far? don't you feel that you went too far in what you call -- donald trump: oh, no, not at all. let me tell you, not at all. >> [applause] donald trump: two things. i am so proud of the fact that i got to dialogue started on illegal immigration. and people in the media, and all fairness, they were very rough on me in that first week and now many have apologized to me. it has turned out i was right. someone in san francisco was shot by in illegal with your five times a day couldn't do anything about it and now everybody is saying that trump was right. that i tell you, i took a lot of abuse.

they said, work and have to drop you. i said, i don't care. she is wearing one of my -- [indiscernible] that was nice. i never liked them that much because they were made in china. >> [laughter] donald trump: obviously, they appreciated. but referring to people as -- frank luntz: but referring to people as racist. donald trump: -- frank luntz: you called him a dummy. is that appropriate for running for president? donald trump: you have to let me speak, frank, because you interrupt me all the time. let's take john mccain. i'm in phoenix. we have a meeting that is going to have 500 people. we get a call from the hotel. turmoil. allison's and thousands of people are showing up 3, 4 days. -- days before. the hotel says, we cannot handle

this. we move it to the convention center. we have 15,000 people. the biggest one ever. bigger than bernie sanders bigger than the people whose -- who showed up to hear him speak. a beautiful day with incredible people that were wonderful, great americans. i will tell you. john mccain goes, oh, boy trump makes my life difficult. he had 15,000 crazies show up. he called them all crazy. i said, they were not crazies. they were great americans. if you were to see these people -- i know what a crazy is. i know all about crazies. he insulted me and he insulted everybody in that room. i said, somebody should run against john mccain who has been, in my opinion, not so hot. and i supported him. i supported him for president. i raised $1 million for him. he lost, he let us down. he lost. i have never liked him as much after that. >> [laughter]

donald trump: but frank -- he is a war hero. frank luntz: a war hero. donald trump: a war hero because he was captured. i don't like people that were captured. he was a war hero because he was captured, ok? and i believe perhaps he is a war hero but right now, he said some very bad things about a lot of people. so what i said is john mccain, i disagree with him. and very importantly, and i speak the truth, he graduated last in his class at annapolis. so i said, nobody knows that. he graduated last in his class. and he was upset, for what? telling the truth? you're not you're supposed to say that somebody graduated last. folks, i want to make america great again. we want to get down to brass tacks.

we do want to listen to his stuff with being politically correct. we have a lot of work to do. frank, the other day, hillary clinton got up and she said i didn't like mr. trump's town. -- tone. we have christians having their heads cut off in the middle east. we have people dying all over the border, that is where i was right, 100% right. we have all of this like, medieval times. and she said, i didn't like his tone. you know who else said that? jeb bush. we want results. this group wants results. we don't want tone. >> [applause] [cheering] [applause] frank luntz: we have people lined up for questions. you just used the word christians. have you ever asked god for forgiveness echo donald trump: -- forgiveness? donald trump: that is a tough question.

i am a religious person. april are so shocked when they find this out. -- people are so shocked and they find this out. i impressed with. and i love my church. the great norman vincent gild was my pastor. he was so great. he would give the sermon, and you never want to delete. sometimes we had sermons and every once in while we think about leaving a little early right? >> [laughter] donald trump: he would give a sermon and i am telling you, i still remember his sermons. it was unbelievable. what he would do is bring real life situations, modern-day situations into the sermon. and you could listen to him all day long. when you left the church, you were disappointed that it was over. he was the greatest guy. then he passed the way, but he was great. frank luntz: but have you ever asked god for forgiveness? >> [laughter] [applause] donald trump: i am not sure i

have. i just don't try and do a better job from there. i don't think so. if i do something wrong, i think i just try to make it right. i don't bring god into that picture. i don't. you know, when we go in church and when i drink my little one which is about the only one i drink, and have my little cracker, i guess that is a form of asking for forgiveness. i do that as often as possible because i feel cleansed, ok? but timmy, that is important. in terms of officially, i could tell you absolutely. i don't think in terms of that. i think in terms of, let's go on and let's make it right. >> [applause] frank luntz: microphone one, please. >> mr. trump, respectfully we will the 1992 election. donald trump: right. >> would you go on record today saying that if you can't it be

for public and nomination, you will not run as a third-party candidate? donald trump: no. no. i would go on record as saying that. >> why not? donald trump: i want this country -- this country has great potential. but we are being drained by incompetent leaders, by horrible people. as an example, with the iran deal, which is a total disaster, we didn't get a hostages back. and just this morning -- and yesterday, secretary kerry, who is the worst, worst negotiator i mean, he didn't read "the art of a negotiation." he said very strongly, we did want to bring up the hostages we didn't want to come look at the deal. what is that? how is that complicated and the deal right? so he didn't want to talk about the money, the hostages. it was just announced that iran got one of their leading nuclear scientists back as part of the deal. just came out this morning. so iran, in addition to making

an unbelievable deal that will make them one of the great powers, perhaps more powerful than the united states because today it is about the weapons not about the number of soldiers you have. we are giving them billions of billions -- and billions of dollars that we shouldn't give them. we didn't get a hostages back because they didn't want to complicate. we didn't want to come to get the negotiations. and when obama was asked about that, he was asked a very simple question. the anger in his face of being asked that question, he said, we didn't want to complicate it. how is that complicating it? iran just got their big scientists back and we just found out about it this morning. i think we are run by a group of incompetent people and they are destroying our country. >> [applause]

and can i say just one other thing? nobody deals with politicians more than i do. >> [laughter] donald trump: i contributed to hillary clinton, to bill, to everybody. i was a businessman, why wouldn't i? i know this, like with my wedding, i said hillary, bill be at my wedding. it was a nice. frank, it is important. frank luntz: i want to know, which wedding? >> [laughter] donald trump: my last wedding. the last one. frank luntz: but as a -- donald trump: but as a businessman, you have other things, you have other things to do. no politician, in my opinion -- i watch them, they talk about the moon and the sun, the sun will rise, the mood will set. i watch them. people want jobs. no politician is going to get this country back.

i'm sort of a politician because i been dealing with politicians all my life. if you can't win and make a lot of money, you are not very good. believe me. i have been dealing with them all my life. i know them and i know it from the other side. all the people -- like when you say bush has $100 million and you say hillary has $50 million that they got, those people are controlled by the people who give them the money. they are lobbyists, special interests, and donors. >> [applause] donald trump: and i will tell you, i will tell you that they are totally controlled. when bush has to make a decision , and can you imagine this guy negotiating against china? we have no chance. who would you rather have negotiating against china? trump or bush? you tell me. >> [laughter] frank luntz: again, this is a summit as opposed to a specific political effort. >> [laughter] frank luntz: you can afford the lawyers against the irs, i cannot. donald trump: i know, i know.

frank luntz: a question, please. >> you talked about your faith earlier. and i was wondering how your faith and your family growing up has influenced how you raise your children? donald trump: it has really had a big influence. i have wonderful children and i knock on wood, and hope that's what -- wood, but maybe more than any question, i get questions similar to that because my children have done well. you know if anke -- you know ivanka. my three oldest children has done well -- have done well. they haven't been in trouble. and more than any other question i get from people is, how did you major get? you read some of the horse stories about children. and one of them was through the church, very important. we have a church where i grew up, first presbyterian church in queens, and that is where i grew

up and where i went to church. i went to sunday school, bible class, all the things that a lot of the folks in this room did. but it was a very important element -- church was a very important element as far as growing the kids. another important element was from the town they were two years old to say, no drugs, no alcohol, no cigarette. i would tell them. and ivanka, daddy, you are driving me crazy. the kid was like four years old. she didn't even know what drugs were. >> [laughter] donald trump: but i have seen so many children grow up and the get under the influence of drugs or alcohol. and their parents are successful people, the kid is brilliant they have no chance. once they are under the influence of drugs and alcohol, life is too tough. they are not going to make it. so i was based on with my children. and they -- frank luntz: did you used to have dinner with your kids most night? donald trump: yes.

i would have dinner with my kids almost always. and i'm always available to my children. i can be in the middle of the biggest, most important deal. if ivanka called me right now, i would say, goodbye, frank, you are a wonderful guy. but i was always available to my children. and, you know, frankly i have said it, i was actually a great father. i was a better father than i was a husband. and the reason is i was a worker. you know, you mentioned the -- the relationships. they were very good women, but i was always working. i was working. i was greeting jobs, building jobs, doing everything. legitimate stuff. i was working and it was very hard for a woman -- and i blame myself, i don't blame anybody else, but it was a work thing. and it was very hard for me to compete against the work. and that was not good. i have learned that.

frank luntz: so then what advice do you have because very few people, no one in this room, be able to live in your shoes. when you try to prioritize your career or your family, what is the best way to get that right? donald trump: a great question. the -- the things i have learned -- i know all the of a successful people in the world most of him, they sold an apartment recently to $55 million from a chinese person and then they say i don't like china. i love china. >> [laughter] [applause] donald trump: by the way, same with mexico. mexico, respect mexico, love the mexican people. i just don't like that the mexican leaders are ripping off our country because they are smarter and more cunning than our leaders and our negotiators. between the trade and the borders, they are killing us. frank luntz: your press conferences would take forever. >> [laughter]

donald trump: i'm trying to get out the point, frank. frank luntz: so, career and family, how did you balance? donald trump: i was going to say that i found the happiest people -- the happiest people are the ones we have good families. i know the richest people in the world, i know the toughest people in the will, i know these people that you wouldn't like, you probably wouldn't like them, brutal people, great business people, but to not nice people. they are not the happiest people. they are very rich, they are very smart. i would use them to negotiate against japan. i would get one of them, you are here, you are here like checkers, like chess. but i will tell you, they are not the happiest people. the happiest people i see other people who have great families. i don't know. >> [applause] donald trump: and just to take that a step further, and i tell this to people all the time,

they say, how do i get rich? i tell them, all the time, and a make the statement because i have seen it, those people that have that great family, wife husband, children, whatever it takes, those other people that in my life i have seen that other happiest people. a lot of the really successful people, they always want more, more. they want $6 billion. i say, -- but they always want more and more. they are always stressed. and in the end, they are not very happy people. religion is a very big factor, too. i have seen people that have a great family and the have god and the have church and they love their church. i have friends that love to go to their church. they are happy people. frank luntz: again, you have gone into it -- if i don't ask this question, the audience will be disappointed.

what is your relationship with god? donald trump: well, i pray, i go to church, i do things that are wrong, i guess so. i am a business person. i really do well in business. i have done great. i have made some great deals. i own some of the greatest properties in the world. i -- i think god helps me. i think you got helped me. but god help speed by giving me a certain brain, which is a good thing -- which whether that is a good thing or a bad thing. i went through what is said to be the greatest business school in the world. i did well there. so, i mean, i was born with a certain intellect that was good for this. frank, look, when you boil it down we need a president that is going to be able to make deals, great deals. because we are getting killed. we are losing -- our gross national product went down, our

gdp, if you look at it, growth domestic, went down in the first quarter. it became negative. when china goes up 7% or 8%. it was, like, in china, they are going crazy. we had a negative. think of it. we had a negative number. it is unheard of. gdp goes down. -- down fairly substantially, and it is going to continue to go down. that means it is getting smaller, yet we have more people. many of which are crossing the border, by the way. we need somebody who can take our jobs back from china, frank. we need some who can take our jobs back from mexico. >> [applause] donald trump: because we are going to hell. and frank does not like the work hell -- word hell, but we need somebody who is going to bring our jobs back. >> [applause] frank luntz: part of this responsibility is to be able to

understand who these people are not just about policy. i want to give you a chance to close with the issues that you want to do. but did you -- leaders are required to set priorities. is our economic health or our moral health more important for the next president to prioritize? donald trump: you could do both frank. it doesn't have to be one without the other. >> [applause] donald trump: look, if i am elected president -- i know they can't create jobs like me. he cannot negotiate with china like i can negotiate. by the way, every single other country in the world, we don't make good deals anymore. if i can make the country start financially, it is a lot easier for the country morally. i mean, our country -- you look at what is going on. we are in serious trouble. our military is -- we sent

weapons over to our so-called allies and one shot is fired and we lose 2300 armor plated vehicles. we don't know what we are doing. we truly don't know what we are doing. if i can make our country really strong, i would focus on the military. i would tell you what i focus on, the vets. the vets are treated like first-class citizens in our country. >> [applause] donald trump: and that is part of the morality. these people went out and he fought for us and they are great people. the best people. and they are treated so badly. i have been with mats who say, they could to -- vets who say they go to a doctor's office and they wait for five days in the reception area. that is morality, too. i think your question is very good, that i think they have to go hand-in-hand because our country is a better nation -- we are in serious trouble and i

know it sounds a little bit rough, we have to make our country rich again, we have to make our country great again. we can't let other parts of the world steel our country, steal our jobs, steal our manufacturing. with that being said, immorality of this country, with the right president -- president obama, i never thought you'd be a good president because i didn't think he is qualified. but one think you do, he would be a great cheerleader for the country. he has been horrible. i don't know if he loves america. i don't want to get into that. frank luntz: is he a moral president? donald trump: ask his wife, ok? >> [applause] [laughter] donald trump: but, you know what, i was hoping and i thought the one thing i thought about him -- i saw him speaking in germany, i saw him speaking -- i thought he would be a great cheerleader for the country. he has been horrible. he has been divisive.

he hasn't even called kate steinle's family. he hasn't called. he has called other people, but he is in called her family. why wouldn't he call her? this was a man that came over, was pushed over -- he shouldn't have been here. in a legal immigrant. and nobody has even called her family. ok? i think morale of the and i think success go hand in hand. you don't have to have one without the other. frank luntz: ladies and gentlemen, donald trump! >> [applause] donald trump: thank you, thank you, everybody. >> [applause] donald trump: i get a standing ovation, other people don't. >> [applause] >> ♪ >> [applause] donald trump: thank you. >> ♪

>> all the way from washington dc, please welcome one of the nation's top pro-life and profamily leaders, and president of the family research council tony perkins. >> [applause] tony perkins: good morning. how do you jump that? >> [laughter] tony perkins: actually, i am moved with compassion for these presidential candidate and i actually can empathize with them. i remember my first campaign. it was almost 20 years ago and it was back in my home state of louisiana. and i was campaigning in the summer, much like what it is here in iowa. boy, is it hot and humid there -- herer. i knocked on this lady's door

and i introduced myself. i headed her my card and she took it. i had just gotten caught in one of those afternoon rain showers, so my hair wasn't as good as donald's at the time. >> [laughter] : entry -- tony perkins: and she looked at the picture and she said my, that picture sure flatters you. >> [laughter] tony perkins: so, campaigning is not for the faint of heart. i was reminded recently of a story of these three guys who ended up sitting together on an airplane. and they were making small talk and as it usually turns out for men, it goes towards what they do for a living. as it turns out, one was a surgeon, one was an architect and one was a judge. they got into a bit of friendly banter about who represented the oldest profession. after a considerable amount of time, the surgeon said, look, i represent the oldest profession. the other two said, well, prove it. he said, i remember going to

vacation bible school and i remember them telling us a story from that first book of the bible, i think it was genesis. and it talked about how god created eve by taking a rip out of adam, therefore -- rib out of adam, therefore performing surgery. the other two kind of nodded but then the architect said, wait a minute, i know that story well. i grew up going to sunday school in that book of genesis, it clearly says that before god created adam and eve, he created all of creation out of chaos. therefore, god had to have done -- been an architect. then the judge, who is sitting over by the windows, said, hold on a minute. summit he had to first create the chaos. >> [laughter] [applause] tony perkins: friends, there is no question that our nation's highest court has unleashed

chaos and moral confusion on our nation. >> [applause] tony perkins: but -- but it did not begin on june the 26th. how else can you explain a senior official with planned parenthood casually talking about the sale of body parts from aborted babies also be wine? how else to explain the fact that we can choose which sex we want to be on any given day that we can't use a health insurance plan we want for our families? >> [applause] tony perkins: there is no question that chaos and moral confusion has been released on america, but it is not just the court. we have an administration that has the submarines, protected illegal alien criminals repeatedly shown contempt for congress traded terrace for a deserter while leaving christians who languish in prisons in iran. they have abandoned christians worldwide to ray had a goal -- to radical jihadists and even

threatened to shut down our own government to make sure that taxpayer money continue to go to planned parenthood. yes, my friends, there is no question that chaos and moral confusion has been unleashed on this nation. the question before us is, what are we as christians and conservatives going to do about it? well, let me start by saying, we need to demand that the republican-controlled congress not just investigate planned parenthood. i have actually lost count of the number investigations that this republican congress has done, but i can tell you what has come of them. we need to demand that republican leaders immediately passed a moratorium on taxpayer funding to the $1 billion abortion giant. >> [applause] [cheering] [applause] tony perkins: and if president obama -- if president obama

wants to shut down the government because he wants to continue giving your money to an organization that allegedly traffics the body parts of babies, let him stand before the american people and say that. >> [applause] [cheering] [applause] tony perkins: i want to challenge you to join. wrote to our website. sign this petition that i'm going to deliver to our republican leaders calling for this moratorium on taxpayer money going to planned parenthood. >> [applause] tony perkins: but there is something more fundamental that we must demand. and it is something that we must demand of ourselves. no one in this auditorium this morning needs reminding that we live in a time of unequal peril. we are beset by troubles on every side. and most disturbingly, from within. but by that, i do not mean the security threats inside the

boundaries of these united states of america, though it is true the house -- chairman of the house committee, just three weeks ago, said we are confronted with, quote, the highest level of threat have ever faced in this nation. end quote. and the attack thursday in chattanooga, which killed four marines and now one nor do i mean the threat to our liberties from fellow americans people who favor policies that expand the government and undermine the civil institution and the values that have kept our nation strong for the 239 years. the greatest threat we face, the one that troubles me the most is the threat within ourselves. that we will conceived the debates before us, give up our rights we have inherited abandoned the legacy of american freedom bequeathed through us to the blood and sacrifice of our mothers and fathers.

i have but one message, one resolution for you this morning -- to let us win swiftly and decisively the most urgent battle before us. lead is project the summons of defeat the councils of despair and the calls to intellectually and spiritually this arm. maybe say never never will be give up on this country that we call home, the united states of america. [applause] to do this, to do this, we must embrace the principles of our founding. a few years ago, i was invited by a member of congress to join him in visiting the vault at the national archives loading. the vault is a room were uncirculated documents are held. i will admit this may not have had the drama of nicolas cage and "national treasure," but ask the student of history, i was fascinated. one of the documents that we had

the opportunity to view was a markup of what we now know as our bill of rights. after george washington assumed office of president, the first the new congress in 1780 nine was amending the constitution to address the issue that came up during the ratification process. many americans do not know this but there were 17 original amendments sent from the house of representatives to the senate. the first that with the election of members of congress time to the size of the population. this was rejected when it was later sent to the state. then it was congressional pay, a reminder that some things never change. [laughter] this was not ratified either. it was eventually ratified in 1992. someone apparently suck -- stuck it in the mail service. the third focused to on individual rights. the first to deal with individual rights, a separate standalone amendment.

this is what it said -- "congress shall make no law establishing religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, nor shall the right of conscious be infringed." whole text, 21 words. the senate deleted portions of the 17 amendment and combined others ending up with 12. when the state passed on the first two, the remaining work ratified and added to the constitution as our bill of rights. i had not been aware that the house of representatives, the people's body, the body closest to the citizens come handcrafted the first amendment dealing strictly with the issue of religious freedom. you see, our religious freedom the fact that congress held with that first in the list of individual rights is revealing. what this shows is that religious liberty is our first freedom. not because it was listed first but because our founders understood that religious freedom was a gift ranted by god

-- granted by god to be guarded by the government and not the other way around. [applause] my friends, it is this freedom the freedom of religion that is the foundation for all other freedoms we enjoy. the freedom to believe and live according to your beliefs. we treasure, those of us in this auditorium this morning, we treasure our religious heritage and our right to worship. may we never see our religious liberty as merely a haven, a harbor of refuge. it is a port from which we fail -- sail. it is not the place of retreat. it is a starting point for individual and national renewal and may we use it as such. [applause]

on our first freedom our freedom to believe, to act, to teach and to be heard, we must be unyielding and demand the same of our leaders including including those who are seeking our support for the presidency of the united states. they must be unyielding in their dissent of our freedom to believe and live according to our beliefs [applause] . -- our believes. [applause] friends, this is not a time to shrink back and fear in the face of the less intimidation. it is not the time to lose our voice in gross silence because of the media's hostility to christian values. not a time to hide in the shadows of governments religious and tolerance. it is a time to stand resolutely and use the freedom we have been granted by god to courageously proclaim the love of jesus and

the truth of his word from sea to shining sea. my friends, it is time for you and i to stand for truth, to stand for america. god bless you. [applause] >> $18 trillion national debt, supreme court reach, marriage undefined, life distinguished liberty civil -- liberty silence, israel under attack, the heading by the terrorist god removed and then moved back to the party platform, the hollywooding of our families, and endless turmoil that grows every day. >> i have never been more optimistic about the future of

our country than i am today. as a family leader, our vision revives america that honors god and worship people. perhaps the world would not be such an upside down place if we, as individuals, would follow paul's encouragement. the family leader chooses to strengthen families by declaring leadership in the home, the church, and the government. our standing begins on our knees. we often look for political solutions that down deep, we only realized that our culture needs revival. the individual and collective hearts back to god, his principles, and his righteousness. our initiative needs to ignite the survival by talking and uniting believers and prayer.

revivals, and insight. process -- and insight thought process. beginning with me, beginning with the new. when we can revive, we can dream again. clearly speaking the truth of the scriptures without the fear because in america, religious liberty is a cornerstone of all our rights. we can truly reflect our calling. according to romans 13, as ministers of god. we can dream of parents, and raising, nurturing educating their children according to god. we can honor god. [indiscernible] we dream of life being cherished from conception to natural death. living out -- out each ordained day as a god's purpose. we can dream of a culture in pursuit of god's righteousness in the home, the church and the

government. we have been dealing with this pursuit, advancing god and honoring pro-family values, using the constitution as our line. when the legislature is in session, every day our team directly represents values. we partnered with hundreds of athletes, community groups, churches providing them with resources, legal advice, information and encouragement. [indiscernible] helping to launch the next president of the united states. the family leadership summit president election forms, along with national partnerships and national media exposure has provided family leaders with a national platform. if you are about politics, and i

know you are, how do you feel about the top 45 who are out there right now? -- tehe top four or five who are out there right now? >> people who have a chance to interact and they are conservatives from all across iowa and all across the country gathered here. [indiscernible] >> it has been remarkable. >> i want to say thank you to the family leaders for putting us together. >> it is a provigil to be here. it is a real honor. -- it is a real privilege to be here. it is a real honor. ♪ >> the family leader strengthening families by leadership in the home, the church and the government.

[applause] mr. baker: i am that there -- the executive director for the family leader. it is a group of iowans of born-again believers who believe in the gospel of jesus christ to a government arena. it is based on the bible verse where paul calls all of us to be ambassadors of christ for the sake of the message of reconciled people back to god. one of the rings we do is we work with pastors at the iowa capital in what we call the iowa capital project. we have a lobby team made up of chuck, danny, mayor scott, and myself to witness jesus christ. it is taste on the profit king's

relationship that we see in the bible, representing the church and the king representing the government. some example of scriptures would be david, king david, and also samuel and the prophet nathan. we also see a gentile pain interact with daniel. in the new testament, we get to see paul and two governors of rome. the purpose is to help government fulfilled the purpose which is the punishment evoke and reward those who do good. the government's job is to punish evil and reward good. how can you do it if you do not know what the truth of good and evil? that is when the church has to step in an interview. the church is the moral compass for our nation. it is not the church's responsibility to be the government but it is the responsibility to assist the government and that has been our

goal to have a group of pastors at the capitol every single day of legislative session. this past year, we got to partake in a beautiful project where we present a founder's bible to everybody. the legislators did not just get a bible, they received it from a pastor in their own district. we worked with over 136 churches across the state to sponsor bible for the legislator and they came in person to present that bible in february on the cold day and begin a relationship with the legislator. god changes people the relationship god changed me through a relationship and he is changing all of us through a relationship. our elected officials are no different. since the cold in february these legislators receive a weekly e-mail from our president for the devotion. that devotion is based on the daily reading plan they gave these legislators. they can get through the bible

in one year. we also send any mill out every week to the pastors and the churches who are gracious to participate in the project. we keep following up on and off session to begin building that relationship. as the church of jesus christ that has and continues to change america but not only america the world. we thank you for being here today and please enjoy this video highlights of what we did in february. [applause] >> as policymakers, we are designed to create laws redesign laws that they would go back to this. find out what is the founder's meeting. several of the people not here today will be able to give one to every single legislator of the iowa capital and the entire executive branch who will be receiving these today. >> we would like to give bibles to the leaders and executive

branch and what a difference in how they govern because they understand god's plan for governing. >> this is the belief of the founding fathers the fear of god, the understanding of the scripture and it applies to every day life and the government around that. [indiscernible] >> i am so excited to be here to represent christ to the legislators of iowa. >> mary, our auditor, i presented her with the bible and we pray together. she was amazed and we began to talk about some of the eggs in the fine cash the founder's bible. one of the things i asked her, do you know were the three branches of government come from? she said she did not know and i told her it came from isaiah 3322 -- 33:22. we are glad to give it to we hope they take it to read it. i just thank family leaders for putting this together. i can't think of a more important place for god's work to be then in this place. >> that somebody out there is

praying for them and our lord will be with them and somebody cares about the decisions we are making. it is cool to see how much they sacrifice for us and help them realize that people do care about what they are doing. we appreciate them and that we will lift them up continually for the rest of the year. >> they will have an opportunity to see god's work in a different way as we look at the word of god and relate that to what the founders were thinking when they wrote the original document that found in our nation. >> i want to thank all the churches that were involved in getting this project so that every representative and every senator could receive one and also the governor's office as well. >> we hope it is the beginning of the great come along relationship work they will bless our elected officials. >> yes, it is important for a pastor to speak but you have the responsibility as well to stand before the king again say, you do wrong. morality was key to the founders because they believed

they could not write a constitution, could not praise the government that was powerful enough to condemn the people. >> it was on morality. >> we will have to change our culture in a way chooses told us to and that was by you and i to engage our neighbors in a long-term relationship. [applause] mr. baker: looking at the crowd here today and the amount of doesn't energy in the room, you should give yourself a round of applause. it appears reports of our demise have been greatly exaggerated. amen. i know some of my media friends are in here and in the first

couple of burroughs and some of the people outside of the building want to pretend we have all gone away but we are here to stay. amen. [applause] now, i've got a unique opportunity for the next minute or so because i get to introduce bob and he cannot stop me from saying anything i'm about to say. [laughter] i will tell you this, bob and i recently -- we were going to vegas together to spend the night together and what happens in vegas, stays in vegas. i want you to know it was a business meeting and not anything like that. one of the things you see when you hang out with bob, when you strip away the issues and ideological fights in the partisan battles, i have never gotten on a plane with bob fender plots where he did not know almost everybody in line to get on the plane. he did not know about the kids. bob is doing this because he

truly cares about people. not just winning elections but winning the next generation. and that is something we have an opportunity to do here in iowa again. this organization, family leader was birthed in the 2010 judicial retention election. remember that? we made history. [applause] and bob held to lead the way in that fight. that never would have happened by god's grace without the leadership of bob. now in 2016, we have a chance to make history again and hopefully it goes as well as it did in 2010. ladies and gentlemen, bob vander plaats. [applause] mr. wander plaat: good to see you, my man. mr. baker: we have done this before. mr. wander plaat: first of all,

that is the nicest he has ever been with me. why did you bring up vegas? mr. luntz: i want everybody to know there is a cool factor. you are not nearly the geek people think you are. [laughter] mr. wander plaat: we have a live, national audience tuning in. mr. luntz: there is a stereotype as christians is that we do not have fun but i wanted everybody to know that the two most despise cultures get together. [laughter] [applause] you look at this room and you look at this event and the magnitude of it. how has this happened? how did we get here? mr. wander plaat: it happened because of a great team and a great team that has a lot of respect. not only in iowa across the country. steve, you and i have talked about this. this has got to go beyond the election. the reason all these people are here, that you said give yourselves and a white they signed up to get a ticket, they

know we live in extraordinary times. it is going to demand and require extraordinary leadership. that is why they are here. the other reason i believe this audience is here is that they know down deep that we have a lot of issues to face. we make stuff it out as political in nature that it is not about politics. this has a spiritual rift to it and we need to address that spiritual part. [applause] steve: talk about the spiritual aspect of this for a second because you know me, i love the process of politics. i am a geek, i studied the data, the numbers, the polls and a lot of people may not think because they hear me talk about principles so much, but that is what i love about what you guys do it the family leader. the video that was just shown, if you want to win a culture war, handing those bibles into the hands of the people making those decisions, it reminds me

of the great line, i would know more defend the bible than the caged lion -- the great -- that is how you when people more than focusing on the next cold air to look at the hearts and minds we are vying for in the community and that god love for the people who disagree because while we were sinners, christ died for us, too. [applause] mr. vander plaat: that is very well said tonight that one of the best moments so far of the day -- you saw, you saw the crowd reaction with senator rubio said, can i use this? when you use of that, that is not your standard, that is not rubio's standard. all of a sudden, he goes back to the truth of god's word. i had a don't ask me, bob, cut to the chase. what is this about? i said is -- if this is all about winning an election, count me out. i am done putting my face into

people. it this is all about winning an election, count me out. i said, if this is about cultural transformation, where we truly turn our hearts back to god, his principles, and we really see a revived coulter -- culture that impacts elections that influences policies, that allows iowa to be a model state, then count me all in and i believe it counts this whole audience in as well to do that. [applause] steve: i think an example of what you just said we saw a little while ago when donald trump was on the stage. here is an individual that has maximized the american dream to the fullest potential. he has done everything, been everywhere all of us could ever dream we could do and accomplish. yes, the process we have in iowa to engage these powerful, mighty people in terms of their brand and personas to the campaign

process -- and frank sat in this chair and asked donald trump when have you ever ask god for forgiveness? you could see how that changed the whole tone and tenor of the conversation and that took a man who has a light resume most of us would do about, and it brought him down to the same human level that the rest of us are at that ultimately does not matter how many combatants that donald trump or we have. what god ones is to get a hold of our hearts and that was an example of how we used the political process. you saw it right here on the stage on national tv, bob, it was used as a mission field right here. [applause] mr. vander plaat: it is starting to be disappointed. i am supposed to be getting the applause lines, not you. [laughter] steve: this happens wherever we go, by the way. he is used to it by now. mr. vander plaat: i think what it is, and we tell our team this all the time look, we are no

better than anybody else. no better than anybody else. there are three things we are called to do, what is to love god with all of our hearts, all of our soul, all of our strength, and all of our mind. and to love our neighbor as ourselves. and we do not get to choose who are neighbors are. these are our neighbors, and these neighbors have neighbors, and we will love our neighbors but rwo is bash but to his, we all fall short. i know you fall short, i fall short, everyone in here falls short, we all stand equal at the foot of the cross. [applause] we need the cross. but then three years, i believe we are called -- we have a responsibility. if you are here today, and you are, or watching online or via c-span, i believe we are called to speak the truth in love. to speak the truth in love.

to only have love but never speak the truth that is no love at all, that is a train wreck and that will take this country down. [applause] but to speak the truth with all clarity and going back to what senator rubio said, can i use this? you speak the truth that you do it out of love, out of love for the next generation come out of love for the neighbor, out of love about culture, that is the stuff that wins, that is the stuff that will transform this culture, that is the stuff that will save this country. steve: mn. [applause] -- steve: amen. [applause] i want to bring up the conversation you and i have privately a lot the last few years and that is, i know there are a lot of people sitting in the scenes here today that are struggling about, should we continue political activism, should we continue engaging the process, what are we getting out of it? we are disappointed in both the liquid part is, we do

not see more righteous is being advanced by either side really representing the two biblical worldview in the leadership, and are we creating enmity between the culture and the gospel because acs asked partisan figures? a lot of people are wondering, should we continue to engage? what are we getting out of this? i want you to speak to the mission-field aspect of this. that really what we are doing is not lobbying but witnessing. we have an opportunity through an open forum, paul took advantage as a roman citizen to speak and preach gospel to the powers that be in the culture that he lived in the first century. we have a unique opportunity to do that as you see with the presidential candidates today i'm at the national media, there are a lot of people here, folks bob, they would never hit the gospel unless -- they would never hear the gospel must begin to this event. maybe it is about reassessing the way we have done it in the past. mr. vander plaat: i think you are exactly right. [applause]

again, what we tell people all the time, god has three institutions. he does not have wanted to come he has the institution of the church, we are all familiar with that. he has the institution of the family. we all have that and pay attention to that, but he also has the institution of government. and i have got to believe that that is one of god's three institutions and there is over 2000 verses in the bible related to civic -- i believe it is near and dear to his heart. we had the pastor's breakfast this morning where i told pastors all over the country, i said, we do not need the pastors in the church is to be political. we do not need you to be republican or democrat. we do not need you to put the candidate's sign outside of her century, unless i running for office -- [laughter] again, we do not need the church to be political. but doggone it, we need the church to be biblical and willing to speak the church of

what is righteous once again. [applause] steve: one of the great ironies of what you pointed out, our churches do not do their job when they do not communicate the full counsel of god, when they do not apply the word of god to every aspect of our existence of our life. that of course leaves a vacuum. and that is how previous generations used to become a stuff like do not kill your children before they are born. marriage between a guy and a girl. i think that no generation regardless of politics were debated on a fundamental existential level on american history until now. rob, i think it is good for church has created a self revealing privacy because they have not done what you suggested. they have at the political arena debate things that should transcend politics and just a given. mr. vander plaat: without a given. [applause] and that is why the family

leader exists. the family later says, we want you to get engaged. the one question i get asked all and i get asked in vegas, d.c., new hampshire, where ever i traveled where i speak, the question i get asked is -- what can i do? what can i do? the last page of this program has a lot of ways that you can get involved. and i would ask you to seriously take a look at that. i would ask you to rip it up. the one thing i tell people that they can do, and they think, you are trying to raise money -- that is not it. the scripture says, your treasure is where your heart is. to cut the chest and say, i'm going to get engaged because they are willing to stand in the gap, willing to go to the microphone and speaker through then do it in love, willing to be held accountable, they are willing to be put on an event that is free to close to 3000 people. they are willing to give that a

free lunch, including the media gets free lunch and we give protesters a free lunch. steve: and everybody knows we hate them! mr. vander plaat: no, no, no. steve: just kidding. mr. vander plaat: we would do that. if you believe an event like that is worthwhile and across the globe is worthwhile, i would ask you, when it is time -- and i will dismiss you, do not dismiss yourself after ben carson, i would say, invest in this. invest in prayer invest in time, invest in your resources so when you leave here, say, i did something or i will commit to do something but i will stand in the gap for such a time. steve: amen. [applause] final question -- for the next six months between now and february one, we have all the world on the stage and the stage is here in iowa. historically, any candidate that that -- that did not finish in

the top three did not get the caucus, what are the marching orders? we will have been successful as god's people on the morning of february 2 it what happens? mr. vander plaat: what i am going to do is give you instructions, not from bob vander plaat, but i will challenge you according to john vander palaat, my dad, my dad was a world veteran -- the veteran of world war ii and world war ii veterans are called the greatest generation. why are they called the greatest generation? because they were willing to stand in the gap and put the cause above themselves when leadership was needed and demanded for the future of their generation and every subsequent generation. that is why they were called the greatest generation. john and i had the opportunity to attend a memorial service at 2004 my dad was the mc.

it was bedtime and washington, d.c., where they unveiled the world war ii monument, the tribute to the world war ii leaders. and i remember what my dad said as he looked up to the high school band. he said, you call us the greatest generation and we kind of like that. it makes us feel good. he said the greatest generation is getting old and they are dying by the hundreds and that thousands per day. and now my dad has passed away. and he said, do not let him be sad about this country. that the greatest generation once lived but they died and they are buried and they are gone. he looked at the high school and and he said, you need to choose to be a great generation. you need to choose to be a great generation.

[applause] you see, when you see, when you see what we all saw throughout this week, when you see body parts of an aborted fetus getting sold over a salad and glass of wine, you need to choose to be a great generation. [applause] when you see, when you see the supreme court of the united states go outside of its jurisdiction and never to do what they were to do and not redefine the institution of marriage but undefined the institution of marriage, you need to choose to be a great generation at that point. [applause] you need to hope and have support. when you see a president who is acting as a dictator, who makes a deal with iran that not only puts the future of israel at risk but the future of the united states at risk, you need to choose to be a good generation. [applause]

in iowa, in iowa, we live in a special place and you attend a very special thing, the leadership summit and the rest of the world is envious. and i was in israel as an advisor to benjamin netanyahu, when he found that i was in iowa, he had two words for me -- choose well. choose well. ladies and gentlemen, the future of this country is at stake. the hope is in a spiritual revival, the hope is taking a leadership and leaving the hope is in a you and me choosing to be a great generation for such a time as this. thank you for attending the leadership summit. [applause] god bless you, my friend. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please

welcome back frank luntz and welcome to iowa and the 2015 family leadership summit neurosurgeon dr. ben carson. [applause] mr. luntz: before we begin there are going to be people walking up the rose and handing out the sheet. today, if you have wanted to participate in the focus groups that you have seen on cbs or fox news, this is your chance to do it. i urge you as the sheets get past that, send them down the rows and make sure when you head out to lunch, send them all the way back over here. this is your chance to be heard by america, not just today but for the next eight months.

ladies and gentlemen, dr. ben carson. [applause] we always begin with an audience question and audience question for you is this -- and you will have three choices. this time, i want you to do it by applause because of your applause because yours will determine what his first question is. we face many threats today across the globe, but which is the number one threat? visit iran? is it russia? or is it isis? iran, russia, or isis? who believes it is iran? please applaud. [medium applause] who believes it is russia? medium-loud applause --[ medium-loud applause] and who believes it is isis? [loud applause]

shall i purpose of this -- ok? who believes it is china? [medium-loud applause] returning to isis -- [laughter] they know of your expertise on health-care and that is where it they would expect you to go, but leadership requires you to know a lot more issues than the one of your greatest expertise. it is 3:00 a.m. and that phone call comes and it is about the challenge to america's safety and security and the threat is isis. what is the next president need to do now? so that phone call never comes. dr. carson: that's a great question because what is going on in the world right now is quite different than before. in 2003, for instance, when we invaded iraq and al qaeda was a big deal, there were many people

who were not totally on board with that because they did not see where that was a significant threat to our national security. i could be one of those people because i was not very enthusiastic about that, however, we are facing now a completely different situation. we have radical islamic jihadists who want to destroy us and they want to destroy our way of life. their existence is a threat to us, and we cannot be in that mindset that says, well, we made a mistake and we spent a bunch of money and we caused a lot of strife so, therefore, let's just get into our little cocoon and that is the problem for somebody else. that is not going to work. the fact of the matter is, they want to destroy us and we have two choices. we can sit here, ignore them, on

the desert, and think -- on the desert and think we are doing something, or we can destroy the first? and i choose the latter. what i would do -- [applause] dr. carson: what i would do is use every resource available to us. i think that are offensive and defensive capabilities militarily are good. they have been degraded because they have been neglected but they are still extremely good. mr. luntz: would you send ground troops? dr. carson: i would send ground troops if i needed ground troops in order to take the land. mr. luntz: you have an idea what the threat is, you do find it. is it a likelihood that ground troops would be necessary to succeed? dr. carson: i think it is a strong likelihood. the reason being, in order for them to develop, they need land. if we really want to break their

backs, we take the land. you are not going to take the land without troops. we made this mistake in vietnam. we would go in, clear out the viet cong, declare victory, we would leave, and they would come right back. that does not do any good. the reason that isis arose is because we vacated iraq after we had secured the victory there. mr. luntz: do people who are signing up today for the military -- the next resident should tell them -- the next president should tell them that they may be sent to the middle east to be on the ground? american troops on the ground to fight isis? dr. carson: i think they should know that, they should also know that we will use every other mechanism available to us including economic sanctions. that we are going to take land, including their oil wells, including anything they use -- [applause] to finance themselves and when

that person is an listing, we also ought to tell them that we are going to have resources in place to take care of them because 22-20 three veterans commit suicide every day in america and that is the tip of the iceberg. we are giving them some aid, but that should start when they enlist when they have a support system as they go through and when you're before they are discharged -- and one year before they are discharged and we should that people ready to transition them into society. [applause] mr. luntz: i had not thought of asking this question and i do not know how to do it in a way and you have been asked the before and i want to do it in a way that is not only respectful but appreciative. it is very easy for many of the people in this room to call themselves conservative, but if you look around this room, there

are not many people of color. if you look around the room of conservatives in the northeast california, there are not many people of color. why do -- why are you here? and i mean that in the deepest spiritual way. why did you choose to be in this room and not in cedar rapids last night? dr. carson: i can tell you, i grew up in detroit, a strong democratic home. i went to yale university, gary liberal -- very liberal. i came back to baltimore maryland, not the bluest state possible but early on during my career, i started noticing that there were a lot of people particularly a lot of people of color, who were coming in with social services.

their lives were going nowhere and there are perfectly capable individuals. the recognized -- i recognized what the system was doing to them and then i started listening to ronald reagan as i had always been told that republicans were horrible, mean, racist people and that you should never have anything to do with them. i started listening to him and i said he don't sound like that. he actually sounds like somebody with common sense. [laughter] that really started the transition. [applause] and there are a lot of people who have been fed the propaganda just the way i was fed the propaganda so i do not blame them for being there because they have not had the experience that i have had. i think there are a lot of people waking up. i met to with a group of black pastors yesterday. people are waking up in droves

and recognizing -- [applause] [cheering] i think they are starting to recognize what has been happening here because you start out in the 1960's, lyndon johnson with the war on poverty and a great new society, and how we are going to eradicate poverty -- have we done it? we have spent $1920 since then, but we have 10 times more people on food stamps -- we have spent $19 trillion since then, but we have spent 10 times more with people on food stamps. everything that was supposed to be better is not only worse, but much worse. i do not want to demonize the people who started those programs, but we do have brains and brains tell you that when something is not working, you look at a different way to get it done. [applause]

mr. luntz: have you got a question for ben carson? because i will line you up. one last question, you called the black pastors. not african-american pastors. why did you use the word black rather than african-american? dr. carson: i do not have any problem with anybody using african-american, but when you go to the museum on ellis island and you look at all those pictures on the wall of people who came here from every place in the world, many of them with only the things they could carry , people who work not eight hours a day but 10-12 hours a day, people who work not five days a week but 6-7 days a week, not for themselves but for their sons and daughters, grants of the granddaughters that they may have so they can have freedom and prosperity in this land. hundreds of years before that, immigrants came here in the bottom of the slave ships and worked even harder but they had

a dream, too, that there great-grandson's a great granddaughters would pursue freedom in this land of all the places in the world, this one the united states of america was the only one big enough and great enough to allow all those people from all those backgrounds to realize their dreams. that means that every single one of us is relevant to every single one of us. there is something known as america and the american dream and the american psyche, and it is known all over the world, and it has nothing to do with where your ancestors came from. it has everything to do with who we are today. [applause] mr. luntz: will we go to the back microphone, please? >> new yorker presented michael

graham recently -- representative michael graham was sent to prison for tax evasion but representative all sharpton is still walking free. dr. carson: thank god he is not a representative. >> exactly. what would the president do to address the issue of corruption and fraud that is going on in washington d.c.? dr. carson: ok, well, it is a very corrupt place. we need to lift the hood of the engine that runs washington and the immediate response is to shut it down. [laughter] [applause] it is pretty horrible, but there is a lot of interrelationships and historical things that are going on in there. it is amazing to me the relationships that exist between

different people and some people said to me, you could not possibly function in that environment because you do not know all the intricacies of washington confident d.c. -- washington -- washington, d.c.. i tell you what i do know, i do know the constitution of the united states and i know how things are supposed to run. [applause] what i would do, i would get some people who do understand all of that garbage -- [laughter] so that they can help disassemble it. i have spent decades in the private sector and corporate america, sitting on boards, national international corporations and finding out and figuring out and learning how things that work efficiently work. the united states government is not one of those things, however, we can change that and we can make it run like a

business. i think that is very important because the american people deserve to have their money spent the right way. [applause] mr. luntz: the gentleman sitting right in front of the three rows. everyone says, spend the money the right way, what would be the programs you would cut? i want to rephrase that. what would a person cut who was in such a situation? [laughter] i am not going to get myself sued when this is done. dr. carson: i am a surgeon, so i know how to cut. [laughter] [applause] one of the names that has always

created conflict in washington is pet programs and pet projects. you are always going to get into an issue if you say, i am cutting this but not this. therefore, i would propose an across-the-board cut in everything. you do it in criminally. i defy anyone to tell me that there isn't 1%, 3%, 5% of that in every single program. [applause] -- of fact in every single program. [applause] mr. luntz: let's go to microphone, to please -- microphone two. >> do think we should be able to defend ourselves? dr. carson: of course. are they kidding me? [applause]

it brings up a larger issue, the military. you know, what is going on? our navy has the smallest number of vessels that we have had since 1917. recent congressional testimony the marine corps said half of the nondeployed units are not ready. the air force, look at the size of how that shrunk. how we only have one carrier group in the persian gulf. we had to move it from where it was supporting the iraqi efforts over to yemen not long ago because we do not have the kind of support that we used to have and soon, that is being removed for several months. what kind of message is that sending to iran right now? all of this is absolute craziness. our military is shrinking while

our enemies are growing and metastasizing. it seems like we are trying to destroy ourselves. what is going on? we've got to do better than that. [applause] mr. luntz: i've got to ask a follow-up question because you said it seems like we're trying to destroy ourselves. then why is this happening in washington? who is responsible? dr. carson: i believe what is -- what has happened in washington is symptomatic of what has happened in our country. and that is we have become republicans and democrats instead of americans, therefore -- [applause] therefore, when stupid things are proposed -- [laughter] you know, we get behind the stupid person based on what our

party is rather than looking at what is happening to our nation. [applause] mr. luntz: i'm not asking you whether you think he is stupid -- [laughter] but is what president obama is doing with iran and with our military -- is what he is doing stupid? dr. carson: well, let's not even talk about him, but let's talk about -- [laughter] let's talk about general principles. when you go into some type of negotiation like that, there are certain things that have to be done. you have to be able to verify, verification is very important. and you look at this agreement where is it? accountability -- how can you be

able to have accountability if you cannot verify and you must be able to enforce. if the first two do not happen you cannot did the last one. which means that basically, in terms of international negotiation, it is a wasteland. it is not going to work. you have to understand the basic principles of negotiation in order to come up with something that actually works. we have not disassembled their nuclear infrastructure. we are lifting economic sanctions which will pump tens of billions of dollars into the world's number one exporter of terrorism. yes, we can demand inspections 24-7 but all that does is start the process with this for two panel that includes iranians and russians and by the time they say, ok, you can go inspect they will have moved anything that needs to be moved.

i mean, i think a third grader could come up with a better negotiation. [laughter] [applause] mr. luntz: going again to the back. microphone for. -- microphone four. >> i was told i cannot ask it you had read any of steve's books, but aside from that, i would ask, with someone running for arguably the most important job in the entire world went -- what deep down motivate somebody to take on that challenge? dr. carson: well, i could only answer that question for myself. i -- obviously, i cannot answer that for anybody else. is that permissible in this setting? mr. luntz: but you are still speaking of what a president should have or should be

thinking about. dr. carson: right. first of all it was not something that would be on my bucket list. i had a long arduous career and there were 15,000 cases, and i was really looking for to retirement. i would like to say. [applause] but that whole career surrounded children and saving their lives and improving the quality of their lives. when you look how -- when you look out there right now and you see a nation that is being divided on every level, a war on women, racial wars, income wars age wars, religious wars, a house divided against itself cannot stand. jesus christ himself said that. [applause] we are leaving that to the next generation. that motivates me. it motivates me to see what we

are doing to their financial future. we all hear about the 18.4 trillion national debt and that is a problem. if you try to pay that back at the rate of $10 million a day it would take to over 5000 years. you are putting that under facts, but it is worse than that, it is a fiscal gap. the amount of unfunded liability, social security medicare, medicaid, departmental programs, all what we oh going forward projecting versus what we can expect to come in in terms of revenues from taxes and other sources. those two things should be close together and they are not. the gap right now is 211 to in dollars. i mentioned that in my announcement speech and the next day a bunch of liberal media came out and said, see, we told you it was crazy -- he does not know anything about economics and a very next day forks cannot out and said, 17 nobel laureates in economics and 1200

professors of economics agree with carson. [applause] well, that settle them down a little bit, but the fact of the matter is, this can destroy us and the only reason we can do it is because we are the reserve currency of the world. we have the ability to print money i'm a we are doing it inappropriately, our money is not tied to anything, and it does not have to be the gold standard, but we need to put personal responsibility back into our government as well as in our own lives. [applause] mr. luntz: what final thought would you like to leave them with? dr. carson: the final thought i would like to leave people with is that we, the american people are not each other's enemies. the real enemies are those

people who are trying to make us into enemies. if somebody does not agree with you, they are your mortal enemy. you can call them names, you can try to destroy their livelihood, you can try to destroy their life, where did that kind of thinking come from? as far as i'm concerned, that is here unadulterated evil and we should not tolerate that in our society. [applause] mr. luntz: ladies and gentlemen, dr. ben carson! [applause] [indiscernible] >> go ahead. did everyone get a chance to fill out one of those forms for the focus group? if you did, hopefully they were passed down the rows. if you get past them that, we will collect them now. if you did not, finally doing

much. mr. vander plaat: hold on, hold on, hold on. i am a high school principal we need to pray for lunch. julie told me, do not miss this up, so i have got to get this done. first of if you would like to have a free liberty pocket guide that includes the declaration of independence and the constitution to prove you have read it, that is at the family meters booth. pick one up. there is a book signing over lunch with several national leaders. there will be authors their signing books.'s of the opportunity to purchase the book and get that signed. three is this is the time to make your best offering. there are volunteers with boxes out there. before you get your lunch, we would love it if you would bless us with that. and finally directions for lunch. after i

finished praying for lunch you do not would eat food that is not been prayed for. [laughter] let me do a little flyer for a second. i think one of the biggest tragedies as an educator that we have is a -- have in this country is we send kids off to get their lunches everyday without ever giving thanks for where it came from. i think it would be good if we reminded people to give thanks for that lunch. it will be distributed outside of the balcony on the north side of the main floor. i think we have enough lunches. if we do not, share with somebody. dear lord, we thank you, thank you, thank you for such a great day. and what a great opportunity to serve you. we pray for your wisdom. we pray as we go through the process. the next two sessions as they get on their way after lunch. we also

pray for this lunch that you have given us. we pray for the hands that have repaired it, that you have blessed them. that you bless our body to give us the strength and encouragement in the constant joy to do your work -- will for this food. we thank you for this day and give it up for you. in jesus name we pray amen. thank you guys. at 1:30 sharp, i think ted cruz will be in the house. >> c-span's liver to the white house coverage continues from iowa. the family leadership summit today. a number of republican president of candidates are speaking. we are for it from marco donald trump, and ben carson. coming up, ted

cruz of texas will be the first up after the lunch break. people here from my coca be, rick perry, senator lindsey graham rick santorum, and governor scott walker. all get to come as our live coverage continues on c-span. the hill reporting on what one of today's speakers donald trump, had to say earlier at this event. donald trump on saturday made fun of senator john mccain's military service during a question-and-answer session. the new york is his mobile taunted mccain's six years as a prisoner during the vietnam war. he was a war hero because he was captured, trump told frank luntz. " i like people who were not captured." they came after criticism of john mccain's political career. dr. carson:mr. luntz: referring to

john mccain, a war hero. you call him a dummy. is that appropriate and running for president? trump: you have to let me speak because you interrupt all the time. i know him too well. that is the problem. i'm in phoenix. we have a meeting that is going to have 500 people at the biltmore hotel. to get a call from the hotel and it is turmoil. thousands of people are showing up. they are pitching tents on the hotel grass. the hotel says we cannot handle this. we move it to the convention center. we have 15,000 people. the biggest one ever. bigger than bernie sanders. bigger than anybody. and everybody knows it. a beautiful day with incredible people that were wonderful great americans. john mccain

goes, oh boy trump makes my life difficult. he had 15,000 crazies show up. they were not crazy. they were great americans. i know a crazy is. i know all about crazies. so he insulted me and he insulted everybody in the room. i said some he should run against john mccain who has been, in my opinion, not so hot. i supported him for president. i raised $1 million for him. but he lost. i never liked him as much after that because i don't like losers. [laughter] trump: he is not a war hero. he was a war hero because he was captured. i like people who were not captured. he was a war hero because he was captured. i believe, perhaps, he

is aware hero but he sets a very bad things about a lot of people. so what i said was john mccain, i disagree with him that these people are crazy and i speak the truth. he graduated last in his class at annapolis. i said nobody knows that. he graduated last in his class have an apple -- annapolis. you were not supposed to say that some of the graduated last or second to last in the class because you are like -- you were supposed to be nice. i want to make america great again. we want to get down to brass tacks. we do not want to listen to his stuff with being politically correct and everything -- we have a lot of work to do. the other day hillary clinton got out there and she said she did not like mr. trump's town. we have people, christians having their heads cut off in the middle east. we had people dying all over the border. that is

where i was right, 100% right. we have all this medieval times and she said i didn't like his tone. you know who else said that? jeb bush. we want results. this group once results. -- wants results. [applause] >> some of those comments from earlier today. the family leadership summit in ames, iowa. donald trump, his comments lighting of the internet. rick perry, one of the candidates will speak thisting that his comments today make him unfit to be commander-in-chief. governor bobby jindal of louisiana who will also be speaking today tweeted "after donald trump spent six years in a pow camp, he can weigh in at john mccain's service." lindsey graham says "if there is

any doubt that donald trump should not be our major chief the student -- jeb bush at this event that she will not be at this event did tweet, "enough of the slanderous attacks. all are veterans, particularly pows, have earned our respect and our admiration." we are live today at the family leadership summit in ames, iowa. are delivered to the white house coverage will continue here on c-span after the lunch break. about 40 or 50 minutes from now. the next speaker will be senator ted cruz. we will hear from another -- a number of other republicans for the presidential nomination in 2016. mike huckabee, rick perry, rick santorum, and wisconsin governor scott walker all set to appear.

while we wait for the event to resume, we will bring you some remarks from scott walker when he announced his campaign for president. ♪ >> i am so proud of those two. [applause] >> and thank you all for being here so that i can present my husband, scott walker, to this great country. last time we were here we were at the expo center. we had just

won the recall election. i am so proud of scott for winning three elections in four years. so when he told me he was thinking about a fourth election i said why not. [applause] >> scott and i would not be standing here today with all the support we have from this room. you have not instantly by standards. you made the phone calls. you knocked on the doors and moisst importantly he prayed for us. we cannot thank you enough. [applause] >> most of you here already know scott and have formed an impression. many more people will form their impressions in the days and months to come. my first impression of the man i fell in love with and married was scott walker is a guy who goes after what he wants. [laughter]

>> scott and i met at the same karaoke unite 23 years ago. we did not know each other. we did not talk to each other that night. on his way out he slipped the enough can and he wrote a little note on it. i thought it was garbage at first that i got a do not throw it away -- thank god i did not the roadway. he said he had to get up tomorrow early for work and he left his name and number and he asked me out to dinner. typical scott. polite into the point. [laughter] >> we took about the fact they called him a week later. he likes to cssay i called him two days later. he told me remain on the second date he would marry me. we had a really good laugh about that. [laughter] >> by august he proposed to me by henan be another napkin. this

time it said forgive me for being rude, but would you marry me? even on her wedding night after our reception, we stopped at the restaurant and he wrote me a note. "thank place -- it is this place is a lot of napkins." he is so sweet and is never forgotten our anniversary february 6. which happens to be ronald reagan's birthday. i am sure that even if it was not reagan's birthday, he would remove or our anniversary -- for member our anniversary. we have two sons and you heard from them today. [applause] >> from the moment scott became a dad, he put our sons first. he taught them the values of faith hard work, and honesty. they mean the world to us and our family is excited to start this new adventure. over the last

four and a half years, the people of wisconsin have formed their impressions of scott. with three elections in four years, they have a second and third impression too. ultimately our fellow wisconsinites voted for him to continue leading our great state. [applause] >> reelect -- three elections in four years could take a toll on any family. while the have been tough times, when you have a strong supportive, faith-based husband and father like we do, it makes the journey a little easier. [applause] >> it was a difficult time but no matter how personal the attacks became, i am so proud of the way scott handled it. he never made it personal. instead

he worked tirelessly with the state legislature to reform a broken system and together they won. scott and i taught our sons that in any situation when you were under fire, if you are respectful and stay strong, you can surviving it there anything. -- you can survive and get through anything. [applause] >> when scott took on the unions our family became the target of vicious and personal attacks. threats of violence were common. as the mother and wife, i spent many sleepless nights worrying about my family. during the recall elections on any given day there were thousands of people protesting in front of the state capital. protesting in front of our personal home.

[boo's} >> he took on the unions inand won. school districts can keep the best and brightest teachers in the classroom and local governments have more power. isn't that the way we want things to be? [applause] >> it was never easy but it was worth it. and wisconsin wins with walker. [cheers] >> we in wisconsin are better off today and we were four years ago. families and taxpayers and hard-working wisconsin men and women win with walker. [cheers] >> our concern now turns to all of america's sons and daughters.

our children and grandchildren deserve in america is great is what we would -- experienced or even better. today, america faces challenges at home and abroad. meeting those challenges will require bold, decisive conservative leadership and a person with a proven record of winning. someone who will not be intimidated by anyone. starting today, you and the american people will begin to learn more about my husband, his achievements, his service, and his story. i hope you'll know him as the loving husband thoughtful father, and the fearless leader i know and love. i have been honored to support my husband's conservative work to build a better wisconsin and i have no doubt he will build a better america. [cheers]

>> i am so very proud to introduce my husband to the people of this great nation. ladies and gentlemen, the 45th governor of wisconsin and the person i hope will be the 45th president of the united states, scott walker. ♪ >> life is a highway i want to write it all night long you're going my way i want to drive it all night long life is a highway i want to ride it all night long you're going my way i want to drive it all night long ♪

[applause] ♪ >> life is a highway i want to write it all my long you're going my way ♪

[cheers] governor walker: thank you. thank you. thank you. >> we want scott! we want scott! governor walker: thank you. i love america. [cheers[ governor walker: as kids, my brother david and i used to walk -- love to go over and visit one of our neighbors. mr. cotton was a bit of a legend in our town. he had served our country in world war i and world war ii. [applause] governor walker: then, like so many other veterans, he came back and served his community. over the years we used 11 --

love to see him at the concession stand down that the baseball game. i give her member over the years before memorial day he would organize me and all the other scouts as we go through and put up flags on the graves of the fallen. [applause] governor walker: it was impossible to be around him and not share his love for god and country. i think back 30 years ago, his american legion post help me attend a program called "agger boy state." i learned about state and local government. i got the chance to represent wisconsin and a program called boys nation. internet -- then i met a vietnam veteran named bob turner. bob and the other veterans it ran the program not only taught us about the federal government and national elections they shared their love for our country and

inspired within the the importance of public service when it comes to defending our liberties. veterans like that remind me that what makes america great is the fact that america is a can-do kind of country. unfortunately, we have a government in washington but just can't quite the scene to get -- quite seem to get the job done. washington, 68 square miles surrounded by reality. the good news is it is not too late. we can turn things around.. [cheers] governor walker: we knew, fresh leadership. leadership with new ideas from outside of washington. the kind of leadership that has had a get things done like we did here in wisconsin.

we took on the unions and we won. [cheers] governor walker: we lowered taxes by $2 billion. we lowered it on individuals employers property owners. property taxes are lower than they were four years ago. how many other governors can say that? [cheers] governor walker: since i've been governor, we have passed lawsuit reform and regulatory reform. we defunded planned parenthood and pass pro-life legislation. [cheers] governor walker: we enacted the castle doctrine and conceal carry so we can protect ourselves, our families, our

property. [cheers] governor walker: and we now require a photo id to vote in the state. [cheers] governor walker: if our forms can work in a blue state like wisconsin. they can work anywhere in america. [cheers] governor walker: as i travel this country i hear from people who say they are frustrated with politicians telling people what they are against and who they are against. america is one of -- want to be for something in for someone. let me tell you what i am for. [cheers] governor walker: i am for reform growth, safety. for

transferring power from washington into the hands of hard-working taxpayers in states all across the country. that israel reform. -- that is real reform. [cheers] governor walker: in for building a better economy that allows everyone to live their piece of the american dream. [cheers] governor walker: and i am for protecting our children and our grandchildren from radical islamic terrorism all over the world. [cheers] governor walker: my record shows that i know how to fight and win. now more than ever, america needs a president who will fight and win for america. [cheers]

governor walker: so first let me tell you why i am for real reform in washington. our big reforms in wisconsin took the power out of the hands of the big special interests and put them for the -- firmly into the hands of taxpayers. people who were elected by local property taxpayers literally run our schools. that means we got rid of things like seeing your 80 tenure -- seniority and 10t enure. and we can put the best and brightest in our classrooms. [cheers] governor walker: think about that. four years later the graduation rates are up. third-grade reading scores are

higher. wisconsin acp scores are now second best in the country -- act scores are now second best in the country. that goes to show the government closest to the people is generally the best which is precisely why we need to take power and money out of washington and send it back to our states for areas like medicaid and transportation and workforce development and education. [cheers] governor walker: sadly. washington seems to think that success is measured by how many people are dependent on the government. [boo's] governor walker: we measure success by the opposite. by how

many people are no longer dependent on the government. [cheers] governor walker: we understand that true freedom and prosperity do not come from the mighty hand of the government. they come from empowering people to control their own lives and their own destinies. [cheers] governor walker: that is what we stand for. [applause] governor walker: as a kid. my first job was washing dishes at the countryside restaurant. than i moved up to the big time. i started flipping hamburgers in high school at mcdonald's to save up for college. my dad was a small-town preacher and my mom was a part-time secretary and bookkeeper. my grandparents were farmers who did not have indoor plumbing until my mom went off to junior high school. my dad's dad was a machinist for 42 years

down in rockford illinois. my brother and i thought back and realized we did not inherit fame or fortune from a family. what we got was the belief that if you work hard and you play by the rules, you can do any -- and be anything. [cheers] governor walker: that's right. that if the american dream and that is worth fighting for. when we help people, adults were able to work transition from government defendants to independence we help more people live that piece of the american dream. we have a program in wisconsin that requires people to be signed up for one of our employability

trade programs. before they get a lot for check. and now we make this a requirement to make sure people can pass a drug test before they go to work. [cheers] governor walker: that is right. you can only imagine what the defenders of the status quo thought when i propose this reforms. they said it was making it harder to get government assistance. my reply was no, i am making it easier to get a job. isn't that what it is all about? [cheers] governor walker: strong families are important in this whole role as well. we know that children are raised in a household with both parents involved there more likely, to finish school getting a job and to live a life free

of government dependence. we need a federal government that will actually stand up and support strong families by getting rid of the marriage bill policies, welfare policies and make it hard for fathers to play an active role in the lives of their children. when you encourage families -- we need to encourage families. [cheers] governor walker: thinking about my own family, i know for me that both my parents were so important as a group is kids. and we try to be good role models for matt and alex and they turned out pretty well. i'd say they were pretty impressive to watch. [cheers] governor walker: we are so proud of them and i think about matt and alex and i think about all the others of the generation. for them i want them to