>> president trump and first lady melania trump took part in e annual thanksgiving turkey pardoning ceremony. the white house posted a poll to turkey peas or carrots, will be pardoned. peas won the poll but both will rest to live the rest of their lives. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. trump. [applause]

resident trump: thank you. thank you very much. be seated. good afternoon, everyone. a very special day at the white house. we are thrilled to be joined today by our great first lady, melania. on behalf of the entire trump family, i want to wish all americans a happy thanksgiving. at this time of the year, we reflect on all of the many blessings in our lives. we are very glad to be joined by the chairman of the national turkey federation, along with his wife, his father, his sons and their very beautiful amilies.

thank you very much for being here. thank you. thank you. jeff. thank you. thanksgiving is a time of great american traditions and today we continue a very special one when a lucky turkey gets a presidential pardon. that turkey is so lucky, i've never seen such a beautiful urkey. it has been stated that president abraham lincoln, honest abe, was the first president to grant such a pardon after his son befriended the christmas turkey and implored his father, please dad, please save it. and this grand tradition, i am pleased to announce, that today's lucky bird and guest of honor is named peas, along with his alternate, named carrots. the children will understand

that. the winner of this vote was decided by a fair and open election conducted on the white house website. this was a fair election. unfortunately, carrots refused to concede and demanded a recount and we are still fighting with carrots. i will tell you, we have come to a conclusion, carrots, the result did not change. too bad for carrots. peas and carrots are the first national thanksgiving turkeys from the very great state of outh dakota. love south dakota. for this occasion, we are excited to be joined by governor elect kristi noem, a real friend of ours. stand up kristi. congratulations. she just ran a very, very great

race against a very capable opponent and that was really something special. congratulations, kristi. we are also happy to have wyoming congresswoman liz chaney a good friend of mine here, that was a great victory. they know what they're doing in congress, liz. peas and carrots were raised by a farmer from riverside, pottersville colony. this is something he is very proud of. ruben waldner. i want to just think ruben for doing a great job. stand up, ruben. great job. that is a good-looking turkey. great job. peas and carrots are two out of a group of 50 exceptional turkeys raised for this event and you can see that. they are known as the residential flock.

after their good fortune today, peas and carrots will live out the rest of their days at gobbler's rest, on the cam poufs virginia tech, good place, where they will enjoy a beautiful enclosure under the care of poultry science students and veterinarians. they will be well taken care of t virginia tech. however it won't be entirely a rest. even though peas and carrots have received a presidential pardon, i have warned them that house democrats are likely to issue them both subpoenas. nonetheless, in the spirit of thanksgiving, i will be issuing both peas and carrots a presidential pardon. unfortunately, i can't guarantee that your pardons won't be enjoined by the ninth circuit.

always happens. they guarantee it. all joking aside, this is a time for americans to unite together in a spirit of love, understanding, unity and join as one very proud american family. our nation is doing well. we are now at the beginning of a national period of thanksgiving. as we pause to give thanks for all the blessings we have been bestowed, it really has been blessing after blessing after blessing, we are all very thankful. and we also pray for those in need, especially our fellow citizens impacted by the devastating wildfires in california, where i just came back, i've never seen anything like it. probably nobody has. all american hearts are joined with theirs. we give thanks for the family, friends, neighbors and loved ones who enrich our lives, lift our spirits and fill our days with joy.

we give thanks to god, who continues to shed his almighty grace upon this magnificent land that we all love so very much. we are truly blessed to be americans. this is an incredible time for our country. prosperity is soaring all across our land. we are especially thankful for the men and women who protect our families and to protect our flag. as we gather together this week with those we love, we share our gratitude to all of those who pend this holiday very, very far from home, serving in our military overseas. we send our eternal gratitude to the heroes who keep america safe, strong, proud, prosperous and free. we ask god to always watch over these incredible, brave

americans as they faithfully defend our nation and as they defend our home. now it is time to grant peas and carrots the pardon have been waiting for. they are extremely lucky birds. thank you, everyone, have a very happy thanksgiving and god bless america. thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. [applause] peas, i hereby grant you a full ardon. [laughter]

thank you very much, everybody. eally great. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

>> wednesday night on c-span a debate between former white house chief strategist steve bannon and atlantic senior editor david frum. ey took part in the biannual munk debate in toronto where they talked about global cooperation compared to nationalism. here's a look. >> this idea of america first orhungry first -- or hungary first or france first or germany first, it gets progressively less attractive, doesn't it, as we name the other countries who may put themselves first? we left that behind to say we're going to build a community of democratic nations who understand that of course there are clashing interests that have to be worked out but we are stronger, always, when we work cooperatively and we can build peace and prosperity, that's a liberal idea. [applause] in the truest sense.

because the central -- the thing we been arguing about for 200 years is, is the relationship of human beings one of domination and oppression or one of potential fruitful cooperation? and that is -- [applause] that's the question on the ballot tonight. >> former white house chief strategist steve bannon and atlantic senior editor david frum debate populism. the munk debate, wednesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. now, f.d.a. commissioner dr. scott gottlieb at a "washington post" event on cancer research. he spoke about a number of treatment advances through the years and what the agency is doing to help move forward clinical trials and help cancer drugs moved to market. other topics included precision medicine and the high cost of cancer treatment. topics includen medicine and the high cost of cancer treatment.