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[applause] hello, my name is brenda bouchard, and im an advocate. [applause] my husband ken, has alzheimers disease. My 89yearold mother lives with us, she also has alzheimers. 30 years ago, my husband asked me to marry him. I was sure there arent many of you in the audience that no alzheimers is a gutretching and heartbreaking disease. At that time, he said to me i want to build a life with you. In 30 years from now, i would like to sit on a beach with you and reminisce about the Beautiful Life we built together. Next year, we will be married 30 years. And we have had some wonderful memories, some really wonderful memories. But today, i am the only one with the memories. He no longer remembers. For the person with alzheimers, how horrible to lose your memories. But today im here to introduce Hillary Clinton. Im not only here on behalf of my husband, my mother, and myself, i am here for the more than 5 million americans that struggle with alzheimers every day. And, may i say on their behalf, im grateful to Hillary Clinton for giving them a voice. [applause] brenda im here for the 28 million baby boomers that is anticipated will have alzheimers disease by 2050. Im here because its the sixth leading cause of death in the united dates. Im here because alzheimers cost more than 200 billion annually. You know, during this president ial campaign, and the beautiful state of New Hampshire, we have had so many candidates come through. Ive had a Great Fortune to be able to speak to many of them. About their thoughts around alzheimers. Actually, i been able to address 13 of them. And while many of them are supportive for finding a cure around alzheimers, theres no doubt that Hillary Clinton has brought this conversation to the forefront. [applause] brenda you know, i asked Hillary Clinton her first question at her first townhall meeting in june. And she listened. And she has put forward a thoughtful and comprehensive plan to prevent and effectively treat alzheimers by 2025. In my opinion, that makes her a pioneer, and differentiates her in the political field. [applause] next year, in 2016, we elect our new president. That person will walk into the oval office more than a year from now. Hillary clinton is the person i trust, and i trust to get the job done for me, for the 5 Million People struggling with alzheimers today, for their caregivers. I would like to introduce you to Hillary Clinton, and also say, hillary, were counting on you. [applause] thank you all. Thank you. I am really delighted to be here on the first winter day the season. [laughter] Hillary Clinton to be here in this beautiful city in a church that has been the site of a lot of occasions. And especially to be introduced by brenda, who as she said, i first met in a town hall in dover. All those months ago. And you know, when you call on people in town halls, you have no idea what theyre going to say or what they are going to ask. And when i called on her, she basically said i have a husband with early onset alzheimers, i have a mother with alzheimers. Im taking care of them. What are you going to do about alzheimers . And, it really caused me to think hard about the kind of president i want to be. Obviously, i want to be a president who gets the economy moving for everybody. And gets incomes rising and more good paying jobs. I want to be a president that keeps us safe and secure and takes on the threat and dangers that we face. But i also want to be a , president who works for families, like brendas. Who understands that the problems that keep you up at night are ones that we also have to take seriously. So, it means the world to me to have her support in this campaign. And, as ive said to her and to others who have raised issues with me during the course of my time here in New Hampshire, i will do everything i can to try and find answers. You know, with alzheimers, as she said, we have 5 Million People currently suffering. The projection is for many millions more. It is the sixth leading cause of death in america. But unlike the other causes in the top 10, there is no real path to prevention or effective treatment, or a cure. As there is with other diseases that take so many lives. My proposal is that we tackle all three of those. What can we do to try and prevent it . What can we do to try and more effectively treat it . And what would it take to invest in finding a cure . And, after talking to experts, the leading experts in our country not just in alzheimers, but in other neurodegenerative diseases, like parkinsons, the overwhelming response was if we invested just 2 billion more a year, we would make tremendous progress. We would have a real shot at understanding more about this disease, and trying to cure it. And the heavens and support what we are going to do on behalf of alzheimers and the patients the families, and the caregivers. [applause] Hillary Clinton i want to thank my friend terry marelli, who i see here, for her Great Service and leadership over so many years, and for friendship. I want to just make a few other quick acknowledgments. And then we will move on to be ready for the questions. The mayor. I want to thank the mayor. Where is mayor lister . I saw him earlier. He is here somewhere. There he is. Thank you so much, mayor. Wonderful to see you, thank you for your support. And to the church, thank you for letting us be here today. [applause] Hillary Clinton and to the overflow, which i stopped by to see on my way here. It was packed. We thank you for your patience. They have a big screen, they are having a good time watching. We are delighted they are here as well. As brenda said, on january 20, 2017 someone will raise a hand and take the oath of office and become our 45th president. That person will, after being sworn in and the celebrations that go with an inauguration, go into the white house, go into the oval office, and face the challenges that await. This will be a consequential election in so many ways. Because we have work to do. Im excited about the work to do. Im optimistic about the work we can do together. [applause] Hillary Clinton but i need all of you to be part of this campaign. To be part of the first in the nation primary. Because in many ways, you are the first depending on how you define it, the last line of defense. The decision that New Hampshire makes is so important. Ive had a great time traveling across the state, meeting by now thousands and thousands of people. Having a chance to set forth my ideas and answer questions on whatever may be on someones mind. And i know that we are going to make the right decision. Not because my name will be on the ballot, but because all of us know what the stakes are. And how high they happen to be. So im excited, and very much looking forward to the sprint toward the primary. And to have a chance to hear even more for more folks here in the Granite State about what is on your mind. About the big economic challenges, the security issues, and all those problems they keep you up at night. I have learned a lot, listening to folks here in New Hampshire. I learned a lot about the struggles, the opportunities the disappointments. As you know, i have had two full townhall meetings just on the issue of Substance Abuse. When i made a list of what i was going to talk about this campaign, it wasnt on that list. But on my first trip to New Hampshire, that was what was raised with me. And then visit after visit, i was given mass cards showing the pictures of beautiful young people no longer with us because of overdoses. I met those in recovery, who thankfully, were able to get help when they needed it. I met grandmothers like myself raising children because their children couldnt. Lost to opioid addiction, heroin addiction. So that is why it became a big issue to me. I will never stop leading with the values i was raised with about who we are as americans, what were capable of doing. I will never stop listening, learning about whats on peoples minds. I think you actually learn more when you listen. And i will ever stop working with you to solve problems. That is the america i was raised in. That was the america i think we all cherish. And thats the america im going to do everything i can as your president to make sure it is stronger, better, fairer for everyone going forward. [applause] Hillary Clinton let me now turn to all of you. If you raise your hand, i think we have microphone somewhere that we will try to get to you. And give you a chance. This woman right there. Please stand up. This is such an honor. You look stunning, and ive always wanted to talk with you. I have been on your bandwagons since you were first lady. We are nine days apart, but i know why you look so much better, because you are younger. [laughter] but it is a dream come true to have this interaction. As a cancer survivor, three years ago, going through surgery, chemo, radiation, and having a job i loved, i was let go from my job in the private sector. However, i did come to redo myself as a justice of the peace in massachusetts. And i work now with elderly and the brookline council on aging. I have seen people up close and personal that are delights, as well as being able to hear them. And, one of the issues ive heard lately is the hearing is a problem. And that they cannot afford to buy hearing aids. Because they are thousands of dollars. And as a senior myself now, the , Affordable Health care for getting the supplements to medicare is an issue as well. Because if you are not if you are too far above 100, 200 above the guidelines for medicaid or mass health, you cannot you have to pay full prices for supplement. But the seniors are saying they need help and hearing. Hillary clinton have any of you heard this before that seniors who need help appearing cannot afford to get the hearing aids because the hearing aids are so expensive . [applause] Hillary Clinton a lot of people thought we would figure out a way to solve in the Affordable Care act, but we havent yet. Its something i take really seriously. Because if you cant hear well, very often, people kind of withdrawal. They become more isolated. Some of the recent Research Shows that back and be a trigger for other kinds of conditions. I dont think hearing aids, when you cant hear, our luxury. Or a luxury. I think they are a necessity. Im going to do everything i can to move them from what would he the elect of list elect of list to a supportive list so that people who have financial problems will be able to get help to afford them. Because you are 100 right. Its a growing concern. In part, because we have a lot more People Living longer. In part because we have a lot more people losing their hearing earlier. Some people say its because of loud music that some of us are remember listening to. But for whatever reason, there are a lot of issues around it. Im going to do what i can to make sure we make hearing aids financially available on a sliding scale, so more people who need them can actually get them. [applause] Hillary Clinton this gentleman right there. In the yellow tie. Here comes the microphone. Good afternoon. I meant to be in your neighborhood. My name is mr. Rogers. I happen to be in your neighborhood. I have a message for you, im from liberia. Liberia, we elected the first female president in the continent of africa. [applause] your hand is raised up, to take that oath. Im here from liberia, the president of liberia says to say hi to you. Since 5 00 this morning, i did not know where i was going. I had to find my way here. But do me one favor. I want to take a picture with you and send it to her that i was here, as i promised. If you dont mind, please. Hillary clinton we will do that when we finish. Dont let me forget. I have a feeling you wont. But the president of liberia who has been elected twice come who has been elected twice as you rightly say, the first woman president anywhere on the planet, has been an extraordinary leader. She inherited an economy in a government that was bankrupt. They had this terrible, long civil war that are just destroyed so much of their productive capacity, in addition to taking so many lives in leaving so many maimed and injured people behind. A lot of liberians left liberia because of the lack of safety. She has been, i think, incredibly focused on trying to improve the government. Improve the economy. And then she was dealt the terrible blow of ebola. And all that intimate to her country. And all that it meant to her country. I want to tell you a quick story. Its good to remember how important it is to keep trying to work with people, even if you have serious disagreements with them. I went to visit the president when i was secretary of state. I got a big briefing from all of her top officials about what was happening in her government. And what they were trying to accomplish. And then i was supposed to go speak to the parliament. Their congress. She took me aside and said i want you to go speak about how hard democracy is. How hard we must Work Together. How we have to move past the past. And then she said to me, some of the very people who are now in the parliament are people who were very much involved in the civil war. And some of the terrible things that happened there. The leaders went to war crimes tribunals. But others, for whom there was no evidence, or played minor roles, were actually elected. You can imagine. So i go to the parliament and i speak about democracy and all the rest of it. I take some pictures and do some visits afterwards. And i thought, boy, we think we have it hard. Here she is, trying to work with a congress that includes people who were mortal enemies with one another against her, against others. And she is working so hard to make this democracy when it should be. Against tremendous odds. So when we complain about our problems here in our country, we need to put them into some perspective. We have to figure out how we can Work Together even with people we disagree with going into the future. So thank you. We will take a picture. I promise. Ok, we have got this young lady in the red. Then i will go further back. Thank you so much for being here and taking my question. I am the mother of a 16yearold boy who is smart and beautiful. But he also really struggles with mental illness, and he is currently in an Inpatient Program right now. And i think my family, i think anyone would agree that my family has incredibly great Health Insurance. And i know that Mental Health parity is the law. But we still have to fight for every single admission. Every single bit of treatment that we have asked for that the experts, his doctors all agree that this is what he needs to get better. And the Health Insurance company constantly tries to whittle it down and only provide the minimum amount. And, you know, as a parent with a sick child, i only have so much energy to fight this fight. And something just really needs to be done. Hillary clinton how many of you know someone with Mental Health problems . [applause] Hillary Clinton how many of you know how difficult it is to get the medical care you need to help somebody with Mental Health problems . What you are describing is exactly the case. We passed a law i remember voting for it back in the day, and then there was another law passed, and incorporated into the Affordable Care act, or what they call parity for Mental Health trade in other words, if you have a physical illness, whatever it might be, you were supposed to get treated for it. If you have a Mental Health illness, you need to get treated for that, too. Number one, we need finally to remove the stigma for Mental Health. [applause] Hillary Clinton too often, i hear from parents who say i no longer even tell people that my son has schizophrenia, my daughter is bipolar, my child has got chronic depression. Because i feel like im judged. No. We are learning more about how the brain operates. That is one of the things we want to do. Thats part of what my goal is for alzheimers research. We have to understand the brain. We have to unlock its secrets. I really applaud president obama for the investment in the brain project that his administration has made. So, we need to remove the stigma, we need to enforce the law so you get the quality and the number of treatments you need, whether its outpatient or inpatient. Im going to work with a Mental Health community, which is laid out an agenda about how we get this right, once and for all. Because its not fair. Its not fair to the person suffering, its certainly not fair to the families who are trying to cope without suffering and get the medical care that is needed. I will do everything i can to make it somewhat easier for you and your son, going forward. [applause] Hillary Clinton this young man right here. When you become president when you become president , what is your plan to connect Mental Health problems and guns to make sure that me and my brothers and friends are safe from violence at school . [applause] Hillary Clinton wow. Im going to do every thing i can do. Im never going to stop trying. Because right now, we lose 90 people a day to gun violence. Homicides, suicides, and tragic, avoidable accidents. Thats 33,000 people a year. I think we need to pass some laws that i have been advocating for. We need comprehensive background checks. We need to close the gun show loophole. Close the online loophole. [applause] Hillary Clinton and we need to make sure that the information that is needed to make the judgment about whether someone is qualified to buy a gun is in the record. Very often, we dont have realtime information. Because we also have to close what is called the charleston loophole. Where the killer in charleston went to buy a gun. He filled out the form. Under the loophole, he could come back and get it after three business days. The information that he wasnt eligible because he had a felony conviction didnt come through until after he went and use that gun and murdered nine people. In a church like this, in charleston. So we have work to do. And the Mental Health piece of this is especially troubling. Because you dont want to unfairly signifies people, but you want to protect the community, so youve got to have information. The killer at virginia tech, you might remember, have been committed. But that information was not in the records. We need to prohibit people who are drastic abusers with restraining orders against them from getting guns. And we certainly should get the congress to prohibit anyone who is on the nofly list, the wouldbe terrorists, from buying guns in america. [applause] Hillary Clinton and we need to repeal the immunity from liability that was even to gunmakers and sellers by the congress. [applause] Hillary Clinton so that we can Hillary Clinton so that we can do as good a job as possible trying to prevent people who shouldnt have guns in the first place from getting them. I know we can do this in a constitutionally consistent way. So im going to reach out and work with anybody, but i will also continue to advocate for this. Because we are in a whole different era, where these mass shootings, these 33,000 People Killed every year has become a rebuke to us. That we cant figure out how to deal with this. I, personally, am asking gun owners to support these changes. Because right now, what i just outlined comprehensive background checks and the like is supported by 92 of americans. And 85 of gun owners. But the gun lobby lives off of fear and misinformation. It is willing to say and do whatever it takes [applause] Hillary Clinton and it is really time for gun owners to form a Different Organization that will do more on gun safety, do more on gun responsibility, and stand up to the safety of our children and our communities. [applause] Hillary Clinton this gentleman with the cap on has been standing up. Why dont you ask the next question . Thank you, hillary. First and foremost, i want to say that i love you. And i really mean it. [laughter] my name is james mackey. I am a organizer for a nonprofit for teens. We hire young people to talk about issues. We create initiatives around those issues to build relationships with young people in the community. I work in boston, all the all of the communities that are underserved. [applause] thank you. All the committees that are underserved. My question to you is we just lost one of our youth organizers, two days ago. From a tragic accident. There are 5. 6 million young people around our nation who are 16 years old to 24 years old who are disconnected from school as well as from work. And when they are not in school or at work, what are they doing . They are in underserved communities. So my question to you is what is your stance on supporting young people who really need opportunity, and more resources out there for better education as well as better employment . And what will you do as president to help support those 5. 6 million young people around the nation who is affecting . [applause] Hillary Clinton thank you. Thank you. First of all, thank you for being an organizer and reaching out to young people. That is so important. [applause] Hillary Clinton i hope you heard what he said. Think about this number. 5. 6 million young people between 16 years old and 24 years old, who are neither in school, nor work in that is a recipe for unemployment, or incarceration for all kinds of behavior that has bad consequences for themselves and for their families. It something i care deeply about, because if you look at where we are underserved communities have had a resurgence of poverty. Innercity, old suburbs, small towns and rural areas. Native American Reservations coal country, this is across america. What we have disconnected young people from a path to a productive life. I think weve got to figure out how we rebuild that. Im absolutely committed. Let me say three things. I want to support programs like what you described you do, because weve got to get people in the communities its literally a one on one project in many cases. What is it that can be done for john or mary or whomever . We need to support nonprofit groups, advocacy groups, organizing groups, faith communities to do this work. Secondly, we have to take a hard look. One of the ideas i have been thinking about if we take a hard look at communities where you have very persistent poverty. Poor education outcomes, the kind of indicators of problems. We have to figure out what works. People of try Different Things and a lot of it doesnt work. Throwing money at it doesnt necessarily work. Building relationships is the work that has to be done. How do we do that . I dont think the answer lies in washington, although as president , i can be a convener a coordinator, catalyst, is a order. I think we have to do this in communities. And i want to provide support and resources, where possible, to give more people a chance to do that relationship building. We are going to need more ged programs very we need more Community College programs. We need more apprenticeship programs. Were going to need more pathways out. And we are going to have to take a hard look at the Living Conditions and the schooling conditions that a lot of these kids face. I used to have i call the chelsea test, when i would go into the school. I would walk into a school and i would spend some time, i would look around and look at the physical facilities, talk to the staff area and i would say what i want my daughter to go to the school . A lot of times the answer was yes, absolutely. A lot of time, the answer was no. Some of the physical conditions in the schools was deplorable. And then you have to look at the housing that a lot of people are living in. A lot of this housing is really substandard. But in dangerous ways. I will end with this lead paint poisoning effects many many children in the northeast the midatlantic, and the midwest, where we had a lot of old housing. Where we have old pipes for water supplies. Lead poisoning is academic and behavioral deficits inducements. People end up being worse off. And we are not doing enough to notice the, to deal with it, to eradicate it. Theres a lot i think we have to take a hard look at. And i will do that. But it will be in partnership with young people like you and the groups you recognize and represent. Thank you. [applause] Hillary Clinton i see a hand way back there. Black and white. Thank you, secretary clinton. It is an honor. Im from alabama. I know it is important for candidates to focus on undecided voters in swing states. But for liberals in conservative states, we sometimes feel left out. I would hope the Democratic Party in your campaign would go into those conservative states and really push, and give us hope and encouragement. But your platforms will be heard there. I ask you, please dont leave us to the republicans. [laughter] [applause] Hillary Clinton i have been to alabama twice already in this campaign. And i will do my best to help rebuild the Democratic Party in places where it hasnt been particularly successful in recent years. I think there is a lot we can recommend. I really do. I think that our view about what we need to do to get the economy going again, and fix all the problems that we see with the Affordable Care act, and get Early Childhood education you know, there is a very inconvenient fact that my republican friends hate when i mentioned. But it is true. Our economy does better when we have a democrat in the white house. [applause] Hillary Clinton and that is true in alabama, just like its true anywhere. We are going to make that case do the very best we can to kind of get people to recognize that we are all in this together. And getting the economy to work better, getting our government to be more effective and productive in producing results, building on the progress that president obama made it remember, he inherited the worst financial crisis since the Great Recession. And then he had to make sure it didnt fall into a depression. I dont think he gets the credit he deserves for making sure that did not happen. [applause] Hillary Clinton we are going to make that case. We are going to make that case throughout the country. I hope, effectively. Im counting on that. The man in the blue vest. This is an honor. Im a retired teacher from massachusetts. Ive never been involved in any political aspect. We are about the same age, hillary. I respect one woman in my life which is my wife. You are the number two woman i respect more than any woman on this planet. I have watched you since your early political days. We are both grandparents of very young grandchildren. Im a little bit nervous here. I just wanted to tell you that there is one thing that has come in the minds of most people we have doubts. We have doubt about so many things that weve hoped for, and weve seen evolve. You eliminate doubt for someone like me. You eliminate doubt. Your knowledge and your grasp of whats happening, and what youve been through, and what you see things that you know that we dont know are what make me feel confident that you were going to be the next president. [applause] Hillary Clinton thank you. Thank you. There is a little hand right there, that little girl right there. I like having all of these young people here. Hi, i am ella. I think there are a lot of people who dont have enough money for college and schools and that kind of stuff youre it how can we help that . Hillary clinton a very good question, ella. [applause] Hillary Clinton that is a great question. How many people have student debt, or whoever had student debt . Thats nearly everybody here. There are two big things we have to do. First, i want to make college debtfree, so you dont have to borrow money for tuition to go to a fouryear public colleges university. And it will work, because what we are going to do is to focus on it being a compact between the federal governments and state governments, and institutions. I do think that colleges and universities have to take a really hard look at what they are spending money on. So that they make sure what they are spending on is related to helping prepare a student for life, for professional career. I think states have just invested in Higher Education area a lot of the money that states use to put into colleges and universities has gone into everything from prisons to roads, you name it. We got to figure out how the state does more of its fair share. In order for it to be debtfree families above a certain income level will have to continue to fund college. I think thats only fair. And i want students to work 10 hours a week. Because i want students to know they are working for their education. And that it is something they really value. [applause] Hillary Clinton i want to do more on national service. So more students get big discounts because they will have done national service. Military service, civilian service. [applause] Hillary Clinton we have a good g. I. Bill now coming after 9 11, a new g. I. Bill for the new generation of vets. I want to make sure they dont get ripped off. Sometimes that to veteran education money is going to institutions that dont really serve them well. I want to make sure it is done right. We have some work to do to make sure that on right. And i want to help you pay down your debt by refinancing your debt. Just like you can refinance a mortgage or a car payment. You ought to be able to refinance or college debt. [applause] Hillary Clinton and it really is quite disturbing to me that we have had, as Everybody Knows in the last several years, because of the Great Recession mostly weve had really low Interest Rates. And yet when i ask students what Interest Rate they are paying on their debt, lots of them are paying 6 , 7 from 8 , 9 , 10 . Some of it private, some of it to the government. I do not think it the federal government should be making a profit off of lending money to students to go get to a college education. [applause] Hillary Clinton so we are going to make a lot of changes, ella. Certainly by the time you get there. Hopefully sooner. We will have a lot of good changes you will be able to take advantage of. Theres a lady right here. Here comes the microphone. Thank you for coming to portsmouth. I was very disappointed in the last debate that the International Agreement on climate that was agreed upon in paris was not even mentioned. Could you comment on that, and tell us as president , what you would do . Hillary clinton yes. I happen to think the Paris Agreement was an historic achievements. I give a lot of credit to president obamas leadership. If the United States is not led, would not happen. And i know how hard it was because president obama and i went to the Big International climate meeting in copenhagen in 2009. And literally, we could not even get a meeting with the chinese the indians, the south african tom and the brazilians. Led by the chinese, who did not want to have the meeting with us where they might make a commitment to actually doing anything. And so we had to chase them around this Big Convention center in copenhagen. We finally found them, the chinese guards were preventing the entry in. The president is a lot taller than i am. So he kind of pushed through in the hands went up and i ducked under and we got in the room. And the president says we have been looking all over for you. We pulled up chairs and we sat down and said look, we have to begin this process. Their argument was the typical argument. We didnt cause the problem. It was the developed countries. We said thats fine. But you are now the biggest emitters. And you are going to have to help solve the problem. And they began to agree to do some internal accounting and public reporting. Fast forward from 2009, we had a series of climate meeting in cancun and urban. And we made progress. The agreement coming out of paris does, for the first time include every nation regardless of level of development or need more threat or need to or threat from climate change. And now, we have to enforce it. As president , i would do everything i can, using every tool that i have, to hold other nations accountable. Including our own. About what we need to do both to try desperately to move more quickly away from fossil fuels towards clean, renewable energy, to try to at least put a cap on temperature rise and emissions. And try the best we can at the same time to do more on resilience and adaptation, to try and help countries and parts of countries that are particularly at risk. Portsmouth is the seacoast city. I know the mayor and is working hard on resilience and you are really taking a hard look great you need a partner in washington and in the congress, as well as the president. There are a lot of places in our \ther are a lot of places in our country alaska has already been hit hard. They had to relocate the villages from the coastline. I know that miami is really facing some big challenges. We have to get serious about this. Because its happening. We are seeing the results of this drastic increase in temperatures that human activity has not just contributed to, but cause. So, its time for us to [applause] Hillary Clinton deal with the problems. I believe its also a great opportunity. This is what i have a hard time understanding from my republican counterparts. They all are into denial. And when asked about climate change, typically will say i dont know, im not a scientist. The answer to that is go talk to one. [laughter] listen to what the scientists tell you. From my perspective, we have Economic Opportunities here. That we are leaving on the table. We can do so much more, putting people to work in wind and solar and advanced biofuels. We can make a difference in the economy with new, good paying jobs are in i will say this. When not in New Hampshire, i often in iowa. Iowa now produces one third of its electricity from a new levels, predominantly wind. 7000 people now work in the wind industry. They are now assembling turbines in old abandoned factories. They are educating young people in the Community Colleges to actually work on these turbines. They have gone the whole supply chain. Good for them. Every state should be doing the same. Every state has that same economic potential here. [applause] Hillary Clinton when we let politics really politics that are under the thumb of the fossil fuel industry, and in particular, the koch brothers, decide the future of our country shame on us. We are better than that, we are smarter than that, and we all republican, democrat, whatever. We only to say we are taking on this challenge, and we are going to make jobs and incomes rise because of it. That, to me, is the right approach for us to be taking. [applause] Hillary Clinton oh my goodness, so many hands, so little time. When we go with this lady right here. Thank you. Ive had a lot of time teaching art in womens prisons. In the majority of the women i worked with our from minority, low income families. The majority of them are in the second, third, fourth visit to prison. They say it easier to live in that cycle then try to break out of it. How would you approach helping end that cycle . Hillary clinton thank you for working in our prisons. We are still in the midst of the holiday season. For those of us to celebrate christmas, its good to remove her that we are called upon to care for the homeless and the stranger, the prisoner. The refugee. Those are important reminders at a time when there is so much political dispute about all of this. I think we have incarcerated too many people. We have 5 of the worlds population. But 25 of the prison population. We actually have one third of women who are imprisoned anywhere in the world imprisoned in the United States. So, we have to begin in a thoughtful way, to deal with the effects of incarceration. Obviously, from my perspective we need to take a hard look at the low level, nonviolent offenses for which people end up incarcerated. We have to take a hard look at our bail system, because we have too many people in jail and prison who havent even been tried yet. We dont know if they are guilty of anything other than poverty because they cant meet the bail have been set for them. And we need to do a careful analysis of who can and should be released from prison, while we try to deal with people who dont pose a threat to the community. Particularly, the number of people with lowlevel drug offenses who need treatments not imprisonment. [applause] Hillary Clinton so we have got to look at all of this and i dont think thats enough. It was back to the gentlemans question there in the hat. The issue is if we are going to divert people from prison, what are we going to do . Im a big believer in drug courts. I think drug courts are a better option than imprisoning people. They should be given recovery, they should be held accountable. I believe there are more programs that are cheaper and better. I want to tell you about a program i visited in reno, nevada. It was a program originally started for alcoholics. People who were found on the street and were picked up, taken to jail. A month later, they are on the street again, taken to jail. Or maybe the one that being put into an ambulance, taken to the emergency room, maybe admitted. A month or two later, back on the streets. A really Great Partnership between the county Sheriffs Office and Catholic Charities said there has to be a better way. Its expensive to jail and imprison people. They built a facility that had small bedrooms, that had work to be done. That offer this option to people they were picking up saying you can either go back to jail, back to the life you have. Or you can try this. Got enough people to try it. They tested them three times a day to make your they were cheating. The sheriff said you want to know the best thing about this . I can justify this anywhere. He said the first year the sheriff and the hospital in the jail saved 4 million. They were no longer putting people in high intensive places like jails and emergency rooms. Now they are moving on to drug addiction. Because weve got to think differently about how to help people overcome the problems they confront. And i just dont think that jail is a place for people with Substance Abuse or Mental Health problems. And therefore, we need different approaches that will be actually better and cheaper. So lets try and figure out how we are going to do that. This young man. I have a dad that works for people with development disabilities. And i have an uncle with autism. I was wondering what are some of the ways that you can tell help people with disabilities and people with special needs that need help . [applause] Hillary Clinton great question. Thank you dad for us. Is your dad here . Thanks, dad. People with disabilities i was very proud of the United States began became the first nation in the world to open schools to people with disabilities. I worked on that when i was with the childrens defense fund. We went door to door, asking people if you have a schoolage child who is not in school. We found a blind kids and kids in wheelchairs and kids of behavioral problems. We gave all the data to the congress, congress acted, and schools were opened. The americans with disabilitys act was passed. And now we have to do more to make sure we provide supportive housing, and we support families. The biggest concern that people talk to me about what i have children with disabilities particularly with autism, is what happens when they are no longer there to take care of their children, and how will that work out. I am rolling out a plan about autism and about a week, where i talk about all the different we need to do to try and support families and people who are diagnosed along the autism spectrum disorders. How many of you know someone with autism . Wow. Well you know, the latest data from the centers on Disease Control is that one out of 68 children have some feature that would place them on the autism spectrum. So that is something we need to deal with. We will be addressing that. But i guess my bottom line is we have communities we, as communities need to support families and people with disabilities so that we can go as far as their talent, their skills will take them. There are a lot of opportunities we are learning about the we can apply. I will talk about my role this out. I just been told this is my last question. Oh my goodness. I should not have said this, this is totally unfair. [laughter] Hillary Clinton you got promoters right here. This young man. You have a whole team that is giving you a chance. Go ahead. I really do love to call on kids. Thats what this election is actually all about, is their future. [applause] Hillary Clinton my name is , im from massachusetts. My mother is complaining that she does not get much more money than my father. [laughter] [applause] my mother is an engineer. I meant teacher. My father is the engineer. I think that my mother is working more harder than my [laughter] [applause] i dont know my grammar. I think my mother is working more harder than my father. And she deserves to have more money. Like, get more money than my father. [laughter] because she is taking care of children and i just dont think its fair. Hillary clinton that is really so sweet. [applause] Hillary Clinton you have a great future as an advocate. I do think equal pay for equal work is still a problem. I think the paycheck fairness act, which i supported every year came up when i was in the senate, is really important to try to open up the pay arena to more transparency. Because right now, if you are doing a job and you ask how much somebody else makes, you can be fired or retaliated against. How are we ever going to know that we get fair pay for not just women, although that is the biggest discrepancy, but particularly, people who are in positions where it is hard to ask for more because of their working conditions. I had a young man here in New Hampshire tell me the reason he was supporting me was because i was in favor of equal pay. I asked him why, he said because he got his first grownup adult job when he was 17 years old. He went to work in the same store where his mother has worked, and thats how he got the job. He brought his paycheck home and showed his mother and he watched her face fall. She said you are making more now than i am making after four years on the same job. I asked him what was the reason. I mean, how did this add up . And he said, we try to find out young men and who can go far in the company, we want to give you the incentive just ama and maybe get into one of our training programs. He said they never asked my mom, and she is much more organized than i am. We still have problems, and if you deny those problems, you are denying the fastest way to increase incomes in america. And that is to make sure women are paid what they deserve in the jobs they do. Thank you all, very much. Thank you. [applause] at cspan takes you on the road. Every Campaign Event we cover is available on our website cspan. Org. Live today on cspan, washington journal is next. Republican essential candidate to Donald Trump Holds a rally in hilton head, south carolina. As to to 15 reps up cspan cents congress in year in review. A look act at all of the newsmaking issues and hearings that took center stage on capitol hill this year. Join us as we revisit Mitch Mcconnell taking his the resignation of House Speaker john boehner and paul ryan. And the incoming paul ryan. The rise of isis. Congress, year in review on cspan at thursday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. 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