Transcripts For CSPAN Key Capitol Hill Hearings 20240622

Thank you. Listen, madam chairman and members of the Democratic National committee, the Resolutions Committee met on and approved 30, 23 resolutions which were a combination of message resolutions and members of resolutions. Among those considered and resolution in support of marriage equality, a commemoratingmitte those murdered in charleston, affirming thatn black lives do indeed matter. , in addition we passed some commemorative resolutions, and if it is one thing ive learned over the years i have been a member and a member of the Resolutions Committee, is that we consider these resolutions about dnc members who have passed between our meetings, and we talk about them at the committee because there are folks who knew them, you the contributions they made, and loved them and learn from them. But we do not often do that with you. It comes off as a litany of names, but these names in fact do matter. For example, we passed a resolution commemorating the biden. D career of lowbo like Vice President biden, i have a son who is the age of bo, and like many of you who have children in that age group, we cannot imagine the pain of that loss, of a guy whose future was was livingnd who and making a difference every the for him to pass at untimely age he did. It is an enormous loss, and i thought how eloquent Vice President biden was [no audio] but like me when i first met him, it was Vice President ivan viceoduced me to go President Biden who introduced to bo. Another considered herself to her godmother, and she was. It when we were down, that only she could lift us up and and move us forward. I will never get forget speeches she gave an things she said. Jim. Who know me call me she called me zogby. Remember the life and career of evelyn richardson, who was the member. Serving dnc that matters. Her service to our party and country matters, and Larry Scanlon of the thing about larry is that for me it would have been a named because i did not know him. When people talked about him and talked about how he mentored them, to eachd and every one of them whether they were at the bottom of the scale or top of the scale and treated them equally, that mattered to me, and it deserves to be mentioned. And because of the untimely death that happened after our the life we recognize and career of julian bond. I cannot speak about julian bond or write about julian bond as , butently as Donna Brazile julian bond matters. He made a difference. He was one of the transformational people in american history. Lessons, and by the life you live, he inspired all of us, and up until the end he was leading in the fight for civil rights and to make america a better and stronger place. We remembered louis stokes. Said about hise leadership over the years, and again, a resolution that we were unable to consider at the committee, that he deserves to be mentioned and honored, as does Amelia Boynton robinson. One resolution that came up, honoring the three american heroes who prevented a tragedy in france. Recognizes the that because of their service, not just our country, which they did as veterans, but their service to humanity, by risking their lives to save lives. Ask you tohair, i accept these resolutions. Thank you. Ms. Wasserman schultz thank you very much. Thank you very much, jim, thank you for so eloquently or zogby. Only she was entitled to do that. Thank you so eloquently paying tribute to the lives of those wonderful democrat who we have lost who we honor today. Ll entertaining motion to approve the report of the Resolutions Committee. I hear a motion. Second . Is there discussion . All indicate by saying aye. It shows the resolution report is adopted. Jim,o thank you very much, and all members of the Resolutions Committee for your service and your hard work. Our resolutions are an invaluable tool for our institution, so we can honor those who have dedicated their lives for the betterment of our party and nation to address injustices in society and recommit ourselves to the values of the Democratic Party. And each of those resolutions. Old great importance i hope can on use them as inspiration as we move forward. Next is the report of the rules and Bylaws Committee. The chair recognizes the , theirs of the committee to authors of the committee report. Good afternoon. Havent we had an afternoon . This is been really exciting. I am honored to be here with my wonderful cochair, jim roosevelt, to present a report of the rules and Bylaws Committee. Yesterday the rules and Bylaws Committee met to consider the amendments that were sent to you stephanieretary, rawlings blake, with the 30date mailing on july 28. The proposal is to amend the charter and Bylaws Committee to change the name charter and bylaws, to change the name of the vice chair for Voter Registration and chair forion to vice Civic Engagement and voter participation. Donna. The intent of the amendment is to accurately reflect the duties. You should note that the rules and Bylaws Committee voted unanimously to approve this amendment and recommend it wholeheartedly for approval by the full dnc at our meeting today. We will do it all together at the end of the report, but thank you. It is a great pleasure to be here with my wonderful cochair, lorraine miller, and with all of you, and before we turn the podium back over to chairwoman Wasserman Schultz conduct a want to express on behalf of lorraine and myself our sincere appreciation to the members of the rules and Bylaws Committee for all of the time and attention to have committed to the process of reviewings date delegate selection lands of the last several months. This is the high point of your afternoon when you get the rules and bylaws report, and we are happy to report that we have 57ommended we have found state and territorial plans in conditional or full compliance, so we have completed our review of all the state lands at this point. At this point. We want to thank each state party or the work they have done by the party chairs, and others dedicatecated hours to their state plans for the process, and for the work they continue to do to reach out to all of our voters to explain the process them to help ensure that is 2016 National Convention truly representative of our great party and the people of the United States. With that, madam chair, we yield the floor. Ms. Wasserman schultz thank you. Thank you so much. Report, andd the the committee has recommended approval of a proposed amendment to the charter and bylaws that was distributed to members. Is there any discussion . Is there motion on the four to approve the resolution and Bylaws Committee report . There is a motion. Is there a second . Say aye. In the report is adopted. Does anyone have on business to bring in front of the committee . Seeing none, the next item on the agenda is new business. As most of you know, we currently have a number of vacancies among our dnc atlarge member and Standing Committee positions. In accordance with bylaws, i have distributed my list of nominations to fill these vacancies. I believe these people represent the diverse the of the party and will work on behalf of democrats across the country. At this time, the chair will entertain a motion to elect my nominees and ratified by Standing Committee appointments distributed to them members and the mailing from the secretarys. A motion and a second. All those in favor indicate by saying aye. Carries, and congratulations to the new atlarge members and members of the Standing Committee. Does anyone have any additional new business . Ladies and gentlemen, we have company and that our program for today, but before we adjourn yes. You have new business, people . [indiscernible] thank you very much. Of motions here. Number one, i would like to move support thet we iran agreement, the report by our president. We increase the number of debates that we have currently. Number three ok, isserman schultz think we generally take one motion at a time, so lets make sure we can dispense with the spirit state per second motion. My first motion was that we deal asthe u. N. Presented by the government of our president. Ms. Wasserman schultz and what is your second motion . My second is that we increase the number of debates. I would like consideration of that. We reconsiderhat of for the convention, because i think it is very costly and we might lose a whole lot of delegates. I have had this discussion with. Any, many states [indiscernible] ms. Wasserman schultz a point of order has been called. Mayor nutter, state your order. [indiscernible] mayor nutter i call for a point of order. The point of order is to ask a question, given the nature of the proposals by our good friend from the u. S. Virgin islands, these are weighty measures, and would take that motions of this type would more than likely be taken up by committee of the Democratic National committee as opposed to in the moment, in a with no information, no background, no information or indications that such a motion or motions were to be considered by this body at this time. Ms. Wasserman schultz mayor nutter your point of order is well taken. The dnc takes positions as we have just done when chairman zogby came to the podium and presented the resolutions report. We have a process by which we take positions in support of or opposed to policy positions and other issues. And we do not have a resolution there floor, and, thus, there is not a way for the dnc to take up position on that particular proposal. What i want to point out is there has been a letter circulating in support of the iran agreement with the p5 plus one countries and iran and, posing an zogby have that letter, and dnc members are welcomed to sign onto it, but i would uphold your point of order. It is out of order to make a motion to ask the dnc members to take a position or the dnc to take a position without a proposed resolution on the floor and without it going t through neither ofprocess, which have occurred here. Your point of order is upheld. Thank you, i appreciate that. The point of order was released to all three proposed resolutions on the floor. I do not want there to be a mistake that i was only asking about the one. Notwithstanding whatever the substance of those proposed resolutions were, the issue is the following of the rules with regard to the dnc, not the underlying substance of the matters. Me Wasserman Schultz excuse one minute. I need to make sure i make a ruling [indiscernible] ms. Wasserman schultz the point of order has been made on all s, and the motions have been made separately, so i will roll on each one. En the first one, i have described the dnc cannot make a point of order. On the second one, which proposes we increase the number of debates, the policies established by which the dnc determines the process for a debate on the establishment of the dates, how many there are, that is the purview of the chair of the Democratic National committee. That is a big criteria that has been negotiated over the last several months. The schedule has been announced. There is no provision available to have the dnc by motion increase or decrease or adopt criteria for those debates. So that point is well taken as well. Thirdly, on the third motion, reconsideration of the cost of housing, that is a subject of contracts, and that is certainly something that we cannot make an adjustment by motion of the dnc membership. All three points of order are well taken, and emotions are all deemed of order. Thank you very much. Deemed out of order. Take you very much. Noing on, we will ask that further new business being before no further new business being before the committee, i would senior the rabbi, the rabbi at table in st. Paul, will join us to give us the benediction. Rabbi . Invite us before we rise in a final moment to think about a time when you truly stood for something of value. I mean, really stood for something, the kind of standing from doinglegs ache something that is dignified, your values, your aspiration, your very existence. I remember in college when e back tonight, and for people who are demanding housing now and in the last gasp of the cold war for soviet jews who were wrongly and cruelly imprisoned just repeating their faith. In those days i felt the promise to bring about social change. Three weeks ago today i stood with the naacp in eastern alabama marching 19 miles as part of a larger 40day march from selma to washington, d. C. , to raise awareness to offer lives, jobs,value and education. We walked in the footsteps of Martin Luther king and many others, including a rabbi who said that his legs were praying his legs were praying. We march because not enough has changed in america. It is time to stand up once again. We will stand with moral seeity, on the ability to in every faith as it is said in bible that sentimental the divine light of the glorious country let us now please stand. And let us pray. We pray and stand together for an inclusive vision of america, undeterred and unafraid. To be alive, to our eyes, to be awake to suffering, to our minds to be inspired to create bold plans, during hands to reach across the aisles of congress and the counties of america, and through our god, by many names, to be with us to watch over us, to guide us to bring about peace. Shalom. Amen. Ms. Wasserman schultz thank you so much. That concludes our business today. Is there a motion to adjourn . All those indicated by saying aye. The motion carries. We are adjourned. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] announcer our coverage of the dnc summer meeting in minneapolis, the meeting wrapping up. Today. Ndidates spoke allill be replaying speeches tonight here on cspan at 8 00 p. M. Eastern time. You can see them in our Video Library at www. Cspan. Org. Now the afternoon speeches from Martin Omalley and Bernie Sanders, and then we will take your phone calls. Thank you very much for your kind introduction. To that chair of the Democratic National committee, and to all of the distinguished officers of the dnc, including my colleague and the mayor of my home city of baltimore. And to all of you friends. It is a great honor to be with. Ll of you here my name is Martin Omalley. I am running for president of the United States, and i need your help to rebuild the. Merican dream we share i love my country. I love my country. And i have carried a lot water for this donkey. And i for one will not remain lies, in the face of the distortions, and the racist hate being comes out over the airwaves from the debate podiums of the once proud Republican Party. As all of you are aware, the republicans held their first two debates earlier this month. They will hold another in a couple of weeks. And you could easily have mistaken their debate for a reality tv show. Like survivor. The difference between the Republican Debate and survivor is that one involves tried challenges and contestants on the very edge of sanity. The other takes based on an island. But here is the sad truth that we must own. While the republicans put their backward ideas forward for an audience of more than 20 million americans, we put our forward thinking ideas on the back burner as if we are trying to hide them from the airwaves. He got it. The republicans stand before the nation. They malign our president s record of achievement. They denigrate women and immigrant families and they tell their false stories, and we respond with crickets. Tumbleweeds. A cynical move to delay our own party debate. Four debates . Debates we areand before votersk make their decision. This is unprecedented in our partys history. This process has never been attempted before. His decree is this exactly . Where did it comes from . What National Party interest does this decrease or . How does this promote our democratic ideas for making wages go up and Household Incomes go up against instead of down . How does this help us make our case to the American People . One debate in iowa . That is it . That is all we can afford . The New Hampshire debate is cynically wedged in the high point of Quality Shopping Center so as to people watch it as possible. Is this how the party selects its nominee . Are we becoming something less, Something Else . What ever happened to the tradition of open debate and of a 50state strategy . Their party leading candidate launches racist attacks on entire ethnic groups of americans to the delight of david duke and other white supremacists, and our response is to limit debates . If all of this bothers you, it should. The leading republican candidate talks openly about forced expulsions, taking away the birthright of americanborn children, and we turn our Democratic Party into the appalling silence of the good, of the in the face complacency of hate is not democratic off for the party of the United States of america. We must stand before the American People and show them that we have a better way. It was in a series of debates that Abraham Lincoln first forged a new National Consensus to continue the work of affirming the dignity of every individual and the common good as a nation. Now in an ongoing series of debates, the party of lincoln is led by donald trump. Donald trump whose deep understanding of the law is such, he said last week that part of the constitution is actually unconstitutional. [laughter] donald trump, whose Foreign Policy insights are, he said, based entirely on what he has seen on tv. We let the circus run unchallenged on every channel what we cower in the shadows under a decree of silence in the ranks, or do we demand equal time to showcase our ideas, our solutions, and real leadership for real results . [applause] let their party be led by a hate spewing carnival barker. Our party must be led by compassion, by generosity, by love and concern for one another, and a focus on our countrys Better Future and the future we want for our kids. We must stand up. We must stand together, and we must speak out for the ideas that unite us. Believe in the dignity of every individual. I believe in our own responsibility to advance common good we share as americans. Make no mistake about it, these are volatile and fear filled times in our country. This is no time for silence. Our party must not cower from this debate. We must engage in this debate, and we must engage in it nationally. The American People are smart and smarter than these republicans think. The truth can defend yourself, but she needs to be stated first. [applause] we must make our case. We must make our case and we must let the people decide, because we have arrived at a point in our history where wealth and power have been so tightly concentrated in the hands of so few it is literally taking opportunity out of the homes and the wallets and the neighborhoods of the many. We must show the American People we have the better path forward. Our party must engage in this national debate. Republicans say americans need to work longer hours. As democrats we know we are all working harder than ever and many of us are making less than before. We must raise the minimum wage to 15 an hour, pay overtime pay for overtime work, and pay Women Equal Pay for equal work to move america forward. [applause] we need debate. We need debate. [applause] what are we afraid of . Republicans belittled teachers. They seek to outlaw labor unions, scoffing at the nerve of working people who would dare to bargain collectively for better wages. As democrats, we defend the right to organize, because we know that that makes wages rise for all americans. We need debate. Republicans republicans talk about raising the retirement age as if Social Security were some kind of indulgence the wealthy bestow upon the rest of us. Democrats care that there are 65yearolds who get up every morning, they work in factories, finishing concrete, cleaning buildings, cleaning buildings. Hardworking americans should retire in dignity, not in poverty. We should expand Social Security. We need debate. We need debate. Republicans traffic in immigrant hate. The call for walls, internment camps, forced expulsions. Democrats understand the enduring symbol of our country is not the barb wire fence. It is the statue of liberty. We need debate. [applause] now my friends, i am not the only candidate seeking the Democratic Partys nomination for president of the United States who holds progressive values, but i am the only candidate for president with 15 years of executive experience as a bigcity mayor and as a governor. Turning those progressive values into actions, turning progressive goals into progressive achievement. Is about getting things done. It is about actions, not word. In baltimore, together we saved lives by reducing record high violence to record lows. Black lives matter. It is about actions, not words. I led our state forward, not back. We increased funding for Public Education by 37 and we made our Public Schools the best Public Schools in america for five years in a row. [applause] we froze College Tuition for 4 years in a row to make college more affordable for families. Actions, not words. We passed of the living wage. We raise the minimum wage. We expanded family leave and voters rights. We passed drivers licenses for new immigrant americans and we passed a ban on the sale of combat weapons in our state. [applause] leadership is about actions, not words. Its about forging a new consensus, and therefore, in our state, we passed a state version of the dream act and marriage equality. And when our brothers and sisters petitioned those in a referendum, we took our case to the people, and we won at the ballot. [applause] it is about actions and not words. I leave you with these thoughts. The Great American Poet Gwendolyn Brooks once wrote, we are each others business. We are each others harvest. We are each others magnet and bonds. Whether or not we make the American Dream true again for all American Families is up to us. Its not about the big banks, not about the big money trying to take over our elections. It is about us. It is about our party. I have put forward 15 goals to rebuild the American Dream you and i share, one by one, policy action by policy action. Each one reinforcing in complementing the other. Bold, progressive ideas, concrete plans. Actions to make our country stronger. Only actions can make the American Dream true again around the most important places in our country the kitchen tables of every american family. The time is now to put these ideas and all of the best ideas of all of our find candidates fine candidates forward before the American People. The American People deserve it. Our service to the countrys Better Future demands it. We are the Democratic Party, not the unDemocratic Party. If we are to debate debates, the topic should be common he, not how few . Because when the lights come up on our stage, we will talk about where america is going, not where america has been. We will ask what we can do for our country, not against immigrant. We must speak to the goodness, the compassion, the generosity of americans. Ours is the party of opportunity. Ours is the party of the people. Ours is the party of our childrens Better Future. Let us engage this debate. Let us make our case to the American People and together we will rebuild the truth of the American Dream we share. Thank you very much. May God Bless America and may god bless our Democratic Party. [applause] mr. Sanders thank you. Thank you all very much for inviting me to be with you today, and thank you all for the work that you do every single day making this country a better country for working people, for lowincome people, for women, and for all of those people who are struggling to make ends meet. Thank you for what you are doing. And lets be thank our friends from minnesota for hosting this event and for giving us some of the great political leaders of the last century, including our great friend, paul wellstone. I understand that there are republicans who proclaim how much they love america, but at the same time, how much they hate the people who work in our government or who are involved in the political process. I disagree. In my view, what you are doing, participating in the political process, trying to make this country a better country for all of our people, is the most patriotic thing we can do as americans, and i applaud you all. [applause] when i announced my candidacy for president less than four months ago, i think it is fair to say that few took that candidacy seriously. In fact, the word fringe was heard more than once. But i think it is also fair to say that a lot has changed in the last few months. [cheers] mr. Sanders all across this country, we are drawing some of the largest crowds of this campaign, including of people and working people who have not been previously involved in the political process. More than 100,000 americans have signed up to volunteer on bernie 2016. We have received more individual Campaign Contributions than any other president ial campaign. Some 400,000. And in this day of superpacs and huge Campaign Contributions, i am very proud to tell you that our average Campaign Contribution is 31. 20. This is a peoples campaign. Most importantly, i believe that few will that the issues we are running on are generating and enormous amount of enthusiasm and that our grassroots campaign, which is calling for a political revolution, is striking a chord all over america. My friends, my friends, the Republican Party did not win the Midterm Election in november. We lost that election. They did not win. We lost, because voter turnout was abysmally embarrassingly low and millions of working people, young people, and people of color gave up on politics as usual, and they stayed home. That is the fact. And let me be as clear as i can be. In my view, democrats will not retain the white house, will not regain the senate or the u. S. House, will not be successful in dozens of governors races all across this country unless we generate excitement and momentum and produced a huge voter turnout. With all due respect and i do not mean to insult anyone here that turnout, that enthusiasm will not happen with politics as usual. The same old, same old will not work. The people of our country understand that given the collapse of the american middle class and given the grotesque level of income and wealth inequality, we are experiencing, we do not need more establishment politics or establishment economics. What we need is a Political Movement which is prepared to take on the billionaire class and create a government which works for all of us and not just Corporate America and a handful of the wealthiest people in this country. Bernie bernie mr. Sanders in other words, we need a movement that takes on the economic and political establishment, not one which is part of that establishment. We need a movement a movement which tells Corporate America and the wealthiest people in this country that they will start paying their fair share of taxes. That we will end the vicinity of living in the country when the top. 1 owns as much as the bottom 90 . That is not the kind of economy we want. We need a movement which tells wall street that when a bank is too big to fail, that bank is too big to exist and we are going to break them up. We need a Financial System that works with smalland mediumsized businesses, not an island of itself only concerned about the profits of a few. We need a movement which works with our trade unions and ends our disastrous trade policies, which have cost us millions of decentpaying jobs. And that includes defeating the tpp. Corporate america has got to start investing in our country, not just countries all over the world. We need a movement which says that every worker in this country deserves a living wage, that understands that the current minimum wage of 7. 25 an hour is a starvation wage and we will raise that minimum wage over a period of years to 15 bucks an hour. That we are going to end the disgrace of women making . 78 on the dollar compared to men. We are going to have pay equity for women workers. And we are going to end the International Embarrassment of being the only, only major country on earth that does not provide at least 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave. We need a movement that says that when real unemployment, including those who have given up looking for work and those who are working parttime, is over 10 , when black youth unemployment is over 50 , that we need a massive federal jobs program to rebuild our public infrastructure. Our roads, our bridges, our water systems, our wastewater plants, our airports, our rails are falling further and further behind other countries. We can create millions of jobs rebuilding our infrastructure, and i intend to do that. We need a political Grassroots Movement which tells the Koch Brothers and the billionaire class that they will not be able to continue to buy candidates and elections and that we will [cheers] Bernie Bernie mr. Sanders i have not made Many Campaign promises so far. But let me repeat one to you that i have made, and that is that no nominee of mind to the u. S. Supreme court will have his or her name go to the Senate Unless that candidate is loud and clear in saying that one of the first orders of business for that candidate will be to rehear and overturn citizens united. [cheers] mr. Sanders but we have got to go even further than overturning citizens united. If we want a vibrant democracy, where all americans who want to run for office are able to do so, we need to move toward public funding of elections. And, by the way, together we are going to end this cowardly Voter Suppression that republican governors are imposing on people all across america. If a politician is too cowardly to face the voters, if a politician needs to think that he must suppress the vote in order to win, that politician should get another job. We need a movement that understands that Climate Change is real, it is caused by human activity, and that we are going to lead the world in transforming our Energy System away from fossil fuels to Energy Efficiency and sustainable energy. And, brothers and sisters, that means defeating the keystone pipeline. We need a movement that says in a highly competitive Global Economy that all of our people who have the ability and the qualifications will be able to get a College Education regardless of the income of their family. And that is why i have introduced legislation that does two things. First, it makes every Public College and university in america tuition free. Secondly, it substantially lowers student rates lowers Interest Rates on student that. And we pay for that by imposing a wall street speculation tax. Bernie mr. Sanders when wall street collapses because of this greed and illegal behavior, the American People bails them out. Now it is their turn to help the middle class of their country. We need a Political Movement which will end for all institutional racism in our country and reform a very, very broken criminal justice system. We must not accept more deaths of unarmed blacks like michael brown, walter scott, and too many to name, too many to name. We must not continue being the country in the world with more people in jail than any other. And the people in jail are disproportionately people of color. We must become the country in the world which invests in job and education, not jails and incarceration. And when we talk of bringing our country together, we cannot forget that there are now 11 Million People here who are undocumented. We must provide Legal Protections for them. We must pass comprehensive immigration reform. And we must provide a path for citizenship. And we must be clear that the racist and unamerican idea that we are going to somehow round up millions of people in the dead of the night is not what this country is about and it is not going to happen. You are looking at a former congressman who did not believe george w. Bush, dick cheney, and don rumsfeld, and voted against the war in iraq. A war which turned out to be one of the worst foreignpolicy plunders in the modern history of this country. And you are looking at a senator who will stand with president obama in preventing iran from getting a nuclear weapon, but will do it in a way that prevents war. Let me conclude by saying this one of the demands of my campaign is that we as a people think big, not small, not accept this rightwing ideology and world view. It is not a question of cutting education by 2 or 4 . We can, if we do not allow them to divide ourselves by race or gender, whether we are gay or straight or born in america were born someplace else, if we stand together, there is nothing that we cannot accomplish. We can live in a country where health care is a right for all people, not a privilege. We can live in a country where when mom and dad go to work, they know their kids have the bestquality child care in the world. We can live in a country where seniors retire in dignity and security and not be forced to choose between their medicine and their food. And that is why i am helping to lead the effort in the senate, not only to oppose the privatization of Social Security or cuts in Social Security, but to expand Social Security benefits. We can live in a nation where our veterans, of men and women who put their lives on the line to defend us, get the Quality Health care and benefits they have earned and the respect that they are due. Brothers and sisters, we can live in a nation where everyone, no matter their race, their religion, their disability, or their sexual orientation, realizes the full promise of equality that is our birthright as americans. This is the country we can build. It is the country we must build. And if we stand together, that is the country we will build. Thank you very much. Announcer Bernie Sanders, independent senator from her month vermont, one of the democratic president ial candidates speaking at minneapolis today prior to senator sanders. We heard from Martin Omalley. Also, Lincoln Chafee and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton all addressing the delegates. We will be reairing all of those speeches tonight at 8 00 eastern on cspan. Now we would like to hear from you and get your reaction, particularly from the afternoon speakers Martin Omalley and Bernie Sanders. The number is on your screen. Or can also tweaet us leave us a post on her facebook page. Before we go to calls, several tweets involving Martin Omalleys speech. Kicking up dust regarding the debate schedule that was laid out. Tweet Martin Omalley took his war on the dncs debate process to the dnc today. Ley callsweet omal for more debates. Than this from Martin Omalley himself earlier today this sort of rigged process has never been attempted before. One of the four speakers today at the dnc summer meeting in minneapolis. Lets go to your calls. Hussein joins us from michigan. Caller i just wanted to make a quick comment about Bernie Sanders. I a Young College student, support a lot of Bernie Sanders ideas, limiting political money in campaigns is great. Supporting manmade climate changingd curbing criminal Justice Reform are great ideas that i really do support, but i just dont know if Bernie Sanders is electable. As a democrat, we need to win the election. I feel like that is the way democrats can win the election if Hillary Clinton is the nominee. Even though i love Bernie Sanders and has ideas, i do not think he can win the general election. The only person i think can is Hillary Clinton. That is why i am leaning towards supporting Hillary Clinton more than Bernie Sanders but my mind is not made. Host jason in indianapolis. Caller hi. I just saw most of the speech for Bernie Sanders and i think he is mostly coming from a good place, but i would like to com the briefly on the role Corporate Media in this election i feel like it is ignoring Bernie Sanders and everything that all the issues he is putting forward. The Corporate Media is keeping the American Public basically in the dark. Host you are referring to the Corporate Media. Who do you mean by that . Msnbc, fox news basically every organization that people get their information from. Thes just unfortunate that only place where you can really figure out anything out about the candidates is from cspan. You do also have to have cable and some money to be able to watch cspan, so most people really have no idea about the issues these candidates are really addressing. To the previous caller saying ist Hillary Clinton unelectable that is basically the only thing we hear from the Corporate Media regarding Bernie Sanders, out he is not electable. Not really going to tell you anything about his stance on whatever issue it may be. Host thank you. Lee in new york on the line for republicans. What do you think of these democrats and what they have to say today . Caller to be honest, they can scream all they want to about being a socialist. Every socialist program we have is like roads and bridges and post offices we need all of them. I would like to know where they all stand on repealing the patriot act and closing down the nsa which is illegal . I would like to know their answers to that. But, at this point in time, im a republican that will vote for burning. Ernie. Host nancy, you are next from minnesota. Caller im in agreement with Bernie Sanders. The americant if people all stood together that he could win. That i have yet to hear a democrat or a republican bring up issues that i feel are very important to the American People. Injusticem is medical just as there is judicial injustice. Host what do you mean by medical injustice . Caller inability to get medical care. Inability to get sanitary practices by doctors. Surgeries. O get the elderly, the cuts to medicare and medicaid. Instance, it was cut in minnesota by yet, never replaced by mark dayton. Judiciala lot of injustice which has been brought up, but the same things occur in the medical system. We went to the hospital at 430 in the morning and could not receive medical. Host thank you for the call. John joins us from florida. Caller how are you today . Host good. Caller watching the speeches, i see Wasserman Schultz is trying to control the amount of debates going on, one. Tried to make a motion on the floor to increase those debates so they can be seen as much as ours and the Republican Party. To be honest with you, ours is somewhat of a Television Show versus what i have been hearing on your station today. I really like a lot of what was being said by omalley and Bernie Sanders as well, t. They need to get out there more. Im a republican. Im changing to vote for bernie in the primaries. Host thank you for calling. A couple of tweets we have gotten regarding Bernie Sanders remarks. Free College Tuition, no keystone pipeline, fair wage for all. Socialism runs out of money, sir. Another says it should be addressed that both the clinton and omalley speeches have taken most of their key points from the sanders campaign. Tweets Bernie Sanders is for we the people. That is why always listen to the substance of his speeches. Hillary Rodham Clinton is just not as trustworthy. Back to your phone calls. Kathy from modesto, california. Caller i want to say a few things. My heart belongs to Bernie Sanders. I love the way his heart belongs to america. At one point, i was going to give my vote to Hillary Clinton, but i decided that it was all for the wrong reasons. Royaltyt because she is and passes the baton from bill to her so that she could be on the throne. The more and more i hear her speeches there is no belief in it, no heart and soul. The more i hear bernie talk, it is all heart and soul. I just love his and 2 his enthusiasm. On top of that, this email scandal has me questioning why is she always attached to some sort of scandal . Next is these debates. Debbie used to work on her campaign back in 2007. Apparently, there should be a total conflict of interest. How could this be happening in america . What is wrong . It is not right. It is 100 wrong. Host sorry, we lost you, kathy. She was referring to debbie Wasserman Schultz who is the chair of the Democratic National committee and referring to Hillary Clinton whos spoke earlier today. Also remarks from Martin Omalley and Bernie Sanders. Four of the five democratic president ial contenders jim webb did not speak. He did not address the dnc today in minneapolis. Mark joins us from gainesville, florida, on the line for independents. Go ahead. Mark, you with us . Caller yes. I just wanted to say i dont really trust hillary at all because she is part of the far left establishment. I dont want to listen to anymore of the republicans far right establishment. We need somebody like Bernie Sanders or somebody like that to lead america and get this ship right so we can continue on. T. J. To los angeles joins us live. Caller thank you for taking my call and i appreciate this forum. Interestingly enough, one of your previous callers mentioned something about making his vote for Bernie Sanders. I think senator sanders is the only candidate from either party that has the ability to pull votes from the other side. I believe if a lot of folks out there really started listening to his message on the right that it would be very difficult for votes in ae their way that is not acting in their best interest. I dont see Hillary Clinton having that capacity and certainly nobody from the right grabbing votes from the left. I think people are very much underestimating senator sanders. We are very early in this campaign. I think as this message gets out, there is the potential to create a groundswell that could finally truly put the power of this nation back where it belongs which is in the hands of the people. So, bernie has my vote. Host thank you for calling. To dan from new york on the line for independents. Caller hi. Yeah, your last cost are touched last caller touched on what i was going to make a point on. Your first callers called and said bernie was not electable and a republican said he was going to vote for bernie and wondered what is issue on nsa was. Bernie is on the right side of history. He is against surveillance. Hes a polarizing figure. Hes uniting people from all sides of the country on the right side of, you know, the issues. That is all i have to say. Host thank you. This story in the washington berniee fix column sanders is still not going to run as an independent. The story goes on and says Bernie Sanders keeps saying no he will not run as an independent candidate. He made the promise that he will not and will keep that promise, he said. The reason for that is i dont want to be responsible for electing some rightwing republican to the president of the United States. That is from the washington post. Nastor, your on the line for democrats. Caller im there . Host go ahead. Caller ok. Told theon is he right thing. People. Le the poorer the rich people dont work. They dont do nothing. Change allbout the benefits and everything about the poor people, i think he is totally right and i agree with him. The rich people dont pay taxes. We pay more taxes for everybody. Host thank you for calling. Panama city, john on the republican line. How are you doin you doing . On obama i want to know what democrats are so high on unemployment. He talked about people in jail. Is from detroit and work with people from their. I talked to a lot of people, in majority black and whites they say they can much make as much selling drugs on the street as much in one day. I think something has to change. I dont think Bernie Sanders is right for the country. That is basically about it. Something has to be changed. The jobs and giving people that is in jail jobs, you have to offer them something more than lousy minimum wages. Host elizabeth, you have the last word. From delaware on the line for independents. What do you think of the speeches you heard . Caller i love Bernie Sanders and love everything he says. I will change to democrats alike and vote or him in the primary. We work in a capitalist country but every program that we have whether it is Public Education, bridges, highways, ports, our firemen, police, libraries, Social Security, medicare on and on. These are all social programs. Butie is a social democrat, is speaking for the majority of the people of this country. There is a reason why the dnc does not want more debate. Because the more the people here of bernie and his long track record of being on the right side of the people and this is a man who marched with Martin Luther king. This man has a history and credibility with the people. The more they hear him, Bernie Sanders will be the next president of the United States. Take that to the bank. Host thank you for the call. We will be rear airing three airing tonight at it that re airing tonight at 8 00. Then Martin Omalley and Bernie Sanders from the afternoon sessions. Tonight, 8 00 eastern time, our coverage continues. The we will replay afternoon rather the morning speeches from the dnc meeting today in minneapolis beginning with former rhode island governor Lincoln Chafee. Governor chafee thank you. Good morning. What a beautiful city we are in. It was nice to take a walk along the mississippi river. A great city and construction going on everywhere. That is a good sign especially , under democratic leadership. We have five great candidates running for president. If you add up all the years of facing the voters of these candidates, there are 92 years of serving in elected office, the leading republican has not served a minute of facing the voters in elected office. We have 92 years combined. This is a big decision, obviously, of who is going to be a leader. I believe three things should come into your mind if you decide whos going to be the next president , the 45th president. First, the past record, how people performed. Secondly, your character, who are you. Thirdly, vision, where we going to take this great country of america. I will tell you a little bit about myself. I am the only candidate running has been a mayor, senator, and governor. 11 years as a councilman and mayor at the local level. That means i know how to plow some snow, pick up the trash, how to have good schools, and keep property taxes down. I would not have been elected three times if i was not doing those things. I see, over in lebanon, the government will be toppled because they did not pick up the trash. Basic stuff you learn at the local level. Then, i went to the United States senate for the bad years of bush and cheney. Those were bad years. Even though i was republican back then, right away, i knew they were on the wrong track. I voted against the tax cuts. [applause] then, we had september 11, and the drumbeat for war in iraq. I saw through the reasons, and voted against the war in iraq. [applause] for you minnesotans, your two senators, mark dayton, now governor, and paul wellstone, were the two minnesota senators joined the 23 to see through the false premises of war in iraq. I was a reliable vote for the environment time and time again. I recognize that carbon and human activity were causing Climate Change. I stood strong on Civil Liberties time and time again. On abortion rights, a womans right to choose, over and over again. Lgbt rights, over and over again. For immigration, there were only nine sponsors back in 2005, i was one of the nine bipartisan that stood up and said yes, we need to pass citizenship and border security. I was one of the nine sponsors that the bill. I think we should bring it back and get it passed. I voted against sam alito and think i have been justified on that. And i stopped john bolton from going to the united nations. [applause] also, im proud to be part of the gang of 14, a group of us who got together who worked to cross the partisan divide, Senate Democrats and seven republicans coming together. That is what we need more of in washington. I am proud of the tough votes i took under pressure. Thats always a good test, under pressure, how do you perform . Im proud of those positions that i have taken in the United States senate. And then, i became the governor of rhode island in the depths of the recession. We had one of the highest unemployment rates in the country. Our people were losing their jobs and homes to foreclosure. We stepped up, did the hard work, got our people back to work them and we had the biggest drop of unemployment of all but four states. At the same time, passing marriage equality. We have the highest Roman Catholic state in the country so that was not easy. We tried in previous years to get it passed. I made it a priority. I put in my inaugural address. I think it is important, not only for people who love each other, but for our economy. I wanted a tolerant atmosphere. That is what makes the economy grow. It was also very controversial, you see it playing out nationally, and getting undocumented students the right to have instate tuition, the dream act. It wasnt easy. We had a lot of protesters coming out as we pushed that through. And, of course, one of the best rollouts, the Affordable Care act. Proud of that, that is not just happen. We had to work for it. Had a team ready. This was not easy, getting people signed up for the exchange. Im very proud of that. All through these 30 years of public service, i have had no scandals. [laughter] [applause] that is not easy in rhode island. I am proud of that high ethical standard. The courage to take tough vote, i am honest with our people, and i do not flipflop. Im proud that i am consistent over time on the issues. The vision for the future . Ladies and gentlemen, i served on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee when i was in the senate, and i was lucky to chair the western hemisphere subcommittee. I have been all through this hemisphere. Down through south america, i had dinner with fidel castro, i have met many of the World Leaders throughout the western hemisphere. Then, i became chair of the middle east subcommittee, and traveled through israel, iraq, lebanon, and met the leaders there. We see now, with what happened with the chinese currency, and how it affected our stock market, the cliche is true, the world is flat, we are all connected. Im running for president because i know we have big challenges out there. I want to address them, make it a priority. We see the refugees fleeing the wartorn nations of afghanistan, iraq, syria, libya, and not only is it human tragedy, but i fear, the destabilization of the government there. The rise of right wing groups in europe is one of my concerns. The iran deal. Lets have a hand for president obama. Secretary kerry. [applause] this is the way we are going to address these conflicts overseas. Everybody is talking about the iran deal and how we stop them from acquiring nuclear weapons. But the other positive element of this deal is that it was put together with the help of the russians. With the help of the chinese. With the help of the brits, with the help of the germans, with the help of the french. That is how we are going to solve these conflicts. That is why it is so important to get this passed, because it stops iran from getting a nuclear weapon, but we Work Together to solve these conflicts overseas. Prosperity does come through peace, and that is why im running for president. I want to make this a priority, addressing conflict overseas, and ending them. All of us are going to agree on many issues, were going to agree on the environment, were going to agree women issues, were going to agree on the Affordable Care act. I am the one talking about ending conflict over seas, i grow in the vietnam era, and i want to see our future generations not have to go through these endless conflicts. [applause] and i do believe, 2016 is going to be a great year for democrats. I do believe that. Because, we are right on the key issues. [laughter] we are right on income and equality. They turned surpluses into deficits. They like giving the rich more tax breaks. They are wrong on that issue. Democrats are right on universal health care. Who wants to go to the emergency room with a five hour wait to get your sprained ankle taken care of. Immigration,on with the fastestgrowing voting. Lock in the country of course we want those people to be treated right, and to vote democrat. We are right on the environment, and republicans are wrong. Human activity is causing Climate Change. And Everybody Knows the Supreme Court affects our lives for decades to come. A democraticve senate, a democratic president , a democratic house. And we are right that these are republican wars over there. They started them, and we are going to end them. Prosperity through peace. Enjoy minneapolis. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] Hillary Clinton democrats [applause] thank you. Thank you, thank you. Thank you all so much. Thank you very, very much. Thank you all so much. Its great being here with a room full of democrats. I want to thank stephanie, debbie, and all of the elected officials, party leaders, and grassroots organizers who every strengthen families and communities across our nation. You are building our party in every county, every district, every state, and i want to be your partner every step of the way. I also want to give a big shout of the Democratic Party. Someone who has inspired and encouraged so many of us over the years, the great walter mondale. You know, we democrats believe in an america where no matter ,ho you are or where you, from you should have an equal shot at success. That is the america we love and that is the america we are fighting for. And fundamentally, that is what is at stake in this election. Whether our country keeps moving toward opportunity and prosperity for all, or whether republicans get another chance to rip away the progress we have worked so hard to achieve. We have come a long way these past six and a half years. But lets not forget what we inherited from the republicans. The worst economic crisis since the great depression. Thanks to the hard work and sacrifice of the American People, and the leadership of president obama [applause] we are standing again. But we are not yet running like we should. This election is about the best understands the pressures facing the families of america and the challenges facing us in the world. And who has the skill and tenacity to tackle them. Today families are stretched in a million directions and so are their budgets were costs for bought budgets. Cost for everything from Prescription Drugs to childcare to college are going up faster than wages and minimumwage jobs cannot lift you out of poverty. Middleclass paychecks have not increased even the corporate profits and ceo pay keeps rising. And at a time when more women than ever are their families main breadwinner, they do not get equal pay. And unions are under conservative attack by republicans and their allies. [applause] and think of the millions of americans eating held back being held back either being held back by their student debt. They cannot start a business, they cannot buy a house, they cannot even get married because of the loans hanging over their heads. That is not the way it is supposed to be in america. In america, if you work hard and do your part, you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead. That is the basic bargain that made this country great. And that democrats have worked so hard over the years to strengthen and defend. That bargain is what kept my grandfather going to work in the scranton lace mill factory every day. It is what led my father to believe that if he saved and sacrificed, his Small Business printing fabric in chicago could provide us with a middleclass life and i do know what, it did. When my husband put people first and made that bargain mean something again in the 1990s, we had 23 million new jobs, a balanced budget, and for the first time in decades we all grew together, not just those at the top, but everyone. [applause] and when president obama did it, we pulled back from the brink of depression. Save the auto industry, curved wall street abuses and provided health care to 16 Million People. [applause] the evidence is pretty clear. The basic bargain works. If everybody does their fair share, and everybody gets a fair shot, our whole country succeeds. And that success just not just go to a few, it is widely shared. Democrats have proven that again and again. Now it is up to us to renew that bargain for a new generation. To do what we know works and what we know is right. We have to make sure that every american gets a chance to pursue his or her dreams to live up to their godgiven potential. That is what i would do as president. That is what people tell me they want. As i crisscrossed the country, listening, like the single mom who is juggling a job and classes at Community College all while raising three kids alone. She is doing what you have to do to give herself and her kids a good life. She does not expect anything to come easy, but she asked me, is there not anything we can do . So it isnt quite so hard. Or the student who told me that paying for college should not be the hardest thing about going to college. [applause] or the grandmother who is raising her grandchild because her daughter is hooked on heroin, and now she needs help with childcare while she goes back to work. I believe raising income and supporting families is the defining economic challenge of our time. [applause] and that is why i have made it the focus of my campaign, and it will be my Mission Every single day in the white house. These are not new fights for you, or for me. My first job out of law school was not at some big firms, was at the childrens defense fund. And a few years later ice darted i started an Organization Called arkansas advocates for children and families. My whole life i have worked to even the odds for people who have the odds stacked against them. That is what we democrats do. That is why we are here. It is what keeps us working and fighting through every up and down. For the values we share in the country we love. Democrats believe that corporations should be held accountable when they gouge us on drug prices or pollute our environment, or exploit workers. That they just cannot be allowed to write their own rules that everyone elses expense. [applause] i believe in strong growth, fair growth, and longterm growth and that the rewards of our success cannot just go to the wealthy. That would a company does well that shareholders and executives are not the only ones who should benefit. The people who work at that company in and day out and produce those profits should share in them too. [applause] democrats believe americans deserve a raise, that Women Deserve equal pay. [applause] we are the ones fighting to help families afford college. Democrats understand you cannot go to work if you cannot find childcare. We believe you should not lose your paycheck or your job when you have a baby or someone in your family gets sick. We believe that everyone deserves access to quality Affordable Health care. [applause] we are the ones standing up and saying the Affordable Care act is here to stay. [applause] we have come to far and not too hard to let anyone destroy that now. And we are ones who want to make Social Security Even Stronger and who will fight any attempt to weaken americas commitment to our seniors. We believe in a pathway to citizenship or the millions of immigrants in this country who contribute to it every single day. [applause] democrats believe that no matter who you are, what you look like you what a practice, or who you love, america has a place for you, and your rights are just as sacred as anyone elses. [applause] by the way, we do not just stand up for these values here at home. We stand up for them everywhere. That is why i traveled the world nonstop or four years as secretary of state, calling for equal rights for women and girls, for lgbt people. [applause] for religious minorities, for all of oppressed people because the United States has always been a beacon of hope to the world, and we need to keep that light shining for all to see. That is what it means to be a democrat. Those are the values we cherish. It is time to stand together and defend those values. Because others are doing everything they can to take our country in a very different direction. Who watched the Republican Debate a few weeks ago . 17 candidates, all trying to outdo each other in their ideological purity. All either oblivious to how their ideas would hurt people, or just not interested. Not one of them had a single word to say about how to make college more affordable. Not a word about equal pay for women or paid family leave or quality, Affordable School for our kids so they can get the best start in life no solutions for skyrocketing Prescription Drug costs. No promises to end the era of mass incarceration, or say clearly and loudly black lives matter. [applause] i did not hear any credible plan to promote clean energy or combat Climate Change. And no one is standing up and saying what we all know to be true. We need to put an end to the gun violence that plagues our communities. [applause] you know, after the terrible events of wednesday, with two journalists killed on live television, plus a Police Officer killed in louisiana, and many more lost every day in carnage that largely goes unnoticed now across our country, i do not know how anyone could not come to the conclusion that something is deeply wrong. I believe we can have common sense gun reform that keep weapons out of the hands that should not have been, domestic abusers, the violently unstable, while respecting the rights of responsible gun owners are i know politics are hard. I know that some would rather throw up their hands or give up the fight. But not me. I am not going to sit by were more people die across america. [applause] republicans do not want to hear about any of these things. Their flamboyant front runner has grabbed a lot of attention lately and but if you look at everyone elses policies, they are pretty much the same. They are donald trump without the pizzazz or the hair. [laughter] a lot of people have said a lot of things about my hair over the years. [laughter] i do kind of know what donald is going through. [laughter] and if anyone wonders if mine is real, here is the answer. The hair is real, the color is not. [laughter] [applause] and come to think of it, i wonder if that is true for donald as well. [applause] you hear mr. Trump say hateful things about immigrants, even about their babies. How many others disagree with him, or support a real plan for citizenship or draw the line at repealing the 14th amendment . Today the party of lincoln has become the party of trump. Think about it. Now of course, mr. Trump also insults and dismisses women, and by the way, just yesterday he attacked me just once again. And said i do not have a clue about Womens Health issues. Really . [laughter] you cannot make this stuff up. Trump actually says he would do a much better job for women than i would. Now, that is a general Election Debate that is going to be a lot of fun. [applause] but listen to the others. Senator rubio bragged about the rapeout denying victims of to planned access parenthood. I would like him to tell that to the mom who got Early Detection for Breast Cancer because of planned parenthood. Or anyone who has been protected by an hiv test. All of the stuff they are saying might be red meat in public and primary, but it is dead wrong in 21stcentury america. [applause] and i know that when i talk like this some people think there she goes again with the womens issues. Republicans say i am playing the gender card. [laughter] if calling for equal pay and paid leave and Womens Health is playing the gender card, deal me in. [applause] so, my friends. We democrats are not going to sit idly by while republicans shame and blame women. We are not we just a quiet when they demonize immigrants who whether they are latino, asian, or anything else we are not with anything else. We are not going to keep silent when they say Climate Change is not real, or samesex couples are threatening our freedom, or trickledown economics works. We cannot let them take us backwards, so we are going to fight, and were going to win. It is no secret that were going up against some pretty powerful forces who will pay, do come and who will say, do, and spend whatever it takes to advance their out of touch and out of date agenda. As far as they are concerned, if our democracy pays the price, so be it. We have lived through this before. The robber barons of the late 19th century handed Public Officials bags of cash. Secret,ave unaccountable money that distorts our elections and drowns out the voices of everyday americans. We need justices on the Supreme Court who will protect every citizens right to vote. [applause] instead of what they have been doing, protecting every corporations right to buy elections. If necessary i will pass a constitutional amendment to undo citizens united. [applause] so make no mistake, this is not going to be easy, you know that and i know that. But i have been fighting for families and underdogs my entire life. Im not going to stop now. In fact, im just getting warmed up. [applause] i am here to ask for your help. Im not taking a single primary voter or caucus goer for granted. I am building an organization of in all 50 states and territories, with hundreds of thousands of volunteers who will help democrats win races up and down the ticket, not just a president ial campaign. [applause] look, in 2010, republicans routed us on redistricting. Not because they won congress, but because they won state legislatures. Look where we are now. We cannot ever let that happen again. It is time to rebuild our party from the ground up, and if you make me the nominee that is exactly what i will do. [applause] ive been around long enough to know every county and local office counseling every school board and statehouse, and senate seat counts. Every single one, so we have to compete everywhere. When our state parties are strong we win. That is what will happen. And when democrats win in america wins and so i hope you will join me because we are building something that will last long after next november. [applause] i want to be president to take on the big problems that fill our screens every day at home and around the world other candidates may be fighting for a particular ideology, but im fighting or you and your families are i will take on the for you and your families. I will take on the kinds of problems that keep people up at night. How are you going to work if you cannot find anyone to watch her kids . What happens if you lose that job you worked so hard to find . Where can you turn when that but when that loved one who is battling addiction or struggling with Mental Illness finally once wants help . All of the challenge that millions of americans deal every day that they talk to me about. Challenges our leaders should care about but do not nearly good enough attention. Im paying attention. I hear you. I want to be the president to fight those fights, to fight for every american every day. To fight for each and every one of you. Let me say at the end here that i am a proud new grandmother. An 11monthold extraordinary granddaughter. And obviously her parents and bill and i will do everything we can to make sure she has every opportunity to pursue her dreams. But you know, that is not enough. Because what kind of country and world will she grow up to live in . That all of americas children will live in . You should not have to be the granddaughter of a former president and secretary of state succeed in america. I want the granddaughters of factory workers and grandsons of farmworkers to have exactly the same chance. Lets keep working with all our hearts toward a Better Future for all our children and grandchildren. They deserve to live in an america where everyone has a shot at achieving their dreams. Where everyone gets to live up to their potential. And yes, where a father can say to his daughter, you can be anything you want, even the president of the United States. Thank you. God bless you. [applause] tonight on cspan, all four candidates who spoke today in minneapolis. Starting at 8 00 eastern, Hillary Clinton followed by Bernie Sanders, Martin Omalley, and Lincoln Chafee. This weekend, politics, books, and american history. At 6 00 p. M. Eastern, hurricane katrinas 10th anniversary, with live coverage from new orleans of a public, no nation. Public commemoration. Sunday, speeches from Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders at the Democratic National Committee Summer meeting in minneapolis. Saturday. , book tv on eastern onm. Afterwards, the book undocumented, coat