a former senator from iowa, joining us from our studio in des moines. we appreciate all your calls and comments this morning. the program obviously continues tomorrow. we will be joined with jerry also chucknd grassley. conley also. you here tomorrow morning at 7:00 eastern. have a great weekend. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪

>> later today, florida senator and presidential candidate, marco rubio, will hold an event in iowa, speaking with voters in ames. bill and chelsea clinton joint hillary clinton at a campaign event in cedar rapids beginning life at 8:00 also on c-span. >> des moines, iowa simulcasting with iowa. >> god bless the state of iowa. >> in iowa -- >> in iowa -- >> here in iowa -- >> in iowa -- >> with wonderful friends here in iowa today -- >> it is good to be back in iowa.

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4, 3, 2, 1. left off. left off. off.ft it has cleared the tower. >> every week on american history tv on c-span 3, we share programs that tell the american story. highlights this weekend include at 11:15 this morning, diane discusses dorothy fairby. then, on "reel america" the explosion. ronald reagan: today is a day for mourning and remembering. we share this payment all the people of our country. this is truly a national loss.

>> sunday morning at 10:00 on "road to the white house rewind" a look at the iowa caucuses, , and the howard dean .istory of the iowa caucuses also, two panels with former campaign managers and political reporters. at 8:00, a journalist on his book, "under this roof: the ,hite house and the presidency 21 inside stories be ago he explains how presidents from george washington to barack obama have left their imprints on the mansion. >> if you look at records of what the president have watched over the years, the tastes are eclectic and reflect the taste of the present, the times in

which they live, but there is that really resonated with more presidents than any other one. can you guess what that one movie might be? >> for the complete we can schedule, go to c-span.org. week, democratic presidential candidate, martin o'malley, delivered remarks to voters and took their questions at a town hall in indianola, iowa. he spoke about the syrian refugee crisis, education and , the economy. [applause] governor o'malley: thank you very much.

i usually talk better when i'm on a chair. can i do that? it also adds an extra degree of entertainment to the task. how are you? good. good to be here at simpson college. thank you all so much for coming out. it is caucus time, isn't it? are you excited? i'm excited. look, i love your state. my name is martin o'malley and i love your state. i love its beauty. i love its landscape. i love its warmth. of its people. and the thing i love most about iowa is this -- you're not intimidated by big money. you're not intimidated by polls. not intimidated by pundits. you always have a way of sorting through the noise and on caucus night lifting up a new leader. it's what you do. and you do it well.

so i'm here not so much to praise you, iowa, but to challenge you. because our country needs a new leader. to heal our divisions, bringing us together, to get things done again. and that is why i am running for president. this is not an ordinary time in our country's history, is it? when the leading candidate for the republican party boosts his poll numbers by making increasingly more fascist appeals, pitting us against each other, this should tell us we are in the fight for the heart and soul of the united states of america. i would like to say that donald trump is the most outrageous and underprepared person ever to run for president, but that wouldn't be fair to ted cruz, would it? [laughter] [applause] so let's talk a little bit here. we'll get into questions and

answers. by golly if you have answers, i hope you raise your hands first. because we are in -- i am on a search for answers. look, i was born the year that president kennedy was killed. my experience is not the experience of a congressperson or a senator, my experience is that of an executive, a mayor and governor. bringing people together. getting things done. my upbringing is not the story of a democratic conversion. it is the story of a democratic upbringing. my parents taught us to love our family, to love god, to love our country, to understand that the stronger we make our country, the more our country can give back to us and to our children and to our grandchildren. they also taught us something else important and it's this, that the only thing wrong with politics is not enough good people bother to try. so i have given my life to the cause of pulling us together. getting things done for the cause of a better tomorrow. when i ran for much baltimore in -- for mayor of baltimore in 1999, it was at a time when our city had become the most violent, addicted, abandoned city in america and we had to

bridge some pretty big divides to save lives, do things -- that work like dialing up drug treatment and we put our city on a better path and saved a lot of lives. as governor we passed a living wage. we raised the minimum wage. we passed marriage equality. we passed the dream act. we repealed the death penalty. we made our public schools the best public schools in america five years in a row. how? not by cutting public education like governor brants did. but increasing education funding by 37%. [applause] and we went four years in a row without a penny's increase to college tuition. [applause] so what does all that have to do with the here and now and big decision you have to make? i believe it has a great deal. the two phrases i have heard everywhere i have gone across the country are the phrases new leadership and getting things done. my wife, katie, and i have four

terrific kids. my oldest daughter, grace, is 24. and she is a first grade teacher at walter p. carter elementary school in the heart of baltimore city. when she returned to her classroom, 100% adorable african-american kids eager and ready to learn after her father announced for president eight months ago, a little girl tugged her on the sleeve and said, ms. o'malley, i'm not so sure about this idea of your father running for president. because quite frankly, kind of -- i kind of like barack obama. a lot of us like barack obama, right? [applause] you must build on the good things he has done. eight years ago, when our country was almost plunged into a second great depression, iowa pointed the way forward. you lifted up a new leader in barack obama and now our nation, our country is doing better

because we are creating jobs again. in fact, the last two years of job growth have been the best two years we have had since the 1990's. that means, yes, our country is doing better. but here's the tough truth of our times. and what we need to own is if we are going to continue to build upon his good work. and it is this, a majority of us for the first time since world war ii, 70% of us are earning the same today as we were 12 years ago. and that's not the way our economy's supposed to work. that's not the way our country's supposed to work. so we've got work to do. the poet laureate of the american dream, bruce springsteen, once asked, is the dream alive, if it don't come true? or is it something worse? you see you and i are part after living, self-creating mystery called the united states of america. but the promise, concrete promise that's at the heart of that mystery says wherever you

start in our country, you start and you should be able to get ahead. and that's what we need to restore in our nation much the truth of that american dream. and the good news is we know how to do it. because we did it all the time. it is the actions, put into motion in every generation, to include more people, more fully in the economic, social, and political life of our country that earned us the title of the land of opportunity and allowed us in every generation to give our kids a healthier, safer, more prosperous future. we must first return to our true selves and remember that our economy is not money, it's people. it's all of our people. and therefore we must restore the commonsense wage and labor policies that allow wages to go up for all americans. that strengthen our middle class. that allow people to work their way out of poverty. look, you and i can agree that nobody who works hard for a living should have to raise their children in poverty, right?

that's why for 40-some years we always kept the minimum wage above the poverty line for a family of two. and that's what we need to do again. in addition to that, we need to pay overtime pay for overtime work and make good on the promise of equal pay for equal work for men and women. \[applause/] we need to make it easier and not harder for people to join labor unions and b joiin labor unions and bargain collectively for better wages because that helps all of us. if we want to get wages to go up rather than down, here's one for you. let's get 11 million of our neighbors out of the off-the-books, underground, shadow economy by passing comprehensive immigration reform with a pathway for citizenship for all. governor o'malley: instead of cutting social security like the republican candidates for president want to do, i say we expand social security and pay for it by scrapping the cap of incomes over $250,000.

look, when -- [applause] governor o'malley: when 70% of the economic growth is consumer demand, we can't expect to have healthy growth unless workers are earning more money. unless there is more demand. secondly, no great country ever created generational wealth by locking cash in a closet. we invest in things that pay a return over the generations. what are some of those things? research and development. infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, wastewater infrastructure. and another one, the talents, the skill levels, the education levels of our people. at every generation we understand our economy is constantly changing and therefore we must educate our workers and people at higher and better levels. i have put forward a plan to move to us debt free college in the next five years as an option again for every american family. [applause]

my dad went to a college on a g.i. bill. my daughters went to college on a mountain of bills. it doesn't need to be like this. we are the only generation, only country that's saddling our graduating generation was a mountain of debt. john kennedy said the government is to choose. we need to make better choices. it wasn't that long ago. finally, let me talk about the great challenges of our times and they are many. the changing nature of conflict in this world. the threat of asymmetrical warfare abroad and here in the homeland. it calls forth from us a new sort of foreign policy of engagement and collaboration. a new national security strategy that is more farseeing and anticipatory. identifies threats before they back us into a military corner. and acts with new alliances to reduce those threats. and there is another great challenge we face as well.

and that is the challenge of climate change. the greatest business opportunity to come to the united states of america in 100 years. and look, iowa, how you are pointing the way forward here as well. 30%, 35% of your electricity now comes from clean iowa wind. [applause] governor o'malley: the great thing about those big component parts you see rumbling down i-80, is most those parts are too damn big to import them from abroad. you're manufacturing them here employing 5,000 people. i am the first candidate for president, let's hope not the last, to put forward a plan to move us, to a 100% clean electric grid by 2050 and create five million american jobs along the way. [applause] governor o'malley: so, my fellow americans, these are the ambitions that are worthy of a

truly great people. these are among the 15 strategic goals that i have laid out to move our country forward. make no mistake about it, a new foreign policy, new national security, those things depend on our nations ourselves stronger here at home. eradicating childhood hunger in the next five years. creating -- making national service a universal option for every kid in the united states to be able to give back to their country and earn additional credits and dollars for college. cutting deaths from guns in half in the next 10 years. cutting deaths from overdose in half in the next 10 years. an executive i learned the difference between a dream and goal, is the deadline. is the deadline. we can do some remarkable things as a nation if we work together towards intentional goals. goals that serve. goals that rebuild the truth of the american dream that we

share. that strengthens and acts upon the deep belief we have in the dignity of every person in our country. the truth that each one of us is needed and that we have to help each other if we are going to succeed. there's a lot of people who say to me, governor you face a tough fight. what i say back to them is, we are all facing a tough fight right now. this is a tough fight. in this changing world is the challenges we face to give our kids a future with more opportunity rather than less? yes, that's a tough fight. and we are up to it. you and i are up to it. i have always been drawn to a tough fight. i didn't run for mayor of baltimore in 1999 because things were going well. and i didn't leave my state through easy times, i led my state through tough times. i believe that the toughness of the fight is the way the hidden god has in telling us we are actually fighting for something worth saving. our children's future is worth

saving. our country is worth saving. this planet is worth saving. and i have never bet against the goodness, kindness, and compassion of the people of the united states of america. if you ever have any doubts about where our nation's headed, i urge you to do as i do and talk to her young people under 30 because you rarely find them young americans that deny that climate change is real. you rarely find among them young americans that want to slam america's door in the face of refugees fleeing genocide or bash new american immigrants or young americans that want to deny rights to gay couples. what does all of this tell us? this tells us we are moving to a much more compassionate, much more generous, and much more connected place. we are standing on the threshold of a new era of american progress, and there is nothing so divided about our nation's politics that it cannot be healed. with a renewed faith in one another and new leadership.

and that's what i challenge you to do, iowa. in seven days. lift up new leadership, lift me up over expectations and change the dynamic of this race so we can move our country forward. so we can build upon the good things the president obama has accomplished and give our kids the better future they deserve. thanks very, very much. [applause] now the fun part, "q&a." if you think about your questions and i look around the room, i am reminded of a story i think greatly sums up the iowa caucuses and the intimate way all of you have of actually meeting each of us two, three, four, five, six, seven times, right? i was in fairfield the other day and a woman said, governor o'malley, this is my third time seeing you. i said how am i doing? she said you're doing very well. i'm seeing lots of growth. i said does-s that how you and

your husband vote? she says as a matter of fact we see as many of you as many as we can, and whoever grows the most by caucus night that's who we vote fore. growth is a good thing. >> i'll be caucusing in seven days -- >> thank you, nick. >> first thing i did because when i was -- listening to candidates this summer. like you said i went to lots of different events to see different people. you came out ahead of secretary clinton and far ahead of senator sanders, you said america is -- we need to be willing to accept

far more than we are now. and showed real humanity and america's ideals and history of accepting in refugees. on that note i just wanted to ask you, in the role of president what other things would you do as far as addressing genocide that happened in the democratic republic of congo, or myanmar. the work of human atrocities, how can america be better? governor o'malley: the second we close america's door in the face of refugee families fleeing genocide is the second we stop being americans. this is essential aspect of who we are in this world and why we have credibility in this world. so i believe that there's a new concept emerging in this world of the global commons. and that all like-minded people around the world have a

responsibility to be better at identifying threats as they are rising, work an alliance to reduce them and prevent safe havens from growing up for global terror activities. it's going to require new regional alliances. and all of those places that you mentioned, we can play a role and we should play a role, but governors have led us to victory in two world wars, not my going it alone, but by building coalitions and alliances in ways that are respectful and incorporating of other people and the cultures and best strengths of those regions. i think you see some of the seeds of this in the african union nations pushing back, you see it more countries taking on a role to keep the sea lanes opened. we are moving to a much more relational sort of foreign policy that is no longer the old cold war bipolar. you are either on the soviet's team or on ours. instead this is a much more

regional approach to maintaining the good order of the global commons. and that's what we need to do to defeat isil. but it's also what we need to do here in our own hemisphere. we need a new alliance for progress here in the americas. you don't have to go to the middle east to find failing nation states. you can't find them in central america. we need to do a better job of bringing up a whole of government approach, diplomacy, and yes, as president, i plan to dial up sustainable development and make the director at usaid a direct report to the president of the united states. [applause] >> as president what you would do to help alleviate the federal judicial emergency crisis? governor o'malley: the federal judicial emergency crisis. by that you are talking about the long period of time it takes to appoint federal judges?

governor o'malley: i'm going to come off my stool for this. look, we are facing a time of some pretty profound divisions in our country and in our politics. and you know what the most recurring question is i get all across your state right now? it's the question how are you going to heal these divisions? how are you going to work with this congress? there's a sinking sense out there that somehow our divisions have become greater than we are. and the most important work at this time. what i suggest to people when they ask questions like these is, for your decision on caucus night, a way to think about it which of the three of us running for the democratic nomination has the best chance of healing these divisions? you see all my life i have not been a divider. i have brought people together to get things done. if i weren't that way, i wouldn't have accomplished the results that i have. i don't consider all republicans

to be my enemies. i hope you don't, either. republicans aren't our enemies. they are our colleagues, our friends, they are our -- [applause] governor o'malley: they are our uncles, right? on all of these things as governor what i also learned was that, that your job is to get to know the members of the republican party and the democratic party. people of your own party and people of the opposite party. took us three times to pass marriage equality. the only way we got it done was with some republican votes. took us three times to repeal the death penalty. only because of some republican votes. there is a different combination every time. we used to do bipartisan pizza night at government house. the governor's mansion. i figure the reason they give you the free food and big house is to have people over. so this is how you reinforce the strength of those soft ties. on the federal judicial emergency.

we have to make the appointments in a timely way. we have to hope that because of the election and the reset button here, that is every election, we can start healing what's tearing us apart and making us dysfunctional. i'm willing to throw my energy into that. >> my question is, as governor of maryland, you signed into law a driver's license law that extended license to all immigrants regardless of status. there's a similar law here in iowa that's been stagnant for a long time and community leaders are really trying to drive it forward and build it up. i was hoping maybe you could talk a little bit why i supported that in maryland and how that factors into president o'malley's immigration reform policy? governor o'malley: questions about new american immigrants and driver's licenses for them who are not documented citizens. we passed this in my state. it took a while. had to go over a couple of

successive administrations. but we got it done. it seemed to us that it made absolutely no sense to make it impossible for people to legally drive to and from work and to get insurance to cover themselves in case god, forbid, they were in an accident, or with you and your family, if they hit your car. we passed that. i'll tell you part of the reason we were able not only to pass driver's licenses, but we were also able to pass the dream act in maryland, and then defend it at the ballot. it was losing by the way 55-45, we turned that around and won with 58% of the vote. the reason why we were also able to take care of more central american refugee kids per capita than any other state in the union is partly because of the language that we used and ethic we called for. i always used the term new americans. i believe our country is made better in every generation by the arrival of new american immigrants. my own people -- [applause]

governor o'malley: my own people, half of them were irish, half were germans. which means i like to give orders and not take them. but in every generation new american immigrants make us stronger and better as a country. we are selling ourselves short by not having comprehensive immigration reform. expectations become behavior. these 11 million people aren't going to be put on noah's arc and sent someplace. many have children who were born here. i remember visiting with the family and two of their kids were covered by the president's executive action. their youngest daughter was born here in the united states. so she's american citizen. but the parents are not yet documented. and aren't covered by any executive order. that little girl goes to school every single day, works in class all day, with the fear that when she comes home that door's going to be busted open and her parents are going to be gone. so we need to bring great balance and sanity. we have a mindless deportation policy breaking up families for

no good reason. we maintain now the largest system of immigrant detention camps of any developed nation in the world. and many of them are proliferating on a for-profit basis. this is not who we are. the enduring symbol of our country is not the barbed wire fence, it's the statue of liberty. [applause] governor o'malley: yes. >> i'm curious, you mentioned you wanted to invest, one of your plans to help with the debt. how else do you plan to combat the $18 trillion and rising debt? governor o'malley: great question, the debt. there is no long lasting progress without fiscal responsibility. of the three of us running for the democratic party's nomination, i'm the only one that's balanced the budget every year for the last 15 years. that was hard to do in a shrinking city with a shrinking tax base now growing. we even got our bond rating upgraded during that time. i depended a triple-a bond rating all the way through the

recession. one of only seven states to do that. made more cuts than any governor in maryland history. but we still managed to increase the investments in the things that make our economy grow and make wages go up. how did we do it? in a word -- math. i believe in science and i believe in math. [applause] governor o'malley: so the primary reason for our national debt, even as president obama has greatly reduced the annual deficit spending, which ultimately adds to the debt, but the rate of annual deficit spending under president obama has been greatly reduced to its smallest levels in a couple decades, i do believe. but that debt was primarily driven by the fact that we were led falsely into war in iraq and it was really, really costly.

in lives, in blood, in dollars. and that's what ballooned our debt. and then the unchecked greed on wall street -- by the way, i am in favor of reinstituting a modern version of glass-steagall to protect our main street economy. [applause] governor o'malley: from wall street excesses, but then the recession hit and that added to it more. we have to grow our economy in order to bring down our debt in a timely way. and we also have to do one other thing. i believe that we need to expand social security, yes. but i also believe that there is one entitlement we can no longer afford as a nation. and that is the entitlement that some of our super wealthiest citizens, those making more than $1 million, feel that they are entitled to pay in perpetuity a much lower effective tax rate

than america's middle class pays. if we simply raise the marginal income tax rate from its 39 to 45, by the way it was 70 during president reagan's first term, if we raise the marginal rate from 39 to 45 and tax for the most part capital gains at the same rate that we do income from hard work and sweat and toil, that would generate conservatively, $700 billion to $800 billion over the next 10 years. that would go a long way to doing a lot of things. that would go a long way to financing debt-free college again. it would go a long way to cleaner, greener energy future. and a long way to paying down in a timely fashion this national debt. that's what i -- how i see it. >> i asked you about the racial profiling of muslim americans as a result of the u.s. patriot act. what specific policies would you enact as president to reduce racial profiling of minorities. governor o'malley: i think one of the things i have learned about all of these things is that no agencies of our government face a greater imperative to act in open and

transparent ways that law enforcement does. and given the modern information age, i think all of law enforcement is struggling to get ahead of the wave on this. i believe that we still have a lot of work to do when it comes to bert coordinating and sharing information -- better coordinating and sharing information. i also believe that the first line of defense against these sort of lone wolf attacks is our nation's ethic itself to be very engaged with our neighbors. when donald trump made his comment about wanting to issue i.d. cards for people based on their faith, all american muslims, i said to my staff, get me to the biggest mosque you can as soon as you can. they didn't disappoint. flew me on a red eye from california. but i walked in to a whole group

of really patriotic men and women. i never thought i'd see the look in their eyes in our country that i saw. it was a sense of almost political dread the way they are being targeted and being scapegoated by that sort of rhetoric. we can't allow that to happen. it's not just about our president. it's about all of us. as citizens. i said then and say now, if donald trump wants to start a registry of people that disagree with his fascist proposals and rhetoric, he can start with me. i think that all of us need to step up. >> my name is vicky. i'm glad she asked that question. because it's not just the muslims -- don't fear the muslims that are here. i fear people like the k.k.k., the people that -- what were they called? the people that call themselves patriots.

i have heard some of the commercials the political ad, we want to bring america back like it used to be. well, i didn't like the way it used to be. [applause] >> in my neighborhood in des moines, iowa, we had blacks and whites. we had a german family. we all got along. but i was living in des moines, iowa. but there were people at that same time, maybe i was 8 years old, they were getting lynched. at the same time those who were trying to get -- legalized voting for all american citizens, they were getting killed. the k.k.k. is something that we should fear. maybe not all you guys, but people that look like me. i don't fear the police. because if they tell me to stop, i'm going to stop. but of course i live, again, in des moines, iowa. my point is, when we think about domestic terrorists, we have to

include people that look like you, i'm not calling you a terrorist, of course, because i'm going for you. governor o'malley: good woman, thank you. >> i was like, oh, do -- i knew what person i wasn't going for. and that was a given. but it's like, oh, mr. sanders seems like a nice guy. what do you think about this mr. o'malley? yeah, i'm glad you're running. we need someone with some common sense. we need someone who is going to do everything i heard that -- but how did you get college -- was it free college or something? governor o'malley: we went four years in a row without a penny's increase in college tuition. and our public schools number one in the row five years in a row. we had to do both, and. we had to make tough budgetary

decisions. we treated our teachers like professionals. people worthy of our dignity and respect and they didn't disappoint. all of these things required a collaborative approach. bringing people together. not dividing people. not declaring whole groups of people our enemies. your question, i was in the church basement there, mother emanuel church in charleston, probably a year before pastor pinckney had a meeting there. you never hear that young man that created that massacre referred to as a christian terrorist, do you? there's nothing christian about that. there are acts of terror in this world. there are acts of murder. there are criminal acts. it is sadly the nature of our human condition. do i believe as i think the call of your question says, the longer arc of american history is the greater respect for the lives and dignity and differences of all.

and that's our story. that's what we do when we do it best. >> i think the fact they are called christians. you are not christians. i am church of christ. i am a christian. i will never kill anyone. if i don't agree -- i don't agree with abortion, i'm not going to stand in the way. if you ask me, i'll stay say something. but i won't stand in your way. if you want to get married, two people of the same want to get married, i'm not going to stand in your way. my point on that is, if you're really a christian, you're not going to kill and you're not going to shout in people's face. you're not going to do those things. governor o'malley: amen. yes, sir. >> i'm bob, your website has 15 goals. all have detailed sub sets. tell me more about social security. that's why i'm here today about

your implementing that to make that stronger for people like me. governor o'malley: i believe social security is one of the greatest programs we ever created as a country. the truth that no person should ever have to work their whole life and retire into poverty. that's what social security represents. yet like so many other things this is a year when we are not even raising the benefit for social security. there are some who say they who want to kill social security because they don't like government programs that actually work well. but i have a entrepreneurial mayoral approach. if we find things that work and work well, we should do more of them. as we face this sort of cliff for a lot of people retiring but fewer savings and pensions than before, this is the wrong time to undercut that third leg of the stool of social security. i put forward a plan to expand social security, to increase average benefits by $65, and create a child -- caregiver credit within it so that we don't disproportionately penalize women who more often than men come out of the work

force to take care of family members or children. that's what i propose to do. actually increase benefits even more for people at the lowest earning rung of the ladder. yes, sir. >> you mentioned a plan for college. what does that entail and how does that relate -- governor o'malley: let me talk about the elements of this plan. this falls under the category of something i have actually done. state government, institutions of higher learning, and federal government. the reason why tuitions have gone up so much is that what your federal government and state governments have done for higher education has been greatly cut over the recent years. this is especially true in public universities. there is a definite correlation. you look at states like arizona that greatly cut higher education funding and you see that is where the tuition

increased the greatest. the opposite on the other end of the spectrum was maryland. my plan calls for a few leading actions. here they are. we need to invest more as a nation pell grants and create a block grant program that states receive so they are incentivized to keep some skin in the game and not cut their own investments in higher education. we need to set a national goal that the price of college tuition at a four-year university should not be more than 10% of a state's median income and the cost of a community college two-year degree should not be more than 5% of your state's median income. [applause] we need to -- we need to enroll all of our graduates automatically in an income-based repayment plan. opt out if you like but an income-based repayment plan so that you're not suffering under this mountain of debt the second they hand you a diploma. we need to lower the interest rates, which in many cases for those parent-plus loans, by the

way, ladies and gentlemen, no person ever before you running for president of the united states with a greater load of college debt over his and his wife's head than i do. this is an historic moment. \[laughter/] but the 7% and 8% loans that we're paying to our own federal government, we need to make it possible for families to refinance those and we also -- i believe need to make national service a universal option so that more kids can earn an enhanced pell grant credit even as they are giving back to their country. [applause] and i also think -- i'm also proposing that in moving to the next education reform, like universal pre-k, using technology to reinfuse the learning experience with music and art and science and experiencal learning and conceptual thinking, we also need to redesign high school and

especially that fourth year of high school so when our kids graduate they not only have a certificate and skill in demand today's economy but a diploma that means something and a year or half year of transferable college credit that can be recognized when they go on to seek their two or four-year degree. those are some of the components of it. with all of this, we need to -- we need to make the goal degree completion. not how long you can keep kids in seats. we have been paying for higher education almost like a hotel. the longer you fit -- the more bed nights you fill up for a longer period of time, the more profitable the hotel at the center of the equation. the center of the equation needs to be people. people seeking to achieve degrees so they can have skills

, so they can contribute to our country r and be able to provide for their families. we need to make this about degree attainment and offer alternative pathways for returning learners so they can move ahead when ready. >> regarding your foreign policy on international conflict -- [indiscernible] governor o'malley: sorry, would you repeat the last part? look, we always need to be looking at our policies. our policy should never be cut in stone. we need to be fluid. we need to be adaptive. we are facing the sort of enemy that is not a big army division in the field like the nation state conflict era. we're facing a very adaptive sort of threat. we need to be even more quickly adapting. to that end, we need to make increasingly more judicious use of drone strikes. i do not agree with some of the republican party who used the most bellicose language they can find as if they're trying to look tough, turning the sands,

making the sands glow, carpet bombing and all of that hooey that makes them beat their chests and look tough. that's not what's going to win this conflict. we have to work with special ops, technical support, close air support. what we need more than anything else in that region and every troubled region is far better human intelligence because when we exercise these formidable powers of our military, of our drones, of our technology and we do it in a way that is contrary to our first principles, we hurt our effort. we make it possible for our opponents to increase their recruitment and that's not the goal here. we need to defeat, but we need to defeat in a smart way in coalition with others interrupting propaganda and interrupting finances. it's a matter of using several

different tools. it's not a matter of carpet bombing and creating more enemies. yes, ma'am? >> yes, my name is kathy. i'm from west des moines. my question is about mental health issues. what is your stand about the prisoners -- not the prisoners -- soldiers coming back from war and having so many mental health issues as well as just our everyday citizen that might be in that category of needing extra help? governor o'malley: one of the strategic goals i have set for our country is full employment for america's veterans when they return. it's a finite number of them and we do an absolutely miserable job helping them transition back to civilian life. absolutely no handoff between the department of defense and the department of veteran affairs let alone your own state department's veteran affairs who often co-locate veteran counselors in the one-stop centers for employment development. and those sorts of things. i found in our own state our

best shot of making sure our returning soldiers do not become ghost people and got connected to the services they need including mental health services is to approach them through portal of employment. what is your transition plan coming back? are you aware of the benefits and the things that are available to you that can help you get that job and help you transition back? the dd-214, the discharge form they fill out and the -- when you leave the service, it doesn't even have a block on it for an email address. it has phone. it has home address and oftentimes our men and women put their parents and then when they come home, those become obsolete. so mental health is critically important. let me shift a little bit to your mental health question. we leave mental health decisions and the resourcing of mental health too much to our states. it means that oftentimes depending how your governor feels about mental health will determine whether or not your family has access to what your loved ones need. in my own state we increased by

80% access to mental health -- public access to mental health services in my state. you can't treat addiction without also being mindful of mental health. you're not very wise to treat serious health issues without also being aware of the mental health. so we have to work to increase so we have to work to increase parity with mental health services and again get the states in this game. yes? >> as a future teacher i'm concerned as to where the education system is going in america. you look on lists of comparisons of education, we're number 25 on the list. you might not know that. i don't know if a lot of people know that. i think we think we're better than we actually are. how do you propose we get back on the right track with education at any grade level? martin o'malley: i found in my own state, we made public schools number one in america for five years in a row. we had a collaborative approach with our teachers and

implemented the common core curriculum but in a collaborative way. we drove up the highest numbers of any state in america the kids that take stem-related a.p. courses and actually passed them. and a lot of times teachers are treated with dignity and respect. like the professionals they are, they went out on their own and found the training they needed in order to teach kids at higher and better levels. i see three big opportunities on our horizon. i touched on them briefly before. let me go back in greater detail. there is no better investment

that i have seen in public education than early childhood education. we need to move to universal pre-k as a nation. there are mechanisms there to allow us to do that at the federal level. secondly, for all of the talk about -- for all of the talk about standards, and there has been a lot of talk about minimum standards, kick to the curb has been what we do best as a nation when we educate our people and that is to teach them how to think conceptually and creatively and collaboratively in a problem-solving mode. i believe with technology today, we have better platforms and better means with what we know about how kids learn individually and a sense of their cognitive abilities and the best way of learning, to use technology to reinvigorate the learning experience with more music, more art. it's almost like whenever we would put a music or art program back in a school, it seemed like

that was the first thing to get cut by the principal the next year. music and art is important. experiencal learning. hands on learning. environmental literacy. these are all of the sorts of things that we need to be dialing up in this age so that our people can collaborate and have the skills they need, and the fourth part of it is our high schools. i really think there is an opportunity to redesign our high schools. early access to college as well as career in technical education for skills that are actually in demand in the today's economy -- in today's economy rather than skills that were in demand in your grandparents' economy. >> you currently are the only candidate that has a proposal for our cities going forward. what lessons have you learned from the baltimore downtown renaissance and given our time with economic disparity, how could you better distribute those economic gains to poor and minority communities in the city and what would you do as president? governor o'malley: i put forward a plan for a new agenda for america's cities. it has been some 40 years since we had a new agenda for america's cities. way back when we did under jimmy carter that is what brought about in baltimore the famous inner harbor. there were some at the time who hoped with that spark at the center that it would send a ripple throughout the city.

we neglected to pay attention to the very deep structural unemployment, and the human service challenges, to lead poisoning in the generations of kids, to endemic violent crime that we accepted as if it was an inevitable part of living in the poorest sections of our cities. that's just the way it is, 24/7 open air drug markets. so i think what i have learned as mayor is that it is not enough just to do the one thing downtown. that you have to improve quality of life. you have to make a city safer and you also have to make your city more economically inclusive. it's easier to gentrify than it is to include and investments of inclusion, of economic inclusion are investments that no city by herself can usually make. there are things like mass transit, because the biggest impediment to upward economic mobility is a lack of mobility itself.

there are things like affordable housing, affordable work force housing and i also believe that cities could be the cutting edge of this move to a clean, green, redesigned energy grid and built environment and we could -- we could spark and see a whole new generation of netzero homes and -- of leave buildings in the multifamily sense, do the retrofits that we know put people back to work and give people the training and skills they need to do these retrofits for the decades ahead. that is where the great opportunity lies. things like structural unemployment, a widening opportunity gap, these injustices do not solve themselves. we have to solve them. and it's not simply with the economic investments. you also have to save lives and you have to reform your criminal justice system constantly. look for the things that work and do more of them and when you find things that do not work, stop doing them.

i mean, i decriminalized possession of marijuana. i passed bills to ban the box on employment applications for state employment. i restored voting rights to 52,000 people with felony convictions. i drove incarceration rates down to 20-year lows. i repealed the death penalty. those were -- death penalty doesn't work. it can't be racially -- it's never been justly applied and it's not a deterrent. in terms of policing, you have to be open and transparent. you got to report. we should require as a nation all of our departments to report their discourtesy, things that can be tracked and things that can get done. [applause] we already require them to report their major crimes. so report these of professionalism and courtesy in your police department and we can go a long way to healing the divisions in our country. a long way to saving lives, but it's not an either/or proposition. we have to do both. there is an essential role for our federal government to play

in breaking down this structural unemployment that threatens to tear our country apart. look, you guys have been awesome here at simpson. we got seven days to go until the iowa caucuses. thank you for those who agreed to stand up and caucus for me. there was a caucus the other night in east des moines. a mock caucus. they had three delegates to split up. and they split this way. one for clinton. one more sanders and one for o'malley. so hold firm when you go in there on caucus night. make the argument. whenever our countries face times of gridlock and stalemate and it seems like our divisions are getting the best of us, we lift up a new leader to bring us through that. that's what we need to do today. our best days are still in front of us. in iowa, the fate of my candidacy is totally in your hands. do with it as you will. but i promise you this, if we

beat expectations and you lift up new leadership, i will not let you down. i'm in this to win this and move our country forward. thanks very, very much. [applause] thank you. ok. one more request. do you really want to hear a song or do you want to go home? [applause] this is the proverbial guitar that came out of nowhere that nobody saw coming. here it is. we'll do a sing-along one, all right? is there a pick? does anyone have a pick? oh, i see it. thank you. ok.

governor o'malley: my mic's off? here it is. green means go. used to be in a band. here we go. here is the chorus. here's the chorus. iowa, iowa winter, spring, summer or fall come see come dance with me to the beautiful are you ready? we'll try it one more time for practice. iowa, iowa, winter, spring, summer or fall. come see come dance with me at the beautiful iowa wall very good. ♪ we take care of our own we

take care of our young sewing our crops singing our songs waiting until harvest time whoa, whoa, whoa iowa, iowa winter, spring, summer or fall come see come dance with me to the beautiful iowa walls -- here in the midst of the corn middle of the u.s. of a here's where i was born here's where i will stay iowa yea winter, spring, summer or fall come see come dance with me to the one more iowa wall --

time with spirit! ♪ ♪ iowa, iowa winter, spring, summer or fall come see come dance with me to the beautiful s.wa wall thanks a lot. [applause] >> i'm from michigan. governor o'malley: where in michigan? >> about a half-hour south of flint. lead poisoning, very disturbing to me. governor o'malley: yeah, that's been awful. >> it's absolutely horrible. governor o'malley: we worked so hard -- we cut lead poisoning in our city about by 90%. do you guys want a picture? >> yes, absolutely.

>> thank you so much. governor o'malley: thank you. thanks a lot. >> great to meet you. >> hi, there. governor o'malley: good? thanks, man. good to be back. good to be back. hey, thank you. what's your name? >> laura. governor o'malley: laura. >> bill. governor o'malley: laura and bill. hope you'll caucus for me. >> we will. governor o'malley: catch me a delegate or two. >> we will. >> named andrew and we're with a group. we are an immigration reform

advocacy group. governor o'malley: oh, good. >> trevor. governor o'malley: he's a good guy. >> thank you. thank you everything you said today as well. governor o'malley: sure. i'm going to continue to speak fearlessly. >> former high school and college teacher. governor o'malley: oh, cool. well, thanks for what you do. yeah, sure. don't give up. >> thank you. governor o'malley: keep the goodness in america, they will come forward. >> thank you so much. governor o'malley: thank you, all, for what you do. keep up the fight. thanks for your questions. thanks a lot. social security people. the red shirt. >> thank you so much for having a plan.

>> it's a pleasure to meet you. governor o'malley: pleasure to meet you guys. >> so refreshing. governor o'malley: the republicans never say strap the -- >> governor o'malley, you're -- governor o'malley: thank you. >> give it back. governor o'malley: thanks a lot. >> i'm a vietnam veteran. my time getting out of the service in oakland, california, that was it. nothing. governor o'malley: yeah. >> i got -- governor o'malley: good luck. have a good day. we do an awful job. >> i'm better now. governor o'malley: we got to get better. sure. which one was yours? didn't they try to do a properly thing on that? wasn't there some sort of nuclear or something they put in place so they can't filibuster? >> one would hope -- one would think that would be a good idea. >> thank you so much for coming. governor o'malley: thank you. glad to be back at simpson. >> thank you. >> a question, i don't know if

you want it but we've been to a lot of your events. governor o'malley: nick. is this your brother? >> yes. governor o'malley: that was a great opener. want a picture? >> we, we would love one. thank you. >> yeah, do it. governor o'malley: thanks. see you, man. hi. >> very nice to meet you. thank you for coming here. governor o'malley: all right. we'll see you there. >> we wanted to ask real quick. [indiscernible] why should i -- what's the difference between you and -- governor o'malley: clear and more consistent record on gun control. clear and more consistent record on immigration reform. clear and more consistent record of action on climate change. i would never say new americans and immigrants take our jobs.

>> there you go. all right. one, two, three. take a couple. >> thank you. governor o'malley: he voted against comprehensive immigration reform in 2007. >> we admire that. governor o'malley: i've always been clear. never waivered. >> thank you. >> hello, governor. my name is kay. nice to meet you. governor o'malley: thank you, kay. >> it's really cool to see you at my college. can i take a photo? governor o'malley: absolutely. >> one, two, three. thank you. good luck on monday. >> glad to see you. governor o'malley: so am i. it's decision time, right? >> thank you so much. governor o'malley: thank you. >> hi.

really excited to caucus for you. governor o'malley: i'm excited to have you caucus for me. what's your name? >> val. governor o'malley: val, thank you. stand firm. get me some delegates. make sure you stand firm in that first caucus and look around. see how you can coordinate with others. let me get in the middle. >> thank you. governor o'malley: stay strong and you'll pick up delegates. stay strong. >> we're simpson debaters. governor o'malley: simpson debaters. >> there are a lot of us here. governor o'malley: what's your name? >> randy. governor o'malley: randy. thanks for the guitar. >> thank you. that was awesome. >> we were happy to talk about the syrian refugee crisis. you're the first person to actually talk about it. thank you. governor o'malley: good. i was surprised when the question came, i thought well, this is just common sense. >> we thought that too. no one talks about it.

governor o'malley: a lot of xenophobia in the world. there is lots of screening. >> can we take a pic? governor o'malley: yep. have you been watching all of the debates? >> we have. we have not missed one. governor o'malley: that last one i felt like we pierced through in ways we had not yet before. >> definitely. governor o'malley: even with the weird format. >> yeah. >> agreed. governor o'malley: hard to win a debate when you get 1/3 of the time as the others. >> my dad is a holocaust survivor and so never again means something to me. i'm deeply concerned about iran building a bomb, wiping israel off the map. i'm deeply concerned about college campuses being infected with anti-semitism. and a lot of people who are your soulmates on a lot of issues ideologically, they don't understand israel's pro-gay rights. what can you do to just get the anti-semitism out of the far left of the democratic party?

governor o'malley: look, man, i've been to israel many times. being from maryland, many of the early pages of the golden book and the founding of israel had maryland zip codes on it, had maryland addresses, rather. so i've been there many times. i understand israel's our staunchest ally. having said that, i also believe in a two-state solution and i also believe that it's the longest -- that it's the best chance we have for a lasting peace and i support the president's iranian deal but i'm a realist. i know it has to be enforced now. i think it was better than the alternative of having them sprint to a bomb. so this is -- we have to be constantly on guard and constantly vigilant and realize who our friend is there in the region. and we also have to keep calling parties back to the table to try to find a more peaceful way to coexist. i think a two-state solution, as illusive as it looks, is the

only possible long-term path forward. i think perhaps we need to dial up the sustainable development as a precedent to it. thank you. >> hi. welcome back to simpson college. i was actually here last time you came so it's nice to see you again. thank you for taking my question. i appreciate it. governor o'malley: hello, monica. are you guys together? >> thank you. governor o'malley: thank you, both, for being here. hope you caucus for me. >> you were at the latino festival. i wonder if you have any major plans to end the wage gap between men and women? that's my thing that i'm kind of like -- governor o'malley: yeah. in our 15 strategic goals is one of the leading actions on making wages go up. we could lift so many women out of poverty if we simply paid equal pay. if we cut that gap in half, it would lift so many women out of

poverty. there is a bill on equal pay, moving through -- it's in congress right now. i forget the title of it. i should look that up. but i support things that require, you know, payroll openness and transparency. yeah, the fair pay act. >> the lily ledbetter. governor o'malley: we did that at the state level. but i think it's the fair pay act goes a step beyond lily ledbetter and require the reporting of wages paid between men and women and protections of women who might complain to employers. so we need to make real that promise. long deferred. we've been talking about it forever. >> i understand -- governor o'malley: thank you. hope you caucus for me. need you. hey. good to see you, man. >> these are my brothers. these four are. i have a few more friends that are -- governor o'malley: brothers.

hi. >> good to meet you again. governor o'malley: tell me your name again? >> trey. >> jacob. >> austin. governor o'malley: jeff. >> and then -- >> sarah. >> molly. >> i'm virginia. governor o'malley: virginia. good to see you. not today. sorry. bye. want a picture, gang? thanks for all you're doing for me. >> yeah, for sure. governor o'malley: and you even put on a tie for me. i was glad that plastic chair didn't crack while i was standing on it. it makes for more entertainment. thanks for coming. thank you, man. thanks a lot. stand strong. >> i really appreciated you answering my question and the -- dd-214 and all the forms. i come from an intensely military family and both candidates aren't giving details --

governor o'malley: yeah, i dove into this because we were doing such a poor job, sad to say i talked about things we were doing well in our own state. we were losing so many people falling through the cracks and catching up in county jails or hospitals. >> and end veteran homelessness. you might be my caucus. governor o'malley: what's your name? >> molly. governor o'malley: molly, i need you. it's all about getting things done. >> thank you for coming to simpson. i was at the carl event. governor o'malley: that was a packed event. >> yeah, a lot of fun. governor o'malley: tell me your name? >> trisha. governor o'malley: awesome. thank you, trisha. awesome. what's your name? >> steve. governor o'malley: steve, thank you. >> i'm an independent but i'm going to caucus for you. governor o'malley: good woman. thank you. let's surprise them. beat expectations. thank you. thank you. thanks a lot. hi. good to meet you. want me to sign that? >> sure. governor o'malley: what's your name? c-o-e? >> yep. governor o'malley: sure.

>> oh, sorry. governor o'malley: thank you, zoe. please caucus for me. good to see you again. you doing well. >> working hard down to the wire. governor o'malley: he's our hero. >> we're going to do -- >> just one more. thanks a lot. >> we're going to do a really quick snapshot. all we need you to do is jump off this chair. everybody will stand behind. governor o'malley: everybody is going to stand behind. >> so you're going to say i'm here at simpson college. with one week left i need everyone to caucus for martin o'malley. governor o'malley: is everybody going to cheer? need everybody to go --

>> caucus -- governor o'malley: everybody to go out and caucus for o'malley. just cheer o'malley at the end of it. >> 10 seconds left. governor o'malley: all right. here we go. >> ready. governor o'malley: martin o'malley, days away from the iowa caucus. need you to go out and caucus for o'malley. governor o'malley: did that work? one take? >> wants to get a throwback picture. she met you at patty judge's back in -- governor o'malley: i slept at her house last night. who has a camera? seth, can you take a picture for us? hello. >> looking great. >> i hope you enjoyed your way. governor o'malley: i stayed in your room. say hi helen. hey, how you doing, man? how's the campaign going? >> great. governor o'malley: good.

>> off to a good start. governor o'malley: i saw you from afar. i should have shouted out your name. thank you so much for coming the other day. >> you going down to houston tomorrow? governor o'malley: talk about the -- where we going tomorrow? >> houston. governor o'malley: yeah, yeah. raising money for a day. >> good, good, good. governor o'malley: a day or two. there you go. thanks. yes. >> can we take a picture with you? governor o'malley: absolutely. >> thank you. governor o'malley: thanks a lot. >> we are live now in des

moines, iowa, where more than 100 voting captains and chairs are gathered here at a local union hall to hear from state officials at a caucus training session. i will holds the first in the on monday. caucuses this is live road to the white house coverage on c-span. we expect the meeting to get started in just a few minutes.

>> we are waiting for this poll county democratic caucus training session to get underway. our road to the white house coverage continues in iowa. our cameras are traveling this iskend in iowa as the caucus

on monday. today, we will be with marco rubio, speaking to supporters ames, iowa. then, this evening, bill and chelsea clinton will be joining hillary clinton at a campaign rally in cedar rapids. that gets underway at 8:30 this evening also here on c-span.

>> good morning, democrats. good morning, democrats! [applause] >> i'm andy mcguire. i'm your state chair. are you proud to be democrats? [applause] the last year i've been chair, i've gone to go all over i went.

it is like this everywhere. there are people everywhere. volunteers everywhere. you are the back own of the iowa -- backbone of the iowa democratic party. the heart and soul. give yourself a hand this morning. [applause] all over, going talking about our caucuses. i know a lot of other people want to know about our caucuses. we know about our caucuses, and what a great caucus this will be. it will be a great turnout. more importantly, we have great chairs. 1681 precincts. inclusiven a great, process. we will have a wonderful time monday night. don't tell -- [applause] >> i want to thank the poll democrats.olk county tom would have been here, but he had a mishap. can we give them a hand? [applause] i just thought i would

scream. we have been testing and training like crazy. i want to get you started, because i know you have other things to do. i want to talk about our team. he have had a great team. we haveest caucus team ever had. we have the leader of the caucus team here to help you through this today. her name is josie bradley. i've been working with her for about a year. she is the most wonderful woman. she has been thing under control. the way we get under control really is all the view. k questions. learn a lot. thank you for being democrat. [applause] >> all right. hi, everyone. thank you so much for being here today. i have the mic. can you hear me?

is that better? awesome. thank you so much for being here today. this is a great turnout. we are so excited to have everybody here. we have a great presentation as well. to start, i would like to introduce tomorrow henderson. tamara will get you started. tamara: good morning, everybody. gote is a yellow packet you with the regular white packet. in the yellow packet is your county specific information. i want to let you know what is in there. , so you a precinct map know the boundaries for your precinct. there is a map of all the caucus locations, so yo if you have somebody at the wrong precinct, you can let them know

their precinct. new for this year, we hope it is helpful, the caucus overview for the beginner. if you want to hand something to the observers to look at, you can make copies of that. something else we thought would be helpful, with the help of rick smith -- thank you, rick -- there is a sheet that describes the different committees we elect that night. what the different roles are. platform committees. so people can make an educated decision, and hopefully signed elected to those positions. the other thing i want to mention -- don't forget, there pink envelope in your packet. make sure the pink envelope gets passed around. it islp we can get,

greatly appreciated. if there are any questions for me specifically, i will be here until the very end. i want to thank very much and he mcguire, our wonderful chair -- andy mcguire, our wonderful chair. thank you. [applause] josie: we will get started then. a few things i will say before we get to the training, everybody has a caucus guide as well as a reporting guide. you wille information see today, you have in your hands. a no on this. the guide included in your on decemberpdated first. we have a couple of older versions you might have. the information is the same. the layout may be different. don't worry about that. updateded december 1 --

december 1 one will be the best want to have with you on caucus night. >> [indiscernible] josie: i'm not entirely sure how to do that. >> hold a it closer. josie: is that better? let me know.hear, we will get started. i have slides. we obviously have a very good group today. if you have questions, hold those. we will probably cover most of what you have questions on as we move through. if anything comes up, don't hesitate to reach out to me or our wonderful regional caucus directors. we are more than happy to answer

those questions as you have them. just an overviewwe'll talk abour it. how to get people registered, and signed in. calling the caucus to order. forming groups and electing delegates. we'll talk about how to report. we will talk about party billing elements. how to elect your representative. your precinct committee people. we will talk about resolution discussion and adoption. we will talk about how to get all of the materials back. is this one better? bear with us here. we will do any final questions you might have. preparing for the caucus.

, you will toght check over your packets that you all have in front of you, just familiarize yourself with the materials. make sure you do not have questions about what is included in that. first, make sure it is the correct packet for your precinct. each one has the precinct and county on the front. you will want to double check that. the number of delegates your precinct will elect is also printed on the label clearly. that is where you will find that. the number of committee members and precinct committee people that you elect should also be on that packet. mentionedt they just one is in your packet -- school packet as well. all of thee sure forms you need are in there. then, you will use each one.

, i just went to grab this so i do not have to look behind me. ok, the contents here. you have reporting credentials. that will tell you how to report your results after the performance and reward your delegates. you will see a letter from our chair. a few different posters that you will want to hang up describing the process. , thene a taxes poster commit there is a sample agenda. everybody in the room will know what is going on. you will have letters from presidential candidates. you will have nominating petitions included in there. that is for other candidates to make sure they are on the ballot. we also have contribution envelopes.

caucus registration forms and a voter registration forms. the fcc balance request forms. we will have surveys. our network sheet, and our summary results formed and the return envelope. we'll go through how to use each of these documents and what specifically we mean with each of those. so, preparing for the caucus. before caucus night, it is a good idea to go to your site and just get a feel for what the room will look like and how the site is set up. so, it is a good idea to check for cellular reception. adequate seating. what tables are available for registration, where the restrooms are located. it is always a good idea to have contact information for the site managers. that is in case you need to get a hold of them for any reason. we recommend getting a home number as well as a cell phone number. if you do need to call them on the caucus night, you are able to.

issues therer any might be with accessibility and how to solve those. things to make sure you bring to the caucus. obviously, you want to make sure you have your packets. that is important. smartphone. if you have one, or his cell phone need to build to report your results. you want to bring a calculator to help with that delegate math. pens and pencils for sign in and for you to fill out the forms. the paper is always a good -- extra paper is always a good eye thing -- a good thing to have. you might run out of space. need a clock or watch to keep time. possibly markers and posterboard board or butcher paper, if you want to make up signs, i know sometimes people will write the number very clearly on a poster. of thing to take everything and a stapler. i know we have a lot of masking

tape or scotch tape, we recommend painters tape. it makes things easier to fax. then, best practices here. it is always a good idea to arrive 45 minutes-one hour early. six: 30.pen at they can open earlier if you're there and set up. we recommend getting there an hour earlier. as far as setting up for the caucus, make sure you are setting up your tables and chairs. laying out the materials in the order you will use them. any of the press work will be helpful later on. hanging up posters. if you have not had a chance, it is always a good idea to find volunteers with this process. oftentimes, that can just be a spouse or even people who arrive early. they will help with some of this so it can move right along.

any questions about setup? yes. polk county, iowa -- [indiscernible] >> volunteers are helpful because it is too much for one person to do. just as you said? >> yes. >> i was wondering if i could bring food. --we have had food about questions if food is allowed. that is up to the discretion of the chair. a lot of time locations will just say no to that. to you.ally, that is up obviously, any opportunity we make available is something we want to make available to all campaigns across the board. that is a good discussion. >> you said we could bring smartphones. likehere any other devices

a wi-fi computer or a tablet that we can use? nine -- host: we will go through all of that. >> do have a list of wi-fi availability? host: this is not necessary to do the reporting. we do not have a list of which sites have that available or not. >> just bring a cell phone and a tablet. do you have to use your cell phone? also, in the past, candidates have shown up and had the opportunity to talk. will we have that? host: again. that will vary from site to site. to the public. people are definitely able to interact with caucus-goers before and after the caucus. once it is called to order, we do say that we need to make sure

that the only people attending are eligible. people show up to talk about nomination papers can we do that before after? host: either one. yes. >> i have a call from a few people from the campaign. we talked about using literature. as it up to the chairperson to decide how much they can do that? is that included if it spills over into the hallway. -- hallway? host: that is up to the discretion of the chair. a good idea to separate where each group will align before hand. that way as people are coming in the door, it is very clear what goes where and they can help with some of the crowd management. the question was about campaign science. and if that is allowed. it varies from site to site. a lot of times, it is a good

idea to have that before the caucus. i do have tumor questions. i want to move on a little bit. find us afterwards. we are both available and you can get a hold of us. grandson a 17 euros who turns 18 in november. it is great for him. he will be able to vote. we were told that has to be within six months of the caucus. will go through that. as long as they're 18 by the general election, they are able to participate. we will go through all of that. we will move along. if there are questions, feel free to grab me or get a hold of our staffers. we are happy to answer those. registration procedures. ok, who counts as an eligible caucus attendees? you must be a resident of the precinct. to be 18 years

old by november 8 two thousand 16. the next general election. so, as long as they will be 18 by that date, they are eligible to participate. a registeredo be democrat and voter registration is available at all sites. you must be signed in or in line by 7:00. >> if he is not 18, how can he register? through that.go do not worry. we have you covered. it is with the forms that we touch on. give me one second. [indiscernible] as long as people are in line by 7:00, they are able to participate. toit takes a little while get them registered, they are still able to participate, that just means we will start a little bit later. they are available. will keep moving.

we have questions, i'll make sure to do that. ok, so, observers at the caucus, obviously, our caucus is open to the public. as is all of our party functions. to it is a good idea remember there will be someone in the room. this includes members of the media. tv crews, bloggers, newspaper radio. youth who will not be 18 years old by the next general election , and then nonresidents, campaign staff, surrogates, and volunteers. just to go over this a little bit more. observers of the caucus, they are not able to actually participate in caucus procedure. they cannot caucus. they are not able to vote for delegates. it is sometimes a good idea. especially with media to have a designated area for observers. the reason for that is just that

you need to get an accurate count of eligible attendees. sure you're to make very clear on who is participating and who is not. sometimes, it is just a good idea to have a space there so that you are able to get an accurate count. again, it is inappropriate for the media to interview caucus participants during the event. again, just a few more notes here about observers. the facility is for caucus attendees. chair, you do have ultimate authority over that site. so, broadcast equipment cannot hinder or obstruct participation. does have the right to ask violators to leave. so, we recommend a three strike policy. if someone is doing something that is disrupting the caucus, or there is an issue, first,

just ask them to please stop doing whatever they are doing. if it continues, we recommend saying if this does not stop, we will have to ask you to leave. if the problem is still persisting, we will actually asked them to leave the site. as the chair, you have the authority to do that. it is something we will work to beckett from the party. ok. caucus registration. it should be monitored by the chair for the secretaries. we want to ensure that all of the forms are completed correctly. again, it is a good idea to find volunteers to help with this process. thecially because a lot of caucus will be big in pulp county. -- [indiscernible] -- polk county, iowa.

all attendees will signing -- sign in at the registration table. >> we're talking about the cut off for the settlement. and, when i did the caucus, i had plenty of luggage claims. i just hand those out to the last one in line. other people have the tickets. after 7:00, that is the cutoff. host: the question is about making sure you know who is aligned by 7:00. we have a few best practices for that. one is hitting people a piece of paper. before who is there 7:00, if you do not have a piece of paper, you cannot register. some people would just have some igo stand at the end of the line. just know, this is the cutoff.

yes. we have two different registration forms that we use for getting people in the door. one is our list. it is the 2016 caucus registration form. i will show you what that looks like in a second. people's printed names. they're printed address. they're printed date of birth. all they have to do is sign of their name on the line next to the printed name. they will fill in the bubble and the attendance:. name does notes appear on that registration list , they will legally be eligible to vote in the next general election, november 8, they will sign in on the 2016 caucus registration form new voters. it looks very similar, but instead of a printed name, it is just blank. they will have to write the information in. the question about voter registration.

older one 17 or february 1, you must also fill out a voter registration form. so, in the state of iowa, you must be 17.5 years old to register to vote. if you're not 17.5 but you will be 18 on the caucus night, that is if you are born after august 2 of 1998, you will sign in on the new voters form. you will skip the registration process. you just have them sign in on the new voter form. they're still eligible to participate. our form has the spot that shows that they are dedicated to the democratic party. that is not a problem at all. that is how that works. i will show you the forms. i promise i have a question site -- slide coming up. will not be who eligible to vote in the next general election can still

participate as observers. joinwill not be able to preference groups or do any official business. they will sign it on the use caucus attendee form. namee caucus attendees does not appear on the 2016 registered democrat form, but they do believe there register registered to vote, we will still ask them to reregister at the door. i want to be very clear on that. you might have some people say i am a registered voter. i'm a registered democrat. why am i not on this list? is not a problem at all. we will just ask everyone to reregister. that is how we confirm they are democrat. arewill not get two votes anything like that. it does not negate you in any way. it is not a big deal. we're just going to ask anyone not on that printed list to just fill out a registration form and reregister.

>> here are your forms. you have these in your packet. on this one. we have printed names, addresses, date of birth. they will sign next to their name and fill out that bubble. this is the registered democrats list. this is the new voter form. there, you can see is blank. they just have to file their information as they sign in. i will pause there for a few questions. i know you guys have them. precinct to for register, how do we know if they are in our precinct, how we know they're not in the wrong one? host: i know tamra included precincts. the question is, how do we know if they are in the correct precinct? i know that tamra has included in her packet precinct maps.

that is one way of knowing. if people have a smartphone and what to look at their location. that is another way. out to be very clear. you do not need any forms of identification or any proof of residency to register. they do not need to show identification at all. please do not ask for that area that is not needed. i want to be very clear on that. yes. -- ie question i have is forget was going to ask. case, i just recently moved. i have not been able to register my location. can i do that today? registration is available at all sites. those lists are not printed right now. you could register today. that is not a problem. you will register out the door.

>> i do not have the numbers on either one of these forms. wiring at capturing phone numbers? matter of space. we put e-mail address. and on our survey. we have a spots for phone numbers. that is our next slide. everybody will pick up a survey. that is where all the contact information will be listed. to the bubble, there is a preference bubble. what is the importance of that? the question is about the candidate preference bubbles. we do like to collect peoples initial preference on those sheets. it is not at all binding. they can fill that out and end up joining a different group, or go to another group.

having that information is definitely valuable. the -- ut >> what about the precinct captain watching what is going on? host: i do not think there is any rules against that. a lot of times where working over to that process. talking to the temporary chair and having those conversations ahead of time. we want to make sure everything is good to go. >> a lot of people are dealing with this where they are not in their home precinct, my wife like to help, what we do about that valid? that the question is people who might be helping out and a precinct that is not their own. definitely, it is allowable. unfortunately, since you are not a resident, you are not able to

participate in that precinct caucus. >> my understanding is that somebody can put your name forward for a caucus, my wife wanted to do that for me. host: the question is about putting your name forward. if you are interested in being elected as a delicate, that would be allowed. you cannot actually participate in the group formation process. wasour preferred candidate awarding delegates, and you wanted to serve and i spot, that would be allowed. we will go through that. i will take one more question. then, -- >> we do not ask anyone for information. we just ask if they will be 18 by november 18. if they say yes, they can register. host: yes. no one should ask for id. that is not needed at all.

correct. no id, no proof of residency needed. moving along with registration procedures. also included, you will see the absentee ballot request forms. those can be handed out at the registration table for people interested in voting by mail. we will also have the caucus surveys. those will be given to each attendee to be filled out. it is not required that they return that or fill it out. obviously, we want to stretch it. it is a party building activity. this is how we get good contact information. locals how we find out people who might be interested in running for office. we get strong community leaders. we want to emphasize that we get the surveys filled out. one quick question. been the past, there has

one fraudulent person who registered fraudulently, knowing he registered fraudulently, there are legal consequences to that. the question is about registration and if people register whether or not a resident, or those issues. registering to vote someplace where you are not -- that is voter fraud. there are federal laws against that. so, obviously, that is a huge problem. that is how we protect against that. ok. calling the caucus to order. ok, the caucus should be called to order at 7:00, or soon thereafter. once registration is complete. as long as people are in line by 7:00, they are able to participate in should be allowed

to sign in. what you will want to do is introduce yourself and kind of go over the agenda. go over the agenda that is in your booklet. again, you will have a booklet that outlines the agenda. you want to explain the purposes of the caucus. we will adopt platform resolution, and elect your democratic party leadership. ok, the idp presentation. so, included in your packet, you will a letter from dr. andy mcguire. you'll want to read that or pass around to the attendees. make it possible for people to read and see. greeno have included a finance envelope. if you want to pass that around two attendees for contributions to the party. note on that, checks should be made available to the democratic party. you want to seal and return all

contributions, and the secretary -- the caucus secretary should assign across the field before it is placed in the envelope. we will go through what goes and what envelopes, and what materials to include where. we will hold on to that for a second. failure to comply with those instructions may result in disclosure issues. it is printed on the outlook. very self-explanatory. we should not having problems with that. ok, again, we want to encourage attendees to fill out the request forms. we have a lot of people in iowa who go by mail. that is something we want to make available. the receipt does have to be issued to people who are requested a ballot. those receipts will have preprinted information for the democratic party. theirll have to fill out name, who the ballot requested, who was requested by, and the

date and time it is received by you. that will be 7:00 on february 1. you want to collect those forms as soon as they are completed. you want to make sure they are filled out correctly and legibly. you what to place those in the envelope that goes back to the county auditor. we will go through all of that. ok, income tax. you will want to remind attendees that they can help the idp by using the iowa income tax checkoff. again, you'll have a poster on the wall that walks people through what that looks like. using the checkoff does not reduce the refund. nor will it increase the amount that is accessible. it is a good thing to remind people to do before tax season. letters and nomination petitions. again, you will see in your packet we have an other envelope in red. it says letter and nomination

petitions. those are for various candidates in the state. it is always a good idea to have those available for people to read or post them so everybody can see them. is able to attendee sign a candidates nomination paper. they can sign for as many offices and as many candidates for a single office as they choose. i would recommend doing this as people are registering. that what you can get it called to order and moving as soon as everybody is in the door. that is something you can have a bail -- available right inside the door. that would people can sign it as they are waiting for a presidential conference to occur. for state legislative candidates and above, you'll want to place those petitions in envelope a. it will come back to the state party. the rest will go directly to the county chair.

ok, election of permanent officers. chair in secretary must be determined before we determine viability in the conference group. you are temporary chairs. you will seek that position. areou are not elected, you still responsible for assisting the new, permanent chair. it is always a good call. you want to call for nomination. you are able to nominate yourself. those do not have to be secondary. written ballot for the voice vote may be used to call those in favor those that are elected. you can signify by saying i. thank you. [laughter] you will want to repeat the above steps for permanent secretary. questions? over here.

>> it is a place you do not belong -- nobody wants that. josie: that question is if you have been identified as a don'tary chair where you voted asou could be permanent chair, but you cannot participate in the preference group. yes, question? interested inely the platform committee. i'm always interested in the platforms committee. people may not know, but it is not all about the candidates. it's also about the party platform. as a or may not be serving temporary chr