enforce laws. one of the things people don't pay enough attention to is how law enforcement and the people who implement the laws are just as important if not even more important than the people who write them. one good example is the financial sector. we talked about dodd frank. a lot of the problems with that law have been implementation. the people who are implementing it don't act quickly and aggressively to change behavior in the markets they are trying to regulate. or alter the competitive outlook. one small group, the new york department of financial services, which is part of the governor's office, gives a really good example of what one

determined law enforcer can really do. a guide by the name of been lasky had more of an impact by himself in that agency than thertgage market b had in the years it was working on the same issue. yorksmall office in new was really determined to change the behavior of the industry and crackdown on misrepresentation and conflicts of interest. it doesn't take a lot of determined law enforcers. to make big change. that is another reason people in washington are focused on the president. senators of several

running for president is bernie sanders. he was interviewed on meet the press yesterday. he talked about the issue of income inequality. >> we are resonating all over this country because we are talking about issues that are life and death issues to the american people. and that is the collapse of the american middle class. the massive and grotesque level of income and wealth inequality in this country. the fact that we are the only major country on earth who doesn't guarantee health care for old people. the fact that millions of working class families are now finding it very difficult to send their kids to college. and the basic facts that people are working longer hours for lower wages. and all of the new income and wealth is going to the top 1%. and then a campaign finance system as a result of citizens united allows billionaire families like the koch brothers and others to literally by

politicians and corrupt the american political process. all that together and the american people are saying enough is enough. bernie sanders running on the democratic ticket with chuck todd on meet the press. our guest is teddy downey, executive editor of capitol forum. the issue of economic populism. ray in arizona. good morning. caller: good morning. called -- these corporations ship in people from foreign countries and pay them like indentured servants to be " trained" to do something for their company. if one of our problems is we

have more people then jobs, we should stop importing people to work for these big companies. that's it. part how much of that is a -- major corporations using those pvisas? we have done a lot of work on this and we never really found a compelling study that work wast h1b visa as necessary as businesses claim they are. it is really all about price. how much does it cost to train a worker? how much does it cost to get an h-1b worker to do the same job? so when someone says i need more

h-1b visas, they really want lower wage workers so they can make more money on the products or services they are providing. driver of income inequality. it is an issue and we haven't found compelling evidence that the alternative, which is bringing in workers and training them from the u.s., is not really doable. it may take more time and be more costly, but this is a social issue. it is how the congress and the president and the people want their economy to work. i think that is really the question. it is not a question of, do they need it? the caller certainly thinks we should focus on training programs.

similar to the one we heard earlier from hillary clinton to create incentives to hire and train. host: a couple of tweets. this one says that while profitsions make record and back politicians that fight against increasing wages, proves trickle down was a con. says there is no competition in the usa. monopolies role almost every market and now even hospitals are taking over doctors practices. this one says someone needs to propose a cap on ceo salaries. disclosure rules took five years. that is the biggest problem with them. it shows a tremendous lack of that itip at the sec

took five years to get disclosure rules out there. having taken a quick look at the rules, i don't think they will work. there are a lot of loopholes that seem like corporations will be able to abuse. for example, temporary workers won't count toward the number. the owners of the corporations will have discretion over what period of time they look at. so seasonal workers and contract workers won't count. the number is subject to manipulation. disclosure and focus on ceo pay is probably very important and it is an important shaming mechanism and educational tool so people can understand what the gap really is and try to figure what is happening. dan in denver. good morning. caller: it seems like the sec has either been incompetent

or complicit with the ceos and stuff. donald trump friday said he icahn helpcarkarl him set things straight. there?hat is happening icahn is an activist investor on wall street who likes to buy interesting companies and get influence through the board and try to push the company in a certain direction that he thinks will create a better valuation. he is one of the legends of wall street in terms of his

activities in pushing companies around and getting stocks to be or companies to be bought at a higher level than what he originally purchased them at through leveraged buyout's and things like that. there's a lot of talk about barbarians at the gate. of thate of the "icons" movement. is amusing in some respects. but it is part of the trump image at this point. which is that he is a businessman and he is unabashed about making lots of money and being successful and talking about corruption. that happens all the time and that businesses by off offticians -- buy politicians.

just being unabashed about how he is going to use his business acumen and bring other people in who have been successful without a regard to how they got that success at what the implications are for policy is amusing. host: a quick look at rick perry. his radical proposal to put wall street in its place. plan tol aspect of his reform the financial sector puts him in alliance with liberal radicals such as elizabeth warren and bernie sanders. one more call for teddy downey. kathy in buffalo. caller: good morning. my comment is this. educationlower level aren't qualified for low-wage jobs. we also make up the largest

portion in the population of america and other countries. ormer per to earn 100 lower levelbs at education, we would become less reliant on government subsidies. so that is your call for increasing the minimum wage? caller: yes. host: final comments. guest: i miss the question. missed the question. host: she was talking about increasing the minimum wage would make people less reliant on government benefits. guest: that's absolutely right. the minimum wage is a way to address the fundamental lack of competition throughout the economy.

when there is competition, employers fight to attract the best talent and pay their workers the best and give them good benefits. and that competitive environment creates less of a need for the minimum wage. when you have a largely consolidated economy that lacks theseompetition, you get more behavioral rules from the government and calls for things like the minimum wage to address that competition cap. gap.mpetition >> coming up on washington journal, a discussion on education reform. then environmental activists brokavichfish -- erin

on the response to the waste water spill. >> coming up on c-span, wrote to the white house joins the 2016 presidential candidates at the iowa state fair. first, scott walker. and then carly fiorina. that is followed by lindsey graham. >> are wrote to the white house coverage of the presidential candidates continues live from the iowa state fair on c-span. as the candidates walk the fairgrounds and speak at the soapbox.

andday morning, marco rubio john kasich. wednesday, rick perry will speak at 11:00. friday afternoon at 2:30, senator ted cruz. and governors chris christie and bobby jindal. join the twitter conversation. campaign 2016. taking you on the road to the white house. >> with the senate in its august break, we will feature book tv programming in prime time. here are a few book tv special programs. saturday, live from jackson mississippi for the mississippi book festival. on harper lee,s civil rights, and the civil war. september 5, we

are live from the nation's capital. followed by former second lady lynne cheney. book tv on c-span two. television for serious readers. candidateepublican governor stott walker at the iowa state fair. he was interrupted by protesters during his speech. following, he toured the grounds . the speeches 20 minutes. [cheering] [applause] endowed by freedom

our creator, defined by the constitution that is defended each and every day by the man and woman who proudly wear the uniform of this united states. lets give a big round of applause. thank you for your service. [applause] : it is great to be at the fair, great to be in ottawa. -- iowa. we are doing a full grassley, almighty nine counties. -- all 99 counties. i am here today with my wife and one of my sons, matt. we will have a great time. but we have a government in washington that cannot get the job done. i call it 68 square miles surrounded by reality. that is what we are facing now. i am not just frustrated with the president and with the democrats in washington, i am

frustrated with the republican leadership in washington as well. [applause] people want to send a message. part of the reason we see these things across the country is i talk to voters who say we want mn the campaign trail, we want to see it. whether it is repealing obamacare or standing up against illegal immigration. if it were not for me and 24 other governors who took the president to task and took him to court, that would have gone through to the president, who said 22 times he could not do what he did in -- we need leaders in washington who will stand up to the president and say enough is enough.

america wants you to stand up to its promises. [applause] for me, that is something i am going home with. we did not just take the big unions in wisconsin. we did not just take on the democrats. we took on party establishment. in 2010, i ran for governor, because after my wife and i thought and talked and prayed about it, we knew, as tough as it is to win in a state like wisconsin -- wisconsin has not voted republican for president since 1984 when reagan was elected -- we knew we had to do something. we saw the mess that was happening in our state. and for our children, we wanted something better.

we inherited a $3.6 million budget deficits. we have a surplus now. [cheering] we defunded planned parenthood more than four years ago. if you want to get welfare, you have to pass job training and pass a drug test. we want to make it easy to vote and hard to cheat. we require a photo id in wisconsin. we did all of these reforms. we got a great field of republicans. one of the best since the 1980's. but there is a difference in the candidates. i am asking for your vote in for

you to cooperate with us. what makes a difference is that there are a lot of fighters out there, yet they have yet to win in washington. we have winners but have yet to win the fight in recent years. there is only one candidate who has fought and won and gotten results, even in a blue state like wisconsin. if you are someone who can win and get results and not compromise your values, get him into the white house. [cheering] [applause] we had 100,000 protesters, some of which are here today. they have every right to speak, but they cannot drown out the voices of the millions who elected me in wisconsin.

[cheering] [applause] [booing] gov. walker: the truth is, things are better in wisconsin because of our reforms. if we can fix wisconsin, we can fix america. [applause] we can fix america. it was not too late for a blue state like wisconsin, it is not too late for america. we can push true reform. we can put it into the hands of the processes it in iowa. we need to bring the power back to our people. that is what we did. we took the power out of the hands of the special interests and back into the hands of the hard-working taxpayers. if we could do it over there, we can do it in washington.

[cheering] [applause] we measure success in government by how many people are dependent on the government. we understand that this does not comment from the mighty hands of the government, it comes from the people to control their own lives. [applause] as a kid, i lived in plainfield, iowa. we moved to television, a small town in wisconsin. my first job was washing dishes. then we moved to the big time. we started flipping hamburgers at mcdonald's.

-- to work the cash register. i work in those jobs. my dad was a small time preacher at the first baptist church. my mom was a part-time secretary. my grandparents were farmers. my dad's dad was a machinist. i did not inherit fame or fortune from my family. i got the belief that if you work hard and play by the rules, you can do anything you want. that is the american creed, the american spirit. [cheering] [applause] that is how you save the economy. not with more washington. last year, six of the 10 wealthiest counties and america, they were in and around washington, d.c. we understand that people want jobs, not the government.

it is time to get the government out of our lives once and for all. [cheering] by repealing obamacare, we will have the -- [cheering] [booing] we have to get the out-of-control federal regulations -- the epa is ruining our rivers. we will reign in the epa, going forward. we will pull in all the other regulations that are like a wet blanket on the american economy so we can get the economy working again. [applause] we will have a new policy to say we will defend what god has given us in america. i oppose the keystone pipeline to save the american economy. [applause]

we have to get people of the education and skills they need to succeed. that will work for more than the minimum wage. despite what the naysayers said, the facts are the facts. years ago, they said they would be devastated. graduation rates are up now. third-grade reading scores are up. [cheering] that is because we put power back into the hands of the people. we need control powers at the state level, not washington.

[cheering] [applause] in the present economy, it is a way to -- [inaudible] as well as our job creators. i am proud to say we have not touched that in our first four years by more than $2 billion. [indiscernible] we live on manufacturers, property owners. we need to go on, going forward. there are a lot of people that talk that. i am the only one who stood up to 100,000 protesters. [cheering] to fight for the american people. [cheering]

[applause] if you want to balance the budget, if you want to satisfy the hard-working people, if you want a better life for farmers and manufacturers, you need me to be our nominee. i want you to know that that going forward. [cheering] [applause] one more thing about the economy. when it comes to safety, we need a president who has the kurds to stand up to anyone and do what is necessary to protect our children and grandchildren. if i am the president, i will push the fight to isis instead of letting them come to us.

i am not intimidated by huge crowds or anyone else out there. i will fight for the american people over and over and over and over again. you want someone to stand here, i am right here. we will not back down. we will do what is necessary to defend the american people going forward. [cheering] hillary clinton and barack obama have failed this country. we are leaving them behind. we need a president who will stand up, just like ronald reagan did. we need someone to stand up and defend our military against our enemies and stick with strong american values.

if you think this is true, -- [cheering] this is why i am in iowa -- [indiscernible] -- right here and right now. that is the status we have now. [inaudible] for my children, i want to make

>> i'm an eagle scout. i believe that your campsite should be cleaner than when you found it. need to be standing up for a strong economy because i want my kids to inherit good land, good jobs, good water. gov. walker: the question was what will you do about -- money is power in washington. whether it is in education. we take her from washington and send it back here and ultimately to your school boards across america. you know better at the local level. it is more efficient.

[inaudible] gov. walker: the question was about college and college education and affordability. i am proud to say in my state, we froze tuition at all university of wisconsin campuses. i was criticized the other will day by hillary clinton. while i was freezing tuition for four years, she was charging $2,500 a speech to college campuses. it seems to me that she was raising it. what we need to do nationally is place incentives for colleges and universities to have students to get financial assistance to keep their tuition lower. but we have poured more money into student loans than we actually solved the rate of inflation. it is sometimes three to four

times higher than the national rate of inflation. i know how important it is to make sure we bring the cost of college education down. to make it affordable. that is our plan going forward. we have done that effectively in wisconsin. we want to carry that across the rest of the country. when it comes to all centers. >> you failed your state! gov. walker: the question was about social security. what it comes to three of the big drivers and federal government. there is medicaid, medicare, and social security. i would send medicaid back to the state. state leaders are better than the federal services are.

when it comes to medicare and social security, for people retirement age tour near retirement age, i would not touch it. my generation and younger, we will have to put inflation reforms going forward. we will put that out in the coming weeks. i will lay out a specific obama care plan. but we need a specific plan for my generation and younger so we can support those currently in retirement and those in retirement going forward. >> [inaudible] gov. walker: the question was about immigration. months ago, i was asked about this with chris wallace. i said i listen to governors in border states and talk to people across the country.

i said my plan then is the same as today. we need to secure the border. that means more than talking about it. we need to secure the border far greater than immigration. i have seen the border. it is a national disgrace in the terms of the threat to public safety and to the sovereignty of this country. secure the border with infrastructure, the wall, personnel, and technology. i was in israel. they built a 500 mile fence. it lowered terrorist attacks by 94%. we need to do the same on our border. we are a bigger country but we should be able to uphold that. we need to secure the border. we need to enforce the laws. [cheering] we cannot have any sanctuary cities. outside of the realm of the federal law. you don't need sanctuary cities in the country. i do not believe an amnesty. i think there are a lot of people who come in -- my great great grandfather came in as an

immigrant. his father was a miner. he eventually made his way to the midwest. but they followed the legal path. i do not believe in amnesty. we need a legal immigration system that gives priority to american working families to focus on their jobs and wages in a way that will improve the american economy. [cheering] >> [inaudible] gov. walker: the question was about the renewable fuel standard. we had an ethanol -- i do not support it. i do not support the concept. what i came here, i pointed out it is already in place.

the tax subsidy is gone. the renewable fuel center is still in place. you need to support the industry in place. i would like to see be different standards and mandates bunched together and phased out over time. i believe you get work in excess, so you do not need the standard. market access is the issue. i have talked to farmers. we have already put it in my state. we try to do the grants to make sure that ma and pa gas stations can actually have a blend of their. if you have market access, you do not need the standard. and consumers make the choice. my time is up. thanks for coming out. god bless you. [cheering]

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gov. walker: we're going to go over those next. just like wisconsin. >> all right. today you talked about repealing obamacare. he said you had a plan to replace that. gov. walker: i'm going to lay out the specifics tomorrow. we don't just repeal it, we will lay out pacific's. everyone talks about it. we are looking to put patients and families back in charge. we have a specific plan that deals with people not just getting it through their employer, but allowing people to get health care on their own.

>> any hints about what is going to be in their? gov. walker: the biggest thing is it needs to be an outright repeal. a lot of people are on the edge of its good, it's that. we need to repeal it entirely. is putat we need to do in the power that provides freedom to patients. tomorrow, we will lay that out. >> congress has been trying to do that for a long time. how do you plan to do it done? gov. walker: i don't want to get ahead of my story tomorrow. we will have specifics. we believe we have the right answer as to how it will get done immediately. audiencemember of the you got a question about whether you are for illegal immigrants already in the country. i will asked that again. gov. walker: we should be enforcing law across this country.

we verify with employers and having an affected system. -- that would be a very effective way of upholding our laws. i'm talking about e-verify. enforce the law in an effective way going forward. you also recently [indiscernible] you would call me a full for not doing it. for $80 million over 20 years, we get $299 million. people would be upset with me if i did not take that. >> the democratic convention came and some of the biggest years of the night came when they announced black lives matter. gov. walker: there is a contrast. if we have leaders who focus on

racial discord, were going to get more. if we have leaders that focus on unity, we will get more of that. the families of those massacred down in charleston, south carolina, feel that. we need to talk about things that unite this country. a the "washington post" had story. what you plan on eating today? gov. walker: i'm going for the pork producers, just like i did in my state. i got a pork chop on a stick. i love eating my way around the fair. like most americans, i like to eat. >> are going to do that again. >> what were the protesters yelling about? gov. walker: we have press questions out there. appreciate it.

>> two others that owned the team. i'm sorry. what is that? the owners of the two guys from the -- [indiscernible] major funder -- one is a major funder for hillary clinton. willch of little investors get that around the way. because two people on the team, those are the ones who are being

billed as the owners. again, i have never met them. [indiscernible] gov. walker: thank you very much.

[indiscernible] >> thank you for your support. >> thank you. >> i know. thank you. thank you very much. >> come see us at our booth.

gov. walker: really? [indiscernible] >> barbara. gov. walker: we love them. they are right around the block from us. young, i was at marquette. >> governor walker. i'll do it. i'll do it. 1, 2, 3. >> governor walker, please.

[indiscernible] >> governor walker? gov. walker: go ahead. >> governor walker. gov. walker: years of training. [laughter] he wants to know if i am a fighter. no. i said you should live off the -- and we areof israel

100% with them. gov. walker: no daylight between me and israel. is a son of survivors of the .olocaust, i appreciate that gov. walker: reagan was a model for me. ours a democrat, he brought country together. part of that was recognizing the state of israel. first said: when i that to governor bush, he turned it my way. i said we need to terminate that right away and reinstate the sanctions. we need to support that. >> absolutely. gov. walker: increasingly, can i aree -- some of the sunn

starting to ally themselves with egypt because they know how bad iran is. >> thank you. gov. walker: great story if you like being run over by a lawnmower here. thanks for being in the crowd. >> governor walker. gov. walker: sure. >> thank you very much. gov. walker: [indiscernible] awesome, thank you. gov. walker: all right. good to see you. >> 100,000 people a month. changing to be able to other places in the

world. would you be willing to fund one third of that? gov. walker: i would be willing to take a look at that. >> down the stairs. gov. walker: you are fine. >> no problem. i will see you around. gov. walker: i'll eventually get there. address the you global economy? gov. walker: there are a number of things. part of it is trade around the world. part of it is in africa. it as ano look at opportunity. we need to look at it through the windshield, not the rearview mirror. partnerto be a better in terms of helping them help themselves. >> thank you so much. gov. walker: thank you. >> can i get a picture?

gov. walker: sure. wales.re from hannah is a national riding champion. won theheard she national riding championship. gov. walker: congratulations. thank you for being here. >> minneapolis. gov. walker: we're talking about obama care. we are talking about how we are going to repeal it. >> we have some steps coming up. >> i am right here. gov. walker: good luck. >> thank you, governor.

[indiscernible] gov. walker: all right. >> the next stand. >> this is for you. >> governor. gov. walker: i will start out first and then you can fire away.

gov. walker: great to be out here. we had a few protesters, but i used to that. if i am up to know to the fight. that i you saw today respect people who have differences of opinion with me. millions of people voted for me in my state to do the job. ,nder difficult circumstances -- and i will take on not just ownns, i will take on my party establishment, which is what we did in wisconsin. a lot of people honor state legislature did not want to pick up boulder. frustration that americans have with republican leadership and washington right now.

in august. it took me in 24 other governors to take action. someone who can fight and win and actually get results and do without compromising and with commonsense reforms, i would ask the people of america to vote me at the next president. >> what we you do to bruno -- what will you do to promote the growth of manufacturers? >> what does that mean to your ability to unite the country? when you see that kind of decisiveness phone you into another state? gov. walker: things calmed down. we got back to work. we got a 3.6 billion dollars budget deficit. things are much, and that is why

i was elected. if you are going to challenge the status quo, there are always going to be people in both parties who don't like people who challenge the status quo. a lot of good republicans in this rate. a lot of them talk a good talk about taking on washington. thathe only one to show not only in my state, many to protestcame in are directed by washington-based groups. we took them on the protest. we took them on the recall. we won every square inch of that fight. i want just talk about fighting. i will win that fight, i will get results, and we will do it ultimately. >> on immigrations, do you believe that ending birthright citizenship is appropriate? do you believe it is possible to help another country like mexico help fund a wall like donald trump believes? gov. walker: i believe a number of reports earlier this year,

not about enforcing the border but enforcing the law. we need to make sure that we enforce the laws in every part of this country, not just some part or the other. jerry reed said it is not part who come in legally. forward, i'moing going to support the legal immigration system and put the emphasis back on families and wages. >> if you could address it clearly. children who are born here whose parents are here illegally. should they be deported? gov. walker: i believe we should change the law. in terms of deporting, the best thing we can do is enforce the law. we require places across america to uphold the law, and i think that ultimately --

>> you may say you do not want to address it, but should ,hildren -- the current law they can stay. gov. walker: we should enforce the law. we enforce the law, we will not have that problem going forward. until we secure the border, we can't do -- >> the i was front runner has -- gov. walker: from our standpoint the bottom line is the american people want support. you don't trust politicians in washington. until they can actually secure the border and enforce the law. combination of the infrastructure, the wall itself, technology, and personnel. israel this year, it is not just a fence. you have the technology to make sure the fence is secure.

you just don't know if it is ineffectual. you ultimately have to have infrastructure, personnel, and technology. it is not just about immigration. it is about public safety and national security. you look at the number of people down at the border with governor abbott. increasing people not just coming in from mexico or latin america, but coming in from around the world. why are they coming to america? i think that race is a national security issue. from a sovereignty standpoint, if we had people coming in with international criminal organizations, human trafficking, if we had them coming in our ports, people tore would be demanding protect our sovereign nation. >> why the change? gov. walker: talking to people,

i believe they share my sentiment. we were told that republicans took charge of the united states and if they do things like repeal obamacare -- some people say the president is not going to sign that. that is besides the point. congress needs to put a bill on the desk. if he wants to veto it, that is his prerogative. we will push a repeal of obamacare immediately going families inplace charge of their health care. we have a couple of candidates moving at the polls who were elected in position. it is a matter of protest. i talked to americans all across the country who say i did not end up voting for this candidate but i am tired of politicians in washington not listening. i am tired of the politicians in washington not hearing my voice. people said they need to stop

the president's action when it comes to illegal immigration. they have not acted on it. i share your sentiment. i believe the reason why people are here, the reason why people come out to events like this, is that they are not giving up on america. they are angry. they are upset. they are frustrated washington, they have not given up on this country. what they want to know is who amongst the candidate is going to do more than talk. who is actually going to deliver on those promises? i would say to the american people, look at my record. look at my record in a blue state. i said what i was going to do and then i went out and did it. we actually got results. i even challenged my own party. i did not just challenge unions are democrats. there were many in my party who did not want to do the big reforms we did going forward and

we said we were going to do it. that is why the people elected us. you may like it, you may not like it, but one thing you will always know is that the reason why they are protesting -- the reason they are protesting -- >> what about -- gov. walker: the reason they are protesting is because i did what i said i would do. [applause] [indiscernible] gov. walker: unlike other politicians, i will actually do what i say i'm going to do. that is why i'm the biggest threat to washington. i will actually -- [indiscernible] [applause] gov. walker: it was one of those where i have been giving money back to the american people.

[indiscernible] >> said they have done that, what would you say? gov. walker: i'm going to talk to the american, no matter where they are at. no matter what kind of intimidation. >> scott walker?

[indiscernible] >> you thought he was going away. [indiscernible] gov. walker: thank you. [indiscernible] that is why we did it.

we beat them -- .> moved to the side [indiscernible] >> why won't you raise the minimum wage?

gov. walker: i think it shows --t the people on the left they know that i talk about -- i hear the frustration that they have with leaders in washington. [indiscernible] >> i was getting on the wall behind you and a protester said you didn't do any of that. gov. walker: the bottom line is -- [indiscernible] we cut taxes our first four years as far as the second-best in wisconsin, you can do that in wisconsin.

>> what to the voters -- what do the voters say to you? what do they want? gov. walker: they want someone who will not back down. they are tired of people from washington making promises. what is the one thing you want voters in iowa to know? gov. walker: i think it is a good testament to the fact that we take more challenges than anyone else in this race. we got results. you and i were in a public sector fight. that experience is in some ways -- [indiscernible] gov. walker: absolutely. you saw the people from iowa and how they responded. they want someone who is going to fight for them. they want someone who is going to fight for families across

iowa. >> what is your plan. what are your thoughts? gov. walker: secure the border, enforce the law. enforce the law going forward. prioritizingis american working families. [indiscernible] gov. walker: when i ran track, i said there are going to be some runners out front and --

my hope is if we do well in iowa, we do well at the end of 2015. i'm assuming the porkchops are pretty good. i had a nice creampuff the other day. >> you have to worry about your day job and trouble there? gov. walker: i have two iphones. we got a budget done. got the budget done. >> currency evaluation. why are they doing it? gov. walker: they want to be compatible with other currencies, and not just the dollar. a greaterere is problem other than just

currencies. [indiscernible] there is a whole series of issues on that. >> [indiscernible] gov. walker: pushing back globally and demanding efforts. we want to level the playing field. [indiscernible] our road to the white house coverage of the presidential candidates continues live from the iowa state fair on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. as the candidates walk fairgrounds and speak on the candidate soapbox. center marco rubio at 11:30 and

governor john kasich at 5:00. on wednesday, republican mike ferry will speak. on friday afternoon at 2:30, it is senator ted cruz. on saturday, governor chris christie at noon and bobby jindal at 1:00. 2016, takingaign you on the road to the white house. coming up on the next "washington journal," a discussion on it education reform. our guest is the editor in chief of "the 74," the website dedicated to education reform. ckovich.in bro conversationthe with your phone calls and comments on facebook or twitter.

>> new orleans mayor mitch landry was at the national press club tuesday on the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina. economiced about recovery initiatives. we have live at 1:00 eastern on c-span. with the senate in its august break, we will feature book tv programming weeknights in primetime. here are some of the book tv special programs. we are live in jackson, mississippi, for the inaugural mississippi book festival. discussions on harper lee, civil rights, and the civil war. on saturday, september 5, we are

live from the nation's capital former first lady lynne cheney. c-span 2. >> now republican presidential candidate carly fiorina speaking at the iowa state fair. topics included energy security, the iran nuclear agreement, the economy, and defunding planned parenthood. following her remarks, she spoke to the public. [applause] ms. fiorina: thank you. i am so thrilled to be engaged in this great ritual of presidential politics. yes, i have had a life that is only possible here in the united

states of america. a young woman who started as a secretary could go on to run for the president of the united states. [applause] i have had my share of hardship as well. i battled cancer. i learned the power of faith. we lost our younger daughter to the demons of addiction. each one of us sometimes needs a helping hand. i will not give you a speech today because i want to answer as many questions as i can. to get the ball rolling, i will tell you about a question i was asked early on in my presidential race. i was asked on a national television program whether a woman's hormones should prevent her from serving in the oval

office. can we think of a single instance where a man's judgment could have been clouded by his hormones? [applause] any at all? right there in front. >> i would like to ask you about raising the minimum wage. and how that will impact [inaudible] to the u.s. treasury and additional funds coming into social security. [indiscernible] ms. fiorina: the question is about raising the minimum wage. i believe minimum wage should be a state decision, not a federal decision. why? because it makes no sense to say that the minimum wage in new

york city is the same as the minimum wage in iowa. we have to remember that a lot of minimum wage jobs are jobs where people start. in those jobs, they learn skills. we need to be honest about the consequences of raising the minimum wage to high. young people who are trapped in poor neighborhoods will have less opportunity to learn how to move forward. i started out as a secretary in a real estate firm. my husband started out as a tow truck driver. i tell young people all the time, don't worry about getting the perfect job. just get a job, any job. [applause] in every job, you will learn

things. you will learn things about yourself, about the world around you, you will learn skills you can use to get a better job. we need to understand where real growth in jobs comes from. it does not come from local government telling businesses how much to pay their workers. those small family-owned businesses and farms create two-thirds of the new jobs in this country. they employ half the people. we are crushing them. the power of the federal government that benefits the well-connected. we are destroying more small businesses than we are creating. we destroy a community, destroying the opportunity for someone to get that job, learn skills, and get a better job.

[applause] >> [indiscernible] ms. fiorina: this country was built on innovation and entrepreneurship. big companies get together and they write the rules. this is an example. who is trying to crush uber? taxicab companies are getting together with regulators. there is a patent reform bill, supposedly will reform the patent system. like many things washington,

d.c., does. they should be using the laws we have to punish those who violate the law. but this bill would call thomas edison a patent troll. a bunch of professional politicians who are being lobbied strongly. they crush the small and powerless. i have lobbied against that bill for many months now. [applause] >> [inaudible]

ms. fiorina: the question is about drilling in the gulf of mexico. we can be, we will be, the global energy powerhouse of the 21st century. [applause] we have the resources, the expertise to do it, and we must be responsible stewards of our resources and land and of our planet. all the people who tell us we cannot do this, we cannot drill, we cannot keep the coal industry going, they all site the science of climate change. you have to read the fine print. all the scientists that tell us climate change is real -- we can destroy every job in this country, we can destroy the

agricultural industry, the epa will control 95% of the water in the state. just like they control the water in california. the agriculture industry in california is in deep trouble. we can destroy all of these jobs in this nation. we can destroy industries. here's the truth. lives are being destroyed at the altar of ideology. this is about ideology, not science. one of the reasons to be the global powerhouse, one of the reasons to be the global energy powerhouse is not just because it creates jobs.

it is because we need those industries in order to be able to innovate. innovation, not regulation. [applause] >> [indiscernible] just wondering if you could give us a brief view of iran, iraq, the issa situation, including our military situation. ms. fiorina: the question is about iran, isis, the issues that are critically important. i know more world leaders on the stage than anyone else running -- possibilityle

of hillary clinton but i did not do photo ops. whether it is sitting with vladimir putin or benjamin netanyahu privately, i know this. when the united states of america does not stand with our allies and confront our adversaries, it is a dangerous place. these are the articles i would apply first. we must have the strongest military on the face of the planet and everyone has to know it. [applause] second, we must care for those who have served us. it is a stain on the nations honored honor that the ba has been broken for 20 years. in the professional political [inaudible] talks about fixing things but they have never fixed that.

we need someone who knows how to translate a good speech into results. i do. i will make two phone calls. the first one will be to my friend netanyahu. we stand with israel. the second will be to the supreme leader of iran. he will get the message. and the message is this -- until you open every military facility any time for inspections, the united states will make it as difficult as possible for you to maneuver in the economic system. the rest of the world has moved on. we have to cut off the money flow. they are a signal loud and clear

to every adversary that the united states of america is back in the leadership business. [applause] i would not call vladimir putin. i would begin rebuilding the defense program. i would conduct aggressive military exercises and he would get the message. [applause] i would hold a camp david summit immediately. the king of jordan is a man i have known for a long time. he is going to china to get that help. the kurds have been asking us.

our arab allies know this is their fight and they are prepared to fight it. they cannot fight it without leadership and resolve from the united states of america. [applause] >> [indiscernible] ms. fiorina: the question is about alzheimer's. i understand the heartbreak. many of you who have followed my campaign know i believe the government is broken.

huge, powerful, corrupt. 75% of the american people agree with me. we need to be investing in research around these critical diseases just like we need to be investing more in mental health, treatment of addiction. it is amazing to me that every time we say there is something important when he to invest more in, they say, we need more money. you want to repair more roads and bridges, we need more money. how can it be that the federal government gets more money every single year, debts and deficits increase every year, and the important things always cost more money.

we never look at how we are spending the money. we do not even know anymore how we are spending our money. when you have a bloated bureaucracy, no consequence for failure to perform, guess what happens. it quits performing. we need tax reform. we need to hold people accountable. we need to know where our money is being spent. [applause] the government has to invest in those things that are important and quit spending money on those things that are not important or do not work.

[applause] >> [indiscernible] ms. fiorina: the question was about big companies have too much influence. ask yourself a basic question. if something is so complicated that you don't understand it, what do you suppose the chances are of getting taken advantage of? 100%, you are right, sir. we must not just reduce the size and power of the federal government. we must simplify.

a 73,000 page tax code. 90have turned it into a billion dollar firm. we led in every product category and segment. the reason we are destroying businesses is because a small business cannot handle the weight, the complexity. the only way to level the playing field is to simplify dramatically. every time the federal government passes a law that puts us deeper into an industry, what happens? if you doubt that, look at dodd frank. they have become even bigger, more powerful wall street banks and thousands of community banks have gone out of business.

what happened to obamacare? what do you see happening right now? health insurance companies are getting bigger. drug companies are getting bigger. the only way to curb the power of the big, powerful, wealthy and did is to -- well connected is to simplify. if anybody can fill out the form, you don't need to higher mountains of accountants, lawyers, and lobbyist to figure it out. [applause] yes, ma'am. in the pink and white striped shirt. the question is -- how do i feel about the planned parenthood videos? i am pro-life. [cheers and applause] i believe that science is proving us write every day. -- right every day. you don't have to be pro-life to

understand the hideous nature of what is going on here. this is about the moral character of our nation. this is about the moral character of our nation. when you can have employees who target poor communities, who are pushing women into later term abortion so that they can more successfully harvest body parts even though late term abortions are demonstrably bad for women, you can only be horrified when you see employees picking over a petri dish for body parts while they say -- look, it's a baby. there is no excuse, planned parenthood must be defunded. [cheers and applause] and anyone who buys the democrat

argument, with all due respect, that this is about women's health, you need to look at all of the other facilities that provide women's health services. you need to look at how many mammograms they actually do. you need to look and understand the foundation of planned parenthood which from its inception targeted poor women, african american and hispanic women. there are more african-american lives aborted in new york city than born. that, ladies and gentlemen, is not right. [applause] so, if congress does not have the courage to defund planned parenthood, i tell you what -- when we go to zero-based budgeting, we will find the money to defund planned parenthood. [applause] i have one final question. in the time that i have left, let me just leave you with this

thought. this is the most extraordinary country on the face of the planet because our founders knew what my mother taught me, everyone has god given gift. i am a conservative because i know that no one of us is any better than another one of us. everyone of us is gifted by god with the capacity to live a life of purpose and meaning. our founders created a country in which you have a right to find and use your god-given gifts. that's what they meant when they said life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. lady liberty, she stands tall and strong, as america must always be. she is clear eyed and resolute. she does not shield her eyes, but she looks out as america always must and holds her torch high. she knows she is a beacon of hope in a troubled world. lady justice holds a sword at

her side because she is a fighter. a warrior. she holds the scale. she says that all of us are equal in the eyes of god and all of us must be equal in the eyes of government. she wears a blindfold. with that blindfold i believe that she says it must the true. that in this nation, in this century, ladies and gentlemen it can be true. it doesn't matter who you are or what you look like. it does not matter your circumstances or how you start. here in this nation every american's life must be filled with the possibility that comes from their god-given gift of liberty and justice for all. thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen. [applause] thank you so much.

ms. fiorina: nothing about the messaging has changed. i have said the same thing all along and i will continue to same thing. is that moreged people know who i am and what i am saying. when i went into that so-called happy hour to become less than 40% of republican voters had heard my name. i am not a celebrity or a professional politician. now, as more people know who i am and what i have to say, more people will believe that i can win this job and do this job. how you would use

technology and why. ms. fiorina: one of the things that technology can do is allow us to reconnect citizens to the process of their government. a lot of the questions, when we , the zero-based government only way they will move in that direction is to feel pressure from the citizenship. radioin my weekly address, and i will ask my fellow citizens to take out their smartphones. i will ask you a series of questions. do you think it is important to know where your money is being spent? press one for yes, and press sheet of evoke for no. that technology exists and people would vote. it is just one example of how to use technology to govern more effectively. >> a lot of competitors have come out with giving more access

to people for college. what you think of those plants and what are your plans? ms. fiorina: this is how socialism starts. government creates the problem and then stepped in to solve the problem. government has created our current problem. they have increased the cost of a for your education by forcing a whole set of complicated accreditation procedures. toy have also contributed the high cost of college otherion by driving out choices. they have further contributed i nationalizing the student loan industry. it is no longer a competitive industry. they decide what the interest rates should be. somewhere between 4.5% and 6%. it sounds like a racket to me. we need a competitive student loan industry. we need as many choices as

possible for parents at all levels of education. technology training. it is a great option for a lot of people. we need the federal government to be out of the higher education process and we need to give parents and students as many choices as possible on where to go and how to fund it or it. >> -- ms. fiorina: i am a cancer survivor so i know how important -- how important it is to get the care that you need. demonstrablea failure. it is so complicated now. what you see our hospitals consolidating trying to deal with health insurance companies. meanwhile, emergency room visits more, 50 percent or premiums are up by 40%. we keep throwing people into medicaid. a program without sufficient

funding. fewer doctors are accepting medicaid patients. who are we serving? we need to repeal it. we ought to try the one thing that we have not tried before. we have never tried a competitive industry. a cozy gameys had between regulators and insurance companies. we need to have real competition in the health insurance market. >> you said you will not have a food on a stick. what are you looking forward to eating? am heading over to the corn. i really want to try the iowa corn. then, i am going over to the farm bureau.

[indiscernible] ms. fiorina: thank you.

>> thank you for coming to iowa. you very much. you have my heart and my money. ms. fiorina: there you go. the associated press. when you think of mr. trumps immigration plan? i understand why he is so frustrated with immigration. are aspects of his plan that i agree with. i think we do need to secure the border. i agree we should be defunding sanctuary cities.

this andalking about we never get it done. we keep talking about this stuff but we never get it done. can we talk further at the bottom of the steps? ms. fiorina: i am going to eat some corn. don't anyone fall down the steps. [indiscernible]

yes, of course you can shake my hand. >> when it comes to immigration, believe things it should be changed for people who have children in the united states? it would take a constitutional amendment to get that changed. honestly, i think we should put all of our energy and political will behind getting the border security. -- getting the border secured.

there is no question we should be defunding sanctuary cities. we need to deport illegals who have committed crimes. we need to do this. we need to secure the border. we issue thousands of border crossing cards every day. way of checking if people have overstayed their legal visa. it never gets done. [indiscernible] is that possible? i think the united

states should secure its own border. it is our job. >> how has your fundraising changed? ms. fiorina: it is better. >> can you talk about any numbers? ms. fiorina: no. we had been doing well with smaller donations. since the debate, we are doing better now. our large donor program is going very well. when i was in that debate, less than 40% of the voters knew my name. i was introduced in many real ways to the american people for the first time. when people see me and hear me and they understand what i can

do, i am earning their support. is your staying power as an outsider candidate? when you look at polling data, what you will find is 75% of the american people now think the federal government is corrupt. we have aink professional, political class. it is more interested on protecting its power and position than on getting work done. they believe that politicians are no longer serving as. the political class has failed you and that is what you are seeing reflected with alternate candidates. let's go eat some corn.

>> everyone can talk. just, please make a path. ms. fiorina: i think someone wants a picture. look at this sweetie pie. what is your name? >> net. -- nick. what is extra fun? >> the parade.

thank you so much. thank you. >> i have a question about capitalism. [indiscernible] ms. fiorina: one of the things --need to have [indiscernible]

>> you are amazing. >> welcome to iowa.

[indiscernible] ms. fiorina: high, how are you -- hello, how are you? another texas baby. >> i am a baylor baby. nice to meet you.

doing? you they have wonderful buyers. they go all over the state and bring us wonderful corn. >> may through september it is all iowa corn. that is the gourmet from iowa. >> we were actually picking corn in july. >> because of the rain. i went to try iowa corn.

i have to sing for my supper. i have to work. >> than we can make her talk with a mouthful of food. that is good. is this your first year? is our first year of doing the corn stand. ms. fiorina: what were you doing before? >> lemonade. this -- last year you did this. >> the first year we did corn on the top. -- on the cob.

you are the first candidate here. all week long, i have seen the candidates go by and you are the first one smart enough to stop here. it seemed like the thing to do. >> we appreciate it. we steam it for about one minute. it hydrates the corn. it brings the sugar to the surface. and then we grill it for a minute and that caramel eggs -- criminalizes the sugar -- caramelizes the sugar. you do all of that steaming before you cut it off. by the time the patron gets it, it is about eight four

minute process. 4 minutes process. ms. fiorina: i am trying to remember this process.

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that was outstanding. good job. thank you. it was really yummy.

[indiscernible] i need to do this interview. >> first time to the fair? what do you think? ms. fiorina: it is a great fair. a great tradition.

the smartest candidate who stopped to visit. ms. fiorina: well, there you go. it seemed obvious to me. 50 feet away. we are in iowa and it is corn. [indiscernible] ms. fiorina: 75% of americans now believe the government is corrupt. political -- are more concerned about protecting their own interests. we have a federal government that is so bureaucratic and corrupt that we are crushing opportunities.

every cycle, we have residential candidates that talk about the same stuff. the tax code is now 73,000 pages. in other words, people want a that can translate words into results. that is what i can do. having run a major corporation, when you talk about the small businessman, there are a lot of them here in iowa. tell us about what you will do for them. husbandina: my ms. fiorina: i mention that because most americans get their cars the way we did. those kinds of businesses create new jobs.

crushing them. them for theying first time in u.s. history. small businesses cannot handle it. company, youbig can hire all of the voters in the world. s inire all of the lawyer the world. we have to lift the weight off of the small businesses. >> you were talking tough up there. you are going to call the supreme leader of iran on day one. i will call the supreme leader of iran.