citizens united. if we want a vibrant democracy, where all americans who want to run for office are able to do so, we need to move toward public funding of elections. and, by the way, together we are going to end this cowardly voter suppression that republican governors are imposing on people all across america. if a politician is too cowardly to face the voters, if a politician needs to think that

he must suppress the vote in order to win, that politician should get another job. we need a movement that understands that climate change is real, it is caused by human activity, and that we are going to lead the world in transforming our energy system away from fossil fuels to energy efficiency and sustainable energy. and, brothers and sisters, that means defeating the keystone pipeline. we need a movement that says in a highly competitive global economy that all of our people

who have the ability and the qualifications will be able to get a college education regardless of the income of their family. and that is why i have introduced legislation that does two things. first, it makes every public college and university in america tuition free. secondly, it substantially lowers interest rates on student debt. and we pay for that by imposing a wall street speculation tax. >> bernie!

mr. sanders: when wall street collapses because of this greed and illegal behavior, the american people bail them out. now it is their turn to help the middle class of their country. we need a political movement which will end for all institutional racism in our country and reform a very, very broken criminal justice system. we must not accept more deaths

of on armed blacks like michael brown, walter scott, and too many to name, too many to name. we must not continue being the country in the world with more people in jail than any other. and the people in jail are disproportionately people of color. we must become the country in the world which invests in job and education, not jails and

incarceration. and when we talk of bringing our country together, we cannot forget that there are now 11 million people here who are undocumented. we must provide legal protections for them. we must pass comprehensive immigration reform. and we must provide a path for citizenship. and we must be clear that the racist and un-american idea that we are going to somehow round up millions of people in the dead of the night is not what this country is about and it is not going to happen.

you are looking at a former congressman who did not believe george w. bush, dick cheney, and don rumsfeld, and voted against the war in iraq, a war which turned out to be one of the worst foreign-policy blunders in the modern history of this country. and you are looking at a senator who will stand with president obama in preventing iran from getting a nuclear weapon, but will do it in a way that prevents war.

let me conclude by saying this -- one of the demands of my campaign is that we as a people think big, not small, not accept this right-wing ideology and world view. it is not a question of cutting education by 2% or 4%. we can, if we do not allow them to divide ourselves by race or gender, whether we are gay or straight or born in america were born someplace else, if we stand together, there is nothing that we cannot accomplish.

we can live in a country where health care is a right for all people, not a privilege. we can live in a country where when mom and dad go to work, they know their kids have the best-quality child care in the world. we can live in a country where seniors retire in dignity and security and not be forced to choose between their medicine and their food. and that is why i am helping to lead the effort in the senate,

not only to oppose the privatization of social security or cuts in social security, but to expand social security benefits. we can live in a nation where our veterans, men and women who put their lives on the line to defend us, get the quality health care and benefits they have earned and the respect that they are due. brothers and sisters, we can live in a nation where everyone, no matter their race, their religion, their disability, or their sexual orientation, realizes the full promise of equality that is our birthright as americans. this is the country we can build. it is the country we must build. and if we stand together, that is the country we will build. thank you very much. ♪

♪ mrs. clinton: hello, democrats. [applause] thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you all so much. thank you very very much. thank you all so much. it is great being here with a room full of democrats. and i want to thank stephanie, i want to thank debbie, and all the elected officials, party leaders, and grassroots organizers who every day help strengthen families and communities across our nation.

you are building our party in every district in every state. i want to be your partner every step of the way. [applause] i also want to give a big shout out to a giant of the democratic party, someone who has devoted his life to serving his fellow americans, and who has inspired and encouraged so many of us over the years. the great walter mondale. [applause] we democrats believe in an america where no matter who you are, for where you come from, you should have an equal shot at success.

that is the america we love, that is the america we are fighting or. and fundamentally, that is what is at stake in this election. whether our country keeps moving toward opportunity and prosperity for all, or whether republicans get another chance to rip away the progress we have worked so hard to achieve. we have come a long way these past six and a half years. but let's not forget what we inherited from the republicans. the worst economic crisis since the great depression. thanks to the hard work and sacrifice of the american people, and the leadership of president obama -- [applause] we are standing again. but we are not yet running like we should.

this election is about the best understands the pressures facing the families of america and the challenges facing us in the world. and who has the skill and tenacity to tackle them. today families are stretched in a million directions and so are their budgets were costs for everything from prescription drugs to childcare to college are going up faster than wages and minimum-wage jobs cannot lift you out of poverty. middle-class paychecks have not increased even the corporate profits and ceo pay keeps rising. and at a time when more women than ever are their families main breadwinner, they do not get equal pay. and unions are under conservative attack by republicans and their allies. [applause] and think of the millions of

americans eating held back either student debt. they cannot start a business, they cannot buy a house, they cannot even get married because of the loans hanging over their head that is not the way it is supposed to be in america. in america, if you work hard and do your part, you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead.

that is the basic bargain that made this country great. and that democrats have worked so hard over the years to strengthen and defend. that bargain is what kept my grandfather going to work in the scranton lace mill factory every day. it is what led my father to believe that if he saved and sacrificed, his small business printing fabric in chicago could provide us with a middle-class life and i do know what, it did. when my husband put people first and made that bargain mean something again in the 1990's, we had 23 million new jobs, a balanced budget, and for the first time in decades we all grew together, not just those at

the top, but everyone. [applause] and when president obama did it, we pulled back from the brink of depression. save the auto industry, curved wall abuses and provided health care to 15 million people. [applause] the evidence is pretty clear. the basic bargain works. if everybody does their fair share, and everybody gets a fair shot from our whole country succeeds. and that success just not just go to a few, it is widely shared. democrats have proven that again and again. now it is up to us to renew that bargain for a new generation. to do what we know works and what we know is right. we have to make sure that every american gets a chance to pursue his or her dreams to live up to

their god-given potential. that is what i would do as president. that is what people tell me they want. as i crisscrossed the country, listening, like the single mom who is juggling a job and classes at community college i'll while raising three kids alone. she is doing what you have to do to give herself and her kids a good life. she does not expect anything to come easy, but she asked me, is there not anything we can do? it is not quite so hard. or the student who told me that paying for college should not be the hardest thing about going to college. [applause] or the grandmother who is raising her grandchild because her daughter is hooked on heroin, and now she needs help with childcare while she goes back to work. i believe raising income and supporting families is the defining economic challenge of our time. [applause] and that is why i have made it

the focus of my campaign, and it will be my mission every single day in the white house. these are not new fights for you, or for me. my first job out of law school was not at some big firms, was at the children's defense fund. and if you years later i started an organization called arkansas advocates for children and families. my whole life i have worked to even the odds for people who have the odds stacked against them. that is what we democrats do. that is why we are here. it is what keeps us working and fighting through every up and down. for the values we share in the country we love. democrats believe that corporations should be held accountable when they gouge us on drug prices or pollute our environment, or exploit workers. that they just cannot be allowed to write their own rules that everyone else's expense. [applause] i believe in strong growth, fair growth, and long-term growth and that the rewards of our success cannot just go to the wealthy. that would a company does well

that shareholders and executives are not the only ones who should benefit. the people who work at that company in and day out and produce those profits should share in them too. [applause] democrats believe americans deserve a raise, that women deserve equal pay. [applause] we are the ones fighting to help families afford college. democrats understand you cannot go to work if you cannot find childcare. we do not believe he should lose your paycheck or your job when you have a baby or someone in your family gets sick.

we believe that everyone deserves access to quality affordable health care. [applause] we are the ones standing up and saying the affordable care act is here to stay. [applause] we have come to far and not too hard to let anyone destroy that now. and we are ones who want to make social security even stronger and who will fight any attempt to weaken america's commitment

to our seniors. we believe in a pathway to citizenship or the millions of immigrants in this country who contribute to it every single day. [applause] democrats believe that no matter who you are, what you look like you what a practice, or who you love, america has a place for you, and your rights are just as sacred as anyone else's. [applause] by the way, we do not just stand up for these values here at home. we stand up for them everywhere. that is why i traveled the world nonstop or four years as

secretary of state, calling for equal rights for women and girls, for lgbt people. [applause] for religious minorities, or all of oppressed people because the united states has always been a beacon of hope to the world, and we need to keep that light shining for all to see. that is what it means to be a democrat. those are the values we cherish. if is time to stand together and defend those values. because others are doing everything they can to take our country in a very different direction. who watched the republican debate a few weeks ago? 17 candidates, all trying to outdo each other in their ideological purity. all either oblivious to how their ideas would hurt people, or just not interested. not one of them had a single word to say about how to make college more affordable. not a word about equal pay for women or paid family leave or quality, affordable school for our kids so they can get the best start in life no solutions for skyrocketing prescription drug costs. no promises to end the era of

mass incarceration, or say clearly and loudly black lives matter. [applause] i did not hear any credible plan to promote clean energy or combat climate change. and no one is standing up and saying what we all know to be true. we need to put an end to the gun violence that plagues our communities. [applause] you know, after the terrible events of wednesday, with two journalists killed on live television, plus a police officer killed in louisiana, and

many more lost every day in carnage that largely goes unnoticed now across our country, i do not know how anyone could not come to the conclusion that something is deeply wrong. i believe we can have common sense gun reform that keep weapons out of the hands that should not have been, domestic abusers, the violently unstable, while respecting the rights of responsible gun owners are i know politics are hard.

i know that some would rather throw up their hands or give up the fight. but not me. i am not going to sit by were more people die across america. [applause] republicans do not want to hear about any of these things. their flamboyant front runner has grabbed a lot of attention lately and but if you look at everyone else's policies, they are pretty much the same. they are trying without the pizzazz or the hair. [laughter] a lot of people have said a lot of things about my hair over the years. [laughter]

i do kind of know what donald is going through. [laughter] and if anyone wonders if mine is real, here is the answer. the hair is real, the color is not. [laughter] [applause] and come to think of it, i wonder if that is true for donald as well. [applause] you hear mr. trump say hateful things about immigrants, even about their babies. how many others disagree with him, or support a real plan for citizenship or draw the line at repealing the 14th amendment? today the party of lincoln has become the party of trunk. think about it. now of course, mr. trump also insults and dismisses women, and by the way, just yesterday he attacked me just once again.

and said i do not have a clue about women's health issues. really? [laughter] you cannot make this stuff up. trump actually says he would do a much better job for women than i would that is a general election debate that is going to be a lots of fun. [applause] but listen to the others. senator rubio bragged about the nine repentance of -- nine victims of rape and incensed -- anyone who has been protected by an hiv test. all of the stuff they are saying might be red meat in public and primary, but it is dead wrong in 21st-century america. [applause] and i know that when i talk like this some people think there she goes again with the women's issues. republicans say i am playing the

gender card. [laughter] if calling for equal pay and paid leave and women's health is playing the gender card, deal me in. [applause] so, my friends. we democrats are not going to sit idly by while republicans shame and blame women.

we are not we just a quiet when they demonize immigrants who whether they are latino, asian, or anything else we are not with you silent when they say climate change is not real, or same-sex couples are threatening our freedom, or track an -- trickle-down economics works. we cannot let them take us backwards from this weird would fight, and we're going to win. it is no secret that we're going up against some pretty powerful forces who will pay, do come and spend whatever it takes to advance their out of touch and out of date agenda. as far as they are concerned, if

our democracy pays the price, so be it. we have lived through this before. the robber barons of the late 19th century had a public official's bags of cash. now we have seek it -- secret, unaccountable money that distorts our elections and drowns out the voices of everyday americans. we need justices on the supreme court who will protect every citizen's right to vote. [applause] instead of what they have been doing, protecting every corporation's right to buy elections. if necessary i will pass a constitutional amendment to undo citizens united. [applause] so make no mistake, this is not going to be easy, you know that and i know that. but i have been fighting for families and underdogs my entire

life. i'm not going to stop now. in fact, i'm just getting warmed up. [applause] i am here to ask for your help. i'm not taking a single primary voter or caucus goer for granted. i building an organization of all 50 states and territories, with hundreds of thousands of volunteers who will help democrats win races up and down the ticket, not just a presidential campaign. [applause] look, in 2010, republicans routed us on redistricting. not because they won congress, but because they won state legislatures. look where we are now. we cannot ever let that happen again. it is time to rebuild our party from the ground up, and if you make me the nominee that is exactly what i will do. [applause] i've been around long enough to

know every county and local office counseling every school board and statehouse, and senate seat counts. every single one, so we have to compete everywhere. when our state parties are strong we win. that is what will happen. and when democrats win in america wins and so i hope you will join me because we are building something that will last long after next november. [applause] i want to be president to take on the big problems that fill our screens every day at home

and around the world other candidates may be fighting for a particular ideology, but i'm fighting or you and your families are i will take on the kinds of problem's that keep people up at night how are you going to work if you cannot find anyone to watch her kids? what happens if you lose that job you worked so hard to find? where can you turn when that but loved one who is battling addiction or struggling with mental illness finally once help? all of the challenge that millions of americans deal every day that they talk to me about. challenges our leaders should care about but do not nearly good enough attention. i'm paying attention. i hear you. i want to be the president to fight those fights, to fight for every american every day. to fight for each and every one of you. let me say at the end here that i am a proud new grandmother. an 11-month-old extraordinary granddaughter. and obviously her parents and

bill and i will do everything we can to make sure she has every opportunity to pursue her dreams. but you know, that is not enough. because what kind of country and world will she grow up to live in? that all of america's children will live in? you should not have to be the granddaughter of a ormer president and secretary of state succeed in america. i want the granddaughters of factory workers and grandsons of farmworkers to have exactly the same chance. let's keep working with all our hearts toward a better future for all our children and grandchildren. they deserve to live in an america where everyone has a shot at achieving their dreams. where everyone gets to live up to their potential. and yes, where a father can say

to his daughter, you can be anything you want, even the president of the united states. thank you. god bless you. [applause] ♪

>> we will hear more about the presidential race's weekend on newsmakers. herhanie speaks about doorstep of hillary clinton and the role of women voters in 2016 watch sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. president george w. bush new orleans yesterday with his wife laura to mark the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina. washington journal get your thoughts on the recovery efforts on the gulf coast. former president george w. bush

traveled with his wife laura to new orleans friday to mark the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina. one of their stocks included a high school which benefited from a recovery initiative started by the former first lady. this is 20 minutes. laura bush: thank you very much. lauren is a wonderful example of a student at warren easton charter school who goes on to college and comes back and teaches. that is so meaningful. i was thrilled i got to meet her here when i visited when she was a student and now get to come back while she is an english teacher. i also want to thank jared for

leaving us in the pledge of allegiance. mayor, thank you for joining us today. thank you for the roundtable discussion we just had, which was really like a reunion. it is great to see so many people we have seen on other visits. thank you very much, dr. norman francis, senator landrieu, thank you. we have met here many times before and again today. thank you for all of the work each one of you have done to bring new orleans back. we really appreciate you. i met her in 2001 when she was teaching as a teach for america member in baton rouge. she is now the executive director of teach for america greater new orleans. she is also on the louisiana board as a board member on the board of elementary and secondary education. she and thousands of other educators have committed their lives to improve and expand educational opportunities for students in new orleans. and for that, i am grateful. thank you.

and a very special thanks to the principal. thank you very much for your leadership and for hosting us today. we are thrilled to be back here at warren easton charter high school. i am happy to be introducing someone who is traveling with us today, secret service agent tj mathews. [applause] tj is an alumna of warren easton high school. as a teacher and librarian, i care deeply about developing every student's love for reading and learning. this was important to me as first lady of texas and of the united states. in 2002, with the help of the

ambassador, who is over here, i established the laura bush foundation for america's libraries to provide funds to update, expand, and diversify the print and book collections of america's libraries. in 2005, after hurricane katrina devastated the gulf coast, and many school libraries, we were having our final board meeting of the laura bush foundation. we had raised all of the money we wanted to for our endowment. i told our board members, i can't quit thinking about those libraries across the gulf coast. one of our board members, also with us today, said why don't we

keep raising money and whatever we raise now we will give way to the gulf coast schools? the lara bush foundation for america's libraries wanted to help. so at that meeting, one month after hurricane katrina, we founded the gulf coast school library recovery initiative, raising six point 4 million dollars to rebuild the library collections across the gulf coast. the gulf coast initiative has given grants to 124 school libraries, warren easton is one of them. warren easton is one of 46 new orleans schools that have received library grants. after the hurricane, warren easton was under five feet of water.

the cafeteria and the gym were demolished. the second-floor library was damaged from the third-floor floor roof leaks. the computer systems were ruined and over 9000 books were destroyed by water and mold. today we just have the roundtable upstairs and the library is filled with books, approximately 16,000. warren easton's is again a great place for the next generation of students to study, to learn, and to fall in love with reading. i'm happy the laura bush foundation could contribute to the recovery of so many gulf coast schools and i am thrilled that books are back on the shelves and in the hands of children. where they belong. thanks to each and everyone of you went to all of the volunteers across our country

and to the citizens of new orleans. thank you for everything you have done to help rebuild the gulf coast. and a special thanks to the librarians who came from all over the country who donated their time and talent to help the gulf coast libraries rebuild and restore their collections. george and i are grateful to the work of so many of you and we are happy to see the big easy is thriving. thank you all. [applause] and now i invite my husband, president bush, to the podium. [applause] pres. bush: thank you. as has been mentioned, in 2006, we came here to warren easton charter school after katrina hit. we are honored and pleased to be back. i can't think of a better place to come here in new orleans, except for some of the restaurants.

[laughter] the slogan that guided the school when we visited is true today. we believe in success. and because of that success, the schools like this have achieved, you have given all americans reasons to believe that new orleans is back. and better than ever. mr. mayor, thank you for your hospitality. you have been so gracious to us. we want to thank you. if enthusiasm and a good strategy counts, new orleans is in good hands. we thank you very much. [applause] i bring greetings from one of the cochairman of the bush-katrina fund. 41. one of the great lines of all-time, who would have thought getting out of bed at age 91 would be more dangerous than jumping out of an airplane at 90? [laughter]

i want to thank david garland, the president of the charter foundation board, all of the folks who have shown up. we had a roundtable discussion. many of our friends were there. people we work with. norman francis, for example. one of the great minds of new orleans. in spite of the devastation, we have many fond memories. i remember sitting on top of one of those big ships strategizing. i think you were drinking. i wasn't of course. [laughter] it is great to see you. we are honored you took time to come. members of congress, members of the state house, superintendent white, on and on. thank you for coming.

i really want to thank the leadership of the school. i must confess a principal is always a teacher. she tried to teach me with the band here. i know she did not say it, but she was thinking this boy needs a lot of work. we are thrilled with your hospitality. in a cruel twist, hurricane katrina brought despair to what should have been a season of hope, the start of a new school year. students who had recently gone back to school had no school to go back to. many had nowhere to live. the floodwaters, as you know, claimed schools and homes alike. the ground we are on today was under water. all of us are old enough to remember the images of our fellow americans amid a sea of misery and ruined. we will remember the lives lost

across the gulf coast. their memories are in our hearts and i hope you pray for their families. hurricane katrina is a story of loss beyond measure and of commitment and compassion. i hope you remember what i remember, 30,000 people saved in the aftermath of the storm by u.s. military personnel, by law enforcement, and by citizens who volunteered. i hope you remember the thousands who came here on a volunteer basis to provide food for the hungry and find shelter for those who had no home to live in. there are people around the country who prayed for you. many of whom showed up so they can say they help to a fellow

citizen who was hurting. one of the groups were the educators of new orleans. it would have been easy to walk away from the wreckage. the educators thought of the children who would be left behind. you understood bringing new orleans back to life requires getting students back to school. even though some have lost everything, you let nothing stand in your way. today we celebrate the resurgence of new orleans schools. we honor the resilience of a great american city whose levees gave out, but whose people never gave up. out of these devastation, you vow to do more than just open the schools. you vow to challenge the status quo. long before the great flood, too many students drifted from grade to grade without ever learning the skills needed for success. parents lacked choices to

intervene. principals and teachers lacked the authority to chart a more hopeful course. 60% of the students were failing. it was the soft bigotry of low expectations. the decisions made in the dark hours after katrina sparked a decade of reform. rather than reopen the schools, reorganize charter schools that are independently operated and publicly accountable for high standards. more than nine in 10 students now call our charter school home. administrators have the freedom to slice through red tape and the freedom to innovate. parents have choices if dissatisfied. the results have been

extraordinary. the reason we know is because we measure and any attempt to undermine accountability does a huge disservice to the students who go to the schools in new orleans. [applause] according to a new report, the percentage of students graduating on time has soared since katrina. the percentage of students who scored better than the state average almost doubled. so has the percentage of students meeting basic standards. you've got to ask why. it just did not happen. a lot of it was structural and requires leadership. people who stared into the eye of the storm and refused to back down. we are here in new orleans to remind our country about what

strong leadership means and are here to salute the leaders. i think of jenny here at warren easton. after katrina, jenny left new orleans. was forced to leave. she started a website called warren easton in exile. the site reunited students. when jenny returned, the first-place she went was not her house. it was the school. as she puts it, i would rather see my own house burned down than the school. jenny would give anything for warren easton and today we give teachers like her our sincere thanks. [applause] amazing what happened in the city after the storm wiped out the school system. entrepreneurs decided to do

something about the devastation and the failure. i have met a lot of them when i was president and subsequent to my presidency. one person took a leadership role in new schools for new orleans. he worked with others to launch dozens of schools and turn ideas into reality. as a theoretical exercise, it is important to look at new orleans and realize it is an exercise of implementing a plan that works. he was so encouraged by what he saw here, he is talking up the reforms to other cities. the storm that nearly destroyed new orleans. new orleans is the beacon for school reform. he represents the virtues bill clinton and i had in mind when

we announce the new presidential leadership scholars program. we are honored he was among the first class of scholars. achieving these results took librarians salvaging the collections. i know something about librarians. [laughter] i married one. i'm really proud of the larger bush foundation. she has talked about the grants, citizens who supported the foundation who they did not stay very long and yet like many around the country, they care deeply about the future. i hope the students here -- and we are thrilled you're here and staying awake. i hope you realize the compassion of others in helping you realize a good education. it turns out every good school, a school that is succeeding and

we know it is succeeding because we measure against other standards, requires strong principles. no doubt lexi is a strong leader. [applause] i love what she says. if you fail, we failed. the student is our product. we don't believe in putting out anything but the best. in order to succeed, in order to lead properly, you got to set high goals.

high expectations. that is what the school has done. as you heard, the school has graduated 100% of its seniors for the past five years. [applause] you have earned our admiration and gratitude along with our best wishes for a happy birthday tomorrow. [applause] stories like this and others, we see a determination to build better than before. it is a spirit much stronger than any storm. it is a spirit that has lifted communities laid low by terrorist attacks. it is a spirit that i saw in new orleans 10 years ago. it is evident today. we see the spirit in the population that has picked back

up as family settled down. we see it in the terrorist -- tourists who are tron here by the hotel rooms and restaurants. we see it in laura. we met her in 2006 when she was a senior. she is happy to be back at the school she loved. she was happy to be back at the school she loved at the time. she said i want to be a teacher. here she is as a member of this faculty teaching english. i probably needed her when i was in high school. [laughter] when i asked how students have overcome adversity, she said we teach them to be resilient. that is in the culture of the city. she is right. the resiliency is the same that the city show the world's in the wake of hurricane katrina. on this anniversary, the work of making a stronger and more hopeful new orleans goes on. you have achieved a lot over 10 years. with belief in success, and a faith in god, new orleans will achieve even more.

the darkness from a decade ago was lifted. the crescent city has risen again. its best days lie ahead. thank you for having me. [applause] >> one moment before the band comes up. i want to give -- we want to give president bush a token of our appreciation. ♪ [applause] ♪

>> this morning on c-span, we will get your thoughts on hurricane katrina on its 10th anniversary, by dedicating outer tire washington journal program to your facebook calls, comment, and tweets. will play a 2005

hearing on hurricane evacuees. and then we will review and and thenconference, that brings us to our live coverage of a commemoration event with former president bill clinton. ♪ host: it was 10 years ago today that hurricane katrina hit the state of louisiana and mississippi. -- storm, in addition to resulted in billions of dollars of damage. we want to hear from you, specifically if you were in mississippi or louisiana during the storm, we want to get your members -- remembrance of it, and if you think those parts have recovered. here is how to call.