[applause] please welcome our county chair. Hello, iowa. Fellow democrats from across america. All 50 states of america, welcome to polk county. Celebration for our Democratic Party. Together, we will get to meet 17 candidates who are leading a conversation about the future of our party and our country. One of these 17 people will be our next president. They say bad weather brings good luck, and it rained like heck at last years steak fry, and then we won back the congress. I hope the weather we have today is going to win us back the white house next year. Before we get started, please join me in welcoming the elected officials and candidates who are here today. Usually, we read all their names at our events, but obviously this is a little bit eager, so we are not going to go through all hundred of them. Please join me in welcoming them here today. Welcoming join me in five of our newer steak fry leaders. Lindsay paulson and peter crane are our steak fry chairs. Our executive director
Now at 4 30, looking live from our exclusive Sales Force Tower camera and we are looking east at the sparkling bay bridge i love saying that every morning. Good morning. Its thursday, september 12th. I am michelle griego. I am kenny choi. Its 4 31. As we get closer to friday, its getting warmer, and depending on where you live, you are going to either love it or hate it. Lets check in with mary lee had has the forecast this morning. Yeah. We are talking about warmup. Inland location in the 90s as we head through the afternoon. Heres a live look rt with the Sales Force Tower camera look west and theres a pretty view of the moonshining brightly and the reflection along the bay. So, you can see mainly clear skies. Temps are mild to start off the day in the mid to upper 50s to low to mid60s at this hour. We do have a spare the air alert in effect for today. Air qualityunhealthy for sensitive growght groups. Inland 92 san jose. 90 fremont and 87 in oakland and 82 in San Francisco. And we ar
President ial candidates spoke at the polk county steak fry in des moines, iowa. We are going to show you some of the candidates remarks now, beginning with 800 work and beto orourke and kamala harris. Orourke is a fourthgeneration texan, born and raised in el paso, where he served on the El Paso City Council and in congress. He launched a historic 19 Month Campaign to represent all 28 million texans in the u. S. Senate, running the largest Grassroots Campaign the state had ever seen. [cheers and applause] are you guys here with somebody or what . Beto ultimately received more votes than any other democrat in Texas History as he excited thousands of firsttime voters to go to the polls. Polk county, please join me in welcoming congressman beto orourke. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] orourke hows everybody doing . Huge honor to be with you here today. So grateful for everyone who has come out regardless of what campaign you are with. We are all on the same team, focused on d
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At anytime today [inaudible] including for particularly ill children. We have a number of members who are waiting on today and delighted to have them without objection i will wave on [inaudible] all members of the broader i now recognize myself for five minutes with an opening statement. I want to welcome all of our witnesses and their families who come from all over the country today. I want to thank them for testifying. It is hard to imagine what the past month has been like for you and for your family and i appreciate you coming forward bravely to share your stories with us. I want to extend my gratitude to ms. Presley for their excellent efforts to address this current turn of events and want to thank our other witnesses for coming today. We are here to discuss the Trump Administrations decisions to deport critically ill children and their families from our country. This policy is completely at odds with American Values to receive lifesaving treatment from our pioneering doctors an