it is handled some cities for ethanol and biofuel. they are feeling resentment within the agriculture. the trade issue of which is been a centerpiece of trump's campaign, he is on the other side with the farmers. and farmers, agriculture groups like the notion of free trade. and they see asia as a huge market for soybeans and other commodities that are producing. i do not think they are too enthused about tariffs and a trade war with a major trading partner. there is an interesting push and pull. host: jason noble joining us as we take a look at the battleground state of iowa. sherry joins us. sherry, good morning. caller: good morning. my comment is, i heard a little bit about term for politician

and i wanted to know -- there has not been a lot said about it. could you maybe tell me what is going on with continuing the long-term they have? we have a lot of young kids coming up and i think some of these people need to resign or we need to have shorter terms. can you see if "the register" has covered any of it? i haven't seen much of it. host: the list of terms -- length of terms of congress? caller: exactly. this is a modern world. we need young blood. host: we will let our guest answer. guest: the notion of term limits is a perennial topic in politics. and one i have heard mentioned by different interests groups through this cycle. i do not know if there is any real movement toward it.

part of the reason is the people who make the decision are the self interest was who probably do not want to see term limits happen. we obviously do not have term limits at the congressional level or in the state of iowa. i started my career as a political reporter in missouri where they do have term limits. it has been a mixed bag. there is something to be said about expertise and seniority and the understanding of the process that comes with spending a lifetime in a legislature. you can see the effects in the state of missouri where it has been lost and as i get a maximum of four terms, eight years in the house. into terms, another eight years in the senate.

there is a sense it may not be enough time to understand the nuances of state government. (202) 748-8000 for iowa iowa -- for iowa residents. if you are another state and want to learn a little bit about iowa as a battleground state, (202) 748-8001. mr. noble, on the front page of one of the papers, it talks about lgbtq, iowa state as a model for exclusivity. how has it changed and i was -- i was recent political history? mr. noble? i think we are having audio issues. we will get those issues hammered out. james good morning. , caller: good morning.

i want to the oklahoma bombing museum, what is a reference to is judge garland was called away from his family to be the judge over the case, the oklahoma city bombing case. for people in iowa who do not know what to the issues are, it is unconscionable that chuck grassley what stuff this nomination like he has. host: delano from conway, missouri on our line for others. you are on. caller: a lot of people here are for trump. but our senator has been here , for 30 years and his whole family is lobbyists. he is republican. if we vote against him, we are actually voting against -- it is a dilemma. i am not going to vote for him

because -- i am voting against lobbyists mostly. that is why i am voting against him mostly. host: why vote against lobbyists? caller: lobbyists are running the country. it is now representatives that -- not representatives that are supposed to be representing us. they are writing the bills and everything. i really appreciate. that is my comment. host: jim is in honolulu. jim, go ahead. your thoughts? caller: i wanted to ask of the young reporter because it seems to me that most reporters these

days are quite a bit older than his young man. does he see the bias in the media like we see the bias in the media? my daughter goes to the university of honolulu and she is in journalism. they did their own -- they kept track on what was being said this year on both sides. they came up with -- it blew me away. 87% of everything we are watching on news, mainly cable, 87% was something to do with the campaign this year per -- year. 69% was negative for trump. and, you know, i am a democrat.

everybody in hawaii is a democrat. you would never see republican governor again or anything like that. i am really wondering, it used to be called the -- state. you had the free press, which was supposed to tell us, get people down there and route around and find out what is going on. i do not see that anymore. like the clinton foundation, nobody has ever looked into the clinton foundation. are the people in iowa, do they realize how terrible our press is these days? host: jason noble, let's ask you about this idea of media bias. what is your perspective? do you get questions? -- questioned about it and how do you respond? guest: it is something that comes up on the campaign trail,

especially at trump events when i told his supporters and get an ear full about the way the press has handled donald trump. to the caller's point about the volume of coverage of truck -- trump and his perception of the nature of that coverage, we're talking about somebody who has

been a public life for decades but has not been part of the political process. it is sort of a natural vetting process that comes at the politics that the media had a -- host: this is jim from san antonio, texas. caller: am i on? yeah, about the term limits, it is up to the voters to make that decision about the time period in congress or the senate. iowa and corn production, ethanol, i do not know how great that stuff is.

are they concerned they will have to grow corn for food? caller: the sense here -- guest: the sense here is ethanol is a fairly mature industry and well-established and there is a sense that if there is a phaseout of the federal subsidies and it that help would -- happen gradually. it was a huge issue during the iowa caucuses last year and where all the candidates were on how to handle the renewable fuel standards. i think there's a sense that

overtime ethanol will stand on his own two feet as an energy source, but the industry wants to see it happen gradually. host: from fred in indianapolis. you are next up. caller: [indiscernible] des moines is like that where everything on the political spectrum is left. they push rifta here and you are probably on the left also. no studies of the environment. let's flip it all upside down. obamacare is perfect. all u-local -- you local yokels are spinning in their great. host: what is the question or comment? caller: do des moines get the marching orders from rifta? guest: i do not get marching orders from anyone. i develop my stories myself based on what i am seeing here on the ground and talk them over with my immediate editor and we

go from there. host: i was going to ask you for two weeks out of election day, what is your focus? what are the stories you are going to be most interested in? guest: i'm really interested in what the campaigns are going to do their closing arguments and , the state of iowa. i am closely watching the early vote returns that moment in. iowa has a 40 day early vote period that begins in early september. there is a lot of readily available data and how democrats and republican and new party voters are casting their ballots. that is a great data set to surmise how the campaigns are

doing and what we can expect on election night. i will be watching polls that show how iowa is shaping up over the last two weeks. in the candidates -- and we will see the candidates here are a few times. hillary clinton will be here. host: jason noble from "the des moines register." our discussion will continue on with two experts on the ground >> in a few minutes, hillary clinton is expected and coconut creek, florida. with aolls show her four-point lead in florida. we will follow up with your phone calls after the rally. with a four-point lead inwe will have . the political report is that

democrats will take 5-7 seats in the senate. -- at that point, according to chance at, the gop's keeping the senate began to unravel. more now on the battleground state of iowa from today's washington journal. host: our next guests, danny holman. welcome to c-span. i wanted to talk about the polling from the state of iowa.

you?that number concern guest: no, it does not concern me. it depends on what day, what poll, any number of factors, i do not believe polls elect candidates. i believe polls are a snapshot in time. i believe hillary clinton will do just fine in the state of iowa. host: our previous guest spoke about the republican influences. and you think it is going to be good for hillary clinton this time around. what makes you say that? guest: i believe that although iowa can probably consider -- considered a republican leaning state, that is not been the recent history. barack obama won the state the last two times he ran. i believe that we had 12 years

where we had a democratic governor. i believe that we have a democratically controlled iowa senate. i believe that in this state, folks are starting to look at the issues. when you look at the issues, donald trump and how he has attacked women, how he has attacked disabled people, how he has attacked veterans, and prisoners of war -- i do not believe it sells well with the majority of iowans. there is a base group that will support to that and apparently our governor is, i do not believe that common, everyday americans do. the one i think is most egregious is how he considers and thinks of women and treats them.

i believe those traits in the end are going to propel hillary to a victory. host: is there a way looking at hillary clinton's chances of how she has performed in the iowa caucuses and can you relate one to the other? guest: iowa caucuses were of very competitive race. eight years ago hillary clinton lost the iowa caucuses. this time around, hillary clinton won the caucuses. she won every stage and won at the state convention so i believe that hopefully the enthusiasm and what transpired during those caucuses will propel her to victory on november 8. host: our guest until 9:15. if you want to ask him questions

for iowa residents, (202) 748-8001. mr. homan, what is the on the ground effort for hillary clinton? the hours you are investing from now until election day? guest: our organization is investing personally a lot of time, a lot of energy. we have a ton of volunteers that are out everyday canvassing, ballot requests , collecting absentee ballots, if folks want us to come back and get them. and checking that they mailed them in. that is right now, for our organization and for the iowa democratic party, i believe job one.

and to get the ballots in an democrats have always had a great ground game. 74% of our membership voted for years ago and that is very high turnout. we are encouraging all of our members to go vote. at least participate in the process, but in addition to the presidential campaign this year, we have a very competitive house and senate race in here in iowa and we want to make sure that folks are voting up and down the ballot and are voting for folks that will take care of working men and women and not take of the 1% and not take care of those who do not really need any help. host: one of the themes overall over previous cycles is that of

voter fraud and things of that nature. how is iowa set up and oversee to make sure that votes are counted and taken in the proper way? guest: ok, pedro, i did not catch your question. host: how is iowa set up to make sure when the votes come in they are counted properly? how is i you what set up -- i -- guest: iowa is set up fine. as our governor said, there is no fodder rod in iowa -- voter fraud in iowa. based on the county folks and based on the state folks, there is going to be no problem whatsoever in voter fraud here in iowa.

quite frankly, i believe there will be no problem with voter fraud in this country. i believe that theme mr. trump is sinking is really an attempt to drive down voters and convince people not to vote. i think that is a shame. this is a constitutional right, and everyone should go vote. i think everyone's vote will be counted. and it will be done fairly and accurately. and the votes will be counted and they will be counted accurately. i am not worried about it at all. host: we will start this morning from iowa for our guest danny homan. go ahead, wayne. caller: our representatives are not talking more about the

pipeline that they are going to run through here in iowa. i do not think we need to be another flint, michigan. thank you. guest: there are opponents on both sides of the pipeline issue. it is an issue that -- i do not know if i have an opinion one way or the other. i think as long as it is done properly, it will be ok. i really do not know. i am more concerned about trying to figure out how we put working men and women back to work in this state and how we give -- provide them job security so they can raise their family and put a roof over their head and feed them. so, the pipeline, i know the people passionate on both sides of the issue. that issue is going to be determined.

i hope it can be determined without any more violence. host: for context, can you tell our viewers about this pipeline? guest: there is proposed pipeline that is going to run across the state of iowa. i do not know exactly where it ends up. it takes oil from canada, from my understanding some toxic oil and taking it down and having get refined somewhere else in the country. it is running across not only iowa but south dakota, north dakota. that is where some of the bigger fights are because it is running through some indian reservation

land and they do not want anything to do with it. there have been farmers who have welcomed the pipeline and there are others who have not. that is an issue that is sort of above my pay grade. we have members that support it. we have members that oppose it. it is not an issue ideal with every day. host: let's hear from nevada. caller: hi. mr. holman, when donald trump first lost in the primary in iowa, he called all iowans stupid. i was wondering if i could get your opinion for why people in iowa would still vote for him? caller: to me, that is a one-man dollar -- won million dollars -- a million-dollar question.

not only did he say we were stupid, he is also said very egregious things about veterans, about a family that their son was killed in action, defendant other troops. my son is an army veteran. my father is a world war ii veteran. i am a veteran. my son was hit by an ied in iraq in 2007. for him to attack veterans is -- i do not understand why any veteran, any veteran anywhere would support this man. and then to attack senator mccain from arizona because he was taken prisoner during the vietnam war. again, those things are just atrocious. this candidate has insulted about every group of u.s. thezens that could possibly insulted except for his won

percent friends and those supporting him with money and other issues. i don't know. vote or oft my anybody in my family. onope iowans wake up november 9 and hillary clinton has won this state and donald trump has lost the national race and we can get back to figure problemse can fix the that are in this country, but i don't believe donald trump is the answer and i don't believe he can fix the problems. and itthat is my opinion is won i firmly believe in.

host: doug is up next. caller: i have a couple of questions. is there any attempt of the democratic party to change the private prison system in iowa? guest: well, iowa does not have a private prison system. due to the wisdom of folks -- dellhe condo sacked sacke -- tom administration, iowa passed the law that prohibits private prisons. fortunately, we do not have that played here in the state. i hope we never do. with everything that has been publicized about private prisons and those companies that run those and the deals they cut to say we get x number of prisons. you are going to pay for x

number of prisoners regardless full orer the beds are not. that is clearly a scheme i hope the state never gets involved in and right now they cannot do it in the state. host: we are talking to danny homan, the first vice chair of the iowa democratic party. let's hear for roger. -- from roger. he is in council bluffs, iowa. hi. caller: good morning. mainly about these -- how do you call them? your limit controls on senators. to me, this is not really an issue. we, the people, like i am watching c-span, we are the ones who can do it. all we have to do is get off of

our rear end. we do not need other people to control that. then, i would also like to talk about hillary. you know the people have called , her a liar. i do not understand why they see the point of what other people say. she has never -- i heard her comment about e-mail, one way or another, as secretary of state, i feel she cannot talk about her duties as secretary of state. i think she did a wonderful job there instead of listening to people who say she is wrong doing these things. caller: well -- my opinion of hillary clinton may be different than others. i have known hillary clinton since 1991. i have a personal story about my

relationship with hillary clinton. like i said earlier in 2000 seven, my son was hit by an ied in iraq. when i got the phone call, i was on vacation. that is a tough call to receive for a parent and i know there are a lot of other parents who have received tougher calls. my son was alive. but i made a phone call to my political director and said i would like my son to be in the united states as soon as possible so that his surgeries could be done here. and, she called senator harkin, who in turn -- called senator clinton. senator clinton made some phone calls, really did not know me. didn't know me, was not running for president.

i was not her constituent, but i was a father of a soldier who wanted his son back in the united states so i can be there when his surgeries were done. and that happened. my boy was stabilized, put on a plane, returned to the united states and had his surgeries done in texas. when people talk to me about her being a liar or her not caring and her not really caring about anything but herself and her family, that is not the hillary clinton i know. and every time i have the privilege of seeing her in talking to her, she always asks about my son. she asks about my 20-year-old daughter. she asked about my family. one of my best friend's wife passed away in the last 3-4 months. hillary clinton sent him a

personal note of condolences. this is the hillary clinton that i know. i know everybody does not know her. and people base their opinion based on other news stations that have reported about her. that is not the hillary clinton that i know and this is personal for me, a lady that went out of her way to do something for a young servicemen getting the back to the states and his wife and his family could be with him when he went through surgery. he is here. he is alive. he is pursuing his dream to become a professional bass fisher. i will always be grateful for senator clinton for stepping up and helping make that happen. did, at leasthe

she took the call. she cares about my son's well-being. for that, i will always be grateful. i think she's a very compassionate, knowledgeable, smart, and she is ready to lead this country and she will make a great president of this country after we elect her and she is sworn in of january next year. host: let's go to georgia. this is frank for our guest, danny homan. caller: good morning. i understand what -- yes, understand what the gentleman was saying and i am so proud that hillary clinton was able to help his son. but still the matter is -- what i am concerned about, and i think she's a good lady. i do not think donald trump is as bad as the media and people make him out to be.

right now, i am torn in between both. that might have been an isolated issue. but hillary clinton and barack obama has destroyed our economy and our nation. i do not know whether donald trump would be any better, but my concerns are the e-mails that she refuses to release or they refused to release to find out if there was anything illegal. my concerns are the people who are in social security and ssi. nobody seems to talk about barack obama and hillary clinton in eight years of office, we only got an increase twice and a very minimal one at that. the price of everything goes up and we have not got no increases in six years. host: you can respond.

guest: as i am fastly approaching social security, since i am 63, i would rather have had president obama and hillary clinton in charge of social security and medicare than the republican plan of privatizing it and turning it over to a voucher system. quite frankly that scares the living daylights out of me. i do not know what kind of raises you got, i know there are a lot of citizens in this country who have not gotten pay raises. i know some have. to turn our social security to a private entity and let them run it like they were run any of the other companies like donald trump has run many of his into the ground that would scare me.

if there needs to be some improvement, we need to make sure social security is sound because quite frankly, i hope i have many years of social security in my lifetime but i trust her and i trusted president obama much more than i would trust paul ryan who was to turn that system into a voucher system and i believe the folks that will be hurt are those that really need it the most. unfortunately here in iowa, we privatized our medicare/medicaid system and it is turning out to be a total failure with folks not getting the care they need. vendors not getting paid. any time you turned a system over to a for-profit company, as they are more worried about for-profit than for service.

i apologize, sir, maybe in a couple of years i will be worried about my social security increase. you have a sound social security system only because of president obama and i believe secretary clinton will keep that system sound and into the future for myself and my kids. host: our guest is the first vice chair of the iowa democratic party, danny homan, is our guest joining us to talk about the battleground state. you talked earlier about your perspective on polls, but if you go to real clear politics and look at the current senate race featuring chuck grassley, averages showing him 15 points ahead. does that suggest this race is done or things could change in two weeks? guest: i think a lot of things can change in two weeks.

again, i believe polls are what they are. i will figure out some time on again, i believe polls are what the early morning of the ninth or very late on the eighth who won what because they will tell me. i will accept that unlike some people who may not accept the results of this election. i can only go back to a time in iowa where there was a senator from mount pleasant who was running against a sitting congressman. a state senator by the name of tom millsap. people who may not accept the senator ville sack was behind in double digits, big time going to to the last couple of weeks. and, and that last two weeks, his fortunes turned and he won that election. he was down by more than what

patty judge is. he turned it around in two weeks time and won the election and served eight years as governor. he has gone on and served as eight years of secretary of agriculture. one of the finest secretaries of agriculture we have ever had in this country. i am not willing to concede that mr. grassley is going to win that race. i hope, we are working as hard as we can to help had a judge. -- patty judge. mr. grassley stopped to doing his job. he stopped when he would not give the nominee for the supreme court even a hearing. it does not say the man is going to get confirmed. he would not even give him a hearing to send his nomination of to the full senate.

senate phone on that issue. all they had to do was do the hearing, send it to the full senate. if the republicans wanted to kill that nomination, they could have done it there, but at least then they would have been following the constitution. believe the founders of this country and the writers of meant toitution ever wait for the next election to decide who the nominee is. nomination and that nomination should have gotten a hearing, at least in the committee. it should have been the a hearing with the full senate. chuck grassley has quit working for iowa. he has quit working for this country, and he needs to be replaced. host: a bit about patty judge, for those who don't know her. guest: i've known patty judge

since she was a state senator. she then went on and served as the agriculture secretary of agriculture here in iowa. she then went on and served as lieutenant governor for four years with culver, and now running for the united states senate. patty and i may not have always agreed on everything, but i do know one thing -- patty judge will do her job. if that means upsetting me as the leader of this union, then she will do that. but she will do her job, and she will do what she believes is best for working men and women in this state and this country and i fully support her candidacy. host: next to dave in des moines, hi, dave, good morning. caller: good morning. guest: good morning. caller: morning.

actually -- bernie sanders was cheated out of the democratic caucus. i would like to ask you if your guest knows of someone who has identified themselves as andrew phillips, who sent me a letter from the democratic party. i think it is a bogus letter from a bogus person. it doesn't mention asking my support for clinton. all it does, basically attack trump. in any event, i voted on the first day that you could. i didn't vote for her or any other clinton-crats or republicans. the clintons are republicans. host: mr. homan, go ahead. i didn't vote for her or any guest: i don't know that there was a question there, i don't

believe senator sanders was cheated in the iowa caucuses, it was a close race. i believe that the iowa caucuses, although there were some issues, were run fairly. there are people that don't believe that, that is their right. i don't know what letter the caller is talking about. all i can say, i don't believe that i have ever sent out a letter to anyone telling them who to vote for f. we send out a letter, we send out a letter with comparison of the candidates and it is up to each individual person on who they vote for and i respect that right when they go in and vote, that is their vote, not mine. and i don't have any control over who they vote for or how they vote, all i can do is try to educate. i take exception with the fact that senator sanders was cheated. i was involved in every step of

the caucuses, i was a hillary supporter, but there were times where i believe hillary camp felt things didn't go right. there were times when the bernie camp didn't feel right. the bottom line, that is done and over. and hillary clinton is the nominee and i hope that folks will go and support her. host: does bernie sanders play a role should hillary clinton win the presidency? guest: absolutely. i think senator sanders has. i was also a delegate to the democratic national convention, senator sanders spoke at the convention. senator sanders is campaigning for hillary clinton. a lot of the senator sanders' ideas have been incorporated into the democratic national plank. so, yeah, i believe senator sanders, i believe we have a tuition program for kids going to college. i'm concerned with that.

i don't want my daughter to graduate from the university of northern iowa with a mountain of debt staring her in the face the day she walks off that stage. i believe senator sanders and nominee clinton have worked on a program jointly together and a lot of his ideas have been incorporated into a lot of things she's doing, along with a lot of ideas of other progressive folks, liberal folks, moderate folks in this country. you know, senator sanders should be involved, senator sanders is a good man. he wasn't my choice, that's okay. eight years ago, president obama wasn't the person i supported in the iowa caucuses, but certainly supported him since he's been elected. senator sanders should be involved and i believe president clinton will have senator sanders involved in a lot of the things that she does and a lot

of the programs and policies she puts forward. yeah, i firmly believe that. host: post falls, idaho, here is tom glad. caller: good morning, mr. homan. first, i'd like to say thank you for your son's service and i'm grateful that you were able to get him home in one piece. i would like to ask you about super delegates and the whole idea that one person is given the lead prior to the primaries even being started, it seems very clear to me, i've been watching politics my whole life, that both parties are corrupt and that the system is rigged in both parties so that the party chooses our nominee, not the people. i heard it with my own ears, the republican came out, donald trump was wining and they were furious, they said, the people don't choose politicians, we do. it seems the democrats simply stacked the deck for hillary prior to anything starting and

it does not at all to the honest american voter seem like our votes are what counts, it seems it is the money that buys politicians and supports you people who run the parties are the only ones with power to get anybody elected and us american citizens are getting the short end of the deal. i can't imagine anyone think the $20 trillion in debt is a good idea, yet we have it. we've had a two-party system since we started, both parties are really one party, who simply divide and separate the american peep and he will maintain power. -- people and maintain power. host: thanks, tom. guest: i will try to address super delegates. i believe the super delegates did not elect hillary clinton. hillary clinton won the majority of pledge delegates. hillary clinton won the popular vote of those states that had a popular vote.

there is no way you can address those that had caucuses. so i don't know the super delegates won the election. i believe and i looked at this one time, i believe hillary clinton had more pledge delegates that barack obama had -- van barack obama had eight years ago. the super delegate system is a system that i guess i've served on both sides. i was a pledge delegate in denver and i was one of those super delegates in the last convention. you know, i don't believe that system rigs it. it's still majority of the delegates that are elected are pledge delegates and hillary clinton clearly won that election. as far as the other things, i don't, you know, yeah, we have some debt.

i wish we didn't have the debt. but that's way above my pay grade. i know in my role with the party, i'm the first vice chair, i'm not the party chair. i go to the meetings, i do what i'm asked to do and i go out and try to make things better for folks and make sure that the >> we're going to leave the rest of this. you can find it on c-span.org. we would take you to coconut creek, florida, just north of fort lauderdale. ♪ [applause]

ms. clinton: hello broward county. it is so great to be back in florida. there are just 14 days, two weeks from today. the most important election in our lifetimes. i am so grateful to see all of you, and i want to thank the election officials who are here. congresswoman debbie wasserman , congressman ted deutch, commissioner mark brogan, and others who are here. we are glad you all are here with me. i was thrilled to be introduced

by the person i hope will be the next senator from the great state of florida, congressman patrick murphy. [applause] i think patrick is person the kind of senate needs and deserves, because he will help us break through gridlock, and create more good jobs with rising income. patrick knows we have to build an economy from the middle out, not from the top down. i also appreciate the fact that emerging iseeing on partisan consensus that we need to -- bipartisan consensus that economy,o fix a broken but it will take strong and committed leaders like patrick murphy, who are ready to show up and fight hard and work to get this done.

this is important my friends. beenck murphy has never afraid to stand up to donald trump. athink florida deserves senator who is going to fight for comprehensive immigration reform that will keep families , against the deportation force. this is what is so unimaginable. law enforcement officials to go door-to-door, house to house, is this to business, school to school, rounding up 11 million people. i think that is so wrong. we need a set of believes climate change is real.

as opposed to someone who every time he is asked says they are not a scientist. i always wonder, why don't you talk to a scientist. start here at broward college to talk to a scientist. senator who would never say that social security and medicare have -- and this is a quote -- weakened us as a people. his solution? medicare.ze that is exactly the right response, but don't boo, vote. senator who would never support cutting $360 million from florida schools because patrick knows every child in florida deserves a

world-class education. patrick murphy is a smart, tough-minded legislator, and an independent voice. that is what we need more of in washington -- people like patrick who are going to get up every day and go to work for you , a better life for you and your family. progress in every to come and listening to the special interests and powerful forces that are not interested in what is going to take for everyone of you to get ahead and stay ahead. so please, when you get out and vote, these remember you can send patrick murphy to the united states senate, and you will be glad you did. now i know there is an overflow crowd outside, and i am so sorry

that they cannot be in, but i am told they can hear us, and maybe even cs, and i want to thank them for coming as well. [applause] ms. clinton: i have to ask you -- did anybody see the last debate? the good news was it was the last debate. [indiscernible] ms. clinton: thank you. you know, you're right. that last debate was like an early birthday present.

here is what i wanted you to remember -- i stood next to donald trump for four and a half have, proving once again i the stamina to be president and commander-in-chief. [applause] i tried as much as i could to talk about all of the issues that are on your minds that i believe we can work together to improve. and fact, my wonderful running mate and i wrote a book called stronger together, and we put all of our policies in it, because i once you to know what we are going to try to do if we are so fortunate enough to be the next president and vice president. it is important, because i want you to have confidence that we are going to work every day to implement the plans that we have put forth, and i tried in the debate to draw the contrast with donald trump, who

does not have very many plans. i tried to run a campaign based on issues. campaign based on insults. in the debate, we did not have a lot to talk about, other than he continued, true to form, to throw out his insults. he said something that i found horrifying. there is one thing in particular that i wanted to point out, candidate,president republican or democrat, has ever said this. he refused to say that he would respect the outcome of this election. i guess we shouldn't be too surprised this is the same guy who thought the emmys were rigged against him. this is serious. on january 20, the first thing a president does is to take an

oath to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution, and i have serious doubts about whether donald trump even understands what that means. in america, we don't say we are going to keep you in suspense about whether we will respect the outcome of an election. we have free and fair elections, and the peaceful transfer of power. that is one thing that makes america great. it makes america who we are. we don't impose religious tests and our borders, because we are a country that was founded on religious liberty. we do not punish newspapers or journalist that try to cover the news or are critical of politicians, or threaten to restrict the first amendment because our democracy depends on a free press. noto not insult -- we do incite violence and turn people against each other.

we respect the open exchange of ideas, and a democracy depends on that. i have to say, i bet some of you , or maybe her parents and grandparents, came from places where none of that was true, right? why america ison the greatest and longest lasting democracy the world has ever known -- because we believe that no matter what you look like, or where your parents were born, or who you love, you have the right to be treated equally and fairly in the united states. [applause] donald trump is attacking everything that has set our country apart for 240 years. his entireing campaign attacking one group of --ricans after another

immigrants, african-americans, latinos, women, pows, muslim and the peoples with disabilities. now, his final target is democracy itself. here is what i want you to know. and the next four years, we are going to change some things in america. do want to get the economy working for everyone, not just those at the top. we are going to do that, along with other positive changes. we are not going to change the fundamental values that made america the greatest nation in the history of the world. i think it all started when george washington refused to become a king. donald trump probably would have called him "a loser." instead, that was one of the most important decisions any president has ever made. so that we would not

have a king. we would not be subjects, we would be independent citizens. i cherish that idea. here is the good news -- americans are coming together at the very moment when donald trump is making an unprecedented attack on our democracy. millions of people are registering, voting early, and volunteering in this campaign. here is something very exciting -- we have reached a milestone. more than 200 million americans are now registered, and that peoples 50 million young -- the most ever. more than 6 million people have already voted, and more than one

million of them are right here in florida. when people are standing up for what they really believe in, that includes not just democrats, but republicans and independents coming together to reject hate and division. the energy we are seeing across florida and america is not just the cause of what we are against, it is because of what we are for. it is about fighting for the future where everyone counts, everyone has a place, and no one is left out or behind. we still have a lot of work to do. good, but boy, i am not taking anything for granted. i am going to work as hard as i can between now and the close of the election next two weeks from

today. it is so important for florida. there are so many issues that we need to remind people about. last time i was here, i campaigned with al gore. he said a lot about the climate crisis. you know why? we are seeing the reality of climate change every day in florida. we are seeing areas in miami, even on sunny days, without a drop of rain, where the streets are flooding, and the ocean is rising. what we have to do is make sure that this issue, fighting climate change, creating clean renewable energy jobs, stays at the top of the priorities. that is why you need any senator like patrick murphy. center best senator like patrick murphy.

nobody should want to wake up on november 9 and wonder if there was more you could have done. i hope you will wake up on november 9 proud that you took a stand and voted for an america that belongs to all of us, where we set big goals and work together to achieve them. [applause] i have to tell you, i believe america is great because america is good. i want to say one other thing that is really very important to be. we support the people in uniform who fight for our country. that is why i was so appalled when donald trump tweeted that the new acts to push the

terrorists out of the key city of mosul is already "a total disaster." and our country is "looking dum b." really? he is declaring defeat before the battle has began. he is unqualified to be commander in chief of our military. here is another example. he was asked if he would defend our allies. he said first you would want to know if they made any payments to us to defend them. when asked specifically about israel, he said he would love to be neutral. we can't have a president who says he is neutral on monday, pro-israel on tuesday, and who knows what on wednesday, because on his mind everything is negotiable. i have a different view -- we

stand with our allies, we stand with those who will help us defeat terrorism. i get pretty excited about what we could do together, and with your help, we are going to make the biggest investment in new jobs since world war ii, jobs and infrastructure and advanced manufacturing and clean renewable businesses. i want us to make america the clean energy superpower of the century.y -- 21st jobsn create millions of and protect our planet at the same time. shouldto say, no state care more about this issue than florida. i will tell you something, it is kind of sad to be honest, i have traveled all over the country, and in new jersey and

massachusetts, they have more solar power than the sunshine state. why? because you have a governor and a legislature who, like your current senator, does not want to believe the science of climate change, does not see the opportunity that florida has to be literally the global leader in clean energy. deploy half a billion more solar panels by the end of enough clean, and energy to power every home in america within 10 years. we are also going to strengthen education at every level, starting with universal pre-k and working with our teachers to make sure every child has a good school with good teachers in every zip code. thehere is what it what all students to hear -- we are going to make college more affordable for everyone. [applause]

ms. clinton: after our primary, which was hard-fought -- and i was proud of the primary we ran, because it was about issues -- senator sanders and i came up with a plan to make public colleges and universities tuition free for any families making less than $125,000 a year. that is the vast majority of families. if you are over that, we will make it debt-free. i do not want to see young people and their families going into debt. i've used this as an investment. that is why we are going to make it easier for you to afford to pay back your college debt, pay us down and pay it off. i also want more pathways to good jobs that don't require a year college degree. let's return technical education to high school.

let's have more partnership programs so that everybody has a chance at a good job. in addition to making the economy grow and making sure people are ready with the skills to do these jobs, i want to make it fairer. that is why i wants to raise the national minimum wage. if you work full-time, you shouldn't still be in poverty. don't you think it is finally may be past time to guarantee equal pay for women's work? [applause] ms. clinton: i always tell crowds this is not a woman's issue, this is a family issue. if you have a wife, a mother, a sister or daughter working, it is your issue. to get thiswe have

fixed once and for all. let's make childcare of, and let us have more profit sharing, and let's do the kind of things that will lift everybody up. when i talk about raising equal pay for women as one of my , donald trump or somebody always says there she is playing the women card. i have to tell you, i don't believe that is what it is. i think we're playing the smart , because we want everybody's incomes to go up. that is how we're going to get this economy really moving forward, creating new jobs. if that is playing the woman card, deal me end -- deal me in. i have also said i will pledge not to do anything that would raise taxes on people making

less than 200,000 years -- .250,000 a year we can go where the money is -- the millionaires and billionaires, the corporations -- to make them pay their fair share, to support the kind of growth that we need in our economy. we are going to close the nopholes and make sure that multimillionaire can get away with paying a lower rate than a nurse or police officer or a teacher. debates thathe donald trump had not paid any federal taxes? years is the best guess we've got. excuseuse -- i loved his -- it was he lost $1 billion in a year. i have been really pondering this. how does anybody lose $1 billion

in a year, especially when you are running casinos? think about it. has anybody here ever been to a casino? usually, they say the house wins. trump says it was marked for him to avoid paying taxes. , ilosing $1 billion is smart think that is kind of upside down and backwards. i think people should be working hard to make their incomes to support their families, and that is what we are going to do. we do not want the kind of values that donald trump used in running his business to be in our government. smallps -- stiffs businesses. my dad was a small business owner. donald trump has refused to pay all kinds of folks -- workers, small businesses installing .rapes or marble or glass

he did not pay them. he just didn't pay them, and he gets away with it, because he turns to the small businesses and says sunni -- "sue me." my father never could have afforded that. i'm just glad he never got a contract from donald trump. our family would have been hurt by that. here is the bottom line, and here is what i need you to do. we have got to get everybody you know to turn out and vote. you have early voting now, and it is going to be much easier for some of you to vote early, and if you believe in any of the issues that we have talked about in this campaign, if you believe that women and girls should be treated with respect, if you believe that marriage equality should be protected, if you science and believe we should take action, if you believe america belongs to everybody willing to work for it , and we should stand up against any kind of negative attacks,

then i hope you will come out and vote. it is going to be a close election. pay no attention to the polls. don't get complacent. out.ve got to turn people i'm asking you to vote for me, i've asked you to send patrick murphy to the senate. i am asking you most importantly to vote for yourselves, because really, that is what is at stake. early voting began here in south florida yesterday. it goes through sunday, november 6. early voting your site in your county between seven and talk a.m. and 7:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 you can go to the regional library and cast your ballot today. we have volunteers and staff's ready to escort you.

e.com togo to iwillvot confirm your polling pace, and make sure you have a plan to vote. if you will join us in these next two weeks, every phone call you make, every door you knock on will make a difference. linton.com,o hillaryc sign up to volunteer. get involved. the bigger the turnout, the about statement we make the kind of future we want to build together. let me just end by saying that people ask me all the time what motivates me, how to do this day after day. look, i love this country and i feel blessed. i want everybody to have the same chance to go after your

part of the american dream. i think the american dream is big enough for everybody. i think a lot about my two grandchildren, because obviously, i would do anything to help them. it is not just them. i want to help everybody's children and grandchildren, because the kind of country we will have when they become adults will be affected by the decisions we make now on education, on health care, on ending the epidemic of gun on getting the costs of prescription drugs down, on preserving and protecting social security and medicare, doing what we must to make sure we are passing on a country that provides the same level of opportunity to all who come after us. please join me. ais is bigger than me, it is good than any of us. it is even bigger than donald trump, if you can believe it. [applause] ms. clinton: this is a

crossroads election that is going to determine so much about what kind of country we have in the decades ahead. i want to wake up in the white house with your help making it my mission to do everything i , ando give every person particularly every child, the chance to live up to his or her god-given potential. if you will stand with me, if you will work with me over the next two weeks, let's go out and build the kind of future we want for our kids, and let's prove once and for all that love .rumps hate thank you all very much. [applause] ♪

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>> here in coconut creek, florida, hillary clinton holding her rally.

we are going to try to take your phone calls here. -- ou support trump, up on the stage with hillary clinton was a face who is becoming more familiar around florida. take a look at this from the orlando weekly. the race between patrick murphy senateco rubio for u.s. is too close to call at this point. he was one of the people up on stage with secretary clinton. with democrat patrick murphy making gains among independent voters, republican incumbent marco rubio lead in florida is closely watched u.s. senate race

has narrowed to two points. that is according to a poll released on tuesday. to woo npr, "attempting latino voters, marco rubio gets booed at a festival." we're going to take your calls. i'm calling from 30161. host: who do you suppose -- support? caller: i support bernie sanders. i don't support clinton. i support people on the ballot. i've even voted for a republican before. i am supporting democrats, but not the top of the ticket.

i feel like that is what is going to happen a lot with black african american men. thank you for the call there. let's even in rap jane -- if we can grab jane. who are you supporting? caller: definitely hillary clinton. i just think she is eminently qualified. i think any woman who can deal with all of the lies that have been thrown against her are many many years is definitely able to handle any foreign leader. i just can't say enough good things about her. host: thanks jane calling for missouri. we want to know who you're going to be voting for. the election is two weeks away. clinton holding a rally to try to encourage people to do early voting, which is available and a lot of states. here's another call from janine. who are you supporting?

i'm actually undecided. withe been dissatisfied the whole election process, especially due to the lack of focus on foreign affairs. for example, the average american believes 25% of the federal budget goes to foreign aid, and they think the appropriate amount is about 10% of the budget, yet it is currently analyst 1%. there are a lot of issues that are not being discussed in debates, and just from the campaigns individually. thank you for the call. let's see if we can get this call from roy. caller: i'm in rochester, new york. host: are you on the line for supporting other candidates? caller: i am. host: what he of thoughts two

weeks out from the election? caller: i think the real problem has been brought up by gnome , whoky -- noam chomsky says the whole demographics of the america have changed so that ,verything filters to the rich all the money filters to the rich. i want somebody that can actually turn that around. i think we are really in for trouble. i think probably the best candidate would be joe green to take that on. host: thank for the call. another article here. taking a look at hillary clinton's birthday, which is tomorrow. even her birthday party is going to be a fundraiser to -- fundraiser. hillary clinton's final fundraiser will be a new york birthday party for the candidate played by stevie wonder.

he had previously played for a fundraiser in june along with christina aguilera, that raise around $15 million. the event will cost $10,000 for the top ticket. a look at a tweet from tamara keith. will be performing a get will be performing a get out the vote concert for hillary clinton in cleveland on november 4. tamara keith writing "hillary clinton's campaign officially bringing out the big guns." we want to hear who you are supporting. this closely ballot boxes being open. i have kevin on the line during -- on the line. wife, gina. his i'm calling from dayton, ohio. husband is not a registered voter. i am. i am a true believer in hillary. with everyome issues

politician that you have, whether it be republican, democrat, independent. it is issues across the ballot. i voted. i am 54 years old, and i have been a registered voter since i was 18 years old. i have always been a democrat. bush.d one year for daddy i respected him. i respect every president. i will always respect them. i may not like them. i have never in my entire seen what one person, no names, but what one country.n do to a

, whether youpport like them or not, you still have to respect them and support them. host: respect for the presidency. since you're calling from ohio on our morning show, watch and journal, we have been covering the battleground states. will be covering ohio on friday. tomorrow, we will take a look at pennsylvania. gluck's at best we'll take a look at issues in battleground states. a caller from clinton, west virginia. what he of thoughts two weeks away from election day? caller: i'm good at me with clinton -- i'm going to vote for clinton early in the morning. i think hillary is the best president that will be for everyone, and i cannot see anyone voting for donald trump

if they had any respect whatsoever. host: chuck caller from michigan. payee, go ahead. -- trump caller from michigan. than hillarylder is, i'm 77 years old. i have seen hillary all throughout her career. i know too much about her to ever think about voting for her. she is crooked, and she has the justice department and the fbi -- all ther expansion has has never done the american people a bit of help. the democratic party has been holding the black people under .heir thumb for two centuries there has never been one republican that owned slaves. she has done everything that has been not good for the families,

some of the people that are voting for her because they want stuff.stocked -- free you are going to pay for that. trump's son-in-law is making an approach on a post election tv startup. about what ang potential possible plan donald trump might have after the election if he is not the next president. taking one more call here. you're on the line for supporting others. what he of thoughts two weeks out? caller: voting is supposed to be the people that you support. it should not be against anybody.

host: they so much for your call. thanks to all the calls we got today. we won to let you know him just seen hillary clinton in florida. later tonight, 6:00 a.m. eastern, where taking you to a campaign rally for donald trump. he'll be in tallahassee florida. will also take your own calls after donald trump's rally in -- rally. >> you are welcome.

we want discover the fact that this is such a high-profile race. in this election, can you tell us two or three issues that a democrat going percent and a republican going percent should tackle. thank you for letting me here. i think whether it is a democratic controlled senate or a republican control senate, i think it is the same thing. when people hear that your economy is improving, they don't see it happening. they does to the normal. they are not seeing it in. . for,i want to try to work

we want to bring it to where there is democrat or republican control. wage make sure that we provide the magnet -- incentives for manufacturing jobs here. that, we have to give them a workforce. i'm going to work hard to work on education. i started in my congressional for communityng technologicaland classes for you. us a way to gode with the workforce. we need to protect working families. if they can't earn money or earn , failed -- fair rage -- wage is that worth it.

the point is that we have a senator here in illinois that is going to work hard for this. if there are other issues that the public has been waiting for the senate to act on. if you were elected, they would have more opportunity for them to do so? tammy: absolutely. i think we need to get to the supreme court, get a hearing from eric garland. we can't just have pictures taken with him and then do nothing about it. we have to deal with the leadership, whether they are democrats or republicans. i would not vote for you for leader unless you had these hearings. i would not vote for you unless you let us have an actual confirmation vote. to check theey

boxes of media, it is another thing to follow up and demand a vote. peopleot just food for -- good for people, it is good for the economy. a could bring us at least billion dollars back into our economy. it are problems that we have in this country is a tax code that hinders economic growth. it has to be comprehensive, it is not just about tax cuts to the top 1%. we are going to have tax cuts for large corporations and we need to have similar tax cuts for businesses that are small and medium-sized. what you think the republican about --attacks are republican attackers are talking about? illinoislways put

ahead of party. thought aboutnd my role in this country, especially with the recovery from my stroke, i would to make this state a powerhouse. based on my effort to save the export/import bank's. we are trying to get jobs right here in the states. >> did you have a chance to meet with eric garland? >> i did not. i bet with eric garland. i was the first republican to meet with him. >> what did you think of him? mark: i like him. i asked him to have an academic discussion. the good thing about america is

that he was from lincoln way. he instantly house asking the question. we started to get a five there. -- vibe there. to blockcontinues you do?, what will h i have already written to my colleagues to ask for a hearing. we are trying to make sure that everyone can see their elected senator asking a question relevant to this day. we want to expose that. i think it would be very good for the country. >> if he is the nominee, if iflary clinton wins, everything continues along this path, would you support him? i would not go into too many hypotheticals, we'll see if she gets elected. we don't know she will get elected. >> do think they should have

gone farther? say -- t me tammy: let me say this. the senator did not ask them for a hearing. he asked those senators to meet with eric garland. senate, he in the gathered all of his colleagues on the republican side and made a letter. -- you need to demand a hearing. there is a devastating checking a box, taking a picture and sending an e-mail to all of your colleagues. it is different to say that i will not vote for you poor leadership unless you have this hearing. i will gather all of my colleagues in the senate and be the leader that he says that he is. we are demanding a hearing from chuck. he did not do that. checking a box and

moving on. i think eric garland is extremely's -- extremely qualified to serve on the senate. i hope you get a hearing in the lame-duck session. i think that he is very well-qualified. whennk the next president, looking at a supreme court aminee should to someone with brilliant mind and an established judicial record. , i think he has never been overturned. except for one technicality. i think you'd be great for america. by not justmain take a picture? get -- i became before

this editorial board in the past. this is why i stood up to president obama when he wanted to harm syrian rebels to a tune of $500 million. sen. kirk: for that. kirk voted for that. i thought that was not ok. i was the only member in the house and senate that pointed out when you provide american are setting, you yourself up for problems. they fire a different caliber of bullet. about some ofngs the issues with the accounting and the use of the funding. i wentend of the day,

against my party and voted for the nda. we cannot leave our troops down budget. kirk:,nt to ask you sen. you have been strong on your gun-control measures. the president has not. even after sandy hook, the background check got shot down. you may have a good record on that but your party does not. is there anything that you know what that? the senate can be a graveyard for bills in the house. i see to be the glue in the senate so that things happen. more -- some of my achievements in the senate that i'm most proud of our when i had a significant amount of democrats vote with me. i have beenol

working with the junior center to make sure we can criminalize gun trafficking to criminal organizations. i made target is to attack the relationship that westwood sports and hammonds has. 515 crime guns. found to gun stores in mississippi that have a ticket relationship with -- a continued relationship with the criminals. my record of bipartisan work is to get a lot of tough things in the senate. it,arty has been against decisively.

can i address that? on gun control, i put out a criminal justice reform plan. anything to do with gun violence in chicago will have several components to it. this is about gun control. there are loopholes that allow gun owners to go out of business and then keep all of their guns for personal use and sell them without background checks. convictedho has been of a violent felony should not be able to buy a gun at a gun show. we need personal background checks. we did not get the votes in the house. we had members of the senate come over to support us. this senator was not one of them.

isversal background checks supported by 90% of americans. -- things like areassault weapons ban important. when you look at the relationship between police and community. i met with the police and dallas. they had a great community-police program. it was a great program. it was not a failure of that program what happened. in arlington heights, it was said that the senate office lacks the capacity to improve community-police relations. only am isenator, not going to make sure that my office has the capacity to of communityromote

makeions, i'm going to sure it happens. economic injustice. you have a 50% unemployment rate for young black men in the southside of chicago. there,as a gang member this young man said that if i could find a job where i could make $350 a week, i would not have to gang bang. there are no jobs where i live, nobody has a job. if i had a job that made $350 a week, i would be a man. i could actually get away from the gang and they would respect me because i would be one of the few young black men who had a job. they would they be alone. he was not asking for $50,000 or $60,000 per year.

he wanted $325 per year -- per week. nobody has been able to solve this. having atalk about role with community and please, what does that mean? tammy: there are some things that you can do. we can look at a federal grant, that can help small community groups. there are many grant programs that exist right now. they are simply not winning the dollars from the federal government. whether it is the department of justice or other departments that are provided seed money for our community. other examples. rockford, illinois has done great work with immunity relationships with police. -- community relationships with

police. they need to talk to the community members, ask what they need. guns not just about violence, we need economic development. that is what they have told me. that is what the church leaders have told me. that is what the grandmothers on the street cars have totally. we need jobs, we need jobs in -- grandmothers on the street corners have told me. we need jobs. -- they need to provide us with a way to get to work. instead of just jumping over entire neighborhoods with the public transportation so that we can get to work. i know that this is a complicated issue. this is not a passing legislation to get rid of the magazines and assaults.

it is about what we will do to provide economic opportunity. what would you do to provide educational opportunity? if you are a young person on the southside of chicago and you are about to enter high school and you see that there is no way to afford college, what is to keep you from dropping out of high school? technicalas a education program that you could go to portray with an internship that would allow you to get a job in a factory, you may be incentivized to stay in school. >> is there more that you should be doing senator? mark: let me tight what i have done. i have appropriated $18 million per year to take that gangs of significance. we have been appropriate in those dollars to the marshall services. they have told us that they have already taken over 700 hardened felons off of the street using that money.

it's more than money for a lot of these programs. mark: we need to look at our history. that youd have said can never take on al capone. 1928, the federal government took him out. i think with federal backup, i think that is what we ought to do. we to make sure that we had substantial backup. we'd to make sure that they can build the intelligence and heavy equipment to execute more and were safely. chicago agree that the police department is more resources, i would love for every police officer to have any cameras and tasers. we are looking for one taser park patrol video -- patrol vehicle. gun, you will use

it. i think every police officer should have a taser. they do a tough job every day. about locking people up. we need criminal justice reform. we have had a hearing in overseeing government reform committee's. i asked the questions about this. people foroit the minor drug crimes? did you try to intimidate a young offender? someone without a violent record? minimumhold a 20 year sentencing over their head. we do it all the time because we have to get these backlogs through. it we can do that than we can get onto the next. help the young man or woman who has a criminal record for the rest of their lives. and we'll make it that much more

difficult for them to find a job. we have to look at all aspects of this. we to invest in community, betweennd relationships them. we did to make sure that we don't put people on track to go to jail and have a record for the rest of their life. that is why i work so hard to try to help set up a veterans divergent program. andran to our coming home getting into trouble, if we can give vent to into the criminal justice system currently, we are allowing them to get their lives back in order. we can do the same thing with juveniles and people who were nonviolent with drug crimes. that is not just my opinion, that is the opinion of all of the prosecutors. that?y are trying to do

senator, is this something you wanted to say? that is a very good idea to make sure they are equipped with nonlethal tasers. in my case, with working with suburban law enforcement, police don't have them available. dark -- narcthe can. sometimes they will have a hard time administering a drug to an addict. i'm working with the fda to make sure that this nasal narc can will be available. all you have to do is put this addict's knows.

-- nose. bring the poor kid right back. we would have lost a couple of kids if we do not have it. i want to make sure we can use it with the foundation right away. we can bypass the department of justice who are not going to buy it. you have changed your mind a couple of times about who you are going to vote for. but you think you will vote for a november 8? mark: i been thinking about voting for someone who is not a registered candidate. it would be good if he was a victor. it is difficult to see why he

was prosecuted. i think we should highlight his bravery. make of the story over the weekend? not taking advantage -- taking advantage of the tax loophole. an empire that complicated, is something that i could fathom. i sure use a very competent tax situation. he has a $10 million empire. apparently he did not pay taxes. mark: if you are running for office, you should show what you paying. it is a nurse that he did not pay federal taxes at all. the tax change that i would like

the most is that we can lower the overall corporate tax rate. that way the united states would not have the lowest -- highest corporate tax rate in the entire world. that would be right for bipartisan cooperation. lower the rate, we can bring companies back to the united states. he introduced a version of the tax code when republicans took control of the senate years ago. they said i would be the top priority. why is tax reform so difficult as ahe party who has that key? mark: entrenched interests. you need to take a page out of ronald reagan's book. if the president puts his time

and attention on an issue, you can make magic happen. >> you're saying that if we had a gop president that we can move that issue in the senate? mark: it would be more likely. i think the president of theshould not be someone who has not pay taxes in 18 years. i think it is clear that we have reform -- we need tax reform in this country. if we are going to give tax breaks to the largest -- we need to retrieve money from overseas. we need to come up with a way. i would rather have 50% of the billions of dollars that we we repatriated than 0% of the dollars. about is allied

those manufacturers in illinois who are still paying at the highest tax rate. and we are going to cut taxes at spot, -- t i am not going to vote for donald trump. i think it is troubling that the senator is still talking about --ting in david detritus david petreus. documents on his mistress's computer. there is a reason that he was to support the senator. there are one of many things that supports this.

whether it was him leaving the floor for us to a raid -- invade iraq, it was more on the government credit card. time and time again, the senator has been wrong on national security issues. for him to throw away a vote on a man who cannot even pass a security clearance is very troubling. >> what do you make of all of the concern about hillary clinton's e-mails? if she is the dominate, a lot of people -- if she is the nominee, are concerned. if someone did what she did, they would be punished, not prosecuted. i called for her to turn over the e-mails. when i entered this election is

two years ago, i said that we needed to have her do that. i've been working on the national standard from agency to agency for e-mail handling. that has still not been executed. we need to follow up and make sure that this could never happen again. hillary is someone that i would stand up to and oppose. she was wrong when she fell for the iraq war. senator kirk was not just someone who voted for the iraq war, he voted for the iraq invasion. he was wrong then, hillary was wrong to vote for it. i'm not going to be afraid to stand up to whoever it is when they are making decisions that put america in jeopardy. detained at the handling of

the e-mails put america in jeopardy? tammy: i think it was absolutely poor. i would rely on the report that was given to congress. they said that it was shoddy prosecute, just like you would prosecute an ordinary american who did the same thing. >> you have said twice that you were against the iraq invasion. hillary was for it. what would you before in terms of syria? how would you address that issue? to helpld you support bring that conflict to an end? >>