we will be retiring soon. these kids should not pay this. mr. chafee: did everyone here that question? good. the debt, deficits, and retiring baby boomers, which i am also, how are we going to pay for it question might the demographic tidal wave of baby boomers coming into the retirement system. how we keep medicare and medicaid and all of these important programs going? the $1.6 trillion tax cuts, the war that may cost us $6 trillion over the years. the republicans are making earmarks and a spending spree that was so anti-to the old republican philosophy of take care of the books and let people take care of their lives the way they see fit. the eisenhower approach. it was the opposite. getting involved in social issues and not taking care of the books. how are we going to take care of it? again, look at my record. i've been a mayor and a governor

and i've had to balance budgets. at the same time, giving the people the services they want. my time as the governor of rhode island, we had a tuition freeze for two years in our colleges, because i put the money in. you have to do both. run a sufficient organization to put the resources where they are most needed and keep taxes down. it is no different from a business. i enjoy it to be honest. i like the challenge. i want to have good services. that is what people deserve for their hard earned tax dollars. i want to keep the taxes down. i enjoyed the dynamic of doing both. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, very much. announcer: c-span's road to the

white house coverage following the presidential candidates at the iowa state fair today. democrat lincoln chafee getting his time on the des moines register's soapbox. each candidate's offer 20 minutes to give remarks and take a few questions from the public. earlier, rick santorum. at three :00 this afternoon, bernie sanders is on the soapbox. also at the iowa state fair is hillary clinton and donald trump . neither is expected to appear at the des moines register's soapbox, but they are doing meet and greets and our cameras will be following them. now, a chance for you to weigh in. let's get your reaction to what you have heard today, or over the last couple of days, from candidates appearing at the iowa state fair. the numbers are on your screen.

let's go right to the calls. judy in cleveland is on the line for independents. caller: i'm a senior citizen. as wondering if any of the candidates care about us. we seem to take all of the concessions from the budget cuts . we are living on less than half of the minimum wage, use only. we are having trouble with our prescriptions. i was wondering, does donald trump plan to run our country the way he runs his companies, to bankruptcy like he has? host: have you heard from any candidate addressing those issues? caller: i really haven't. i really -- host: i think we cut you off. thank you for calling. call or from kentucky. go ahead. are you with us, michael?

caller: i am in columbus, ohio. to be honest, the gop candidates, they are out of touch. they really do not want to resolve the issues. they're saying i have a solution for the lack of insurance. i have a solution for this and that. what they basically wanted to do president, which is obama, who reelected, to fail because he is not a republican. they should not to be about whether it is a democrat or republican. it should be about what the u.s. citizens need, and not the big businesses, or the political party. it seems like they are out of touch -- in west virginia.

the line for republicans. who is your candidate, chris? am for trump. if he does something for west virginia coal miners, we want him to win no matter what. there are people in west virginia trying to raise families on $600 a month. virginia need to step up and trying to get the call back and going -- the coal back going. host: cindy joins us. also a republican caller. i am for trump. i'm not politically correct. i was a democrat for many years. the democrats are off the deep end and drinking the kool-aid. no one can stand another eight it seems like 20 years -- of obama. the issues that he has, we have heard for four years regarding

bush, bush, bush. what about obama, obama, obama? he has dragged this country down. i'm for donald trump and so is my family. he is a strong individual. he is not afraid to voice his opinion. he is not politically correct and i find that refreshing. it is time people wake up, like he says, before they are rudely awakened by -- how did this happen? obama -- why not blame obama or hillary for being such a liar. she should be in jail like the lady who had the tv show that had insider trading. she spent so many years in jail and ruined her career. hillary needs to go to jail along with her pedophile husband.

host: we're talking about trump and carson being in the lead according to a cnn poll. don ritchie is tweeting that if the republicans prefer trump and carson, isn't this a ringing endorsement of moving the first primary somewhere serious? miriam says, how sexist to support hillary clinton because she is a woman. she lacks integrity and talent for the job. she is obviously a trump supporter. you can tweet us at c-span or leave a post on our they spoke page. more calls now. charles in elizabeth, west virginia. your dots, charles? i have been watching the iowa show. my main concern is the agreement with iran. none of these people have done their homework on muslims and how they do things in the world. for 2000 years they have been trying to kill christians all

along. who is the worst of all of them? iran. we're about to give them 150 $9 billion. what are they going to do with that money? there can come back to us and kill more questions -- more christians. thousands of people will be billion.with that $159 obama and the democrats are the ones causing this. we need to do something now. iran nowo say no to and forever. next from green valley, arizona. a republican caller. morning.ood imho supporter. i have never been interested in politics until this year. -- i am a trump supporter. i have never been interested in

politics until this year. something that he said moved me. how he was going to get the killers that would be good for this country. a country as a whole. states can take the loss. that means a lot to me. he is willing to be aware that he does not have all of the answers, but by god he is going to find someone that can help and have the same end goal in mind and to get this country back to where it needs to be. thank you. host: thank you for calling. georgia. you are up next. are you with us? one more try caller: something i have noticed with up of the potential candidates is a never hear any specific outline or a stranger

or approach on how to handle issues. all of them basically sound like what every historical candidate has offered which is lower taxes, i am on your side, i will lift the country up. that is all very nice but frankly very vague. i have not heard anyone give specific approach or outline on how the are going to handle the problems. that is very concerning because i do not know how you will vote intelligently without more information other than i will make it all better. carolina.a from north go ahead. i'm telling the democratic line because i don't think all these people that are calling in here with the right information. host: what is the right information? about the condition the

country was in before obama took over. that they forget that? he is doing good with the economy, better than it was eight years ago. host: whether you are getting some echo. you need to turn your tv down if you want to continue the call. caller: yes. host: you talked about the obama administration. who do you think is the best qualified to take over? caller: hillary clinton of course. i want someone to come in and continue his program. they don't even let him take credit for what he is doing. host: thanks for calling. melvin in gaffney, south carolina. your next. doing? viceare you president joe biden and killing our job force. i told him we are

the biggest job discrimination this country is ever seen. this tip service needs to be regulated by the federal and state government because no one knows who is getting jobs. no is knows how the nepotism and we need to know how much these companies are getting paid. and advise people themselves. we are in trouble. temp services are killing this country. we talk about low wages but we do not tell why we have low wages. we are paying these temp services to handle the employment situation in this country. and that is totally wrong. it needs to be regulated. host: the republican color from lauren, michigan. caller: thank you for taking my call. imf avid ron paul supporter. i love him, his

father, how he stood up in congress many times about the nsa spying. especially the 13 hours he spent to guarantee the drones attacking americans. he is the only one of every presidential candidate that is actually has a track record. thank for taking my call. please, people vote for rand paul. nicholas. you, are up for the lines for independents. --ler: wet: and nicholas is gone. will take more of your calls shortly. the lay of the land here, we are continuing to follow candidate today at the iowa state fair. both hillary clinton and donald trump there this afternoon. not speaking on the des moines register soapbox but they will be there attending to follow them with our cameras.

also, bernie sanders was running for the democratic nomination. he will be on the soapbox at 3:00 a.m. eastern time. we will attempt to bring that to you live as well. and more of your calls for the afternoon as well. and tweets and facebook posts. we want to show you some of hillary clinton's meet and greet. she arrived a short time ago at the iowa state fair. let's watch that now. >> secretary clinton? >> good to see you. [indiscernible] [laughter] >> thank you very much.

[indiscernible] >> thank you so much. i appreciate all you have done. i grew up in iowa but it moved to virginia, the shenandoah valley. >> wow. >> i teach government. >> nice to meet you. clinton: thank you. how are you? [indiscernible] >> we love you hillary!

we love you! you keep in touch. [indiscernible] >> is he winning up there? >> yes. >> amazing. >> i think that is my husband with them at the belmont. that is really an experience. [indiscernible] >> where is bill?

>> nice to meet you. everybody goes to the other side. >> what is your name? hi. [indiscernible] clinton: i am glad to see you again. thank you. hi. nice to see you. [indiscernible]

i am good, how are you? [indiscernible] thank you so much. clinton: thank you for coming out. how are you serve? -- sir? thanks guys. glad the fair is so clean. better. that is even [indiscernible]

[laughter] [indiscernible] clinton: we had so much fun together in fayetteville. she will do and i looked her back. and she was solicitor general here and attorney general. and she went to washington for a while. [indiscernible] >> we need to get a picture together.

clinton: we can get the senator and me together with you two. >> nice to see you. thank you. clinton: yeah, yeah. every go. -- here we go. ok. that is wonderful. thank you. clinton: i had to laugh when i was thinking about -- it was a big honor because she and i used to run a potluck together. we were living in fayetteville. we would have people over. at where i was living over she was living. it was like something she brought with her from iowa.

she did take them to washington. janet reno, remember? having people come together for a potluck is one of the best ways for people to come together and talk. >> we are ready for the fundraiser and doing every thing we can. [indiscernible] [laughter] clinton: not during the campaign, better afterward. >> here we go. >> we are so proud of you.

>> here we go. [laughter] >> the best ever. it sounds like it would be wonderful but then it happens to you. >> you are worse than the rest of them. clinton: i know. we are way over the top. thank you so much. care. bye-bye. [indiscernible]

>> welcome to the state there. clinton: thank you. gosh. >> thank you for coming. it is good to see you. that is my daughter. [indiscernible] yeah. [indiscernible] she wanted her kids to grow up in a working farm. host: following hillary clinton as she makes the rounds of the iowa state fair. we've just gotten word that donald trump

has arrived. we will show you as numbers of his party get off the helicopter. that is donald trump on your screen in the red hat arriving just outside of the iowa state fair. we will continue to get your phone calls today. and get your thoughts on the candidates who are appearing today at the fair. let's see if donald trump is anything to say. trump: now it is on. >> welcome to the state fair. trump: thank you very much. it is a great honor to be here. hello mark. >> why did you decide to come and do this? it will be very exciting for the kids and of the kids will go up. we have quite a few children that will be taking

rights today. where are the children? get them over here. that is great. i love children, i love iowa. great place. i really developed a relationship with it and it is an amazing place. yes mark? [indiscernible] it. i i have been doing have been here many times. we have a great staff of the whole place. chuck and everybody. i really have been doing it. actually the venues of gotten larger and larger because we really have gotten some tremendous crowds. we are doing record-breaking crowds. i'm so honored when i saw the recent polls with highway leading by a lot. we started with smaller venues and gotten bigger and bigger. the crowds of god enormous. i would still do that if it was appropriate. >> what you want to say to the kids?

trump: i love my kids. come here kids. does anybody want to take a ride? [cheers] trump: how many are we taking? who wants to go first? [laughter] fun.: we will have some are your parents out there? way to your parents. they will have a great time. it is a great experience. and lookave jury duty. forward to it. i have no expectations. i just hope they are innocent, whoever they are. >> would you say to hillary? trump: she has a lot of problems with the you know situation. if you look at general petraeus, he had just a tiny fraction of what she is got going. they destroyed his life virtually. i think she has some very big problems. i

wish her luck at i think she has big problems. >> [indiscernible] martha.ice seeing you aioli say you were innocent and proven guilty but certainly it with the that way. it looks very serious as first hillary is concerned. i hope that is not what happens to her. the facts are not good -- looking good for her right now. if you look at general the trias on a much -- patreas on a much lesser level, i think it will be tougher her. yes? >> under what circumstance would you use a nuclear weapon? trump: i don't even want to talk about that question. it is a very serious question and hopefully you would never have to use a nuclear weapon. but we have to be prepared. the world hates us, probably like never before. we have to build up our marriage -- military and take care of our vets. we have to have the finest military and

equipment by a factor of 10. we have to be protected and so tough and so strong that nobody will ever mess with us. >> would you say to hillary clinton if you rented to hurt the state fair? i would say hello. >> what is your biggest challenge going forward? rump: we are being ripped off by everybody in the world, whether it is china or japan or mexico. mexico is becoming the new china in terms of trade. so many companies. just yesterday i read nabisco is moving to mexico. give me a break. we have to reverse that. we need jobs in our country. we are going to take jobs back from china, japan. we will make art country great again. that to me is going to be the challenge and we will do it. and it is not going to be that difficult. iceberg with carl icahn. he will help us. all the best

negotiators. we of the best business people in the world in this country. they will all help us. believe me, when i get the right people negotiating with the right countries, we will come out on top every time. that is what we need. [applause] >> can you talk about jeb bush yesterday during a puppet of all the donors raising $100 million? trump: he is a puppet. he's got lobbyists. he made statements of the last couple of days that are incredible try to justify the war in iraq. they cannot be justified. he said "skin in the game." he said united states has to prove to iraq that we have skin in the game. we spent $2 trillion, thousands of lives lost, wounded warriors who i love all over the place. and he said we have to prove that we have skin in the game. i think it may be one of the dumbest statements i've ever heard. skin in the game. we do not have to

prove anything. the iraqi officials are a bunch of crooks, you there even is in iraq which i don't think there is. iran is taking over iraq. it was one of the dumbest things ever. i think what happened, because i understand psychology, i think is rather probably said you are killing me. that was his war. he looks very bad. said jeb bush tried to push back. but when he said we have to prove to iraq that we have skin in the game and we have lost all of those lives and all of that money, i think he should apologize to the families of the people. >> your critique of him as being a puppet. you admit you were essentially a puppeteer controlling -- trump: but now i am on a different side. i know how the system works better than anybody. many of the people went to jeb and hillary and everybody else, they are friends or enemies of mine. but they are people i know. these are not people that are doing it because

they like the color of his hair. believe me. these are highly sophisticated killers. when they get $5 million or $2 million to geoff, they had him just like a puppet. he will do whatever they want. he is their puppet. believe me. with me, i had yesterday a lobbyist call me up. mine. forf god -- of his client, i don't blame him, he said i want to put $5 million into your campaign and i said i it.t need it or wanted because when you can back to me in two years anyone help for a company that you representing or country that you are representing, i'm good to the right thing of people -- for the people of the united states and i don't have to insult you. i appreciated but don't want your $5 million. i am turning down so much money. if he put it up i would feel obligated as i'm a loyal person. just like jeb bush. i'm not just talking about

jeb, hillary too. nobody plays the game better than i did and that is the way it works. >> -- qualify to be president in your view? trump: nobody will do the job that i will do. i will bring back jobs, strengthen the military, take care of bets, get rid of obamacare. look at what is happening. look what is happening. the costs of your insurance is gone to the roof. look what it is happening. it is terrible. i will take care of people in it will be better to women. there is another thing i heard with jeb. women's health issues. then he goes back to her three hours later and said he misspoke. i will be so great to women. i cherish women and women have not been taking care of properly. when i hear somebody like jeb bush talking about we are not going to find -- and then he comes back.'s pollster

said you made a mistake, take it back. but he does not mean it from the heart. another question. >> [indiscernible] trump: it will come out tomorrow on "meet the press." i just put out a policy on immigration i think is very comprehensive. tax policy which i have to be very good at. who knows the system better than me? i'm putting out a tax policy over the next you weeks. we are putting them out one by one. i think you will see that it will be very important. thank you for all your nice words. >> a lot of voters are saying they really with this year policies. they are very eager to see the substance behind -- trump: i think the press is more eager to see it than the voters. i think they like me and they understand the and think i will do the job. when you put out a policy like a 14 point plan, a lot of times in the first hour of negotiation that 14 point plan goes astray. but you may

come up with a better deal. that is how life works. when i do a deal i do not say here's 14 point. i go out and do it. i don't talk about 14 points. i know the press wants it. i don't think that people care. i think they trust me. that is what it is all about. politiciansgetting to pass whatever it wanted all my life. nobody has more experience. nobody is more experience dealing with politicians. i have been dealing with them all my life. whether it is big new york city zoning deals which are probably tougher than most of the things i will be dealing with with foreign countries. i built a city on the west side of manhattan. talk about getting zoning. getting zoning for trump tower, 68 stories on 57th. i've been given with politicians all my life. they are fine. they are wonderful. they are all talk and no action. they are selling this country down the tubes and they are easy to deal with, believe me. >> what you think voters don't

care about policy? >> where you speaking at the iowa soapbox? are you afraid to take questions? trump: that paper was not relevant to me. and a notice another -- a number of other people are not speaking there. yes, i'm taking questions right now. mi going to take questions? she just asked if i'm going to take questions from reporters. in my taking questions from reporters? they will tell you i'm taking questions. [applause] trump: unlike hillary, do we agree? go ahead. [indiscernible] trump: i had not heard that. i guess that is a consummate in many ways. yes, go ahead. my concern is protecting the

border in enforcing -- trump: you are going to love me in terms of illegal immigration. we are building a wall. it will be a wall. nobody is going through my wall. trump builds walls. we are building the wall. it will be strong and solid and policed. all th you have to do is fly a drone over it. they can see that immediately. nobody can go under, nobody's going over it, and we are good of a big door for people to come and legally. we will have a big dutiful door for people to commit legally. i want people to come into the country but they have to come in legally. you will be very happy with me. yeah? >> would a president trump the same as candidate trump with foreign leaders? better. think even foreign leaders -- i've had great relationships over the years. i had great relationships

with people over the years. i think even better. i am leading in every poll. the big ones and little ones. i am leading in iowa because when people look at scott walker, estate has a $2.2 billion deficit. he was telling people's growth is terrible -- in terms of the state. their instrument is dissension all of the state but they said they will have a big surplus of $1 billion. it's a $2.2 billion deficit. nobody was willing to say it but me. and i did not want to say it. i would not have said it until the attacks me. then i said thank you very much and i set it. >> i am talking about foreign leaders. trump: i get along great with them. i'm building when china -- in china. a building all over the world. why, do you think they're getting long good right now? putin can't stand obama. who likes obama? i am talking

worldwide. he is not getting along with anybody. hillary clinton was the single worst secretary of state in the history of this country. the world collapsed around us while she was secretary of state. in y might be, kerr worse because he is making a deal with iran that is so bad and so dangerous and so incompetent and stupid that it will have grave consequences. grave consequences. >> what would you do what they want to stop the iranians from getting into their weapon? trump: very forceful action. you cannot let iran -- libby tell israels. nor can israel. sold epicurean obama. you cannot let iran have nuclear weapon. when they marched on the street saying "have to israel, death to united states." it cannot

happen. it will not happen here. >> yourself funding your campaign. heavyset a budget for this endeavor? trump: irrelevant. i make $400 million a year. what difference does it make? i want to make the country great. that is all it want to do. my business has been so successful. my children and my executives will run that easily. i won't even think about it. my soul purpose will be taking the brain that built a great business with some of the great assets of the world, i have some the great assets in the world. best locations in manhattan. trump tower, 57th and fifth. that is what i do whatever it is. whatever kind of a brain that is will be used to making our country rich again, trade deals. great trade deals. making our country rich. and then making it great. we cannot make it great unless we make it -- we need the money. we of $19

trillion. my whole focus will be this country and making it great. >> will you spend a billion dollars -- $1 billion on election? trump: i would if i had to. >> [indiscernible] do. i have i exceptions and i've been open about that. >> what is the biggest challenge your campaign faces going into the fall? have you made any mistakes so far? trump: i don't think i have made mistakes. they do the polls in my never go up. when i said mexico, i was talking about illegal immigration. the people understood it even though the press did not want them to. when i talk about john mccain i was saying how bad he treated veterans. they are treated badly. than they do a poll. mccain or trump? and i swap them in the polls. the veterans like me better because they know i

will take care of them. after 30 years he is not taking care of them. and this last thing with fox. all you have to do is ask roger who won. i do not think i have made any mistakes. i'm sure i will at some point, but so far you have to say as a work of badly? right. reported is not want to give me an answer. >> your wife is the possible first lady? they are not doing it to any other candidate. profile?d you run a that will not happen. she is fantastic. >> what kind of things we do differ the for this country? trump: almost everything. what things in my candidate different for this country? almost everything, because that is what has to happen. everything we do is wrong. the military, we are not taking care of the military or our vets. we are not taking care of our country, our finances. we're not taking care of our trade deals. when was the

last time he saw this country have a victory? we do not have victories? we do not have victories against china in trade. china just devalued their currency. that is the sucking sound. that means jobs and money coming out of our country. what they did with that evaluation, the biggest devaluation that had into decades, they are killing us. they will not be doing it when i am watching. i think our people have no idea what is happening. do you agree with me? is everybody agree with me? >> yeah! trump: let's give them a helicopter ride. come on, it was going first? where are your parents? kids, get all lined up. [indiscernible]

host: republican residents of candidate donald trump and some remarks and q&a with reporters as he arrived outside the iowa state fair. now planning to give some free rides to the kids onettendance. donald trump, of the candidates appearing at the iowa state fair. as you heard him say in response to a russian, he is not appearing on the des moines register soapbox. now taking a picture with some of the children's and their parents. he and hillary clinton at the state fair, neither speaking at the des moines register soapbox. three other candidates are or have. rick santorum in lincoln chafee have already been there. bernie

sanders, the democratic race for presidential nomination, will be appearing at 3:00 eastern time. we hope to have that for you road toc-span. our the white house coverage continues. we want to get your reaction from what you've heard from donald trump in lincoln chafee and others at the iowa state fair today and over the past couple of days. republicans, (202) 748-8921. democrats, (202) 748-8920. (202) 748-8003. an article from "the daily mail" talking about the helicopter rides for the kids. it says little boy, you will write in the donnell's -- donald's up a $7er. he sets

million sikorsky in a nearby parking lot were kids will ride for free. apparently fair officials the clergy could not set up with a called a thrill grounds.vent rounds -- he secured a nearby parking lot for the helicopter. $7 million to helicopter seats 12 comfortably. italian leather seating. trump-brand ice water. and goldplated seatbelt buckles. may see some of the callers who have been on hold for a while now. we pick up with ed in washington. we are the world's reserve currency. there is no reason we should not have free and everre. college. the house. -- everything else. there is more money for wars in the are for people or infrastructure. we conquer the world. we deserve no less.

host: think you for calling. joyce in inglewood, california. democratic color. caller: good morning. first of all, i'm the product of civil rights. this is been one of the most interesting campaigns i've ever been in. donald trump, it's about donald trump. it is all about i, i, i. listen and be careful how you vote because this is very crucial to our country. i thank you for your time and i will continue to listen. enjoy your day. host: another caller from california. ron in joshua tree. --ler: imho um supporter. imho um supporter. one thing donald trump will fight to

correct is this phony war on men and this war on cops. this political correct this is dividing and polarizing our country and it is doing a lot of damage. the cops are afraid to do their jobs because they might be charged with a crime. this man is a very smart man. you brought up the helicopter thing. he found a way to circumvent the authorities, the democrats at the fair. this is how smart he is. he is an achiever and a doer and he will correct these problems in america. as far as how he will get mexico to pay for the wall. it is very simple. i drove a truck for years and i can figure it out. if he becomes president, he can sign an executive order to terminate nafta because of national security reasons. we can buy the mexican products from south america and other countries. we can manufacture the right skin gets ourselves, some of it. whatever is feasible economically. you will watch how fast to go will put up the money

to secure the border. mexico is causing the problem, not us. they encourage their people to come to america and bring the money back to them. they will pay for the wall. as far as china, he will get union democrats to vote for him the general. lunch pail democrats that are sick and tired of these unfair trade agreements are going to vote for donald trump. don't underestimate this man. he is the best thing that is happened to america in my lifetime and i'm 65 years old. have a nice day. rotorsyou can see the to starting to turn outside the iowa state fair. donald trump expected to do some meet and greet at the fair. hillary clinton is at the iowa state fair as well today to do meet and greet. donald trump was asked by reporters what he would say to hillary clinton if he bumped into her. he just said " i would say hello." cindy in

florida on the line for independents. caller: i have not decided hillary yet but have to defend he said he would not do the soapbox today but he did last night and he is always there to answer questions that matter where he is. hillary, she is avoiding people. she is there talking to people that she knows. that is what we saw on tv. i just wish donald would get more information because intelligence agencies in israel and the u.s. both want this trade agreement. $150 billion is not our money. its money we've 1979 that wesince been holding from iran. it is their money. we have got to get out of these wars. it's killing us. host: kathleen from indiana. trump: hi. i was watching

any kind of scares me a bit. he is a bit of an extremist. he's got some ideas to do this, this, and that but he seems like it's going to be too much too quick. of course, i'm for hillary. with women's writes, he says he is all for it. maybe he needs to explain more in depth what he is for for women's rights. and education, i think it should be there are- everyone. a lot of good kids out there that do not the money to go to college. if a vocational school can give them a trade or how to do things in this world, everything is electronic. i think that is something we owe our children in the world. increasing minimum wage. i'm sure that can help a lot of people. all the stuff in china and all the other places we buy. i agree. i like made in america. when we bring everything here, i

feel that will bring -- increase prices. maybe we need to make more money. i am a retired nurse so i am ok but i've seen somebody people struggle that are very good people that need the help. host: thanks for calling. tom in michigan. republican caller. donald trump or one of the other republicans? caller: donald trump obviously is the man that we need to be supporting. i listened to some trump village to are not that people paying attention in not doing a good job. i'm concerned about some of the voters who do not hear either. there is nothing about women's rights here. it's about women's health number one. number two, listening to trump last night in new hampshire, he speaks in a manner that people understand him. he can hold your

rantingn without the about nothing. obama changes subject quickly. he has so much on his mind he was to tell us. he does it in a way that if you pay attention and the people understand and i think it has a lot to do with himself -- them supporting him. the fact he has a, was meant as a businessman is a terrific asset. if you know mr. trump, he gets on his plane and he finds a fingerprint or smudge and it, you are in trouble. he is so meticulous like getting things done. just like the helicopter that was mentioned. the kids wanted a ride. he found a way to make it happen. these are the things that donald trump can and will do. i have faith in him for that. even a democrat all my life but not this time. host: thank you for your call.

covering the candidates at the iowa state fair today. some of them speaking of the des moines register soapbox. hillary clinton and donald trump not doing so but making the rounds. donald trump offering his helicopter to kids for free ride, parking just outside. you can see the helicopter coming in after one of those rides. taking more of your calls to get your reaction to what you have seen at the iowa state fair from among the candidates or what you would like to hear them say at the iowa state fair. our coverage will continue over the next few days as well. elizabeth joining us in syracuse, new york. caller: i think more people heuld vote for ben carson. is born and raised here in the united states. he picked himself and became acago great neurosurgeon. he believes in small government. he believes

in our constitution. he believes in a flat rate taxes. he wants to held our military up and bring more arms to the military instead ofd disengaging from everything like obama has done. and he is also the fourth or fifth generation of john philip sousa, the famous man that road all of our great military marches for our andtary. he is an american he should be recognized. as far as the women voting for hillary clinton, you were going in the wrong direction. that woman is going to do worse than obama ever thought. she wanted to sell us out to the human when her whennd was president -- un her husband was president and he put his foot down on that one. but ben carson is a great man. if he does not get to run, i probably will vote for mr. trump.

host: thank you elizabeth. ben re. dr.supported the carson will be at the iowa state fair at the des moines register soapbox tomorrow. 5:00 east coast time. you will have that live. former new york governor george pataki will be there as well. 5:30 p.m. eastern time on sunday. our road to the white house live coverage continuing on c-span. barbara joins us from bridgeport, connecticut on the line for democrats. go ahead. caller: yes, i love donald , he said henally wanted to run, i actually thought it was funny. i thought he is not going to make it but it is not funny anymore. i am african-american. all of my family, and this'll be the first time i'm going to be voting republican. this'll be the first time. i am very disappointed in

hillary. i was going to vote for her because she is democrat and obama were having problems back in 2008. i said i want to vote for him. and i will vote for her next time. but she people. mingle with the to does not talk. there is something about her that is just not clicking. it is bothering me. i love him. i love him and watch him. i am not interested in the other republicans. i would never vote for any of them him and not at all. but him, i think he will get things done. he is a plain speaking person even though he has so much money. he has a lovely family. i would love to see them in the white house because they are all allass act. donald trump the way for my democratic family and thank you. host: donald and ohio. you were

of. caller: yes, sir. host: i need you to turn down the volume on your tv. you were going to get the echo. caller: i hope donald trump gets republican.s a good that is all i'm going to say. host: vera in new mexico for democrats. caller: hello? how are you? host: good. caller: i am for hillary because she is a smart woman. she is experienced and she has had all these experiences before. obama should've never been elected president because he had no experience or anything. be careful with donald trump. he is coming into strong and he will probably have other countries obamat the united states. i not a very good president.

have my social security and he has not -- not only me but a lot of people, they have deducted their social security pension and i don't know why that was. the republicans are for the rich people. democrats are for the poor. i can remember president franklin roosevelt. he was a very, very good president and we will never have another iesident my cam. -- like him. am for the democrats in think you very much for taking my call. host: tony for massachusetts? caller: actually i have two concerns in the form of questions. mr. trump has made it arer that the politicians available for financial considerations to lobbyists and big-money interests. he suggests

that works against the public interest. how was it that the voting public in the people supporting him did not see him as being part of that wrongdoing? he admits he was doing the buying. are people missing that? and the second thing would be, i get the impression he invents stories and scenarios. he once told on fox news that he had -- in hawaii that proved the governor validated president obama's bursar certificate because the governor was under pressure of his democratic party bosses. intent of the governor was a republican. he says he had evidence on tv a number of times that the mexican government was sending criminals into the united states. people asked when are you going to share the evidence? he said he would share when he went to the

border. he never brought up any evidence. days later when people asked him about this issue he says i was on the border, i saw the evidence. i really concerned about the way people except his nonsense. it is just luster and air. of, i don't know, hot i think that is about it. thank you. host: republican line for mountain center, california. big walt? caller: i love donald trump. i got tears in my eyes last night. he is a real patriot. gives you a good feeling when you are the star-spangled banner. the last dollar talking about illegals. my parents came here. we are overrun. if you want to see illegal alien problems, come to california. but donald trump has the courage to say what he feels. i'm sticking with the rich guy. he knows how to make money and i believe donald trump when he says he will fix our country. obama and his gang have

done nothing but terror -- tear our country down and make us an embarrassment in this world. you need to have a strong military. you have to be tough. we need to back israel. god bless america. thank you. host: mary in florida, go ahead. caller: i am a 63-year-old registered nurse. i feel like when we were busy working and raising our family our federal government became overwhelming. we need a businessman that can treat our federal government as a business and bring it under control. the united states is the only industrialized country in the world where our politicians, our elected officials, are predominantly career politicians who have never done anything else in their lives. or lawyers. that

has got to change. our politicians, our elected officials have to be able to make our government work. that is why i support donald trump. he is a businessman. he understands organization, management, and how to get results. i think all the people listening donate $10 to donald trump.com. beneath our money. beneath our support. any -- he needs our support. host: donald trump answering a question a short time ago. talking to reporters. he was asked about the campaign contributions and talked about how he is giving them back and he does not need the money. donald trump at the iowa state fair today along with hillary anson and a number of other candidate -- hillary clinton and a number of other candidates.

coming up at 3:00 eastern time today it is bernie sanders who is running for the democratic nomination in 2016. he will be on the soapbox. we will have it for you live today. we continue to have our cameras followed donald trump and hillary clinton as it is a meet and greet around the iowa state fair. we are going to take a moment and show you lincoln chafee's remarks earlier today from the des moines register soapbox. good morning. in 2016 united states of america is going to have a new president. we all know that resident barack obama is term limited and we will have a new president. all-americans in november of 2016 economic a very important choice. how are going to make that choice? i would like to think that first of all you look at past performance, your past

record. that is very important. second of all, you look at the character people who are running. do they have courage? are they honest? today have high ethical standards. third, what is the vision for the future? what does that individual want to do with our great country for the future generations. let me go back a little bit and i record. first of all, being in iowa i think it is important to say i was a high school and college wrestler. the cyclones in the hawkeyes are some of the best wrestlers ever. it is good to be here. i wrestled all through college. when i got into politics i started at the local level. i was a councilman for four years and the mayor for what itars. i know is like to plow the snow when you have a blizzard, to take up the trash, to make your the ballfields are a good shape, make sure your schools are good,

police and fire operating efficiently, and keep property taxes down. that is important. i would not have been reelected as a councilman or mayor is 11 years i spent at the local level if i not -- if i was not doing a all those local issues that are so important. not just in rhode island, but across the country. in city hall's in town halls across the country. doing the little things that affect the people. i did it. i went to united states senate and i was there from a very volatile time. bush and cheney came in, president bush and vice president cheney came in with very radical agenda. huge tax cuts that there are the wealthy, which i voted against. i thought we'd finally got the surpluses. let's not get back into deficits. those tax cuts were too deep and i was right. thing came september 11 and the war in iraq. and i felt coming up through the vietnam era that we just finished with a terrible

quagmire and all the veteran issues we had to deal with. post-traumatic stress syndrome and all israel issues that come from being in combat. why get back into another one without good cause? [applause] chaffee: that is right. i did my went down to the cia and i found that there was no evidence of mass destruction. it was all a hoax. there was never any evidence of wmd's. i voted against the war in iraq. the immigration reform, i was one of the only nine original cosponsors of mccain-kennedy. many people talking about it today. 10 years ago i was one of the nine that lineup on a path to citizenship and secure borders. i was back then in united states sent working hard to control carbon dioxide which is a climate change gas. the forefront of environment issues.

also i was working across the aisle. i was part of the gang of 14 as it was called back then. seven democrats and seven republicans working together. we need more of that. i was good at that as united states senator. than it would to be governor and i was governor of the state of write-down in some of the worst economic times. high unemployment. people losing their homes to foreclosure. i had to turn around as governor. at the end of my time as governor rhode island had the biggest drop abundant i'm it -- drop in unemployment of all the five states. i invested in education. i invested in k-12. i invested in roads and bridges. i invested in work or's development programs. it was not easy. i take those valuable tax dollars to make them work most

to benefit the state of rhode island and we had the biggest drop of unemployment in my budgets of any but five states. we also passed energy quality in rhode island. i thought that was important -- marriage equality in rhode island. is what we wanted of course, but i thought it was important for the economy. economies are going to prosper when you have a tolerant society. just look at all the thriving economies around the united states. whether it is in cambridge, boston, austin, palo alto. they welcome everybody. the economy is going to do well. i also passed the immigration dream act in-state tuition for youngsters that are undocumented that want to go to our state colleges. they don't have to pay out-of-state tuition's. big, big difference. we got that passed. also was governor romney had the obamacare, affordable care act rollout, rhode island was one of the national leaders in the

number of people to sign up for obamacare. it did not just we knewwe work hard. this was good to be a difficult process of getting people to sign up for exchange and we made it happen. one of the best rollouts in the country. not only as governor getting people back to work, but doing good things for the future of our state. passing marriage equality. the dream act for citizens. the affordable care act, one of the best in the country. we also raised the minimum wage three out of my four years as governor. very proud to do that. leadership making it better for future generations. that is my record. first as a wrestler, that is always a. local officeholder. councilmen and mayor. been a united states senator and then as a governor. there is no other candidate running for president, nobody that will stand here republican or democrat that can say they have that experience. i have been at the local level.

i've been at the federal level. i've been at the state level. there is not a lot of learning curve when you spent a lot of years at the lower level. there is not a lot of learning curve if you spent a lot of years in the united states senate. that is important for our next president. there is not a lot of learning curve there. so the vision for the future is the third part. your record, your character, as i said, being honest and ethical, and when i was on the senate, i served on the senate for lit -- foreign relations committee. i chaired the western hemisphere subcommittee. so i travel through the hemisphere, all of the countries in south america, almost all of the countries in south america. i met with fidel