senate will begin debate on legislation that would ban abortions after five months. the pope visits the u.s.. c-span has live coverage from washington, d.c. the first stop tuesday afternoon beginning at 3:45 on c-span. we're like to greet the pontiff as joint ace andrews. c-span radio, c-span.org. the welcoming ceremony as the obamas officially welcome him to the white house. later that afternoon, the math thecandidate station of basilica of the national shrine of the immaculate conception. thursday morning at 8:30. c-span coverage begins from capitol hill beginning -- to become the first pontiff to address capitol hill.

saturday at 10:00 live coverage from new york as the pope speaks to the united general assembly. , the pontiff will hold a multi religious service at the 9/11 memorial and museum world trade center. follow c-span coverage of the pope historic trip to the u.s., life on tv or online at www.c-span.org. news from the white house over the weekend. techcrunch reporting senior tech advisor to the obama administration, jake brewer, passed away over the weekend. he was 34. charityaking part in a bike ride. he recently worked on the white house demo day. he led global policy, external affairs and new policy joining thebefore obama administration. he was 34 years old. president obama was the keynote speaker saturday night at the congressional black caucus

organization 45th annual awards dinner. equality andgender police violence. this is about 32 minutes. everybody please have a seat.

everybody looks beautiful. handsome. wonderful. thank you for the introduction. thank you to the bbc foundation. thank you to the members of the cbc. on the challenges of our time from giving workers raised to getting families health coverage on the threats of our time from climate change to nuclear proliferation, members of the cdc have been leaders moving america forward. businesseselp our have created over 13 million new jobs. [applause]

coveredr help we have more than 16 million americans with health insurance, many for the first time. [applause] three years ago republicans that they would get the unemployment rate down to percent by 2017. it is down to 5.1 right now. you did not hear much about that at the debate wednesday night. the point is none of this progress would've been possible vc taking tough votes when it needed to be done. i was proud to be a member when i was in the senate. -- aproud to be your

member today. we are not here just to celebrate. we're here to keep going. with the unemployment rate perhaps the americans still more than double the whites. millions of families still working hard and still waiting to feel the recovery in the own lives, we know the promise of this nation where every single american, regardless of the circumstances in which they were born, regardless of what they look like, where they come from, has the chance to succeed, that promise is not yet fulfilled. the good thing about america, the great project of america, is that perfecting our union is never finished. we've always got more work to do. and tonight's honorees remind us of that. they remind us of the courage and sacrifices, the work that they've done, not just at the national level, but in local

communities all across the country. we couldn't be prouder of them. the heroes of the civil rights movement, whom we lost last month, remind us of the work that needs to be done. american heroes like julian bond and emilio boynton. ms. robinson, some of you know, early this year, my family and i joined many in selma for the 50th anniversary of that march. as we crossed the independence bridge, i thought about her and all the extraordinary women like her who were really the life force of the movement. [applause]

president obama: women were the foot soldiers. women strategized boycotts. women organized marches. even if they weren't allowed to run the civil rights organizations on paper, behind the scenes, they were the thinkers and the doers making things happen each and every day. doing the work that nobody else wanted to do. they couldn't always prophesies, but they lead the charge from the pews. they were no strangers to violence. they were on the front lines. so often, they were subject to abuse, dehumanized, but kept on going, holding families together. mothers were beaten, gas on bloody sunday. four little girls were murdered in a birmingham church. women made the movement happen.

and of course black women have been a part of every great movement in american history. [applause] president obama: even if they weren't always given a voice, they helped plan the march on washington, but were almost entirely absent from the program. and when press male organizers highlighted a tribute honoring six women, none of them were asked to make a speech. daisy bates introduced her fellow honorees in just 142 words that were written by a man. of course, marian anderson and mahalia jackson sang, but in a three-our program, the men gave

the women just 142 words. that may sound familiar to some of the women in the room here tonight. the organizers even insisted on two separate parades. male leaders marched along the main route on pennsylvania avenue and leaders like rosa parks relegated to independence avenue. america's most important march against segregation had its own separation. black women were central in the fight for women's rights, from suffrage, to the feminist movement. [applause] president obama: and yet, despite their leadership, too often, they were also marginalized. but they didn't give up. they were too fierce for that. black women have always understood the words, that hope

is a song in a weary throat. it is thanks to black women that we've come a long way since a girl like ruby bridges couldn't go to school, when a woman like emelia couldn't cast her vote, when we didn't have a congressional black caucus and its 20 women members. [applause] president obama: so, i'm focusing on women tonight because i want to know how much we appreciate them. [applause] president obama: how much we admire them. how much we love them. and i want to talk about what we have to do to provide full opportunity and equality for our black women and girls in america today.

because all of us are beneficiaries of a long line of strong black women who helped carry this country forward, who worked to expand civil rights, open the doors of opportunity not just for african-americans, but for all women. for all of us. black-and-white. latino and asian. lgbt and strength. for our first americans and our newest americans. contributions in every field, as scientists, entrepreneurs, educators, explorers. of course, they are also a majority of my household. [laughter] [applause] president obama: so i care deeply about how they are doing.

the good news is, despite structural barriers of race and gender, women and girls of color have made real progress in recent years. the number of black women-owned businesses has skyrocketed. black women have ascended the ranks of every industry. teen pregnancy rates among girls of color are down while high school and college graduation rates are up. that's the news. [applause] president obama: but, there's no denying that black women and girls still face real and persistent challenges. the unemployment rate is over 8% for black women, and they are overrepresented in low-paying jobs, underrepresented in management. they often lack access to economic necessities like paid leave and quality affordable childcare. they often don't get the same quality health care that they there need, and have higher rates of certain products,

although that's starting to change with obama care. [applause] president obama: it's working, by the way. just to be clear. just in case you needed to know. and then there are some of the challenges that are harder to see and harder to talk about. michelle, our outstanding, beautiful first lady, talks about these struggles. [applause] president obama: michelle will

tell stories about when she was younger, people telling her she shouldn't aspire to go to the very best universities. and she found herself thinking sometimes, maybe they're right. even after she earned two degrees from some of the best universities in america, she still faced doubts that were rooted in the social prejudice and stereotypes. worrying whether she was being too assertive, or too angry. or too tall. [applause] president obama: i like tall women, but -- [laughter] [applause] president obama: and those stereotypes, social pressures, they still affect our girls. so we all have to be louder than the voices that our telling a our girls that they are not good enough, that they have to look a certain way, or act a certain way, or set their goals at a certain level.

we've got to firm their sense of self-worth, make them feel visible and beautiful and understood and loved. and i say this as a father who strives to do this as a home, but i also strive to do this as a citizen. this is about who we are and who we want to be, and how we can make sure that america is fulfilling its promise, because everybody is getting a chance and everybody's hopes are important, and everybody's given opportunity. we ought to do more than just say we care. say we put a woman on the $10 bill, although that is a good idea. we've got to make sure they are getting some $10 bills. that they are getting paid properly. we've got to let our actions do the talking.

it is an affront to the very idea of america when some of our population doesn't have the same access of opportunity as everybody else. it makes a mockery of our economy when black women make $.30 fewer than every dollar a man earns. that adds up to thousands of dollars in missed income that determines whether a family can pay for a home or pay for college for their kids or save for retirement or give their kids a better life. that's not just a women's issue. that's everybody's issue. i want michelle to get paid at some point. [applause] president obama: we've got an outstanding former secretary of state here who is also former first lady. i know she can relate to michelle when she says, how come you get paid and i don't? how did that work?

when women of color aren't given the opportunity to live up to their potential, we all lose out on their talents. we are not as good a country as we can be. we might miss out on the next ursula burns or serena williams or michelle obama. we want everybody to be on the field. we can't afford to leave some folks off the field. so we have to close those economic gaps. hard-working women of all races and black women in particular can support families and

strengthen communities and contribute to our country's success. that's why my administration is investing in apprenticeships, to help poor women earn better paying jobs, and particularly in nontraditional careers. that's why we're investing in getting more girls of color interested in stem fields, math, science, and engineering, and help more of them stay on track in school. that's why we are going to continue to fight to eliminate the pay gap. equal pay for equal work. an all-american idea. that's why we are going to keep working to raise the minimum wage, because women disproportionately are the ones who are not getting paid what they're worth. that's why we're fighting to expand tax credits that help working parents make ends meet, closing tax loopholes for folks that don't need tax loopholes, to pay for. that's why we are expanding paid leave to employees and federal

contractors. that's why congress needs to expand paid leave for more hard-working americans. it's for our economy. it's the right thing to do. no family should have to choose between taking care of a sick child or losing their job. [applause] president obama: and just as an aside, what's not the right thing to do, what makes no sense at all, is congress threatening to shut down the entire federal government. if they can't shut down women's access to planned parenthood. that's not a good idea. congress should be working on investing to grow our economy and expand opportunity and not get distracted and inflict the kind of self-inflicted wounds

that we've seen before on our economy. so, that's some of the things we need to do to help improve the economic standing of all women. to help all families feel more secure in a changing economy. before i go tonight, i also want to say something about a topic that's been on my mind for a while, another profound barrier to opportunity in too many communities, and that is our criminal justice system. [applause] president obama: i spoke about this at length earlier this year at the naacp. i explained the long history of in a 20 in our criminal justice system. we all know the statistics. i want to highlight that there were human beings behind these statistics. i visited a prison in oklahoma, the first president to visit a

federal prison. i sat down with inmates. i listened to their stories. one of the things that struck me was the crushing burden their incarceration has placed not just on their prospects for the future, but also for their families. the women in their lives. the children being raised without a father in the home. the crushing regret these men felt over the children they left behind. mass incarceration rips apart families and hollows out neighborhoods. it perpetuates poverty. we understand that in many of our communities they are under-policed. the problem is not that we don't want active, effective police work. we want and admire and appreciate law enforcement. we want them in our communities. crime hurts the african-american

community more than anybody, but we want to make sure that it's to well, done right, done fairly, and done smart. that's why in the coming months, i'm going to be working with many in congress and the cbc to try to make progress on reform legislation that addresses unjust sentencing laws and encourages divergent of sentence programs, catches our young people early, and tries to put them on a better path, and helps ex-offenders after they've done their time get on the right track. it's the right thing to do for americans. and although in these discussions, a lot of my focus has been on african-american men and the work we are doing with my brother's keeper, we can't

forget the impact this has on women as well. incarceration rates for black women are twice as high as the race for white women. -- the rates for white women. many women in prison have been victims of homelessness and domestic violence and in some cases, human trafficking. we've got high rates of mental illness and substance abuse. many have been sexually assaulted both before they got to prison and after they go to prison. we don't often talk about how society treats black women and girls before they end up in prison. the suspended higher rates than white boys and all other girls. while boys -- a lot of girls are facing a more sinister sexual abuse to prison like line. victims of early sexual abuse are more likely to fail in

school, which can lead to sexual exploitation, which can lead to prison. we're focusing on boys, but we're also investing in girls, to make sure they are loved and valued, to give them a chance. that's why we have to make a collective effort to address violence and abuse against women in all of our communities, in every community, on every campus. we've got to be very clear. women who've been victims of rape or domestic abuse need help and should know they can count on society and law enforcement to treat them with love and care and sensitivity, and not skepticism. i want to repeat, because somehow this never shows up on fox news. i want to repeat, because i've said it a lot, unwaveringly, all the time, our law enforcement

officers do outstanding work in an incredibly difficult and dangerous job. they put the lives on the line for our safety. we appreciate them and we love them. that's why my task force on 21st century policing made a set of recommendations that i want to see implemented to improve their safety as well as make sure our criminal justice system is being applied fairly. officers show uncommon bravery in our communities every single day. they deserve our respect. that includes women in law enforcement. we need more of you, by the way. we've got an outstanding chief law enforcement officer in our attorney general, loretta lynch. we want all our young ladies to see what a great role model she is. i just want to repeat, because somehow this never gets on the tv, there's no contradiction between us caring about our law enforcement officers and also

making sure that our laws are applied fairly. do not make this as an either/or proposition. this is a -- we want to protect our police officers. we will do a better job doing it in our community can feel confident that they are being treated fairly. i hope i'm making that clear. [applause] president obama: we need to make sure the laws are applied evenly. this is not a new problem. it's just that in recent months, recent years, suddenly, folks have videos and body cameras and social media. so it's opened our eyes to these incidents.

many of these incidents are subject to ongoing investigation. so i can't comment on every specific one. but we can avoid these tough conversations altogether. that's not going to help our police officers, the vast majority who do the right thing every day, by just pretending these things aren't happening. that's not going to help build him him him him trust between them and the communities in which they serve. these are hard issues, but i'm confident we're going to move forward together for a system that is fair and just. we've got good people on both sides of the aisle that are

working with law enforcement and local communities to find a better way forward. and as always, change will not happen overnight. it will not be easy. if our history has taught us anything, it's taught us that when we come together, when we're working with a sense of purpose, when we're listening to one another, when we assume the best rather than the worst, then change happens. like every parent, i can't help but see the world increasingly through my daughters' eyes. on that day, when we're celebrating that incredible march in selma, i had ms. amelia's hand in one of my hands, and michelle had sasha's hand, and my mother-in-law had malia's hand, and it was a chain across generations. i thought about all those women who came before us, who risked everything for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. so often without notice, without fanfare. their names never made the history books. all those women who cleaned somebody else's house, looked after somebody else's children, did somebody else's laundry, got home, did it again, went to church, cooked, then they were marching. and because of them, michelle could cross that bridge. because of them, melia and sasha could cross that bridge. and that tells me that if we follow their example, we're going to cross more bridges in

because of them, melia and sasha could cross that bridge. and that tells me that if we follow their example, we're going to cross more bridges in the future. if we keep moving forward, hand a in hand, god willing, my daughters' children will be able to cross that bridge in an america that's more free, more just, and more prosperous than the one we inherited. your children will too. thank you, cbc. god bless you. god bless this country we love. thank you. [applause] ♪d him and

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clinton,ks on hillary the former first lady and secretary of eight, now democratic residential contender appearing at the democratic party convention of the weekend. her remarks are about the imminent. >> thank you. thank you so much. thank you new hampshire democrat. [cheering] thank you so much. [cheering]

thank you all. thank you. thank you. thank you. [cheering] are we going to win this election in 2016? [cheering] yes, we are. thank you. my heart is just racing. i am so, so excited to be here. grateful for everything you and the state have meant to me and my family.

i am honored to have the support of so many proud new hampshire democrats. [cheering] and especially, especially your terrific governor. [cheering] you are a amazing senator, who used to be governor. [applause] [cheering] and jeanne aree women who know how to solve problems. and they bring common sense and common purpose to everything they do. i also want to thank congresswoman annie kuster, all the state senators and representatives. [applause]

counselors, local leaders, grassroots organizers. and especially, volunteers, who are working their hearts out for this campaign. [cheering] [applause] i have a great idea. i think we should just transport all of you were --everywhere we go around the country together. [cheering] much fun as this is, as exciting as the atmosphere in here is, we have work to do as democrats. i want to be your partner to build our party here in this state and across our nation to keep our progress going. we have, a long way, haven't we, these past six and a half years? work ands to the hard sacrifice of the american people and to the leadership of the

democratic president in the white house, barack obama -- [cheering] [applause] we are standing again, but we are not yet running the way america should. wages still are not rising for most people. the cost of everything from college to prescription drugs keeps going up. aequality is still too big problem. youknow, in america, if work hard and do your part, you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead. that is the basic argan of this country. -- basic bargain of this country. you know, that is a promise that

my grandfather believed in when he went to work every day in the lace mills. i am the granddaughter of a factory worker who believed in america. and that life could be better for his children. and it was. went to college. my dad, after serving in the navy in world war ii, he started a small business. sacrificed, the kinds he believed his small business, printing fabric in chicago, to provide us with a middle-class life. you know what? it did. and now, within three factoryons from that worker to that small business owner, i am standing here asking for your support to be president of this great country without we love.

-- president of this great country that we love. [cheering] [applause] >> hillary! hiullary! hillary! hillary! hillary! ms. clinton: and so that is what we are fighting for his democrats. we are fighting to make sure , is dream, that process just as vital and real as tomorrow in the years later as it was for my father and grandfather. husband putsn my people first -- [cheering] [applause] in the 1992 campaign, where new hampshire was so supportive, when he got into the white house, he realized that he had inherited real economic problems from his republican

predecessors. that seems to happen, have you noticed? [laughter] without trying to be partisan or personal, but the economy just works better when we have a democrat in the white house. [cheering] [applause] and so, after eight years of and political heavy lifting, the end of bill's second term of there was a oflly important step -- set statistics that represented the progress we made. 23 million new jobs. a balanced budget. but you know what was most important to me? decades,irst time in everybody benefited. not just those at the top, but

people in the middle. people at the bottom. everybody saw their incomes go u p. [cheering] [applause] you know, i went to the senate. the good people of new york sent me to the senate in 2001. was excited, because i thought, look at what we have accomplished. we have turned around the economy. we have taken control over our fiscal future. just think of what we could have done with that balanced budget and a surplus. sociald have made security solvent for as far as the eye could see. we could have invested in education and science and research to make us smarter and stronger and richer.

but you know what happened? the republicans went back to trickle down economics. one of the worst ideas ever to come out of the 1980's, right along with big hair. [laughter] they took of eyes off the financial markets, took their eyes off the mortgage market. invented --t obama inherited an even bigger mess. i remember when he called me right after the election. him in chicago. i did not know why at the time. turned out, he wanted to ask me to be secretary of state. but when i got there -- [cheering] [applause] when i got there, what he wanted to talk about was how dangerous the economic situation was. he said it is so much worse than

they told us. he was worried about a great depression, not just a great recession. and he had to really work hard. under his leadership and thanks to the sacrifice of so many americans, we pulled back from the brink of depression, saved the auto industry, curbed wall street abuses, and provided health care to 16 million people. [cheering] [applause] now, the only way that the republicans can win is is that they count on collective amnesia from the american people. president obama deserves a lot more credit than he gets for helping us avoid an economic catastrophe. [cheering] [applause]

and i know it is very inconvenient for our republican friends, but the facts he speak for themselves. economic growth is stronger under democratic presidents. unemployment is lower. rises faster.et businesses do better. and deficits are smaller. [applause] and one of my favorite inconvenient facts -- under republicans, recessions have been four times as clearly as under democrats. so, one would have to wonder, why would anybody who cares about the economy -- which is anybodys -- why would who cares about seeing paychecks rise again, fighting inequality, raising the minimum wage, dealing with the challenges that confront us believe that going

back to the failed policies of trickle down economics would help anybody except for those people at the top? you know, i am not running for third term or president obama's third term. i am running for my first term. [cheering] >> hillary hillary! hillary! hillary! hillary! hillary! hillary! hillary! ms. clinton: and i will -- i will proudly carry forward this record of democratic achievement. doesow what works and what not. it works when middle-class families get a raise. from myl be my mission

first day as president to the last. we need growth that is strong, fair, and long-term. so the rewards of success do not just go to those at the top. doesnow, when a company well, shareholders and executives are not the only ones who should run a fed. the people who work at that company should as well. [cheering] [applause] the people who actually produce the profits should share in them . if they can work for market baskets across new england, it can work across america. [cheering] [applause] but here's what does not work. managers earnfund more each year than all of the kindergarten teachers in america combined. [booing]

there is a tax loophole that lets them treat their pay like a investment games -- you have heard of it. the carried interest loophole -- rather than normal income like everyone else. i am -- i have called for the ending of that loophole since 2007. i am sick of multimillionaires paying a lower tax rate than a teacher or a nurse. that is wrong. i will close that loophole -- [cheering] [applause] and i will reform our tax code so everyone pays their fair share, particularly those who have the most benefits. i have proposed incentives to encourage long-term investments in small businesses, hard hit communities, and eroding our country. not the quick speculation and trading that goes on. i want to sleep tax credits that

will encourage apprentices and profit sharing. brought intopeople our economy again, so they have the chance to have a better future. [cheering] [applause] i will raise their minimum wage so no one who has to live in america has to live in poverty. i will fight for small businesses that create the jobs in america. [cheering] [applause] a small business country. i want to be the small business president. i do not think we should be children our tax code, our economic policy, toward big businesses that can hire lawyers and lobbyists. most jobs in america come from small businesses. that is why i have a plan to

make it easier for entrepreneurs to get loans and avoid red tape. i will hold corporations affordable -- accountable when drug prices or exploit workers. [cheering] [applause] and that is just the beginning. we are going to do what works. --ause it is important because as important as economic worries are, they are not the only ones that families face today, are they? andou get out there actually listen to people -- as i have done all over new hampshire -- you hear about problems that rarely make the headlines. families up at night. i have listened to those stories. i have heard about the heart aches and the hopes.

toreally has motivated me roll up my sleeves to, up with solutions that can help naked the lives of families here and everywhere across our country. expectedle, i never that substance abuse and mental health would be major issues in my campaign until i came to keene on my very first trip. i heard story after story about .eroine, pills, meth, alcohol other addictions. i met a grandmother who is taking us possibility of raising her grandchild because her daughter is struggling with addiction. she cannot the parent she should be. i have sat and listened to moms and dads who have lost their children. andselors and doctors police officers who have done

everything they can to help save people. one man in laconia said to me the other day, "i do not want to go to more funerals." when you hear those stories, it is hard not only to be moved and said, but it is also motivating. at my first town hall about this issue in keene, hundreds and hundreds of people packed into the gymnasium. and they told their stories. and in laconia just a few days ago, we heard about solutions. i have got a plan to do something about this epidemic. more and better treatment and prevention, especially for young people. making sure that everyone who writes prescriptions is trained in addiction. rescue drugs in the hands of first responders. [cheering] [applause]

criminal justice reform so nonviolent drug users have time to heal instead of time in jail. [cheering] [applause] there are so many story is that people share with me. that is what drives my campaign. that is what gets me up every day. often i am asked, "how do can you do this/" it is challenging, but it is also incredibly rewarding. i meet people who are so resilient, so filled with hope. i want to be the president who takes on the big challenges. we have to worry about how we make sure you wrong never gets makese sure you run --

sure iran never gets a nuclear weapon, but i also want to hear asut your challenges president. like student debt. a student here in new hampshire -- [cheering] [applause] summed it uplly for me, saying that paying for college should not be the hardest thing about going to college. hassanterday, governor and i were at the university of new hampshire, where we were talking about my plan. and where we heard from two students who very clearly and emotionally talked about what they are challengers were. trying to get the education they have always dreamed of. collegey plan the new compact. as president, i will make sure families can of ward to send your kids to college.

everyone with student debt can refinance that debt, just like a mortgage or a car loan. [cheering] [applause] ms. clinton: cost won't be a barrier anymore, and debt will not hold anyone back. i also have to say that i have heard a lot about another challenge that gets too little attention in our long-term looking forward into the future about what kind of country we are going to be and how we can help people live up to their potential. and that is the caregiving crisis in america. [cheering] [applause] ms. clinton: i met a woman in dover, caring for her husband with alzheimer's, and her mother with alzheimer's. i just met a young man backstage

who has had to go to part-time work to take care of his mother with alzheimer's. people do not know where to turn. they do not know where to get help. as a senator, i passed a law giving family caregivers more support. and as president, i will make this a national priority for families. number one. [cheering] [applause] every one of us knows somebody who could benefit. the veterans, who deserve better care. [cheering] [applause] the parents of children with autism, who need help and solutions. [cheering] [applause] families who cannot find facilities to provide mental health treatment for their loved

ones, no matter how hard they try. [cheering] [applause] it was summed up for me by a single mom who is juggling a job and courses at a community college while raising three kids alone. she said, "i do not expect anything to come easy." but she asked me, isn't there anything we can do so it is not quite so hard? these are all challenges leaders should care about. problems that do not get nearly enough attention on the campaign trail or in washington. i am not only paying attention, as president, we will get results together. because if you want a president who will tell you everything that is wrong with america and who is to blame for it, you have got plenty of other choices. [laughter] [cheering] [applause]

and, my goodness, didn't we hear enough of that the other night at the republican debate? but if you want a president who will listen to you, work her heart out to make your life better -- [cheering] and together to build a stronger, fairer, better country, then you are looking at her. [cheering] [applause] >> hillary! hillary! hillary! hillary! hillary! ms. clinton: because, you know -- >> hillary! hillary!

hillary! ms. clinton: this election, ultimately, is about finding a leader with a vision for the future broad enough to encompass this great country of ours. and the skill and determination to lead us there. someone who can defend and build on the progress we have made, not let it slip away or get ripped away. i will stand up to all the attacks from the super pacs and the koch brothers every chance i get. [cheering] [applause] ms. clinton: and i will do what i have always done to try to overcome the dysfunction in washington.

actually to get things done, like i did when i was first lady. we did not get health care that time. then i turned around and worked with ted kennedy to get the children's health care program -- the children's health insurance program to take care of more than 8 million kids. [cheering] [applause] or when i was in the senate, and i realized that our national guard did not have the same access to health care, i teamed up with lindsey graham and we passed it. so now every single one of our national guards has the same options that they should have had before. [cheering] [applause] i have been fighting my whole life to even the odds for people who have those odds stacked against them. that is what i am going to keep doing. fighting for families, fighting for fairness, fighting for you. and i have learned through a lot of experiences. but i really learned it first

from my own mother. abandoned and mistreated by her family, she was out on her own at 14, working as a housemaid. she channeled her hardships into a deep commitment to serving and respecting others. she has been my touchstone, guiding me through my life of service. my first job out of law school was not at some big new york law firm, it was with the children's defense fund, standing up for kids. [cheering] [applause] every step along the way, i have stood up for women, for children, for families, for underdogs. everyone who needs a champion. and i am just getting warmed up. i believe -- [cheering] [applause]

ms. clinton: i believe in america, but i believe, in america, we should have each other's backs. we should lift each other up, not tear each other down. and that is especially true when it comes to lifting up women, who deserve equal pay for equal work. [cheering] [applause] ms. clinton: and that means, too, every family deserves access to quality, affordable childcare so they can actually go to work. [cheering] [applause]

ms. clinton: every american should have access to paid family leave, so you do not have to choose between a paycheck and taking care of your baby or your mom or your dad. [cheering] [applause] ms. clinton: i am a proud democrat, because we are the ones who stand up and say the affordable care act is here to stay. [cheering] [applause] ms. clinton: we have come too far, fought too hard, to let anyone take it away. we are the ones also who understand we have to make social security even stronger. and especially for widows, divorced and single women, who older people in

america. [cheering] [applause] ms. clinton: we're the ones who support teachers, not scapegoat them. [cheering] [applause] ms. clinton: who will invest in universal prekindergarten and early childhood education so all of our kids get the best start. it is past time for us to get over the toxic debates about education that have paralyzed us for too long. let's focus on what actually is works tot actually help teachers teach and children learn. [cheering] [applause] ms. clinton: as president, i am going to actually listen to teachers and learn what they know from being in those classrooms every single day.

i will fight for strong public schools in every zip code and community across america. and i am honored, i am honored, to have earned the endorsement of the nea right here in new hampshire. [cheering] [applause] ms. clinton: and, democrats believe we do not have to choose between protecting our environment, combating climate change, and growing our economy. we can do that by embracing clean, renewable energy. [cheering] [applause] ms. clinton: i want us to set big goals in this country again.

i can remember -- i think there are a few of you who can also remember -- when president kennedy challenged us to send a moon mission that would land a man on the moon and bring him back within a decade. and a lot of people thought it was impossible. didn't they? happen.new what would i was sure, because the president set that goal, that america could get it done. and we did. that is the kind of president i want to be. i want to challenge us again, particularly young people again. [cheering] [applause] ms. clinton: by the end of my first term, we will have installed half a billion more solar panels. and by the end of my second, we will produce enough renewable energy to power every home in america. particularly young people again. [cheering] [applause] we can do this.

we can take on climate change, not deny it. but take it on. and at the same time, create millions of new jobs and businesses that will make america the clean energy superpower of the 21st century. [cheering] [applause] ms. clinton: and boy, democrats believe, and we are the only ones left who believe this, we have to stop the flow of secret unaccountable money that distorts our elections and drowns out the voices of american voters. [cheering] [applause] ms. clinton: you know, it is predicted by some that our next president may have as many as

three appointments to the supreme court. now, if you were not convinced to vote for a democrat before, i hope you are now. i will appoint justices who will protect every citizens' right to vote instead of every corporation's right to buy elections. [cheering] [applause] ms. clinton: and if necessary, i will work to pass a constitutional amendment to undo the supreme court's decision in citizens united. [cheering] [applause] ms. clinton: and we democrats believe that, no matter you are, what you look like, what faith you practice, or who you love, america has a place for you. and you should have the same opportunity as everyone else to live up to your potential.

so we have a great agenda. we know what it means to be a democrat. we are going to fight back against those who will do, say, and spin whatever it takes to turn our country in a very different direction. who watched the republican debate the other night? oh, you gluttons for punishment, you. 15 candidates. five hours. not a single fighter for the middle class. and the fact checkers are having a field day with their answers. the republicans' positions are not just factually inaccurate, they are deeply out of touch and out of date. not one of them offered a credible plan to make college more affordable or combat climate change. did you hear anything about family leave or preschool? >> no. ms. clinton: or what about

putting an end to the gun violence that plagues our communities every single day. -- every single day? not one of them is willing to say loudly and clearly "black lives matter." [cheering] [applause] ms. clinton: and of course, no solutions for skyrocketing prescription drug costs. no ideas about how to raise income. no ideas at all, when you stop to think about it. but there was one statement i had to agree with. yeah. hard to believe, right? as lindsey graham said, hillary clinton has a list a mile long

to help the middle class. [laughter] [cheering] [applause] ms. clinton: he's right about that. he is absolutely right about that. i do. it was the most honest thing anyone said that night. and i am going to keep adding to that list, keep fighting for the middle class, keep showing that voters have a real choice in this election. it don't be distracted by their flamboyant front runner trying to buy and bully his way into the presidency. his latest outrage, the way he handled the question about president obama, was shocking but not surprising. he has been trafficking in prejudice and paranoia this

campaign. but i have to tell you, if you look at the policies of the other republican candidates, they are just trump without the pizzazz or the hair. he says hateful things about immigrants -- they do not support a real path to citizenship. we need comprehensive reform, not demagoguery and deportation. [cheering] [applause] ms. clinton: and, we have heard mr. trump insult and demean women. by the way, donald, when you say you cherish women, that really does not make it any better. why don't you stop cherishing women and start respecting women? [cheering] [applause]

ms. clinton: listen closely. he is not the only one. all of the republican candidates want to defund planned parenthood. many are willing to shut down our government to do it, no matter the consequences for our country. we are talking about a woman's health service that provides half a million breast cancer exams every year. that is what they want to stop. here in new hampshire, you know about this. last month, your executive council cut off funding to planned parenthood in the state. actually, three men on the executive council voted to deny women access to health care across new hampshire. i would like them, along with the republican candidates to meet the mom who caught her cancer early thanks to a screening. or the teenager who avoided an unintended pregnancy because she had access to birth control. or the survivor of sexual

assault who got emergency contraception. [cheering] [applause] ms. clinton: you know, these extreme views may be right for the republican primary, but they are dead wrong for america. i know that when i talk like this, some of the republicans say i am playing the gender card. well, if calling for equal pay and paid leave and women's health is playing the gender card, deal me in. [cheering] [applause] >> deal me in! deal me in! hillary! hillary! ms. clinton: i am going to keep fighting.

i will fight until every woman has the rights, the opportunities, and the respect she deserves. until every little girl in america knows without a doubt she can grow up to be anything she wants. even president of the united states. [cheering] [applause] ms. clinton: so, my friends, let's go out and wage this campaign and elect democrats at every level. let's take back school boards. let's take back the legislatures. let's take back every position all the way to the white house. because if this election is about america's future, not america's fear, democrats will win. [cheering] [applause] ms. clinton: and when you hear

mr. trump saying he wants to make america great again, respond america is great, we just have to make it work for all of the people in our country again. so, i think we are going to have a great campaign. it is going to be fun. because what makes the other folks uncomfortable is what makes america what we are today. our diversity, our ingenuity, our innovation. the signs of american dynamism. our immigrant culture. all we do to build a country where everybody has a place. where there are no limits on what we can achieve when we put our common interests in front of self interests and common sense i had of nonsense. i am fighting for that america. i am fighting for all americans, not just some. for the struggling, the striving, and the successful. i am running for everyone who has been knocked down but

refused to be knocked out. i am fighting for you, democrats. and new hampshire, and america. let's go out and make the future we want to see. thank you all. [cheering] [applause] ♪ [cheering] [applause]

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>> leading up to hillary --nton's speech jennifer epstein of bloomberg politics reporting chance of more debate and we want debates rang out from many of the estimated 4000 people gathered at the new hampshire democratic party convention in manchester. this comes as martin o'malley, bernie sanders, and lincoln the dncave criticized chair apostasy into limit the number of debates before the party primary. that story from bloomberg politics. preparations for pope francis' arrival continue. the pope is scheduled to arrive in washington, d.c. tomorrow. he will be greeted by the president and first lady at joint ace andrews. we will have -- joint base

andrews. we will have coverage starting at 3:45 p.m. eastern. new jersey governor chris christie sat down for an interview with dem you -- wmur tv as part of his conversation with the candidate series. he answers questions from the studio audience. the legalization of marijuana, combating he also talked about the bridge gate scandal and how it has impacted his campaign. this is 45 minutes. now conversation with the candidate. tonight, chris christie.

>> welcome to our conversation with the candidate series. tonight we will beginning to know governor christie, where he stands on all of the key issues. after the break we will get to our studio audience in a town hall style format. let's get a quick look at the candidates biography. christie grew up in livingston. he lived in the state his entire life. after college he graduated from the school of law in 1987 and joined a private firm where he ultimately became partner. he was elected as a freeholder in morris county and served as director of the board. he was named u.s. attorney for the district of new jersey. sworn in as governor of new jersey in 2010 and was elected to a second term.

wants to reform social security, medicare, medicaid, as well as the criminal justice system. he would like to make college more accessible for everyone. on the campaign trail by his wife mary pat and they have four children. let me start with the burden of expectations. you were the republican savior for this party, now you are stuck in a very crowded field. >> i decided not to run and i felt comfortable about my decision to support mitt romney. now we have 17 people in this field. you have to work hard to distinguish yourself. ever gets to be president without working very hard. >> you are never implicated in any of this.

do you think that is hurting you in any way? chris christie: we had a relentless news coverage row is tried, prosecuted, and convicted . after three independent investigations they said the same thing. i did what leaders do. i fired the people who appeared to have been responsible. standards inews checking on all these different kinds of things. you can't to know what each person is doing every day. more than hurt me anybody else because the media coverage was so incredibly biased and so incredibly wrong. here i am, i'm running for president of the united states. about often are you asked

the importance on public integrity? attorney,ime as u.s. we prosecuted and convicted 3000 public officials. people know my record on that. they know how strong it is. >> there is a candidate in this race and you feel like your message is getting overshadowed or exploited to a certain degree. he is taking up a lot of the oxygen. is it making it difficult for the rest of the people to break through? >> it always makes it hard if any one person is getting the overwhelming majority of media attention. it makes it hard for people to break through. let's take a deep breath, it is

early. people in new hampshire are not voting for another 5.5 months. and to make the decision about who is -- but not who is the most famous or entertaining but who will be the best person to and has been so misled by the president that we need a new president that is going to shoot straight, tell us what we need to hear and not be afraid to make hard decisions. i think we will do very well. >> telling it like it is sometimes telling a truth that hurts. differenten to saying things. what is going to separate you? governor christie: import him out the set iv to more tax

increases than any other governor in the united states. if you are going to force them to do the work that needs to be done i am your god. if you want someone who stood up to a democratic new jersey legislature and said no to it hundredding, cut programs to balance the budget, i am your guy. a very conservative record in new jersey. the only person in this race who has put forward a detailed plan to reform entitlements in this country. 70% of all spending is entitlement. we need a strong leader who is going to say our children futures going to matter much more than that. >> stay with us.

welcome back to our conversation with the candidate. time to bring in the audience for their questions. for now let's get right to it. first question from laura flanagan. >> which message do you want to convey in the primaries to distinguish or separate yourself from the rest of the field? >> i governed in one of the blue states in america. easy, i would give my right arm. what we have done in our state businessesxes on that helped to create new jobs in the state. great teachers are protected but that teachers can be fired. we cap the property taxes in the state to lead for the first time

ever new jersey of the slowing down of property taxes in our state. all of that stuff, including reforming pensions with the democratic legislature. no matter who controls the congress, they are not going to make it easy on any president. i have been the person who could deal with -- reach across the aisle and make it work. principles but also had the experience of reaching across the aisle and working with democrats. if i don't work with democrats i will be working in the state house. i think that makes me different than the experience my fellow governors are running. this is part of the solution in my view.

>> if elected as president how strengthen security for future generations? >> i'm the only candidate in this race who has put out a plan on this. first off a study just came out that said social security, if we do nothing, will be bankrupt in seven to eight years. we are all living longer lives. aerage life expectancy of woman is 83 and a man is 79. these programs were built for people when they passed away in the 60's. praise the the in -- retirement age. i say let's face it in over 25 years. that means one month a year in increase for 25 years. second thing is i don't think

the retired wealthy should be getting social security. if you make over $200,000 in , i don't thinkme you should get social security. social security is insurance. make sure they don't grow old in poverty. if someone is making $200,000 and they really need a social security check, i know they paid into the system. the alternative is what mrs. clinton wants to do, take the cap off of social security taxes. if you really wanted to give government more money, this is the same government who told you we are going to put the money in the trust fund. they spend all that money already. romney.spent -- spent all that money already. of us want to give

the announced his government more revenue? what you are trying to get at is people make a lot of money. you are getting those people on the backend. if you have that much money put aside, god bless you, good job. your country did great by you helping you have those opportunities. but we will let -- if we give them your money, they will find something else to spend it on. that is what i would do to help social security. that would save over $1.2 trillion and make that system secure. gov. christie: a big topic in this race. the next one comes from mckinsey nicholson. >> you have said you would like to repeal and replace obamacare. can you tell me what your plan would look like and how you would ensure low income families don't lose access to the health care plans they currently receive in new hampshire estuary gov. christie: there is no way the government should be running

the health care system for the country. it makes no sense. our two states are about the same size geographically but, in the state, you have 1.3 million people. in this state, yet 8.9 million people. the differences and problems between health care are really start. when you have people spread out across the state, access to health care is by distance and you can get to the specialist because it is such a long way away. in new jersey, we trip over a hospital every four miles. they are everywhere. our excess problem is cost. let's get rid of obamacare. things that work in new hampshire may not work in new jersey the right way and what happens in new jersey is very different than what happens in wyoming or antenna. i like that because you can have

a greater effect. you cannot figure out what is going on in the d.c., but we trip over hospitals in new jersey. you strip -- you trip over state representatives in new hampshire. everywhere i go, i a state rep. the great thing is you have the influence to go to those state reps and say this health care system is not working for me. the access point is to make sure everyone has access to care financially and where they live. we need to develop that kind of system in new hampshire. but people can't afford to get insurance, they go to the emergency room and when they go to the emergency room, they get that care and it costs a lot more. let states run these things. remember what the constitution says -- all the power the

federal government has said here. everything not listed here goes back to the states. i do not health care listed there. i trust the governor to do the right way -- i don't trust her on a lot but i trust her on this and i trust the legislature to get it done. gov. christie: a lot of -- josh: a lot of people are already in this stem -- can it managed? gov. christie: it is absolutely right to scrap the whole thing. if the state wants to keep some things, it is a mistake. the federal government should not be like bigfoot in this area. who really believes that giving more power and money to washington dc is a good idea? i certainly don't. josh: with one going to social media. what is your problem with legalizing marijuana?

gov. christie: i have a few problems with it. first of all, it is against the law. this is part of the lawlessness of this president. if there's certain laws he doesn't like him he doesn't enforce them. he doesn't like the marijuana laws, so he does not change them. he says to colorado and washington, don't like them, don't worry about. if you want to follow immigration laws, don't worry about it. i took note, but my hand on the bible and said i'm going to enforce the laws in the state of new jersey. it did not say in force the laws i like. if people want to change it, they have to change it through congress. but the second problem is that it is a gateway drug. new hampshire has the same problem new jersey has -- and academic -- an epidemic of drug abuse.

we know marijuana affects your brain in a negative way. we know it leads to other drugs. why do we want to legalize something? alcohol is legal. does that mean two wrongs make a right mark we should not be doing that. it hurts young people, it's not necessarily needed. we have a medical marijuana program and i have allowed to go that -- allow the program to go forward for people who that is the only way they can get relief. i think that is asking about legalizing for recreational use and i'm against it. if i'm president of the united states, get high right now in colorado and washington, because if i'm president, we are going to get back to enforcing the law. gov. christie: the -- josh: the heroin epidemic is very real in new hampshire. do candidates need to be talking about going to the source of the album, which is across our

border somewhere? a lot of people are seeing the effect of this every day. gov. christie: i have said we need to embed the eye and dea agents to try to interdict guns and drugs from coming across the border. but let's be honest. the biggest problem is demand in the united date. if demand for drugs was not the high in the united dates, the drugs would not be possible to send over here. what we have done is to say for first time, nonviolent drug offenders, people charged with possession, which is over 50% of our prison population, we don't incarcerate those people anymore. we say you go for mandatory inpatient treatment. we want to change lives. i want to save lives in mice date. to treat these folks. it is a disease.

my mother was a lifetime smoker and new from 1964 forward that poking was bad for her. she knew that but continued to smoke and ultimately got lung cancer at 71 years old. no one said to us go -- don't treat your mother -- she's getting what she deserves. but we do that with people addicted to other drugs. there is nobody in this audience today who hasn't made a bad decision in your life. we are fortunate, there but for the grace of god go i. to treat these folks. we are not incarcerating ourselves out of this album. our prison population in new jersey is down 31%. try to find another state where you see that happening and the recidivism rate, without drug court, over 60% recidivism. we can make a difference, and if i am president of the united date, we will have a drug court in every federal district court in this country so we can stop putting people in jail and get them on the road to recovering their lives.

josh: let's move on to the next question from his book. maureen gates is asking a big 1 -- what would you do about isis? gov. christie: first, i would not have called in jv and ignored them up this is the same president and secretary of state who said we had a reset button with russia and after we reset, here is what happens -- they are invading ukraine and they have taken crimea. so what do we do? we have to learn from our lessons in iraq. i don't want the united ace to be an occupying power. let's start first with our allies -- egypt, saudi's, the united arab emirates and the jordanians.

they want this fight. they want to take on isis. let's give them the best arms we can and train them down to the battalion level on how to use this weaponry. let's give them the best intelligence we can get. isis is everywhere. fourth, let's use the united states air force to soften up the target. i would not say would never use american. if isis continues to win, we may have to continue to do it, but that should not be our first resort. the last part is they need a president who knows when he gives his word, he is going to keep it. this president said if a site uses chemical weapons, we will take them out. then when he did and killed 230,000 of his own people, the president said never mind. allies cannot count on you and adversaries don't fear you. i guarantee that allies will know we are friends and

adversaries will know the limits of our patients. there are four steps you need to take to secure the border. first is to build fencing or walling in appropriate laces. i do not favor a wall across the entire border. it's too expensive. i've never seen a sense that a human being cannot get through or around. there are no easy answers. but in urban areas, you need fencing or walling where there is a lot of. second, we need to do what i said about agents embedded with the border patrol to interdict guns and drugs coming across the border. we need to use electronic surveillance in the more remote

parts of the border to send information so to know where to best than human intelligence and send border patrol agents to interdict evil getting across the border. and we need to use e-verify. unlike what hillary clinton will tell you, these people are not coming across the border to vote or become citizens. they are coming here to work. they want job. if we had e-verify and every lawyer were forced to use it, they came here illegally, they could not get a job.

dealey way to get a job is to come here legally, they would stop coming. we need to find businesses who do not use e-verify. we have to look in the mirror. the business community is part of the problem. i have no problem with the making profits, but higher legal citizens who are here. do not hire illegals. if we do those things, we will secure the border and we can move on and deal with the immigration issue. how are you going to make sure that your campaign policies become laws, and can you comment on debt reduction as an example of how you will embrace that? >> first is you have to look at what we have done. i don't think there is a governor who has operated in more hostile territory than i have operated in new jersey. before ight years

became governor do you know how many private sector jobs were in new jersey? zero. to create jobs. and wenced the budget did it by cutting over 800 programs and vetoing tax increases. you need to look at what you have done before. is you have to be willing to work with the congress. to develop those personal relationships that are really important. not an excuse any longer to close down the government. do your job. it was stunning to find out that the first time speaker boehner ,as ever been on air force one i don't care who the speaker of the houses. come on over.

we have to get to know each other and work with each other. only two ways to lower the debt in this country. spend less and grow our economy. we are not going to grow our way out of it, we are going to do both. also look at what i have done in new jersey. we spend $2.5 billion less on funding than we did in fiscal year 2008. i have done it before and i will use my new jersey gentle persuasion. >> that is all the time we have on tv tonight. this conversation continues online and in our mobile app.

thanks for watching and thank you to governor christie for being here. >> all caps and long, c-span takes you on the road to the white house. news conferences, rallies, and speeches. your comments on twitter, facebook, and by phone. every campaign we cover is on our website at c-span.org. >> and to looking at congress, the house is not in session until thursday. today.ate will gavel in lawmakers will be considering legislation that would ban abortions after five months.

on our see live coverage companion network. preparations continue for the pope's visit. pope francis will a dress a joint meeting. we have some news surrounding the pope's visit from politico. when hey wish list addresses congress this week. tough new abortion restrictions as we rally the on the long-awaited measures. republican lawmakers are tying their messaging to the teaching of the catholic church. republican lawmakers urging the pope to use this unprecedented platform to spread a message to

call for restricting abortions. a coverage of the pope's visit in a mass this coming wednesday. here on c-span. we have more on the road to the white house from senator bernie sanders. he is pursuing the democratic nomination. his comments are about 40 minutes.

senator sanders: well it certainly sounds like people are ready for a political revolution. let me thank all of you not only for being here today but for the in norma work you do day after , understanding that new hampshire plays a unique role in

the political process. you are fighting that only to improve the lives of people in new hampshire, but people all over this country. and thank you very much for what you do. when i announced my candidacy 4.5 months ago, i think it is fair to say that a lot of people did not take our campaign terribly seriously. that is fair to say. it is also fair to say that in the last 4.5 months, change has taken place. [applause] what looked like a french campaign has now seen --