can relate to that. the top republican in the senate said his top priority was beating me. as the top priority. my top priority is putting americans back to work. my top priority is making sure our kids are getting a good education. my top priority is making sure that everybody has affordable

acceptable health care. it's beating me. that shows you things aren't on the level. that's how you end up with republicans in congress voting against proposals that they used to support. you saw them in december all tied up in that, because we're proposing tax cuts for workers and small businesses. they -- they always said they were in the party of tax cuts. sudden suddenly -- didn't know what to do. propose sales to rebuild roads and bridges. that didn't used to be a

democratic issue. it used to be we understood that building america was good for america. putting comes and teachers back to work, back in the classroom, back on the street. they will fight with everything they have to protect tax cuts from me for the wealthiest americans, and then suddenly they get confused when it comes to tax cuts for the middle class. now, maybe they thought it was smart political strategy. maybe they thought it would advance mitch mcconnell's agenda to beat me. but it's not a strategy to create jobs. it's not a strategy to strengthen our middle class. it's not a strategy to help america succeed. so we've got a choice this year. we have not seen a choice this stark in years.

even in 2008, yeah, the republican nominee wasn't a climate change. he wasn't in favor of immigration reform. he -- you know, he was opposed to torture. the contrast this year could not be sharper. so the question is not whether people are still hurting. people are still hurting profoundly. a lot of folks out there still out of work looking for work. the question is, what do we do about it?

the debate that we need to have in this election is about where do we go from here? the republicans in congress, the candidates running for president, they've got a very specific idea about where they want to take this country. they want to reduce -- they want to reduce the deficit by gutting our investments in education, by gutting our investments in research and technology, by letting our roads and our bridges and our airports deteriorate. i've signed $1 trillion worth of spending cuts, proposed even more. and i think it's time for us to reduce the deficit by asking those of us who are most fortunate to pay their fair share. to pay their fair share.

and by the way, let me just say this because i've been hearing a lot of these republicans talking about, oh, that's class warfare and he just wants to redistribute and doesn't believe in work and trying to create an entitlement society and this and that and the other. let me be absolutely clear here -- i should pay more taxes and folks in my income bracket should pay more taxes. and certainly, folks who are making billions of dollars should pay more taxes -- not because i want to take their money and give it to somebody else. it's because we've got basic investments and basic functions that have to be carried out in this 21st century if we're going to be able to compete.

we're going to have to train our young people so that they can get the high-skill jobs of the future. we're going have to make sure that we've got the best broadband lines and the best infrastructure to move products and services. we're going to have to make sure that we have the basic science and technology, research that allows us to stay on the cutting edge of innovation. other countries are making these investments and they're catching up. and if we are going to do all that without leaving a mountain of debt for our kids, while still maintaining the strongest military on earth, while still making sure that social security and medicare are there for future generations and our seniors are protected, then all

of us have to do our part. that is that should not be a democratic or a republican idea. it's an american idea. it's about responsibility. it's about responsibility for the country. when all of us take responsibility, we all do better. that's the idea. the republicans in congress and on the campaign trail now, the guys are running for president. why do -- why do you laugh? they're running for president. [ laughing ] they are. and they want to take medicare and make it a form of private insurance so their seniors shop

around with a voucher. even if it doesn't cover the costs of their medicine or their care. now, i think we can lower the cost. we have thrower the cost of medicare. with reforms that still guarantee a dignified retirement for seniors. because they've earned it. these folks act like this is an entitlement that was unearned. folks paid into this system. they worked hard to have some sense of security. our reforms should reflect that. they think the best way for america to compete for new jobs and businesses is to follow other countries in a race to the bottom. so they say, well, look, if china lets you play low wages, so, they want to roll back our minimum wage.

or our right to collectively bargain. they say, well, companies can pollute in some of these other countries. so they want to get rid of protections that ensure we have clean air and clean water. look, we should not have any more regulations that's required for the health and safety of the american people. nobody likes red tape. nobody likes bureaucracy. so i reformed government so that we initiated fewer regulations than the previous administration with a lot more benefit, much lower costs relative to the benefits. looking to streamline government or saving billions of dollars in reduced paperwork. so -- so we are not interested in regulation for regulation sake. but i do not believe in this

notion that we should have a race to the bottom. that shouldn't be what we're competing for. we should be competing to win that race to the top. we should be competing to make our schools the best in the world. we should be competing to make sure that our workers have the best skills and the best education so they get the best pay. we should be making sure that college is within reach of everybody. we should be in a race to give our businesses the best roads and airports. we should be in a race to support the scientists and researchers for the energy. the medicine that might cure. per nashs diseases. we should be in a race to make sure that the next generation of manufacturing doesn't take root in asia or in germany. but it takes root in detroit.

and in pittsburgh, and in cleveland. and in new york. i don't want this to be a nation that just borrows and consumes and borrows. i want us to be known for billing and selling all over the world. and that's a race this competition for middle class, for advanced technology, for having the best workers in the world, this is the race i know we can win. america is not going to win if we do the same things if we respond to our economic challenges with the same old tired cut taxes for wealthy people. let companies do whatever they want, even if it's harming other folks. and somehow prosperity is going to trickle down to everybody

else. we tried that. i don't know if you remember, but we tried that. it never works. it didn't work when it was tried in the decade before the great depression. it's not what led to the incredible boom in the '50s and '60s that created the greatest middle class on earth. it did not work back in 2001 and 2002 and 2003 and 2004 and 2005 and 20006 where we had the slowest job growth of any decade. we can't go back to this brand of you're on your own economics. i believe we've got a stake in everybody's success. if we can attract outstanding teachers by giving her the pay and the support and the training

that she deserves, she's going to -- she's going to educate the next steve jobs. and not only will we have whatever the next ipad is, but we'll all see the economy grow. if we provide faster internet service to some rural business somewhere and now they have access to the entire global market. but some business in harlem that's selling something they previously could only sell in a few blocks and now they can sell it anywhere. that means suddenly they can hire more workers. they've got customers now all over the world. countries will do better. our whole country will do better. this -- this is not a democratic idea or a republican idea. abraham lincoln, first republican president. he understood this. once the transcontinental railroad, the national academy

of sciences -- or sciences. the first land grant college, all while dealing with a civil war. a republican. teddy roosevelt called for a progressive income tax because he understood that you can't pretend you're for equality of opportunity when you have huge inequality and you're not creating ladders of success for people. a republican. dwightizen hour, built the interstate highway system, invested in math and science education so we could compete in the race to space. republican. there are republicans in congress that supported fdr giving millions of returning heroes, including my grandfather, the chance to go to college on the gi bill. that idea is as old as this

country. then you know, the idea, it's still there. the sense of common sense and purpose, it's still there. we tapped into it in 2008 and it's still out there across the country. i see it everywhere i go. it may not be in washington, it may not be in congress, but it's out there. you talk to folks on main street, town hall, vfw halls, barbershops. they understand this. our politics may be divisive, but people understand we're all in this together. they understand that no matter who we are, we rise or fall as one nation and as one people.

that's what's at stake right now. that's what this election is about. now, i know these have been three tough years. i know that some of the change folks wanted hasn't come as fast as people hoped for. i know that after all of the stuff that's gone on in washington, it's tempting sometimes to just say, you know what? it's not possible. the system is broken. we give up. it's tempting. but remember when i used to say in the last campaign? i said this -- i repeated it over and over again. real change, big change, it's hard. it takes time. it takes more than a single term. tid takes more -- it takes more

than a single president. what it takes is ordinary citizens like you. who just keep on fighting, keep pushing. keep inching the country closer and closer and closer to our ideals. that's how the great estrogen ration defeated fashion and yanked us out of the great depression and built the largest middle class in history. that's how young people from every background were able to suffer billy clubs and fire hoses to ensure that our children grew up in a country where your race is no barrier to what you can become. it changes hard, but we know it's possible. we've seen it. i've lived it.

i've lived it. i've seen i9. and so, as we go to this election year, i want everyone to understand. yes, my hair is grayer. [ laughter ] yes, you know, we've got some dings and some dents. and, yes, this financial crisis has been a wakeup call. but you know what? there is no other country that doesn't envy our position. they understand that this country is still that last best hope. and they are count iing -- the

world is counting and our fellow citizens are counting on us not giving up. not giving in to it. if you want to end the cynicism and the game playing and the points scoring and the sound bites that pass for politics these days, then you've got to send a message. this year. starting right now. that you refuse to back down. that you will not give up. that you intend to keep hoping and keep pushing and keep fighting just as hard as you did four years ago. you are going to keep believing in change.

and if you are willing to do that, if you're going to work just as hard, if you're able to generate that same passion and commitment, then i'll be there the next day. because i've often said -- i've said in 2008, i'm not a perfect man. i'm not a perfect president. but i promise you that i've kept that promise i made you in 2008. i would always tell you what i thought. i would always tell you where i stood? and i would wake up every single day fighting as hard adds -- as i can for you. i'm just as determined now as i was then. and if you are willing to stand alongside me, we will knock those obstacles out of the way.

we will reach for that vision of america that we believe in in our hearts and change will come. 23 you work harder this time than you did last time, change will come. if you keep on believing, we'll finish what we start in 2008, change will come. if you fight with me and press on with me, i have promise you, change will come. and we will remind everybody just what is it that the united states of america is the greatest nation on earth. thank you, god bless you. god bless the united states of america. ♪ lifted me higher than i've ever been lifted before ♪ ♪ so keep it up quench my desire ♪

♪ and i'll be at your side forever more ♪ ♪ you know your life keep on lifting me ♪ ♪ higher higher and higher ♪ ♪ your love keeps on lifting me higher and higher ♪ ♪ now once i was downhearted ♪ ♪ disappointment was my close friend ♪ ♪ but then you changed how y0u departed ♪ ♪ and you know you're never sure to face again ♪ ♪ that's why your love keeps on lifting me ♪ ♪ i say your love

keeps on lifting me ♪ ♪ higher and higher ♪ >> we'll learn more about the presidential race and the primary in south carolina in a moment. the white house chief of staff, rahm emmanuel, now the mayor of chicago. wille's at the u.s. conference of mayor's meeting in washington. live coverage at 8:15 eastern on c-span 3. and more live political coverage this morning from south carolina. when republican presidential candidates newt gingrich and ron paul participate in a forum in the southern republican leadership conference. that's at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. >> c-span's road to the white house coverage shows you the events leading up to the south carolina primary. >> the obama administration came

down with the policy that said in her program, she cannot teach abstinence as a preferable way of avoiding out of wedlock births. and she can't talk about marriage. she can't talk about marriage as anything other than an alternative life style that's no better or no worse than any other life style. my question is, why? >> when the president adopts the stimulus package of hundreds of billions of dollars that nobody has read, and then discovers to his great surprise two years later as he himself put it that the shovel-ready jobs weren't shovel-ready and the stimulus fails but leaves us $800 million deeper in debt, at some point, he has to take responsibility, that was his plan, his proposal. it failed. >> candidates meet with voters

to get their message out. >> thank you. >> after the polls close saturday evening, we'll show you the results from south carolina along with candidate speeches and your phone calls. coming up, food's news, your e-mails and calls. live on this morning's washington journal. later this morning, more from the conference of mayors in the forum of the u.s. education system. new york city mayor michael bloomberg and senior advisor david plouffe. that's live at 11:00 eastern. and this afternoon, mitt romney will hold a campaign rally on jobs and the economy in north charleston, south carolina. you can see live coverage at 3:45 eastern. and coming up in 45 minutes, presidential candidate rick santorum will take your questions. then