in places like iraq and afghanistan in that part of the world. the greatest problem -- the greatest challenge we can solve is to work to stabilize the government in mexico and central america so that there is a different environment down there and we won't see the same sorts of immigration patterns. with respect to the president declining to prosecute, and i think what you've seen from some other people if they are saying they will even go further than that. we have to be very careful about timelines. when i was in the senate, when we had the immigration bill in 2007, i introduced an amendment which said that from the date of passage of this legislation, from that date, if you have been

here more than five years, if you can demonstrate that you have put down roots in your community, a job, language education -- there were a list of them -- then you should have a path toward citizenship. for those others, we will be able to separate who has come here and settled in under this law and who should not be allowed that pathway. we have to fix, realistically, the problem we have now. then we need legislation that can truly create fair immigration laws, and that's the next step. >> i know this is going through the minds of a number of sheriffs in the audience. i was just down there about a month and a half ago or so.

is this a chicken and egg problem, is it something that can go parallel? senator webb: we should always emphasize our security. and the notion of gang activity, serious criminal gang activity not kids hanging out on a street corner, but the serious nature gang activity. we raised that during the hearings when i was trying to get all the different pieces of criminal justice on the table. so we should never be stopping that. but at the same time, with the people who are here, there is a game going on. both parties have been accepting of the people who are here in the third category. the democrats, usually the ones who are accused the most of accepting it. many of them see it quite obviously as a benefit in terms

of the percentage of the vote they might get, but the wall street republicans like it just as well. the wall street journal is an advocate of totally open borders. it's not just a democratic issue, it's not a republican issue. what we have to do is have a rational policy and get people to admit it and move forward. >> last comment on that topic and then we will go to the audience. as you formulate your decision you are probably traveling quite a bit. i know from my discussions with some folks that you've been all along the border. in my visit, i had been down there several years ago, and what i saw was stark, dramatic incredibly difficult terrain. i want to encourage you, there are a number of sheriffs along the texas border as well as the arizona border. i would be remiss if i didn't say what i'm about to say.

if you go down, see for yourself. don't let the federal government tell you what to see. don't let them bring out the dog and pony show. these guys work their tail ends off down there, the feds. don't get me wrong. see it just one-on-one with these folks, because they are living this nightmare every single day. [applause] i want to turn to sheriff keith cain from davies county, kentucky. >> i want to echo what has already been expressed, and that is our appreciation for you being here. i want to take the opportunity to both personally and publicly thank you for your service to this great country, particularly in a time of our history when that service was not all that popular, so thank you very much. [applause]

senator webb, you have noted in the past that there are four times as many mentally ill persons in our prisons as there are in our mental health institutions. i know that to address that disparity, you mentioned in your opening remarks that you sponsor the national criminal justice commission act. though that bill did fail in 2009, 2010, and in 2011, i'm encouraged as are my peers that there is bipartisan support that continues to this very day. i'm also concerned with the fact that -- the statement you made during the course of your opening remarks that the naysayers out there, the political advisers at indicated that this was political suicide. i'm interested in knowing what kind of leadership, with the emphasis on that word leadership, is needed to change this national discussion, the needed dialogue on reforming the criminal justice system.

senator webb: thank you. the first thing i would say is if you are looking for the kind of leadership that can change the national dialogue on this discussion, we have shown it. we did it. nine years ago when i started talking about this, people were saying it was political suicide. by staying on this, you indicate that the bill failed in 2009 2010, and 2011. the bill didn't fail, we couldn't get it on the floor. we were listening to organizations as i said across the board, including your organization which you finally agreed to come on board after a lot of questions and dialogue. the kind of leadership you would look for, i hope, is the type that would take on controversial issues that other people don't

want to talk about, stand up ask questions, take the hits show a way forward, which we did when we finally created this concept of the commission, and in this case, put it into the national dialogue. it's a success story in terms of the issue as opposed to the bill that we passed. justice kennedy became a supporter on this. the american bar association actually offered to pay for it $14 million. and now you see members of the other party, who wouldn't touch the issue of criminal justice reform, putting it into their platforms. the american conservative action conference here in washington made criminal justice reform one

of their top three topics this year when they would not have touched it with a 10 foot pole six or seven years ago. so i believe in a lot of different areas, i've approached a lot of different issues this way in my life. if you talk about problems that maybe other people aren't going to talk about, and you stand up and gather the facts and show a way forward, you can make a difference. i believe we have done that. the issue of the mentally ill in our prison system, its first of all the result of some well-intentioned cases, judicial cases that took place back in the 1970's when there was a lot of concern about putting people into mental institutions against

their will, and the standard became much looser and there are a lot of people who truly needed help who are out on the street here in so many of them now in prison systems when they could have been in other institutions receiving different kinds of care. we need to work on that as a country. we need to be providing the right kinds of assistance to people who have issues like that, and not simply the brutality and inattention that so often goes into being incarcerated. also i think we should be putting mental health parity as one of the issues that the congress should pass, in terms of how people receive medical care insurance coverage in those sorts of things. thank you.

>> i'm going to turn to one of my colleagues here in the right row, terry is executive director for the michigan state sheriffs association. i know he's got a question. >> i did until he asked it. [laughter] but i want to personally thank you also for your service to our country and your willingness to continue to serve. it sets you above and apart from the other candidates that you are at least here listening to our issues and concerns and answering our questions about those concerns. if i could go back the question, i would like to congratulate you in 2010, the national alliance on mental health awarded you legislator of the year your working criminal justice and helping those persons suffering from mental illness. if i can piggyback on that, you touched on it in your answer slightly. our jails have become the de facto mental health institutions

as a result of those deforms you were talking about from the 1980's and 1990's. reform needs to be looked at on a continual basis. what exactly, if you are elected, can we get your commitment that you would continue to work toward reforms in getting our people in the criminal justice system who have had their backs turned on them by the mental health system, can we get your commitment that you will continue to do that, and one of the largest things you could do in that new capacity would be to get the medicaid reform did -- reformed, so that those persons coming into our facilities can continue to get the continuity of care if they are in the mental health system before they come in, they can

maintain their system, they can maintain their treatment. our jails were not designed, equipped, staff, or trained to deal with mental health issues. if we have a silver bullet in our arsenal of dealing with overcrowding, i believe dealing with mental health and the issues dealing with mental health is our solution. what would you do to help us with that, sir? senator webb: well, first of all, as i mentioned, i think in society writ large, we need to focus on mental health rarity in terms of medical care. people tend to forget that mental health issues are just as disabling as physical conditions. i have worked on that in the past and will continue to. the second thing is, one of the things i know i would do fairly quickly, i am not a believer in executive orders, the abuse or misuse of executive orders, but i think it is a no-brainer to issue an executive order and get

this commission on criminal justice reform going. it's almost no cost and a huge benefit to get these lines -- these minesds together, get the dialogue going and work toward a holistic approach of how all these different things we are talking about interact into a healthy criminal justice system. with respect to the overcrowding, the other area kind of the elephant in the bedroom here that we don't talk about enough is the number of people who are incarcerated for drug offenses. if you do a timeline back to 1980, i think 40,000 people were in prison on drug offenses. today it's probably more like 500,000 on drug offenses. a great percentage of these are for nonviolent crimes. just as in mental health issues, i don't think it makes a lot of sense to put somebody in jail

when they have a disease, when they have an illness, physical illness. there have got to be better ways for us to approach the issue of drug use in america. one of the most fascinating changes in our society in my adult lifetime has been the approach toward cigarette smoking. think about this. we didn't make cigarettes a legal, -- cigarettes illegal, we just got the information out there and educated people about the potential harm. when i was working on the house veterans committee when i was right out of law school, we would be at a meeting -- even probably right now, people would be lighting up a cigarette. today, if somebody lights up a cigarette, in general, you would say, what are they doing? that is actually a success of education regarding your health more than punitive law, per se. they have to be similar

approaches when it comes to drug use. >> let me turn to somebody that's equally impressive. he is our national sheriffs association sheriff of the year. he is from shelby county, ohio. >> thank you, senator, for being here, and thank you for your service to the country especially as a former veteran thank you for your work on the g.i. bill. we have come through some troubled times the last five or six years in regards to whatever we call it, the great recession. it's put tremendous financial impact on local law enforcement and police departments. as a result of that, we have had lots and lots of unfunded mandates from the state in

federal government, especially through homeland security. do you think that we should be offended by all those unfunded mandates coming to us? your thoughts, sir? senator webb: i think you are right to be concerned. certainly there are a number of suggestions that i would have, or reactions i would have, looking at the issue itself. the first one is kind of a sense of irony, from what i was just talking about a little while ago with these sanctuary cities question. i support the notion of local communities, local law enforcement communities, having to make decisions about the best way that they can enforce laws in their communities. the sanctuary cities concept was

designed to do that. you cannot have the federal law come in and say you have to check someone's resident status, you have to do this, when that is essentially a federal function. you have the same thing with these mandates, if they are mandating from a federal or state level that something be done, and then they are taking away the discretion of local law enforcement in terms of how they should utilize the assets and the people that they have. i think that is a legitimate question. there's another question from the federal level that kind of hit me when i was thinking about this. that is, if you look at how the congress works, you have two different types of committees in the congress. you have an authorizing

committee and an appropriation committee. i was on the armed services committee. we would authorize programs, similar in nature, not specifically to what you are asking. then the appropriations committee had to appropriate the money for that program to take place. if they did not, then even the let program has been authorized, it was not going to be put into place. you would have a similar argument here if there were federal mandates that were not funded. but in general, i would say i think there should be respect for the discretion of local law enforcement in terms of how to use their assets, and we should be very careful in terms of requiring local law enforcement to conduct activities that belong in the federal or state level. i hope that answers your question. >> thank you, sir. senator, we want to thank you. i know your schedule is getting hectic by the day. we have a very special gift we would like to present you this

morning. on behalf of the national sheriffs association, i want to present you this flag that actually flew over fort mchenry yesterday in honor of you. it's a representation of our support for you being here. i want to tell you on a personal note, before we finish, a couple of things. we realized in the green room before we came in, we worked in the same administration many years ago. i'm going to say this from the heart, i hope it comes across as such. you have taken a lot of heat you've taken a lot of hits, both physical and political. as you look out over the horizon, i know that you are hearing a lot of people say do what you've got to do and run. by being here today, you have committed, to us at least, that we sheriffs in this audience are worthy of listening to and talking to, and we want to thank

you so very, very much. senator webb: thank you. i'm proud of having worked in the reagan administration. one of the great accomplishments of that administration was bringing good people in and allowing them to leave. we are probably going to get a lot busier over the next week or so. if people want to help us out, we appreciate that. clicks coming up this morning on c-span, president obama pass conference with brazil pause president. after that governor chris christie announces his candidacy for president's -- for president. today, politico will look at the legal victories of the president in the last week, including the signing of trade legislation. that is live at 8:00 on c-span two.

the supreme court's ruling in a king versus burwell for the purchase of health care, today political -- politico hosts a conference on the ruling. you can see it at 1:05 this afternoon on c-span3. the c-span city tour is partnering with our cable affiliates as we tour across the united states. join us with cox communications this weekend as we learn about omaha, nebraska. when is the first advocacy groups fighting for equality. >> in omaha and the united states as the city is when you came and if you were black, you needed to keep your head down and be aware that he would not be served in restaurants or stay in hotels. when the forest club began their

operation, civil rights wasn't even about. they used civil justice. the idea of civil rights was so far removed from the idea of the greater community of omaha or the united states that they were operating in a vacuum. they were operating without a net. there were not the groups, the prior experiences of other groups to challenge racial discrimination and segregation. >> we look back to the union pacific and how the construction of union station helped omaha's economy. >> it was founded in 1862 with the pacific railway act. it combined several railroad companies to make union pacific and then they were charged with building the transcontinental

railroad that connected the east and west coasts. they started here by moving west. central pacific was moving east and they met up in utah. that is what propels us even further. we had become the point of moving west. >> see all of our programs from omaha on c-span two cable tour. >> the brazilian president is in washington this week for talks with president obama. they tapped in the morning in the oval office and held a news conference in the east room. issues discussed included brazilian-united states relations, and recent supreme court rulings.

>> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and the president of was ill. -- the president of brazil. >> please have a seat. good morning, everybody. it is a great pleasure to welcome my partner and friend president rousseff back to the white house. this is another opportunity for me to reciprocate the extraordinary hospitality of the belmont and the people of brazil

showed me when we visited brazil. i want to go back. vice president biden got to go to the world cup, not me. but the eyes of the world will be on brazil again when it hosts the olympics next year. that will be another reminder of brazil's remarkable rise both at home and on the world stage. as president i pursued a new era of engagement with latin america where countries were together as equal partners based on interest and mutual respect. the united states is more deeply engaged in the region than we have been in decades. i believe the relationship between the united states and latin america is as good as it's ever been. we are focused on the future

where we can accomplish together. i believe our two nations are natural partners in the america and around the world. we understand the aspirations of citizens to live in freedom. dilma, the sacrifices you've made in your own life right testament to the determination. as two multiracial, multiethnic they are stronger and uphold the rights, in truth we reflected on yesterday when we visited the memorial to martin luther king jr.. as two of the world's largest economies we understand lasting prosperity and confronting the injustices of poverty and inequality could only come when we truly invest in our people, their education, and their skills come in their ability to

live and work with dignity. it is our enduring interests and values that bind us together. and now no relationship between countries is about agreements -- is without disagreements. the united states and brazil are no different. it is often tempting to focus on whatever challenges may be in the moment. and steps that don't make the headlines, the work of our nation has gone on and over the years president of rousseff and i have deep and firm promoted up the government to combating human trafficking to advancing development in africa. since i took office we boosted american exports by more than 50% and our bilateral trade has reached record levels surpassing $100 billion a year. we've expanded collaborations in science and technology and the ties between our people, especially young people as part of our 100,000 strong in the americas initiative to come to the united states and more

american students go to brazil and that his real, concrete progress that we have made together. of course president rousseff the night live given how close our national interest and i is the line, there is much more the united states and brazil can do together. dilma, thank you for your commitment for taking the partnership to the next level. that is what we say across the range of areas. first we are announcing a series of new steps to boost trade and investment. with brazil's recent announcement on her structure in american companies will have more opportunities to compete for projects and highways, airports and railways. will make it easier for companies to hire workers in each other's countries. we have agreed to increase

partnerships between colleges and universities as we develop the next scientists and researchers. second, as major economies, the united states and was ill believe in climate change. since 2005, our two nations produce carbon emissions more than any other countries in the world. together our countries are leaders in clean energy. today we are taking important new steps as we walked -- walked towards a strong global climate agreement in paris. i think our brazilian friends for their target in reducing emissions, including substantial work to eliminate illegal deforestation and restoring forests.

the united states and brazil will aim to increase the share of electricity from renewable energy to 20% by the year 2030. these are very ambitious goals a near tripling for the united states and more than doubling for brazil's current output. following progress during my trips to china and india, this shows the world's major economies can transcend field i'm confident that this will lead to a strong outcome in paris. third, we are working to deepen our defense cooperation. under president russo's, two important agreements were approved in brazil's congress last week and are now in effect. going forward, it will be easier for our two militaries to train together, to share more information and technology, and cooperate missions like disaster response and peacekeeping. i want to thank you publicly

doma for making this progress. finally, we are working together to uphold democracy and human rights across latin america. i very much appreciate president roosters strong support for our new opening towards cuba. i updated doma including embassies in havana and washington. and i believe brazil's leadership in the region as well as a journey into the market economy can make a partner as we create more opportunities and prosperity for the cuban people. in short, i believe that this visit marks one more step in a new, more ambitious chapter in the relationship between our countries. we are focused on future. dilma, thank you for friendship, your partnership, and the progress we have achieved together. as we look ahead to the olympics next summer, we americans will be cheering probably 14 usa. we will be rooting for truly great games with brazil as our host.

dilma did give me a very nice yellow and green sweatshirt, which says brazil on the back. i can't wear that in public. [laughter] because i have to root for the usa. but at home at night, it is very comfortable. who knows? i might slip it on. president receive, thank you. president rousseff: [speaking foreign language] >> translator: dear president, barack obama greetings to all cabinet members at the two delegations. greetings likewise to all members, photographers cameramen and women. i would like to thank president barack obama and the u.s. people for the hospitality for with which they have welcomed me ever since i got here.

and ever since i came to the u.s. through new york, this morning and last evening president barack obama and i had an active meetings during which we have celebrated an upward trajectory in our relations. we have also established a robust bilateral agenda in areas of trade investment, climate change energy education defense, science, technology and innovation. we have reinforced our dialogue on topics such as the environment and sustainable development. factors that are indeed key and essential for the world and our countries. we also focus on governing peace and security. the economic recovery in the united states is an extremely positive development for the world economy and certainly also

for the brazilian economy. our bilateral trade is very substantial and based on higher value added products. want to further expand endeavors if i exchanges and our challenge consists of aa our trade -- doubling our trade. the ultimate objective in building the conditions to ensure an ambitious trade elation should between brazil and united states. in the short term, we should remove, especially the non-terrorists, off the coast that are in place for investor goods and agricultural goods. we should smash down bureaucracy and red tape and do away with the very collocated permit restrictions and we would also like, of course, the high quality production processes in brazil to be duly acknowledged. in the short term, our priority

agenda will focus on two topics as we wish. number one, regulatory standards, convergence harmonization. number two, trade facilitation through a single window system to streamline and simplify the timeframe involved in customs procedures. we would also like to cooperate with the u.s. patent office. allalthough it is a matter that involves it'salso property there is a positive impact by these investments as we expand the degree of technology incorporated into brazil. the u.s. is the main investor in brazil in 2013. the total aggregate from the u.s. came to $160 billion. brazilian investments in the u.s. have grown in 2013. the total or aggregate amount in the u.s. came to 50.7 billion u.s. dollars. -- 15.7 billion dollars.

these figures do not truly represent the order of magnitude of these investments and it is important to indicate between 2002-2012 the growth of investment by brazil in the u.s. came to 221% between 2007 and 2012. want to further expand the flow and what them to be higher given the actual potentiality available in our two economies. that is one of the objectives of the efforts we have engaged in to further strengthen our macroeconomic policy, thus reducing risks for both brazilian investments and foreign investment in brazil. we also developed a macroeconomic agenda so therefore, there can be less regulatory risk, expanding the processes and also the relationship between companies and the government.

we are also expanding the investment opportunities in one area where coronation by the government is absolutely key in terms of setting the right expectations. i'm talking about the infrastructure area. we have launched an ambitious infrastructure program and we hope and thank president obama for his commitment in ensuring the presence of u.s. investors in the process and the logistics develop program. i would also like to say that we have enjoyed a fruitful relationship between our two governments and the business communities. the recent bilateral ceo forum held in brazil had an important suggestion such as the establishment of setting up an infrastructure inflation system by correlating and promoting and best as well as the suggestion

of developing financial tools for investments in the long-term , stimulating private sector involvement. we also have a wide array of several opportunities and achievements in areas such as the defense arena, for example. we welcome the two agreements recently passed by congress. the defense and cooperation agreement, which will allow a very fruitful cooperation between the brazilian ministry of defense as well as the u.s. counterpart ministry of defense. the military information agreement on military information will allow exchanges of information in that area. the fields are biotechnology air and space technology.

i like to highlight one point that president obama and i discussed and one in which we have come to a decision, which i view as very important. i'm talking about climate change. climate change is one of the central challenges of the 21st century. we have one important objective which is, number one, to ensure that the image of our two countries will have a suspicion's share of renewable energy. -- sufficient share of renewable energy. the decision has a great deal to do with the current outlook and our involvement as part of the global initiatives reduction agreement so that we are indeed in a position to materialize an agreement during the upcoming conference to be held in paris. the second area is very much

related to the first one, which is the joint decision by our two countries to establish a 20% goal in terms of expanding the renewable shares source of energy except for the high chair sources between now and 2020. i very much welcome that decision because it will prove extremely important in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and also, it speaks to our clear-cut commitment of ensuring that the environment and also efforts to make sure the global temperature will not go up beyond two degrees as agreed. as countries that are as vast as cotton and -- confidence, we have the very important greenhouse gas emissions target.

we attach a great deal of importance to reduce not only admissions as we have done, but actually in brazil we have come to the commitment to come to a zero deforestation, or illegal deforestation rate between now and 2030. we also wish to turn the page and engage in a clear-cut deforestation policy. that is extremely important point for brazil and also reflects the commitments we under are cells have undertaken as part of the force code in effect in brazil. -- forest code in effect in brazil. the agenda in my view is absolutely essential for cooperation in energy efficiency, for example. we are committed to putting in smart grids as well as minimum consumption levels and also committed to establishing sufficient equipment and buildings. president obama and i also

discussed education extensively in our meetings. we believe education will provide us with two games number one, social includes and to make sure these gains become permanent gains. number two, a qualitatively forward towards the knowledge economy. and that is why we are mostly to see our agreement on cooperation between the brazilian industry of education and the brazilian department of education. we are mostly about that agreement. we also wish to establish partnerships between government research institutes in each of our two countries with the goal of achieving scientific technological improvements as well as innovation. i would also like to stress the importance of using education technology as a means to move

towards higher quality, more inclusive education. in that regard, without a shadow of a doubt, the high-quality, as well as the ability of the united states to develop scientific and technological research in that arena, has proved very important. may i also state for the record that we attach a great deal of importance to the cooperation as part of the science without borders program. as part of that program, the science without borders program an important highlight is the fact that the u.s. has received the biggest number of brazilian students. the u.s. has become the main destination of brazilian students, who are beneficiaries of the science without borders program, and may i think president obama for welcoming such a substantial wave of brazilian grantees.

i've often said time and again to president obama that it is our ambition to change our cooperation in innovation into one of the central topics on our agenda. we also want to make progress in our energy cooperation particularly between the linkages between our own laboratory in the research center and materials. tomorrow, i will be in california. and while in california, i intend to hold a very instigating meeting with information technology biotechnology, and air and space companies. i'd also like to think president obama because we have come to a decision to facilitate entry of frequent travelers from brazil and the united states as

part of the global entry program. we have also signed a very important agreement with the brazilian population living and working in the united states. i'm talking about the social security agreement that will allow the brazilian's working in the u.s. to be equally covered under the social security agreement. we also address the wide array of different initiatives. i like to essentially highlight the following initiatives. decision by brazil to join the global health security initiative. i think it is also very important to underscore that we have a wide array of joint initiatives that can be

developed and put in place in third-party countries particular for the purpose of fuel production. in conclusion, may i refer to the importance for latin america during the recent decision made by president obama and president ronald castro, given the partnership with pope francis with the effect of opening up relations with cuba, a very decisive milestone and point in time in u.s. relations with latin america and putting an end to the last lingering vestiges of the cold war and ultimately elevates the level of the relationship between the u.s. and the entire region. may i acknowledge the importance of that gesture to all of latin america and the world peace at large. it is an important example of relations to be followed.

in conclusion, may i reiterate my invitation for president obama to come to brazil for the 2016 olympics. of course, the inattention is extended to the vice president but both of them are not able to be at the same time, at the same place abroad. but anyway, president obama has a standing invitation to come to the 2016 olympics in rio in brazil. while there, he will be able to wear his green and yellow jersey , which has brazil and obama on the chest. and i am sure you will be applauded if you do so. i also believe this church to the united states stands as the relaunch of our relations. i once again think president

obama and the u.s. people for the warm reception and for the welcome. and may i say that we have indeed taken one step ahead in our bilateral relations. thank you very much. president obama: we are going to take a few questions. i will start with jim koonin who i understand announced his retirement. your kind of young to retire. -- you are kind of young to retire. we are going to miss you, but you are going to be here for a couple of weeks, right? congratulations. appreciate it. >> you are on the cusp of entering into a nuclear agreement with iran, but there are still a number of unresolved issues. in particular, the face of americans like robert levens. you and your administration continue to raise the imprisonment and

disappearance of these americans, but still you will likely sign an agreement with tehran and those issues will remain unresolved. what do say to the families about how you will deal with their loved ones? and i guess the bottom line is -- do you find the iranian leadership trustworthy? madam president, welcome to the u.s. you canceled the previous trip to the united states following the snowden revelations. do you need a translation? president obama: a little louder. >> a little louder, certainly. you canceled your previous trip to the united states following the revelations by edward snowden of the nsa spying on you. are you still troubled by these revelations and have you received assurances and are you satisfied with the answers that you have received from the administration? thank you. president obama: first of all,

with respect to u.s. citizens, u.s. persons who are held in iran, this is something that we continue to push hard on irrespective of the nuclear deal. it is a top priority for us to make sure that our people are treated fairly, and on the face of it, in the case of the individuals who have been held they have not been and they are not being afforded a basic due process and legal rights that we afford visitors to our country. so we are deeply concerned about it. we spent a lot of time pushing on it and we will continue to do so. there is no lessening of the sense of urgency. when i talked to the families, we remind them of the fact that

that is a mission that will continue and has been worked on consistently throughout their captivity. with respect to the larger issue of whether i trust the iranian regime, as i have said before, there are deep-seated disagreements and divisions between the united states and iran. and those aren't going to go away overnight. the goal of the nuclear negotiations is not to rely on trust, but to set up a verifiable mechanism where we are cutting off the pathways for iran to obtain a nuclear weapon. and john kerry right now is there along with secretary of

energy, who is one of the top nuclear physicist in the world. they are deeply engaged in negotiations. my hope is that they can achieve an agreement. my instructions to them have been extremely clear. the framework agreement that was established is one that if implemented effectively and codified properly would, in fact, achieve my goal, which is iran not obtaining a nuclear weapon. it has been a lot of talk on the other side from the iranian negotiators about whether, in fact, they can abide by some of the terms that came up. if they cannot, that is going to be a problem because i have said from the start that i will walk away from negotiations if, in fact, it is a bad deal. if we can't provide assurances

that the pathways for iran obtaining a nuclear weapon are closed and if we can't verify that the inspections and verification regime is inadequate, then we are not going to get a deal. we have been very clear to the iranian government about that. the good news is that our p5+1 partners in these negotiations feel exactly the same way. so there's still some hard negotiations to take place, but ultimately it is going to be up to the iranians to determine whether or not they meet the requirements that the international community has set forth to be able to fairly and accurately and consistently assess whether or not they have foreclosed the possibility of obtaining a nuclear weapon.

and given past behavior on the part of iran, that can't simply be a declaration by iran and a few inspectors wandering around every once in a while. there's going to have to be a serious rigorous verification mechanism. that, i think, is going to be the test as to whether we get a deal or not. president rousseff: [speaking foreign language] >> translator: yes, that is true. i did cancel my previous trip to the u.s. at that point in time. since then, some things have changed. the changes particularly is due to the fact that president obama and the u.s. government has stated on several occasions that they would no longer engaged in

intrusive acts of spying on friendly countries. i believe president obama. or the more, he has told me that should he ever need nonpublic information about result, he would pick up the phone and call me. so yes, i am certain that the conditions to date have become very different. at this point, i would like to call upon the journalist from the global news network. president obama: if brazil is playing somebody else, the maybe i will. but if they are playing the united states, i'm sorry. >> mr. president, you are talking about a new relationship based on trust.

president dilma just mentioned when brazil canceled this trip because of a matter of trust. brazil is also in the middle of a very deep political and economic crisis. can you trust one another in this moment to build a new chapter back? president rousseff: [speaking foreign language] >> translator: it views itself in the world and the usa is helping to reconcile those two divisions. president obama: i'm going to answer, in part, the question you just asked the president. we view brazil not as a regional power, but as a global power. when you think about the free -- preeminent comic form for coordinating between major economies, the g 20, brazil is a

major voice in that. negotiations that are going to be taking place in paris around climate change can only succeed with brazil as a key leader and the announcements that have and may today about their goals on renewable energy is indicative of brazil's leadership. brazil is a major global player. and i told president dilma last night that the united states, as powerful as we are and as interested as we are in solving a whole range of international issues, recognizes that we cannot do it alone in issues like global health. we are not going to succeed unless we are working with brazil and other major countries so that we can identify where the might be an outbreak of disease, how we prevent it from

turning into a pandemic. if we want to be successful on climate change, on countering terrorism, on making sure that we are reducing extreme poverty around the world, all the major countries have to be involved in that process. in brazil, we consider to be an absolutely indispensable partner in these efforts. with respect to trust, i will say president rousseff and i have had an excellent relationship since she took office. i trust her completely. she's always been very candid and frank with me. about the interest of the brazilian people and how we can work together. she has delivered on what she has promise. when we met in panama, we discussed, for example, the defense cooperation agreements that were just mentioned. she got those through congress.

as somebody who knows something about congresses, i know that is never easy. for her to use political capital in order to get that done, i think, is indicative of the kind of reliable partner that she is. and so, we believe that this meeting that we have had this week builds on a series of steps that continue to deepen cooperation between our two countries. the are still going to be differences occasionally, but that is true with everyone of our close friends and allies. no country is going to have identical interests. there will always be some frictions. but our common values, the strong people and relations we have, the fact that we are the largest countries in the

hemisphere with similar histories, i think all that means we should be very strong partners for you to come -- years to come. president rousseff: [speaking foreign language] >> translator: i believe part of my answer was given by president obama. and i'd like to thank him for that. i would like to make the following remark. countries do go through crisis and difficulties. it is natural. and the difficulty is and/or crisis should not entail a lesser role for any country. especially because they can only be said to be a great country if they are successfully able to overcome difficulties and have people with braveness to overcome difficulties and challenges and still sustain the people and country.

it also applies to relations with countries such as the u.s. and the rest of the world. these are essential relations. i think brazil and the u.s. have a great deal in common. we are two countries that with have a hallmark with our history and something we actually had to fight to overcome. talking about the blemish of slavery. we have large black populations. we have a very significant ethnic and multicultural variety in our makeup and that is a major asset in our population. the same is true for the u.s. we are two strong democracies. brazil, as in the case of the united states, i have even congratulated president obama for having overcome the crisis

that struck the country in 2008 and 2009. brazil will overcome the current trend and we will do so decisively. more than that, we will ensure all of the achievement we have established in the past 12 years. and we will make sure these gains multiply into the future. we truly want to build a middle-class country. i think the efforts to reduce inequality are a major gain. >> thank you, mr. president. i hope you do not mind if i ask a multipart question the first one being on greece. i would be remiss if i didn't ask about the financial crisis in europe. in layman's terms and language that americans can understand, i

want to ask simply is a financial crisis in greece capable of bringing down the global economy? and separately i wanted to ask you what some people are calling your best week ever last week. you had two supreme court decisions supported, the affordable care act and gay rights and you also delivered a speech in charleston that was pretty warmly received. it seems you've built up some political capital for the remaining months of your presidency. i'm curious how you want to use it. what hard things do want to to tackle at this point? president rousseff, you asked to join us at the olympics in rio next year. the terrorist group isis has shown a willingness and capacity to carry out terrorist attacks around the world. what preparations are you making to make sure the olympic games are safe and are you concerned about that happening in rio? thank you very much, madam president.

>> on greece, this is a situation we have been monitoring throughout the year. as i think most people are aware, there has been an ongoing crisis in greece dating back to 2009, 2010 and something i've been deeply involved with periodically working with european partners. it is an issue of substantial concern. it is an issue primarily of concern to europe. essentially what you have is a country that has gone through some difficult economic times, and needs to find a path towards growth and a path to stay in the eurozone.

what we have been encouraging both the greek government and our european partners to do is to continue to negotiate and find a pathway towards a resolution. it is also important for us to make sure we planned for any contingency and that we work with the european central bank and other international institutions to make sure that some of the bumps that may occur in the financial markets and that have already occurred are smoothed out. in layman's terms for the american people, this is not something we believe will have a

major shock to the system, but obviously it is very painful for the greek people and it can have a significant effect on growth rates in europe. if europe is not growing the wayose majoexport markets. and it can have a dampening effect on the entire world economy. it is something we are monitoring and something we spend a lot of time on. jack lew has been on the phone consistently over the last several months. i have spoken to my european counterparts, encouraging them to

and so far i think the markets have properly factored in the risks involved. in terms of my best week, my best week i will tell you was marrying michelle. that was a really good week. malia and sasha being born, excellent weeks. [laughter] president obama: there is a game where i scored 27 points. [laughter] president obama: that was a pretty good week. i have had some good weeks in my life i will tell you and i am blessed to have had those. i think last week was gratifying because number one we were able to get a package of trade

legislation that i believe will serve the american people, american workers and businesses well going into the future. it gives us the opportunity to negotiate high standard agreements that have enforceable labor and environmental provisions. it was a tough fight because there are lot of folks in my own party who viewed this as accelerating some of the damaging or frightening trend around globalization that have taken place over the last several decades. my argument has consistently been we are not going to stop globalization. we have to shape it in a way that helps people and these are tools that will help us do that. being able to get that done was very important.

the affordable care act as i've said before, the results speak for themselves. we have the lowest uninsured rate since we started keeping records. it has worked better and it costs less than supporters anticipated. if we can get some governors that have been holding out and resisting expanding medicaid primarily for political reasons, think about what they can do for their citizens who don't have health insurance but can get it very easily if state governments acted, we could see even more improvement over time. my remarks in charleston were heartfelt. it was not a celebration.

i think it was a reflection on the consistent challenge of race in this country and how we can find a path towards a better way. i was gratified to see not only the incredible response of the families that had been affected by this tragedy, but by the response of people like governor haley and how they viewed the issue of the confederate flag. as i said on friday, it doesn't solve all of our problems, but it does signify a sense of empathy and recognition that is always in the start of progress. in many ways, last week was the culmination of a lot of work we've been doing since i came into office. how am i going to spend whatever political capital i have built

up? you know, the list is long and my instructions to my team and my instructions to myself have always been that we are going to squeeze every last ounce of progress that we can make as long as i have the privilege of holding this office. we announced overtime rules that i'll be talking about more this week that will give a raise to 5 million people potentially in this country who really deserve it. i want to see if we can get bipartisan worked on with congress about rebuilding infrastructure. we've got work to do their. i'm really interested in the possibility, the prospect of

bipartisan legislation around the criminal justice system, some of the themes i mentioned on friday and we have seen some really interesting leadership from some unlikely republican legislators very sincerely concerned about making progress there. i want to keep on making progress on job training and making sure that the idea of two years of free community college starts taking root. the list is long. we will keep hammering away at all the issues that i think are going to have an impact on the american people. some of them will be left undone, but we are going to try to make progress on every single one of them and i've always said

one of the things i've learned in this presidency is that there are going to be ups and there are going to be downs. but as long as my focus and my team's focus is on what is going to make a difference in the lives of ordinary americans are we going to give them more opportunity so if they work hard they can get ahead. are we going to make this a more inclusive economy, more inclusive society, a more fair and just society, and if that is our north star and we keep tacking in that direction, we will make progress. i feel pretty excited about it. i might see if we can make next week even better. >> another press conference? president obama: i love press conferences.

it is my press team that is always holding me back. [laughter] [laughter] president obama: i want to talk to you guys every day. [laughter] president obama: sorry, josh. president rousseff: [speaking foreign language] translator: we take the issue, security at large, very seriously. which means that we involve all of those agencies that can't and -- can and will ensure proper security. this includes the armed forces the federal police service, and all of the state level police in the state of rio de janeiro. we already have experience in security. last year we organized the world soccer cup. we had to provide security not

only to one city but we had to cover the whole country there was not one single place not control. thereby establishing a very effective control system by means of command and control centers as well as monitoring control centers covering the displacement of athletes as well as high ranking government officials and authorities. so we followed up on proper security conditions to all those steps. and that is why i am certain that we will be in the position to ensure absolute security during the olympics, just as was the case during the last year world soccer cup. i actually believe that the

upcoming 2016 olympics to be held next june-july will be a unique and special occasion because it will bring together the joy of the brazilians and the beauty of rio. each country tends to think they have the world's best city but i do believe it is the most beautiful, most beautiful city. it will bring together excellent organizational capabilities. they will be able to receive athletes and all those who wish to come. you have a standing invitation. we will make sure you'll be able to enjoy beautiful and great celebrations during the olympics. i would like now to call upon our daily newspaper reporter.

>> [indiscernible] they are being investigated because of allegations of corruption? is it an issue of concern? [speaking foreign language] president obama: i make it a policy not to comment on active cases that are working their way through the justice system. partly because of the people here in the united states know that lawyers work for me and i want to make sure that we appear impartial. i'm not familiar with all the details in the case so i will decline to comment on the specifics. i will make a general statement, that i have had the opportunity

to work with president rousseff on the open government initiative that we've been trying to mobilize internationally, and brazil has been a great partner in that process, that the more we can create accountability and transparency in our government systems, the better off we are going to be. and that takes work, it takes time, but brazil has been a strong partner with us in that process. and i hope that both countries can continue to make progress on that front. president rousseff: [speaking foreign language] translator: i would like to highlight the fact that petrobras is indeed one of the major oil-producing and oil exporting companies in the oil industry. it has more than 60,000 employees.

some employees did engage in corruption, therefore the investigation of course that is going on, it has been going on by the federal prosecutor's office and they're being sued by that office. but circumstantial evidence that is available from the prosecutors are pretty substantial. what i'm trying to say this all legal measures that may possibly be taken against against petrobras will take into account that acts of corruption were practiced within petrobras, yes, but it does not involve 100% of the company. it follows that those who practiced corruption be held accountable and be punished.

the people who actually engaged in these acts of corruption should be punished. the good news about petrobras is it is a strong company, well managed today with proper governance, processes and compliance processes are well placed and properly adjusted. were that not the case, how could you possibly understand that it has a production level of 800,000 barrels a day could -- a day? furthermore, this year, it was awarded the so-called oscar of the oil industry, oil and gas industry by the innovation granted to the president this year. as regard to your second question, i have never appointed or have i dismissed ministers

that may have been appointed or dismissed by the press or by the media. that teeing the case -- being the case, i will wait until all facts and events be properly looked into and disclosed before coming to an assessment. but at least in principle i think it is important and necessary that all of us have access to the same information. the brazilian government does not have access to the court records. strangely enough there was selective leakage of information supposedly or allegedly stemming from the court records. people are free to say whatever they want, and those who are accused have no way of defending themselves because they don't know exactly what they're being charged with. we are a country marked by democratic process. we were able to put an end to all of the arbitrary arrangements and violation of

rights of the past. we had a very strong military dictatorship a given our track record we should really enshrine the right to defend the we should stick to the principle of sentencing once all the evidence that's available. not the other way around. people have the right to proving their innocence. those who are accused are the ones who should provide evidence of guilt. it's the underlying basic principle that western civilization shares. that's what we talk about when we talk about democracy people's right to a fair defense. the burden of proof among the accusing party. they should be of course grounded type of evidence, not just allegation, speculation that does not ensure acts to all of the court records. that would be medieval, send us back to the middle ages. that's what we do in brazil today. president obama: last week, i had a chance to do the rose

garden celebration of the court decision around same-sex marriage. i didn't have a chance to comment on how good the white house looked in rainbow colors. [laughter] president obama: that made it a really good week, to see people gathered in evening outside on a beautiful summer night and to feel accepted and they feel that they have a right to love. that was pretty cool. that was a good thing. >> no regrets? president obama: that, that was a good thing. the only bad part about it was i couldn't go out and take a peek at it myself because then it secret service would've had to clear them out. so i could only reflect on it from a television screen. that's a moment worth savoring. thank you very much, everybody.

>> we will look at the political and legal victories for the president last week. supreme court decisions on same-sex marriage and health care. that is live at 8:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. >> president obama and secretary of state kerry will address the media about the reestablishment of relations with cuba. the president will announce the opening of embassies in washington and havana. we will bring you that announcement live. later, president obama travels to tennessee for a speech on health care. he will visit taylor stratton elementary school, home to more

than 250 health care companies. -- in a city home to more than 250 health care companies. >> soldiers serving under her mother -- serving under her husband called her the mother of the regiment. as first lady, she hosts the white house easter egg roll. lucy hayes, this sunday night on "first ladies: influence an image." from martha washington to michelle obama. >> wednesday, john kirby announced 3000 pages of e-mails

from hillary clinton's account will be released. here's a look at his remarks. >> at about 9:00 tonight, the state department will make publicly available online, approximately 3000 additional pages of e-mails from hillary clinton's e-mail account. they work reviewed using freedom of information act standards for release. we are releasing them to demonstrate the commitment to transparency. the total page count of documents meets a goal set by a court ruling whereby the department is to aspire to the release of 7% of the total number of pages of these documents by today's date.

9:00 is inconvenient for many of you, and i apologize for the inconvenience. the 9:00 release is not intended to make your life harder. that is going to be the going assumption. it is not the case. we worked hard to reach the 7% goal. we are working up to the deadline. there were many conversations yesterday to see if we can move the time to the left. it is a matter of physics and time. there is no way to get it done earlier. let me make it clear. it is not ideal for you or us but you are going to have to bear with us. we will keep the process going. >> chris christie officially became the 14th major republican presidential candidate for 2016.

next his announcement from livingston high school in new jersey. this is half an hour. ♪ governor christie: thank you. thank you, new jersey. thank you. thank you to livingston. people have asked me over the course of the last week, why here? everything started for me.

the friends and family and love i have always felt for and from this community when i decided to make this announcement. there was not any choice. i had to come home and livingston's home for me. [applause] and i want to thank dear friend of my mom's and a wonderful representative of this town for welcoming us here today. and i want to thank my friend. some of you may be confused. it may be you thought she was being booed by her high school classmates. she was not. for reasons i will not explain. her nickname in high school was "the juice."

hence it is not a boo, it is "the juice." i am here because this is where my family raised me. you will hear a lot and have heard a lot about my mother and father. all of us know that good and for bad, where we come from is from our parents so you heard sheila and lynn talk about my mom today and i were because all those years ago my mother and father became the first of either of their families to leave the city and come here and make their home. my mom's not here but i feel her and my dad is here with me today and i am privileged to have him. [applause]

they raised my brother and i and brought us here to livingston when i was four years old and two years old and my sister joined us a few years later. this is where we grew up. these are the fields we played on. these are the playgrounds we played on. this is the school we built our friends with and came and learned with. up until i left to share a room with mary pat, i shared a room with todd the entire time. it was a smith transition. -- smooth transition. my sister and todd are as big a part today is anybody else and they are both here and i love them both. thank you. everyone thinks i am the politician in the family. we did a coin flip when we got married.

i called tails. i am the guy who ran but the politician just as good as me is the woman i met all those years ago at the university of delaware, from a family of 10 people. people say why aren't you shy in a crowd and i say you should see the family i have an married into. my wife is largely responsible for the amazing people you see standing with her. ever since i have been governor i have been happy to use the veto at home. so far, so good. i have not been overridden there either. i am glad they are here today and for andrew and sarah and

patrick and bridget, i could not be prouder of four children that i am of them. i told you my parents moved to livingston and they moved to make this part of their fulfillment of their dream. of their version of the american dream. they both lost their fathers at a young age. they were raised by extraordinarily strong women. under really difficult circumstances, my dad, one of the best students in his high school class admitted to columbia university could not go because his father passed away. he could not go. they did not have the money. he went to work and he got

drafted into the army and came home. and went to work at the breyers ice cream plant in new jersey and then decided after he met my mom that it was time for him to make more with his life and he went to school at night at rutgers for six years while working at those jobs during the day to get his degree in accounting and my mother, one of the proudest pictures she had is the one she called our first family picture. it was my mom and dad on the day he graduated from rutgers in june of 1962. the first person in either of the families to get a college degree and it was the first family picture because she was six months pregnant with me. the smiles on both their faces that day were indicative of not what they had accomplished but what they saw coming ahead of them. their smiles were about the fact they thought that nothing was out of reach for them now. they had each other, they were

building a family, they worked together, and with the help of both of those strong women, they gave them $5,000 each, probably all the money they had in the world to put a down payment on a house in this town to give their children a chance to take the dream they have started to build and to make it even bigger and better. so i not only think about my mom and dad today, i think about my two grandmothers. women who raised children on their own, women who knew how to card and knew that hard work would deliver something for their children and i know that both of them are watching today and part of today is the fulfillment of their dream, too. i am thinking about both of them.

one of the things my mother always used to say all the time was if you work hard enough, you can be anything. she said god has given you so many gifts. if you just work hard enough you can be anything. and that story is proof, it is proof parents who came from nearly nothing except for that hard work. parents who brought little to their marriage except for their love for each other and that hard work. and that hard work not only produced a great life for me and my brother and sister but think about how amazing this country is that one generation removed from the guy who was working on the floor of the plant at the breyers ice cream place, his son is the two-term governor of the state where he was born and raised.

that is not only what my parents have done for me but that is what new jersey has done for us. this place that represents the most ethnically diverse state in the country, the most densely populated state in the country we are all different and we are on top of each other like you are on top of each other in this gym. and what has come from that is the absolute belief that not only can all achieve what we want to achieve because of the place we live and we cannot only do it together, but we have to do it together. we have no choice. this country needs to work together again, not against each other.

when i became governor six years ago, we had a state that was in economic calamity, and $11 billion deficit. a state that no longer believed that any one person could make a difference in the lives of the people so we rolled up our sleeves and we went to work and we balanced this budget and we refused to raise taxes on the people of this state for six years. we made the hard decisions that had to be made to improve our education system. we reformed tenure. we made the difficult decisions to reform pensions and health benefits and continue that fight today. we have stood together against each and every person, every

cynic who said why are you wasting your time, this state is not governable. we proved not only can you governor the state you can lead it to a better day and that is what we have done together. and now we face a country that is not angry. when i hear the media say that our country is angry i know they are wrong. i met people in every corner of america and they are not angry. americans are not angry. americans are filled with anxiety. because they look to washington, d.c. and they see a government that not only does not work anymore, it does not even talk to each other. it does not pretend to try to work. we have a president who ignores the congress and the congress that ignores the president. we need a government that remembers you went there to work

for us, not the other way around. [applause] both parties have failed our country. both have stood in the corner and held their breath and waited to get their own way. both parties have led us to believe that in america, a country that was built on compromise, that somehow compromise is a dirty word. if washington and adams believed compromise is a dirty word, we would still be under the crown of england. and this dysfunction, this lack of leadership has led to an economy that is weak and has not recovered the way it should.

it has led to an educational system that has the 27th in the industrialized world in math and 24th in science. it led us to weaker leadership around the world where our friends can no longer trust us and our adversaries do not fear us. this weakness and indecisiveness have sent a wave of anxiety through our country but i'm here to tell you that anxiety can be swept away by strong leadership and decisiveness to lead america again. we just need to have the courage to choose. we need the courage to stand up. we need to course a new path.

american knows that new path. it must start with this. we must tell each other the truth about the problems we have and the difficulty of the solution. if we tell each other the truth we recognize that will lead to growth and opportunity for every american in this country. we have to acknowledge government is not working. we have to say it out loud and acknowledge it is the fault of our bickering leaders who no longer listen to us and no longer know that they are supposed to be serving us. we need to acknowledge that all of that anxiety and those failures are not the end, they are the beginning. the beginning of what we can do together. what we need to decide is that we can make a difference. that we can stand up and make a

difference in this country. that is why i love the job i have. that is why i love my job as governor. kids ask me all the time, they ask me to questions, what is your favorite color, always. second, they always asked me what is your best part of your job? and i tell them i wake up knowing i have an opportunity to do something great. i do not do something great every day. i am human, but every morning i wake up with an opportunity to do something great. that is why this job is a great job and that is why president of the united states is an even greater job for a greater number of people.

i have spent the last 13 years of my life as u.s. attorney and governor of the state fighting for fairness and justice and opportunity for the people of the state of new jersey. that has not made me more weary, it has made me stronger and i am willing to fight for the people of the united states of america. america is tired of handwringing and indecisiveness and weakness in the oval office. we need to have strength and decision-making and authority back in the oval office and that is why today i am proud to announce my candidacy for the republican nomination for president of the united states of america. [applause]

and now as livingston and new jersey turns its gaze to the rest of america today, what do we see and what do we have to confront? we need a campaign of ideas and hard truths and real opportunity for the american people. we need to fix a broken entitlement system that is bankrupting our country. we have candidates who said we cannot confront this because if we do we will be lying and stealing from the american people. the lying and stealing has already happened. the horse is out of the barn. we have to get it back in and we can only do it by force.

we have to get our economy growing again at 4% or greater. we have to make this once again the country my mother and father told me it was. as hard as you work, that is as high as you will rise. that is not the case anymore. we cannot look at our children and say that to them because we have an economy that is weak and does not present them with the same opportunities that mary pat and i were presented with in the mid-1980's when we graduated from college. we did not worry about getting a job, we worried about picking which job was the best for us , we did not worry about if we were going to be successful. this country and its leadership does the same thing to my children and yours and i am ready to give it to you.

we need a tax system that is simplified and will put cpas like my dad out of this this. -- out of business. we need to get the government off the back of our people and businesses and encourage businesses to invest in america again. invest in our country and people. and in a world that is as dangerous, as frightening as any time i have seen it in my lifetime, there is only one indispensable force for good in the world. it is a strong, unequivocal america that will leave the world and not be afraid to tell our friends we will be with unit matter what and to tell our adversaries there are limits to your conduct and america will enforce limits to that conduct.

i heard the president say that the world respects america because of his leadership. this convinces me, this is the final confirmation that president obama lives in his own world, known in our world, and the fact is this. after seven years of a weak and feckless foreign policy run by barack obama we had better not turn it over to his second mate, hillary clinton.

leadership matters. it matters for our country and american leadership matters for the world, but if we are going to lead, we have to stop worrying about being loved and start caring about being respected again. i'm not running for president as a surrogate for being elected prom king of america. i am not looking to be the most popular guy and tries to figure out what you want to hear, see it, and turn around and do something else. when i stand up on a stage like this in front of you there is one thing you will know for sure. i mean what i say and i say what i mean and that is what america needs right now.

unlike some people who offer the candidacy for president, you will not have to wonder. we have pushed back and we overcome rim from the natural disaster. that is because we have let n-word -- lead and work together to do . you can find the most powerful special interest this state has to have, reach across the aisle to our friends in the democratic party and see if you have a good idea, i am willing to work with

you because that is what our country needs. as governor, i have never wavered from telling you the truth. i act to make sure you know that is the truth as i believe it in my heart. as a candidate for president, i want to promise you a few things. first, a campaign without spin or pandering or focus group test and answers. you are going to get what i think, whether you like it or not or whether it makes you cringe. the campaign when i am asked the question, i am going to give the answer to the question that is asked, not the answer that my political consultants told me to give backstage. a campaign that every day will not worry about what is popular but what is right because what

is right is what will fix america. not what is popular. a campaign that believes. that believes in an america that is as great as the hopes and dreams that we want everyone of our children to have. not a campaign that tears down but a campaign that rebuilds america to the place where you and i grew up and where we want our children to grow up again and where we want free people around the world to grow up in in their countries as well. that is what america has stood for and that is what this campaign will stand for. [applause] all the signs say telling it like it is but there is a reason for that. we're going to tell it like it is today so that we can create

greater opportunity for every american tomorrow. the truth will set us free everybody. all 52 years i've spent in the state with our people have prepared me for this moment. we have no idea where this journey ends but we know that it is only in this country, only in america where someone like me could have the opportunity to seek the highest office the world has to offer. only in america could all of you believe that your voices and your efforts can make a difference to change a country as big and vast and powerful as

this one. only in america have we seen time after time after time the truth of the words that one person can make a difference. the reason that is true is because it is the only thing that has ever made a difference in the history of the world. one person reaching out to another to change their circumstance and to improve the lot of their children and grandchildren. i do not seek the presidency for any other reason than because i believe in my heart that i am ready to work with you, to restore america to its rightful place in the world and to restore the american dream to each one of our children whether

they live in livingston or new work, camden, paterson, or jersey city. no matter where they live, we need to make sure that everyone of those children believes they have a president who not only's asked to them but who hears them. and understands that their voices is what makes any american president great. if you give it a privilege to be your resident, i will wake up every day not only with my heart strong and my mind sharp, but with my ears open and my arms open. to welcome the american people , no matter what party, no matter what race or creed or color to make sure that you know that this is your country. we are going to win this election and i love each and every one of you. thank you very much.

♪ ["who says you can't go home" plays]. >> the signing of trade legislation. that is live at 8:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. the supreme court ruling upholds

subsidies for the purchase of health care. political -- politico holds a session on the rolling. you can see it at 1:05 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. here are a few of our featured programs for the holiday weekend. on c-span, friday night, 8:00 eastern, the talkers magazine conference in new york. saturday night, an interview with arthur sulzberger junior. sunday, members of the church committee, on the ground breaking efforts to reform the intelligence community. on book tv, friday night, martin ford on how the use of artificial intelligence could make good jobs obsolete.

saturday night a history professor on why the bill of rights was created. the debates its bird. sunday, and, in depth, join our conversation with peter schweizer. he has written over a dozen books. on american history tv on c-span 3, friday evening, the 70th anniversary of the united nations with jerry brown, nancy pelosi and ban ki-moon. at 8:00, a classroom lecture on the revolutionary war. sunday afternoon at 4:00, a look back at a 1960 film featuring joe brown, about a nationwide

search for old circus wagons and the effort to restore them in time for a july 4 parade in milwaukee. get our full schedule at www.c-span.org. >> "washington journal is next. at 10:00 a.m., cuba's public health minister on the efforts to combat aids. at 11:00, president obama makes an announcement. at 2:30, president obama in national tennessee, for a speech on health care. -- national, tennessee, for a speech on health care. coming up, trust on a new report .

at 8:30 a.m., steven of the heritage foundation discusses the tax plans of the 2016 presidential >> america is tired of we girls in the oval office. we need to have strength and decision and authority back in the oval office. i am proud to announce my candidacy for the republican nomination for the united states of america. ♪ ♪ host: that was chris christie becoming the 14th republican to throw his hat into the ring for the 2016 presidential nomination.