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>> c-span takes you on the road to the white house and its of the classroom. our student camera documentary contest asked children to say what they want to hear from resident candidates. follow the road to the white house coverage and get all the details about the student cam contest at c-span.org. >> jeb bush is campaigning in new hampshire today. he wrapped up a town hall meeting a short time ago. here is a portion of that event. bush: donald trump says he gets his foreign-policy and will traded vice from the shows. really? the commander in chief, someone aspiring to be the president just turns on the television on sunday morning and think that is enough, to be able to lead this country?

donald trump is all excited that vladimir putin thinks he is a good man and he rewards vladimir putin with praise as well? really? the man who believes the united states is in decline and takes every step forward while we step back is a hero of donald trump's? really? he is not a serious person. he is a chaotic candidate with creates fun entertainment for people, but he would be a chaotic president. we need someone who has a steady hand, who has plans to keep us safe. here is my commitment to you -- i will be a commander-in-chief, not a divider in chief or agitator in chief. i will lead this country to a more secure place where we can get to the business of creating prosperity again for our great country. [applause] as it relates to the economy, there is much to be done.

hillary clinton has given barack obama an "a." maybe she plays this on the curve. an "a" when you have one in 10 people unemployed or give up looking for work altogether? when workforce participation rates are lower than they were in the 1970's? it cannot be that when one in seven people are living in poverty. 6 million more than a day barack obama got elected. it is not an "a" when one in five children on ouare on food stamps. the great identifier of prosperity -- median income -- is down $2300 than the day barack obama was elected. $2300 in washington may not be a lot when you have lifetime protection. you basically get wage increases for showing up. you have more benefits than the private sector.

that people may not be concerned in washington because they don't have declines. $2300 across-the-board means maybe a child will not be able to go to get quality day care. or maybe they cannot go to college. or maybe you cannot buy a car. or maybe you cannot save for a rainy day. or maybe you have a mom who has dementia and you are the caregiver and you cannot take days off to be able to provide support. maybe you cannot take a vacation. $2300 a year is a lot of money. the next president has to fix this mess and it starts with changing the culture in washington. we need a balanced budget amendment to force a conversation where it needs to be. where government does not grow faster for the ability to pay for it. we need term limits. i have some friends in the crowd today -- it works. we have talented people who have a chance to take leadership roles, where the permanent

political class have to take a step back. we need to make sure the lobbyists do not control everything. if you finished your term of service as an elected official, you should not start lobbying the people you were serving the day before. there should be a six-year ban on elected officials lobbying. we have to make sure there is total transparency to make sure people have confidence that their government is the servant rather than the master. i know how to do this because i was governor of the state of florida where i had a chance to take these ideas, work with the legislature -- the net result was we had a lot better government. we did reform lobbying. we do have term limits. we balance budgets every year, totaling -- leaving reserves of $9 billion, more than 35% of general revenue. they called me viteto corleone. not to be mean, not to say on the big dog on the stage.

i did it because government should not grow faster than people's ability to pay for it. in florida, that was the result. [applause] look, there is a big difference in the philosophy of the left and ours. i believe everybody has a chance to make a contribution in our society. i believe life is a gift from god, that it is divinely inspired. i believe if we created a society where everybody's abilities can be reached to their full limits, their god-given abilities, then nothing will stop the united states. the left believes the opposite. they believe life is not fair. that because life is not there, i will take care of you with another spending program, another tax, another regulation. dividing our country up by halves and have-nots. for us to win, we have to have an exact opposite view.

last year, i met a floridian. she was -- she came to campaign a couple of months ago here in a town hall meeting. when she was young, she was held back two years in a row in third grade. i can imagine that she was quite angry. no one ever told her she was capable. she was going to be passed along basically to a dead-end. it happens a lot in america. thousands and thousands of kids do not get the power of knowledge and they are stuck and we wonder why the demand on government grows faster than our ability to pay for it. she found out, her godmother found out a corporate tax scholarship program. it is the largest program in the country. first, second and third programs in the country. we eliminated tenure for teachers. we reward teachers for performance. they get more pay when they do a

good job based on student learning. the teachers union did not like this at all. they mortgaged their building when i ran for reelection to try to defeat me and to support my opponents. they lost and had to sell the building, which warms my heart to be honest, because taking on big political fight is what we aim to do. we cannot stand pat with the things that are broken. i know how to do this because i had a chance to do it. she was the beneficiary. her godmother found out about the program and she got to go to a christian school. i know what happened. i was not there, but i know what happened. teacherfirst week, a told her on around her and for the first time she was told she was capable. that she had god-given talents. that god loved her and so did the teacher. together, they were going to make sure she could learn. she overcame the two years of being held back. she graduated with her age group. she was the first in her family

to graduate from high school and college. this year, she will get a masters degree at the university of south florida. i believe that we will be successful politically and we will be successful as a nation if we are on the side of her. i don't know if she is a republican or democrat -- it is irrelevant. what is important is she has the same right as anybody else to live a life of purpose and meaning. that she will not have to get in line and be told somehow she is not capable of living a life of purpose and meaning, that she is a liability. that the government will manage her life. isn't it better to be on the side of people pursuing their own dreams as they see fit? making sure people have the capacity to achieve earned success? isn't that the better approach? we are going to win if we are on the side of her. if we focus on high sustained economic growth and keeping our country safe, we will win.

did we divide ourselves up, allow the narcissist to say i will take care of you. not interested in forging consensus, solving problems -- we will never win. hillary clinton will be elected and god for bid that from ever happening. i believe you are looking at the guy that can beat hillary clinton because i have a proven record. [applause] it is a record of applying conservative principles in a hopeful optimistic way with sheer dogged determination to implement them the right way, where everybody has a chance to win. it is not about those that have already made it. it is not whether you have an "r" or "d." that is my mission. i hope you will support my candidacy here in new hampshire. you all elect presidents. you have a responsibility being

first in the nation. my belief is you take it seriously, but you want to make sure we have the right person to win the election in the general election, but also the right person who has the right stuff to be president. i ask for your support and i appreciate you coming out for this town hall meeting. thank you. [applause] yes, ma'am? you have a microphone coming your way. >> i was really impressed to hear about your proposal for a six-year ban on lobbying. rake inthe people who the most from lobbying are retired congressional staffers and people who work at the pentagon, both military and civilian, so i would like to know if you would extend the six-year ban to those people also. mr. bush: that is a good question. i have a look at the impact of that.

there should be total transparency. if you are meeting with a lobbyist, and you are a staffer on a committee of great importance or you are a big dog in the department of defense and you are being lobbied, there should be 24 hour notice. it should be put on the internet. there should be complete transparency. people can make up the mind whether it is appropriate or not. that is across the board -- a more transparent government is what we need. the president promised the most transparent government in american history and we have not gotten it. we have the exact opposite. the best way to deal with the transparency issue is to open it up. it could be that staffers -- that is a revolving door as well. it makes sense to look at it. the other thing we have to do as relates to the defense department is make sure there are more than three contractors. we have created such a confusing, convoluted your ystem that you have the

big defense contractors. the cost is higher. they are aggregated. all the other parts of the operation, they subcontract out. they use the influence to get these contracts. all sorts of legal costs are associated with it. the fighters do not get the equipment necessary at the speed they should. one of the other elements is to embrace reform so we have more contractors and it is based on merit rather than influence. yes, sir? >> afghanistan and iraq during your brother administration and people have come back with ptsd. i'm running for office -- state representative. mr. bush: how old are you? >> 18. mr. bush: go for it. [applause] >> i'm running on the promise to

take care of our veterans. i'm wondering what you would do to take care of our veterans and fix the v.a.? mr. bush: first of all, that is fantastic. second of all, you have to work with the next president to give this is the federal government responsability. there is a veterans operation in every department. but to reform the v.a., you made a president committed to it. one, we need career souls servers reform -- civil service reform. it cannot be the economic entrance of the employees. it should be about the veterans. right now, it is about the economic interest. there was a hearing in congress and this guy had the gull to say i did not know you thought tability related to firing. heck, i don't see it that way.

there have been three people fired with the most egregious scandals that exist which is -- $140 million of bonuses for reducing rates without giving care to veterans. men and women died. veterans died. yet, there were bonuses given and only three people fired. we need civil service reform so there is reward for a job well done, but there should not be lifetime employment and government. -- in government. it should not be a career that gives you 40% benefits and wages more than the private sector. there should be 21st century implement practices. frederick should have more -- veterans should have more services. if a veteran wants to see a doctor that is their private doctor, they should have the right to do it far easier than today. >> we will have the entire town

hall meeting with jeb bush airing tonight at 12:40 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> on the next washington journal, a political roundtable of the 2016 campaign with democratic pollsters settefan hankin and kellyane conway. the ambassador to morocco talks about the presidents strategy to combat isis. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal, live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. the reagan narrative was he was a lightweight actor with premature orange hair which is what gerald ford said about him in 1976. even with all the success in the administration, all historians

have consistently rated reagan low. i believe out of ideological bias. >> sunday night, craig shirley discusses his book, a look at ronald reagan's life after leaving the white house and the way he was remembered. >> i like to write about reagan because i grew up in the 80's. it was the house in time for us. i also write about the facts. nnon makeslieve lou ca things up. inhave succeeded repositioning people's thinking about ronald reagan. it merged a very serious, the thinking, considerate, solicitors man. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q&a. address, president obama talks about his top 10 accomplishments of 2015.

senate majority leader mitch mcconnell gives the republican response. he reviews the a compliment of the senate and the legislation passed this year. president obama: hi, everybody. it is the most wonderful time of the year. not just for spreading holiday cheer, but for list makers. we have wish lists and the year in review lists. i want to get into the action. as a nation, we face the challenges. in the spirit of 2015 retiree david letterman, here in no particular order are my top inthings that happened 2015 that should make every american optimistic about 2016. number 10, the economy. over the past 12 months, our businesses have created 2.5 million new jobs. million have added 15.7

jobs over 59 months. the unemployment rate has fallen to 5%, the lowest in almost eight years. number nine, more americans are getting health coverage. the rate of uninsured in america dropped below 10% or the first time ever. people and6 million climbing have gained coverage as the affordable care act has taken effect. you can still sign up through january 31 at healthcare.gov. number eight, america's global leadership on climate change. last week in paris, nearly 200 countries came together to set the course for a low carbon future. it was only possible because america led with clean energy at home and strong diplomacy around the world. number seven, progress in the americas. we turned the page on an outdated, half-century old li