openings in ohio. lots of job openings. no one to fill it. the veterans, they would hire a veteran in a second. and we need to connect them. thirdly, when a veteran comes home, let's say they're in afghanistan and they drive a truck. from kabul to, you know, to anywhere in afghanistan -- to kandahar. okay? where doesn't matter. that when they come home to ohio, they want to get a c.d.l. to drive a truck from columbus to cleveland we don't make them make any test. we give them their license. they're already qualified. thi served in the military. we're not screwing around. here it is. you do what you want. if you're e.m.t. you go to work in the fire department. what, give you tests? you were e.m.t. in the military and we're going to put you through some rigmarole? forget it. we're also saying if you have skills we'll give you credit in college and the community college that acruise to your veteran for free. that is the least we should do

to our -- for our veterans. i will tell you this. [applause] let me tell you, sir, there should never be a homeless or unemployed combat veteran in the united states of america. it just shouldn't be. [applause] now, here's what happens. here's what happens in politics. so i say all that, right? and then all of a sudden i have 25 people telling me why we can't do it. you know what the key is in politics? you put a plan together and you carry it out. and everybody is squawking and complaining and this group jumps up and that group jumps up and they try to block you. you know at the end you don't let anybody block you. you just go do it. and you get it done. i'll tell you an interesting story. when i became governor the state was a disaster. and i had a meeting. i was invited to speak to all the lobbyists, all the special

interest groups in ohio. so i showed up. i said, folks, i just got elected governor as you know and this state is in big trouble. we've lost 350,000 jobs. our operating budget is 20% in the hole. i'm going to need your cooperation. big changes are coming to ohio. we knew exactly what we wanted to do. we weren't going to raise taxes. we were going to cut taxes. people said, well that's just crazy. you can't do it. i said just watch. so they were all in the room and i said i want to give you a little bit of advice. i'm going to sketch out a little bit of what i need. i'm going to be driving a bus and i expect you to get on the bus because if you don't get on the bus i'm going to run over you with my bus. it created so much consternation in the state they thought i was talking to the people but i was talking to the special interests because they are the very ones that block you because they are preservers of the status quo. we can't have the status quo in

america any longer. just shake it up. okay? [applause] >> how about somebody on this -- way in the back, ma'am. right here. this lady right here. sir, do not fall out that window or we'll never forgive ourselves. okay? and that would be a real pain, wouldn't it? all right. not working with the jokes. okay. go ahead. >> okay. governor, i've heard you make the statement with respect to marriage equality that the court has spoken and you respect that. so in looking at citizens united and the issues raised by that decision, how do you tackle that and what do you say to issues of campaign finance? >> well, i don't like the idea that billionaires pick who is going to be president of the united states. i think we need an overhaul of

our whole campaign finance system. okay? [applause] you know what? i really would like if we could figure out how we could limit the amount and just force the ability to attract a whole lot of smaller contributions. i don't know what the limit ought to be but i will tell you that in my sense, we've got to have a reasonable plan that when we put it in we don't turn around a year later and say that's a lousy plan. that's what happened on these other campaign finance reforms. it wouldn't be my number one issue. my number one issue is this issue of jobs. and to that end i would have a plan to freeze all federal regulations for one year except for health and safety, force the congress to vote on anything over a hundred million dollars. i would have the vice president, he or she would be unwinding all these rules that are crippling small businesses' ability to create jobs. i would lower corporate tax rate to 25% and not double tax corporations so they bring their money home from europe

and invest in america rather than in europe. i'd allow them to write off the cost of investment and plant equipment in a single year so they will invest and we'll have tools to have wage growth. i would reduce the personal tax of 28%, 25% and 15% with a 15% capital gains rate, a simplified tax system, and have a plan that would get us fiscal responsibility and we would ship welfare, education, medicaid, transportation, and job training back to the states. and then i would have to fly around and meet with all of our friends in europe so they know we have their back. we will have a plan to fix social security, another plan to fix the border and get people on a path to legalization and get this behind us once and for all. that i would do within the first hundred days. okay? [applause] but i would tell you that this issue, frankly, what should be

eliminated in every state in america is the issue of gerrymandering. because what happens is people run and they get in safe districts and they're worried on the extremes. so they move to the extremes. that's a very bad thing. but at the end of the day, what works in this country is when you have leaders. not just in our country but in any country around the world. you know, when margaret thatcher was the last man anding in europe, she did an incredible job of leading. i mean, we're all struck by winston churchill. never, never, never give in. reagan said that the sun was going to come up and it did and many people who were democrats voted for him on the hope that he could bring america back in the morning and not be into the sunset. i mean, leaders can do this. because if you make laws to try to get people to do what they're supposed to do, you're going to always fall short. we need laws. we need reasonable proposals to

get these things working. but at the end, it's leadership. it's not rules. it's not laws. it's leadership. and leadership gets people to perform at a higher level. talking about the patriots earlier, i think bill belichick could get 11 of us here and get us to go to the super bowl. [laughter] >> it's just the way it works. [applause] that's what leadership does. thank you. all right. right here, sir. right here. let me give you a microphone. is anybody working the microphones? if they are you're going to lose your high pay. [laughter] what are you getting paid? a bottle of water for this? yeah. volunteer. okay. >> mine is not really a question, just a statement. i'm 72 years old. three weeks ago i was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer. >> put that microphone up so

people can hear you, sir. >> it makes me stop and think about my children, my grandchildren, and i don't need a hug but i need a win because i think there is nobody better in this country to lead us. [applause] > wow. how about a hug? come on. how about a hug? all right. come on. how about a hug? there we go. god bless you. you're going to be okay. you know that. you know, the greatest thing about this campaign is it's changed my life. and you might say how? i have learned to slow down and to listen to people. you know, in this fast paced

world we move so fast, i go back to my dad, who knew everything going on in the neighborhood. and was there to help. and i want to just tell you something about this, i think the spirit of this country or back to the pilgrims for a second. you know, the pilgrims didn't like call anywhere to find out what to do. en i was a kid, our hero was roberto clemente. he was a baseball player, and he was a great one. we admired him so much. and here, right, it's bobby orr or i'll give you another one that i love, larry bird. but here, here's one. is that la check -- what you thought i'd say? he was mr. hustle. when i look at boston or plymouth or massachusetts, you know what i see?

i see community. family. you see, folks, we can elect a leader at the high level, a president, but you don't think the president is going to come riding in here on some big horse to solve all the problems. you got a problem with drugs here. okay? who you think is going to solve that? no, you're going to solve it if you want to. if you really want to solve this problem and you really want to dig in, you will not let these kids turn to drugs. you will have some you will lose but most of the time you will win. when kids understand that they have a purpose in life, a god combinch purpose in life, and if they do drugs and they handicap themselves, they cannot live their life. they cannot carry out their purpose. we need to be in the schools. we need to be in the boys -- in a girls club, in a ymca, and in the churches, and in the synagogues. and we got to beat the curse of

drugs. and i'll give you the money but that's not what's going to do it at the end. it's people deciding we've had enough of this curse. you want to know about income inequality? give your kids the skills they need to compete in this century. and that's at the school board level. nothing's holding you back from taking on the problems of the schools. you want to talk about the problem of welfare? get the businesses and the welfare office and tell the people to get relief. you're going to get trained for one of these jobs. and we're going to hold you accountable. because my mother was right. it's a sin not to help somebody who needs help but we can't keep helping people who need to learn how to help themselves. we have to impose some personal responsibility. [applause] and one more thing. well, a couple more things. i'll tell you what it is. if you're a family, it's the

nurse. right, sweetie? your mother was sick, it's the nurse. it's really not the doctor. it's the nurse that has that -- comes in and settles the family own. it's the doctor, dr. dave here, emergency room doctor. you call people when you're so dead tired, you don't go to bed. you make one more phone call. or it's the teacher that gave up an awful lot of money to try to change somebody's life. i happen to have a belief that these things get recorded in the book of life. there is a book of life. our lives are recorded. i want to tell you one last one. this is the woman who was married for 52 years to her husband. he died. you call her on monday and you say, this saturday we're going out to dinner. my husband and i are going to take you out to dinner. thursday she goes to the hair

dresser. saturday she puts on a dress. that she hadn't worn in six months. does that change a life? did that change the world? it does. and that's our job. so the spirit of our country rests in where we are. look. i'll take care of all the other things. you take care of the spirit in plymouth. i'll come back. we'll have a meeting right in this hall and we'll celebrate the rebirth of the spirit of the united states of america. okay? [applause] right there, ma'am. you. >> hi. i'm a teacher. thanks for coming by the way. i'm a teacher, and i have for a long time been on the fence about the common core. i'm wondering if you become president, what your thoughts on the common core would be. >> i want to ship all of the federal education programs back

to the state. there are 104. [applause] want to put them in -- but, massachusetts, there is a guy who is here. i don't know where he is, where he lives. i think he is still here. his name is david driscoll. you know that name? that's your boss? [laughter] well, i'll tell you who he is. he's the guy that said we're not going to tolerate low standards for our kids. it shook everybody up. am i right? and people were like instead of getting a's they were getting c's. boy, i tell you what. as much as we love plymouth we really, really want to live in lake woe bee gone where everyone is handsome, everybody is pretty. everybody is going to be an astronaut or a doctor or a billionaire. but we don't live in lake wobegone. we live in plymouth. and we live in massachusetts. we live in ohio. andris coal, he took the school's whole system on and he raised the standards in this state and became an inspiration

for me as governor of ohio. so look. i don't know about all this common core and what it says on the internet. here's what it is to me and what we do in ohio and what we ought to do across the country. high standards, local control. the school board is where it happens. now let me just say a couple things. i think you probably have most of this done. you need a third grade reading -- you can't promote kids who can't read because that is the first reason they drop out of school. number two we need mentoring programs in all of our schools and we need to mentor the kids who are poor and the kids who are middle and the kids who are rich. when i was a boy these two barbers would come out of their barber shop when i'd walk by and they'd yell, johnny, some day you're going to be something! i remember it like it was yesterday. and the fact is, telling kids what they can do and what they can be, it changes lives. and we need to do it in all of our schools with all of our

kids. you have nothing you're doing? you're retired or whatever and you don't know what to do with yourself? call the school and go in and mentor. hopefully they'll say you can come in. maybe i think the other thing is we need to start teaching kids at a very early age about occupations. what is a fireman do. what does a policeman thing. what is the teacher do. what is a scientist do. we need to start getting them to think about what they might do and then we need to feed that as they get older and give them a real world experience. my daughter loves fashion. i want her to be able to go two or three or four hours a week right into working with someone who is in fission. inhave a limited outlet columbus. let her go out there and see what it is like. then she will see why reading, writing, arithmetic, and computing matters. if we think we have somebody

dropping out, then we are in a position where somebody has to create a separate curriculum. every kid has to get a diploma. they don't have to go to college, but we can't let them quit. we know what happens when they quit. everybody does not have to go to college. in fact, most plumbers make more than most lawyers. that is a great thing in this country. [applause] and i want to tell you, teachers feel very underappreciated. this is how crazy the campaign is. i was up in new hampshire and i made a statement, "if i were king i would close down all the teachers lounges." and all the teachers went crazy. you know what i meant by that? sometimes the teachers will gather and they will hear these inks about, the public doesn't like them, they are going to lose their jobs, we are going to take their benefits, and this other stuff. what is more important in our society than the teachers?

all of us remember those teachers who changed our lives. so, we honor you for your lives as a future and keep it going. [applause] chris, you are going to pick the last two. i have to go all over the place -- come on chris. pick the last two. who are you going to? then we are going to probably have to get three. [laughter] stand on theou protection of religious liberty? john kasich: here is what i feel about religious liberty because this came up in the last debate. i think churches and these beigious institutions should -- no one should tell them what to do is they are a religious

institution and you should not impose things on them that they don't support. friend of mine is starting a church and we are now up to 70, maybe 70 members. so, my faith is important to me. i have also said, if you are a cupcake maker, make a cupcake. that is what you do in your life and somebody said, well, there are all these lawsuits going on. look, if you want somebody to do something they don't feel good about, then have a little common sense. don't go and haul them into court. that is not the way we live in this society. if somebody doesn't want to be a photographer at your wedding, find another photographer. don't be so when the photographer. what are we just suing each other -- common sense. if this gets out of control, if it does get out of control -- in my state, it is not.

if he gets out of control, we are going to have to figure it out and pass some law with constitutional lawyers and that is what we will have to do. in the meantime, until it rises to a point where people just can't respect people's conscience -- it does not happen in my state. maybe it is happening in massachusetts, but i don't believe you just pass a law because there are three or four or five things that happened. but if we have to have one, we will. who else? >> my question to you, mr. case are what are your opinions on rebuilding the military? john kasich: how old are you, kiddo? >> i am 14. john kasich: how about that? [applause] just 16 or 17, maybe i was

a senior in high school. we had had a race riot in our high school. i did not even remember this until a reporter digging into our life, he went to an old hometown. during a know -- school board meeting i stood up and lectured everybody in my town. my father came home and i did not think much of it. i got up and yelled everybody for what we were -- we weren't solving problems. i went home to bed. my dad came home the next day. he said, johnny come in here. he said, what did you do last night? it is all over town. i said, i just made a little talk, dad. when i see a 14-year-old stand with a microphone and the speak, that is a good thing. isn't it, folks? [applause] perfect one-two finish on. -- perfect one to finish on.

i want to say a couple things about our military. the military has been really rundown and we are going to have to spend more money. let me also tell you that the pentagon itself is a place where they waste lots of money. there are 800,000 people inside the department of defense performing bureaucratic functions. 800,000 people. never heard that before, did you? i was one of the guys who found the hammers and screwdrivers that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. i limited the production of the b2 bomber, which had a mission to fly into the soviet union and drop more nuclear weapons. how many do you have to drop in one day to have a bad day? [laughter] we limited the production of that. the military needs to be rebuilt. while needs to be rebuilt

making sure we also reform the way in which they spend money so the money gets to the people on the front line. let's talk a little bit about the world, very quickly. so, we face this group isis. t of death.old oul women are nothing but objects. women are to be degraded in the minds of the people who operate under isis. young ladies, are you aware of this? i mean, it is a horrific, evil philosophy. and you can't negotiate with them. you can sit down and try to work it out. they have to be destroyed and they will get destroyed if i am there with the combination of western forces. america, andrope, also with the muslim countries. the arabs at risk today. and who might they be. egypt, saudi arabia, jordan, the

gulf states -- they are all at risk and they know it. we have an opportunity to unite people and accomplish this mission. once we have destroyed them and things settle, we come home. i don't believe in being policeman of the world, i don't believe in nationbuilding, i don't believe in converting people to vote the way we do. just get things settled and come back home. let me talk about a couple countries. russia, vladimir. in means to understand -- russia, vladimir putin needs to understand that we are going to arm the ukrainians. we're going to tell putin, if in fact he want to invade a nato country where we have made a attack ont amn one is an attack on us. if you attack them, you are attacking us and we will not sit

back. we don't need to threaten them. we just need to make it clear to him what we are willing to put up with and what we are not willing to put up with. the same goes with the chinese. o ourare hacking into systems and they must stop. they do not own the south china sea. the matter how much they build islands out there, which is what they are doing, they are not going to take it over and we will reunite our friends in asia. we don't need to threaten them either. they are a competitor, but they don't have to be an enemy. we have to be firm with them. the united states, if we are not the policeman of the world, we don't have to be in the position where we threaten war with somebody. just say what we mean and mean what we say. if we do that, countries will have more confidence in us. right now, they lack it. when people lack confidence in

the united states, our friends don't know what to think and our enemies become more adventurous. that is not acceptable. in conclusion, these young people here are going to go to college. inevitably, they will have a professor that talks about all the wrongs the united states has done. it is inevitable that they go there. and then we went home and talk to our parents ant thanksgiving and we know what happened when we got home. [laughter] i just want to say to you, folks. i love our country because we stand for human rights, equality of women, respect for science and civilization, the fact that everyone should have an opportunity to rise, and while at times we have to engage in military action, we are fundamentally a country of peace and hope. we need to rise again because when we don't, the world finds

itself in a really bad place. we are seeing that today. with a little bit of assertiveness and an ability to lead, the world will be better. let me also say, if the world is better, it means we are more proud of ourselves. not braggers, but proud of ourselves and our destiny and who we are. so that our children and our grandchildren, and that little girl's grandchildren someday, we'll live in a country that is new so much in the morning, youthful, spirited. that is what we want in america. let me conclude by saying this to you. i need your help. if you did not like my presentation, tell no one. [laughter] but if you like who i am, please get on the phone and call a few of your friends and say, vote for john kasich in the primary. if you are a democrat,

crossover. it is great to be with you and thank you and god bless you. [applause] >> he does look like your uncle george. [crowd shuffling]

john kasich: yes, we did really well in new hampshire. thank you. tell everybody. >> i will. >> three, two, one. kayla.sich: hello, thank you.

>> i don't think making more laws will help. john kasich: if we have to pass a law, we pass a law. you. [simultaneous chatter] john kasich: who wants to get in here? let's get in all at once because i'm going to have to go prett

y soon here. >> thank you. you have my vote. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. john kasich: maybe i will be, i don't know. >> maybe i will see you there.

[simultaneous chatter] john kasich: it was an honor to meet you. thank you for coming. >> thank you very much.

>> thank you so much. kasich: thank you. >> as of a week ago, with the quinnipiac poll, you were up 11%. john kasich: she is great. thank you.

you get it? >> thank you for coming. kasich: i have to leave in a minute. i'm sorry, there are other people waiting on me. go.i've got to oh, you know what? i do remember that!

[simultaneous chatter] john kasich: yeah, we've got to go, i'm afraid. thank you. come on, boys. already got one? we have to go that way. sorry! >> thank you, governor. >> he's on his way out. >> got it.

john kasich: congratulate the reporter. you know which one i mean? i will never forget it. never, never. alright, thank you. >> up next, a campaign rally with hillary clinton in virginia. then, donald talks to supporters in southern georgia. later, a white house medal of

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that is its number one demand. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern time on q&a. toouncer: hillary spoke voters at a get out the vote rally in fairfax, virginia. virginia is one of 12 super tuesday states. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the governor of the commonwealth of virginia. [applause] ♪

>> the all right, are you fired up? where is hillary clinton? in virginia, the greatest state the commonwealth of virginia. and what are we going to do tomorrow? i can't hear you, what are we going to do tomorrow? every friend, neighbor, everyone you've got, dragged them to the polls because virginia is clinton country.

and let me tell you, folks, elections matter. two years ago when you helped me get elected, i inherited a very large budget deficit. we had a tax on lgbt members and they were trying to shut our women's health clinics down and two years later, our economy is cranking the biggest surplus in the history of the commonwealth. [applause] iggest surplus in the history of the commonwealth. [applause] the largestvested amount, $1 billion, and education. [applause] >> so we need your help. our economy, 4.2% unemployment, the lowest of any state in the southeast. and 16,500 former felons have their rights back. elections matter and it matters

hillary clinton is getting elected president of the united states of america. you,se she will fight for she will make sure everybody has the opportunity to have great jobs, protect our environment, give everybody the opportunity -- a something she has done her entire life. she's a progressive who gets results for you. [applause] so, are we ready? [applause] >> let me tell you, tomorrow comes up andt tv that map of virginia comes up, they will be a check mark for hillary clinton because of you. hear it up for our nominee of the democratic party, the next president of the united date of america, hillary clinton. states of america, hillary clinton. ms. clinton: hello, georgia.

thank you so much. [chanting] hillary! ms. clinton: it is great to be your with you. i want to thank idea or friend, your governor, for not only that joboduction but the amazing he is doing in leaving virginia, getting results, helping to build a strong future. i am thrilled to have this opportunity to spend a little time with you the day before this important election. i know you heard from senator kaine and congressman bobby scott and jim moran. we have had a great preprogram with people talking about what's

at stake in this election. i want to just underscore that. there could not be a bigger difference between what i believe we need to do to move thecountry forward and what republicans are promising to do, which would rip away the progress, send us backwards, deprive people of rights they had obtained, and generally make it very difficult for us to have the kind of opportunity i know america deserves and we can achieve together. i'm running for president to break down every barrier that stands in the way of america ilfilling its potential and want to make it possible for every single american, young americans, to go as far as you can.

america never stopped being great. we have to make america a whole. we have to work with everybody, quit people together and being divided. i regret the language being used by republicans, scapegoating people, blaming. that is not how we should behave toward one another, that is not how we want to betray date and we are going to demonstrate -- to be treated and we are going to demonstrate there is a different path americans want to take and we are going to do that because from my perspective, knocking down barriers means we get rid of all the challenges, whether they be economic, access to health care, quality education, the continuing barriers of systemic racism, prejudice, bigotry.

called to dowe are as americans and i'm proud of the progress we have made. to have more good jobs. i applaud the senators record in attracting and creating more job opportunities here and we need to do that across the nation and we need to target communities that have been left out and left behind. runninge only candidate who has a plan to improve the economy and coal country. we can do this by creating jobs and infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, clean renewable let's put americans to work in jobs that can't be exported and we will build our communities and with respect to the republicans

all say, i don't know, i'm not a scientist. there's a very easy answer to that. scientist who can set you straight and give you the facts. theyually have concluded don't believe that, they are just following orders from the koch brothers, who have told them don't ever say you believe in climate change. we know it's happening, we are going to tackle it together and one of the ways is by building a new economy with clean, renewable energy jobs. play two bagels, let's to half a billion more solar panels by the end of my first term and enough clean energy to power every home by the end of my second term. some nation will be the 21st century superpower. it will be germany, china, or us.

let's work to make that come true. we have to do more for small business. i was young people to feel like they can start a small business, have a chance to grow something of their own, and we will support a minority and women-owned small businesses. [applause] getclinton: and let's around to raising the minimum wage because right now, it's the poverty wage. don't you think it's time to guarantee equal pay for women's work? [applause] ms. clinton: everything i just said, republicans don't agree with. because we shame know to create jobs. in the 1990's, when my husband was president, we had 23 million new jobs.

incomes went up for everybody, not just people at the top, everybody, middle-class .amilies, working families we lifted more people out of poverty than any time in recent history. time, and median american family income went of 17%. the median african-american family income went up 33%. [applause] ms. clinton: there is nothing better than a good job to help people have the future they want for themselves and their future. it's absolutely essential you pay attention and help other people understand. to trickle down economics. it hasn't worked, cant work, won't work.

getting the regulators to turn away from regulating wall street. no longer keeping an i on the mortgage market. we had another new, young dynamic, democratic president the worstd was handed financial crisis since the great depression. election, president obama called me and asked me to see him in chicago. he looked at me and said come it's so much worse than they told us and it was. we were losing 800,000 jobs a month. 9 million americans lost their jobs. 5 million homes were lost. $13 trillion in family wealth

was wiped out. i don't think president obama gets the credit he deserves for digging us out of the debt that the republicans put us into. [applause] ms. clinton: we are going to have a great debate about the economy and the general election if i'm so fortunate enough to be in the nominee and i'm not going to let them forget. [applause] ms. clinton: we will talk a lot to the american people about what is at stake and we will talk about health care because i will defend the affordable care act, which has helped 19 million americans get access to health care. at 90% universal health coverage. the republicans keep trying to repeal it. 63 times they voted to repeal it. they won't tell you what they want to put in its place because

if they do, you won't like it because they are just going to hand it back to the insurance companies and we will be back where we were. before there was a obamacare, there was hillary care because i was time to get to universal health care coverage. the insurance companies, the drug companies beat us that time. i was just so disappointed wasuse i knew what happening to so many american families who couldn't afford .ealth insurance i was at the children's hospital and meeting with parents of really sick kids. those kids had three existing conditions and couldn't get health insurance. the parents were telling me what they wereble burden, mortgaging houses, going into debt, taking bankruptcy to try

to help their child to save a life to give them quality of life. one man said i'm successful. i have a business. i provide health insurance to my employees. he said i have two daughters with cystic fibrosis. and then he said to me, you don't understand. we don't ensure earning houses. the father says to me with tears in his eyes, they called my little girls burning houses. i want you to remember that. one of the reasons i work with republicans and democrats to create the children health insurance program ensuring 8 million kids was to try to help kids like that get some medical care and get their families some

peace of mind. that's why i was thrilled when the president passed and signed the affordable care act and i'm going to do everything i can to defend it against the republicans, to improve it, and to make it work better. [applause] ms. clinton: and we are to go after the drug companies increasing the cost of prescription drugs. and we will remove the barriers that stand in the way of education. education for every child, regardless of your zip code. this is a fundamental unfairness that we still have to overcome. if you are from a poor community , you are likely not to have the resources you need for the kind of education you deserve. at some point, we have to of knowledge we are shortchanging

millions of kids. the 8,they ever get to 10, 12 years old. let's have a early childhood education so we get more kids ready to be successful and then let's make college affordable again. [applause] ms. clinton: i want you to be able to go to any public college or university debt free. he won't have to borrow a penny to pay for tuition. and we are going to get the cost down. we are going to work with states like this one where the governor billiond he has one more for education. we need states to put more money back into higher education. prisons.nough we need investment in higher education. [applause]

and then we are going to tackle the debt problem. how many of you have student debt? i'm not surprised. i'm not surprised. anybody here have an interest rate higher than 10%? 11%? 12%? how much? 14%? i want everybody to listen to that. we haven't had interest rates besidesh for anything student debt. you can refinance your car, refinance your home, corporations can refinance their debt and we are saddling young people, trying to get their education with these debts and an interest rate that is as high as 14%. people are afraid to go to school because they are afraid if they borrow the money, they will never get out from under the debt. [applause] ms. clinton: we are going to

refinance all of this debt, get the interest rate down as low as they are for everything else in the economy. [applause] ms. clinton: and then we are going to move people into income repayment plans like i had and my husband had. we graduated with debt from law school but we were in a plan where we paid it back as a percentage of our income. i want every young person to have that same option and if you do public service, national service, we will cut it, discount it, forget it after a certain time. [applause] ms. clinton: and we are going to put a deadline -- if you pay your debt back every month faithfully at the end of 20 years, it doesn't matter how much is left, you are done. we are not going to have you carrying that debt around and i'm not going to let the federal

government make money off of lending money to young people. it should be an investment we make, not a moneymaking proposition. [applause] ms. clinton: i do have a disagreement with my esteemed opponent because he wants to give everybody free college and there's two problems with that. one is that does nothing to get the cost down. if we are going to have a guarantee of free money, there's no reason to get the cost down. the other problem is i think who can afford, they should pay. i will not attack you and your family to send donald trump's youngest child to college for free. [applause] ms. clinton: we've got work to do. is more exciting opportunities to knock down barriers but let's think for a minute about where we disagree with the republicans on what

rights andout civil voting rights and women's rights and gay rights and workers rights. they seem to be against them all. woman's right to make her own decision about health care. [cheers] ms. clinton: i will defend planned parenthood against these partisan republican attacks. [applause] ms. clinton: i will defend marriage equality and work to end discrimination against the lgbt community. [applause] ms. clinton: i will defend voting rights against all of the efforts to make it harder and harder for people to exercise their right to vote. [applause] ms. clinton: i will do everything i can to end citizens united, one of the worst decisions that has ever been applaud president

obama for fulfilling his constitutional responsibility to actually nominate a supreme court justice. [applause] and now i think we the senateand that fulfill its constitutional responsibilities and act on the nomination. forll continue to work comprehensive immigration reform with a pass to citizenship. i will defense of security against the republican scheme to privatize and send it over to wall street. [applause] ms. clinton: i will stand up for the civil proposition that the wealthy in this country need to pay their fair share in the tax system. individualcompany or pulse games and gimmicks in order to avoid paying their fair

share, we will on that. a company called johnson controls based in wisconsin. it makes auto parts. one of the problems president obama faced in 2009 was the collapse of the auto industry. and the auto companies parts companies asked for help. the president said we are going to see what we can do to help so they gave them a bailout. they paid it back even faster than expected but here's what i want you to know. the companies asking for and getting help was johnson controls. we kept that company alive. it became successful. what did they announced last month? they are going to pretend to sell themselves to a smaller company in europe and pretend to

move their headquarters to europe so they can avoid paying taxes to the government and people of the country who saved them. the tax law, that's an inversion. i call it a perversion and we are not going to let that continue. [applause] ms. clinton: we are going to make them pay a price for that kind of behavior because it's wrong. it really does send a message billionaires can do whatever they want. theave work to do to fix tax code. i'm the only candidate in this race on either side who has said i'm going to do what i can to raise your income. i will not raise it'll class taxes. that will not happen on my watch. [applause] ms. clinton: i also what to tell you that i, like a lot of people, and sick -- am sick of

looking on the internet, turning on the news to see another mass killing in america. [applause] on average, 90 people a day are killed by guns. that's 33,000 people a year. the really about powerful lobbies in washington and they talked about wall street and insurance companies and big oil. most powerful is the gun lobby and it's time we all stood up to them. [applause] and work to achieve commonsense gun reform measures. we need comprehensive background checks, close the gun show that something you may not know what enabled the killer in charleston to get the gun he went to buy because there is aly,

loophole that says at the end of three days, whether or not they have the information, you get to buy the gun and what happened with this young man is that they found out only later he shouldn't have been able to buy a gun because he had a record to the emmanuel church in charleston, walked into bible study, and was welcomed. those of us who are people of toth, we know you are called welcome the stranger. he was welcomed. he sat down and listened to those faithful people talk about the bible and about an hour later, he stood up and murdered nine of them. if we can figure out how to respect the constitutional right of responsible gun owners but keep guns out of people who have felony records, fugitives, domestic violence restraining orders against them, dangerously andally ill, shame on us

their something called the no-fly list. you get on it because you had some connection to terrorism. won't even let the congress passed a law prohibiting people on the no-fly list from by make and. what is it about being a terrorist that gives you second bendment rights that can exercised by someone who wants to do harm to americans? 92% of americans agree with what i am proposing. 85% of american gun owners agree with what i'm proposing. [applause] ms. clinton: i want to knock down these barriers, i want to lift people up, create more opportunity but i can't do it without your help.

i need your help tomorrow. i hope everyone will turn out and vote in the virginia primary and here's what i want you to know. if you go out and vote for me tomorrow, i will stand up and fight for you throughout this campaign no matter who the republicans nominate. i am looking forward to those debates. [applause] ms. clinton: at some point, you can just say whatever pops into your head if you want to be the president of the united states of america. [applause] ms. clinton: people around the world actually listened to what people running for president say. defeat isis.o i'm proud of the united states military and i'm proud of virginia because it gives hope

to set up -- it's a home to so many active-duty members and and i know we have to defeat the terrorist threat. i've laid out a plan to do that. part of it requires building coalitions with muslim nations. after an airo go , buttion led by the u.s. we have to support the arab and kurdish fighters willing to take it back physically. we have to continue to support the iraqi army. it and to work to hold turn people's attention toward isis and the other terrorist groups. -- i built the coalition that took on the sanctions to impose on iran. i know how hard it is to do and

i know we have to do the same to defeat all of the terrorist groups from north africa to south asia. when you've got somebody running for president who is insulting religionnsulting their , that makes a hard job even harder. pay attention to what is a said because everybody else in the world pays attention and it has consequences. in a campaign and most seriously, in the white house. when you vote tomorrow, you will be voting for a president and commander-in-chief and we need somebody who has the experience and the temperament to deal with what is going on in the world and i am grateful for the experience i have had because i

have been in the situation room. decisions don't get there unless they need the president to decide them just like when we were trying to decide whether to face any action on intelligence of where bin laden was. these are hard choices. we thinko be sure that hard about who can fulfill that essential part of the job. with meill stand tomorrow, with me during this campaign, and then if you will work with me to achieve this mission i have laid out of knocking down these barriers, creating opportunities, giving every single person in this country not just the feeling but the reality. we are going to fix the criminal justice system. and we will deal with jobs and

health care and education. we all have rights. i truly believe america's best years are ahead of us. that comeut and make true. thank you also very much. -- thank you >> heading into super tuesday, hillary clinton leads bernie 544 to his 85. 2383 are needed to secure the nomination.

: coming up this morning, david drucker from the washington examiner will join us to talk about super tuesday voting and what the results could mean for the election. then we will take your calls and questions about your tax filing options. be sure to watch live beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern this morning. join me discussion. discussion.e >> every election cycle will remind us how important it is to be involved. >> it is a great way for us to stay informed. >> there are a lot of c-span fans upon the hill. my colleagues, they are going to say, i saw you on c-span. >> there are so many people living outside the beltway.

they should know what is going on inside it. holds a donald trump rally. chief endorsed i nascar's executive and several of the drivers leading into the super tuesday contests. mr. trump: wow. cheers] and mr. trump: you people are amazing. i love you.

i love georgia. georgia. here's the story. outside, we have 12,000 people! and, we set up speakers. would anybody like to give some of the people outside your position? lee's raise your hand, we will get you out of there fast. right? ok, i am only kidding. we are a lot of good news today. cnn just came out with a pole. just came out. trump, 49%. [cheers and applause] mr. trump: little lightweight marco rubio 16%. ]boos mr. trump: outlying ted cruz, 15% will stop good guide ben carson 10%, and kasich 6%.

49%.e are at can you believe it? we got the endorsement yesterday of a senator. incredible. and we have sarah palin. so many incredible people. , jerry, i will tell you falwell, junior. we are winning at every level with evangelicals. maybe that is one of the reasons we've had such help what the evangelicals, the tea party people, we are winning with old, young, highly educated. [applause] right? we are winning with a little less the and highly educated. which is ok. i love you. and we are winning with the veterans. i love the veterans. we are winning with the military. in other words, we are winning

with everybody. to thank want everybody. who would've known this was going to happen? so, i have a special treat. i love nascar. do we love nascar? i love it. so we had an endorsement a , little while ago and my son is very friendly with the folks over at nascar. especially brian. how good is brian? is this guy a winner? and the family is so incredible. some of the nascar folks came over here because they are endorsing donald trump. can you believe it? [applause] ere because they are endorsing donald trump. can you believe it? [applause] if the people that like and watch nascar vote for donald trump, they can cancel

the election right now. nobody can win. [applause] mr. trump: i will bring them up owner oflly but the the whole deal, the big guy, brian france. come on up. [applause] mr. trump: he's getting pretty dapper. brian, we love you. do you want to say a few words? >> i've known donald for over 20 hiss and you know about winning in business and success. he wins with his family. he does. you leave on one other thing, any of his children you would be proud to have as her family. that how i measure a winner, how someone raises their family. [applause]

greatump: one of the drivers of the world in history, the great bill elliott. come on, bill. [applause] mr. trump: we love bill. >> i don't know what to say. for what he can do for our country, i'm all for it. we need a change, that's all there is to it. i think he's the man for the job. trump: do these guys have guts. i want to go about 60, that's

enough. we have ryan newman. ryan. [applause] come on up here, ryan. mr. trump: we have david reagan. david, come in. and bill and his incredible wife had a son. upsete sun -- will you be if he turns out greater than you? to be thrilled. that's a good father. chase elliott. the hottest young driver in the

world. [applause] >> i'm just happy to be here. this is a great demand. i think he's the guy who can do some great things for us. thank you. [applause] >> [chanting] trump. : they just said keep the wall going. we are going to keep the wall going, believe me. it has been an amazing time.

that is justing incredible. these are incredible people, incredible athletes. in the job brian has done is legendary. i just could not be happy or that we are here. i just want to discuss a few of the things. tomorrow is a really big day. we have to get out and vote. you know, i don't want your money. i don't even want brian's money. brian is good for some money but i don't want ryan's money. i want everybody. talking about a movement. i said what are you talking about. where is david?

andid such an amazing story he's talking about a movement. this is not like me. this isn't about me, it's about all of us. i'm just the messenger. they had said i've gone calls from a lot of the biggest writers. they are terrible. good. them are 80% are bad. 40% are disgusting. i will tell you one more time, andill talk about the wall not getting ripped off in trade

and taking care of our veterans. [applause] : that means nobody will say i gave you a contribution and you have to the pharmaceutical industry or you have to help me with something. bidding, we are the largest purchaser of drugs in the world. i mean drugs like to make you better. if you go to get some drugs that are local pharmacy, the government is paying a similar amount of money. we would say billions and billions of dollars. all of these guys i'm running against are all taking care of by the pharmaceutical industry, by all the industries.

it's a bad system we could save as much as $300 billion. that gets to be big money. fraud, waste and abuse in the system are incredible. we will take care of social security. are getting. we're going to cut the waste and fraud and abuse. we will save your social security without cuts. mark my words. [applause] i deal with these people. i've met with politicians all my life. i have gotten zone changes. doing a hundred and 14 projects all over the world. i have dealt with politicians.

worldwide. they will never get you to the promise land. they're never going to do it. this little marco rubio. i call him lightweight. you saw chris christie endorsed me the other day or at? tough guy. the debates are brutal. it's enough. we have another one coming up on thursday. the last one i was double teamed and i still want every single poll. one every single poll. i see the backstage. then backstage. i have been in the middle of these debates from the beginning.

that is the one who is winning. right from the beginning. they are bothhere behind me shaking hands like his of this wonderful. every single poll. drudge is an incredible guy. i have always been number one with all the crazy debating. i've never done this before. i'm not a politician. all these guys do is talk. they debate, they talk, nothing gets done. they go to get campaign contributions. that's what they do. convinced that our country can be greater than ever before. that's why i'm doing this.

greater than ever before. i do a lot of business with the chinese. i have the bank of america building because the chinese. i have 12 ninety ave of the americas, 6th avenue in new york. a massive building. ,he largest bank in the world 400 million customers, they are a tenant in one of my buildings in manhattan. dealing with the chinese is fine. their leaders are too smart for our leaders. they are killing us folks. carl icahn is one of the great business people. i have the greatest negotiators in the world. we use political hacks to negotiate these huge trade deals. bigger than any jail. we lose every year with china.

$500 billion. this is going on forever. we always lose. we got to start winning. [applause] these political guys are in there because they gave campaign contributions or whatever. mel is here but i you his last name. he raises a lot of money for politicians. he said can i raise money for you? yeah how much money i turned down? i would've made jeb bush is $148 million, i would have made that look like peanuts. i turned down money after money. it's not my life. my whole life has been money. i was greedy. i want more money. now they come up and they want to give me money.

i say i don't want it. now i am going to be greedy for the united states. i'm going to take, take, take. [applause] we're going to become rich again. we will become great again. a wonderful woman came up to me. she said i'm going to vote for you. but please don't say you're going to make us rich again. that doesn't sound good. it sounds good to me. we can't be great and lest we make ourselves rich again. we have to make ourselves rich. we are losing all of our jobs to china to japan. the cars coming in by the millions. theos angeles they have largest ships you've ever seen with cars. it looked like a nascar track.

chase could drive the car as fast as these guys drive off the ship. they come off like you have never seen anything like it. we get nothing. we give them beef. fraction.ny talk about a trade imbalance. you know what they do with the beef, they sent the votes back. they don't even take it. they sent it back again. by that time it is all rotted. they sell it as kobe beef and they charge you 10 times more. the imbalance that we have. everybody talks about the wall. the wall is going to be built folks we're going to have a strong border. [applause]

who is going to pay for the wall? "mexico!") on tv thee a fox was other day throwing out the f bomb. can you imagine if i did that? i would be up here tonight. wes saying there is no way are going to pay for the you .now what wall i watched the anger. you know why he's angry? no.dy has ever told them nobody ever tells him no. he can't believe it. a guy named trump. he even got the pope after may. the pope was after may. me. i love nevada. i love south carolina. i love new hampshire.

i promise to the people of new hampshire we will stop the heroine from flowing into this country. they have such a problem. we are going to stop it. here's the story. we are ready to vote in south carolina and i am doing great. say the pope, that his big-league let's face it. is that bigger than brian france, i'm not sure. that just made a big statement about you. this is like eight hours before the election. they said it's really bad. i said this can only happen to may. the pope's hitting me. just before the election in south carolina.

he didn't like the idea that you are building a wall. wall off the united states from mexico. tremendousunderstand criminal elements are coming in. tremendous drugs are pouring in. people are coming into this country illegally. he doesn't understand. we have to explain it to the pope. the pope corrected the statement the following day. just in time. just in time. that was a close one. .ow i like the pope again ok with this guy fox, i watched the anger in his face. mexico. you tell they have gotten their way. i respect the mexican leaders. is the chinese leaders, the mexican leaders, the japanese leaders, they are too smart for our leaders. they are killing us.

they do you value our currency. i know the game better than anybody. that new transpacific partnership. it is so bad. the biggest thing they have is devaluation. even covered in the agreement. that is how they beat us. they don't make a great product. they make a good product. excavator buys caterpillar. he sees me fairly recently and he is depressed. happened, is your wife leaving you finally? trouble with be in him when he hears this. hopefully she is not watching. she would know exactly who are talking about. this relationship is going to and. maybe the worst ever seen. i am doing a big favor.

he said i just ordered a tremendous amount of komatsu equipment. it is good. it is not as good as caterpillar. yen have so devalued the that i only to my family and i were to my company and i would to my employees. i have to do what is right for my company. he bought this komatsu tractors excavators. he was very upset. take a look at caterpillar stock. a lot of bad things are going on. these companies in these countries they do evaluate like grand chess masters. china doesn't best of all. china is killing us. it is the single greatest robbery what china has done to the united states. i love you too darling. the single greatest robbery.

in the history of the world. china. rebuilt we don't have the right people negotiating for us. we have the best business people in the world here in america. and is going to and folks. folks. i am a commonsense conservative. i am actually very conservative. we are to get rid of obamacare. going to get rid of obamacare. [applause] [applause] ("trump!") we will get rid of common core and our education will be local again.

i have seen it. common core is a disaster. world, wees in the are last in education. we are number one in costs. we spend so much more the number two you might offer get it. denmark and sweden and china and norway. the united states is number 30. and yet we are number one in costs. that's a lot of cameras. they are always live. stumpnever make the same speech. these other guys go out there and read the same speech. everyone is sleeping. you can't do that if iran on live television every night. it's nice to have that ability.

you want teleprompter presidency again, do we? [applause] it's too easy. look at what is going on in the world. it will change so fast. we can do things so fast. my campaign, i spend less money than anybody else. and i am by far the front runner. by far. [applause] don, where is he? where is my boy? where is don? come here. my son don and eric and ivanka. my boys working on a big project on pennsylvania avenue. he loves his dad.

they know i want to be on pennsylvania avenue. administration, i got the most valuable site. the most heavily bid on site in the history of the general services administration. it is called the old post office. it was built in the 1880's. we are converting it into a hotel. one of the best statements they have ever seen. we had a great concept. a super luxury hotel. it will be one of the great hotels of the world. they did the right thing. they chose trump. two years ahead of schedule. going by government schedules. the people at the gsa are terrific people. if they didn't choose me i don't know if i would say that. with over 100ut bidders. all the great hotel companies. and we got it.

because the statement of because of the concept. don gloves that project. loves that project. they know i want to live on pennsylvania avenue. and if i don't make it to the white house i can still live on pennsylvania avenue. [applause] don: as i've traveled across the is incredible to see the outpouring, the warmth. we are just excited. i love what my father is doing here. he really loves this country. [applause] the family it has given him, the opportunity and has given him. he wants to give back. he could sit back and play golf. he doesn't want to do that.

wants to put what he has done in business and make it work for you guys. we'll do a phenomenal job. he's going to cut the nonsense. he is going to make america great again. i couldn't be more proud of him. thank you very much. [applause] donald trump: a lot of people ask me to speak on success. people otheressful people with great families. not the most money but the people with the great families. i will interject this between trade and the second amendment, which we will keep and solidify. [applause] it is the people with the great wife was a great husband and the great children who love their children and adore their families, those in

the happiest people. not the people with the most money. cherish your family because there is nothing more important. now back onto trade. amendment is under siege. christianity is also under siege. i have had tremendous support from pastors. and ministers. i am winning all the evangelicals. if you look at south carolina, ted cruz was supposed to win that. i won in a landslide. i won the evangelical vote. got up andll junior talked about his father. they all go through liberty university.

the candidates. came out and endorsed me. a really great thing. said i most remind him of his father. he tells the story that in theory jimmy carter should've been endorsed by evangelicals. they loved ronald reagan but jimmy carter was perfect. he was a sunday school teacher who knew the bible. a good person. ronald reagan who was a little bit different. jerry falwell thought ronald reagan would be a better president. he was tougher, he was stronger, he was much more into the military and protecting this country. went out and took a lot of heat. the it and. he endorsed ronald reagan. it turned out to be a great decision right?

[applause] they don't endorse. they don't get involved. paula and sonynd people, iso many different love the evangelicals and we are going to do good things together. that came up by the way which i think is very important. i was at a meeting with many many pastors and ministers. god bless america. i like to hear that. it is christmas we are going to start saying merry christmas again folks. [applause] you better believe it. did you ever notice the stores

they will have a red wall and there will be anything on it. i have friends that aren't christians. i am presbyterian. they like saying merry christmas. you go to macy's they don't have merry christmas. we are going to have merry christmas in those stores again. [applause] with 55 or 60ting pastors and ministers. let me ask you a question. how many christians are in this country? people.ured 260 million as a political bloc that is bigger than women and is bigger than men. why is it that we get pushed around? i made the statement about

muslims. i said we have to do some thing temporarily to find out what is going on. we can't let the syrians come in, we don't know who they are. we don't know where they come from. [applause] we have to figure out what is going on. we have terrorists. paris and los angeles. the event that took place in california. the woman who radicalize the guy. something is going on. you have such power. you are afraid to use it. why is that? during the lyndon johnson administration the power was taken away because they were to lose their tax-exempt status if they get a little bit political.

you have people that are incredible pastors and ministers and they are strong people and they are afraid to go out and fight for christianity in the true sense of the word. a man or woman on the street has more power than you do and you are a minister. that is something wrong. we are going to work like hell to get rid of that legislation so that you can have your power back. you have to have your power back. we are going to get that done. i don't have this was allowed to happen. the most powerful group of people in this country by far. they are not treated properly. christianity is being destroyed. we are to get it back folks. just remember what i said folks.

the second amendment is very important those 14 people were killed. if there were guns on the other side of the room. that guy right there, the big guy with a beautiful beard. almost as good a had a hair as i have. better hair. if we had a couple of people in that room. .s an example ("boo!") quiet. get them out.

thank you. whether you are republican or democrat, we want certain things. we want to have a beautiful family. good safe borders. a strong military. that areo have jobs being taken away from us left and right. there are six or seven things you want to have. freedom of religion. you want to have certain things. you would think that people would all be the same. every once in a while you have that happen. paris is the toughest in the world to have a gun.

the early ones who have the guns of the bad guys. you have the strongest gun control laws in the world in france. you have these thugs, this garbage. they walk into three or four different places. if we had a few guns firing bullets in the opposite direction, it would not have been that way. [applause] 130 people dead. many people gravely injured. many of whom are going to die. you wouldn't have had seen. will protect that second amendment. it is not going to be touched. [applause] closing, you have to vote. tomorrow is the big day.

i want georgia to lead the pack. we are going to have a lot of success. i love georgia. i want you to lead the pack if you can. we'll win anymore. we don't win on trade. we don't win at the borders. we don't win with our military. the greatest military in the world. we can even be isis. we are going to knock isis out so fast. [applause] our health care is horrible. highly expensive and it doesn't work. it is going to be terminated. we don't win anything. we don't win with education. you are going to look back on this night and you're going to say in two years or three years years,r years or in 20 this was an amazing evening.

that was an evening when donald , she stood up and he said will be a great first lady. evening when we really became great again. we are going to win at every single level. with health. with education. at the borders. our military. win.in win [applause] we are going to make america great again. greater than ever before. go out and vote. thank you georgia. we love you.

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subcommittee meeting is live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. be testifying about apple helping to unlock an iphone use by one of the shooters in the san bernardino terrorist attack will stop live coverage at the house judiciary p.m. one begins at 1:00 c-span3. announcer: president obama awarded the medal of honor to edward byers for his action helping rescue american citizens. hostages takenue in afghanistan in 2012. he is the first navy seal to ever win the honor. [playing "hail to the chief]

♪ pray. us heavenly father, be with us today as we gather to see senior chief edward byers receive our highest military honor from the hands of the president. our thanks for the integrity, generosity of spirit, and val or that marks senior chief edward byers life in service to our country. you, dr. joseph for restoring both of them safely to the embrace of those who loved them. to pettys go out officer nicholas chapman and his family. -- may grateful

america always remember his service and sacrifice. amen. obama: please be seated. good morning, everyone. and welcome to the white house. , -- ther does, the creed the ethos - the creed - that guides every navy seal says this: "i do not advertise the nature of my work, nor seek recognition for my actions." which is another way of saying that standing here today, in front of the entire nation, is not senior chief ed byers's idea of a good time. [laughter] pres. obama: like so many of our special operators, ed is defined by a deep sense of humility.

he doesn't seek the spotlight. in fact, he shuns it. he's the consummate quiet professional. i imagine there are a lot of other places he'd rather be than in front of all these cameras. back in coronado for another hell week. holding his breath under dark, frigid water. spending months being cold, wet and sandy. i'm sure there are other things he'd rather be doing. but the medal of honor is our nation's highest military decoration. and today's ceremony is truly unique - a rare opportunity for the american people to get a glimpse of a special breed of warrior that so often serves in the shadows. we're a nation of more than 300 million americans. of these, less than one percent wear the uniform of our armed forces. of these, just a small fraction serve in our special operations forces. among those who train to become a seal, only a select few emerge

and earn the right to wear that golden trident. and consider this: in the entire history of the navy seals, just five have been awarded the medal of honor. their names have become legend. norris. kerrey. thornton. murphy. monsoor. and now, a sixth, byers. among the members of the medal of honor society who are with us, we are especially honored by the presence of tommy norris and mike thornton. [applause] pres. obama: now, given the nature of ed's service, there is a lot that we cannot say today. many of the operational details of his mission remain classified.

many of his teammates cannot be mentioned. and this is as it should be. their success demands secrecy, and that secrecy saves lives. there are, however, many distinguished guests that we can acknowledge, including members of congress, leaders from across our military, including the navy. in fact, this may be the largest gathering of special ops in the history of the white house. among them, we have, from special operations command, general joe votel and vice admiral sean pybus. from joint special operations command, rear admiral tim szymanski. and from naval special warfare command, rear admiral brian losey, and force master chief derrick walters. for america's special operators, this is a little bit of a family reunion and it's wonderful to have them all here.

most of all, we welcome ed's wonderful family, his wife madison, who like so many military spouses has kept their family strong back home while ed has been deployed; their spectacular daughter, hannah, who is a competitive figure skater and looks the part. [laughter] pres. obama: ed likes to jump out of planes with a parachute, and when he's not skydiving, he's driving his 1976 shovelhead harley. when he's not out riding, he's staying in shape with hannah, who is apparently his workout partner. [laughter] pres. obama: it's good when your trainer is a navy seal. [laughter] pres. obama: we also welcome ed's mom peggy, who i understand had one question when ed told

her about this ceremony, "do you think i can come?" [laughter] pres. obama: that's so sweet. yes, mom, you're allowed to come when your son gets the medal of honor. [laughter] pres. obama: ed's brothers and sisters are here, as are about 50 cousins from all across the country. and dozens of friends, many who served alongside ed, some who have travelled from around the world to be here today. that's the brotherhood, the depth of loyalty to service and to mission, that binds these teams. now, looking back, it seems ed byers was destined to serve. his father served in the navy during world war ii and now rests in arlington. as a boy growing up in grand rapids, ohio, ed would be in the woods, in camouflage, in his

words, "playing military," and i suspect the other kids did not stand a chance. [laughter] pres. obama: a boy scout who loved adventure, ed saw a movie about the navy seals and fell in love with the idea of deploying by sea, air and land. "i believe that man will not merely endure. he will prevail," william faulkner once said, "because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance." even if he had never performed the actions for which he is being recognized here today, ed byers would be long remembered for his compassion, his sacrifice and his endurance. eleven overseas deployments. nine combat tours. recipient of the purple heart - twice. the bronze star with valor, five times. about three years ago, our nation called on that spirit once again. in afghanistan, an american

doctor, a husband and father of four children who was working to bring health care to the afghan people, was driving down a rural road. gunmen surrounded his car and took him hostage. they tied his hands and marched him into the mountains. the days went by. in a remote valley, in a small single-room building, surrounded by taliban, he lost all hope. "i was certain," he thought, "i was about to die." his captors told him, the americans are not coming for you. well, they were wrong. whenever americans are taken hostage in the world, we move heaven and earth to bring them home safe. we send some thunder and some lightning, our special operator forces, folks like ed byers. they're carefully selected for their character, their integrity and their judgment. they are highly trained, with skills honed by years of experience. and they willingly volunteer for missions of extraordinary risk, like this one. in this case, there was reason to believe that a taliban

commander was on his way to take custody of the american hostage and move him into pakistan. so time was of the essence. from a remote forward operating base, ed and his joint team geared up, boarded their helos, and launched. once on the ground, they moved, under the cover of darkness, on that cold december night, through the mountains, down rocky trails, for hours. they found their target and moved in, quickly and quietly. then, when they were less than a hundred feet from the building, a guard came out, and the bullets started flying. our seals rushed to the doorway, which was covered by a layer of blankets. ed started ripping them down, exposing himself to enemy fire. a teammate, the lead assaulter, pushed in and was hit. fully aware of the danger, ed moved in next. an enemy guard aimed his rifle right at him. ed fired. someone moved across the floor,

perhaps the hostage; perhaps another guard lunging for a weapon. the struggle was hand-to-hand. ed straddled him, pinning him down. ed adjusted his night vision goggles. things came into focus, and he was on top of a guard. the american hostage later described the scene. the dark room suddenly filled with men and the sound of exploding gunfire. narrow beams of light shot in every direction. voices called out his name. he answered, "i'm right here." hearing english, ed leapt across the room and threw himself on the hostage, using his own body to shield him from the bullets. another enemy fighter appeared, and with his body, ed kept shielding the hostage. with his bare hands, ed pinned the fighter to the wall and held him until his teammates took action. it was over almost as soon as it began. in just minutes, by going after those guards, ed saved the lives of several teammates, and that

hostage. you're safe, the seals told the doctor, you are with american forces. and that hostage came home to be reunited with his wife and his children. now, success came with a price. that first seal through the door, ed's friend, nic, was grievously wounded. ed is a medic, so on the helo out, he stayed with nic, helping to perform cpr the entire flight , 40 minutes long. today, we salute chief petty officer nicolas checque. back in monroeville, pennsylvania, they remembered him as the driven kid, the football player and wrestler who always wanted to be a seal. for his valor on this mission, he was awarded the navy cross, and he's among the 70 members of the naval special warfare

community, 55 of them seals, who have made the ultimate sacrifice since 9/11. the enduring love of nic's family and all those who admired him remind us of the immense sacrifices that our remarkable gold star families have made, and our obligation to stand with them always. so today, we don't simply honor a single individual. we also pay tribute to a community across our entire military, special operators, aviators, engineers, technicians, analysts, countless enablers, and their devoted families. in these hard years since 9/11, our nation has called on this community like never before. small in number, they have borne an extraordinarily heavy load. but they continue to volunteer, mission after mission, year after year. few americans ever see it. i am truly privileged and humbled that, as commander-in-chief, i do get to see it.

i've given the order sending you into harm's way. i see the difference you make every day, the partners you train, the relationships you forge, the other hostages that you've brought home, the terrorists that you take out. i've waited, like many of you, in those minutes that seem like hours when the margin between success and failure is razor thin, for word that the team is out safe. i've grieved with you and i've stood with you at dover to welcome our fallen heroes on their final journey home. our special operations forces are a strategic national asset. they teach us that humans are more important than hardware. today is a reminder that our nation has to keep investing in this irreplaceable asset, which means deploying our special operators wisely, preserving

force and family, making sure these incredible americans stay strong in body, in mind, and in spirit. so i'll end where i started - with the seal ethos: "in times of war or uncertainty, there is a special breed of warrior ready to answer our nation's call. a common man with uncommon desire to succeed. forged by adversity, he stands alongside america's finest special operations forces to serve his country, the american people, and protect their way of life." senior chief edward byers, jr. is such a man. chief petty officer nicolas checque was that man. every navy seal and special operator who serves with honor in his chosen profession is that man. the american people may not always see them.

we may not always hear of their success. but they are there in the thick of the fight, in the dark of night, achieving their mission. we thank god they're there. we sleep more peacefully in our beds tonight because patriots like these stand ready to answer our nation's call and protect our way of life, now and forever. and as we prepare for the reading of the citation, i ask you to join me in expressing america's profound gratitude to navy seal ed byers and all our quiet professionals. [applause] military aide: the president of

the united states, in the name of the congress, takes pleasure in presenting the medal of honor to chief special warfare operator edward c. byers, jr., united states navy: for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as a hostage rescue force team member in afghanistan in support of operation enduring freedom on 8-9 december 2012. as the rescue force approached the target building, an enemy sentry detected them and darted inside to alert his fellow captors. the sentry quickly reemerged, and the lead assaulter attempted to neutralize him.

chief byers, with his team, sprinted to the door of the target building. as the primary breacher, chief byers stood in the doorway fully exposed to the enemy fire while ripping down six layers of heavy blankets fastened to the inside ceiling and walls to clear a path for the rescue force. the first assaulter pushed his way through the blankets, and was mortally wounded by enemy small arms fire from within. chief byers, completely aware of the imminent threat, fearlessly rushed into the room and engaged an enemy guard aiming an ak-47 at him. he then tackled another adult male who had darted towards the corner of the room. during the ensuing hand-to-hand struggle, chief byers confirmed the man was not the hostage and engaged him. as the other rescue team members called out to the hostage, chief byers heard a voice respond in english and raced toward it. he jumped atop the american hostage and shielded him from the high volume of fire within the small room. while covering the hostage with

his body, chief byers immobilized another guard with his bare hands, and restrained the guard until a teammate could eliminate him. his bold and decisive actions under fire saved the lives of the hostage and several of his teammates. by his undaunted courage, intrepid fighting spirit, and unwavering devotion to duty in the face of near-certain death, chief petty officer byers reflected great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the united states naval service. [the medal of honor is presented.] [applause]

>> led as prey. pray.t us you have blessed america with riches and and restraint. let us use them to make this world of yours more just,

peaceable. -- may all of us treasured the history and may it inspire all of us to serve bravely, generously, and faithfully. amen. pres. obama: well, that concludes the ceremony, but we actually throw a pretty good party here. [laughter] pres. obama: and i've been told the hors d'oeuvres are pretty good. so we welcome all of you to join us in the reception. ed and i are going to have to take a few more pictures before he joins you. but we are so grateful to him, we're grateful to his wonderful family. mom, i'm glad that you could come. [laughter] pres. obama: we are grateful for our other medal of honor recipients who are here. and to all the special forces

who are here, we are extraordinarily grateful to you. this is obviously an award for individual heroism, but i'm glad we were able to make the broader point, we are so grateful for your service to our nation. thank you very much, everybody. god bless. god bless america. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪

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