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depression. we even made it through jimmy carter. we will make it through the obama years. [ applause ] >> we will do this. we can get back up. we dust ourselves off. we move forward. and you know what? we will do it again. [ applause ] >> to the one in five children in families who are on food stamps to the one in seven merge americans living in poverty, to the one in 10 workers who are unemployed or underemployed, i hear you. you are not forgotten. we have the power to make things new again. to project america's strength again and to get our economy going again. [ cheers and applause ] >> and that is exactly why today i am running for the presidency of the united states of america. [ cheers and applause ] >> joining us now, 2016 republican presidential candidate, former texas governor

rick perry. your governor. [ cheers and applause ] >> governor, great to see you. >> our hero! >> okay. >> hi. >> you said in your speech today, we don't need to settle. we don't need to apologize for american exceptionalism. we don't need to settle for slow growth. we don't need to settle for debt. we don't need to rob our kids. you're going to stop this theft. america's in a tough spot now. >> well they are. and there's reason for americans to be a little pessimistic. but as i shared with the people in that speech we're a resilient people. we have been through a lot of tough things together. a civil war, two world wars. we went through a great depression. i share with people you know we made it through jimmy carter. we'll make it through these obama years. but it is that sense of who we are, what we've been through, we're resilient, we can make it through anything. and it is -- america is an exceptional country.

nobody delivers freedom around the world more than americans have. we ought to be proud of that. we ought to every apologize for that. and we ought to be america again. >> the ran in 2012. and the last time i interviewed you, you said you weren't ready. and you even said, and i never heard a politician say the word you were arrogant that you were the governor of texas. and then you said that you prepped for 3 1/2 years. >> i knew that i had to give myself the opportunity. this is not something that comes from reading a book. there's an extraordinary amount of preparing whether it's domestic policy foreign policy. yes, executive experience is important. i mean the things that you learn being an executive, you know whether it was a space shuttle disintigration hurricanes rita katrina, or ike, the border crisis all of those help build a foundation of a leader. but the preparation on things that you don't deal with every

day, is i think where you're going to see and you have seen the real change in the maturity of my process of being ready to be the commander in chief on day one. >> so big difference between now and 2012? >> oh absolutely. >> you said leadership is not a speech on the senate floor. executive experience matters. i think maybe some of your opponents in this primary race might take that as a shot. what did you mean? >> well i never mean that to be a shot. there's some amazing talent out there. when you look at the men and women who have either announced they are going to run for the candidacy or probably will this is a very, very talented field. what i mean is we need to look at the full record of people who want to be the commander in chief. we've just had 6 had 1/2 and we'll have had 8 years of a young, inexperienced united states senator. and i happen to think, and i think most people agree, that we're paying a huge price economically and on the world stage today from an inexperienced individual. this isn't about what you say. it's about what you do. let's look at the record. let's look at people's record. let's look at their experience.

whether you're having heart surgery or getting on an airplane i think the want the most experienced person in either one of those. why not have the most experienced person you can have as the leader of this country? >> you said show me, don't tell me. what have -- where have you led? you said that will define your entire race. tell us your texas story. >> well i laid that out for the folks in the speech as well when we talked about americans have seen me leading before. they saw me lead when the space shuttle disintegrated over east texas. they saw me lead when multiple hurricanes came into this country. they saw me lead when i opened up this state to massive amounts of people from louisiana when the governor called me and said can you handle them? i didn't call somebody and say can we handle them i said send them. that's the type of leadership people are looking for. when ebola came into the united states it happened to be in dallas texas. they saw how we responded to

that how dr. david laky and brett jawa dealt with that. on the border, when the president of the united states even refused to come see the challenge that we had, that president then in turn saw that there can be a real leader and that's how you lead. i deployed our national guard. i made sure our people were safe. that's what i mean about here is a record of leadership. it's not about a speech. it's not about here's what i would do. here's what i have done. >> let me ask you about immigration. it became an issue in 2012. because i was down at the border with you, and the president didn't come down there. i have been to the border at least a dozen times up close and personal. i've seen the problem. one of the things that came up in 2012 a law that supported kids of illegals to have lower

in state tuition rates. where do you stand on it now, considering that immigration is such an important issue and debate now in this primary? >> every state has to deal with these issues that they face by virtue of what washington has put into place. whether it's health care, whether it's education reforms, all of those have to be dealt with state-by-state. texas looked at this issue and they made that decision. overwhelmingly made that decision. but here's the more important thing for me. all of these issues are secondary to securing the border. if you do not have the will and secure this border, these issues are never going to be addressed, they are never going to be fixed, if you will. i promised the american people because i know how to do this. one of the first things we will do is clearly put a plan in place to secure that border. put the personnel on the border the strategic fencing in place, the aviation assets so that that

1800 border from tijuana to el paso el paso to brownsville is secure and the american people will know that it's secure. and at that particular point in time we can have a conversation about how immigration reform needs to be conducted and what have you. but not until then. i mean i just flat refuse to have a conversation about all of these various issues that are out there until americans are satisfied that there is a president that understands one thing. you cannot have national security until you have border security. >> governor we're going to get into all national security issues. your plan for the economy. we're going to talk about some of your opponents and maybe on the democrat and on the republican side. i want to ask you this. you are still under indictment. i have interviewed you about it. you are fierce in defending yourself. but it's still a challenge as a presidential candidate. what do you say to people that will bring that up on the campaign trail? >> well i have full confidence that the court is going to rule

in our favor. and as i said -- >> explain the case though. this is involving -- >> this was a district attorney who has oversight for all statewide elected officials in austin, texas. the most blue area in the state of texas. this is a radical democrat area of the state. this agency has been headed up by a district attorney who was stopped on a dwi. i think blew almost three times the legal limit. and $7.5 million of state funding go to that agency. i lost confidence that that individual should have control of that money. i said that that particular point in time i lost faith that the state dollars would go there, and that it was the prerogative of the governor to veto a piece of legislation and veto a line item for whatever reason. and i did that. >> and there is also video of her being belligerent with the police officers. >> there is. overwhelming evidence of this individual. and certainly lost my confidence and i think lost the confident -- the video speaks for itself.

i would do what i did again faced with the same. then a travis county district attorney they dealt with that. but here is the more important issue. the courts will deal with this. we're talking about the future of america. how to get the country back working, how to give americans confidence that there is somebody in the white house that number one, understands what they are going through, and this boy from paint creek, texas, who grew up in a house that still used an outhouse and bathed in a number two wash tub, i understand what working men and women are going through together. and i understand we have to get this corporate tax rate lowered to bring jobs back on shore so that the working men and women and the union members can see their wages raised. use american energy to create jobs like we have never seen before. >> we're going to talk more about that and more with governor perry when we come back right here next on "hannity." weakness at home has led to

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weakness at home has led to weakness abroad. the world has descended into a chaos of this president's own making.

while his white house loyalists, they construct an alternative universe where isis is contained, that ramadi is merely a setback, where the nature of the enemy can't be acknowledged for fear of causing offense, where the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism, the islamic republic of iran can be trusted to live up to a nuclear agreement. >> that was former texas governor rick perry earlier today talking about the dangers that we face today thanks to the obama administration's failed foreign policies. and we continue now with the governor. all right. if we were going to lay out the biggest threats that we face you have talked about iran today. and you said your first item agenda, if you became president, is -- >> to rescind that agreement, if the president does sign that allows a nuclear iran. all that will do is guarantee the development of a sunni bomb which will at that particular

point in time make the entire middle east an incredibly dangerous place. it's already a dangerous place. but this will make it an even substantially more dangerous place. so sending a clear message that we are not going to allow a rogue nation like iran -- this is the largest sponsor of terrorism in the world. these are the people that murdered our marines in brute. these -- in beirut. they supplied the weapons that killed our soldiers in iraq. this is the country that literally in the last six weeks we had a naval blockade. how can we think we can trust these people with a nuclear agreement? so stopping that. but it's not just about stopping it. it's also sending a message to our allies in that region. saudi arabia egypt, turkey israel. they will clearly see that there is a president that they can count on again, someone who understands how to connect the dots. because when you think about libya, egypt, syria, and then

obviously as vladimir putin was watching all of this his moving into crimea and ukraine was clearly because they realize that this is not a president that's willing to stand up and support the allies in the region. >> and to that now we have the chinese and their territorial ambitions emerging. >> and an entire region of the world, the south china sea in particular i'll suggest to you that both with north korea and with china and certainly the aggressive stance that china has taken with these islands, we need to be developing not only a clear message in that part of the world. for instance, with india. i don't think we have spent the time and the effort with india to build a relationship there. we had the opportunity to. they wanted to buy fighters from us. they ended up buying french mirages. this administration again i think it's a lack of experience and i think it's a lack of being able to connect the dots in different parts of the world

about what effect decisions that we make are having on entire regions. this focus on getting an agreement with iran is overshadowing every decision in the middle east. and i think one of the reasons that you see isis now controlling more land than the united kingdom, taking over cities that our young men and women died for, that goes back to a decision that this president has made and a bad decision that he's going to get a deal with iran. he is going to be the president to sign a deal. nobody else could sit and negotiate with these guys. i can. and that mentality is dangerous. >> it's very interesting. and you talked both about vietnam and the nearly 5,000 americans that lost their lives in iraq and the tens of thousands that were injured there. every presidential candidate has been asked the question knowing what you know now, i wonder if that's really the right question. would we go into iraq. you've answered it publicly, so

i know your answer. is the better question knowing what we know now was it right to pull out of iraq that allowed ramadi and tikrit to fall into the hands of isis? >> you're absolutely right. i'm not going to try to get into people's heads and ask why they ask that question of all of the republican candidates. but you're spot on. the proper question in today's world is knowing what you know today, madame secretary, mr. president, would you have pulled those troops out 2009? >> interesting that the media would ask that question. i agree with you. knowing the threat of radical islam and isis how would a president perry deal with this? what is the best way to deal with this? >> americans are really concerned about their safety at home now. we've seen isis inspired individuals show up in garland, texas. we have seen and/or have reports of these other individuals right here in our homeland.

so obviously, having the ability to track these individuals, to know how they're communicating, who they're communicating with is a very important part of a strategy. the other strategy is obviously offshore. and it is in the middle east with our allies. it is putting together a coalition with jordan with saudi arabia with turkey with egypt, with israel with our allies in that region. and to ferret out both with our intelligence capability and then obviously with our military ability to go in and literally eliminate isis. we can do this. >> you talked about data gathering, which we now have had a big debate in the house and senate. i talked to the man who wrote the patriot act and the usa freedom act. and he told me that the patriot act specifically prohibited the type of data mining going on. as you balance national security and civil liberties, where do you come down on that and the fourth amendment? >> well there's been a balancing act since this country

was founded by our civil liberties and keeping our country safe. and it hasn't changed in all of these years. so finding the balance so that the average citizen knows that when they're talking to their wife or their business acquaintance it's not being listened to by somebody in washington d.c. if there is an agent that's doing that we need to be able to prosecute them with the most powerful arm that we have in our government. and make them pay a price for it. but on the other side of that we need to be able to be smart enough to use all of our technology to listen in when people are going to try to do harm to our citizens. coordinate between agencies of government. one of the things we found out after 9/11 was we weren't talking to each other. and we've made some great strides in local law enforcement being able to talk to federal law enforcement, being able to talk to the military. i will suggest to you there's probably still some areas of coordination that we could do

there, sean that would help us. but balancing this out -- americans out to -- americans should never wonder whether or not the federal government is digging around in their irs records for political reasons or whether they're listening in on conversations. this administration has done a lot to really hurt people's faith in government. i want to get back to a time when we trust government. the government is there to protect us and not having to be looking over our shoulder all the time about what government is doing to us. >> you talked about government intrusion a lot in this speech. we'll talk about that when we get back. and also coming up as we continue from texas tonight, right here on "hannity" -- >> it's time. it's time to create real jobs to raise wages to create opportunity for all. to give every citizen a stake in this country, to restore hope real hope, real hope to forgotten americans. up next former texas

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and, yeah, it's time for a reset. time to reset the relationship between government and citizen. >> that was former texas governor rick perry talking about the need to help every american family get back on track financially. he joins us now with much more with a few of his friends and fans here. [ cheers and applause ] >> you know i have asked this same question to every candidate so far that i've had a chance to interview. the next president of the united states is going to inherit $20 trillion in debt. obama will have accumulated more debt than ever president before him combined. nearly 50 million americans in poverty. 93 million americans out of the labor force. we've had 40 million americans for 46 consecutive months that were on food stamps. this is a daunting economic problem. and on top of that $120 trillion in unfunded liabilities. how would you get this country

back on track? >> this is a show me don't tell me election. you have to look at people's records. not to say, here's what i would do but look and say, here's what i have done. and there's a model for this country that i think if you will put the tax and regulatory policies into place that we put into the 12th largest economy in the world in texas, and it is unquestionable that it was successful. and that's the kind of leadership we need this country, to be able to lower that corporate tax rate to be able to use the energy policies to be able to reduce those regulations that give disincentives for people to work. and a president has the ability to do that. working with congress. i mean i'll find those economic ways to reach across the aisle and work with the democrats and the republicans. >> as governor of texas, how many jobs did you create and how did you create them? >> well, the businessmen and

women of texas saw that they weren't going to be overtaxed, overregulated. we passed the most sweeping tort reform in the nation. and they knew there would be a skilled work force. we went to 27th high school graduation to second highest graduation rate. if you're hispanic in texas you are living in the state is that has the highest graduation rate in america. those four things together sent a message to men and women who risked their capital that they would have a good chance to have a return on their investment that they would not be spending too much time at the courthouse, that they could find the health care affordable that they knew that the skilled work force -- when toyota moved their north american headquarters out of torrence california to plano, they did their homework. they came to see if the skilled work force was going to be there. apple. ebay. facebook. all of those companies that came to texas and expanded they did their homework. >> for a while i was beginning to think you were a new yorker because you were in my radio and tv studio because you were

there -- you were in new york a lot lobbying companies to move down here. >> i was. competition is a good thing. rick scott was doing the same thing for the last four years in his state of florida. bobby jindal was doing the same thing. >> i felt like they were all my governor. >> and that's the beauty of this whole 10th amendment and getting these states to compete against each other. and giving them the freedom to. you can't expect washington d.c. to come up with one size fits all education policy. that's the reason i'm against common core. leave it to the states to come up with the health care policies the education policies the transportation policies that will make their states be more competitive. and then people will decide where they want to live. >> how do we end -- if this president -- the numbers are pretty clear. he will have accumulated almost as much debt if not more than ever other president before him combined. i understand your argument about growing the economy. that will help people get back to work. >> and you have to cut spending too.

it's two things. >> but how do you -- when you cut spending, you're talking about eliminating baseline spending. >> i've been through this before. in 2003 texas had a $10 billion budget short fall. in 2011 we had an over $25 billion budget shortfall. i understand the pain of cutting. but if we're going to get this country back on track, we're going to have to have someone that's honest with americans. we're going to have to cut spending. we're going to have to make changes in the entitlement programs. but we can do this. but you send that message, and americans will have faith again that they can risk their capital and expand and grow the economy. >> so you become president, and the plan specifically is on day one you're going to outline this this and this as my goal and we want to get this done. top four or five things. >> i will but it's a little early in the process to be laying out -- >> what about the penny plan? do you support that? >> there are lots of good ideas

out there. what we have to do is get the american people to believe there really is a president of the united states that will lead them that has the experience to put those changes into place, that knows how to lead an economy, and i put my record out against anybody out there. the 12th largest economy in the world. i had the privilege to be the chief executive of that for the last 14 years. and it is unquestionable. 1.5 million jobs created. 5.6 million people added to the population. and we had the most powerful economic story to tell in this country, period. >> you balanced the budget how many years? >> 14 years. >> and do you think as president you can balance a budget and how long would it take? >> i don't know how long it would take. certainly you can balance a budget. it can be done. but you've got to have a plan in place and you have to have somebody that has the will and has had the experience to do it. >> quitements entitlements on the table? >> oh, absolutely. they have to be on the table.

there are a lot of different ways you address this issue of entitlements. we're going have a good conversation about it. but we'll address that. the message needs to be, we can do this. we've been down before. 1979 we had our grain embark owed. we had our -- embargoed. our kids didn't go to the olympics. we had the lowest participation in the work force. we had the hostages in iran at our embassy. and we -- 10 years later, we saw the berlin wall fall and soviet communism defeated because we elected a president that believed when america is strong the world is safer. it's time to do that again. we'll continue with more from governor perry. >> the question of every candidate will be this. when have you led? leadership is not a speech on the senate floor. it's not what you say. it is what you have done.

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[ applause ] >> the question of every candidate will be this. when have you led? leadership is not a speech on the senate floor. it's not what you say. it is what you have done. [ applause ] >> that was governor rick perry explaining earlier what he thinks voters are going to be looking for in a candidate in the 2016 election. very clear about that. we have a big, big field here. any accident that jeb bush announced today, the date he's announcing? any coincidence? >> and i might add a talented field. this is a very talented group of men and women. some that i know very well. carlie and i have done a lot of projects together when we were moving hp out of california to texas. carlie was the ceo of the company. and a texas-born young lady, by the way. >> yeah. >> and, you know i'm a fan of lindsey graham. i think lindsey is -- well the

only other person that's worn a uniform. >> lindsey took a cheap shot at me. i need to talk to him about that. >> i'll advise him not to take cheap shots. >> fellow senator ted cruz. what do you think? >> smart. one of the great debaters of all time. a really good man. and who i admire and i think he's doing a fabulous job in the united states senate. i'm biassed here. that's where i think his highest and best use is at this particular point in time. but an incredibly bright, capable patriot. >> you made the distinction that executive experience you think is going to matter here. but you've got ted cruz, rand paul, marco rubio. strong conservative senators. you like them all. you're friends with all of them. >> they are good. they all have a very, very important role to play. but government is kind of one of the only places where somehow experience gets downgraded. again, i go back to that analogy i use that if you're going to

fly from dallas to london do you want to get on an airplane that's got a very high timed seasoned pilot, or do you want somebody that can give a heck of a speech but only has 150 hours of flying that particular airplane? you're going to have your family in the most experienced position they can be. and that's the reason i tell people let's really have this conversation. not who gives the most explosive speech and maybe has you on the edge of your chair, but who is it that really has a record and has a proven record of success, of getting jobs created? because i will tell you, that happens to be job one. >> you have fellow governors, former governors, jeb bush scott walker john kasich. maybe mike pence. maybe bobby jindal. what do you say that your experience is better? 12th largest economy, you've said. >> and all really good individuals who i admire

greatly. great competitors. but 14 years of managing the 12th largest economy in the country. stack our records up. put '07 -- december of '07 to december of 2014. 1.5 million jobs created during the worst depression this country has had since the great depression. >> how many jobs did the country create at that time? >> they lost 400,000. without texas, america would be 400,000 jobs in the red today. i mean at the end of 2014. so my point is l.isten, these are very very talented people that i greatly admirement but let's look at the record. >> let's go to some of the social issues. abortion. >> i'm pro-life. >> you said recently and i know everybody has been asking about gay marriage. you say you would attend a gay marriage if invited. >> yes, but i'm for traditional marriage. i think these are issues that need to be left to the states. i think america will be happier

if they will let those contentious social issues be directed state-by-state. >> you said that about colorado and marijuana. >> i did. listen i disagree with some of these positions, whether they are on the social issues or whether they are issues on medical side with marijuana. i think colorado will look back in five or 10 years, and they will say, you know what? we probably didn't think this through well enough. and they are already hearing that about young people and the access. i had a family who came up to me said you know when our kids go to the parties, we have to have a conversation with them about the cookies. so state-by-state needs to make those decisions. lewis brand iceice, an old supreme court judge, said that states would create the experiments and then compete against each. that's the beauty of the 10th amendment. and a president who respects that and really allows that and

stands up and proclaims it proudly. washington is not the fount of all wisdom, allow the states to do that. >> the president said that one of our biggest national security threats, real maybe science not conclusive. where do you stand? >> i want to look at results. and in the 14 years i was governor in the state of texas, we added 5.6 million to our population. that's a lot of pickup trucks, sean, driving out on the road. nonpoint source pollution, all of that refining capability on our gulf coast. and we lowered nitrogen oxide levels by 62.5%. sulfur dioxide by 50%. ozone levels by 23%. carbon dioxide by 9%. now, no matter where you are in the global climate change debate wasn't that the goal? and so my point is there's some examples in the 12th largest economy in the world, they did this with incentive based

approach to this. so we need to be having not split people up. this president is such a divider. let's agree that we can do some things together. whether it's on criminal justice reform whether it's on getting this country back working again, whether it's on how we develop our security and keep america safe. there are things we are agree on. and democrats and republicans, let's not divide ourselves. let's bring ourselves together and find the solution. >> the president said he's not a divider. ferguson. trayvon martin. freddie gray. cambridge police acted stupidly. we now see what we call the ferguson effect. what's your reaction to all of that? does america have a race problem? >> i hope there's some other people that can stand up and be engaged in this debate like we did in the state of texas, where we said we are putting kids in prison for really long periods of time for nondrug related issues. so is there a better way to do this? back in the mid 2000s, we created drug corps. and a judge came to me and said

this works. and the issue is we did it. and today we have now been able to close three prisons in the last four years in the state of texas. >> we have to take a break. we'll come back with more with governor perry right after the break and your questions, straight ahead. [ applause ] yes! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against occasional digestive issues. with three types of good bacteria. live the regular life. phillips'.

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welcome back to "hannity". question last question. hillary clinton. server issues clinton foundation issues. what are your thoughts on her and her candidacy she seems to be the anointed one. >> i don't believe she's the anointed one. again we're going to go back and look at records. it gets tawdry from time to time when you look at the secretary. and particularly this issue with benghazi the lack of transparency is what is going to bother a lot of americans. whether democrats or republicans or independents as well. the lack of transparency when it comes to the server issue and

clinton foundation. what is going on with sweden -- >> $26 million. >> millions of dollars going to her husband after she became the secretary of state . even george stephanopoulos has got to say it's a mess. >> we've got a twitter question from diana smith. she says are you prepared to pull aid from nations that participate and hide terrorists? and what is your plan for iran? >> i believe if you start with 0-based budgets they pass the test quickly. those that don't, just because you've got foreign aid in the past that means nothing to me. this is about now. what are you doing to protect america's interests, what are you doing to project western values? and if you can't pass that test why should we be sending them money? >> we have a viewer robin

johnson writes what are your plans to deal with isis? i'll answer that. how do we repair the damage with israel and prime minister netanyahu? >> let me address prime minister netanyahu. we're friends, professionally and personally. on day one, he will know he has a friend in the oval office. isis we talked about that earlier both back home and intelligence standpoint to be able to ferret out home grown terror and in the middle east with a coalition of our both saudi jordan our arab friends, and israel working together in the coalition to use in our intelligence, we're going to have to beef up our intelligence capabilities and the military side of it to go out and eliminate isis and the world. >> whatever it takes you're

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diplomatic ability to affect what is going on in the world. if you don't get that economic side right first you're not going to be able to address these issues. we saw it with ronald reagan in the early 1980 s. he took over a depressed economy with russia and a short ten years later we saw the fall of the berlin wall the end of soviet communism. it can happen again. our best days under front of us we're just a few good decisions and a leadership topple from the best days in america. to build economically this country back up and build american spirit back up. this is the united states. we can do this and our best days are ahead of us. >> governor perry, thank you. >> thanks for joining us.

see you back in new york. good night. the o'reilly factor is on. tonight: >> do you on sem level relish being the target of these attacks? >> relish being the target? who self-promotes to get killed? >> isis now targeting america. how effective will that be? tonight a special report on the growing danger to all americans. >> the deck is stacked for those at the top. we want to reshuffle that deck. >> dana perino says republicans may have some trouble matching up with hillary clinton's rhetoric. ms. perino will explain tonight. >> are you starting it believe you can be president? >> i certainly believe that is a possibility. obviously that will be left up to the people. >> also ahead ben carson on the crowded republican presidential field and how