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[applause] >> thank you. thank you. what a crowd. what a crowd. anyone here for rent -- anyone here ready to vote for ron paul already? [applause] we will take the cheers and approval. hang tight, as i try to convince the people who are undecided. years ago, reagan told the story of how he was going to visit border check of -- gorbachev. it seems that there was an accountant in moscow that wanted to buy a car. he saved his money for years and years, because no one had much money in the soviet union, and there was only one car dealer. it was a crummy, a piece of crap car. he saved for years and years. he put his money down. the surly bureaucrat said that that is good and well, come back in 10 years to pick up your car. the accountant did not miss a beat and said -- is that tuesday or wednesday? the bureaucrat told him -- it would be 10 years, and you want to know tuesday or wednesday? he said yes -- the plumber's coming on tuesday and i do not want to miss it. [laughter] how could we ever conceive of the government owning our car dealerships and manufacturers? people of america would not get it. but the new acronym for gm, do you know it? government motors. we have come a long way, but we have been going the wrong way in the wrong direction. the government, owning businesses, bailing out people who make bad decisions. anybody here think that a banker that makes $100 million per year on wall street, $10 million per year on wall street, if he makes a bad decision and is going bankrupt, we should bail him out? does anyone believe that? i got started running as part of the tea party movement because i was unhappy with republicans. unhappy with republicans the double the debt under george bush and double the size of the department of education and had the audacity to broker a bank bailout. i guess you can get elected as a republican, because it matters what kind of republican we get. i tell people that the republican party is an empty vessel unless we view it with values. you have a lot of candidates running around saying that they are reagan conservatives. reagan would be rolling over in his grave to hear people say they're reagan conservatives when they voted to double the size of the department of education, when they supported an individual mandate that was the lynchpin of obama care, when they supported things that were inconsistent with the conservative wing of our party. there has only been one person who has voted against these over the years. who never voted for any budget that was not balanced. sums -- some will say that they never voted for planned parenthood. they put in a line the said the money would not go for a portion, but they voted for it anyway is. they never had the courage to say no. there has been someone in washington who is one of the few candidates that voted no a few times by themselves. one candidate who has never been accused of flip flopping. one candidate in washington who the lobbyists do not even bother to come to his office. [applause] there is only one candidate, and this is the anomaly that bugs the heck out of people and the cannot understand it, they cannot understand america because they want to think that ron paul does not believe in a strong national defense. it is not true. do you know who soldiers trust with their money and contributions more than any other candidate? >> ron paul. >> good answer. [applause] there is only one candidate in the race who has gotten more contributions from active duty soldiers then all of the other candidates combined. i think of a soldier, a young man or woman who puts their lives on the line and sends their contribution, and many have been sending it to ron paul, shows that there are many soldiers who are thoughtful about going to war. they volunteered for the country and our awful about it. they know that they're putting their life, line and want to have a commander in chief that has the same thoughtfulness. i give you that new, hopefully, commander-in-chief, my father, ron paul. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. >> we love you, ron. [applause] >> pretty soon he will be able to get up on stage and give a pretty good speech, do you not think? [laughter] i will have a little bit of a different format. i will not start with a long speech. jim will ask me a few questions and we will then get some questions from the audience. >> thank you. you served in congress for a long time. you were practicing medicine before that. what was practicing medicine like in those days? how has that influenced how you feel about the government's approach to medicine? >> that is one thing that i have witnessed. a change in medical practice. i went to college in the 1950's, graduating in the end of 1960. i finished a couple of years of residency and did some practice before the government was involved in medicine. this was before medicaid and medicare. there was just minimal government. government took care of the veterans and some others. in the 1960's, lbj -- i do not know if you remember him or not -- he claimed that we could have guns and butter. we were fighting the vietnam war. the butter was this idea that the federal government had to take over medical care. subsequently over the last decades he has done that. we have seen a dramatic change. the cost of medicine has skyrocketed. the second-is it has destroyed the doctor patient relationship. and it has introduced -- not socialized medicine, but corporate medicine. the government is now running things and owning it. that would be very bad. corporate medicine is not much better. drug companies become powerful lobbyists. the medical profession has powerful lobbyists. a dramatic change. the experience that i had in the early 1960's was in a catholic hospital. all that i remember is that i did not get paid very much. in an emergency room i was moonlighting. the one thing that i noticed is that everyone that taking care of. people back to pay, they paid. no one was turned away. people received medical care. it was not a period of time like the 50's and 60's. i recall people lying on the streets and not getting medicare. it was delivered differently now. we have introduced a change medical system where the quality goes down, the cost goes up, and everyone is unhappy. the patients go unhappy -- grow unhappy. it will get so much worse with obama care. the good way to start, once we take over in washington, will be to get rid of obama care and making sure that the control of medicine is returned to you, the citizens, the patient. [applause] >> [inaudible] good suggestion. >> your budget plan is to cut $1 trillion in the first year. why do you feel that cutting spending is important? a lot of people say that we need to spend more in order to stimulate the economy. >> actually, it is the government that spends less when the people spend more. people spend money with a much better, much more wisdom that the government. the government, we actually lose twice. if they take that money out of our pockets, they lose $1 trillion. it is usually spent getting themselves into trouble. either overseas or on bureaucrats. then we need additional expenses for overcoming the bureaucracy. i think that we really lose twice that way. we need $1 trillion if we are serious. the proposed cuts are not really cuts. they are cut on proposed increases. we call it baseline budgeting, going up at a medically at a certain rate -- automatically at a certain rate. understanding that they will cut on the proposed increases. $100 billion per year as opposed to what is happening today, with the budget going up $100 billion in real costs every month. it has nothing to do with cuts. no one is talking about it. right now, they are nearly hysterical about these mandated cuts because of the super committee. cutting something out of the military. there are no cuts proposed. there are only cuts on these wild proposed increases. they are not willing to admit that this country cannot continue to run up a deficit of $1.50 trillion per year that is growing exponentially. if we are serious, we have to get the federal government out of our wallets and out of our lives and let the people spend the money. then we have a much better chance of regaining prosperity. [applause] >> as you know, i served in the air force between the gulf wars. there is a big difference between defense and overseas military spending. cut the money the -- the money you are planning on cutting, is that military spending? >> this is an important point. as soon as you talk about cutting funds overseas, cutting it from defense, not really. there is a big difference between military spending, oversees spending, and state of department spending. then all the activities, you cannot distinguish the cia from the military anymore. they control bombings any place in the world. from langley and washington, d.c. it is out of control. military spending is what you want to cut. even have a better sense of this. you are just looking for trouble when we have military spending occupying countries and telling other people what to do, threatening everyone. the admitted it. there is no spot in the earth that is saved. we can hit any single spot or any particular individual. there is a big difference between the two. when they say that he wants to slash defense spending, it is not true. slashing the military-industrial complex, they're making too much profits doing the wrong thing. [applause] just recent -- >> just recently, jobs numbers came out. are we out of the woods? are we all in good shape? >> we wish that we were. i do not think that we are. we are in the middle of a financial crisis correction that is the biggest in anyone's lifetime in this room. unless someone has lived through the total depression, we are on the verge of this being much worse. the financial bubble is understandable, if you understand monetary policy and the federal reserve. bubbles come inevitably. the major bubble has been forming since august 15, 1971, when we severed the last link to gold, which meant that governments could spend and leslie and borrow and print money. the size of government grew exponentially at the same time as the deficit. and the world would be willing to take the dollar. we had our best export, which was dollars. we bought goods from overseas at a cheap rate. we are now indebted to the world. at the same time, jobs -- 200,000 jobs is nothing compared to what is really going on. this notion of 8.5% of the people being unemployed is fictitious. even if you look at the bureau of labor statistics, they will limit that if you are partially employed, 17% to 18%, including everyone, and the people who are working part time, unemployment is over 20%. the people feel much worse. they also tell us that there is no inflation and prices are going up at 2%. all you have to do beyond fixed income and social security is see that your standard of living is going down. this is very temporary. the problem is worldwide. even like a problem with china right now. we explored a lot of dollars to china. they inflated their currency as well. when this came down, you're a fist -- when this comes down -- yes, europe is collapsing right now. all that secretary geithner can do is take care of that and the american people will not figure it out until it is over, and we can bail you out i just printing dollars. they did that in 2008. the people that had gripped this off and made the money, they should have gone bankrupt without you getting stuck with the bill. [applause] we are prepared, right now, for all of europe. our banks are connected to the european banks. they bought all of the debt that country's like italy and spain. just like we bought up the worthless mortgage debt in this country, they said it was a liquid. no one would buy it. the fed bought it. the treasury bought it. that is major. you cannot turn an economy around until you eradicate the debt overhang. we are like an individual that has borrowed too much money, but all of their income is being used to pay the interest on the debt. they cannot get ahead. the key borrowing and getting more and more credit cards. we are at that stage where the debt is automatically going out and the spending is automatically going up and they are not proposing cuts. eventually what has to happen is we have to wipe the debt of the books so that we can get back to work again. right now they are in total denial in washington at what we have to do. because it is uncomfortable and they do not want to understand it. they do not want to have to cut anything. this is why we are in serious trouble. there are answers. sound economic policy in the three more -- free market. the things that made america great and wealthy. we need that, but we cannot do it by papering it over and turning in money. [applause] >> we are going to open it up to questions from the audience. we are two days away from the primary. dr. paul is surging 20% now. it is absolutely critical that we get every vote possible. if you are a ron paul supporter from out of town, please leave it to the undecided voters from new hampshire to west questions, please. there should be people in the audience going around to ask questions. >> what is the most devastating diagnosis that you can get in terms of alzheimer's or dementia? what would you do to help stop this terrible disease that is affecting more and more, costing our country billions in productivity every year? >> what we have to do for all devastating diseases, and i know someone who is suffering from alzheimer's, is that is -- devastating. one, a system that is the most efficient way of taking care problems like that. you have to really challenge depending on the government to do it. the government gets involved and takes over research and development. most of those funds are different -- divvied up politically. governments of very powerful. even the good can come from that, it is really not the answer. the change in the medical system that we have now is we are totally dependent on the government. in my proposal for these significant cuts, it does not deal with -- i have priorities that i do try to protect, because we have become so dependent on these. social security, medical research, and child health care. i am trying to get a system where we can work these out and take care of people like that. whether you are sick or not sick, you will not get anything. whether it is alzheimer's, cancer, whatever, the most efficient way to solve those problems is not your dependency on government. all of those funds are allotted for political reasons and on not necessarily the most efficient. if the government is on our way and we became prosperous again, instead of a shrinking middle class, they would be more fun. -- there would be more funds. and stock with hospitals that are run by churches and others? we would not be facing this crisis. even with the problems that we have in texas, we have a hospital, with difficult problems -- would be much better if there was a free and prosperous economy? we work these problems out much better before 1965. [applause] >> nice to meet you. our question is, with a volunteer fire department, how would you replace them? and the department of education? >> ok. she is talking about the fire department's i want to get rid of. what would we do to replace those responsibilities. for the most part, i would not want to replace them. i do not think that we need a department of education. what i want to do is go back to the assumption that it is not the proper authority of the federal government or their ability to tell your parents how eat it -- how to educate you. it should be the responsibility of the parent. this would mean that if people become unsatisfied and, we have to protect the right to be home schooled, schooled in private school, or whenever. once again, when the government gets involved, in medicine, education, or housing, it does not increase the quality. what it does increase is the price. prices go up, but the quality does not go up. in we do not want to give up on them, but we want them to be delivered in a different fashion. we are not convinced that the government is very good at delivering these goods and services. this would mean that if people get worried and say that a lot of federal workers will be laid off, that would happen. but they do not get laid off immediately. we want to gradually reduce their workforce. they are not doing productive work. we want people to work in a free-market economy and do productive work. it is a matter of how you deliver the goods and services and there is no evidence whatsoever that government is good at doing that job. [applause] >> there has been a bunch of talk about lowering the corporate tax. we have a company like general electric with 60% of their products made overseas. how is lowering the corporate tax, given the fact that they do not even pay one on their structure and loopholes -- they do not pay anything. how does lowering the corporate tax bring jobs back to america? >> you are a corporation and our international. they probably pay taxes overseas at a lesser rate. we penalize them if we want them to come here and build a plant at home. then they will have an additional tax and their tax twice. we are one of two countries that does that, taxing the return on capital. you have to have capital to start businesses. it cannot come out of a printing france -- printing press. keynesian liberals believe the you can get capital out of the federal reserve by printing money and it does not work. you want lower taxes, but you want lower taxes for everyone. without an income tax, everyone would have more money to spend. [applause] in many ways, we chased businesses overseas. we do it through currency manipulation and the fact that we have this reserve currency. it is a detriment, and you cannot do it with the monetary system. businesses can be started in china and other countries. here it would take three years to get a business started. not a healthy climate. they will go overseas. and as far as the rich to have benefits, i put them into two categories. some of them are very rich. they have a lot of money and they manipulate the inflationary system. they make money off of you by getting contracts from the government or the military industrial complex and are very much involved. if a company is big because it delivers a profit at a good price and you and i reward them by buying their product and they get rich, we do not want to punish them. that is earned capital. we should encourage them to stay. take these companies that made a lot of money in the derivatives market on speculation, and then they went bankrupt and went to the government and got bailed out with most of the salaries protected, they are still back making money? those of the rich people we should deal with. the ones who are ripping us off. not the ones who we provide services for. >> you mentioned an unemployment rate at 8.5%, 15%, 20%. many of us believe it is short by 438, that is the government, the house and the senate. if we were to hand you a clean slate, with a brand new congress, 435 new faces and 35 new senators, what did you do with that to put america back to work again? >> meaning i have all of the votes and ready to go? >> 50/50. democrat, republican. >> what you can do, the president has the most responsibility with foreign policy. you can change the attitude of the world and say that we are done with the wasteful, unwinnable, undeclared wars. spend our money here at home. [applause] you have to have a revision of the monetary system and to do it completely you would have to have incorporation from the congress. the immediate thing that we should do is find out what is going on. meaning a thorough and complete audit of the federal reserve and to they have been taking care of. in order to get that transition started, you have to legalize competition today. you want competition with the federal reserve. you could deal in gold and silver, and that would require the legislation i have been trying to introduce for years. you have to cut the spending. that is the most important thing. do not let the american people get stuck with buying up this plot -- this bad debt. when that message is sent, for a different tax code and respect for contract rights, sound money, and a change in form policy, things would change immediately because it is confidence over the direction we are going. people will not go back. businessmen will not be investing until they get their confidence back. if every time they have a problem the go to washington and pass another program to put on another layer of regulations -- bob franken is hanging out there, of course, as well -- dodd-frank is hanging out there, as well as obama care, of course. you have got to get that off and i believe that we could do that. [applause] >> my first job is that i teach american and constitutional history at a community college. i want to say thank you for talking so much about the constitution. it is very much appreciated by myself and everyone else in the room. my second job is i work for the new york city police department. i was a first responder on september 11. [applause] i think that a lot of people that like what you say about the constitution and domestic policy are on the rigid policies are on the fence about what you're saying about domestic policy and september 11. could you talk more to reassure the people? >> 9/11 will be remembered by every one of us. one of the significant events of 9/11 was it brought the american people together. it was a devastating day. it should have been a time when we reassessed all of our values, foreign-policy and everything else. instead we put the burden on the american people and undermined the privacies of the people. that was not the answer for 9/11. it was shortly thereafter that we had a vote, giving the president the authority to go after the individuals responsible for it. which i strongly supported. but i did not believe for a minute that authority should have been used the way that it was used. that authority was used to go to war against iraq. the iraqis were involved? al qaeda was there? it was not true. the patriot act had been floating around. it was an excuse to pass the patriot act. we have to sort that out. we cannot just fly off and do things that are more harmful. but we have to do things to defend this country. if you get involved in 130 countries in nine places, we are not doing ourselves a favor if we have no money. one thing that is important about the valuation of 9/11 was that paul wolfowitz, as soon as that happened, within days he should have said -- you know what? give us a chance to get our troops out of saudi arabia. bin laden was using that as a recruiting tool. saudi arabia was seen as holy land. what they do not understand is that troops in muslim countries around the world, the middle east in particular, is still exciting people. when we go into pakistan, they lob these bombs after one, two, three people, with innocent people killed. how would we react if that was done to us? [applause] the challenge that i get is that i do not want to be engaged around the world. i do not want to being gauged by acting like a bully. if they do what we say, we ride them and give them more money. i am sick and tired of that. what we need to do this influence the world with our goodness. our goodness will be spread if we do a good job with freedom, prosperity, and civil-rights in this country, minding our own business without going around in moving people. maybe people would see us as an example and i would want to emulate us. this is so much different from what we are doing today. [applause] that is my approach. [applause] >> only undecided questions, please. [laughter] at the prompting of my 16-year- old, i like when i see in your campaign. my question is, what advice would you give to a young man exploring a possible career in public service? >> a very important question. you know, we have a large family. children and grandchildren. we talk about these kinds of things. you have to define public service. if you want to become a bureaucrat someplace, engage in a department that is not authorized by the constitution, i would probably not be a that encouraging. i still take my responsibility very seriously about appointing people who are serious in studying and training in our military academy. i think that is very important. also, we need an education. kim talked about that, he got his education when he was sent over and found out what he was doing in the military. it was different. to say that anything in government is public-service and therefore ok, i think the public service they being a local policeman, providing safety and security here at home, rather than accepting any role in the federal government. [applause] >> congressman, what would be your policy on the state of israel? >> policy in the state of israel. i would want to maintain very close relations with israel. i want to be a good friend of israel. i also want to respect them in the many ways that i do not think the united states should undermine their sovereignty in any way. the establishment came about with the movement of zionism. there were two different principles. one was independent and self- reliant. i agree that those fundamental premise these were of zionism. i do not think we should tell them what to do. if they want to have a peace treaty and they think that they can work it out, they should not have to ask us for permission to defend their borders. i do not believe that i should take money from anyone here and send money to israel. [applause] some people would say that that means you're anti-israel. but i am pro-american. this is a benefit to israel, actually. when you give money, it implies that we own you. second, if you cut out all foreign aid, israel comes out ahead. their neighbors get about five times as much assistance. i do not think that it is much of a problem. we should not become hong kong or anything like that. we have every reason to get along, and we can, by controlling them and regulating and holding them back -- that is not necessary. that yah who went before the congress this year. -- yahoo went before the congress -- netanyahu went before the congress this year and said they did not need american troops to defend themselves. i think we should respect that. >> my daughter has been ill for many years and on insurance, but she will soon graduate from college. does she have to stand in line at a charity hospital under your administration? >> we will probably be standing in line under obama care. at the rate we are going. i have reserved final decision on medical care. it is messed up. because it is messed up, you cannot save those of us that want to reform it at all. i want to preserve at least 1 people have become dependent on. the insurance business, the way we have given benefits, tax benefits, to insurance over the years, it has encouraged problems with transferring the policy. if it does not go with the job, you do not have to transfer it. the contract to be there. they should never be able to cancel you. if you have individual insurance without the deduction and work for a big comfort -- big company, it is all artificial. the market has been messed up in that way. the only way to save the system from total bankruptcy is by cutting spending elsewhere. looking at this overseas spending that has nothing to do with that. >> we have time for one more question. >> dr. paul? i am over here. i am an independent caller and i cherish that. i feel hopeless about any president succeeding right now because of the way the congress does not work together. it is essentially a two party system and they are fighting. if someone asked you what you could do to start fresh, but you cannot? >> maybe if i could give you a better answer. i did not understand the other one. >> the congress that you will have, depending on what people vote, how would you handle the fighting between the sides? >> with difficulty. but with a new approach. completely new. everyone knows what we are talking about is different. i have a strange new idea of obeying the constitution. [applause] i know exactly what you are talking about. i appeal to that group. independent people who are tired of the two party system. they are sick and tired of it. tea party people, it is not working, this failed economic policy. you cannot tanker on the edges of foreign policy and saying that we will cut this year and go into two countries instead of three. that is what has to be decided. our fallacy over these many decades, we did not have to be responsible. we kept reelecting the members of congress. the people have the responsibility as well. they kept bringing the goods back to the district. how did they do it? they had too much compromise. there were conservatives who spend money on their projects. liberals spent money on the other. there was no money, so they agreed to raise the natural -- national debt. it was the wrong head of compromise. what we need is not compromise, but coalition building. this is why freedom works. it brings people to gather for different reasons. these people want to use their freedoms the way that they won in the personalized. other people want to use their freedom in their economic lives. this will bring people together, if they understand them. but coalitions spending overseas, i work with a lot of independent, moderate liberal democrats, who see this as more like conservative republicans. protecting civil liberties. cutting these overseas spending. at the same time, you have to work with people who have a better sense of too much spending here at home. if we can continue to depend on deficit spending, there is no solution. the big difference will be that if there is a victory in this way, our campaign sends a powerful message. it is also the reason that they're very, very scared. the term that they use that i always laugh at, they say we have to stop ron paul, he is dangerous. meaning that if you are supporting me, you are a dangerous person because you want a balanced budget, living within our means, defending america. but i really sincerely believe that we can bring the people together. if a new president has those views, a lot of new people will be swept in. there is one other secret weapon that we have. the people in washington are not all that principle. and you know that. you have to use that to our advantage. that does not mean that we have to get rid of everybody. all you have to do is let your voice be heard. vote against obama care or whenever it is, or we will send you home. you can pressure them to come along with the programs i and -- i am suggesting. thank you very much. [applause] that was it. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] . >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. [cheers and applause] >> thank you to the honor guard for presentation of the colors. please be seated. it is my pleasure next to introduce to you dr. eugene sander, president of the university of arizona. [applause] >> thank you, ron. tonight it is my privilege to welcome all of you to this candlelight vigil to remember the victims and honor the survivors of the horrific events of january 8, 2011. it is a time none of us will ever forget. i would imagine each of us in this audience can remember exactly where we were when we heard that news. what happened was a tragedy obviously for the families and loved ones. is a burden they will carry their entire lives. it was also a tragedy for tuscon. even so these events haven't defined us. what has defined us is the way our community has come together and as many of you i'm proud to call tuscon my home and prouder at how we responded in the extraordinary ways to help the city heal. people of all ages and walks of life have come together to improve our community and make it a kinder more compassionate place to live. while we can't undo the past we are creating a better future. again on behalf of your arizona, students, faculty and staff i want to wish congresswoman gabrielle giffords continued recovery so she can return home to the mountains and desert she loves. we send our deepest condolence to the families and friends of those lost a year ago. let's remember this day as a symbol of our strength when we can work together for the greater good. thank you. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome arizona's secretary of state the honorable ken bennett. [applause] >> good evening. it is a pleasure to represent the state of arizona and bring the regrets of governor brewer who could not be here personally. i was pleased earlier when i got a call saying that in the governor's absence i would have the opportunity to share a few words. but i have to admit that i was a bit unsure throughout the week what to say. then thursday my wife and i got a call that our second grandchild had been born, so we flew to salt lake city, since he was in the intensive care unit and the last couple of days we have been hovering as close as we could to the neonatal intensive care unit. on a few choice opportunities the last couple of days we have had the opportunity to go in and be with him. as i watched the wires and tu s tubes, i never once thought to even think nor ask what political party or religion or sexual persuasion or anything of the nurses and doctors that were attending him. i just was amazed at the care that was shown -- [applause] >> we were just amazed at the care that was shown. on those opportunities as they came along every four hours or so, they were arranged to coincide with the feeding times so that we didn't wake him during the interim. on one occasion i got to hold him. on other occasions just to watch him and caress him. he is doing well. [applause] >> thank you. we had a flight to come back to phoenix in plenty of time to get in the car and drive down here. but the flight was delayed because of mechanical reasons for a couple of hours and finally i had to call a different airline and get another ticket to be here tonig tonight. as i rushed home and changed cloth clothes, i went to grab a pair of scissors and remove the little wristband that we had wo wo guess to show we were special enough to be invited into the nicu and be with him. and when i saw ni cu printed next to his name it occurred maybe this was the message i was supposed to bring. and the middle that letters are i-c, intensive care. i think the message i would like to share is no matter what we are doing, no matter whether we are arguing over politics, or city planning, or the direction of the state, or especially in our families and friends and our communities working on a variety of different issues and learning how to love each other, i think we need to show a little more intensive care to each other. and that lesson i hope we have learned as we have watched for the last year and have remembered those that were lost on this date a year ago, those that we got to keep and are recovering, those that assisted them, the medical personnel and fire and police and in the hospitals, and others who befriended complete strangers and came to their aid that day. so, may we all use a little more intensive care with each other from now on. thank you very much. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, our next speaker is tuscon's new may mayor, jonathan rothchild. mr. mayor? [applause] >> good evening. i'm honored to be on the same stage with ron barber, secretary of state bennett, dr. sander, dr. rhee, rabbi aaron, and mark. and i'm thrilled to be reunited with my longtime friend and now my hero congresswoman gabrielle giffords. [applause] >> i want to thank everyone who has come out tonight. much as we did and in much the same way we did a year ago tonight in the early evening vigils of january 8, 2011. and thank you not just for coming to remember the tragic event of within year ago but for what you have done every day and every hour since the shooting. the zimbabmerman family has cred an image of a light bulb with a heart in the middle and inside the heart the word "hope." and below that they have inscribed an expression. helping people is a good idea. plug in. this community has demonstrated that spirit every day since january 8, 2011. tuscon has shown who we really are. we are the child who sold his toys so he could send money to help the victims of a senseless attack. we are the soldier who handed his purple heart to a congressional staff person because her boss now needs it more than he does. tuscon is all of us who lit candles and sent letters of comfort and hope. we are the spontaneous memorials. and tuscon is all of us who have worked for a year to create a more civil future and a stronger city. we are the love of the community that gabe zimmerman lived for. the kindness of phyllis schneck. we are the work ethic and sense of fairness of judge john. we are the commitment of the others showed to each other and we are the hope that is embodied in the spirit of christina taylor green. this weekend has been one of sadness and reflection. we have mourned anew all we lost in 16 short seconds. but at the same time, one year later, we find inspiration. you that the way our community has come together over the last year has not just inspired our neighbors but people throughout the country and the world. this morning at 10:11 a.m. bells rang out in tuscon and across the country in remembrance of our loss. it was a moment of unity and reflection. so, let us continue to know and let the country continue to know who we are as a people in tuscon, united, compassionate, one million strong. and let us continue to be inspired each day by the lives we lost and our community's strength and sense of togetherness. [applause] >> in a few moments we will ask you to activate your glow sticks. you have been very good. i haven't seen any lit yet. but you will have your chance very soon. this will take place after the last candle is lit here on stage. as the tuscon symphony plays a candle will be lit for each person who died on january 8 and each person who was wounded. i want to make sure our candlelighters are here. please wait until the 19th came has been lit, then we ask all of you to activate and light your glow sticks following the music and glow stick lighting our next speaker will come up. please come and light the candles. thank you. ♪ >> please activate your glow sticks. >> you look wonderful. if you could only see it from up here. you look magnificent. keep those glow sticks going. you are very good. i don't think i saw any lit before the time. except maybe a couple of children who were escaping over here. our next speaker is a man who is known nationwide and worldwide for his leadership on january 8. when the university medical center received most of the wound e wounded, with great skill he and his team cared for the wounded and saved lives that day. please welcome the medical director of clinical care at arizona university medical cent dr. peter rhee. [applause] >> thank you. on behalf of the university medical center and all the personnel, we thank you for the recognition and respect. trauma service is a public service and it is a privilege to have a job where you treat everyone, no questions asked. [applause] >> one sad aspect of my job is that i do see some senseless violence. one day, as i answered my 11-year-old daughter's question, i said yes, in the big picture of life all violence and gun shed wounds are senseless, whether in a war or in a back ya yard. [applause] >> like any large city in the world and the united states, we have our share of senseless violence. however, what happened last year was a tragedy, a tragedy in tuscon. 19 people were shot, six people were killed, some were criticalcritica critically injured. people died senselessly that day many, many lives were forever changed. the world watched us closely last year, but tuscon should not and will not be defined by what happened with that shooting. [applause] >> it is obvious that we will be defined by the response from the community. and that response was overwhelming, sincere, and it showed the world how much we cared for each other. it made me very proud, immensely proud, to be from tuscon. g gabby, the world, including houston, love you. [applause] >> but nowhere near as much as tuscon. [cheers and applause] >> you made us so proud and happy when, just months after your injury, you were back in congress casting your vote, doing what you love best, which is to represent tuscon. we are so looking forward to having you back. [cheers and applause] >> mark kelly, i met you a year ago today. i learned a lot of things about you. i learned that you are a good selfless, are a devoted husband, and you are a great giant man. my wife and i think you are pretty cool because you were in the navy as well. but you are an example of how trauma affects everyone. it is not just the injured that are affected but it is the family, friends and the entire communi community. today let's not forget those who forget let's also not to get past our sorrow and move forward with our lives. those of us in medicine get our fuel from seeing people get back in the saddle again. so, as we gather here today to elebrate life, including tohose that are being cut short and those being rebuilt, let's be thankful, thankful for being in tuscon but most of all living in the united states of america. thank you. [applause] ♪ ♪♪ [applause] >> before i introduce our next speak acknowledge nt to the presence of some people in our front row. we have from the state of colorado the son of mo udall, senator mark udall. [applause] >> and a member of our own arizona delegation who was win of the first people to come to the hospital that fateful day. >> and, most importantly, the people who gave us congressman giffords, gloria and spencer giffords. [applause] this next group i will introduce as a group. you have heard a lot about them. they have been faithfully carrying on the congresswoman's mission since january 8 without a pause. the congresswoman's staff from the washington, d.c. office, and other offices, would you please stand. [cheers and applause] >> what an honor it is to serve the congresswoman with you. now it is my distinct pleasure and honor to introduce a person who by now needs no introduction. congresswoman giffords' husband and constant support of encouragement. mark kelly has not only tended to the congresswoman but to those who lost loved ones or who were wounded january 8. he is a man of incredible strength and resolve. please welcome captain mark kel kelly. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. a little chilly out here tonight. i thought this was the desert . as often happens here in tuscon, the sun was seen rising up over the mountains early this morn g morning. but, unlike this morning, on the morning of january 8 one year ago today, we all suffered a terrible loss. those of us who survived were forever changed by that moment. for the past year, we have had new realities to live with. the reality and pain of letting go of the past. the reality of letting go of dear friends and family members. there is also the pain of knowing that with adequate mental health intervention and that we may not be here tonight. there is the reality that for many of us that there are dreams for our families' future that will just have to be let go. there is reality that life is unpredictab unpredictable, and even in the best of times our cherished friends, the good, the caring, the innocent among us, the closest and dearest people we know, can be taken from us in an instant. and that is a reality we can do nothing about. yet, even with those painful realities, there is this. the sun still rises over the mountains each and every morning. tuscon remains a great city, a special place, an oasis in the desert where our bonds of community were strengthened under the stress and sadness of a horrible moment. we have all seen the healing that is possible. we have seen it in ron barber, when he returned to work, and it bill badger, when he and his wife sally took a trip back to pennsylvan pennsylvania. even seen it here tonight as my incredible wife gab led us in the pledge of allegiance. [applause] >> we were reminded of the strength that ordinary people can show under terrible pleas e pressure. daniel hernandez, pat mashe, bill badge are, joe, peter rhee and randy freese. and so many others who showed us that alongside human frailty there is also strength. so, with these lessons in mind, we remember those we have lost. christina taylor-green, dorothy morris, judge john roll, fill lis -- phyllis schneck, dorwan stoddard and gabe zimmerman. we remember their spirits and the joy that each of them brought to us. thank you very much. [applause] >> welcome to the stage, the tuscon symphony orchestra coal election co-plays for us tonight. snowed ♪♪ ♪ >> we love you, gabby. let's here you, tuscon. come on! >> we love you, tuscon! >> we love you, gabby. welcome back. we love you, mark. >> all right, then. those guys rock, huh? that song is a very special song for congresswoman and mark. it was a song, congresswoman, on the previous mission to wake up mark and his crew. seriously, john, thank you very much and t.s.o. and all of you for joining in. we ask you just one little bit of housekeeping. you all have glow sticks. and some of them are still lit but some are not. if you wouldn't mind just to save all the folks that have to clean up after us to find a bin if you are going to dispose of it and, if not, certainly you can take it home. our closing prayer tonight will be delivered by rabbi stephanie aaron. as you know rabbi aaron is congresswoman giffords' rabbi. she's given great comfort to all of us that work for the congresswoman. please welcome rabbi stephanie aaron. >> source of all life, god we share, we draw closer together as the sun has set on this day of remembrance. we remember this day last year, our town shattered, stunned, grieving, our town courageous, holding one another up, draw together. our town praying, encouraging, being with one another. day today, n this our town healing, courageous, holding one another up. our town strong, moving ahead together with kindness on our min minds, intensive caring on our hearts, civility and respect in our hands, our hearts and our souls. many years ago my teacher gave us the teaching upon hearing sirens. he asked us to think about the times when we hear the sirens of an ambulance, fire truck or police vehicle, to honestly recall our reactions when we drive to work and how we were interrupted by a rescue vehicle moving quickly down the road, or our sleep or a party was disturbed by the piercing silence of assistance. he asked us if we were annoyed or impatient by these sounds of rescue. he suggested that whenever we hear sirens we pause and make a prayer to god asking that the ambulance arrive on time. that the fire engines can help the people in danger and fire workers, the fighters, can put out the fire in the home or workplaces. that no firefighter is injured during the rescue, and that we implore god that the police are able to respond in time to this emergency. from that time on, when i hear sirens, i make this prayer. please, god, please be with those who rescue and those who are rescued. and may each one cross over to safe safety. if i'm with my daughter naomi sometimes she makes the prayer and i give an unnamed to her prayer. like to suggest that this is a practice that we now add to our prayers of healing for our town. when i make that prayer, what i do is feel that i'm connected with a bond of empathy to everyone in the town. it is a way of encouraging people. just imagine if you were, god forb forbid, in an accident, your home is on fire, you are shot. just imagine if you know that everyone in the town is sending out prayers from our entire town for your recovery, for the strength and presence of mind, for the men and women carrying out their job of rescuing and protecting. may we each have our prayers of hearing sirens for our prayers of the continued healing of our city. that you, god, sends your blessing and healing, compassion and comfort, support and strength, to gabby and mark and her entire family, to all the victims of the january 8 shootings, to their families. may they continue to heal. may they have what we call a complete healing, healing of spir spirit, a healing of body. and, god, we pray that the people who live in our town are concerned that everyone has food and shelter and plenty of books to read. that everyone who is ill or injured in our town receive the healthcare, mental and physical, that he or she needs to return to wellness. and we pray that on a visit to our town the music of calexico continues to commingle with bee beethoven and bach. that the town poetry share a shelf with whitman and dickinson and the wild west we protect what is wild, what is shared here, the land, the birds, the animals and wild flowers. that every voice is heard in our town from our babies to our elders. amen. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> thank you to the orchestra and choir, calexico, thank you again for a wonderful night of music. please, thank them once again. thank you to the choir. thanks to our speakers, and especially to congresswoman giffords. it is so good to have you home. [applause] >> gabby, gabby, gabby, gabby, gabby, gabby, gabby, gabby. >> i think this town loves you, gabby. in fact, i know it does. thank you all for coming. be safe under an almost full moon we conclude our program. drive safely and thank you all for coming. >> this is one of several events that took place in arizona to mark the shooting that killed six people a year ago. the 23-year-old man accused has pleaded not guilty to 49 charges. he has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and is being treated at a missouri prison to make him mentally commepetent f trial. >> i was trying to peddle p.c. boards and paul, the owner of the shop said he would like to take 50 of these computers and i saw dollar signs. >> steve jobs' biography is number one on the best sellers list. advice he got early. >> one is to focus. really keep your focus. the other is empathy. not the perfect word for it but it is basically make an emotional connection with the people who are going to buy your product. the third is also not a great word, impute. but it means cast an aura around whatever you do so that the minute you know -- steve, even throughout his career had his own personal name on the patents for the boxes, the packaging of