discussions with no element of humanity. >> we can all play a role in the kind of society we want to create. this report is saying about those are really the headlines. it begins with each and every one of us. an mary talks about care giving and bread winning and we are caught in those multiple roles. i think there is so much power in each person in this room. >> you have so many fascinating -- >> i did that on purpose and we did that on purpose because that's how you break through in a conversation. for lebron james to talk about what it means to have a single mother and the love he got from her. what it means for beyonce to talk about equality. i understand the way the media

works and beyonce is going to get you to read barbara great. i think that comes back to i think what kind of society do we want to be, what kind of community do we want to create, what is the idea of america in 2014. are we ok with 42 million women living on the brink and the 28 million children being brought up in that kind of stress? is that something we're comfortable with? there is so much gg on on the local level and so many states and marries doing innovative inspiring things. you come here, i live in california but everybody is kind of cynical like nothing is going to get done out there. what is going to happen is if we do something, manage is going to

happen. we've seen incredible examples of it. everybody said nothing would change in the military and would you women come forward and tell their stories and they put a human face on the issue and there is change. the young girls that came up today and talked about what it's like to be poor, talked about their shame, what it is like not to have food. that's going on in this country every single day. every single day. and they are putting a face to this issue. and it's going to move if we don't go back and close off our minds and just think it was a one day thing. >> you wrote a book dalled soul of leadership. what lessons from the soul of leadership would you share here?

>> part of the book was drawn from gallop so we look at what people want from their leaders. and what they want is in the four most important things they want are hope, trust, stability and compassion. and if a leader cannot give that, then that leader is not going to be an effective leader for change and transformation. also right now the teams that are running in the ecosystem of leadership, not perhaps political leadership but definitely among the younger , ople are love, kindness, joy empathy and compassion. so whatever story we're going to write, if it doesn't have those themes, then we are going to be

ineffective with all the policies. it has to embody those things and the leader has to be expressions of those things. it's timely you are talking about -- look at this room. how many men do you see. look at congress, the quality of the debate and the filibusters and i don't neon understand the temples. it's emotionally retarded conversation. >> my brother is going to get after you. the special olympics has a big r word. to end the >> people use these words compassion and valuing care giving. what is the difficult in addition of that. how do we know we value care giving? by paying care givers more?

>> economically but with the currency of press tige. amanda just wrote a book the smartest kids of the world. that oks at why is it finland does so much better than we do in terms of education and it's because the smartest kids that come out of college are teachers. we value the caring professions. we do value medicine but we don't value or much less teaching as we value professors. but as we go down as you think of the caring professions as teaching, coaching, therapy, ministry of all different kind, the nur tour and care of other people is something we rank way below in money but also in prestige in terms of are you doing something other people value. you start by talking about it

and saying when somebody says to you i'm a teacher, i'm a therapist, i'm a minister, you start to say why is it we value investment banking so much more than the care of others, why exactly is it? >> i meet women every day who come up to me and say i'm just a mother. 'm just an assistant, i'm just a receptionist. i say why do you say just. i've never met a man who says i'm just. i think that's about if we could lose the just and honor, i think that's up to each and every one of us. i go to a cocktail party and say i'm a mother and everybody turns the other way. >> speaking of things every one of us can do, when you meet a couple and if he happens to be the bread winner and she's not, you do not look over her shoulder or talk only to him. you talk to her and ask her what

she's read recently. there are countless ways you can hange your own behavior to say i'm buying into this. the work my mother did raising us was every bit as important as the work my father did providing an income for us and also raising us. she wasn't better than him, but she's the equal. and we have to be able to actually claim that. and as we do, we claim it for men as well as women so a man who chooses to be home raising his children and his wife is the bread winner, he's equally valued too. you don't just value it for women, you value it for men and then you get a different opening. >> we also have the issue of many more households are single women households or single male households with children. i have a brother who was beaten

up and laid off in the high-tech industry and went into elder care because there was going to be a job that was going to have less layoffs. and the people he takes care of adore him. never want him to move or go which i'm trying to get him to move right now and i'm the most hated person around there. they love him. that being said, when you get into that profession, it has regrettably none of the things you call for. it doesn't have flexibility. it treats nurses that work all night or have issues in their life. while they are there and loved by the people they care for, they are dealing in highly ruthless corporate circumstances frequently giving care to the people we should be giving care to. >> you said how do we do that? you are doing that right now by having this conversation. but that conversation has to

extend and be persistent in media, in education institutions, in news networks, in leadership circles, in congress. the more that conversation gets activated, the more likely it is that the story will change. have you to keep the conversation going because what we see out there is an expression of the conversation we are having. >> just to help close this up before we have this phenomenal perform tons close the day, can you share what your aspirations are for what is next, what the people in the room, the guidance you've begin to people in the report, what do you hope to do? this has been a huge deal today and i'm sure you have a track that you might share with us about how you are going to keep the pressure on the system. >> the mission of the report is the same as the mission of pretty much everybody who wrote

in the report which was to ignite a conversation, raise awareness and for each person to really go out and create impact. this at its fundamental nature is a work of journalism and it's storytelling and putting a face to these issues. and our hope was to do that. so there are political leaders who can take it over the line on capitol hill. there are think tanks, there are non-profit leaders. we spent time trying to work on the language so it would break through and brought up ten things each person can do be you a government leader, a spiritual leader, a mother, a father, an individual. we hoped that everybody would read the report, discuss it at their kitchen table, have these conversations in their homes. cite the report. we are asking law makers to

implement it. we are asking people who have businesses to look at it and see how they by creating a culture that is compassionate and caring can implement some of the recommendations. we're asking people to be 21st century employers in their own home, to pay a living wage to people -- there is a whole subset of people that have been created by women going out into the workplace. for twoim look in the mirror and say am i paying that woman who cares for my children the same kind of living wage that i'm getting? am i giving her or him sick days? am i paying that person who cares for my parents a living wage, not because it's the moral thing to do but it's the right thing to do and it makes good economic sense because that person has a family too. i think it begins to honor what

we're talking about, the care giving economy which is very often women's work. i think it's -- there is ten things there that i think each of us can do. but we can begin with changing the conversation at our own kitchen table and to go out as a -- i often quote a poet who has a great line that says out beyond write doing and wrongdoing and i add out beyond fear and judgment and expectation there is an open field and i'll meet you there. i hope each person will go out beyond fear, judgment, expectation, old visions of political partners and know there is an open field and that each of us have a role of creating that in our own lives

and that i really do believe -- i grew up in a time when politics was a noble profession and both parties got along. i remember saying why do i see those people on tv yelling at you daddy and they are here for dinner. i always found it ratherer odd. and my father and mother both reached out to people. my father always reached out to people who were republicans, to people of different faiths, of different colors and our house was a melting pot. we had journalists and faith leaders and economic people and priests and nuns and people with mental disabilities and convicts and they were all in there. it was wild. but out of it came great creativity, great understanding. and my parents in their home

built the kind of culture that i'm talking about. and they walked their walk. and they raised kids who were like forced to go into it but still stay even though our parents are gone. the power of motherhood and fatherhood is huge and it starts in our home. it starts in us, the open field in our home and goes out. i really do believe that we can create a different culture that goes to this place that we call washington. >> i think all three of you walk your walk. and it's been nass nating. -- fascinating. thank you so much for the shriver report. >> can i ask the people who worked on the shriver report for wrote rs to stand, who and were regular voices just to

stand because these people worked. [applause] > they worked really hard. they came from all different walks of life, all different beliefs and all had the same mission. and they really worked hard. >> it's been a powerful day. i can say how pleased we were to partner with you. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> i want to thank you for the women conferences to put out this concept of a compassionate society and talk always at the women's conference about the power of the feminine. > my mother gets the credit. >> where would you put ann marie

slaughter? >> what do you mean where would i put her? >> a roam man goddess. i did a lot of work. i think every woman is that. >> we are grading everybody. >> so male and so uncompassionate. >> she is a warrior and a peacemaker and she knows when to put the helmet on and when to take it off and when to go to the bar and when to call it a day. [applause] >> don't go to the bar yet. >> download the shriver report for free. >> for a special treat, a performance by garrison star. >> her music is the one under the trailer that we started the day called the one and she is incredible singer, has a great

story and i'm so thrilled that she's here today. >> and she's going to perform everything you are is beautiful. so do not leave. if anybody leaves, no drink. >> great to see you. thank you so much. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen please welcome to the stage singer song riter garrison star. >> i just want to say thank you for having me. i feel so honored to be a part of this conversation that is so empowering and beautiful. thank you guys so much for including me. i've had a really special day today so thank you. ♪ ♪

>> that was beautiful. thank you so much.

>> we have copies of the shriver report outside or you can download it at amazon.com. it was a privilege to be here with you and your team and others. you've done terrific work and we are honored to be a part of this. thanks tort center of progress for their work and partnership and underwriters who presented today's program. the federation of american teachers and abbott and thompson writers, we appreciate their support. we hope to see you all again. please fill out the comment cards. thank you very much. [applause] >> john kerry talking about u.s. diplomacy. then some of the republican

national committee winter meeting. first remarks about the state of the party from reince priebus followed by remarks from jim ott and a discussion about maria shriver's report on status of the women in the united states. >> members of congress were back in their district this is week. we spoke with a reporter today about what to expect next week when they return this. is about five minutes. >> joins us is pete who writes for the hill. they come back next week. what are we hearing about what are the key priorities the president will talk about next tuesday? >> the big thing is president obama is going to focus on income quality, minimum wage,

extending the unemployment benefits. that's the democrats push for 2014 so we expect to hear a lot about that. >> we understand kathy rogers will give the republican response. what should we know about her? >> he's is house gop conference chair. i don't know this stuff but i think the republicans have an interest in putting her up there as a woman. democrats are going to say things like democrats hate women and minorities so republicans are putting a lot of those members up in the public eye to make the case for the g.o.p. side of things. >> at least in the house next week looks like a short week with the state of the union and republican retreat. but there is an abortion bill coming to the floor. what is that all about? >> kanter promised this on

wednesday the march for life. he said there will be an abortion vote next week. it's a vote we saw before almost three years ago. they passed a similar bill that cod fies current law that says no federal funds can be used for abortion. this is a ride they're shows up on the spending bill for health and human services department. it is some obama care language in it. it says if you have a low enough income and you qualify for certain federal subsidies to buy the health insurance plan you won't get -- you get the subsidies under the bill up next week you won't get the subsidies if it became law. that's one of the ways republicans are continuing to attack obama care. >> could this be diesy in terms of getting this bill passed? >> i'm not aware it's coming as a suspension bill.

it passed in the last congress. ed the about 16 democrats that went with republicans. probably can't pass as a suspension. it should pass easily if it becomes a normal bill and they need a simple majority for it. >> you write about likely action in the senate, senate looking to delay key provisions of the flood insurance reform. >> that's a complicated bill. in 2012 congress passed a bill to rescue the flood insurance program from $18 billion in debt it racked up. they made changes to say let's raise the rates on some of the flood prone areas so if you have to buy insurance you are going to pay more to help us dig out of debt. a couple of issues have come up. there was language from two years ago that said if you sell your house and as a subsidy attached to your flood insurance

premium the new owner won't get that subsidy. that's something a lot of people say i can't sell my house. the new owner will know it's too expensive to buy this house. they want to delay them to fix it. it has enough support i could see this passing the house and senate this year. >> another issue out there, the military pension. law makers are crying crocodile tears over the military pension cuts. tell us about that. >> the budget deal said let's cut about 600 million off of veteran pensions and we see a fix now. congress rushed to pass that. it was in the budget and in the spending bill they d. now everyone is saying let's fix it. this is just several weeks after you pass the bill. it's much like the flood bill. they say let's godown something and a month goes by and they want to change it again. that is an issue that will be

talked about and we may see a vote in the coming weeks. >> as we wrap up, we haven't talked about extension of unemployment benefits. of the must dos in the coming weeks? >> it's unclear how they will get anywhere. it's something that obama's speech could reenergyize to try to get a shot at extending the benefits for three months or longer. with the retreat on republicans we may see immigration talked about. we know the g.o.p. is talking about principles for that. we're going to see stuff this year, we might see a happenedful of bills on that. >> you can read reporting on the hill. >> thanks for the update. >> shureks anytime.

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as we hit the road for the big 1 conference tour. >> secretary of state john kerry spoke today about u.s. diplomatic efforts around the world. he talked about political unrest in ukraine, the geneva ii meeting in iran, and reports of torture in syria. the economic forum is an annual meeting of leaders in politics and business. it runs about 40 minutes. >> good evening. it is a very special pleasure to introduce secretary john kerry, secretary of state of the united states. welcome, mr. secretary. and i have to say welcome back, because you joined us first time 1 years ago.

and you have been part of many of our activities. so it is really becoming a good old friend. i have to say, in all the discussions we had over the last days, it was always emphasized how important american foreign-policy is. we know it is in very good hands, and so far, we are eager o listen to you. thank you. >> thank you very much. thank you very, very much. it is an enormous pleasure for me to be back in davos. i have had the privilege of

being here many times over the past 20 years. i always appreciate the diversity of thought and the thirst for new ideas that characterizes this forum. it is safe to say that doorposts pushes the limits of thinking, tries hard to find the new thinking. that is really what makes this forum so special. plus, i congratulate you on many years of putting together a remarkable venue for everybody. today, i want to share our latest thinking, with respect to the role u.s. diplomacy can play in addressing some of the most ressing foreign-policy

challenges that we face. obviously, extraordinarily complex. very different from the world of the last century. i must say that i am perplexed by claims that i occasionally hear that somehow america is disengaging from the world. this myth that we are pulling back on giving up, or standing down. in fact, i want to make it clear today that nothing could be further from the truth. this misperception, and in some case driven narrative, appears to be based on the simplistic assumption that our only tool of influence is our military. and that if we do not have a huge troop residents somewhere, or we are not brandishing an immediate threat of force, we are somehow absent from the arena. i think the only person more surprised than i am by the myth of this disengagement is the air force pilot who flies the secretary of state's plane. obviously, our engagement is not measured in frequent flyer miles. it would be nice if i got a few. it is measured -- and i think

serious students of foreign-policy understand this -- it is measured by the breadth of our global commitments, especially commitments to our allies in every corner of the world. it is measured by the degree of difficulty of the crises that we ontinue to confront. it is measured ultimately by the results we are able to achieve. far from disengaging, america is proud to be more engaged than ever, and i believe is playing a critical role, perhaps as critical as ever, in pursuit of peace, press parity, and stability in various parts of the world. right here in europe, we are

working with partners to press the government of ukraine to forgo violence, to address the concerns of useful protesters to foster dialogue, promote freedom of assembly and expression, and i literally just received messages before walking in here about efforts of diplomats on the ground working to try to achieve calm and help move in this direction in the next days. we will stand with the people of ukraine. we are also making progress towards finalizing the transatlantic trade and investment partnership, which would link the world's largest market, the eu, with the single largest economy, the united states, raising standards and creating jobs on both sides of

the atlantic. in the asia-pacific region, we are negotiating the transpacific partnership, which will similarly encourage a race to the top, not the bottom, as it unifies 40% of the world economy. the united states is working extremely closely with china and ur allies in the region in order to address north korea's reckless nuclear program, and also on diplomatic priorities like disaster relief and development. i was recently in the philippines. in a few weeks, i will be back in asia, my fifth trip as secretary of state within a year. we are working with our partners

to encourage exploratory steps on conflict in the south china sea. this is a critical part of the president's rebalance to asia. across africa, home to seven of the 10 fastest-growing economies, we are investing heavily in both development and trade. and in the great lakes region, we recently helped and an armed rebellion, with the m-23 armed group. just yesterday, after diplomatic, intense engagement on the ground, we have helped to chieve a cease-fire in south sudan. and i can tell you that almost every day during the so-called christmas break, i was on the phone to either the president kier or vice president bouchard, the president of uganda, as we worked diligently to try to move towards peace. closer to home, we just completed a u.s.-canada-mexico summit in washington last week, in preparation for our leaders, who will focus on increased efforts in our hemisphere. we renewed educational

exchanges. after a decade, that was perhaps niquely and in many people's view unfortunately, excessively defined, foremost, by force, and our use of force, we are entering an era of american diplomatic engagement that is as long and as deep as at any time in our history. and such are the responsibilities of a global power. he most bewildering version of this disengagement myth is about a supposed retreat by the united states from the middle east. my response to that suggestion is simple. you cannot find another country. not one country. that is as proactively engaged, that is partnering with so many middle eastern countries as constructively as we are, on so

many high-stakes fronts. i want to emphasize the last point -- partnering. we have no pretense about solving these problems alone, nor is anyone suggesting, least of all me, that the united states can't solve every one of the region's problems, or that everyone of them can be a priority at the same time. but as president obama made clear last fall at the united nations, united states of america will continue to invest significant effort in the middle east, because we have enduring interests in the region, and we have enduring friendships with countries that rely on us for their security in a volatile neighborhood. e will defend our partners and our allies as necessary, and we will continue to ensure the free

flow of energy, dismantle terrorist networks, and we will not tolerate the proliferation of nuclear weapons. all three of these challenges and the relationships that surround them, and accomplishing all of these goals, requires, in president obama's words, for the united states to be engaged in the region for the long haul. partners like saudi arabia and the united arab emirates, with whom we are both discussing and longer-term security framework for the region, as well as helping countries in transition, ike tunisia, egypt, libya,

yemen, ensuring stability for world shipping lanes and energy supply, there is no shortage of the places where we are engaged in the middle east. the question is not whether we are leaving. the question is how we are leading. today, we believe there are steps that, taken together, have the potential to reshape the middle east, and could even help create the foundations of a new order. the agreement we reached with iran -- as of this week, iran's nuclear weapons program is being rolled back in important ways. the world has demanded it reduce its stockpile of 20% enriched uranium, dismantling the infrastructure for its production, and allowing unprecedented transparency and monitoring to guarantee iran is complying with the agreement.

they will have to reduce their 20% to zero. they do not have the capacity or reconversion. they have to reduce it to forms that are not suitable for making weapons. iran must also halt enrichment, and will not be permitted to grow the current stockpile of 3.5% enriched uranium. iran cannot increase the number of centrifuges in operation. it cannot install or use any next-generation centrifuges to enrich uranium. while we negotiate a final agreement over these next months, iran will not be permitted to take any steps to commission the plutonium reactor. clearly, there are good reasons to ask tough questions going forward. believe me, we will. ended reasons to acquire. but promises iran made are promises kept.

we certainly have not forgotten. there is a reason the world has placed sanctions on iran. there is a reason why they exist in the first place. there is a reason why the core architecture of those sanctions remains in place. that is why this effort is grounded not in trusting, not in words, but in testing. that is why now inspectors can be there every day. that was not the case before the agreement we start. inspectors can also be at their other locations every day. that is also knew, thanks to the agreement we start. inspectors will visit iraq cost plutonium plant every month. hey have every obligation to

deliver the plans for that plant to us. taken altogether, these moments will increase the amount of time t would take for iran to break out and build a bomb, the reakout time, as we called it. it will increase our ability to be able to detect it and to prevent it. and all of this will, to an absolute guarantee beyond any doubt, make israel safer than it was the day before we entered this agreement. make the region safer than it was the day before we entered this agreement. and make the world safer than it was. yesterday, president rouhani stood here, and said that iran is eager to engage with the world. hopefully. but iran knows what it must do to make that happen. he said iran has no intention of

building a nuclear weapon. while the message is welcome, the words themselves are meaningless unless actions are taken to give them meaning. starting now, iran has the opportunity to prove these words beyond all doubt to the world. let us be clear. if you are serious about a peaceful program, it is not hard to prove to the world that your program is peaceful. a country with a peaceful nuclear program does not need to build enrichment facilities in the cover of darkness, in the depths of a mountain. it does not need a heavy water reactor design to produce weapons grade plutonium, like the one in iraq. it has no reason to fear intrusive monitoring and verification. it should have no problem resolving outstanding issues with the international atomic energy agency. this is true for every country in the world with an exclusively peaceful nuclear program. it is the tough but reasonable standard to which iran must also be held.

so we welcome this week's historic step. but now the hard part begins. six months of intensive negotiations with the goal of resolving international concerns about iran's nuclear program. i want to say the p5 plus one has acted in unity and great cooperation. we welcome the international community's efforts in this initiative. iran must meet this test. if it does, the middle east will be a safer place, free from the fear of the nuclear arms race. and diplomatic engagement, my friends. that + nations and other options will have proved its worth. the second challenge is syria. an enormous, almost unimaginable, human tragedy is unfolding before our eyes.

just this week, we have seen terrible new evidence of torture at the hands of the assad regime. this week, we also saw the syrian regime and the opposition sit at the same table, the same oom, or separate tables but in the same room, for the first time since the war began. they were joined by more than 40 countries and institutions who have ascended to the geneva communiqué, which clearly underlines how this conflict must conclude, with the creation of a transitional government of full executive authority by mutual consent. et me tell you in simple terms why that means bashar al-assad cannot be part of that future. it is simple.

it is first because of the extraordinary havoc that he has read on his own people, a man who has killed university students and doctors with stud missiles, families, sleeping women, children, grandparents. a man who has unleashed extraordinary force of artillery against civilians, against the laws of warfare. assad will never have or be able o earn legitimacy to bring the country back together. hat is number one. number two, because of those things he has done, because of 130,000 people who have been illed, the opposition will never stop fighting while he is

there. if your objective is to have peace, this one man must step aside in favor of peace and his mission. you can never achieve stability until he is gone. finally, any transitional government formed by mutual consent, by definition, will not include assad, because the opposition will never consent to permit him to be there. the united states is engaged in this difficult endeavor because we know that the longer the fighting continues, the greater the risk sectarian decisions will spiral out of control. we know there are people who wish that american young men and women were on the ground fighting for them. there are people who would love to see america fight their war for them. but that is not the choice. the choice is first diplomacy. in order to avoid the

devastating results that would result in the disintegration of the syrian state, and the instability that could spread across the entire region. we are engaged because of the number of refugees pouring into jordan, into lebanon and turkey. it is destabilizing and it is unsustainable. we are engaged because while we are proud to be the largest contributor to the humanitarian assistance to deal with these refugees, the ultimate solution can only come when we stop the supply of refugees, when we stop the fighting. and that cannot happen soon enough, because assad continues to kill and displace innocent civilians, and in doing so has become the world's greatest single individual magnet for jihad and terror. absent a political solution, we know where this leads. more refugees.

more terrorists. more extremism. more brutality from the regime. more suffering for the syrian people. and we do not believe that we or anyone should tolerate one man's brutal effort to cling to power. we must instead empower all of the syrian people. that is why the united states and our partners sat around the table and continue to fight for a pluralistic, inclusive syria, where all minorities are protected, where all rights are protected, and where serious can come together to become the unified state it was, represented by a government of the people's choice, where all minorities are protected. e believe this vision is achievable and will continue to work closely with our partners for a new syria that can't exist peacefully as a separate, independent, and democratic

state, where syrians would be able to have their voices heard without the fear of retribution, imprisonment, or even death. obviously, we know this is not going to be easy. it is obviously very hard. it is already hard. we have already seen syria, what forceful diplomacy is able to achieve. as we speak, a man who the day before he agreed to do it tonight did not have the weapons, is removing all the chemical weapons from that country. the international community is on its way to completely removing all of syria's chemical weapons, an unprecedented undertaking that is making the region and the world safer, and is setting an example on a global basis. we are convinced that if the syrian people are to have the chance to rebuild their country,

and if millions of syrian refugees are to have the chance to return home, it is ultimately diplomacy that will make it possible. there is no military solution to the problem of syria. that brings me to the most intractable of all conflicts, the struggle to make peace between the israelis and the palestinians. every time i meet my foreign counterparts anywhere in the world, and they visit me in washington or when i travel to their countries, i am not kidding you when i tell you that invariably the first issue that they asked me about is the challenge of middle east peace. it may seem improbable, but i am telling you, it is absolutely true. from asia to latin america to africa, and all through europe, this question lingers. this intractable conflict has

confounded administration after administration, prime minister after prime minister. and peacemakers. they always ask me this about the middle east, even before they complain about what we are doing or not doing. despite this global interest, my friends, people still ask me -- i am astonished by it. why, with all the troubles in the world, and the middle east in particular -- why is the obama administration so focused on trying to forge israeli-palestinian peace? i have had this question directed at me personally, and in other ways. the reason we are trying to find the solution is very simple. because the benefits of success and the dangers of failure or him him us for the united states, for the world, for the region, and most importantly for the israeli and palestinian

people. after all the years expended on this, the last thing we need is a failure that will make certain of additional conflict. there are some people who are sure this will be the last shot. i do not want to find out the hard way. for israel, the demographic dynamic will make it impossible to preserve its future as a democratic state. its relative prosperity does not change the fact that the status quo cannot be sustained if israel's democratic future is in fact to be secure.

with today's status quo, my friends, i promise you it will not last forever. president abbas is committed to negotiation. failure will only embolden extremists and empower hard-liners, at the expense of the moderates who have been committed to a nonviolent tracked to try to find peace. what would happen in the west bank without that commitment to nonviolence? he israeli and palestinian

members breaking the initiative who are here today know what is at stake. israel's economic juggernaut is a wonder. prime minister netanyahu was able to talk to you about it today. but a deteriorating security nvironment and the growing isolation that could come with it, could put that prosperity at risk. meanwhile, if this fails, palestinians will be no closer to the sovereignty they seek, no closer to their ability to be masters of their own fate, no closer to the ability to grow their own economy, no closer to solving the problem that has been allowed to fester for decades. if they fail to achieve statehood now, there is no guarantee another opportunity will follow any time soon. this issue cannot be resolved at the united nations. they can only be resolved between the parties. if peace fails, the region risks another destabilizing crisis. one unilateral effort from one side or the other will beget another, and another, and another. until we have fallen yet again into a dangerous downward spiral at a time when there is already

too much danger in the region. we often spend so much time alking about what both parties stand to lose without peace and we sometimes forget to talk enough about what they stand to gain from peace. i believe that the fact that peace is possible, especially in a region with so much turmoil, ought to motivate people. palestinians stand to gain a contiguous state, their own place among the community of nations. imagine, this time next year, here in davos, if palestinian businessmen and government leaders from the state of palestine are able to catch the world's largest investors with a host of projects from the palestinian economic initiative.

imagine if they can participate in building a new infrastructure and new life, free from occupation. for israel, the benefits of peace are perhaps even more significant. no nation on earth stands to gain so many new economic partners so quickly as israel does. 20 additional members, nations in the arab league, and 35 muslim countries stand ready under the arab peace initiative to all recognize israel and normalize relations the moment a peace agreement is reached. as a sheik said at a meeting of the foreign ministers of the arab league, he said to his colleagues, completely spontaneously, you know what? after peace, israel will enjoy richter economic benefit from relations with the gulf than it now enjoys with europe. imagine what that would mean for trade. stanley fischer, the former government of the bank of

israel, nominated to serve on our own federal reserve board, said it could boost israel's gdp after peace, israel will enjoy richer economic benefit from relations with the gulf than it now enjoys with europe. imagine what that would mean for trade. stanley fischer, the former government of the bank of israel, nominated to serve on our own federal reserve board, said it could boost israel's gdp by as much as 6% a year. the jewish state of israel and the arab state of palestine can develop into an international hub for technology, trade, tourism. unbelievable tourism. the holy sites of the world, of the major three religions. this will invigorate a region. it is long past time that this

ancient part of the world became known for what they can create, not for the conflicts that they can perpetuate. it is long past time that jerusalem, a crucible of the three great monotheistic religions, becomes known not as the object of struggle, but as the golden city of peace and unity, embodying the aspirations of israelis and palestinian's. after decades of struggling with this conflict, we all know what the endgame looks like. an independent state for palestinians, wherever they may be. security arrangements for israel that leave it more secure, not less. a full phased final withdrawal of the israeli army. a just and agreed solution to the palestinian refugee problem.

an end to the conflict and all claims and mutual recognition of the state of the palestinian people and the state of the jewish people. that is our destination. the real challenge is not, what is it? it is how to get there. how to get the leaders and the body politic of both places to make the courageous decision that is necessary to embrace what would be fair and what would work. that is why i am working with president abbas and prime minister netanyahu to achieve a framework for the negotiations that will define the endgame on all the core issues, and provide the ability to forge a status and peace agreement. i was on the lawn in washington when the great handshake took

voice. -- took place. i have watched annapolis and madrid, and oslo, and all of these efforts. we always left out the endgame. all of these people have to wonder when and if the real peace can be achieved. security. the palestinians need to know that at the end of the day, their territory is going to be free of israeli troops, that occupation ends. the israelis will not withdraw unless they know the west bank will not become benghazi. no one can blame any leader of israel for being concerned about that reality. president obama's approach

begins with america's steadfast equipment to israel's security. he knows and i know -- i know that there cannot be peace unless israel's security and its needs are met. we have put the full range of resources of the u.s. government behind this effort in an unprecedented way. for the past nine months, a team led by general john allen, a four-star general and one of the most respected minds in the u.s. military, has been engaged in a comprehensive security dialogue with our israeli and palestinian counterparts. based on his efforts, we are confident that, together with israel, working with jordan, working with the palestinians, working with us, all of us together can create a security

structure that meets the highest standards anywhere in the world. and by developing a layered defense that includes significantly strengthening defenses on both sides of the border by deploying state-of- the-art technology and a comprehensive program of rigorous testing, it can make the borders safe for any type of conventional or unconventional threat, with individual terrorists or a conventional armed forces. we are well aware that technology alone is not the answer. but we also know that it can play a key role in helping secure the jordanian border, just like it has played a key role in securing israel's southern communities. security is a priority, because we understand israel has to be strong to make these.

but we also believe that peace will make israel stronger. we are convinced the greatest security of all will actually come from a two state solution that brings israeli lasting peace and secure borders that they deserve, and brings palestinians the freedom and the dignity that they deserve. as committed as we are, it is ultimately up to the israelis and palestinians to reach an agreement on how to end this conflict. make no mistake -- this will require difficult political decisions and painful compromises on both sides. these are emotional issues, many embedded in an age-old narratives. at the end of the day, it is up to netanyahu and abbas to recognize what the world has recognized, that peace is in the best interest of their people. but that makes it no less true that, at every level, everybody has a role to play. the arab league and the european union have already shown how

they can pave the way for peace, and they have been unbelievably cooperative, and we are grateful for their help. i thank king abdulla of jordan, and the extraordinary efforts of jordan to help move this, the arab league, and the leader of the arab league committee that is working, month to month, to stay current and to be engaged in this. many states made contributions to the palestinian economy, including a new infrastructure initiative that is making a difference to everyday lives. many companies, including some of you here, have invested in both israel and the palestinian territories, and you have shown the difference the private sector can make in this endeavor. and all of you can make a positive contribution by

dismissing, please, the all too easy skepticism, by seeing the possibilities, and by building the momentum for peace. conversations here at davos demand the kind of cooperation that has to come from many stakeholders. as kyle schwab says, in an interconnected world, all challenges must be based on togetherness. that is true whether you are talking about this peace effort or what we must achieve in syria or insurer in iraq. intensive, creative, strong diplomacy requires cooperation, and that is exactly why the united states is so engaged in the middle east and around the world, and why we will stay so. as our friends and partners take courageous steps forward, they can be assured that president obama and his administration will remain engaged for the long haul.

though we will also confront these challenges with the urgency that they deserve. we dare not, and i assure you we will not, miss this moment. thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] weekend, governor chris christie inauguration. during this week's question time, or dish minister david cameron interest questions -- british prime minister david cameron answers questions. you can watch that at 9 p.m. eastern tomorrow at c-span. -- on c-span. secretary of homeland security jeh johnson called for changes to immigration policy and wants his first public speech the news conference of mayors winter meeting.

here are some of his remarks. common sense, immigration reform is supported by that u.s. conference of mayors, businesses , and if the polls are to be believed, the majority of american people. border security is inseparable from homeland security. border security should be part of the contents of immigration reform. protecting our borders and promoting trade and travel to cities and other communities. over the past four years, dhs has made historic investment in terms of manpower and comprehensive immigration reform with an even more to that effort. unpretentious immigration reform would promote more effective and efficient system for enforcing immigration

include anould earned cap to citizenship or approximately 11.5 undocumented immigrants present in this country. -- 11 point 5 million undocumented immigrants present in this country. an earned path to citizenship for those present in this country is a matter of homeland security to encourage people to come out from the shadows and be accountable to participate in the american experience, american society. it is also frankly in my judgment a matter of who we are as americans to offer the opportunity to those who want to be citizens, who earned the .ight to be citizens

they are present in this country. many came here as children to have the opportunity that we all have to try to become american citizens. here, i sworecame in our northern virginia at a ceremony. americans, including a member of the armed forces. it was probably the best thing that i do in my job. a lot of love there. a lot of love for the families who love and support those who have done what it takes to become americans. is part of who we are as americans and dinner heritage. reformve comprehension

should include opportunity for those who earn it and who are entitled to it -- to become citizens. we must in my view as a matter of homeland security and who we are as americans to adjust company heads of, commonsense reform and address it this year. >> you can watch more of his remarks and more of the u.s. conference of mayors winter meeting online and c-span.org. no matter what party they belong to, that most americans are thinking the same thing right about now. nothing will get done in washington this year. or next year. maybe even the year after that. washington is broken. can you blame them for feeling

that? greatest blow to our confidence in our congress lasted did not come from events beyond our control. it came from a debate in washington over whether the united states would pay its bills or not. who benefited from that fiasco? of trusttonight between mainstreet and wall street. the divide between the city and the rest of the country is at least as bad. it seems to get worse every year. >> watch president obama deliver this year's address. a preview of graham begins tuesday at 8 p.m. eastern with the president and 9:00 p.m. -- a preview of this program begins tuesday at 8 p.m. eastern with the president at 9 p.m. the state of the union tuesday span, c-spann c- radio, and c-span.org.

span, we bring public affair offense from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings and conferences, and coveragecomplete gavel of the u.s. house all as a public service of private industry. we are c-span, created by the cable tv industry and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. us onus in hd, like facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> republican national committee chair reince priebus talked about the state of the party as part of the annual winter meeting held in washington, d.c. his remarks run about 15 minutes. >> good morning once again. we welcome you to washington, d.c. i want to thank everyone on our team for the work that went into this week, the work i know they do so well every day.

let us hear it for the staff for putting on a great meeting so far. [applause] and i think we are having a pretty good time as well. we have heard from some great leaders in our party and are going to hear from more. we are blessed this week that we join hundreds of thousands of people from across the country in the march for life. before we get to everything else, i just want to say, i think this was a very special year to be part of the march. this year's was adoption, and i think adoption is something we need to talk about more. we are the party that respects life, and we are the party of adoption. every child should have the chance to have a loving family. and every child should have the chance for life. [applause] thank you.

this is a gift. this is a gift. and it is important that as a party we continue to be advocates for respecting and valuing life. one year ago, we came together and said we were going to do things differently at the rnc. we set out to build a permanent ground campaign, to close the digital divide, and to engage with voters of all backgrounds. we have accomplished a lot together in just one year. we had our whole field team in town for training last month, with hundreds of field staffers

over by the dulles airport. it was a wild moment to see how fast the republican national committee had grown in 2013. we are getting to know communities where we had not done for a long time, and we are talking to people who had not heard from us for far too long. that is how you grow a party. the truth is, this work is never done. it is a permanent operation. that is the new normal at the republican national committee. to win, it has to be this way. on the tech front, we basically have a start up running inside the rnc, and big reforms are coming to our presidential nominating process, with forms that put republican voters, not the liberal media, in the drivers seat. [applause] this is about getting better debates.

but it is also a way to put a check on the media. last time we were together, we took a stand against nbc and cnn. we said, if you want to run your hillary films, no debates for you. [applause] and a little while later -- a little while later, they backed down. they canceled their tributes to hillary clinton. the rnc is not going to put up with the same old ways. we are going to set a new standard. finally, i want to draw everyone's attention to our fundraising. i am glad to report we have raised well over $7 million in december alone, and easily outraised the dnc in 2013. not only that -- we ended the year debt free. [applause] it is very significant that we outraised the party in power. i do not know the last time the party out of power outraised the party that has the white house,

and it is important, because we are making investments early. it is not good enough to be the party that shows up five months before an election. that was the old way. we have to set a new standard. we have done a lot. the truth is, the rnc cannot do it all. it is up to the other committees as well. and of course the candidates have to do their part as well. but our example matters. i have said many times before that the policies and principles of this party are sound. however, as we look to grow the ranks of our party, we must all be very conscious of tone and choice of words when we communicate those policies effectively. we should set the standard. [applause] we should set the standard for future rnc's, and also set an

example for other republicans. we all know the gop has to get out of our comfort zones and go to places where we have not been for a while, and engage an welcome new voters. we cannot do all the work ourselves. but we can show what a difference it can make. let me tell you a couple quick stories. the first one, some of you have heard before. at the anniversary of the march on washington luncheon last year, we had hundreds of people show up. it was a great overflow crowd. a couple people came up to me and said, you know what? we are here, but you know, we are democrats. the we are here because we know that if those parties do not fight like crazy for black voters, the other side will take our votes for rented. as a party, we believe it is wrong for anyone to be overlooked or taken for granted in our political process.

and even a simple act can send an important message. this fall, i went up to detroit to announce our michigan black advisory council, and to welcome wayne bradley aboard as our state director in michigan for african-american engagement. i was amazed by how many people came to take part. we had business leaders and community leaders who are ready to stand up and make a difference. we did a pretty simple thing by just showing up, and it is having a big impact in a place that desperately needs a new direction, fresh ideas, and more opportunity. so i am glad to see friends like rand paul going to detroit and showing up to support party efforts there. likewise, i am glad to hear marco rubio, paul ryan, eric cantor, land, and others, taking up difficult issues, sharing republican ideas on how to fight inequity in this country, a problem that has gotten worse

under the democrat leadership of this administration. they each have their own approaches. but at the end of the day, expanding opportunity is always the focus. and that is the way we will stand together as republicans. this issue of income inequality is best addressed by ensuring equal opportunity for everyone in this country. the president is now preparing speeches on income inequality. i believe he should give those speeches while standing in front of the mirror. because under his watch, everything has gotten worse. he should talk to himself. because poverty is worse. food stamp dependency is worse. and more people have given up looking for work under barack obama's watch than at any time i can remember.

when the federal government tries to equalize outcomes, we are all going to end up equally worse off. but when we make sure people have equal opportunities and education, and a job market, and health care, we are all going to be better off. that is the right approach. and that is what is fair. i think that is what americans expect from their leaders -- fairness. we are about that as a party. it is not fair to voters when leaders they trusted light to pass their agenda. it is not fair to the working mom who loses the insurance she liked because the president did not like it. it is not fair to the college grad who already has a mountain of student debt and also has to shoulder the cost of government debt, of obamacare, of a bad economy. it is not fair that disadvantaged inner-city students are forced to go to bad schools, and not the schools of

their choice. and it is not fair that a young child that government benefits are structured in a way that penalizes his parents when they get married. none of that is fair. but that is what democrats stand for. republicans are going to stand for fairness, freedom, and equal opportunity for all americans. [applause] before i close, i want to share with you a very short video of what has been going on in the field, some of the great stuff that we are doing at the republican national committee. >> over the next two days, we are going to be talking as a group on how to accomplish our mission. >> my name is becky. >> my name is chris young.

>> my name is nicole daniels. >> i am jill barkley. i work in the political department at the rnc. >> i came to meet some people from other states, field staff and directors. >> i am from north carolina. >> alaska. >> louisiana. >> colorado. >> there are people across the country. our goal was to get everybody together to start a discussion about how we are going to run our operation. we have been working across this country for the past, in some cases, six months. it is really exciting to see everybody. >> i really think this is important. i want to make you proud. this is a huge team to have this early. i want to tell you thank you. i want you to know you are a blessing to us and our party and what we are trying to get done.

every day is a challenge. every day is an opportunity. >> in north carolina, we are working on recruiting leaders to work on a community level, the peer-to-peer relationships. >> we have to go in case-by- case, voter by voter, identify them, and know where they stand. >> it is an exciting time. we are getting together and embarking on this new trajectory. we are connecting with new people, community members, as well as flourishing long-term relations with them. >> the values of the republican party are core in my life, and are core to the success, i feel, of the country. i am doing what it takes to support it. >> we have already recruited 7000 precinct leaders across the country. these staff are going to go back to their states and work with precinct leaders. in january and february, they

will go door to door, gathering data, putting all this practice together, as we learn more about the voter and how to communicate with them. >> i am an rnc field staffer. >> i am an rnc field staffer. >> i am an rnc field staffer. [applause] >> when you look at something like that, you realize what we are doing is a big deal. it is frustrating sometimes when people try to attack our work or create the appearance of dissent. every once in a while, you read or hear about some of our own friends attacking the rnc. attack what? it reminds me that we need to tell people more of what the rnc does. it continues the infrastructure all of our candidates need to be

successful. attack what? a permanent field operation that we are paying for? a multimillion dollar technology upgrade that our friends are going to use? engagement with the hispanic, african-american, asian american faith leaders, and use? a ground game that will help rick scott and other opportunities across the country? digital directors working with state erectors and volunteers in the field. a tech office right in civic and valley, to recruit the best talent. hundreds of staffers and thousands of precinct captains, and team members getting to know voters neighborhood by

neighborhood. everything we are doing is about one thing -- getting more republicans elected at every level of government. and all of it is essential for winning and helping this country. and anyone who opposes that is not looking out for the good of our party or our country. and we are doing something unprecedented here. when, in the history of our party, has the rnc been able to completely transform our approach to politics in less than one year? the great vince lombardi, the former coach of my green bay packers, once said -- it is a good one -- "the only place success comes before work is in the dictionary." our work is not done. in fact, it is only getting started. to close, i have to challenge is for us in the coming year.

as we keep up the work, let us set an example for our fellow republicans. let us set the standard for the future of the rnc. thank you very much. god bless you. have a great rest of our meeting. i appreciate you all. thank you. [applause] >> we will return to the rnc winter meeting in a moment. first, a look ahead at the schedule. tomorrow you can watch the march for life rally at the national mall. smith and eric cantor and others will be speaking. that is at 10 a.m. eastern on c- span. "newsmakers" tony perkins from family research council is our guest. and 6n watch at 10 a.m.

p.m. eastern also on c-span. watch our program on first lady barbara bush saturday at 7 p.m. eastern. that is followed with our interview with her at 8:30 p.m. on monday, our series continues. -- hillaryl came came a year later. her career began right inside this building. she was a professor. she taught classes such as federal law. a well-educated law school grad. >> first lady hillary clinton monday night live on c-span and c-span 3, also on c-span radio

and c-span.org. scott talking about the future of the republican party. he spoke at the republican national committee annual winter meeting for about 20 minutes. everybody.back welcome back, everybody. moment as atorical republican national committee and our general session in taking control of the primary process. i can tell you we are grateful for the outcome as to what happened in general session. to have the blessed responsibility and the opportunity of fixing these issues before us as a national

party. thank you very much for everyone's work and efforts on behalf of the republican national committee. [applause] spectacular guest today for lunch. guest speaker was sworn in as senator from south carolina about year ago after representing the first district of the house of representatives down in south carolina. his story, senator tim scott story, embodies the american dream from growing up poor in a single-parent household to running a successful business to serve the in the united states senate. he credits his success to learning conservative values from his teenage mentor. that is the kind of story we need to tell all over the country as a party. it is something we heard a goat at our panel yesterday. conservative values and

conservative principles will lift people up from poverty and create more opportunity for every person in this country. i'm grateful that he is here to share his tory and proud that he is such a rising star of our party today. everybody please welcome them the great senator from south carolina. please welcome senator tim scott. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you so much. thank you very much. thank you. you guys make me blush which is kind of hard to do sometimes. i was up here and i was thinking myself as melody potter was doing the prayer.

where is she? she had the who? when she walked up here and started praying i wanted to preach for a few seconds up here. honoring melody in honoring my mama who wanted a preacher and not a politician would probably take too long for the short lunch. i will stick with my written notes. thank you for your outpouring of affection. we live in an amazing country. think about the roads this nation has traveled, the progress we have made in a very short time. i will say this. my journey has been filled with potholes. i hid them all.

in america, a kid born anytime at any level can rise to any level. it is also the story of conservatism. i am the beneficiary of a mentor who was a chick-fil-a operator who told me early on but you can think your way out of poverty. what a remarkable thought process. you can think your way out of poverty. our country and government over the last six or seven years i think that is into poverty. when i arrived in congress to have years ago, we were spending -- 2.5 years ago, we were spending $3.6 trillion. does anyone think that is a lot of money beside me? let me just smile for a second. we knew when we were spending the 3.6 trillion dollars, we knew without question were only bring in about $2.5 trillion.

can you imagine an american family that knows that their annual income is $25,000 setting a budget at $36,000? we would never do that at home. we should not do that as a government. big about where it went. $700 billion went to social security. 273 billion dollars would to medicaid. $400 billion went to take care of our mandatory spending. about $300 billion was for our interest payment on our debt. if you think about us having our 25 annual average interest rate, our net interest payments for rents -- interest only would have risen from $300 billion to over $700 billion. or 25% of all the revenues that came into our country. in addition to those categories, we also spent about 666, oh

goodness gracious, i'm glad you caught that joke. [laughter] all right. $666 billion on nondiscretionary while spending $692 billion on defense discretionary. knowing we only had 2.5 trillion dollars. to make matters worse, we went one -- we went from $14.320 in debt until $17 trillion in debt. laster we have a tax increase of $600 billion. i'm here to give you the good news. you look a little depressed. let me tell you. in the end we win. 2014 is the year that the republican party takes that the united states senate appeared i

-- senate. [applause] i have learned. in sales one of the things you learn sometimes you have to make them sick before you make them well. anybody feeling a little nauseous? if you think about our long-term unfunded liabilities as a nation, a couple's health care and pensions, that number is over $200 trillion. sometimes the numbers truly do tell us a very important part of the picture. to complicate matters, in 2009 democrats have the white house, the senate, in the u.s. house. what was the remedy for poverty then? they had the whole control, the whole enchilada.

what do they do instead? they focus on health care. we saw the creation of obamacare. without any republican support. these tell a little bit more of the story. in 2009, the estimate for obamacare was $900 billion. two years later, the estimate rose to $1.8 trillion in two years later the estimate last year some said will exceed $3 trillion. we story 15% of americans uninsured. the experts say by the year 2023 we will still have 10% uninsured. that means for three trillion dollars who may provide more

health care to 5% of the population. i am not impressed. on top of all of that good news, we see that the health care law is going to eliminate and we have some congressional action of a 40 hour workweek. decimated because of the health care law. i think these are component parts too many reasons why independent voters a starting to look at our party for real solutions. they are not looking for republican solutions. they are looking for conservative american solutions. i say the welcome mat is out. the doors are open. come on in. take another look at the republican party. [applause] i decided to call it the great opportunity party. the gop. i wish i could rap. i would do something. i have not done any better since then.

a small business owner from south carolina. about two years ago was are providing more health insurance for his family. we have two great kids, lovely wife. the $10,000 deductible was $415. this is a deductible. it goes to $25,000. these are higher out-of-pocket expenses and fewer doctors to choose from. i guess if you really. are you don't get to keep them. kind of sad. all those numbers are very important. they do not tell the whole story.

if we're going to be successful in 2014, and i am absolutely confident that we are, there's something perhaps more important than the numbers. i think the old adage is very important. people do not care how much you know until they know how much you care. has anyone heard that once or twice in a lifetime? people do not care how much you know until they know how much you care. i learned that lesson very early on. i was a 16 old. my brothers. command sergeant major in the army. i learned that lesson at 16. my mom and i were sharing one car. it was our first new car. new is defined as owned to first. anybody remember those days? it was a brown 1982 toyota corolla hatchback.

ugly brown car. goodness gracious. i to get to work one morning. i was goodbye to play football. -- i took her to work one morning. i was going to play football. i got sleepy. i rolled the windows down. please note. i rolled the windows down. then i rolled the windows up. i turned the ac on. then i turned the ac off. 1982, 100 degrees outside. i turned the heat on. then i turned the heat off. the next thing i knew, i was waking up driving about 70 miles an hour down the interstate.

i do what every kid does at 70 miles an hour when he is waking up. i slammed on the brakes, i jerked the stealing will simultaneously. can anyone tell me what happens when you drive 70 miles an hour down the road and you are asleep any the steering will and you roll your car over? yes. very good. because i'm from south carolina, i do not know directions. i was going this way. i really remember shouting one thing. this is my way of asking for help. jesus!" my car ended up on its side.

there was blood everywhere. i got out of the car. i was laying on the bottom of it, climbing up to get out. i heard this little lady running toward me. she said "i think he is dead, i think he is dead." i yelled back, "i am dead. i am dead. i am dead." i did not do real well in high school. [laughter] they laid me on the side of the highway. i love our first responders. a highway patrolman shows. he looks at me -- let's give them a hand. [applause] these are the gals and the guys who run into danger and not away from it. he was a big, tall fellow peers he bent over and said "son, your

mom is going to be so happy you're alive." i looked up him and said "sir, you don't know my mom. she's going to kill me." what he was trying to tell me was that she was not worried about the car or the loss of money. she was worried about the life in the car. for we the republican party, were us to see our greatest success in 2014, we are going to have to embrace people in a way that they deserve to be embrace. as we embrace people in a new fantastic way, we will encourage them to find a potential within themselves to maximize their potential. win people, elections will take care of themselves. that is a fact.

[applause] i think about how that happens. for the last several months i have gone on an experimental tour throughout my state. i have done it in an unusual way. i decided to start working jobs in different places that my friends and my neighbors work. i swept floors at a mo's perrigo plays. i even bagged groceries. that is one hard job. the eggs are messed up with steak and it is all ugly. i rode the public bus system. so i could sit back with a big hat on my head and have a conversation with everyday americans. some times politicians want to talk for somebody before they speak to somebody. -- so many times politicians want to talk for somebody before they speak to somebody. over my time, talking to everyday folks like myself, coming from the neighborhood where i still live

within a 10 distance from where i grew up, talking to these fantastic americans, love their country. committed to the cause. two things seem to be consistent in their stories. educational opportunities vanished and the skills they have do not meet the skills of the 21st-century workforce. we started creating a path forward for these young folks who needed a different direction. the first we create it was the choice act. creating hope and opportunity for individuals and communities through education. if we focus on education, we find the magic to reducing unemployment in our most challenging numbers. let us talk for a few minutes. that was a sign from god

himself. [applause] i do not know what it is. i'll pretend like it was. it is incredibly important. the chances of you having double digit unemployment significantly high if you are a high school grad. if you're a college graduate or have competent skills at that level, your unemployment rate is around 4%. as i road the bus, as i talk to the folks on the bus. as i went and worked and swept in different functions, i realize so many of our young folks and adults, their education level actually caps too much of their potential. we have an opportunity to raise

their potential for these people want a hand up and not a handout. here is a great opportunity their education. any people from louisiana in the room? you're doing a great job with your voucher system though the federal government wants to challenge them for some reason. i do not understand those folks. 91% of the african-american parents love this system. high levels of excitement and enthusiasm. high levels of success. 63% of african american parent say the exact same thing. kids are far more important of all the other things he can bring to my table. if you educate my kids, there's a path forward. i was the first-generation in my family to graduate from college. i hear that consistently. if we take this, carpe diem. her country will never be the

same. our party will never be the same. it is more important for us to trade and build the best country and everything else takes care of itself. the second thing i learned talking to adult guys 50 years old moving from georgia back to south carolina. looking for a better opportunity. he gets stuck working 30 hours a week at a restaurant because they are implementing the new standards of obamacare. he's starting to lose 25% of his income off the back. he does not have the skills necessary to go to the next level. we introduced the skills act that is arty been passed in the -- that has already been passed in the house. believed the skills at provide the necessary training for these adults who need a better opportunity. and they are willing to work for

it. through our skills act ecb pieces coming together. i believe we can create centers of excellence that are bursting with economic activity and creativity. every place in america deserves a chance. if we give it to them, they will take it. let me just think through my path forward. take about 10 or 15 seconds to think through your path forward. many of us in this room have had the same cap here too many folks in america think the only -- path. too many folks in america think people that start out poor look like me. when i hear so consistently, i hear very consistently stories like pat toomey's who struggled for a very long time to get a great education and did exceptionally well in life here

it i hear story after story of decimation. it seems like in america we have a tragedy. within every challenge, there is a triumph. i've walked the streets of charleston and greenville. they are hungry and thirsty for someone to present an american solution. i believe if we do that we change the course. we rewrite history for the great and patience ever assembled on earth. that name is america. god bless you. [applause]

>> this weekend on c-span, watch chris christie second term inauguration ceremony at the trenton war memorial. sunday at 10:35 a.m. eastern on c-span. and british prime minister david cameron talks about the andnitarian aid to syria the issue of refugees. you can want to an ibm east are also here on c-span. talks abouternor why he adopted that health care law and open insurance exchanges in his state. during remarks at an event hosted by families usa. here are some of his remarks. today we change the course of

kentucky. i wasn't really being to medic. kentucky is a state whose collective health has long been run this. we rank among the worst if not the worst in almost every major category -- from smoking to cancer death, preventable premeasured death, cardiac heart disease, diabetes -- you name the condition, we do not look good in it. and those horrible rankings did not just come about last week or last year. we rank like that ever since they started keeping rankings of these things in the u.s. do not get me wrong. we have made progress over the years in kentucky. those incremental improvements are not enough.

make fundamental change in a transformational change in our health status. i needed a big solution. login the affordable care act and gave that big solution to me. -- along came the affordable care act and gave that big solution to me. it is making it available to every person in kentucky. [applause] it is not just any old insurance. it is darn good coverage. come transit coverage. it is desperately needed. of hiscan watch all remarks online at c-span.org. some of you have been marching for over 40 years. you have been doing many

setbacks, including the recent expansion of abortion coverage in obamacare. [boos] >> but it is important more now than never that we remain strong and stand together. we cannot allow the opponents of life to continually weaken the moral fabric of our country . they need to know and understand that we will continue to march. we will continue to educate. we will continue to advocate. we will continue to fight for the unborn. [cheers and applause] the fact that president obama is using stealth deception and the course of power of the state to promote abortion violence, the pro-life movement is alive and well and making serious significant and sustained progress. >>

on book tv what is the secret to a life of happiness? radio host hugh hewitt on the possible answers saturday 8:00.at and on american history tv from and to 2004 the issues concerns from five decades of union speechese sunday afternoon at 3:00. >> next a discussion about the of women in the united states from the ongoing project highlighting key issues headed by maria shriver. this was hosted bit atlantic and center for american progress. is about 3:20. progress. it is about three hours and 20 minutes.