us to a security relationship with the philippines -- meanter: but that doesn't you necessarily have to have the rotating deployments. >> no, no, i'm just trying to frame it. the first foundational reason is we have a treaty we are obligated to meet the requirements of, and we do. every defense treaty is different, every one in executing the obligations under a defense treaty, as you meet those commitments at on the based foundational components of the treaty and the needs of both parties. how wet an expert on meet every obligation, my pentagon colleagues could help you out with that but it does involve routine and advising and this listing. .

many different levels and we believe it is important in order to make it real you have to have those other act to produce processed. i'm not sure i answered your question. you lived without the relationship for a long time. the airbase got hit by a typhoon , there was the tremendous with draw in 1990. >> our presence does change over time. reporter: why is it so vital now? because china is so much more assertive about its claims in the south china sea? is that what has changed or could you live without them? right, our overseas

for rent and that number -- overseas footprint, some of them is driven by bilateral decisions, some is driven on budgetary constraints. that was a factor in some of the drawing down. and natural disasters get in the way and forced the u.s. military to rethink its presence. any bilateral military relationship you will see things ebb and flow. it remains a vital region aside from the growing assertiveness of china, which has our attention. aside from the attention in the , there have been

good reasons why it we would want to continue a strong defense relationship with the philippines, because of the economic life led of the region, the amount of commerce that flows through the waters. there are good reasons to do that. continuedg this rotation -- renewed interest in rotational activity in the philippines. it is born out of my answer on the the seriousness which we take the rebound. since he came to power not so long ago, there have been several thousand -- as you know, killings of a legend drug

dealers and -- allegedly drug dealers. -- the assistance you can provide. the attractions of its geography and this right the treaty which that as anted out blind you to a specific amount , whylitary presence there is this an ally you want to have given your human rights concerns oftenis angry rhetoric directed at you? here andphy destiny you just have to have it? years old now 70

has weathered all kinds of different storms, natural or political storms. keepinge are focused on it going forward. people to people ties that go back even before world war ii. rent --des a very five americansilipinos and enrich our society and armed .orces we share security concerns. it is a country and a cross roads of a very in order region, a region that is undergoing strain and change. that a committed alliance

we have not only entered into honorably, but we will continue to honor going forward. your question on human rights, we have been honest about our concerns.as -- -- national bash about asserting that. we have restrictions about what kind of a can go to specific units, with credible information that they are violating human rights. it is always under review. is -- even a true ally doesn't mean it renders is invad the treaty itself. as the philippine ambassador thing summoned to

complain the president of philippines comments? is this something you anticipate will happen? of anythingaware like that is coming. assistant secretary russell will be heading to the region and a few days. reporter: certainly the ambassador is here, why not have in--ome men -- -- come going back to something you just talked about, the over -- overall relationship between the philippines, the economic relationship, can that be upheld because philippine workers are hired to work at naval installations all over the world. myself.een them

theyl teachers, nurses, come here to the united states sending money home. does the u.s. believe that the philippine president understand that he could be imperiling real economic support for his country time making these sorts of overtures and comments to other countries in the region? idea about where he is going with those comments. i can't put myself in a foreign leaders had. many, the ties that ,ind us, many different areas many different sectors of our government and the united states manydivide -- provide

millions of dollars for aid and assistance to the philippines. when they have had disasters in the past -- the youngest in a family of five, my mother went to the u.s. to provide for us one you reappeared she returned home at christmas time gifts and stories of her time in america. i grew up hearing that the united states was a place where if you put in hard work you can achieve any think. this is the land of opportunity. i remember the excitement at my high school as we watched the president's inauguration. we watched history being made. i am excited all over again now. applause]d

i am ready to watch history when togetherin we elect hillary clinton as the next president of the united states of america. [cheers and applause] over the course of this campaign, i have heard a presidential campaign denigrated immigrants and everyone in between. he is hateful words don't just upset me because i am someone's daughter or someone's sister, it discuss me because i am at human being. home we were taught that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. values andy families those are american values. they are the same principles that has guided hillary clinton

throughout her life. she will make a great president. we are about to hear from someone who knows what it takes to make a great president. who has are encouraged us to have hope and faith. someone who has never stopped fighting for us and who has come here to encourage others to keep up the fight. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome president barack obama. [cheers and applause]

>> how is everybody doing tonight? a big round ofet applause to dominique. we are so riled of her. thank you florida memorial university. it is good to be here. i love you back. you know that. you know who else i love? we have a bunch of elected officials here today including some of your outstanding

representatives, fredricka wilson is in the house. your next united states senator, patrick murphy. feel free to sit down if you have a seat. don't.don't have a seat, just make yourself comfortable because i have some say. things to say. this will be probably one of my last visit to miami as president. don't worry, i am going to come back, but i won't be president so i can have more fun. this is how rings work in a

democracy. i will talk about that later to. o. get an eighti only year lease on the white house. we rants, we don't own. sure wew we are making are making sure we have not broken anything. that the dogs have not ruined carpets. we want our security deposit act. -- back. it has been one of the great honors of of my life to serve the american people. truth is i could have done it without florida. florida has always been good to

us. i remember campaigning here in miami in the closing days of a tough campaign eight years ago. through twoliving long wars, we are about to enter into the worst economic crisis of our lifetime on issues like health care and climate change. anything. been doing just kicking the can down the road. i told you then when i was campaigning, i told you i wasn't a perfect man and i would not be a perfect president. as hardou i would work as i could every single day on your behalf, and i would fight for you to make life a little bit easier for working families all across this country. eight years later, we can look back and we can say we fought our way back from a recession. jobbusinesses have turned

losses in 215 million new jobs. we have/our dependence on foreign oil. we have doubled our production of clean energy. income is rising and poverty is falling. -- brought our brave troops home to their families and deliver justice to osama bin laden. we have been busy these last eight years. by every measure, our country is stronger and is more prosperous than when i came into office. all that progress is at stake. if we don't do the right thing these next 19 days.

some folks whoe are talking about how bad america is. i have been to all 50 states as your president. i see how great america is right now. hard.folks working starting their own businesses. i see teachers reaching into their own pockets to make sure our kids are getting the education they need. i see doctors serving the poor and coming up with new cures. i see our men and women in unit -- in uniform, first responders running towards danger, keeping us safe. i see the hatred to some of young activists who are troubled when things don't go the way they should. i see all of you, americans of and region and race

of the country who know that we are stronger together, young and old, black, white, latino, native american hebrew -- people with disabilities. that is what i see about america. america i know and there is only one candidate in this race who has devoted her life to that better america. the next president of the united states, hillary clinton. hold on. here is the good news. you don't have to wait until

november 8 to send hillary to the white house. untiln't need to wait november 8 to send patrick murphy to the united states senate. thisan vote early starting monday. you can find out where to vote and i will vote.com. starting on monday you can go to the polls and when you vote early it is not crowded. when you vote early there are no lines. when you vote early in you can do it on your lunch break. your owno it at leisure. you can take your time. project monday you can somebody who proves himself unfit to be president every single day and in every single way. you can reject his dark, pessimistic fear mongering

vision of a country where we turn against each other and turn away from our role in the world and instead you can choose as qualified a person who has ever run to lead this country. you can affirm the america that we know, a country full of optimism and courage and generosity and hope, a country where we look out for each other and don't turn on each other. that is the choice that you can make starting on monday right here. in south florida. [cheers and applause] there is nothing that can compare you for the job of the president of the united states. that first day after you get sworn in and you walk in the office and everybody leaves and you are in the office and you are looking around saying,"man, now what?"

here's the thing, hillary clinton she has been a first lady. she has been a senator. she has been my secretary of state. she has been in the room one tough decisions were made. she knows how the decisions can affect the veterans or a soldier or a kid who needs a great education or a worker who is fighting for a good job or a decent retirement. even in the middle of a crisis andis cool and calm collected. she treats everyone with respect. muchtter how tough and how people try to knock her down, no matter how mean people can be, she doesn't point fingers, she doesn't complain or whine. she just works harder. she gets a job done and she never ever quits. that's why i know she can be a

great president of the united states of america. applause]d the other thing is, she knows what she is talking about. she has done her homework. she has real plans to address what she has heard from you, specific ideas to invest in new jobs, to help workers share any companies or office, to reduce inequality. ideas to help kids have access to preschool and help students go through college without taking on a time of debt. she was just here in miami last week talking about what she was going to do to fight climate change. then she proposed a child tax credit that would help millions of families. she loves this stuff.

she is reading her briefing book all the time. she is not watching tv, she's not watching reality tv, she's tv.participating in reality she is doing the work and that is what you want from the president of the united states of america. now, she is not going to be able to do it alone. we also have outstanding members of congress. , when he is short united states senator, he will be doing his work. unlike his opponent, he shows up to work. unlike his opponent, he did not try to defund planned parenthood . he made sure that women could take their own health care decisions.

unlike his opponent, he did not walk away for rum hispanic community, he fought for comprehensive immigration reform and a half to citizenship. unlike his opponent patrick believes in science. and believes in the effects of climate change. just the other night in the debate marco rubio did not accept that sea levels are rising. if you are watching tv or you are going down some of the blocks here in miami in the middle of a sunny day and you see the ocean coming up through the streets how can you deny what is right in front of you. i thought it was from miami. -- i thought he was from miami. brought democrats

and republicans to fund everglades restoration. he knows how to get things done. as your next senator he will fight for this planet for future generations. you deserve leaders who show up homework,ho do their who will care more about you than about just hanging on to their jobs. who will have your back, that is who hillary clinton is, that is to have to murphy is -- that is who patrick murphy is. [cheers and applause] in contrast you have donald trump. don't boo, vote!

that doesn't do any good. vote. get your friends to get uncle joe to vote. javier to vote. trump can't hear you from here. he can hear you when you go to the ballot box and vote. i know donald trump hangs around here in florida, i don't a key represents the values of florida. here's a guy who repeatedly stiffs small business owners and workers who have done work for him. he thinks that is smart, just don't pay them and let them try to sue. a guy who doesn't

release his tax returns. first presidential candidate in decades who will not release his tax returns. he is not as rich as he says he is, or as he admits he hasn't paid federal income taxes in years. he said that is smart. he thinks you are suckers for doing what you are supposed to do. all that means is unlike the rest of us, despite everything that america has given to him, he doesn't feel of watch to give back a single dime to help our to maker veterans or sure that young people get help going to college. he keeps on talking about wanting to make america great.

if people who are bullied there was -- avoid their responsibility they create problems in america, he is part of the problem, not the solution. if you believe that i guy who earth70 years on the showing no regard for working people is suddenly going to be the champion of working people, i guess that's your guy. but if you want leaders who value hard work, respect working americans who want higher wages and better than a fence and a fair tax code, who want equal pay for equal work for women, then you should vote for hillary clinton and vote for patrick murphy. if you want somebody who will keep your family safe in a dangerous world than the choice is even clearer. hillary will see to it that our troops finish the job of

defeating isis. they are going after them right now as we speak. she will do it without resorting to torture. she has the temperament and the knowledge, a steady hand to be the next commander in chief. trumpile, you have donald insulting pows, at tacking a gold star mother, talking down our troops and veterans, praising dictators, telling our allies we might not stand by them is they don't a. -- pay up. we cannot afford to give the nuclear codes to an erratic individual. marco rubio said that. trump acalled donald

dangerous con artist who has spent a career sticking it to working people. again?ou want me to see it he said this was a dangerous con artist who spent a lifetime and a career sticking it to working people. now, that takes the question since we are in florida area why does marco rubio still plan to vote for donald trump. why is he supporting donald trump? look, i know a lot of republicans are just ordinary folks, neighbors and friends to most of them don't think the way that donald trump does. there are legitimate differences between the parties. there has to be a point that you have to stand for something more

than party, more than just your own career. here is the thing. donald trump did not come out of nowhere. for years, republican politicians and far right media outlets have an pumping out all .inds of toxic crazy stuff first of all the -- there was birther" thing. then said climate change was a chinese hoax. i am powerfulhem enough to cause these hurricanes and i am about to steal everybody's guns in the middle of the night and declared arsenal law. but somehow i need a third to finish the sentence. they have been saying crazy stuff. there are a lot of politicians

like marco rubio who know better , but they look the other way. , if we can stir barackp and think that obama or hillary or others are doing these terrible things we are saying they're doing, that will help us get the votes. we will just oppose anything they are trying to do and maybe we will he end up having more power in washington. they stood by and said nothing, even though they knew better. while their base started believing some of this stuff. -- i say this because donald trump did not start this, he just slapped his name on it and took credit for it and promoted the heck out of it. [cheers and applause] weekshe last couple of

after those videos came out on the bus, there were a number of republican politicians who walked away from donald trump. a fairly a tape where a presidential candidate rags about actions that if you hear what he is saying qualify as sexual assault, apparently that was the deal breaker for them. at least his poll numbers dropping after the tape came out was the dealbreaker. hear him try to run away from comments on the recording and then started laughing when he said i really respect women. did you see that? here's my question. long for it take this

a republican senators and republican congressmen and reps, whyand state would it take this long to that donald trump shouldn't be president? career ofe made a idolizing ronald reagan, then where were you when your party's nominee for president was kissing up to vladimir putin, the former kgb officer? you used to criticize me for even talking to the russians, now suddenly you are ok with e-ur nominee having a bromanc applause]d

if you come from a family of immigrants, like almost everybody who does unless you are native american, where were you when your party's nominee for resident called immigrants criminals and rapists. if you say you love the constitution, you say obama is over reaching it, he has been violating the constitution and should be impeached. but then you stand up and nominate and support a guy who says that he would silence reporters, jail his political opponent in the middle of a wants, deport whoever he i assume you have some familiarity with the first amendment, the fifth amendment, the 14th amendment?

them youryou offering pocket constitution like mr. khan did? if you are republican official or leader of their and you have ,un for office on family values why wouldn't you walk away from him months ago when you heard your nominee for president called women pigs and dogs and slobs, and grade them not for their character or intellect but 10. scale of one to you don't have to be a husband or a father to stand up for women. you don't have to have a disability to say it is wrong to mock somebody with a disability. muslim tohave to be a stand up for fellow citizens who are just as patriotic as we are. you just have to be a decent person and love this country.

i don't give a lot of credit to folks who are just now trying to walk away from donald trump. i will say i am even more confused by republican politicians who still support donald trump. marco rubio is one of those people. how does that work? how can you call him a common dangerous and object to all of the controversial things he has said and then say but i am still going to vote for him. come on, man. come on, man.

is?know what that is the height of cynicism. that's a son of somebody who will say anything, do anything, pretend to be anybody just to get elected. and you know what? if you are willing to be anybody just to be somebody, then you don't have the leadership that florida needs in the united states senate. that's not the leadership that you need. that's why you have to vote for after murphy. that's why you have to fold for hillary clinton to you have to start voting early on monday. there is only one way we lose this election. if we don't turn out to vote. the only way. we have to do it.

we have to leave no down -- doubt. ning,d is already whi saying the game is rigged before it is even over. said it's not rigged if i went. -- if i win. say, all the republicans -- not all but most, have acknowledged there is no way to rig an election in a country this big. i do know if donald trump has actually been to a polling place where you have democrats and republicans who are in charge of taking the votes, he doesn't

even worry about what he says is true. he is losing. which means he really doesn't have what it takes to hold this job. there is a lot of time in this job where installed go your way. suggest -- i made this a four -- before, this is more -- when usual standard used to just rigging or fraud without a shred of evidence, when last night at the debate donald trump becomes the first major party nominee and american history to suggest that he will , despite losing the vote and then says today, that he will accept the results if he

that is not a joking matter. i want everybody to pay attention. that is dangerous. ofn you try to sow the seeds doubt in people's minds about the legitimacy of our election, that undermines our democracy. you are doing the work of our adversaries for them. our democracy depends on people knowing that there is so matters -- float matters. to occupy the seats of power were chosen by the people. even when your preferred candidate loses when you are the one who is running and you lose, you have to be the bigger picture and say that here in ,merica we believe in democracy and we accept the will of the

people. florida, yourou tete does matter and your vo does count. the notion of voter fraud, out of one million votes cast there were 31 proven cases of voter fraud. 31 out of one million. you are much likelier to get strip where lightning. then to have somebody next to you commit voter fraud. .ou would win the powerball so that's why i am glad to see republicans coming out and saying that kind of talk is nonsense word in florida you have a republican governor.

boo, this get you nowhere. you have a room outlook and -- governor in ohio, north carolina, georgia, nevada, iowa and texas and arizona. are they all in on this rigging? they're not going to rig the cool -- rig the election for hilly up -- hillary clinton. even marco rubio said there is no rigging up vote which i would like to give credit for. he is refuting the claim of a candidate he says he will still vote for. proofyou one more bit of that marco seems to just care about hanging onto his job. patrick murphy cares about you. an election before. it is no fun. winning is better. but when you lose you

congratulate your opponent. you look inside yourself and you figure out what did i do wrong and then you work harder and try to win the next time. that is so democracy works. that's what real leaders do. democracy is a challenge and it is supposed to be. you cannot just look out for yourself and your own best interests, you have to look out for america's best interest. when it is easy, but when it is hard. that is what address murphree understands -- patrick murphy understands. hillary clinton knows that in this big country democracy cannot if all we are about is trying to destroy somebody in the other party, if we demonize each other. if we block supreme court assignments not because that is how it is supposed to work, but

because we did not win. she knows that issues are not black or white or the progress requires compromise, even when you are 100% right you has to still compromise and a country like this. she knows that nobody is perfect , but we should try to conduct ourselves with the same decency and generosity that we try to teach our own children. you know what? , thatind of steadiness kind of responsibility that is the attitude of just doing the right thing, it doesn't always grab the headlines. our politics cannot be boiled down to a tweet. i note in this election season sometimes politics has seemed cheap and trivial and frustrating. you have a chance to reject that

kind of politics. you can reject mean-spirited politics. you don't have to let this country go back words. you have a chance to move it forward and elect a woman the first female president who has spent her entire life trying to make this country better. applause]d somebody who has worked far -- hard, even when she's attacked. that has guts and courage. cynicisml for the easy that says your vote doesn't matter. don't believe that notion that all politicians are the same. so you lose faith or give up or you stay home. don't do that. i promise you, your vote does

matter and if you have any doubt as the 20 million people who have health care today who did not have it before you voted. serveout marine who can the country without hiding the husband he loves. as the autoworker who saw his factory go dark but now is working a double shift. i just came from miami-dade college, they have students forum 100 different countries. as the immigrants who have earned an opportunity to stay and study and become doctors and lawyers. ,oung people like dominique just as talented as melia &

-- melia andas a sasha. ask them if it matters. they know it does. donald trump has nothing to offer but anger and grievance and blame. his closing mark closing argument says what do you have to lose? i am here to tell you, everything. you know how much progress we have made despite the opposition, by the forces of discrimination and the politics of backlash. that progress didn't stop with my presidency. we are just getting started. progress is on the ballot. civility is on the ballot. progress is on the ballot. justices on the ballot. equality is on the ballot.

our democracy is on the ballot. will advanceon those things. donald trump wants to reverse progress, marco rubio wants to help. give me a good sendoff and michelle a good sendoff, join us , work as hard for hillary and hetrick as you did for us. if you care about our democracy do not stay home. you have to get in the arena. you have to vote. that's what this democracy is about. it is not a spectator sport. on some doors. sign up as a volunteer. make some phone calls. talk to your friends. if you do that, we will win this election. we will elect patrick murphy your next senator and hillary clinton the next president.

we will show our kids and the rest of the world why america remains the greatest nation in the world. thank you, miami, god less you. -- god bless you. god bless the united states of america. [cheers and applause] ♪

president obama campaign on behalf of hillary clinton in florida. also promoting cap took murphy in his race against marco rubio in the senate.

you can watch any of this online and we will have it in our video library, c-span.org. campaign 2016 coverage continues with an ohio senate debate between rob portman and his challenger ted strickland. it starts live at 7 p.m. eastern here on's descent -- c-span. the director of intelligence talked about e-mails released by wikileaks and how they are consistent with russian motivated efforts. he said that tampering with the election would be very difficult. here are some of his comments. >> in my travels overseas this year i have been taken aback by the intense interest in this campaign. you go everywhere and hang on every word of the candidates. justtry to do more than listen and.

ago jeh johnson and i released a joint statement, saying that the recent, demise of e-mails are directed by the onsian government, released d.c. leaks or wikileaks. they are consistent with the message and motivations with russian directed effort. going after u.s. political organization is a new aggressive spin on the political -- political cycle. regardless this election will happen on november 8. it will be very difficult to alter ballot counts for election results with cyber intrusion sense of voting machines are not connected to the internet. in 92 days weth, will have a new president.

willintelligence community be involved in making sure that person is informed about our world and hopefully is ready to make decisions as well. >> james clapper's remarks from earlier today. you can watch his comments in their entirety at 8:00 tonight on c-span. every four years the presidential candidates turn from politics to humor at the al smith memorial foundation dinner to raise money for catholic charities at new york's waldorf a story a hotel. >> i have traveled the banquet circuit for years and never understood the logistics of dinners like this and how the absence of one individual to cause three of us to not have seats area >> i am glad to see you here tonight. he said many times in this campaign that you want to give

america back to the little guy. am that president, i man. >> it's an honor to share the dais with the defendant of the great al smith. al, your great-grandfather was my favorite kind of governor. the kind who ran for president and lost. canou are right campaign involve wardrobe changes. blue jeans in the morning perhaps, suits for a lunch fundraiser,'s oracle for dinner and it is nice to finally relax and wear wet and and i wear around the house. tonight at nine eastern on c-span and c-span.org and listen at 9 p.m. eastern with theses bound -- c-span radio app.

trump with supporters , heelaware and ohio continues to assert the right to contest the election . trump: thank you, and thank you to the fire marshal outside, because they had a lot of people outside. thank you. thank you. >> usa!

mr. trump: in 19 days, we are going to win the state of ohio and we are going to win the white house. and i worked in ohio and i love ohio, i can tell you. early voting is underway. so make sure you mail in your ballot. and you have to do it quickly and in person. but on november 8, get there. we are going to do something that has never been done before in this country. believe me. ladies and gentlemen, i want to make a major announcement today. i would like to promise and pledge to all of my voters and supporters and to all of the people of the united states that i will totally accept the results of this great and

historic presidential election if i win. all right. seriously, the debate last night was amazing and everybody said i won, a including every single online poll and some had it at 90% and close to 90%. so that's pretty close. the question of voter fraud came up during the debate. we want fairness in the

election. this is having nothing to do with me. but having to do with the future of our country. we have to have fairness. john podesta, hillary clinton's campaign chairman, was quoted in wikileaks as saying illegal immigrants could vote as long as they have their driver's license. what i'm saying is don't be naive, folks. don't be naive. one of the big issues that came up last night was the fact that the clinton campaign has paid people to disrupt violently our rallies and to incite absolute, total bedlam. >> lock her up! >> lock her up!

>> lock her up! lock her up! lock her up! lock her up! mr. trump: it's so bad. so bad. i've had occasions where we had rallies and it was so incredibly violent. i said, what's going on over here? these were paid people by the clinton campaign, and it just came out, and i give a lot of credit to the people who brought this out, believe me. this is criminal behavior that violates centuries of tradition of peaceful, democratic elections. a campaign like clinton's that will incite violence is truly a campaign that will do anything to win. and a candidate like crooked hillary clinton, who will lie to congress, lie to the fbi, destroy 33,000 e-mails, put her office up for sale, and put our confidential information in the

reach of our enemies is a candidate who is truly capable of anything, including voter fraud. in addition, it was just learned in that hillary clinton was given the exact question to a previous debate, word for word, by donna brazile. who is now under tremendous pressure to resign from the dnc, as she should be. she should resign. how can a woman do that? that is cheating at the highest level. but i ask you, why shouldn't hillary clinton resign from the race? she was given -- think of it -- she was given these questions.

she used these questions, studied the questions, got the perfect answer for the questions. and never said that she did something that was totally wrong and inappropriate. hence, the name, crooked hillary. years ago, there was a show called "the $64,000 question." a contestant got the questions in advance, and his life was ruined. they've found out about it. remember? anybody remember his name? come on. van dorn. very good. you look younger than that. charles van doren. charles van doren was his name.

life was ruined. he got the questions. forget donna brazile. she should resign. she looked like a fool last night trying to say, well, she did not know what was going on. she had no idea. she said, get me out of here. she got the questions. she got the questions. she gave them to hillary clinton. hillary clinton didn't say that i would like to announce a mistake was made and i can't take these -- i mean, look, how many questions are there, right? can you imagine if i got the questions? they would call for the reestablishment of the electric chair. do you agree with that? right? she got the questions and she didn't report it. she went out there knowing the questions. she didn't report it. that is very dishonest. she is a very dishonest person.

this is even bigger because we are going for the presidency of the united states. so this is very important. hillary clinton is the most corrupt and dishonest person ever to seek the office of the presidency. so it is in that context that i was asked the question whether i would agree in advance to concede the results on election night, if for some reason we should lose -- which we are not going to lose. and that was sort of an unprecedented question. if al gore or george bush had agreed three weeks before the election to concede the results and waive their right to a legal challenge or a recount, then there would be no supreme court

case and no gore vs. bush or bush vs. gore. and there have been numerous other cases. in effect, i am being asked to waive centuries of legal precedent designed to protect the voters. but listen to this. according to pew, highly respected, there are 24 million voter registrations in the united states that are either invalid or significantly inaccurate. ok. i think the people in this room understand it more than our leaders -- although maybe our leaders understand more than we think they understand. listen to this. 1.8 million people are dead. but they are registered to vote, some of whom vote even though the are dead, which is really a

hard thing to do. but it's easy if fraud is involved, right? you have 1.8 million people who are dead who are registered to vote. and some of them vote. one was a republican, and after death became a democrat. it's true. 2.8 million people are registered in more than one state. they got 2.8 million people that can vote in ohio and someplace else. and 14% of noncitizens are registered to vote. and then i hear we have such a beautiful -- everything so wonderful -- you understand where i'm coming from, i think, right? now, i am not a politician, so i can say it like it is.

but those are terrible -- those are terrible and frightening statistics. america is a constitutional republic with a system of laws. these laws are triggered in the case of fraud or in the event of a recount where it is needed. of course, i would accept a clear election result, but i would also reserve my right to contest or file a legal challenge in the case of a questionable result, right? and always, i will follow and abide by all of the rules and traditions of all of the many candidates who have come before me -- always. it me -- always. bottom line, we are going to win. we are going to win. in we are going to big so big. we are going to win so big. november 8, we are going to win.

together, we are going to deliver real change that puts, again, america first. it's going to be america first. >> usa! usa! usa! usa! mr. trump: thank you. boy, you people have spirit. beautiful. it's a beautiful thing to see. all over the country, it's a beautiful thing. it's a spirit. it's a movement like they've never seen. the dishonest media, they've never seen anything like it. they've never seen anything like it. we are going to renegotiate our horrible trade deals, end illegal immigration, stop the massive inflow of refugees, reduce surging crime, cut taxes

and regulation, unleash job-producing energy, american energy. rebuild our military and take care of our vets. now, our vets -- our great veterans have not been taken care of the way they've should be taken care of. that i can tell you. our vets are treated oftentimes not as well as illegal immigrants, and we are going to change that very fast. our vets are going to be treated properly and with great respect. that is not happening now. and we are going to repeal and replace obamacare. just in case you haven't noticed, rates are going up 60%, 70%, 80%.

next year's going to be worse. it's a catastrophe. and it's dying anyway. but we are going to repeal it, replace it. you are going to have great health care at a fraction of the cost. your jobs will come back under a trump administration. your jobs are failing. your incomes will go up under a trump administration. your taxes will go way down under a trump administration. and hillary clinton is going to raise your taxes. she is going to raise your taxes. your companies won't be leaving ohio under a trump administration. right now our economy isn't growing practically at all. last quarter, it was only around 1% gdp. people have hardly ever heard of numbers like that. if in china it goes to 7% or 8%, it is considered a national catastrophe. here, it is 1%. isn't everything wonderful?

everything is a wonderful. and if it was wonderful, we wouldn't have packed auditoriums everywhere we go. believe me. i'm going to get us to 4% growth and maybe more and create 25 million jobs for our country over the next 10 years. many workers are earning less today than they were 18 years ago. they are working harder. they are working longer. they are taking home less money. they are getting older and working harder. believe me. and so analyzed. i am working harder. believe me. i'm working harder. companies like carrier are firing their workers and moving to mexico. ford is moving all of their small car production to mexico. when i'm president, if a company

wants to fire their workers and leave for mexico or other countries, then we will charge them a 35% tax when they want to ship their products back into the united states. and they won't leave. believe me. those companies will not leave. if we do that, they will not leave. and you know what? if they do that, we will make a lot of money. but they've will not leave. our politicians should have told you this years ago, you would have stopped this horrible onslaught of companies leaving. but two things. either they are not very smart war they are controlled by their donors and special interests. hillary clinton has raised millions of dollars from big donors who want to ship our companies. use all of that last night. it turned out she wanted open

borders. boy, that wikileaks has done a job on her, hasn't it? and you take a look. she really has a hatred almost for catholics. she's got a hatred for evangelicals. i mean, what they said about catholics and evangelicals and some of the things, so many other things. the one i liked was john podesta say hillary clinton has bad instincts. she has bad instincts. i don't want summit with bad instinct as our president. i'll tell you. if i were hillary, i would fire the guide. he said so many bad things. well, bill said about obamacare, he said this is the craziest thing i've ever seen. he was right. he suffered that evening, right? he suffered.

but this is why i am proposing a package of ethic reforms to make our government honest once again. it's time to drain the swamp of corruption in washington, d.c. and we're going to do it. those reforms include the following -- a five-year ban on executive branch and congressional officials lobbying the government after they lave the goverment for government service. why they make all these sweetheart deals. a ban on for lobbyists raising money for american elections. i don't want that. you don't want that. nobody wants that. and then you wonder why we make all these dumb deals and these horrible deals. friends of mine come up, how could there make such a stupid deal? i said they the a are actually

smart. but this is the way the system works. additionally, i am going to push for a constitutional amendment to propose term limits on all members of congress. it's about time. not only will we end government corruption, but we will end economic stagnation. my plan for the economy can be summed up in three beautiful words -- jobs, jobs, jobs. at the center of what will be a historic jobs plan, we will be fixing our terrible trade deals. and they are terrible. 47 million americans are in poverty, and 45 million americans are right now on food stamps. we have nearly $800 billion annual trade deficit in goods with the world, and the worst so-called recovery since the great depression. you know, we hear about a recovery. it's the worst since the great depression. hard to believe.

ohio has lost one in four manufacturing jobs since nafta, and china's entrance into the world trade organization, two deals done by bill and backed strongly by crooked hillary. america has lost -- listen to this -- 70,000 factories since china joined the wto. and by the way, try doing business over in china. not easy, folks, not easy. we are living through the greatest jobs theft in the history of the world. they are stealing our jobs, our companies, taking her money. -- our money. we have drugs. we have debt. we have empty factories. that's going to end. so easy. a trump administration is going to renegotiate nafta, the worst ever signed -- probably the

worst trade you ever signed in history -- stand up to foreign in cheating and currency manipulation and stop the jobs from leaving our country. we are going to stop them. it won't be hard. it won't be hard. in order to bring our jobs back to ohio, michigan, pennsylvania, north carolina, all across this great nation, i'm going to undertake a major reorganization of our bureaucracy, which we have to do. have to do. american trade policy is currently mismanaged by dozens of competing bureaucracies, spread across the departments of agriculture, commerce, labor, state, treasury -- all of these departments, so many departments. get that mosquito out of here. get a little nervous with mosquitoes nowadays, folks.

that up here, you have been hit -- yet. right? that's what we need, a nice mosquito bite. >> thank you. mr. trump: thank you. i love you, too. mosquito bite right smack in the middle of the nose. no, we don't want it. in my administration, all trade policy making will be consolidated into one very important office. we are going to call it the american desk. and it will be located inside the department of commerce. and i will be checking with those people because we are not going to lose our companies anymore. it's so complicated. so many different departments have to get involved. and by the time the get involved, they are gone. they have signed with all of these other countries. the mission of the american desk will be to protect the economic

interest of the american worker and the national interest of the united states. they are hurting our national interest. we owe $20 trillion right now, doubled under obama, and we haven't done anything. our roads are bad, schools are bad, everything is bad. they are falling down. we have all this debt and we haven't started yet. we have to fix the infrastructure of our country. it's going to be america first, believe me. as part of our plan to bring back our jobs, we are going to lower our business tax from 35% to 15%. we are also going to rebuild our inner cities. african-americans and hispanics living in the inner cities are suffering. the violence is unbearable and unbelievable. you walk to the store with your child and you get shot. there's no education. there are no jobs. and there's practically no safety.

nearly 3500 people have been shot in chicago since the beginning of the year, since january 1. 3500 people. that's worse than what you are reading about over in the middle east in many cases. homicides are up nearly 50% washington, d.c., and more than 60% in baltimore. and it's getting worse. to the african-american and hispanic communities who are suffering, i say, what do you have to lose? vote for donald trump. i'm going to fix the inner cities. i'm going to fix the inner cities. what do you have to lose? seriously. i mean it. the inner cities are so bad. they've been run so badly by the democrats for decades and decades and decades. sometimes more than a hundred

years unbroken, and they get the votes and the go on their way and the don't do a thing. i hope the americans, -- i hope the african-americans, hope the hispanics will vote for me. we will be a rich nation once again. bigly. we will be a rich nation once again. but to be a rich country, we must also be a safe country. and national security national security begins at the border. speaking in secret to a foreign bank, hillary clinton said her dream is for totally open trade and open borders. you saw that last night when she tried to lie about it. right? she tried to lie about it and she came up with something, she was talking about energy. just like she lied about other things, she tried to lie -- she said tpp, which is a disaster. it will be a disaster for ohio.

they have no guards, no safeguards, they don't talk about currency manipulation in the agreement. it's thousands of pages long, it's a disaster for ohio and pennsylvania and any place that makes anything, it is bad. hillary's plan includes an open border with the middle east, meaning generations of radicalism spreading and growing within our open shores. a refugee pled guilty to joining isis -- there are many of them. so let me state this as clearly as i can -- if i'm elected president of the united states, i'm going to keep radical islamic terrorists the hell out of our country.

we've got enough problems, don't you think? don't you think we have enough? that will end up being the great trojan horse they will read about like you read about trojan horse current, in 200 years. we don't want to be a part of that history. we will also stop the crisis of illegal immigration. a trump administration will secure and defend our borders. and, yes, we will build the wall. and mexico will pay for the wall. we have the first ever endorsement from our ice and border patrol officers, first time they have endorsed someone for president. every year, countless american lives are lost to sanctuary cities. my opponent strongly supports

sanctuary cities. i do not think she knows why, like the one that got kate killed by a five-time deported criminal illegal immigrant. if i am elected president i will , cut off federal funding to sanctuary cities. and quickly. and we are going to make sure that our immigration authorities do the job they're supposed to be doing, and these in many cases are great people that are not allowed to do the job. in the case of board of control and ice agents, these are great american people. by thanking me they will be working much harder, they don't have to stand back. people just walk into our country. we will save american lives. either we win this election or we are going to lose this country.

here are some of the amazing things we are going to be doing for our country starting in 2017. we are going to have the biggest tax cuts since ronald reagan. we will eliminate every unnecessary job-killing regulation which affects the many of you. we will defend our religious liberty. we will provide school choice to every low-income child in america. and we are going to end common core. education will be brought local. we will totally support the men and women of law enforcement. we talked about this last night at the debate -- we will save

the second amendment which right now is under siege. we talked about this last night and i will appoint justices to the united states supreme court who will uphold and defend the constitution of the united states. you have 19 days to make every dream you ever dreamed for your children and your family and your country come true. thank you. god bless you. thank you. thank you. our campaign is powered by our love for this country and our love for our fellow citizens, and is there any better place to be than a trump rally? it's about rejecting the cynicism of our failed political establishment, which is doing great harm to everybody. to us.

i am going to fight for every citizen of every background from every stretch of this nation. i'm going to fight for every child living in poverty. i'm going to fight for every mom who lost her child to illegal immigration and drugs and gang violence. i am going to fight for every community whose jobs and factories have been ripped out of our states, like ohio and pennsylvania and florida and so many others. you take a look at new england, you take a look at what's happened, you take a look at new york state, upstate new york, and you see what's going on. we will never, ever let that happen again. we are going to bring them back. i'm going to fight for every person in this country who believes government should serve the people, not the donors and

the special interests. and i'm going to fight to bring us all together as americans. imagine what our country could accomplish if we started working together as one people, under one god, saluting one american flag. in 10 years, in 20 years, in 30 years, you will look back at this rally for the rest of your life. but important things are happening. you will remember this day. this is a movement like nobody has seen in this country before. you are going to look back at this election and say this is the most important vote i've ever cast for anyone at any time.

you are going to be so proud of your country again, and hopefully you will be very, very proud of your president because he will do a great job. and when we win, we will make america wealthy again. we will make america strong again. we will make america safe again. and we will make america great again. thank you, everybody. thank you, ohio. god bless you. god bless you. thank you.

> usa! >> today the candidates in ohio's senate race will meet. rob portman meets ted strickland

at 7:00 tonight eastern on c-span. >> every four years presidential candidates turn from politics to humor at the ousted memorial foundation dinner to raise money for catholic charities at new york's waldorf astoria. president reagan: i have never understood the logistics of dinners like this, and not the -- how the absence of one individual could cause us not have seats. dukakis: said many times in this campaign went to get america back to the little guy. mr. vice president, i am that man. gore: al, your great-grandfather was my

therite kind of governor, kind who ran for president and lost. romney: a campaign can require a lot of work to changes. suit, sport coats, but it is finally nice to relax and wear what and and i -- ann and i wear around the house. >> tonight at 9:00 eastern at c-span and www.c-span.org, can listen on the c-span radio app. rogersy admiral mike talked about cyber security issues. he was asked to comments his predecessor had made earlier in the week.

here is part of what he had to say. admiral rogers: plan your predecessors is quoted this week as describing russian hacking at the dnc at a legitimate intelligence operation. they call for a response. do you have any reaction to his characterization? admiral rogers: we have acknowledged the russians were behind the penetration, hackers, behind the democratic national committee and several other targets designed to generate insight. i would argue this is a pattern of behavior in terms of the use of information, the attempt to

persuade and manipulate others and has been a consistent pattern for russians. cyber at another division because it enables individuals, actors, nationstates to acquire data on a massive scale and then diebold that. it is a lot of things that we have to think through with respect to that. fundamentally, as a nation, it is important we believe and trust that the mechanisms of governance are going to generate outcomes we can believe. -- our wayaway through this should come as the forefront of our line -- how do and how do weust send strong messages to others in the world outlining what is acceptable and what is not acceptable. some of the comments by nsa

director michael rogers. bernard today, an event in baltimore, and you can watch these comments tonight at 1:40 , or you can take a look at them anytime online at c-span.org. weekend, saturday evening before 7:00, ohio state benedict talks about a case where the rule -- --re the court rule >> the trial was part of this design to prove to the public that the danger was real and the military trials were justified. know it were.

lincoln won the election. >> at 8:00, the origins of the gay rights movement. front was liberation building on all the lessons that the whole other array of social and cultural -- from this time were developing, the antiwar movement, the civil rights and black power movement, women's liberation movement, and they are taking the best aspect of the building upon them. sunday, we take a tour of the woodrow wilson house in washington with its executive director where the 28th president retired and died three years later. >> he responded by sending food aid to armenia. the armenian people or grateful, any group of armenian women touring the united states raising money were here in 1917

after the war, and presented this painting to president wilson. --at 8:00 the president of the campaign group inc. talks about history of presidential ad, beginning with white eisenhower -- dwight d. eisenhower's tv jingles. go to www.c-span.org. yesterday the northern virginia chamber of commerce hosted a debate with candidate running for the 10th congressional district. stock and her opponent took questions. this is an hour and 15 minute.

>> good morning, everyone. i am honored to be here with you today. it is my pleasure to introduce 'se candidates for virginia 10th congressional district. serves on theck science, space, and technology committee, where she serves as chairwoman for the subcommittee on research and technology, the house administration committee in the u.s. house. she served in the virginia house from 2010 until 2016 where she served as chairwoman as the science and technology committee.

she earned her law degree from georgetown university law center and graduated from military college. -- middleburyy college. she continues to teach with three children. congresswoman barbara comstock. comstock: --e then it in her husband -- bennet started a small business until her husband passed away. she was left as a single working mother running a business. today her small business has worked on projects that help create job duties for more than

a thousand workers in generated millions of dollars in economic development for the metro region. while promoting energy efficient and sustainable development. ett earned her degree from eastern universal -- illinois university. she continues her work with a number of nations fighting for working families across the region and across virginia. please welcome luanne bennett. we also want the audience to submit your question is that candidates. feel free to write a question candidates, and a

staff member will bring it forward. keep your questions focused on business issues. all questions will be kept anonymous. another way for the audience to #novadebate. use each candidate will receive up to two minutes for opening statements. candidates will be provided to two minutes for a closing statement. following the question and answer period. during the questions, the candidate answering first is provided with one minute 30 seconds to respond. the candidate answering second will receive one minute 30 seconds to pride -- provide an answer to the same question. one minute will be allowed for rebuttal. the moderator a follow-up questions.

the predebate drawing, congresswoman comstock will provide the first opening have the right to close out that question with her rebuttal time. ms. bennett will provide second opening statement and have the right to close out that question with her rebuttal time. a person from the chamber is our type cake or -- timekeeper. the timekeeper will show a green card when 30 seconds remain. the moderator will interrupt the candidate if they do not complete their sentence promptly. time limits will be strictly enforced. to be respectful of each candidate, we ask the audience refrain from loss after the answers are given. let me mention only credentialed media are permitted to film the

event and the individuals filming the debate who are not a member of the media will be asked to leave. let's begin the opening statements. congresswoman comstock, you have two minutes. mstock:ntative co good morning. you know me. i have a record of real cost. -- real constants. i look forward to discussing my record. my opponent has had little involvement in the business community or issues driving our economy. results, of bipartisan decreases,n in tax research and development tax credits, transportation solutions, 21st century chewers, landmark legislation -- cure. where has my opponent been?

she spent her career in d.c. real estate. she said she had moved to washington in 2014. i'm the only member of congress in the majority and the only chairwoman rep. this chamber endorsed me as a delegate, and now every leading organization has endorsed me as have federal employees, the police benevolent associations, and firefighters. opponent's my talking points included telling tax increases might create jobs. competitivemy eating legislation that chamber endorsed to cut defense which would harm our national security and our jobs and she thinks obamacare makes health care more affordable. with a lifetime of experience working with businesses,

schools, charities, and leaders that makes the 10th district the best place to work, live, start a business, and raise a family. i am i own woman. together we can build on this strong foundation. thank you. ennett?b i stand here as one of you. i have run a business for 30 years, and share your frustration with a do-nothing congress that cannot pass a budget. i am here as a mother to three sons and a grandmother to my grandson, sam. the decisions congress makes, or more accurately does not make out will impact all our children and grandchildren. congress is broken, and that must change. 35 years ago my husband and i moved to northern virginia.

we raised our boys in starting a real estate business. to cancer, lost rick and i was left a single working mom running a business in the middle of a recession. it was tough. but i never missed a payroll. one of the things that i learned from this experience is that in challenging times, there are always opportunities, and i see tremendous opportunities right here in the 10th district. you and i know in business we solve problems every single day by working together, even with people we do not agree with. barbara comstock went to washington fit right in to the obstructionist congress. coming,d have seen it when as a state delegates she voted against a bipartisan transportation bill, the very bill that brought the silver line to dulles airport. my coming, opponent just recently said

she can no longer support the candidate donald trump. unfortunately, she continues to support his agenda, an agenda block equal pay, block comprehensive immigration reform, block common sense gun safety, denies climate change, punishes women for making their own health care choices, and an agenda that divide the country. thank you to all the sponsors of today's debate. i look forward to answering your questions. >> mike, i think we will come forward and try to adjust your mike so that -- i think yours was working well, but to take a cause here -- --pause here ok, so mike is telling me he would like you do read to your opening statement, ms. bennett,

that what you are saying? >> really? [indiscernible] >> i am sorry. >> we heard the first time. >> mike -- >> [indiscernible] >> ok we are going to move forward. we will move on to the first question, which goes to congresswoman comstock. metro has often been in the news cycle for the wrong reasons in the past few years. with the hiring of a strong general manager, this has started to change, by funding remains an issue. the metro system is the transportation system or federal government employees and for employees whose companies service the federal government. what responsibility does the ineral government had funding and operating capital for metro?

comstock: metro has been one of our biggest challenges when we had that tragic. -- are you not hearing? >> mike, can you come in here? we need a microphone check. let's step out for one second. mike -- i apologize for this. >> yes, we can hear you, congresswoman comstock. the firstgoing to question again. metro. in the news, now with a strong general manager, what responsibility does the government had in funding operating and capital for metro and how would you

advocate for that funding? we havetative comstock: been working on this since i was elected, and it worked on the legislation to make sure you get the silver line going to loud and. after the accident in january of 2015, we brought people together in a bipartisan pieces and made sure the safety culture was going to be the top priority, and i commend the new general integer for hiring new people, clearing out some of the deadwood they had in management, and putting new practices in place. year -- whenion a my own party tried to cut that out they cut out $75 million. i worked with the region to get that were stored and having a majority member in my conference to push this was a strong reason we were able to get that restored. we also worked on the issue of

crime at that show. we see rising crime there. rape at 10ncident of in the morning that was not reported. i asked the general manager, this needs to be reported immediately. he changed the policy that day. i am working every day. i have been out to the control center. i am talking about controlling costs, and there needs to be in federal role in it, but as you have -- when you have the governors and the mayor here, there is still a lot of work to be done in resistance on that, but i have already working as part of the bipartisan coalition on that. our region and our local economy depend on a safe and reliable metro system. 40% of our federal workforce metro, and we need safety and or liability, that we need to find the improvements

that need to be made. we need the system to be safe. i would point out that we would not have a metro system going to dulles airport and into loudoun county worried up to the congresswoman. when she was in the house of delegates, she voted against the funding for metro, against the largest bipartisan transportation bill to come out of richmond. and she did it because she signed the grover norquist no tax pledge. this is little extremism taken to -- you know -- the hilt. a perfect example of it. we need to fund metro. metro need $18 billion in capital repairs. this is precisely why i support a federal infrastructure spending authority, much along the lines of senator mark warner's -- there is a bipartisan bill in the s

enate. there is also a bill in the house that would provide infrastructure spending. that is the kind of spending and thinking that we need to fix our metro system and fixed our infrastructure across the country. >> 60 seconds? as isentative comstock: mentioned, the bill that we worked on, and supported on a -- basis, many of the former governors supported that. we would not have gotten the boat to get -- the vote to get metro to dulles if we had not had that bill. that was my legislation. i did always support metro. the budget is mentioned, when you were not here, luann, you were elsewhere, but that was a

medicaid in that budget, but i worked to restore the money. onorked with colleagues metro as well as another who was on the science committee, where i chair the committee. we have a bill that is going to work on how we do with safety, terrorist threats on metro. i am working on this every day. when we had emergency drills, i was down there every day. i went to -- >> thank you. thank you. thank you so much. ms. bennett's, workforce education. it is a core priority for the northern virginia chamber of commerce. what type of initiative would you propose at the federal level that are responsible -- responsive to the business needs and howern virginia, can you work in your counterparts in state and local governments to ensure the

federal workforce education program achieves a maximum result in northern virginia? ms. bennett: education is critical, and it is something i know about because i have been working to provide educational opportunities for over two decades. our economic competitiveness, the success of our children depends on high-quality education. we do need to educate our workforce for 21st century jobs, and we have great opportunities to do that in our community college systems. i think we have that infrastructure built out. we need to maximize use of it. right here in virginia we have 37,000 unfilled technology jobs. in the short run, we need to increase the amount of high-skilled visas available to companies to be able to fill those jobs. that in the long run, we need to reeducate our american workforce

to fill those jobs. i will work hard to provide funding for education. my opponent, education funding, both in the house of representatives and in the congress. in the house she cut from the school budget and in the congress, she voted for an $800 million cut. against any voted amendment that would provide stem grants for women, minorities and low income students. that is the kind of thing we simply cannot do if we are going to move forward into the 21st century. moderator: thank you. 90 seconds. i'm the only one who has been involved in virginia public schools and universities. the fairfaxs in system and my mom is the teacher and a librarian. i've already worked with state and local officials.