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your royal esty's, highnesses, ladies and now i call upon kailash satyarthi tto receive the gold medal and a diploma. [applause] [applause]

now, i call upon malala come forward to receive the gold medal and the diploma. please, come forward. [applause]

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your royal esty's, highnesses, ladies and call upon the i noble peace prize laureate for 2015, mister kailash satyarthi, please come forward to give your lecture. [applause]

royal majesteis, royal my dear doctors, excellencies, sisters and brothers -- [speaking in a foreign language]

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[speaking in a foreign language] friends, the noble committee to generously invited me present a lecture. unable to do , i'm because i am representing the sound of silence.

the cry of innocence. and the faith of invisibility. i represent millions of those who are left behind, kept an is why i have as to the reminders. have come here only to share the voices and dreams of our children. all of our ey are children. i have looked into their frightened and exhausted eyes. held their injured

bodies and i have felt there injured spirits. twenty years ago, in the foothills of the mountains, i a small child laborer. he asked me, is the world so it cannot give me -- instead of forcing me to take a gun? i met many child soldiers. he was kidnapped by an extremist militia. was is first lesson, he forced to kill his friends and family. he asked me, what is my fault?

twelve years ago, the child's the streets of columbia was enslaved, raped. she had never had a dream. can my child have one? friends, all the great religions teach us to care for our children. let the children come to me. do not hinder them for the kingdom of god belongs to them. kill not koran says -- your children. friends, there is no greater

violence than to deny the dreams of our children. i refuse to accept that all the temples and mosques and churches hhave no place for the dreams of our children. i refuse to accept that the poor than just one ddrop of military expenditures the children to god's realm. that all the xcept laws are unable to protect our children. to accept that the war can be stronger

than the strife for freedom. [applause] only aim in life is that every child is free to be a child. free to go aand love. free to eat, sleep, and see the light. free to love and care. the need to play and learn. free to go to school. free to dream. i have the privilege of working with many generous people who have the same aim.

have never given up against any threat or attack. and we will never. a have made progress in couple of years, a couple of decades. we have reduced the number of out of school children by half. we have reduced the number of child laborers by a third. we have reduced child mortality, malnutrition. and we have prevented millions of child deaths. us make no mistake, the great challenges still remain. friends, the biggest challenge

or the biggest crisis knocking the doors of humankind are fears and intolerance. you given that, they have a sense of life. is not aid that the day cumulative an the will t of all the world culminate in an unprecedented violence. life, security, hope can only be restored through education.

young people like malala -- i calling her my daughter malala, not just malala -- so malala and other daughters, and sylvia, and the all or from africa, and they confide in us. and choosing peace over balance, tolerance over extremism, and hope over fear. the solutions are emerging, but found lutions cannot be the deliberations in conferences alone. and they cannot be found from a

distance. it lies in small groups and organizations. and individuals who face these problems everyday. it remains unacknowledged, unrecognized, and unknown to the world. the solutions are written down. is missing now -- of course, my paper is missing. [laughter] no problem.

i will continue without that. we can do it. i -- you may ask that what one person can do -- what one person can do. i can recall a story of my childhood. in the fire broke out forest -- i don't know whether with some more yet before or not, but many things are happening today. [laughter] [applause] and -- and the best thing

young pakistani girl has met in indian father. met a indian father has pakistani daughter. [applause] of as telling you the story my child -- what i remember from my childhood. heavy fire broke out -- running away, including lions, tthe king of the forest. suddenly he saw a bird rushing straight to the fire. what are you bird, doing? to bird said, i'm going extinguish the fire.

the lion laughed and said, how can you do it? keeping just one drop of water in your beak? but the bird said, i am doing my part. [applause] ago, millions of peoples, individuals, marched around the globe. a new emanded international law for the evolution of child labor. and it has happened. we did it.

millions of individuals together did it. friends, we live in an age of globalization. connected through high-speed internet. our goods and services in one single global market. thousands of flights everyday connectors from one corner to another corner of the globe. there is one serious difference. the level of compassion. let us not forget and transform individual compassion into global compassion. let us globalize compassion. [applause]

mahatma gandhi said, if we are peace to the world, we shall have to begin with the children. us unite the world ffor compassion for our children. [applause] i ask -- whose children are they? they who ldren are harvest cocoa, but have never tasted chocolate?

they who are n are dying of ebola? whose children are they who are kidnapped and made to work? they are all of our children. remember an eight-year-old girl -- me in my itting with car right after the rescue. she asked me, why did you not come earlier? her question shook me, and had the power to shake the whole world. what are we doing? what are we waiting for?

how many girls have two go without rescue? children are questioning. are questioning our inaction, and watching our action. we need collective action with a sense of diligently. every single minute matters. every single child matters. every single childhood matters. [applause] therefore -- challenge the pacifisty. i challenge the culture of the culture of pessimism. i call on the governments,

workers, teachers, to you, and each one of us put an end to all forms of violence against children. slavery, trafficking, child child sexual abuse, illiteracy -- these things have no place in any civilized society. [applause] friends, we can do this. go forth and make child friendly policies, and invest in education and young people. be more nesses must responsible, accountable, and innovative. ready to deal with partnerships.

governments must work together to accelerate action. global society must rise above the businesses. faith leaders and institutions and all of us must stand with our children. we must be bold. we must be ambitious. and we must have the will. we must keep our promises. over fifty years ago, on the day of my trip, i met a boy. a boy sitting outside the gate of my school. teacher, why is he sitting outside? us in the not with classroom? sshe had no answer. gathered all my

things and went to the father of the little boy. and he said, sir, i have never thought about it. are born to work. his answer made me angry. and it -- it still makes me angry. a child, i had a vision of tomorrow. that a little boy is sitting with me in my classroom. now, the tomorrow has become today. i am, today. you are today. today is the time for every child to have the right to the right to health, the right to education, the right to safety, the right to the right to equality,

and the right to peace. [applause] today -- today, beyond the darkness, i smiling faces of children and blinking stars. today, in every name of every i see my children are playing and dancing. today, in every plant in every every mountain, i see children are growing freely with dignity. and feel i want to see this today inside you. dear sisters and brothers,

as i said, mmany interesting things are happening today. request you to put your hand close to your heart. close your eyes. and feel the child inside you. and so, you can. listen to that child. listen, please. thousands of mahatma gandhi's, nelson king's 's, martin luther calling on us.

let us democratize knowledge. [applause] let us democratize justice. [applause] together, let us globalize compassion. i call upon you in this room all across the world. rights to education -- i call for a much for rights for education. for march from violence two piece. let us march from ignorance to awakening. let us march from darkness to light. let us march from motility to

ability. let us march -- [applause] thank you. [applause] [applause]

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[applause] >> thank you, indeed. mister kailash satyarthi, you proved what i have said -- the tyrant of yours is the voice coming from the inside. which is also the case with regard to the second noble

prize winner, malala yousafzai. to give your r noble peace prize lecture. [applause] >> thank you so much. thank you. [applause] thank you. [applause] thank you for that. [applause] [speaking in a foreign language]

god, the most the most beneficient. your majesties, the royal highnesses, distinguished members, sisters and brothers, today is the day of great happiness for me. i am humbled that the noble committee has selected me for this precious award. thank you to everyone for your continued support and love. the letters and cards that i still receive from all around the world. your kind and encouraging words strengthen and inspire me.

i would like to thank my parents for their unconditional love. not k you to my father for putting my wings, and letting me fly. [applause] mother for o my inspiring me to be patient. always speak the truth, which we strongly believe is the true message of islam. all my o, thank you to wonderful teachers who inspired to believe in myself and be brave.

i am proud -- i am very proud to be the first pakistani and to receive t person this award. [applause] along with that -- along with that, i'm pretty certain that i'm also the first recipient of peace prize who -- my ant peace everywhere, but brothers and i are still working on that. [laughter] receive o honored to this award together wwith

kailash satyarthi, who has been a champion for children's for a long time. i have in fact, than been alive. i am proud that we can work together. and show rk together indian and a t an and stani can work together achieve their voice of children's rights. [applause] sisters, i rs and was named after our joan of arc. the word malala means grief stricken, sad.

to learn from grandfather y always call me malala, the happiest girl in the world. that oday, i am very happy we are together fighting for an important cause. this award is not just for me. for those forgotten children who wanted education. it is for those forgotten children who want peace. it is for those voiceless children who want change. i am here to stand up for their to raise their voice.

because it is not time to pity them. it is not time to pity them. it is time to take action. becomes the last time -- the last time -- so it becomes the last time that we see a child deprived of education. [applause] that people describe me in many different ways. some people call me the girl who was shot by the taliban. and some -- the girl who fought for her rights. am a people know that i

laureates now; however, i'm still known is that annoying, bossy sister. far as i know, i am just a committed and even stubborn see every wants to child getting education. women having see equal rights. and who wants peace in every corner of the world. [applause] a blessing of life, and one of necessity. has been my experience, given the seventeen years of my life.

and ways loved learning discovering new things. remember when my friend and i hands on orate our special occasions. instead of trying flowers, we would painter hans with mathematical formulas and -- hands with mathematical formulas and equations. our future was right there in that classroom. we would sit and learn and read together. we loved to wear neat and tidy school uniforms. and we would sit there, with big dreams and our eyes. we wanted to make our parents proud. excel ove that we could

in our studies and achieve those goals, which some people think only boys can. but things do not remain the not remain the same. of tourism and e beauty. suddenly, a changed into a place of terrorism. more than 400 schools were destroyed. women were flogged. people were killed. dreams turned ful into nightmares. from being a t

right. from going stopped to school. when my world suddenly changed, my priorities changed, too. i had two options. was to remain silent, aand wait to be killed. and the second was to speak up, and then be killed. i chose the second one. [applause] decided to speak up. [applause] by ncvwe cannot just end

injustices of terrorist denying our rights come up ruthlessly killing people and abusing the name of islam. we decided to raise our voice, and tell them -- have you not learned? have you not learned that in the holy carron, allah says if you kill one person, it is if you killed all humanity. mohammed, know that the prophet of mercy, he says do not harm yourself or others? that the very first ron, is the holy qu word that means read. terrorist tried to stop them, me and my friends are here today, on a school bus, in 2012.

but neither their ideas nor their bullets could win. we survived. voicesce that day, our have grown louder and louder. [applause] >> i tell my story, not because it is unique, but because it is not. of many girls. today, i tell their stories too. i have brought with me some my sisters from pakistan, for my

new -- from nigeria, from syria, who share this story. , who were also shot dead in our school bus. but they will not stop learning. .y brave sisters went through severe abuse and extreme violence, even her brother was killed. but she did not succumb. iso my sister is here, who met during my campaign. my 16-year-old courageous sister , from syria, who now lives in jordan as a refugee. she goes from tent to tent, encouraging girls and boys to learn.

, from the north of haram stopsre boko girls come and even kidnaps girls just for wanting to go to school. there is wonder. tallon, 5'2" and just if you include my heels. that means i'm five foot only. i'm not alone voice. i am not a lone voice. i am many. malala , and i am all these others.

i am those 66 million girls who are deprived of education. and today, i'm not raising my voice, it is the voice of those 66 million girls. [applause] >> sometimes people like to ask me -- why should girls go to school?why is it

? world, we half of the see progress and development. however, there are many countries where millions still theer -- still suffer from very old problems of war, poverty, and injustice. conflict, in which innocent people lose their lives. .nd children become orphans . we see many people becoming refugees. familiesistan, we see

in bomb blasts. do notildren in africa have access to education, because of poverty. and as i said, we still see girls who have no freedom to go to school in the north of children iny countries like pakistan and india as we mentioned, many children -- especially in india and pakistan are deprived of the right to education. social status, or having been forced into child marriage or child labor. one of my very good school

me, who the same age as has always been bold and offident girl, dreamed becoming a doctor. dream remained a dream. old, shee of 12 years was forced to get married. and then soon, she had a sun. and when sheld, had birth of the child come at only 14 years old, i know that she could have been a very good doctor. couldn't, because she was a girl. why i dedicate the nobel peace prize money to the malala fund. to help give girls quality education everywhere, anywhere in the world.

, theo raise their voices first place the funding will go to his were my heart is. to build schools in pakistan. especially in my home. [applause] >> in my own village, there is still no secondary school for girls. commitment,h and my and now my challenge, to build one. so that my friends and my to schooln go there and get quality education. they get this opportunity to

fulfill their dreams. this is where i will begin. but it is not where i will stop. until continue this fight i see every child, every child will. -- in the school. dear brothers and sisters, brave brought change, like martin luther king and nelson mandela. and others once stood here on this stage. that the steps i've taken so far, and will take on this bring change also -- lasting change. [applause]

>> my great hope is this -- this will be the last time we must fight for education. all.for this, once and for we have already taken many steps. now, it is time to take a leap. it is not time to tell the world leaders to realize how important education is. they already know it. their own children are in good schools. time to call them to take action for the rest of the world's children. we ask the world leaders

tonight's -- to unite and make education a top priority. 15 years ago, the world leaders to set millennium development goals. in the years that have followed, we have seen some progress. the number of children out of schools has been half as kailash satyarthi said. the world's focus only on primary education, and progress did not reach everyone. year 2015, the percentages from all around the world will meet. -- representatives from all around the world were meat. the united nations will set the -- goals.s of gold this will set the world's

ambition for the next generation. the world can no longer accept that basic education is enough. accept that for children in developing countries, only basic literacy is sufficient, when their own children do homework in algebra, mathematics, science and physics. leaders must seize this guarantee a free quality primary and secondary education for every child. [applause]

>> some will say this is impractical. or too expensive to or too hard. or maybe even impossible. time the world thinks bigger. brothers, thend world may understand it, but we children don't. that countries which we call strong are so powerful in creating wars, but are so weak in bringing peace. ? [applause]

>> why is it that giving guns is so easy, but giving books is so hard? that making thanks is so easy, but building schools we are living in the modern age. and we believe that nothing is impossible. ago, we reach the moon. and maybe we will land on mars. century, in this 21st we must be able to give every child quality education. your sisters and brothers, dear work, children, we must

not weight. politicians and the world leaders, we all need to contribute. we.you, it is our duty. let us become the first generation to decide to be the last. let us become the first generation that decides to be the last that sees empty classrooms, and wasted potential. time that athe last girl or a boy spends their child in a factory. -- their childhood in a factory. thathis be the last time

the girls get forced into early child marriage. let this be the last time that a child loses a life in war. let this be the last time that we see a child out of school. let this end with us. let's begin this ending together, today, right here, right now, let's begin this ending now. [applause] thank you. [applause]

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>> here on c-span, we are live at the white house. momentarily, president obama will be delivering his year-end news conference, a packed briefing room at the white house. the president expected to speak on a number of issues. it's anticipated probably a one-hour news conference before his president -- for the president and his family had off on vacation. hacking case,ny the fbi saying that it has enough evidence to include that north korea was behind the punishing breach, which resulted in the disclosure of tens of thousands of weeks e-mails, and other materials. they say in their statement that north korea's actions were

intended to inflict significant harm on a u.s. business, and suppressed the right of american citizens to express themselves. such acts of intimidation fall outside the bounds of acceptable state behavior. the homeland security secretary jeh johnson, just a short while on, releasing a statement that hacking by north korea. the government is not charging, the assignee -- the cyber attack against sony is not just an attack against a company and its employees, it's an attack on freedom of expression and a way of life. we seek to raise the level of private security and civilian government security, and provide timely information to protect all our systems against cyber threats. north korea in that cyber attack, expected to be among the many issues addressed by the president. also likely, his announcement of restoring normal relations with cuba.

likely as well the immigration announcement of a week ago or so. the president will be speaking shortly, and we will follow the news conference live. following the news conference this afternoon, we will get your facebook.com/ -- facebook.com/c-span. up, the president wraps later this afternoon, he and the first family are departing the white house, heading to hawaii. for the next couple of weeks, the president will be back in early january. just today, getting a letter from the speaker of the house inviting him to deliver the state of the union address. that will be on january 20, at 9:00 eastern. we will have live coverage of that as well, here on c-span.

[no audio] >> waiting to hear from president obama and his year-end news conference. a number of news organizations typically pose questions they would like to ask the president at these news conferences. amy barnes and justin think of the hill.com writing in five

questions. this one on cuba -- will the new cuban policy in both the new castro regime, and worsen human rights abuses in the country? they also pose a question about north korea, they talked about the fbi finding on that hacking of sony pictures. also the question they would like to ask about capitol hill -- how will the white house navigate the relationship with capitol hill as republicans take control? in addition to that, what is the president's biggest compliment or regret in 2014? and why didn't the president and of going to ferguson? press adds one about russia. they say obama has faced criticism that he was too slow and cautious in responding to russia's provocation. the presidents strategy of hitting moscow with a stream of economic sanctions is contributing to the collapse of the russian currency, as is the falling price of oil. so it question about russia, and

just a note on that. we covered president vladimir putin's year-end news conference, and you can find that on our website at c-span.org. the president should be out shortly, just a reminder, we follow up the news conference with your conference -- your comments on the phone, facebook, and twitter. [no audio]

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>> the brady press briefing room at the white house, waiting for president obama along with a crowded room of reporters. it's most certainly will answer questions about north korea, and their involvement in the hacking of sony pictures. the fbi saying in a statement earlier it has enough evidence to conclude that north korea was behind the breach which resulted in the disclosure of tens of thousands of leaked e-mails and other materials. the associated press writes that the fbi's statement cited among other factors technical similarities between the sony break-in and passed malicious cyber activity linked directly to north korea, including a prior cyber attack against south korean banks and media. this will be the last official

business for the president before he heads off on his hawaiian vacation, back to hawaii with his family. a big week for hawaii. the we can, they have heisman winner last weekend. the president will be back in washington in early january, congress comes back in session on the sixth, and the state of the union we find out today will be january 20. we will have that live for you. [no audio]

>> president obama's year-end news conference getting underway here at the brady press briefing room at the white house. the president will face questions about how his administration plans to respond to a north korean cyber attack and manage a historic open ring with cuba, holding a year-end news conference that will cap a wide range of challenges at the white house. this is the first time that she writes that president obama will since november 5, after the democratic party suffered staggering losses in the midterm election. she writes that comes after an extraordinary six-week period

for obama, after he is used his presidential authority to take sweeping unilateral action on immigration, reestablished of american commercial ties with cuba, strike a climate agreement with china, and strike a strong internetutrality -- an neutrality. we stay here live, and also show you a conversation from this morning's washington journal on the increased use of drones. on your screen is michael, president and ceo of the association for unmanned vehicle systems international. that's a mouthful. what is that? >> we're the largest nonprofit organization for the advancement of unmanned systems, things that fly, drive, navigate. it's a capability to the organization has been around for 43 years, and we started with a military emphasis. we have now shifted to the commercial and public safety side. >> so you are a drone the lobbyist?

>> we advocate for the use of unmanned systems, drones him as you call them. as well as driverless cars come automated vehicles, and for those systems the go on the water in the water as well. advocacy is one of the things that we do. but we also try to provide good of thetion, part association, one of the main themes is educating people, decision-makers, congress, and others of the full potential of this capability. what we sit here today, kind of regulations are there with regard to drones flying around the country? as many people like knowledge, the technology has outpaced the regulatory side of the house. that's true of any revolutionary or disruptive technology. the law has to catch-up. we have this thing called the internet. here we are 50 years later, and people are misusing the technology. with any new technology, there does have to be time where the regulatory process has to be allowed to come up to speed, to make sure that it is safe.

for unmanned systems, safety is parallel. that is the aspect of it we have to make sure before we are ever going to utilize this technology and understand all of the benefits that we can derive from this technology. the house spoke about drones and unmanned aircraft. [video clip] safe use ofhe unmanned aircraft systems. we recognize the potential benefit to the nation's competitiveness. we also recognize the potential for a safety risk if we don't treat them as what they are -- airplanes in airspace. we have all seen photos of the damage they can because when caused to an- be airplane by a bird strike. unmanned aircraft can be much smaller or larger than birds, but they harbor added risk in that they carry batteries, motors, and other hard metal components. this was a bird strike.

take a look at this on a commercial airplane, and this next photo, of a military airplanes encounter with an unmanned aerial village -- vehicle. must not allow pressure to rapidly integrate ua f to rush a process that must be solely focused on safety. standards and technologies must be in place to ensure the same high level of safety that is currently present in the nas --ore rva can be occupied authorized occupy the same airspace as airliners. it might inadvertently stranded airspace used by commercial flights. we need to make certain that pilots are properly trained and understand the consequences of possible malfunctions. michael to scott of them a reaction? i concur with his

approach that we have to make sure that anything that flies in the national airspace past to do so by following the rules and do it in a safe way. there are two things we fly in the national airspace. if you are going to fly in the national airspace, you cannot bump into anything else in the national. you have to have the ability to see and avoid come over detect and avoid. if you are going to fly in the national airspace, you can't fly out of it. harm it. those of the two things the faa focuses on. that should be the premise that all aircraft, manned or unmanned, when you fly into international airspace, you have to fly within the rules. there whopeople out either don't know what the rules are, having been trained in how to operate the system, or don't care. what lee mentioned in his testimony is spot on. we have to make sure we integrate these systems, and as

you heard them in the beginning, they said they support the use of this technology. they understand the benefit that can come from it. but with any technology, you have to do it in a responsible way and hold people accountable if they misuse the technology. just like if you misuse driving a car. if you are only supposed to be going 55 and you were doing 100, you will be fined and thrown in jail. host: will drones become part of the air traffic control response ability? guest: there is a spectrum. most people think low multitude commercial ones will be utilized for, then the very high altitudes and then the median altitudes. median altitudes is where most manned cargo and passenger carriers fly. at the low multitudes one, most people think when they see smaller low altitude, you are talking about 55 pounds or less, you are talking about altitudes of most

people say about 400 feet and below. you would go up to 3000 feet, we haven't figured out exactly what that is. you are also talking line of sight. eventually, when the technology is mature enough in the rules are in place, you go beyond visual line of sight or extended line of sight. for right now, if you look at one of the possibilities of utilizing this technology for small applications or low altitudes, most people think at fort of freedom below, there's a lot of good applications you can inlize with this technology, literally all fixed wing airplanes don't fly for her feet and below unless they are taking off and landing. you have prop applicators and crop dusters, but those are usually confined to a specific operational environment. if you do this in a smart way, like the introduction of any technology, you have to understand the cause and effect. if you do it in a proper way, you hope -- hold people accountable if they misuse it,

you take full advantage of this technology. host: is there anything preventing us from buying a drone on amazon, going to the north end of the national airports runway, and fly nothing off into the park? guest: yes. you are not supposed to fly within five miles of an airport. you can't use any technology in a dangerous way. the faa can find you $10,000. if you do some thing responsible, and you hurt me, i will sue you, you will lose every thing you had. when you stop and think that this technology, where you can buy one of these things online, if you misuse it, most particularly, if i took a hammer and threw it into a crowded hit buddy with it, you will hold me accountable for that. you are not going to ban hammers, you say you can't do something irresponsible with this to look at the ability that wasn't meant to be flown into the middle of a crowd. we are talking only domestic drones or unmanned vehicles. guest: this is a global

capability. we don't have it here in the united states, we don't have a technical edge. we do have the busiest sky. therefore the rules and regulations have to be appropriate to make sure that we have safe realization of this great what is safety? safety is understanding with the risk acceptance has to be. we have technology that we use all the time that we assume risk. i mentioned the internet. the internet has downsides. there's pornography, identity theft, other things. before misusing it. if people misuse it, you have to hold them accountable, and make sure they understand what the rules are. host: if you would like to participate,ght -- in our conversation. how many drones are flying, nonmilitary, in the united states? guest: hundreds of thousands, if not millions. when you stop and think how many

people are buying them off amazon, google, brookstone, wherever it may be -- robots are cool. this is the technology that inspires the young people to get involved in the scientific knowledge is, mathematics, things of this nature. the stem products that we have. i can imagine that over the holiday season, there will be hundreds of thousands of these things purchased. the companies that does phantom says since their reception, they have sold over 700,000 of their phantom one or phantom jews. 2's.antom we have technology called geo-fencing, where they can put in coordinates, make sure none of these systems can fly within five miles of an airport. it's him was like putting up an electronic fence for your dog. you can do the same thing for these, saying you can fly higher than for feet, and you can't go past these dimensions. so the technology is maturing everyday.

but i would think this is more of a leadership issue then a technical issue. people don't question our ability to fly driver navigate. with a question is how safely can do it. that is what we have to address. host: how big is this industry in the united states? many people does it employ? guest: the numbers anybody quotes you are going to be wrong. in the year 2000, 2% of the world and a cell phone. here we are 14 or 15 years later, 80% of the world has a cell phone. in the year 2000, you couldn't have protected this large increase that happened. was given tonology phones, and they started using it, they came up with ways to utilize the technology and enhance their lives. seven years ago, you wouldn't even have known what an apt was was.d app it makes your life better, and makes your life easier. that's where you understand what

that risk acceptance is going to be. i use the example of the automobile. tremendous capability and technology. we kill over 33,000 people in the country a year. we have over 6.3 million accidents, and it cost us almost $300 billion every year in medical costs and damages. and yet we drive cars every day because the benefit is so large to us that we are willing to accept the downside of it. any technology, when jews are utilizing it in the new start to understand with the rules have to be and the laws need to be, you also understand how it's going to improve your life. host: georges in merced, california. democrat. you are first up. yes, and against people having drones, even notes and advancement. , somebodyout obama

putting together a drone that can dive into us. our president or congressmen, senators, and that's why haven't issue with. you. like with any technology, you have to hold people accountable. you can use technology to your advantage, and my dad once said you can't stop people from doing bad things, you just have to hold them accountable. >> hello, everybody. we have a full house today. christmas is to take your questions. [laughter] lester's final press

conference, i said that 2014 would be a year of action and every three-year for america. and it has been. yes, there were crises that we had to tackle around the world. many that were unanticipated. to makemore work to do sure our economy, our justice system, and our government work not just for the few, but for the many. that wee is no doubt can end the year with an renewed confidence that america is making significant strides where it counts. the steps that we took early on to rescue our economy and rebuild it on a new foundation helped make 2014 the strongest year for job growth since the 1990's. told, over a 57 month streak, our businesses have graded nearly 11 million new jobs. almost all the job growth that we've seen have been in full-time positions much of the recent pickup in job growth has been in higher-paying

industries. sign forhopeful middle-class families, wages are on the rise again. our investments in american manufacturing have helped fuel this best stretch of job growth since the 1990's. number onenow the producer of oil, the number one producer of natural gas. we are saving drivers about $.70 a gallon at the pond over last christmas. pump over last business. we have repaid taxpayers every dime and more, and the american not a registry is on track for its strongest year since 2005 3 -- american auto industry is on track for its strongest year since 2005. thanks to the affordable care of, 10 million americans gained health insurance just this past year. enrollment is beginning to pick up again during the open

enrollment, and the uninsured rate is at a near record low. since the law passed, the price of health care has risen at its slowest rate in about 50 years. we cut our deficits by two thirds since i took office, therefore to below your average. meanwhile, around the world, america's leading. we are leading the coalition to degrade and ultimately destroy i sil. we are leading the international unity to check aggression in ukraine. we're leading the global fight to combat ebola in west africa. and we are preventing an from taking place here home. we are leading efforts to address climate change, including last month's joint announcement with china that has already jumpstarted new progress in other countries t. a new lighting -- writing

chapter in our leadership in america by writing a new chapter with the cuban people. in less than two weeks, after more than 13 years, our, mission in afghanistan will be over. our combat mission in afghanistan will be over. many of our men and women in uniform will spend christmas in harms way. they should know that the country is united in support of you. we are grateful not only to you but also to your families. crisis years since the have demanded hard work and sacrifice on ever but his part. as a country, we have every right to be proud of what we have accomplished. insured,, more people a growing economy, shrieking deficits, booming energy -- shrinking deficits, booming energy. america's resurgence is real.

we are better off. always said that recovering from the crisis of two dozen it was our first order of business. on that business, america has outperformed all of our other competitors. years, we putur more people like to work than all other advanced economies combined. we have now come to a point where we have the chance to reverse an even deeper problem, the decades long erosion of middle-class jobs and income, and to make sure that the middle class is the engine that powers our prosperity for days to come. we have to make some smart choices, we have to make the right choices. we have to invest in the things that secure even faster growth, and higher-paying jobs for more americans. i'm being sincere when i say i want to work with this new congress to get things done. to make those investments.

to make sure the government is working better and smarter. we are going to disagree on some they're going to be areas of agreement. we have to be able to make that happen. that will involve compromise every once a while. as we saw during this lame-duck period, that spirit of copper mise may be coming to the four -- compromise may be coming to the fore. i'm excited about the prospects for the next couple of years. i will not be stopping for a minute in the effort to make life better for ordinary americans. thanks to their efforts, we really do have a new foundation. we are better positioned than we have been in a very long time. the future is ready to be written. we have set the stage for this american moment. i will spend every minute of my

last two years making sure that we see that. my presidency is entering the fourth quarter, interesting stuff happens in the fourth quarter. i'm looking forward to it. going into the fourth quarter, usually get a timeout. i'm not looking forward to a quiet timeout. family, i wantmy to wish everybody a merry christmas, happy hanukkah, happy new year. gets to spenddy some time with their families because we spend too much time away from them. and now, josh has given me a list of who has been naughty and who has been nice, and we are going to start wh