wall street companies aren t on the hook for bailouts and so credit card companies can hit you with hidden fees and penalties. if they win in congress, they will cut aids funding right here in the united states of america and all across the world. as you hear right there, the president was unable to ignore the hecklers and deciding to answer them and their criticism that they said that he hasn t done enough to fight aids. he says they are. one of the great things about being a democrat is we like arguing with each other. but i would suggest to the folks who are concerned about aids funding, take a look at what the republican leadership has to say about aids funding. you hear him responding to hecklers there. i want to bring in two people here who would never heckle the president. from the college national republicans committee, rob lockwood. he s the communications director for that group.
don t ever let them tell you you re not making a difference. also there, not just supporters of the president but some hecklers showed up last night. they carried signs that said, keep the promise, also signs that said broken promises. kill, loss another sign spotted that said fight global aids. a lot of people calling on the. the to do more to fight aids around the world. the president did respond to those hecklers. take a listen to this. you can t really hear the hecklers and make out what they re saying but they made enough noise that the president went off script and felt he needed to take them on and address them directly. listen. one of the great things about being a democrat is, we like arguing with each other. but i would suggest to the folks who are concerned about aids funding, take a look at what the republican leadership has to say about aids funding. and a far different tone at a
you know, one of the great things about being a democrat is we we we like arguing with each other. but i would suggest that the folks who are concerned about aids funding take a look at what the republican leadership has to say about aids funding. because we increased aids funding. they want to cut education by 20% to help pay for a $700 billion tax break that only the
taxes for millionaires and billionaires, that cut rules for special interests, that cut middle class families loose to fend for themselves. it s an agenda that turned a record surplus into a record deficit. an agenda that let wall street run wild at the expense of folks on main street. an agenda that nearly destroyed our economy. if they take over congress, the other side has promised to roll back health reform so that insurance companies can go back to denying you coverage because you re sick. they want to roll back wall street reform so that taxpayers are on the hook for wall street bailouts and credit card companies can hit you with hidden fees and penalties and if they win in congress, they will cut aids funding right here in the united states of america and all across the world.
god and rise above it. you re part of something greater. reporter: in 2009 he reclaimed the acronym hiv for his own nonprofit organization, hope is vital, which spreads awareness and education about hiv and aids. he speaks at schools and other public events like lorenzo foundation s night of giving last week in university city. people tend to put hiv and aids inside a box. people tend to say, hey, let s not talk about that. reporter: since he was a teenager he has lobbied on capitol hill for aids funding and received numerous awards for his activism, including nickelodeon s halo award presented last september by nick cannon. who is deserving of a halo award? you are. it s his heart that gets the most attention. through his faith, he s for given his father. i pray for him. i hope the best for him. i hope i can transform his heart