let's give it up for carol hunter and the des moines register. [applause] my goodness it is wonderful to be in iowa. my name is martin o'malley, im a democrat and i am running for president of the united states to rebuild the american dream. [applause] as i have traveled all around her state, one of the things i have been reminded of is just how seriously the people of iowa take their vote and their responsibility as the first in the nation americans to make this decision. [applause] i know that you want to meet each of the candidates, once, or twice or three or four times before you make your decision. you don't expect -- you expect all your presidents to do a question and answer, otherwise it does not make any sense. [applause] let me share a couple thoughts with you and then we get to question and answer. i would like to talk to you about the story of us. you and i are part of a living, -- selfing history creating history, call the united states of america. promisevery concrete and covenant that wherever you start in our country, whatever your

i am carol hunter. our next speaker is governor george jackie of new york -- pataki of new york. he served in the assembly and senate and was elected three times to be governor. governor, welcome to the soapbox. [applause] >> thank you. mr. pataki: thank you all for being here and suffering in the sun. i will try to be brief. because this crowd, it looks like you have some questions. let me begin with a question of my own you are probably asking. there will be 18 people on this soap box during this state fair. the question is, why pataki? why another one? we have a parade of candidates. i understand that. but i honestly think my background is vastly different from anybody else in this race. my vision for what we can do as a country is different because of that background. you know, i am from new york, but i don't have a plane. i have three tractors. in fact, i was out on a tractor last week moving hay. i'm the only candidate in this entire race in either party who was born and raised on a farm in my hometown of peekskill, new york, lived on a farm most of my life, and i'm still w

i am carol hunter, news director at "des moines register." our speaker today is the former governor of texas, rick perry, seeking the republican nomination or the presidency. governor perry was elected to office in the house of texas. he was then elected agriculture commissioner and served as lieutenant governor. he then served 14 years as governor of texas, retiring this past january as the state's longest-serving chief executive. he ran for president in the 2012 cycle. this will be his third time grazing the stage of the "register" soapbox. governor perry, welcome back to the soapbox. [applause] mr. perry: that was also. thank you. be looking outo this window, listening to our star-spangled banner being sung by an extraordinary talent. if that ain't america, you cannot find it. it is great to be back in iowa. this is an extraordinary state. i've traveled across lots of miles of it. it reminds me of a little place i grew up, 200 miles west of fort worth, texas, a community called paint creek. it was not even big enough to have a post office.

[applause] >> let's give it up for carol hunter. it is wonderful to be in iowa. the chair, iowa.applause] heer, iowa. [applause] my name is martin o'malley and i'm running for president of the united states to rebuild the american dream. as i have traveled all around your stay, one of the things that i have been reminded of again and again is just how seriously the people of iowa take their votes and the responsibility as the first in the nation of americans to make this decision. i know that you want to meet each of the candidates once or or five three or four times before you make your decision, right? and you expect all of the candidates for president to do question and answer, otherwise, it does not make any sense to offer your candidacy for president, isn't that so? [applause] me share a couple thoughts with you and we will get to question and answer. i want to talk with you briefly about the story of us. you and i are part of the living self creating mystery called the united states of america. but the promise that is at the heart of that mystery is no abstraction, it is a

i am carol hunter, news director at "des moines register."ur speaker today is the former governor of texas, rick perry, seeking the republican nomination or the presidency. governor perry was elected to office in the house of texas. he was then elected agriculture commissioner and served as lieutenant governor. he then served 14 years as governor of texas, retiring this past january as the state's longest-serving chief executive. he ran for president in the 2012 cycle. this will be his third time grazing the stage of the "register" soapbox.

let's give it up for carol hunter and the des moines register.

. >> i am carol hunter, news director at the des moines register. welcome back to the political soapbox. our speaker today is rick perry who is seeking the republican nomination for the presidency. governor perry first was elected to office in the house of taxes. -- texas. he was elected agricultural commissioner and then lieutenant governor. he served 14 years as governor, retiring as that state's longest servant chief executive. he also ran for president in the 2012 cycle. this will be his a time to grace the stage. governor perry, please welcome back to the soapbox. [applause] governor perry: that was awesome, thank you. it is a pleasure to be back here, standing outside listening to this star-spangled banner be sung by this extraordinary talent. it is good to be back in iowa, thank you very much. this is an extraordinary state. reminds me a lot as i travel across lots of miles of it, it reminds me of a little place i grew up. 200 miles west of fort worth, texas, in haskell county. it was a community called paint creek. paint creek was not big en

i am carol hunter. our next speaker is bernie sanders. he is a u.s.senator from vermont and he is running for the democratic nomination. [laughter] [applause] >> mr. sanders was elected to four terms as the mayor of burlington, vermont, and served in the u.s. house of representatives and has been the u.s. senator since 2007 and was elected as an independent. welcome to the soapbox stage senator bernie send her's. senator sanders: thank you. a lot of people here. thank you. know, 3.5 months ago, we just began to campaign and everybody says that this campaign was a joke. who believes that the american people are prepared to take on the economic and political establishment of america? [applause] sanders: 3.5 months have gone by. all overad huge crowds america, iowa, california, new hampshire, oregon. you name it. what iople ask me why tell them is the american people say enough is enough. this country belongs to all of us, not just a handful of billionaires. [applause] before i get going, i want to wish a happy birthday to some institution called social

let's give it up for carol hunter and the des moines register. [applause] my goodness it is wonderful to be in iowa. my name is martin o'malley, im a democrat and i am running for president of the united states to rebuild the american dream. [applause] as i have traveled all around her state, one of the things i have been reminded of is just how seriously the people of iowa take their vote and their responsibility as the first in the nation americans to make this decision. [applause] i know that you want to meet each of the candidates, once, or twice or three or four times before you make your decision. you don't expect -- you expect all your presidents to do a question and answer, otherwise it does not make any sense. [applause] let me share a couple thoughts with you and then we get to question and answer. i would like to talk to you about the story of us. you and i are part of a living, so creating history -- self creating history, call the united states of america. it is a very concrete promise and covenant that wherever you start in our coun

carol next, an independent. >> caller: thank you. please don't cut me off. two quick comments. cecil was a rare, beautiful lion. it's really hard for me to believe that poor experienced hunter didn't realize that when he took him out. also, he took the shot way too late, at night, when it couldn't even be tracked. so, the animal had to suffer. now, when you talk about you couldn't explain just what it is that people experience, you went on to explain it. you talked about after the first kill, especially the excitement builds and you -- >> carol, i'm going to jump in only because we've only got a few minutes left here. i do want him to respond to dr. palmer and what dr. palmer has said is he didn't realize it was cecil the lion. is that feasible, you wouldn't realize what lion that is? if so, why is that? are they not tracked properly in these parks? why would he not know who that lion is? >> maybe a more important question you realize the program of the wild crew from the uk in the national park is designed to collar the lion, particularly the males, and track them so that when they do leave the park, when they disperse, for whatever reason, the livestock people are just be

carol, we appreciate your opinion. let's go to michael in ohio. >> caller: i was an avid hunter at one time, the more and more i becamewatching these programs on tv with hunting, i just -- it turned me off to the point of where i don't want nothing to do with it anymore. i see these hunters standing over these majestic animals, such as the deer, the bears, and they end up, after they kill them, they almost high-five each other. they have these orgasmic reaction to the thrill of the kill. it's just become unprecedented to me. i can't deal with it anymore. i can't hunt no more. i don't want to be part of it anymore. i want to thank you for my call. appreciate your time. >> what's your organization seeing in terms of the level of hunting interest. he mentioned tv shows, i guess he is thinking about the outdoor channel. where are we in hunting? >> we are clearly on the decline, and these shows are a representation of the death throes hopefully of this kind of activity. people just like that caller -- and to the caller, thank you very much for giving up hunting. people don't want to -- they don't consider it to be enjoying

from carol, i cannot abide killing animals for sport, and must tune out for this segment. next this mike from ohio. welcome. caller: i was an avid hunterwatched, but the more i these programs on tv, it turned me off to the point where i want nothing to do with the anymore. standingse hunters over the majestic animals, such bears, and after they kill them, they high-fived each other and have like an orgasmic reaction to the thrill of the kill. it just becomes unprecedented to me. i can deal with the anymore. i can't hunt no more. i want to thank you, and appreciate your time. host: what is your organization stands as far as the level of hunting interest? he mentioned tv shows. far as hunting as an activity in the united states? guest: i think we are clearly on the decline. the shows are representation of , hopefully, of this i-30. to the caller, thank you very much for giving up hunting. people don't want -- they don't consider it being enjoying nature by going out and killing the animals. people are much more interested in ecotourism, which can bring in as much if not more money as hunters and their conservation efforts. ecotourism is

carol in texas. independent. caller: please don't cut me off. i have two quick comments. first of all, caesar was a rare, beautiful lion and it is hard for me to believe that this war experienced hunter not realize that when he took him out. also, he took the shot way too late at night. he talked about you couldn't explain just what it is that people experience. he went on to experience it -- explain it. after the first kill, especially. i'm going to jump in because we only have a few minutes left and i want him to and whato dr. palmer dr. palmer has said is that he did not realize it was cecil a lion. is that feasible? that he would not realize which lion it was? if so, are they not tracked properly in these parks? why would he not know who that lion is? guest: the more important question that you might realize, the program of the wild crew in the u.k. at the national park is to caller the lion. particularly males. and tracked them. so that when they do leave the for, when they disperse whatever reason, the livestock, because they are overpopulated, when they leave the park it is one and a half times the size of yellowstone. they want to know the cause of death. this is management a