let's take you. give me your name. >> i am from illinois. host: what was the high point? >> the librarian of congress and talking to her about her job and responsibilities. amazing moment. >> how are you picked? >> application process that everyone had to do by submitting an application and undergo a group interview with a debate on current events. hasn't lived up to your expectations? >> it has exceeded. >> i am from lincoln east high school and the high point for me was speaking to the chief judge of the 10th circuit and the justice and i was able to ask

him questions about the possibility of a constitutional convention, which is an interesting issue i care about and i am interested in constitutional law. i learned so much from them and some of my opinions i never thought i would budge on, i did a flip on. >> what happened that you didn't expect? >> the connection with the delegates and i did not think i could get so close to so many and such a short time. everybody is so intelligent and passionate about everything and yeah. i just love you all. >> what happened today you did not expect? >> forming these relationships in a short time was not what i was expecting. >> who is next?

yes. >> i am from providence, rhode island. >> your week. what surprised you? >> there were a lot of surprises and this week has been emotional and i have grown and i was fortunate and selected to participate in the program and the test was a qualification for some other state and they encouraged me to use this as a learning experience because i was not to experience in politics. everything i have heard and learned and been a witness to, i have written down. i am motivated and see myself

existing in a position of power in communities such as this one and pursuing opportunities such as this one and i feel like i'm isolated a lot and i tend to feel separated in a disconnect and this kind of delegates, they have used empathy to understand and i would echo that this transcends political affiliation and ideology and i am excited to take over we have learned and move forward from here. host: thank you. over here. where are you from? >> my name is james and i'm from utah and -- >> what will you remember this week?

>> to be honest, we met a lot of amazing people who have done amazing things and the people i will remember the most are my fellow delegates because my desire is to make an impact on people and affect this group is people who will and have made impacts and have different religions, backgrounds, political opinions, and want to change the world. that is what i will remember the most. >> back here. you are from where? >> i am from mississippi. anyone impress you? >> all of the delegates. i come from a place where opinion is one and done and there is not a lot of diversity and it is interesting to see how

much people care about individual beliefs and i think we need more compromise and efforts to work together to make things better for the american people and i see a lot of that compassion and strength in this group and i am excited to see what people do with the rest of their lives. >> y d you think your place is "one and done." >> getting exposure to something outside was educational. i will attend the university of minnesota the two major and public policy -- university of mississippi to major in holocaust in -- in public policy. >> what was the high point for you this week? >> senators scott and king and they come from different

political affiliations and spoke about similar things. scott talked about 80-90% in common and i thought something was interesting with both of them speaking about how, in congress, they do not get to know each other very well because they go back to their home states and they need to know each other better as humans and that made it real and genuine. host: if we agree about 80%-85%, why do we only talk about those things? >> the media focuses on the 15-20% and, when we focus on that, we do not have progress. i think speaking about the need for compromise and bipartisanship gives us hope and talks about how comes to our generation to take this and move that forward and all of our delegates have different

opinions and listen to each other and that is inspirational to me. host: 104 students in this hall and there are 17 military mentors. who wants to tell us what this week has been like? stand up so that we can see you. right back here. what is your name? >> i am from salem, oregon. >> give us the high point of the week. >> the diversity of different people and i wouldn't commonly made them in salem, oregon and the high point was the other delegates, especially when there is not a diverse thought process in what you believe in.

most of us are on the left side of the political affiliation and different perspectives was a learning experience for me. host: are you saying that most are on the left? >> we come from different parts of the united states and bring a different idea of what it means on different policies and i would say no. not everyone is on the left and that makes it special. host: what got you involved? >> i got involved as an intern at the capitol building and understood all the different opportunities and i was very inspired. host: who has been your mentor? >> the lieutenant -- the lieutenant. i'm glad we were paired together. host: what division is he in?

>> the navy, i'm pretty sure. i was in the navy and we carried the marine corps around. i'm sure you have to ask one of the marine corps officers what they think about that. what did you learn? question you can do anything. sometimes you learn that you cannot be a judge or justice and i am learning that they are regular people who decided that they want to make a change in this world and that everyone of us is capable and has the ability to do that. host: i want to go to a mentor. who wants to tell me about that? >> what is your name? do you think i am right about the navy and the marines.

>> yes, sir. host: what was your goal this week? >> my goal was to mentor the delegates. a lot of the maturity they lack on how to work together, a lot of the guest speakers spoke about civility and how we cannot get to our goals alone. both sides have to work together to make the world better. host: how are you pick? >> we go through a competitive process along with other officers. host: it is time to talk about substance and things that you feel strongly about and i will start by asking you, you met with the president of the united states yesterday and i am sure you have strong feelings in this room about this president and this white house. who wants to tell me -- my

goodness, the hands went up quickly -- your feeling about the president and your reaction poster -- after meeting him? >> most of the problems trump has come from a lack of understanding of other viewpoints and he is in a closed environment where he does not really feed off of others and i think that, if he was more willing to listen to log and get other opinions, he would be better off. it has been chaotic in the first year and i think, if he opens up his mind and his willingness, visit administration will take a straight course. first your name? -- >> your name? >> tristan. >> what was meeting him like? >> it does not matter who occupies the office, it is the

institution of the office. it was nice to meet him and pence and the first lady made a surprise appearance and we were able to meet the president of the united states. host: is anybody in favor of this president that would like to speak? >> i am from georgia. i am in favor of trump as a president and i think it was the coolest experience as a bunch of highschooler's and the president met with us and it humanized the presidency and it is so easy in a political climate to feed into the media rhetoric and this is a man who wants to serve the

country. he yelled at us that we were a good-looking group and it is nice to remember that he is a person. it was humbling to know that the president spoke to us. host: i am a robot. that wasn't funny. go back to being in the white house. any of it not real for you? >> think about all of the history and all of the presidents that came before and this overwhelming sense of thinking about that and being part of living history in that moment and have the president come and meet you was just overwhelming and incredible and we will never forget that. host: somebody else want to talk

about trump? >> my name is -- i support trump and a lot of his policies, not all of them, but this was a surreal experience and i watched reagan meets with the senate youth program and think that this program has been gone a long time and we were lucky to be a part of that. host: have you had conversations with people who don't like trump and what have they been like? >> i have and rightfully so. one of the good things about this program was the diversity and a lot of the issues we talked about today are issues that are controversial and directly affect us, gun control, immigration, and it is humbling

to see the other perspectives and a couple of the things that were stressed this week were civility and listening to others and it was something we were able to do this week. host: how did you get involved? >> i was a senate page. i like that and found out about the senate youth program. host: what was being a page like? >> it is a humanizing experience and you think of the government as a big pure rock or see -- big bureaucracy. you get a sense that it is a person trying to get a bill passed or a person fighting for the issue and they care about the nation. >> two different senators street

-- senators treat page different ways? >> some are friendly and some come you don't get a lot of interaction from them, for lack of a better term. host: who is someone who does not support the president that would like to be heard. >> your name? >> i am from south carolina. >> what do you want to say? >> we recognize that a lot of his policies are devastating to immigrants and people who are lgbt and people of color. so many of his policies are -- >> did you tell him that? >> i would have liked to. >> why not? was he walked in and walked out. plus what would you have told him?

>> a lot people do not stand by him and his policies ought to be more thought out and just -- i would not advocate for a change in his opinion, but i would like to see more people offering insight on policies that he puts through and advocates for before they are actually implemented. host: i understand there are a couple of students in the room from parkland, florida and there is someone from kentucky. i want to ask you a question. could you stand. >> i am from parkland, florida.

i go to north broward. i think that the main thing that happened was a shock because it is your home and you don't expect that to happen. working with students and talking about it, you push the point that there are different opinions and you have people who believe in the second amendment and people who think there should be more gun control and you need the conversation to take place, compromise, something needs to be done, and everybody has been working together and talking about their ideas and we ultimately need to work together to talk about how to prevent this happening in other high schools. >> what happened in your high school? what who went to school and we had a false alarm and one of the

teachers thought they heard a gunshot and the police came in and one of them had discharged his weapon on the way in and then we had a potential shooting and then that was covered on the news and we were locked down and that just brought forth the idea that this is absolutely happening in our community and i knew kids who were shot, injured, or killed and it was heartbreaking and traumatizing and what really proved this was we need to do something and, if they can't get through state or federal government, it is up to us and that is what we are seeing across the country in every state and across the world. there is this need and desire to rekindle the youth activism and we will get it done here and our communities.

host: who in this room has -- who in this room has a solution to deal with the fear that the students have across the country in high schools or any kind of schools? this gentleman right here. >> i am am steve and the other delegate from parkland, florida. what was therapeutic for me was knowing that i can make a difference. by no stretch of the imagination -- i do not think that the delegates came from parkland and i think this is an opportunity to be in the room with 104 delegates and people who are going to one day be decision-makers and have that impact and to personally make my struggle their struggle and

impact in touch the lives of 104 people who will one day right policies.

harden the schools with common sense gun regulations and there is no reason why someone who does not have the mental capacity to own a firearm should have one and no reason why, after mistake after mistake, he should have been able to walk into the school and no reason why we were able to detect the shooter early and we should have been able to stop its and it is a combination of so many different solutions and people need to get over the agenda of my side is right and your side is wrong and pick what is correct about all of the different sides and put it together for a comprehensive

commonsense solution. host: where is the delegate from kentucky? my goodness, i will be back there in a moment. what do you feel the strongest about? if you had a chance to tell them how you felt, what would it be? >> hello. i think that an issue that does not get a lot of attention is the mass incarceration. we have people federally incarcerated and african-american females have a one in three chance of going to prison before the age of 18. when we look at the judicial

branch, we see issues of three strike legislation and, if you commit petty crimes, you could go to jail for 15 years and that issue does not get attention and we do not talk about it. seeing the minority groups does not make us uncomfortable and only see white and rich people engage in issue -- and issues, we see action and we need to look at these communities where you have the one in three chance of going to prison. that is where the attention is desired. host: who wants to express something? >> my name is elizabeth and i attend --

host: what do you feel the strongest about? >> the health care system and making sure every american has the right to quality and affordable health care because we are the richest nation in the world, but citizens go bankrupt and this is an outrage and we should be ashamed. the government needs to work in order to focus on this issue and create a revolutionized health care system where the government takes responsibility because our system includes elements of privatization and the government spends and absurd amount and i think the country would be better with increasing government funding towards citizens. host: massachusetts has led the

way. what grade would you give them? >> i think the citizens are taking care of well and some groups are underserved and i think that we need to focus on increasing health care access and making sure this access is equal, but i am grateful to live in massachusetts and hope to see the rest of the nation follow the lead. host: who feels strongly about this? >> i am enthralled with the inequality that exists on racial and social levels and most

people agreed that the upward more built -- upward mobility is the key to growth and children of color and immigrant dissent are still facing poverty. john lewis and bernie sanders impacted me and showed me that they were fighting for change on every levels. the use are things that you enjoy bipartisan support and have a chance of helping those who previously did not have hoped get hope in things like this program. increasing the opportunity that can only grow. host: we have spent 15 train dollars we do not have.

what is your age group going to do? >> we just will not see that for social security, medicare, and medicaid and the thing you have to recognize is that keeping programs that we spend our budget on, we have to change them and reform them to survive and so that i can have social security, medicare, and medicaid and so that we can have this program for people who were in poverty and people who live paycheck to paycheck. the cost of living adjustment and raising the retirement age have to at least get talked about and have a chance of increasing the solvency of these programs. host: who else has an issue? stand up. you can look at the camera.

>> i am virginia and a thing i am passionate about is the affordability of college because it is a looming threat with college blasting a large portion of your life. we are oh is told to go to school and go to make something out of yourself, but how do you make that when you go bankrupt? host: where does the money come from? >> i don't have the answer, but i think this is an answer we need to address. >> over here. >> my name is sydney and the issue i am passionate about is

women's rights and opportunities. this is a small fraction compared to men and most of these are women serving currently and things like the pink tax puts feminine hygiene products at a higher tax and regulations against health care result week as women do not get a seat at the table and we are now seeing women get that seat and more are going to college, but we go to college and a large portion have two experience rape or sexual assault and it is a problem we need to address and going to the workplace and worrying about how much you are

going to get paid and if you are going to be sexually assaulted and have to stay quiet. these are questions no human being should answer. >> stand up and we will go through this quickly and i want to hear what your issue is. give me your name and tell me what you are most interested in. >> i am passionate about daca because it is unfair that our congress cannot find a solution. it is not a democratic or republican issue and it is a human rights issue. it is unfair and they don't know where they will live next. these people have not been to their home country since a were two or three years old and it is not right that they are not

given the citizenship that they deserve because they are americans. >> i am from maryland and my issue is climate change because this notion that we are the only country in the world not in the paris climate accords is a travesty. everybody has taken steps to address this and we have not stay on course and we are seeing the devastating impacts and we see the wildfires become more severe and what happened with the wildfires and the common response is to fix the symptom of the problem and these will >> these events are going to keep occurring until we take action to stop that. fact that we cannot take action and lead a better world

for our children and for the problems that are occurring now is very sad. >> my name is anny. i go to chester high school. beside daca an issue that i'm passionate about now is electionsof our we see that the state department has been granted $120 million since 2016 election to investigate russia. them spend zero dollars of that money. now we have the midterm coming up soon now. we should the be fearful of the election andour our democracy. >> i'm ronny i'm from ohio. issue i'm passionate about is public health. oureed to reinvest in public health suspect. the cdc is losing funding to time overseas.of which we instituted after ebola. refund that. i come from ohio, i come from

hits byhe states hards the opioid crisis. we need to address that public crisis. host: why do you think we have an opioid crisis? town, i seen families hurt and lives lost. you can see it in the statistics. the stories what make me passionate about it. is car line. -- caroline. the issue that i care about is polarization. it's not exactly a sexy issue it's really important because issues these delegates just cited, are not going to fruition. if both sides of the aisle don't respect each other. leaders the every point and every state and every world toround the actually respect each other and act like everyone is equal. cannot have leader who exploit the divisions of our country. happen.nothing will say bangor high

maine?in >> i was would like to my issue, homeless veterans. my grandfather was a united marine corps. my great grandfather was united guard.coast i like to say, i saw news report about how in las vegas homelesso many veterans. they put their lives on the line. should create more benefit and policies to protect them and their family and future. us. sacrifice for they should not be living on the worried. food and shelter that invest given their lives so we can have right to speak about these problems toe. .o thank you

>> i'm from charlotte, north carolina. i'm passionate about school segregation and school inequality on the high school primary level in charlotte particularly, nearly 80% of minorities attend majority poverty schools in charlotte. kay -- caucasian students is in the 20's. is 50th in terms of social mobility. it's time for reform. i'm a firm believer your right to pursuit of happiness and good should no be of your bank account and the neighborhood you're from >> yes, sir. name is aaron i'm from colorado. concernedssue i'm about is expanding civic engagement. one statement by neil gorsuch that really stuck with me, when story of when

benjamin franklin, it was public. if you can keep it. peoplet's up to the themselves to be able to vote beh their conscious and educate in civics. what many of these issues can be solved. populace that is knowledgeable politics. host: i will go to the back of talk to the lead from kentucky. as i promised. get the background on what has happened. i think it was in january. where are you from and high school? harmon i'm is clare from marshall county high school 23rd this year, 7:57 a.m., opened fire in the common area of my high school. host: how many people were killed? >> two

host: what happened to the school after that? anything?hange >> yes, we currently certain points. we have bag checks, we have the detector wand. just increase in police presence. >> what else was done in the school to deal with what i fear?expect would be >> we have trauma and grief campus constantly now. we had therapy dogs come in for a while. i've heard that some them are still there. they are absolutely amazing. generally everyone coming together as a school and tri trg to rebuild and come together as a family. ten minutesy have left. i want to ask folks to tell us why you got involved if the program? who might have led you that way? parent? a was a teacher or friend? own?t on your

yes, sir, please stand. >> i'm from nashville, tennessee. i go to montgomery academy. i wanted to let you know, the first moment that i really realized i was in the public service i wanted to was the nights, chris murphy hosted his the senate floor. until 3:00 a.m. that morning watching c-span. guess the volume was too loud. my nom came downstairs. watching c-span at 3:00 in the morning. host: you just made my day. a good connection now. into this was looking program researching scholarships for college. more i looked into t the more interesting it became to me. i thought would be a great opportunity. i can tell you that, so far in

unrealram, it's been experience to be around the real america.aders of the brightest political minds this country has to offer. environment where you whatmmerse ourselves and we're passionate about and becoming future political leaders. this has been the opportunity of of lifetime for me. host: thank you. let me walk back this what way. passionate how did you get involved? you have a mentor? -- he, i do have a mentor got me involved in lot of the meracurriculars that helped find my passion for debate and discussion in politics in general. really drew me towards applying to this program is that, i lived overseas for 14

years. i've been removed from the charged political process that's in the united states. be able to make a difference. this week has been about rediscovering my own america identity. seeing the passion of all these delegates around the room. i would have never expected so intelligent well spoken people that really know these issues and are so passionate about. it really rekindled a passion of my country. humbling. host: thank you. let me keep moving. have we not talked to before? >> i'm from louisiana. i was really inspired to do this one of myrst by teachers. englishmy freshman teacher. she forwarded me an e-mail.

she led me along. late in the of process. she guided me in doing that. my parents really has been a catalyst for public service. struggledand mother during my life. when it came to doing public assaultedy mom was when i was kid. that inspired me to prevent that from happening. when i found out i had opportunities to meet senators change in field of domestic violence or gun violence, i thought it's an with peopleto speak who has same vision of the 5 that i have now. andday they'll have to go we'll be able to take their place. being able to meet people like that this who share the same a massives has been join.hy i want to host: who else has a story? >> i'm from jerome, idaho.

up has reallywn influenced my life into getting into politics and that helped me find this program. just kind of main thing is like idaho has this this amazing program for kids that learn about government. it's two year program. your government. it empowered me to get involved out programs that helped me learn more about our government. it's so relevant to us today. it's affecting my future as we speak. just getting involved in and for scholarships. host: what will be the number this week?ou learned >> number one thing i learned is openo be little bit more minded. we can get the tunnel voice and views. one sided being more open. what we fighting for believe. that doesn't mean you have to of yourly let go previous beliefs. you have to look at the other

side and compromise to make sure the best outcome comes for everyone around you. all taken copious notes. do you think we ought to maybe so everybodyonline in country can read them? transparency. we talk about it in this town. yes, sir. and where are you from? [applause] host: why are they clapping for you? >> i don't know. get a hug. i want to say, it's an honor to be here. i'm from orange, new jersey. may 20, 2009 with my .amily homeland.y now i'm here. the reason i'm in this program,

believe leadership is systematic. it takes the wisdom of the old the youth toy of change in america. where in a community school was underfunded by the state government for over a decade. a result, we cut tennis, schoolountry, after program and s.a.t. programs. victims of the pipeline. in december, student was shot in front of the gym occupies.t my fromse of this, we suffer pipeline. i'm here to make that difference. i'm livingw because this dream for those that want africa for the people in to the motherland to nigeria. came here andat i'm learning so i can come back

to my community. in orange but everywhere globally. me people here from the black asian delegation, opportunity.this been a phenomenal opportunity. this is just for the people back home. we callhat live what the hood, you have somebody here lived ind in this and it jungle. i want you to guys to know that i'm here and not just me but isryone in this program there for you. we will be the leaders of because again, leadership is systematic. you. [applause] host: yes, sir.

around here.n jersey. both from new we were at the state department. batman.a speech about that was pretty cool. was he talking about batman? honest.ot sure to be i'm from new jersey. is reason i'm really here learn from everyone. in my community at least. pretty liberal leaning, democrat. really here to argue and learn. it's interesting to learn from friend who are conservative and liberals. justice gorsuch said something that stuck with me, just because doesn't mean you have to be disagreeable. that meant a lot to me. peoplenow all of the here as friends and

personalities and jokesters we get to know each other's political views. the chance tohave learn more about people is really important. to learny i'm here is everyone here host: where did the idea come from? >> that was my own research. last year i applied and did not accepted. i applied as a junior and over the summer, i interned for my congresswoman. i worked on a bill at my ap government class route. was introduced in congress later this year. thisnk i found out about program just trying to explore really where my interest will take me. wasn't too sure about politics. my brother was interested in it. him.rned a lot from he went on to go work in technology. learning was like a process that i didn't have anyone to share that experience

with. research on my own. host: we have four minutes left. who had -- you got your hand up. fromm one of the delegates newark, delaware. i think one of the main take aways from this week is civility but you're going to reconcile compromise with the need for people in my generation to be bold. for us the fortune is social progress. it's compromise, and comprehensive. it's a helpful vision of the future. issues thatlots of previous delegates mentioned, we a common prerec to be and assertive. to be able to be open minded to

want.e the goals you host: where are you going to go to the college and what you want to be? i will go to college. that's great question. in interested in environmentalism. interestrque in public -- i like to work in public interest law. i'm interested in corporate reform. of very far apart but not really. a need forhare innovation and for again, going that we need to they be bold. work in public interest law to create a public interest law firm that advocates those who are unable to find that upward economic mobility. example in the recession, that was a unified front protected low income people that created entire market for millionaires and billionaires.

that is a travesty and a for the free market system to the american dream. i don't want it to happen again. it's going to be rich litigators in big cities who will save poor people. that's my one dream. after that i like to be a senator. forinly advocate environmentalism because the fact that is, it's not at the political agenda. i also have corporate reform at top. host: thank you very much. audience at home has been this.ng this is the united states senate youth program. are 104 delegates from 50 states. military paces. military. in the

the hearstn by foundation. what do you think? [applause] we are out of time. i thank you very much. did good job today. you. you and good luck to [applause] >> for free transcripts or give program,t about this q&a.org.at

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