renaissance. in italy there is an expression. it is an expression that comes a particular moment in the dinner or lunch. that comes from latin. wheat, bread. from these, a lot of things. the values of the table are of sharing. not only bread, wine, food, but sharing a friendship. i think this is the real relation between the united states of america and italy. we share the same values, the

same friendship. yes, on the table, we share the bread. we share all of the wine. we share above all the future and the common values. for this reason, i propose a toast to president obama. to first lady michelle. thank you so much for your journey, your incredible service. for the values you inspire. not only the united states of america but around the world. thank you, president. >> c-span, where history unfold daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is rock you by your cable or satellite provider. >> when you grow up in an

environment like i did, you need people to play a heroic role, and luckily i had that. this is really the story of how they impacted my life in positive ways. vanaturday night, other jd talks about growing up in appalachia. >> there was never a link in my mind between education and opportunities get even the people who did well in school did not necessarily make a whole lot out of themselves. you did not necessarily seeking all have a good opportunity so it was hard to believe school mattered much. coming up next on c-span, donald trump and hillary clinton campaigned in ohio and pennsylvania with their running mates.

then, a look at wikileaks and its disclosure of elected e-mails from the clinton campaign. later, activists and strategist discuss how the next president might handle issues of race and justice. with less than three weeks ago two election day, the lexus -- latest polling and ohio shows a tight race. rally inump held a cleveland this weekend with mike pence. ♪ all right now right now all

♪ >> hello ohio. gov. pence: i'm mike pence. along with my wife karen pence. a little more than three months ago in this great city of cleveland i accepted my party's nomination to run and serve as the next vice president of the united states. and i could not be more honored and more humbled to be with you today. how about america's mayor rudy giuliani? isn't he amazing, everybody? rudy knows me well. we have been friends for a long time. i appreciated that kind introduction, but he knows the introduction i prefer is a little bit shorter. i'm a christian and conservative and a republican in that order.

[applause] and we are just 17 days away from a great victory all across the state of ohio and all across the united states of america. [applause] pence: i have to tell this campaign in a heartbeat because you have nominated a man for president who never quits. he is a fighter and a winner. until not too long ago, it seemed like he was out there fighting on his own but now this movement is coming together. ohio is coming together. america's coming together. we are going to make donald trump the next president of the united states of america. [applause] governor pence: donald trump literally embodies the spirit of america. strong, freedom loving,

independent and willing to fight every day for what he believes in and for the american people. [applause] governor pence: you sure saw that fight this last wednesday night in vegas when he beat hillary clinton in that debate hands down. [applause] you know, we had a little bit of a debate in the vice presidential contest a couple weeks ago, too. some people think i won that debate. [applause] i'm very humbled by that. from where i was sitting, donald trump won that debate. donald trump's vision for america won that debate, and donald trump's agenda to make america great again is going to win all the way to the white house.

because the reality is this election is not just a choice between two people. it is really a choice between two futures. so, let me tell you where i stand. i choose a stronger america. i choose a more prosperous america. i choose an america that respects and upholds our highest constitutional ideals, so i choose to stand with donald trump and every american who believes we can make this country great again. [applause] today, inence: gettysburg, pennsylvania, donald trump outlined a plan. a contract with the american people that will make america strong again and make america safe again. [applause]

governor pence: it has really been a battle. since i join his ticket, it has been really amazing. i get up every morning, i have to turn on the television with a stick. you know what i'm talking about. two on one every day with the national media doing most of hillary clinton's work for her. [crowd booing] gov. pence: the amazing thing is donald trump's is still winning hearts and minds every day and he is going to win all the way to the white house. [applause] governor pence: that is because donald trump has got a plan. donald trump has got a plan to get america moving again, to make america safe again. the truth of the matter is 7.5 years of barack obama and hillary clinton's brand of leadership has weakened america's place in the world and stifled america's economy. the truth, the reality is that this election really is about security. it is about prosperity.

and it is about ensuring that we have the highest standards of integrity in the highest office in the land. and on every single one of those issues, the clear choice is donald trump. despite traveling millions of miles as our secretary state, the world is more dangerous today than the day that barack obama and hillary clinton took over our foreign policy. the truth is history teaches that weakness arouses evil. the weak foreign policy of barack obama and hillary clinton, of leading from behind, moving red lines, paying ransom to terrorist sponsoring states are all evidence of this failed policy. we cannot have four more years apologizing to our enemies and

abandoning our friends. for america to be safe, for the world to be safe, america needs to be strong, and donald trump will lead on the world stage with american strength. when donald trump becomes president of the united states, we will rebuild our military, we will restore the arsenal of democracy. we will support our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines and our veterans and we will hunt down and destroy isis at its source! [applause] in these challenging times for men and women who serve on the thin blue line, in our cities and our communities, when donald trump becomes the chief law enforcement officer of the united states, a president donald trump will support our law enforcement community with

the resources and the training they need to protect our families and come home safe to affairs -- theirs. and we will restore law and order to every city and every community in the land. it is not just about security at home and abroad. it is also about prosperity. we are in the midst of the weakest economic recovery since the great depression. the truth is that today nearly one in four americans isn't even working. millions of americans, 45 million americans, are on food stamps. 47 million living in poverty. hillary clinton's plan more of the same, more taxes, more of obamacare that is stifling american jobs. they tell us this economy is the best we can do. ohio, you know better. it is not the best we can do.

it is just the best they can do. when donald trump becomes president of the united states we are going to get this economy time-honored conservative principles and put america back to work. donald trump has got a plan. we're going to cut taxes for working families, small businesses, lower business taxes in america and we are going to repeal every single unconstitutional executive order signed by barack obama. [applause] we're going to have trade deals that put the american worker first. we're going to end the war on coal and develop in all of the above energy strategy. when donald trump and i take to the white house, we are going to

stock obamacare, lock, and barrel. it is about security, it is about prosperity, but the man you are about to hear from knows it is also about, it is also about the highest court in the land. men and women of ohio remember this -- we're going to elect a president to serve for the next eight years. [applause] governor pence: but whoever is president in the next four years will set the course of the supreme court of united states for the next 40 years. you'd better think long and hard about that. let me say to all of you, when when you elect hillary clinton, you had better get used to judges taking unconstitutional actions. you heard in that debate, that laundry list of to do's she wants the supreme court to do for her. i want to say for the sake of

the rule of law, the sanctity of life, for the sake of the second amendment of the constitution of the united states, for the sake of all the god-given liberties that are enshrined in our constitution, ohio, we must decide here and now that the next president to make appointments to the supreme court of the united states will be be president donald trump. >> [chanting trump] ♪ governor pence: ladies and gentlemen, the next president of the united states. ♪

i gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today there is no doubt i love this land god bless usa american, to be an where at least i know i'm free and i won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me i'll gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today 'cause there ain't no doubt i love this land god bless the u.s.a. and i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free and i won't forget the men who died

who gave that right to me i'll gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today but there is not any doubt i love this land god bless the u.s.a. ♪ [applause] mr. trump: thank you to the people of cleveland for hosting our great convention. thank you very much. this is such a great honor to be back. we had an awfully good time the last time. you remember, right? the thing called the republican national convention. and it was great.

and i want to thank patrick park and ray park. they own this building. they do such a great job. it is incredible. they kept moving the walls out. could we make it bigger, bigger? we have some great crowds. i want to thank everybody special. ohio is a special place and cleveland is a special place and always will be to me. and i want to thank our future vice president mike pence and karen. what a job they have done. it is a great team. it is really a team. but they have been spectacular, and it is an honor to be working with them. i have to tell you, i love those pink, let me see that -- women for trump. those are my favorites. those are my voters. oh, we're going to do so well

with women, it is crazy. wait till those numbers come out on november 8. in 17 days, we are going to win the great state of ohio, and we are going to win the white house. early voting is underway. make sure get that ballot out. otherwise, this whole movement, honestly, we will have pretty much wasted a lot of time and energy. now, me, it would've been time, energy and i guess by the time i'm finished, over $100 million. that is a lot of money. but we have something that is so

special that i don't think there is a chance they can take it away from us. we are going to win. we are going to win november 8. together we are going to deliver real change that once again puts america first. as an example, this used to be a great plant. thousands and thousands of people worked here. they left. so many people are leaving, so many people are closing their businesses. they're moving to mexico and other countries. not going to happen anymore. we are going to tell you why it's not going to happen anymore. earlier today, i outlined my contract with the american voter, a detailed list of solutions to make your life richer and better. one of the issues i addressed at length is the issue of government corruption. i talked about the inside dealing, the powerful protecting the powerful, and about special interests and donors who've rigged the system. the system is rigged. you know it, i know it. the politicians know it. the media people know it.

they all know it. [crowd boos] mr. trump: i have talked about the corrupt career lifetime politicians like hillary clinton, selling her office for personal enrichment. you have seen how that is going. i have got news for all of the people taking advantage of our rigged system. in 17 days, everything is going to change. in 17 days, we are going to drain the swamp of corruption in washington, d.c. we are going to renegotiate our

terrible trade deals. end illegal immigration. stop the massive inflow of refugees coming from the middle east. reduce crimes, cut taxes and regulation. unleash american energy, including shale, oil, natural gas and beautiful clean coal. we're going to put those miners back to work. we will rebuild our military and take care of our great veterans. that means new aircraft, for wright-patterson air force base right here in ohio. we will also repeal and replace the total disaster known as obamacare. health insurance premiums are

going to the roof. led by obamacare. and companies are being driven out of business, they're leaving our country over the cost of health care. it is a total disaster. many companies are being forced to flee. fire everybody, go to another country. we are going to stop a day one. and hillary clinton wants to double down and make obamacare bigger and even worse. just this month, the democratic governor of minnesota admitted the reality is the affordable care act, he said, is no longer affordable. he said that. you probably saw last week bill

clinton called obamacare the craziest thing in the world. he said that small businesses and middle-class americans are getting killed. he then went home and he got killed. he tried taking it back the next day. he did not have the same enthusiasm. he had a rough evening hearing it whether you are a hillary clinton or anybody else, obamacare care is a disaster. premiums are going up 60, 70, 80, 90%. next year will be worse. it is lousy health care. it is terrible. the deductibles are so high, you don't want to use it anyway. if you need it you will never get to use it because the deductibles have gotten so high. it is our horror show. we are to repeal it and replace

it. and, this is our chance to get rid of this law. we are going to approve and get

something that is so much less expensive and so good. a great health care system, a system that you deserve. that is what we are going to be doing. as one of many things. we have so many things. we could stand here for two days and just talk. we are going to go over a lot of them. among our other reforms -- [crowd chanting "trump"] [cheers] mr. trump: is he one of the people paid for by the democrats and the clinton campaign? get out of here. get out. get out. did you read that the other day? they are paying $1500. they are violent. they want to have violence. everybody blames in on me. and they say trump was actually innocent. unbelievable. unbelievable. among the reforms will be to cut the red tape and the fda, and speed the approval of life-saving drugs. your jobs will come back under a trump administration. your incomes will go up under a trump administration.

your taxes will go way down under a trumpet ministration. she is going to raise your taxes. -- a trump administration. she is going to raise your taxes. believe me they will not be going to another country when they are offered a little bit better deal. you will be proud of your leaders once again. wikileaks shows us that john podesta said hillary clinton has bad instincts. bernie sanders said she has bad judgment. what are we doing? what are we doing? one of her close allies said she doesn't seem to know what planet we are all living in. this is her allies saying this. the e-mails also show her staff saying she has no core. she just does whatever her donors and special interests want her to do. [chanting "usa"]

we are not too happy with her i will tell you. look, it is a rigged system. that is how she got to run. the whole entire premise of her campaign is to keep our system rigged and to stop change happening at any cost. we need change. we are about change. she is about keeping it the way it is.

we don't want to have four more years of obama, that we can tell you. take a look at her record. she has been there for 30 years and hasn't fixed anything. she has unleashed death, destruction and failure and every country she touched in the middle east. iraq, libya, syria, iran. hillary's catastrophic failures unleashed isis, the great vacuum that she and obama created which is now on a campaign of genocide against christians all over the world. there are 32 countries when they started. during her tenure as secretary of state. when they started, they started as a little group. obama calls them the jv. now they are in 32 countries.

hillary clinton says on point. isis. why didn't she stop in the first place? when will she take responsibility? for all the death and suffering she caused around the world. look at what she has done. when will she apologize for all of the people, her decisions have gotten killed. at home she fails on the economy. she failed in upstate new york. she said she's going to bring jobs. the place emptied out. companies are firing their workers and moving to mexico. ford is moving all of its small car production to mexico. who knows better than cleveland

what is going on? who knows better than cleveland? and next-door you are losing another big monster to mexico. we are going to stop it. we are going to stop it dead in its tracks. when i am president, if companies want to fire their workers and leave for mexico or some other place than we will charge them a 35% tax when they want to ship their products back into the united states. when they hear that they are not moving. they may move to another state. that is different. you have to fight for your own. they are not moving to these other countries and firing all

of their people. you have to see the numbers. 77,000 factories. we lost 77,000 factories. hillary clinton has raised money from donors who want to ship to these other countries. the system is rigged and the best evidence is that hillary clinton is even allowed to run for the office of president in the first place. she lied to congress under oath. she lied to the fbi. she made 13 phones disappear by by whacking them with a hammer. here is a guy up in. sir, what business are you in? she deletes 33,000 e-mails and two crucial boxes of e-mail evidence is now mysteriously missing.

two weeks ago. her actions with her illegal server have put every single american family at risk. she is the most corrupt person ever to seek the presidency of the united states. her career embodies what the american people low about -- loath about corrupt self-serving politicians. we really going to turn it

around. that is not just words. her campaign even mocks catholics and evangelicals. who is catholic in this room? i know you are not voting for her. who is evangelical in this room? she is in trouble. i know you are not voting for her. and she smears police officers as racist, she smears all of you as deplorable and irredeemable. she eagerly takes millions of dollars from countries that murder and oppress women, gays, and people of different faiths and refuses to give all of that money back. i brought that up in the debate. how badly did we beat her in the debate?

that was not a close one. we will defend religious liberty and we will defend the rights of all people. then, then, then there is the issue. are these people playing games with us? it doesn't take place. these are the people that negotiate our trade deals, the people who don't know what is going on. these of people that are just playing games with you. there is the issue of voter fraud. isn't it amazing how they say there is not voter fraud? it's a rigged system and a rigged election, believe me. according to the highly respected pew there are 24

million registrations in the united states that are either invalid or significantly inaccurate. there are 1.8 million dead people register right now to vote. fox, folks, some of them vote. i wonder how that happens. they woke up from the dead and they went and voted. there are 2.8 million people that are registered in more than morse -- more than one state. maybe they will vote for trial. maybe i shouldn't be saying

that. i may be hurting myself. you are right. maybe they are going to vote for trump. all right. let's forget that. it's ok for them. 14% of noncitizens are registered to vote. the system is rigged by the media. wikileaks shows -- wikileaks shows the media conspiring directly with the clinton campaign. e-mail show the clintons boasting gleefully about very friendly reporters who shower the clintons with praise. i know the people they are talking about. they are very dishonest. those cameras will never show these crowds. they will never show these crowds. it is all rigged. on november 8 we're point show them and we are going to beat the system.

[cheers] and we will end the corruption in washington. we will make america great again. you watch. [cheers] mr. trump: we are going to also and economic stagnation in our country -- end economic stagnation in our country we are one to fix our terrible, terrible trade deals. we have an $80 billion trade deficit with the world. we deal with the world. we have a deficit of $800 million. in the audience i have a lot of friends from this area. i could put any one of them in

charge and we could do well. the people we have negotiating the biggest deals in the world are political hacks. the iran deal, how bad was the iran deal? [crowd boos] mr. trump: how about when we gave them $400 million in cash? $450 million in cash. it was actually 1.7 million in cash. that would fill up the side of this room. also, remember this is -- this is the worst so-called recovery that we have had in this country since the great depression.

ohio. look at this building. look at the buildings around it. ohio has lost 1-3 of its manufacturing jobs since nafta, a deal signed by bill clinton and supported by crooked hillary clinton. [crowd boos] mr. trump: hillary visits ohio, pennsylvania and michigan and talks about jobs. but she is the one who killed the jobs in the first place. why didn't she do something? she said i want to do this, i want to do this. why didn't you? the been there for 30 years. it is just talk. it is political talk. it is all talk and no action. it is like a bank robber visiting the scene of a crime. we have lost 70,000 factories since china's entry into the world trade organization.

honestly i thought it was a typo. 70,000? think of what 70,000 is. 70,000 throughout our country. we have lost 70,000 factories. another bill and hillary backed disaster. we are living through the greatest jobs theft in the history of the world. no other country has been rated like our country has been rated of jobs and its wealth. we owe $20 trillion. it doubled in just eight years. it doubled in just eight years. think of it. a trump administration is going to renegotiate nafta, stand up to foreign cheating and stop the jobs from leaving our country. we are going to stop the

currency manipulation, the number one game they play. we are going to stop currency manipulation because that is cheating. our companies cannot compete with that. we are going to start making things again in america. we are going to lower our business tax from 35%, the highest anywhere in the world, to 15%, among the lowest. we are also going to rebuild our inner cities. you know about that.

african-americans and hispanics living in the inner cities are suffering very badly and very unfairly. the violence is unbearable and unbelievable. you walk to the store with your child and you get shot. there is no education. there are no jobs. there is no safety. 3500 people have been shot in the city of chicago since the beginning of the year. 3500 people. that is worse than these war zones. homicides are up in washington dc. 60% involve -- to the african-american community and to the hispanic community and voters i say what do you have to lose? vote for donald trump. i will fix it. [cheers]

mr. trump: true. true. so true. we will be a rich nation again. a woman came up to me recently and said mr. trump, i love listening to use the but i hate it when you say we will be rich again as a nation. i say i'm sorry but we are not going to be rich again, we are going to lose those things. i'm one to save your social security. hillary is going to cut it to pieces. we are leaving it the way it is. that is the contract you made. so many things. i said i know it doesn't sound politically correct or nice but we are going to be a rich nation again. we have to be. to do what we want to do. we have to build up our military.

we have to do so many things. we must also be a safe nation. national security begins at the border. speaking in secret, hillary clinton said she is for open trade. open borders. there goes your country. there goes your country. wikileaks. [crowd chanting "build that wall"] mr. trump: we will build the wall. and, who is going to pay for the wall? [crowd chants "mexico"]

mr. trump: mexico, you talk about trade deficits, mexico is making a fortune off of the united states. they are great people. they have leadership that is smarter, sharper than our leaders. but we have a massive trade deficit with mexico. i am not talking but the drugs pouring in poisoning our youth in new hampshire and pennsylvania and virginia and every place. we're going to build a wall. we are going to stop the poison from pouring in. we are going to do things that will make you so proud. we are going to be proud of our country again. anyone who supports open borders can never be and should never be allowed to be the president of the united states. [crowd cheers] mr. trump: with that radical pledge she betrayed every

citizens of the united states as she has been doing for many years, and as she did with her e-mails and her servers and all of the illegal things. she has opened the door to unlimited drugs pouring into your community which ohio does not want. you have a big problem. you have a big problem. a four-star general, highly respected, top-of-the-line, highly respected man, two days ago was severely criticized and will probably have to serve five years in prison for lying to the fbi. he said he did it for national security reasons. i understand that. he lied one time to the fbi.

hillary clinton lied so many times, nobody can count that high. so sad. so sad. you look at general petraeus. he was severely sanctioned. general petraeus, his life was destroyed for doing a tiny infraction of what hillary clinton did. look at general cartwright and general petraeus. these are great men. look what happened to them. they did nothing, nothing compared to what hillary clinton did. look at the other people who have suffered grave consequences. they did nothing compared to

what she has done. hillary's plan includes an open border with the middle east, leading radicalism and terrorism, spreading drones within your communities and near your families. most people don't even know where they are going including governors and senators. nobody knows. this is going to be the great trojan horse. you have to say i have been very good at predicting things. let me state this as clearly as i can. if i'm elected president, i am going to keep radical islamic terrorism out of our country. [crowd chants "usa"] mr. trump: we will also stop the crisis of illegal immigration. we will secure and defend our borders.

i said before we will build a wall. we will do more than build a wall. we are going to use a lot of this. we are going to be tough. we're going to be vigilant. we have the first ever endorsement from our ice and border patrol officers. 16,500. these are great americans. they want to do their job right. their job is so much easier if hillary got in.

all they have to do is stand there and let the people walk. with me they want to work. they know what is happening better than any consultants. they tell you in two minutes what is happening. i said how important is the wall. they said mr. trump it is very important for the stoppage of drug flow coming into our country. it's very important. as secretary of state hillary clinton allowed thousands of criminal aliens to beale released -- to be released because their home countries would not take them back. these are gang members, these are killers, these are drug dealers. we bring them back to their home country and their country said very intelligently we don't want them. we want accept them. i promise you as president there will not be one such instant. those people will be gladly

accepted by their home countries. it was just reported a man deported from our country 10 times in six years has been charged with raping a 12-year-old girl in august. texas police arrested a serial illegal immigrant rapists who had been deported five times. his victims included a 68-year-old woman with a cane who took his offer to drive him home. he left her on the side of a dirt road in horrible condition. the 64-year-old air force

veteran, and unbelievable woman was raped and beaten to death with a hammer by a repeat offending criminal illegal immigrant who should have been deported many times by the obama administration but never was. people still don't understand it. under a trumpet administration this crime wave ends and it ends very, very quickly. with a victory in november everything will change. in closing, here are some of the amazing things we are going to do for our country, starting in 2017. we are going to stop the drugs and illegal immigration from pouring into our country. we are going to give authorized -- the biggest tax cut's since ronald reagan. included in that, major simple vocation. we are going to eliminate every unnecessary job killing regulation, which are killing our businesses. that is what they are really killing.

we will defend religious liberty in our country and elsewhere. we will provide school choice to every disadvantaged child in america and we are going to and once and for all common core, and bring our education home. we will support the great men and women of law enforcement. [cheers] mr. trump: we are going to save our second amendment, which is under siege. we will appoint justices to the

united states supreme court who will uphold and defend the constitution of the united states. you have 17 days to make this happen. your future is in your hands. i didn't have to do this. this is hard work. many people in this room are making less money now than they made 18 years ago. then you had a great job. today you are working to and three jobs. many people in this room are older, making less money, working much harder. i am older and working much harder also. i don't feel guilty.

i don't feel guilty. i didn't have to do this. i built a great company. some of the greatest real estate assets in the world. if i win i may never get to see them again. but i built some of the great real estate assets in the world, and honestly it is so unimportant compared to what we are talking about which is saving the united states of america. i didn't have to do it, i have been on the other side. i know the other side. who knows the other side better than me? i said the country is in very serious trouble. we are going to do it. so i became the ultimate insider in one day when i said on june 16 coming down the escalator, in

one day i went from the ultimate insider to man have i become the ultimate outsider, right? [cheers] we have created a movement the likes of which nobody has seen before in this country. thank you. you are my hero, let me tell you. i don't know who he is. who did that? who said that? look at the arms, strong guy, tough guy. you have to go out, you have to get everyone you know, get them to vote. i often say if you are really sick, you go to the doctor, he gives you the worst message he can give you. you have two months.

not going to make it. it is really bad and really serious. that doesn't matter on november 8. you get up and get out to vote. right? [cheers] our campaign is powered by our love for this country and our love for one another. is there ever a better place to be than a trump rally? [cheers] no better place, even when they hire people for $1500 to go and beat up our people. you know what they found? they heard a lot of police. he saw the blood pouring down. they should be criminally prosecuted. you know what, that people that hired them, including the person that visited the white house 344 times should be criminally

prosecuted. if that were us, forget it. do you believe anything is going to happen to those people? isn't that sad? our country has never been in a position like this. it has never been like this when somebody can lie and lie and lie. other people greater than her, lives are being destroyed. they can lie and lie and everything goes like nothing. other people are destroyed. i'm 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 and every dead who lost her or his child to illegal immigration and drugs, and gang violence, which is all over this country. i am going to fight for every community whose jobs in factories have been shipped to other countries like mexico and many, many more. i'm going to fight for every person in this country who believes government should serve the people, not the donor is, and not the special interests. i am going to fight to bring us all together as americans. we're divided country. we will not be a divided country for long. imagine what our country could

accomplish if we started working together as one people, under one god, saluting one american flag. [cheers] mr. trump: in 10 years, in 20 years, in 30 years, maybe for some in 50 years you will look back at this rally for the rest of your life. you are going to remember this day. this is a movement like no one in this country has ever seen before. [cheers] mr. trump: we have a big crowd today. we have big crowds everywhere. many of the pundits have said it is the single greatest political phenomena they have ever seen in their lifetime. bill o'reilly said that.

we're going to look back at this election and say this is by far the most important vote you have ever cast for anyone at any time, november 8. we are 17 days away from achieving this change we have been waiting for our entire lives. it is going to happen. you are going to be so proud of your country again. hopefully you are going to be so proud of your president. we are going to start winning again. we are going to start winning again. we are going to make america wealthy again. we are going to make america strong again. we will make america safe again. and, we will make america great again. thank you everybody. god bless you. thank you ohio. ohio. [cheers] ♪

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>> hillary clinton was on the campaign trail in pennsylvania. one of the stops was pennsylvania. hillary clinton with a six percentage point lead over state with ain the combination of recent polls. ♪ [cheers and applause]

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sen. kaine: this energy must be a pittsburgh thing. glad to be i are so with you this afternoon. we came out of the great convention in philadelphia and did a huge rally here at the beginning of august. it is great to be back together with 17 days to go to a wonderful victory. we are not taking anything for granted in the next 17 days. we want to ask for volunteers -- who is already volunteering for the campaign? [laughter] [applause] all right, if you were not volunteering yet and have free time, there are folks going around where you can sign up and

and theyext together will bring you on board as we make history by electing hillary clinton as our president. [applause] guys howt ask you fantastic was hillary in the last debate? [applause] you are right. not just the last debate, all three debates. [applause] trump has been talking a lot about stamina, but boy, at the end of the debates, he really looked like he was on the hillary was ready to go right now.

when the debate finished, hillary decided to get out and keep talking about her plans and her vision for this country. donald could not wait to get back and tweeting more insults. that is what he was focused on. they showed hillary's preparation and her experience and judgment. showed what they really was the temperament and compassion at the great and the poise that we want to see in our next president. [applause] in fact, if you would watch those debates with the sound off, you would have known there is only one person on this stage we want to be president of the united states. [applause] knowyou guys all pennsylvania does not vote until election day.

but, i want to you this in states that early voting has already begun, we are seeing huge spikes at the polls in activity behind our ticket. [applause] clinton-kaine ticket is surging even in red states like arizona because -- [applause] americans have locked on and know this election is about what kind of country we want for our children. they trust the stronger, together vision hillary has laid out throughout the campaign and they have seen the campaign donald trump has run and they are wondering how somebody who wants to be president of the united states is running a campaign that demonstrates almost every day what a low opinion he has about the united states and the voters of the united states. [applause]

and i have a boy in the marines. donald says the military is a disaster but hillary got him to admit on the stage of the first debate that he does not even pay federal income taxes to support american troops. talk wheres to trash the economy is, but we find out profit overseas and bought chinese steel and aluminum to build his hotels come and sit of building americans feel right here in pennsylvania. he some bizarre reason, praises authoritarian leaders like vladimir putin every chance he gets and even promises he will see political and legal retribution against his enemies if he is president. he should -- maybe he is running for something else.

and, during the last debate, he warned he might not accept the results of american democracy. folks -- a campaign he ran and started and insulted every group he could. next in americans, immigrants, african-americans, muslims, women, pows. he has insulted every possible insult.o is left to he decided why not insult the pillars of american democracy. we cannot let this guy be president. [applause] and, i don't know if you have heard this thing. he seems to really like to say this, especially in pennsylvania, that the election will be rigged. he's losing and he knows it.

he is not a guy that would ever accept responsibility and say i lost an election because i run the most divisive campaign in american history. he will not accept responsibility so would have to be somebody's else's fall just like when the apprentice did not win an emmy and he said it was clearly rigged. he cannot take responsibility for anything. proves the father of captain khan who was killed at the lives of his comrades in khan was right to ask the question if donald trump even read the united states constitution. [applause] now, i know you all think this has been a long election

season. you can hear from my voice it has been. i only joined in the last 100 days. she has been joining for two years. i know sometimes -- this is unfortunate -- this is a challenge we have to embrace should we have the honor of letting her serve. it seems like during this election cycle that we are seeing the worst the country has to offer. let's remind ourselves and feel good about that we are also seeing something special, something good about our country. that is what brings you here tonight. something that -- [applause] we are seeing something that does not get mentioned nearly enough. it was near pennsylvania that hillary and i accepted the nomination. on our way with a fantastic invention. [applause]

after she finished her acceptance speech on that thursday night, that powerful night, the clinton and kaine families walked out on the stage together as the massive group of balloons -- we have fans of the balloons here. as we were standing out on the stage with our spouses and kids, nieces and nephews, kind of trying to absorb it, i saw my 21-year-old. or. wife of 22fe anne, years come november 24. she has been with me through thick and thin. my mom caffe he was 82 was standing on stage with me and turned to me and said tim, this is the best night of my life. hey. [applause] least for the next

day and a half, i had no criticisms or suggestions. i bought myself a little window. as i was standing there with them, something hit home. i was thinking about this the whole campaign. i have been in public service for 22 years since i ran for the richmond city council and won my first race in 1997. let me tell you something. i would not have gotten very far -- i wouldn't have gotten into my first office without a whole lot of really amazing women who have let me their strength along the way so that i could be the candidate, i could have my name on the bumper sticker around the yard sign or on the ballot. [applause] and that night in philadelphia, i was not just thinking about the love and support of the strong women in my family. i was also thinking about women

campaign managers, cabinet heads,ries, and agency volunteers and donors. i was thinking about women voters who enabled me to serve because let's not forget, beginning with the presidential election of 1964, in every presidential election, women have made up the majority of the presidential election. [applause] in other words, while i'm probably no more free of patting myself on the back than anybody in politics, if i really think about it, i know i have gotten into the decision of leadership and responsibility because i have a lot of strong women who willing to support me so i could be the person getting the headlines and doing the job. when hillary asked me three months ago today if i would be her running mate, i was honored to have the chance to play the role for her that so many strong

women have played for me. [applause] now, -- now, make no mistake, women in america have come a long way. 50 years ago, women could not get a credit card without a man to cosign. they needed a husband's permission to start a business. they needed a husband's permission to cosign or written an apartment. in some states, women were even barred from serving on juries. we have come a long way, but so much of the progress we have made, progress we should feel good about is at stake in this election. is that of turning back the clock on women like donald trump wants to do, we should be do everything we can to keep pushing forward. because, folks -- [applause]

senator kaine: it is 2016. isn't it time women were paid the same wages? [applause] kaine: isn't it time that women should be able to take off work and care for a child without worrying about losing their job? this, i tell hillary shook some hands of folks that were unable to come in because you guys turned out in such numbers that summer outside. a woman holding her three and a half-year-old daughter in her arms, i said to me about your daughter -- tell me about your daughter. she said i got fired my job when i was at the hospital when i had my daughter. there was no maternity leave, and she started to cry. we made a commitment that we're going to do something for that

very -- for that. and not just women. men and women should both be able to take the time. i told her you may not be able to get into the rally, but because you said that to us, hillary and i will have more energy, because this is one of these things that we need to fix. after 240 years of american history, isn't it about time that a woman can serve as president of the united states? [applause] senator kaine: of course it's time. guess what? >> hillary! hillary!

[applause] kaine: i think you can tell from the reaction that it is not just strong women, but also strongmen, who feel that now is the time. now is the time. is there anybody out in this audience who has tried to do something for the first time? in your house? in your family? in your neighborhood? maybe in your workplace? try to do something that hasn't been done before? you know how high that is? -- how hard that is? when he tries on the card coming you have had people say that they don't think that is going to happen, or you don't think the time is right, or somebody else is probably more qualified, or somebody is ahead of you? sometimes government a voice

that says that to you is the voice of an amateur that was to get in your way. sometimes it is the voice of your friend that says don't get your hopes up, i don't want you to be disappointed. sometimes, that voice is inside you. we all carry a little bit of doubt inside of us. at that moment when their most ready to reach for our winds that are dreams, the headwinds, whether from the outside or inside, kicks in. everybody knows this, everybody has experienced this. let me tell you something about hillary clinton. she has heard that her entire life. maybe the time is not right, if you will be in this profession that is more for guys. she has heard this her entire life. she has heard it repeatedly during this campaign. she has heard it during this campaign. you guess what, hillary clinton has never let that voice stand in her way. [cheers and applause] senator kaine: she has never let it stand in her way.

and as your next president, hillary clinton is not going to let anyone stand in your way. she will not let anyone stand in your way. just think about this, hillary's mom was born before women had the right to vote, and hillary's daughter chelsea will now get to vote for her mom to be president. [cheers and applause] senator kaine: that is the kind of generational progress that this country holds for all of us when we do our best work. that is why we have to do our best work for the next 17 days. because in just 17 short days, we can forever, and i mean forever, change the way little girls and little boys look at their future in this country. if you can be president of the united states, you can do anything.

that is what hillary clinton's election, that is the message hillary clinton's election will send. pittsburgh, pittsburgh my friends here. i am proud to be a strong man supporting a strong woman who be -- who will be the next president of the united states. she will show that in america that we really are, stronger together, please join me in welcoming our next president, hillary clinton. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: thank you. thank you all so much. [chanting hillary] secretary clinton: wow.

it is so great to be back here in pittsburgh. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: i do not think it gets any better than to be accompanied out onto the stage by dan and pat rooney. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: i am a big admirer of the rooney family and i was so honored to serve with dan when he was our ambassador to ireland. [applause] senator kaine: the rooney family commitment to pittsburgh is really extraordinary. it is not just the amazing commitment to the steelers. [cheers] secretary clinton: as special as that is, but to their roots, what they believe in, their values, and their deep concern for future generations.

i am incredibly humbled to be supported by dan and pat and the rooney family. it means a great deal to both him and me. i also want to thank congressman mike doyle. who is here with us. allegheny and county executive richard fitzgerald who is here. mayor bill paduto. mayor john federman. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: pennsylvania attorney general bruce beemer. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: and all the other elected officials, it means a lot for you to be here with us. if all goes well in 17 days, we are looking forward to working with you on behalf of pittsburgh. [cheers and applause]

secretary clinton: some of you know that i have a special place in my heart for pennsylvania, and i am excited about helping, in any way that we can, for pittsburgh, allegheny county, and western pennsylvania to keep moving forward with confidence and optimism about what is possible for the future we want to create together. i am thrilled to be here with tim kaine. [cheers] secretary clinton: i asked him to be my running mate because i knew he would be one of the smartest, toughest, most qualified vice presidents we have ever had. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: i also knew he had never lost an election. [laughter] secretary clinton: i kind of figured that might rub off on me a little bit.

now that i have gotten to spend more time with him, and with his wonderful wife anne and their family, i am even more confident that he will be such an extraordinary leader for our country. he is not just smart, tough and qualified, tim kaine is as good and decent a person as you will ever meet. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: i am deeply honored to have him by my side in this campaign. tim and i are excited by all of the energy and enthusiasm we are seeing across the country, particularly here in pennsylvania. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: both of us, unlike our opponent do not believe we can do this alone. we believe that we will do this by working with all of you.

and that we are going to come together in the next 17 days and convince everybody you can to get out and vote, because whatever issue you care about, it's going to be on the ballot. it may not be listed, but it will be on the ballot. whether you care about new, good jobs with a rising incomes or you care about better education or you care about what we can do to get the cost of prescription drugs down, what ever it is you care about, it is literally going to be on that ballot. my name and tim's name might be the ones on the ballot, but we will be representing everything that you and we hope we can do together in our country. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: and we're going to need help doing that after the election, and that is why i hope you will do everything you can to elect

katie mcginty your next senator. [applause] secretary clinton: you know, katie is the daughter of a philadelphia police officer. i think she is one of 10 children, right? one of 10 children. she has devoted her professional life to protecting working families. i have known her now for more than 20 years, when she was really young, and i have seen that same can-do spirit. she gets up every day, to see what she can do to fight for healthier neighborhoods, to keep our kids and healthy, to fight for cleaner air and cleaner water, to help people make the most out of their own lives. now she is running for the senate, because like tim and i, she believes our economy should work for everyone, not just those at the top. [cheers and applause]

secretary clinton: katie is exactly the kind of partner we need in the senate. but more importantly, she is exactly the kind of senator that pittsburgh and western pennsylvania needs in the senate. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: we have got to get things done for the people of pennsylvania and america and katie will help us break through the gridlock, make a difference in people's lives, help us create more good jobs in people's lives. guarantee equal pay for women, defending planned parenthood. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: i think it is pretty clear when you look at katie's opponent, he still refuses to stand up to donald trump. [booing]

secretary clinton: a lot of republicans have. they have had the grit to stand up and say he does not represent me. [applause] secretary clinton: but pat toomey heard donald attack a grieving gold star family who lost their son in iraq, he heard donald call mexican immigrants rapists, he heard him say terrible things about women, he heard him spread the lie that our first black president wasn't really born in america, now how much more does pat toomey need to hear? if he doesn't have the courage to stand up to donald trump after all this, can you be sure he will stand up for you when it counts against powerful interests? [applause]

so, you know, when i look at this, i'm thinking to myself, we have work to do in washington. and i know it's not easy. i understand we have real challenges. i believe we can do it. i would not be standing here, tim would not be with me -- [applause] but we need people in washington who put you first, who get up every day thinking about middle-class families, who worry about where you are going to get the money to send your kids to college, how you are going to take care of your mom or dad because they are failing and what are you going to do for them? how are you going to deal with all of the challenges? that is what i try to do my entire life. that is who you should be electing, people who care about you, your families, your children. [cheers and applause] now, as tim said, he asked if

any of you watched the debate on wednesday. well, i will tell you, that was the third and last time i will ever have to debate donald trump. [cheering] secretary clinton: [laughs] i mean, think about this. i have now spent four and a half hours on stage with donald, proving once again i have the stamina to be president and commander in chief. [cheering] secretary clinton: and after every one of those debates, people have said, how did you do that? [laughter] secretary clinton: and really, you just have to be of good cheer. you are in front of 50, 60, 70, 80 million people.

so, no matter what he would say, i just kept thinking, of all the people i have met throughout this campaign -- just early today i've met henry over there. henry is on top of his dad's shoulders, and henry gave me a note saying he hoped i would be president, and you know, i really want to be president for all of the kids in america to do everything i can to help you. [audience chanting "hillary"] secretary clinton: you know, i also did have a chance to talk about important concerns people have shared with me. from the first day i started this campaign back in april 2015, people have been telling me what is on their minds, and it is one of the greatest honors

-- you know, sometimes it is just fleeting. i will be in a coffee shop shaking hands or i will come down and shake hands on a rope line, just running into somebody. and that person, that man or woman or that young person takes a moment to stop, looks into my eyes. i can tell they are trying to take my measure, and i am grateful that they take their vote, their choice so seriously, and then they might say something like, i have a really terrible problem in my family. my son or my daughter has gotten addicted to opiates or to heroin. what are you going to do about it? or maybe they will say, my brother has schizophrenia, and we can't afford to get him the kind of consistent care he needs. or maybe they will say, i am a diabetic.

and the drug company has just raised the cost of insulin, and i can't afford it. what are you going to do about it? that is the right question to ask anybody running for president, because at the end of the day, this is about you. as i said the other night, we are going to invest in the middle class. we are going to grow this economy from the middle out and the bottom up, not the top down. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: and we are going to make sure that we produce a enough good jobs with rising incomes so that every single person, especially every single young person in america can go as far as your hard work and talent will take you. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: now, i've got to say, i believe in hard work. that is how i was raised. i believe you've got to work for what you get in life.

i think we have to knock down some of the barriers that stand in the way of people getting ahead and going as far as they should. [applause] secretary clinton: for me, that starts by believing in our country. you know, there has been no other place in the history of the world that has given so much opportunity to so many? do we have problems? yes, we have problems. do we have challenges? of course we do. we are human beings. there is no more blessed place. donald trump did something the other night that no other presidential nominee has ever done of either party. he refused to say he would respect the results of this election. [audience booing] secretary clinton: make no mistakes about this, my friends. he is threatening our democracy. look, i have lost elections. you don't feel very good the next day, believe me.

[laughter] secretary clinton: but we know in our country the difference between leadership and dictatorship, right? [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: you know, the peaceful transition of power is one of those things that sets us apart, and whether you support me or my opponent together, we must show we support american democracy. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: and i believe both donald trump and i should be grateful for the opportunities that our country has given us. and the best way to demonstrate that we support our democracy is to turn out and vote. and there is an inspiring story being written by people across america right now. we have just reached a milestone, more than 200 million americans are registered to vote

in this election. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: and you know what? that includes more than 50 million young people. more than ever before. i find that a very hopeful sign. and here in pennsylvania, hundreds of thousands of more voters are registered then were in 2012. what does this tell us? i think it tells us no matter how much negativity is out there, something exciting is happening right now. people are coming together -- democrats, republicans, independents -- all to reject hate and division. [cheers and applause]

secretary clinton: and in the states where they can, people are motivated to vote early and -- to defend core american values and embrace a future where every person counts, everyone has a place, everyone can contribute. you see, despite what donald trump may think, most americans really believe we can do better. most americans really believe women should be respected. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: most americans really believe that workers should be paid fairly -- [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: most americans believe that the united states should work with our allies to lead the world and keep us safe. [applause]

secretary clinton: the energy we see in the final weeks of this campaign is about more than winning an election. it is about standing up to the kind of country that we want for ourselves and our children. and it is about the lessons we want to teach our sons and daughters. i want you to know, if tim and i are fortunate enough to be your president and vice president, we will work with everyone. now i imagine here in allegheny county and if you are from further west, you probably know people who are thinking about voting for donald trump. and here is what i want you to tell them. i want you to tell them that i understand that they need a president who cares about them, will listen to them, and i want to be their president, too. [cheers and applause]

secretary clinton: because whether you agree or disagree with me, whether you vote for me or vote against me, i believe we can disagree without being disagreeable. i have seen that. i know it can happen. i know there are a lot of people here in pennsylvania who have a lot of questions. they want to know, how do we move forward better. they want to know about their town where there used to be a lot of jobs and there are not as many anymore. they are upset what they see around them. i get that. but anger is not a plan. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: and we need -- we need to work together. we need plans that will help us deal with the legitimate

concerns and questions people have in pennsylvania. i think that is what our whole country needs right now. that is what i will try to do. i am not going to pretend that we can snap our fingers and solve our problems. that does not happen in the real world. but i know we can make progress together. the choice we face in this election is stark, especially when it comes to the economy. tim and i believe when the middle class thrives, america drives, and when we invest in working families in the middle class, in small businesses we can make the economy work again for everybody. i think it is fair to say that both donald trump and pat toomey have a different perspective. they believe -- and they believe this -- if you give trillions of dollars -- and they mean trillion with a "t" -- of tax cuts to millionaires,

billionaires, corporations, it will all trickle down to everybody else. [audience booing] secretary clinton: it has not worked before and it has caused us a lot of messes we have had to clean up, and i have been privileged to see presidents up close and personal -- right. married one, that's right. worked for one. and here is what i know. when you focus on helping the middle class, you end up lifting everybody. when you focus on helping the top, you help the top. that is not good enough. donald likes to say he is on the side of american workers, but his actions tell a different story. yes, he bought cheap chinese steel and aluminum for his construction projects. he should be buying good american-made steel that supports good american jobs.

[cheers and applause] secretary clinton: i would like to hear donald explain to american steelworkers filing for unemployment why he put chinese steel workers to work, instead of steelworkers here in pennsylvania. and for all his talk about putting america first, he has made many of his products in 12 different countries. if he wants to make america great again, why doesn't he start by making things in america, again? [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: and we now know -- we now know he hasn't paid a dime and federal income taxes for years. he says that makes him smart. well, i don't know how smart you have to be to lose a billion dollars in a year in the first place. [laughter] secretary clinton: especially -- answer me this -- how do you

lose a billion dollars when you are in the casino business? [laughter] secretary clinton: never could figure that out. but what it means is every one of us is paying more in federal income taxes than a billionaire has. that is wrong and we will end of those kinds of loopholes and gimmicks. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: i will tell you what. it also means donald has contributed zero -- zero for our military, zero for our vets, zero for our pell grants to help young people go to college, zero for our highways, zero for everything. and yet he stands up on stage and criticizes america. it's wrong. with your help, we will make the biggest investment in new job since world war ii, jobs and infrastructure. [cheers and applause]

secretary clinton: our roads, our bridges, our tunnels, our ports, our airports, our water systems all need help, and those are a lot of good jobs, jobs that can't be exported out of pennsylvania. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: i believe we can bring advanced manufacturing back to the united states. that is why we will invest $10 billion in a make it in america partnership that brings together workers and unions and businesses, universities, community colleges. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: some countries are going to take the lead with precision machining. some countries went to take the lead with 3-d printing. we invented both of those technologies. we should take the lead and we should have the jobs. [cheers and applause]

secretary clinton: we are also going to fight climate change with clean, renewable energy jobs. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: and we are going to help small businesses which will create two thirds of all of the jobs in america. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: and we are going to defend your right to organize and bargain collectively for higher wages and benefits. [applause] secretary clinton: don't let anybody fool you, my friends. assault on worker rights and unions is an assault on the middle class. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: it is time to say loudly and clearly, right to work is wrong for workers and wrong for america. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: so, i have set some big goals.

i am excited about what we are going to do. and it's all going to put people to work right here. and sometimes folks say to me, how are you going to get that done? you go to the congress -- first, i hope we will elect some more democrats. that will be job number one. number two, i think it will be a very simple question very -- question. are members of congress, members of the senate going to be on the side of the rich, the powerful, and the wealthy, or on your side? and you know what? they are going to have to answer that question. if they stay beholden to the special interest, if they continue to do the bidding of the lobbyist and lawyers and others who stand outside their doors -- i have been in the senate. i have seen it. i know it. if they are going to continue to do the work of those who are already privileged in america, then i want to make sure that they don't come back to washington after the next election. [cheers and applause]

secretary clinton: we are in a great, great high school here. i am so proud to be here. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: and so, we are going to be a good partner with education, especially with educators. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: we are going to start with universal pre-k. we want good schools with good teachers in every zip code so every kid gets a world-class education. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: i want us to bring technical education back to high school. i think it was a mistake when we took it out. there are a lot of good jobs that you can be prepared for in

today's economy -- coming out of high school, maybe community college, going into an apprenticeship program, and i want to lift up that work. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: a four-year college degree should not be and is not the only way to have a good job with a rising income and a satisfying life. we are going to make public colleges and universities tuition free for any families making less than $125,000 a year. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: and we are going to help you pay down your college debt. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: it's going to be great. to help you pay it back as a percentage of your income at your job, so you are never on the hook for more than you can afford. i worked on this with senator bernie sanders, and it's going

to help save -- [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: it's going to help save people thousands of dollars. in fact after a year, maybe while you are here, you can go to hillaryclinton.com/calculator to see how much your family can save. we want you to know we are going to deliver results for you. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: i mean, ultimately it's pretty simple. i think the american dream is big enough for everybody and i want everybody to have your chance to get your piece of the american dream. so, there's a lot of work we are going to be doing. we need to raise the national minimum wage. people who work full-time should not be mired in poverty. we are, as tim said going to guarantee equal pay for women. you know -- [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: look, it's not just a woman's issue. if you have a mother, which all

of us do -- if you have a mother, a wife, a sister who is working, it's your issue, too. it's good for the entire family, it's good for the economy. so, my friends, there is a lot -- a lot for us to do and the next 17 days. we've got to get the word out. we've got to tell everybody what we are doing and why this election is so critically important and that is where all of you, all of you come in. if you do know people who are thinking about voting for our opponents, well -- you may. i hope you will stage an intervention. [laughter] [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: and i do hope you will talk about, you know, the reality versus the demagoguery of what we have seen in this campaign. you know, we need to come

together around all of the issues that are important to everybody and i said in the beginning, whatever issued you care about, it's going to be on the ballot. i care a lot about making sure that women and girls are treated with dignity and respect. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: that they deserve in our country. i care a lot about making sure that we save social security and we ensure that everybody has the benefits that they need in order to be able to live a decent life in retirement. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: and, boy, do i care a lot about our constitution. maybe it is because on your behalf, i went to 112 countries as your secretary of state. and i met a lot of people who

envy us because we have been so steady and so committed to our constitutional system and our values, and what i hope is that you care as deeply as our founders did, as our parents and grandparents did, because maybe they came from somewhere else where they weren't treated right. maybe they saw firsthand what it meant to be deprived of the rule of law. you know, every time donald trump says he wants to jail his opponent, meaning me, i think to myself, you know, we don't do that in america. we actually have laws and courts and an independent judiciary. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: or, you know, when he blows up at a journalist or criticizes the press and goes on and on and on.

you know, i get criticized by the press. [laughter] secretary clinton: i know that is part of our democratic system. we believe in a free press. and boy, if you go to countries where there isn't one, you will understand why that is so important. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: and when he says there should be a religious test -- a religious test for people at our borders, a country founded on religious freedom, you have to ask yourself, who is going to conduct the test? are we going to get a quiz? what if the border security official does not believe you? who gets to decide whether you get to come in or out based on your religion? if you haven't seen it yet, i hope you will go and look at the extraordinary statement by mr.

khan on youtube in a new video that we have put out. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: you remember, he pulled out a constitution at our convention. and he reveres our constitution. and for good reason. because he, too, came from a place where the was no rule of law to speak of. so, whatever issue you care about, this is an issue that will be decided by this election, and that is why i'm reaching out to republicans, democrats, independents, everyone. i know if we bring our talent, our energy, and our ambition to the work of building our country, we are going to see the best days of america ahead of

us, and when your children and your grandchildren ask what you did in 2016 when everything was on the line, i hope you will say you voted for a better america. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: so, here we go. just remember -- you've got to get out and vote, you've got to get everybody you know to get out and vote. if you do not know where to go vote, please go to iwillvote.com. you complete your information in and it is the magic of the internet. they will tell you where you are supposed to vote. you can go to hillary clinton.com and sign up to volunteer. you can take your phone out and textjoin to 47246, and if we can get all of you and everybody you

know involved in this next 17 days, i will tell you this -- it is easy to forget how far our country has come. there are a lot of people here -- as i said, whose parents and grandparents came as immigrants. my grandparent came and settled in scranton. he went to work and retired at the age of 65. he believed in our country. he believed in the kind of future he could get through his hard work. that is what i want everybody in our country to believe again. we are going to unleash the talent, the innovation, the energy that brought people like my grandfather here, but which

we will harness for the future. don't let anybody tell you america's best days are behind us. don't believe that for a minute. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: we are going to pull together. we are going to make it clear that confidence and optimism, respect for each other, bringing folks together who may disagree but can begin to try and find common ground is what has always worked and it will work again. help us. help us create that kind of future, and help us prove once and for all that love trumps hate. thank you all. [cheers and applause] ♪