so if you come scott. >> thank you lord am so happy to be it with you all at cpac. the president has set forth policies that give the people of america inside of distressed communities an opportunity to start businesses, to build new homes. to be self-sustaining, to be self-governing and fulfill the american dream and put it to fulfill their god-given potential. i have the honor of stewarding the white house opportunity revitalization counsel which works inside of our nation's opportunity zones. opportunity zones bring stakeholders together in sight of communities that haven't seen investment in decades. you're talking elected officials, community leaders, faith leaders, education leaders with developers and entrepreneurs sitting at the same table at the same time having a hard conversation, what's the pain of this community? why isn't this community vacated and blight? and also what's the promise year? what's the potential of the community? to see all these people coming together to bring viable solutions, job creation, new businesses, new homes. >> they're willing

thought it would be fun to go on a manhunt of government gangsters together and i'm so proud to be at cpacamericans who represent donald trump's army to take this country back and that's what is going to take, an entire army. we all have a job to do. we have the benefit we are blessed by god to have donald trump the art juggernaut of justice, to be our leader, to be a continued warrior in the arena. we have to feel that arena with americans behind in who are going to take the fight to the mainstream media were going to take the fight to the corporate bureaucracy that controls the swamp, owing to take the fight to national defense industry that has monopolized war and fit our sons and daughters to die for other peoples fight people are going to put them into that behind donald trump and we are going to do it together. and what it want to talk about is you guys have been so kind to make my book to bestseller. i thought it would be no better place than to announce what did you some of which is a joint venture with steve bannon to launch conservative films back into the ecosystem. government g

kristi noem in 2021 as she addressed the annual conservative political action conference known as cpac. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome south dakota governor kristi noem. [applause] governor noem: hi. good afternoon. you all look wonderful. it is such an honor to be with all of you here today. aww, thank you! listen, listen my guess is a my guess is a year ago most of you had no idea who i was. but unlike the d.c. media, i am sure you all at least know there are two dakotas? [laughter] and i am the governor of the warmer one. [laughter] i am here today to share some of the lessons of my state. the main questions that need to be answered this weekend is, why does america need conservatives. the question of why america need conservatives can be answered by mentioning a single year, and the ear is 2020. everyone knows that almost overnight we went from a roaring economy to a tragic nationwide shutdown. by the beginning of 2020, former president trump had created 7 million new american jobs. [applause] we had the lowest unemployment rate in over half a century, unemployment rate

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in her own words, president trump's pick to be director of national intelligence spoke at the 2024 cpac conference having left the democratic party at that point. she discussed election fraud, government overreach and democrats attempting to remove president trump from voting ballots. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome four-term congresswoman and author of her new book, for love of country, tulsi gabbard. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> thank you. >> thank you so much. aloha. it's wonderful to see you all here again at such a critical time some new attack. now for democratic elite in washington who are doing all that they possibly can to keep us the american people from a very simple thing, wanting to choose who we want to be the very next president. and it is clear through their actions they have no respect for us and they have no respect for our fundamental rights of citizens of the democratic republic. they are so terrified that we the people may make what they think is the wrong choice that in the name of protecting democracy and saving us from ourselves, they're industrial destroying our democracy a

thank you very much, cpac. thank you. ♪ ♪ ♪ thank you.'connor for your kind introduction and for inviting me here today. mr. speaker, mk my shaved paws, mk danny lewis, distinguished guests and dear friends, i am profoundly honored to speak in the hallowed halls of your knesset and your eternal capital the holy city of jerusalem. at this time of historic consequence for israel and the jewish people. today i stand before you as a lifelong admirer, supporter and true friend of israel and the jewish people. i'm lucky to have had the privilege of traveling here many times before but i must confess that this time feels different, the stakes are higher, our sense of moral patriotic duty field heightened, renewed. 226 days ago we witnessed the most vicious and brutal attack on israel and the jewish people since the holocaust. a barbaric terrorist attack that claimed more than 1200 innocent lives. civilian women, children, and the elders were ripped from their homes and massacred. raped, beheaded, jewish families work bound together and burn. bab

take you so much, cpac.thank you. ♪ >> out marathon of tmp nominees in their own words continues with one more evt featuring defense secretary nominee pete hegseth. in 2022, the fox news commentatoras at the reagan presidential library in senior valley, california to discuss a book he co-authored title "battle for the american mind." >> ladies and gentlemen, if you would, join me in welcoming pete hegseth and david goodwin. [applause] >> welcome both. >> thank you very much. >> thank you all for being here. [applause] >> just some quick biographical stuff first. pete, you were in the armed services. heck of a basketball player in high school. i don't think you started off your career as a commentator, as a news guy. how did you and fox news ever meet? >> good question. my first television appearance ever was on msnbc hardball with chris matthews. i'd never done tv in my life. i had a marine buddy in my life who had done tv twice, so he was an expert. he told me just lean forward. that was his first tip. it m

kristi noem in 2021 as she addressed the annual conservative political action conference known as cpacntlemen, please welcome south dakota governor kristi noem. [applause]

thank you very much, cpac! thank you.applause] ♪ >> you are watching a marathon of preside-ect trump's nominees in thr own words. more fropolice the phonic now. she talked about.ssupport for israel and her own jewish faith while addressing the iseli knesset earlier this year. [applause] rep. stefanik: thank you. thank you, speaker, for your kind introduction and inviting me here today. mr. speaker, distinguished guests, and dear friends, i am profoundly honored to speak in the hallowed halls of your knesset, your holy capital the , holy city of jerusalem at this time of historic consequence for israel and the jewish people. today i stand before you not just as a leader in the united states congress but as a lifelong admirer, supporter, and true friend of israel and the jewish people. i am lucky to have had the privilege of traveling here many times before. but i must confess that this time feels different. the stakes are higher. our sense of moral patriotic duty feels heightened, renewed. 226 days ago, we witnessed the mo

cpac huge efforts underway, a reminder, 9:30 a.m. on the faulks weather channel we will have full coverage. thank you for tuning in, i am sandra smith. >> john: i am john roberts, "the story" starts right now. >> martha: good afternoon everybody on martha maccallum, these are the images front and center, telling the story today, absolute catastrophe in southern california being described by people there as hell on earth? deadly wildfires, officials say there -- these are 0% contained ripping through loss angeles co., you have thousands of acres that are rapidly burning and you see them on the map here, los angeles, the palisades fire, clear stretch of inland. these incredible images of burning car as about to get a look at, it looks like a movie set but it is very real. it is apocalyptic. look at this, this is california, two people so far reported dead, those numbers likely to rise given the devastation, the bars are growing as we are coming to this afternoon at 3:00 eastern, listen to this... >> that is your entire life, you don't

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i remember him being at cpac years ago. and behold, look where we are. you know, 15 years later, you know, so stewart rhodes, i mean, was proven in court to be a liar, right? is what i would say to that. so michael fanone is factually correct because stewart rhodes told a story in court and, you know, a set of a set of piers of stewart rhodes looked at the evidence, looked at the facts, looked at the extensive chats that they had on signal and sort of the planning mechanisms that they went in here. and remember, stewart rhodes is also captured talking about, you know, wishing that they had brought guns to the capitol that day immediately afterwards. so we have his contemporaneous thoughts at the time, no matter what he's saying now, after serving part of his sentence, we know what he said at the time. and contemporaneous evidence is just like the most important thing here. in fact, i was talking to a federal prosecutor just yesterday about this, and one of these, one of the he had worked a case. i actually interviewed him o

you're going to be able to go back to your district or to cpac and things like that and say, look at me. i was a fighter. nobody fought harder than i. you don't necessarily have to have results. you just have to have to show your willingness to fight, because there aren't really any clear results here other than mike. mike johnson winning. clearly there are enough. now nine people that they they've demonstrated that they can, you know, put a gun to mike johnson's head whenever they want to politically. but is there any real satisfaction that they can get from that tangibly at this point? >> no. so let's talk about what they want to do. right. they want to shrink the size of government, and they want to reduce the debt and the deficit, shrinking the size of government. that's an opinion. the debt and deficit is actually a legitimate problem. i'm not saying the size of government is or isn't, but that's subjective. the deficit i mean, we this the united states spends so much just on interest on the debt that we could be spending on helping veterans or helping children or whatever. i me

when they asked you to speak at cpac i said i will only do morning.m convinced i have the greatest assignment and television to travel macross th country and go to diners in the middle of nowhere and talk to the most amazing people. it's amazing. i also want to ask you all if you were to turn around and waved to fox nation streaming this entire event here at cpac. you don't have vaccination you got to get it. as you know, we are in a culture war and war controls information to define with the next generation is another stance. that's what we are up against right now in the presidential election. you're not going to get back from netflix. will barack obama produces document. you get the truth from people who believe in america. .... the best story to tell, the american story. but if we don't tell, we lose it. i am not here to do a promo for vaccination, well maybe. [laughter] but, i am here to share that education and information to this generation, to the next generation is how we keep our .ountry free you don't just win it at the ballot box. the mira

and let's keep cpac in florida. thank you, god bless you.se] announcer: live picture from the carter center in georgia where former president jimmy carter is lying in repose. later today his body will be transported to washington, d.c. for a memorial event there, including his lying in-state at the u.s. capitol. announcer: attention middle and high school students across america. it's time to make your voice heard. c-span's studentcam documentary contest 2025 is here. this is your chance to create a documentary that can inspire change, raise awareness, and make an impact. your documentary should answer this year's question. your message to the president. what issue is most important to you or your community? whether you are passionate about politics, the environment, or community stories, studentcam is your platform to share your message with the world. with $100,000 in prizes, including a grand prize of $5000, this is your opportunity not only to make an impact, but also be rewarded for your creativity and hard work. enter your submissions