pipes. if we replace them all, we could create a million new jobs and give a healthy future to countless children. we could rise together. i will give you another example. i went to a training center outside greenville. one in four in the county i visited where high school students can spend two hours a day studying and becoming certified and advanced mechanics, various manufacturing skills, even a certified firemen . for 2.5 hours a day they spend the rest the time in class, they go out of high school, and go right to work or college. it is their choice because they are empowered. everybody needs that.

where are people falling behind in america? in small towns. we need to bring affordable rapid broadband to every small town in america. people will build their own future. [applause] she believes that we ought to put up 500 million solar panels in the next four years. she believes that we ought to make it to where every home can be electrified by energy the people own. coming from the wind sun, and other sources. you can't export those dollars. you have to do that work right here. put the american people to work. i will give an example. i have a project to my foundation where we try to work on the american economy.

i have this crazy idea that brought to the labor movement. i said, what if we take the pension fund of the public unions that are in good shape and they put private members into making our country energy is sufficie efficient. first, people looked at me like i needed an appointment with the doctor. eventually, the union movement came up with $16 billion to do this. the largest private fund in america. they have already created almost 60,000 jobs. the pension funds are in good shape because you make a profit investing in infrastructure, increasing energy efficiency, and create jobs for people going to work.

we can do this. it will make a difference. we can do it also by demonically increasing the amount of loans to small business. when i was president, we spent $17.5 billion in the small business administration, just loaning money to minorities. that was twice as much in loans than the entire history of the small business association. we had a record number of small businesses. this is not rocket science. billion in the small business administration, just loaning money to minorities. that was twice as much in loans than the entire history of the small business association. we had a record number of small businesses. this is not rocket science. hillary wants to make sure that all the banks in south carolina and america know that these new rules designed to help wall street do not and should not apply to old-fashioned community banking where you are loaning people money. [applause] she also thinks we ought to give people incentives to invest in

areas that are left out and left behind. i will give you an example in a so-called red state, west virginia. those coal miners didn't do anything wrong. we know we have to do something to fight climate change. we have so much other energy that is cleaner and cheaper their numbers are going down. they did not deserve to be abandoned by america. they did not deserve to be told, we have two counties in west virginia now where the number one source of mail income is a disability check -- nmale income is a disability check. you have people waking up and looking in the mirror saying every tomorrow will be worse than yesterday. on power this in my future -- i am powerless in my future.

these people are dying of drug abuse, but also, a broken heart. hillary was the first candidate to propose we spend $10 billion to treat this like a public health problem. more mental health facilities b more drug treatment facilities, and also serious tax incentives for people to invest in those areas and give us a chance to rise together. we have to do this everywhere in the country. [applause] we need paint the -- paintd leave and equal pay for that women can get you to the workforce and raise children. in a modern economy, you have to be looked to succeed in being a

parent and being a worker. we can no longer afford the luxury of being only one of seven countries in the world that gives no paid leave. we also have to have a system for workers that are in these big companies so that when companies make a profit, they don't give it all to the shareholders. [applause] i will give you an example. it is not a republican or democratic thing. i think you have a new mill in south carolina. they pay weekly bonuses based on profitability. the employees all get an education stipend for every child they have. one guy in one city in south carolina, back when i was a governor, had already sent a kid -- eight kids to college. then, they included the spouses

and the employees themselves. they had a profit sharing plan that went to the bottom 90%, not the top 10%. they shared the benefits of their success with the people who made the success possible. companies use to do that. 40 years ago, so many companies were doing it. now, you say, i can't believe anybody is doing that. we have to set of the tax code and other roles so that companies take care of their workers and communities. [applause] then, we have to get rid of barriers. what barriers do we need to take down? we have the best system of higher education in the country in the world, but too many kids graduate with too much debt.

who knows someone with college that? here is what hillary wants to do. first of all, make it possible for anybody to go to any public institution, any historically black university, open to all income groups, make it possible to graduate from all these places 100% debt-free. [applause] give free tuition to people whose income is so low that they need it. make it possible for every student to work 10 hours a week in a work-study program. then, let the people who can afford to pay pay. higher income people are going to have to pay higher taxes. you don't want their kids getting free tuition.

use my money putting people to work in jobs that can really make a difference. make it possible for people to graduate debt-free. then, deal with the debt that has already he r accumulated. every time i go to a new town, i try to go to place buying coffee. it's always a young person giving me coffee. i asked, how long have you been working here? i will give you my last conversation. i went to see my granddaughter and stopped in a coffee shop. i said how long have you been working here? the young woman said, five years on and off. i said, what do you do when you're off? she said, going to college. i said, what do you do when you are on? she said, pay my debt. i said, do you visit home? she said, yeah, i couldn't make the debt payment if i didn't

leave live at home. five years, she did have a degree and had not paid her that off. a college loan is only one you can't refinance at a lower interest rate. did you know that? i met a woman yesterday, whom i know because i do business with her. i went in to buy jeans and i said, how is your son doing? she said fine, but he has a loan and interest rate at 9%. it is crazy. if you allowed college loans to be refinanced, like home loans overnight, 25 million americans would say save $2000. just on refinancing. [applause]

the government has no business making money on college loans. hillary wants to stop that, allowing you to refinance. her proposal would take anybody's college debt, wherever they went to school, howar however far they went, however big it was, and let them pay it out over 20 years as a small fixed percentage of their after-tax income. think about this. what does that mean? a to move out of your parents house -- it means you move out of your parent's house. it means that, if after 20 years, you have not paid it off it is forgiven. if you do public service job, you can get rid of $17,000 of your loan. if you spend two years in america core, your entire loan

is forgiven. all of it. [applause] in other words, we can make the country stronger and lift this enormous burden off huge numbers of young people so they can use education to do something they love, and make it possible for us all to rise together. [applause] it is very important. health care. we have to finish this health care bill. we have to get everybody on medicaid who is eligible. we have to get the drug prices down. we have to change the way we pay for health care so that more and more of us can enroll and plans where we pay to stay healthy. every place in america where this has been done the price

has dropped, the quality of health care goes up. there is no incentive to do something you need done. every incentive for the people ensuring q to make their profit by keeping a healthy. everywhere we do it, it will work. we have to do this. what are the other barriers? some are not economic. we need prison reform. we have the highest percent of people behind bars than anywhere in the world. the president has done about all he can do right now because of the limits on his authority. only 10% of the people in prison are in federal prison. the federal government can set a powerful example and incentivize states to do the same. it is like the heroin and discussion drug at -- prescription drug epidemic.

this over incarceration is burgeoning state budgets keeping people from supporting schools, from supporting causes. it is one reason that tuition is so high. it is wasting people's lives. hillary, i think, is the only one who said, not only should we reduce recidivism but you can't turn these people out without preparing them to transition. give them skills that they can make a living. give them an education so they can make a living. don't make them check the box by being asked if they have ever had a record. let people start again, begin again. we need police reform. did you see hillary a couple of days ago? young african-american men

killed by police officers -- we also need police. we are sick of seeing movies on television news that looks like they ought to be in a bad gangster film with people being shot on the streets that have no business being shots. we are sick of seeing riots in baltimore, ferguson. we do need police. remember what we saw in san bernardino? police were risking their lives time and time again to save people without regard to their race, religion, anything. how do we get the best of both worlds? the sheriff's back there listening to me. i'm glad he is there. maybe i won't give zynga on the way out of town -- won't get a ticket on the way out of town. [laughter] we dealt with this when i was president.

we put more officers on the street. we have the support of african-american clerks. we wanted police to look like the committees they were policing. we wanted in the police so that they could walk the street, not right around in cars or some military equipment but what the street. prevent crime in the first place. if something bad happens, you need a neighborhood council that can meet with police, and tell each other the truth, decide what needs to be done. [applause] that way, we can have police report, and the police we need. she will take the lead in doing that. we need to make sure that we stop demonizing people who are our friends and neighbors, like planned parenthood. take health care to a very large number of women and children. it is terrible to me there --

the way they are talking about it. we need to make sure we pass sensible gun legislation, and have background checks, so we do not have what happened in that church in charleston. hillary has been encouraged to talk about not only in states with little gun owners, but everywhere. you know why? we lived the first when he five years of our married life in arkansas. i was the governor of the state where we had to close the schools on the first day of deer season every year because no one was going to show up anyway. where more than half the people had a hunting license. when i was 10 years old, i would shoot cans off the fence post. this little bitty farming had

where i hope i'm the last person elected president to live in a house without indoor plumbing. i hope none of my successes ever had that experience. i learned the difference between a poisonous and nonpoisonous snake. i get that. we passed background checks. we band the most frequently used assault weapons. we limited ammunition clips to 10 bullets. nobody missed a day in the deer season, a sport shooting contest, and nobody living 40 miles or 40 minutes from law enforcement could have a gun to protect their family. we have to do this as a family. look at the gift that south carolina has given america.

it was in reverend pickeny's church -- it was awesome what happened. in melted the hearts of republicans, not just democrats, and state legislators. a direct descendent of jefferson davis said, we have to work together in the future, take the fightlag down. [applause] we have to talk to our neighbors . the government tries to convince everybody that the democrats are coming for your guns. that is bull. because of the background on we had when i was president, one million stockers, domestic abusers could not by handguns.

at the end of the eight years we had a low murder rate, and a 46 year low in illegal deaths from homicides. 46 year low. don't meet background checks don't make a difference. they do, and we can have them. [applause] if we want inclusive economics where we all rise, we have to live in an inclusive society where we are all treated fairly. the last thing we have to have is more inclusive politics. we have to quit rewarding people for trying to disempower america. that is why the president should make this appointment to the supreme court. [applause] and, why whether he gets that person confirmed or not

remember, there is a 50-50 chance that in addition to the vacancy now, there will be one or two other points in the next four years. we need a supreme court that expands voting rights, not contracts them. we need a supreme court that revisits the citizens united decision. for those of you who don't know what it is, everybody knows what the first amendment is. it gives all of you the right to free speech. that is fine. but, in citizens united, the supreme court, having already said the that a corporation is a person has said that free speech extends to the money in your pocket. when you spend it, on politics you are exercising freedom of speech.

therefore, they said, a minimum-wage worker and a billionaire are equally free to spend whatever they want on politics. i used to teach constitutional law. if i give that problem on a test, and somebody wrote that opinion, i would flunk them. we need to revisit that. everybody because money ought to give in the open. most of our mothers raised us not to hide what we did. if he didn't want anybody to do that, you probably shouldn't. we need to deal with people on equal terms. if you want to live in an inclusive society, we need more inclusive politics so we discuss things with each other, rather than calling each other names and try to buy public opinion

and political power instead of discussing with our neighbors the right thing to do so we can all rise erie this is very important. [applause] if you believe that, you also must wonder, what does this have to do with the job of the next president to keep america safe, to be the right commander-in-chief? i will table hillary thanks thinks. she was on the armed services committee. the pentagon thought she was so good, they asked her to serve on a special committee to plan the military of the 21st century. it was a bipartisan committee. they recommended that we change our military tactics to do what t barack obama is doing now to defeat isis. no more land wars in the middle

east. send a special forces to help people who are putting their lives on the mind to have a decent society where they live. the thebuild up their capacity, do what we can. don't forget, the real battle be are fighting is over social media in the brains of over a

million people. those people in san bernardino were motivated by social media. by philosophy that said, i have a deal for you, if you are willing to take 40-50 years off your life, you can go immediately to heaven, but only a few take other peoples lives. if we can't beat the argument, shame on us. when hillary clinton was secretary of state, the first thing she did was contact experts inside, you are good at this, and no who lives in cyberspace, help us help america. she also knew that we could not do it without proving our example of embracing freedom of religion, embracing every religion, or lack of it. we have not tried to jam any religion that anyone's throat so that people can listen to people, calling for the best for them. that means that we can't win this fight without the moderate muslims of america. when the other guy say, we have to get rid of the muslims, and leave all these people muslim terrorists, you just remember,

the vast majority of american muslims deplore this kind of murder, just as much as you do. we need them to help us build a safe future for america. [applause] that is my case for her. it is better to build ladders of opportunity than walls. it is better to tear down barriers that enable us to live together, work together, and make decisions to go forward together. she ought to be president because she is qualified to be commander-in-chief and to lead us on these fronts. she is only person who has been a lifetime making things happen. you need a change maker. from the time she came here as a young law school graduate to the day that she walked out

of our foundation, and started running for president -- and every job she has had, she has made a difference. in every job she has had in washington d.c. she worked with republicans as well as democrats. it is a big deal to want to get anything done. she passed a bill when she was first lady with a man in congress, tom delay, who dislikes me more than anyone in congress. this is a true story. this is an example of what she does. she went to tom delay from texas and said, congressman, i know we don't agree on any much. he said, to be agree on anything? she said, yeah, you love your children, don't you? he said, sure, what does that have to do with the? she said, i know you adopted

those children, and that is an act of grace. orphanages are being aged out of children. people need to adopt older children and children with special needs. we now know that one barrier be out to get rid of is people who are afraid to hire people with disabilities. they can make great employees for what they can do. we need to do that too. [applause] anyway. he said, what do we need to do? she said, let's give tax breaks for adopting older kids, or kids with special needs.

let's make sure that kids don't age out of orphanages at 18. they signed the bill together. by the time i left office, we had increased by 80% the number off adoptions out of foster care. i can give you thousands of examples. you get the picture. we need a change maker that will empower you, tear down the barriers, build up the ladder and then you walk of the latt dder. we have to go forward together. the thing that is making people feel so wacky as you have so many people who think that life is a dead-end for them. you have people who still have hopes, young people, but they think they can never climb the ladder because they can't get rid of the debt. it is like having a big way on your ankles when trying to climb

up the ladder. we have to rise together. to do that, we need a change maker. i will close with this. the last answer to the last question in the debate held in south carolina explains better than anything i could why i believe she is the best choice for president. the democrats had a debate in south carolina, and i use this because it reflects well on both hillary and her opponent as human beings, and why they belong to our party. at the end of the debate, the moderators had a surprise. they said, is there anything we had not discussed tonight that we should have talked about? he called on hillary first. she said, yes, i want to talk about the water in flint. she said i took in extra year in law school and studied the

impact of water on childhood development. she said she was so horrified when she heard about this, she called the mayor and asked if there was anything she could do. she sent someone down there to see. the mayor said, i will to you what you could do, you can get on television. she said, flint asked for this much money and they only received 10% and this is why they need the other 90%. hillary did it and they got the money. everything they asked for. [applause] bill clinton: i have no doubt that is not the only reason they got the money, but it does help having a national figure that says, forget about me, forget about my campaign, these people need this money. these kids are in danger. when they asked her opponent, he reflected the same values but he had a different response. he said he was mortified but what happened and the governor should resign because he would

not have treated an upper income suburb that way. maybe he should resign, but he does not care what to democrats running for president think a republican governor should it. her immediate instinct was not to blame, although there was plenty of blame to go around, but to ask, what can i do to make it better? that is what you want a president to do, every day. [applause] bill clinton: what can i do to make sure we all rise together? when we look at the picture at the present painted of the future, i see my face there, my children there, my grandchildren there, without looking at race religion and anything else, we are going to rise together. that is what i want you to vote for her in this primary. god bless you. [applause] ♪

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ponders president trump. something that seemed unlikely now seems like a real possibility. christina peterson is joining us on the phone. as you talk to members of congress, republican leaders what do they tell you? kristina this question seemed far-fetched months ago and less so now. republicans in general expect donald trump would become a little less brash if you were to inhabit the white house. they have a lot of confidence that his business background could be useful and are publicly saying they think he could work with congress and form coalitions and get stuff done. there may be some anxiety behind those pronouncements. there are a few members of congress who have said they would not support trump if he

were the nominee. including one from florida. the democrats are a lot more skeptical that they would be able to get anything done with a trump administration. >> nearly all of our presidents had elected experience with the exception of general eisenhower and general grant but never anyone who has never been elected to anything, can a businessman deal with washington politics? kristina there is a lot of anxiety around pieces of his background particularly in foreign policy. his praise for vladimir putin has raised eyebrows around capitol hill. senator claire mccaskill said she thought there would be googles around the globe -- giggles around the globe if you dealt with foreign leaders. that is an area of concern and some of his stances are controversial, he said he would build a wall along the southern

border with mexico and deport all illegal immigrants in the united states. that does not bode well for trying to reach some kind of compromise on an overhaul of the immigration system. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say they do not think anything would happen on that front if donald trump were elected. >> the former mexican president using a few choice words, saying there was no wait mexico would pay for the wall. -- no way mexico would pay for the wall. kristina: that could become contentious. it is hard to imagine congress with appropriate funding for that. we are dealing with scenarios which seemed far-fetched before and seem increasingly possible now. >> let me get your reaction to what paul ryan said about the possibility of donald trump as the republican nominee and if you were president, dealing with a republican congress.

>> how can you present the choice when you're not many has still interest in pursuing policies you outlined. paul ryan: i believe we will be able to unify the party and whoever is the nominee we can find a way to make it a unified front. congress will have our own ideas, we are republicans, we have individual ideas and we gravitate from the same principles and we will apply the principles. i am excited about the project in congress. whoever our nominee is we can work together. >> speaker paul ryan in washington. how likely is that? kristina: the speaker has been very careful to maintain the stance that whomever is the gop nominee has -- republicans will and can work with. there are big differences republicans are fighting over the size of their budget. there are a lot of conservatives

who want to exert their influence to reduce spending and donald trump has not shown any inclination to make that it pushes -- make that a focus. he says he would increase spending, expand social security and the military so you see potential for conflict. that is something politically that has -- gop leadership cannot afford to say. >> president obama is been criticized for not using the white house to build the personal relationships you need in this town. you write about how donald trump has tried to do the opposite in his business dealings with elected officials. kristina: there is a lot of optimism among lawmakers that a president trump would be more hospitable than president and he in fact has a background with some of the lawmakers heat would be no stranger, he has held fundraisers for senator harry reid, senator charles schumer

the next democratic leader. he has met nancy pelosi in the house and has something of a report with john boehner. they had gone golfing in the past and exchanged text messages including during some of the big legislative battles. they -- he has had an interest in politics and know some of the folks on the hill but that is different than having to pass spending bills and sign them into law. or working at some of the big trading agreements. a layer of complexity i do not think he has dealt with on capitol hill. >> the possibility of a donald trump presidency. kristina peterson, thank you for your time. kristina: thank you. >> during the campaign, c-span takes you on the road to the white house as we follow the

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different, easy to understand. the government is so large, an organization like this has to cut through noise and other things going on. members of congress talking about the wonderful things they are doing and try to get people to be more involved and it is more personal so that they understand the impact on them and their families and their children and grandchildren. >> sunday night on q&a, thomas schaap, president against citizens against government waste talks about his efforts to bring attention to wasteful federal spending. they publish a book which compiles the list of unauthorized government programs. >> we work with a bipartisan coalition of members of congress, then called the congressional pork busters coalition and they came up for the definition of what was then called porkbarrel spending. it eventually became your marks. -- earmarks. we started the book.

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