eastern, author walter starr, and howard university professor on abraham lincoln's friends and enemies. watch this week in prime time on c-span3. >> now, to the women's march on washington. organizers held it to an -- to one-yearte the anniversary of president trump's inauguration. up? good afternoon, ladies and friends. it is indeed a pleasure to join you here this afternoon as we celebrate the one-year when we sent a message to the world that women are here to stay, that we will not go quietly into the night, and that this is our time. my heart is so full at the site of the array of beauty out here today. 2016 was undeniably a check for us all. no one could have predicted the predicament we landed in. but i must say, no one had a more appropriate response and solution to the mess we are in than women. year, millions of women organized, mobilized and marched. this year, the we are still marching, we have taken it a notch further and now we are running. [cheering] ms. clanton: we run so that women's rights are no longer on the negotiating table for trumps poker buddies and billionaire friends. we run because every child deserves clean water, healthy food, a safe environment, quality health care and a quality education. [cheering] ms. clanton: women across this world are putting their names on ballots and changing the course of this history. we have said that it is simply enough. enough senseless government shutdown leaving our country defenseless because people do not want to do their job. another over women being made to feel uncomfortable in the workplace, on the train, on the bus, on the airplane, down the street. enough is enough. [cheering] ms. clanton: enough of families living in fear of separation and deportation. politics withing people's lives. be unstable, but he is not unstoppable. [cheering] ms. clanton: now, i have the awesome honor of standing before you to introduce a man who has not only celebrated women, who has trusted and invested in them. were who knows that if we ever able to some -- restore civility to this country, it will be women who will lead the way. friends, without further do, the chairman of the democratic national committee, tom perez. [applause] mr. perez: good afternoon, my friends! house, she has game. i'm also proud to be here with daughter, a senior in college. she is here. i want to say something about my friend here. because she spent a lot of time out of the office in the past few months. in fact, she spent almost a month down in alabama helping doug jones become the united states senator from alabama. [cheering] mr. perez: and thanks to african-american women, 98% of whom voted for doug jones. the backbone of the democratic party. doug jones is now senator doug jones. that, she was in virginia organizing up-and-down virginia from hampton roads to northern virginia, helping people up and down the ticket. -- up and down the ticket send a message to america that when we organize them up when we have great candidates and lead with our values, we win. that is what we did. so thank you for your work. i must tell you, it is a beautiful site to look out here today -- a beautiful sight to look out here today. one more thing, if the congress, the white house, the governorships across america, the legislators across america had more women like i see here today, we would be a much better america. there is no doubt about it. [cheering] president i asked trump and sean spicer to come over and count the crowd, but they did not want to come. no matter what they said, this is what an actual crowd looks like. [cheering] mr. perez: we are all here for the same reason. we understand that our democracy is at risk. ago,derstand that a year donald trump and mike pence were sworn in, and immediately began turning the clock back on women's rights, workers rights, lgbt writes, immigrant rights, and the fundamental values of inclusion, opportunity and tolerance that have always made america great. they nominated a supreme court justice who has repeatedly cited -- sided against women in reproductive health cases, against workers, they emboldened legislators in kentucky who are abortion on closing clinics and taking away a woman's constitutional rights to make her own health decisions. they halted president obama's equal payroll. companies --that they halted the effort to make sure the companies involved in sexual harassment are held accountable. and they tried again and again to repeal the affordable care act. you know what, my friends, this does not simply affect women, it affects all of us. when a woman has to choose between her family and her job, that hurts all of us. when a single mom has to choose between paying for childcare and paying for rent, that hurts all of us. when a woman's career suffers because she is your start of the workforce because of sexual harassment, that hurts all of us. friends, women, everyone, that is why we must all fight to fix it. i am here to say thank you to the women across america who have led america back to its greatness. you responded by organizing, you responded by putting your name on the ballot, and as you know, more women are running for office than ever before. [cheering] mr. perez: in the great commonwealth of virginia, the pundits said we could not win ore than 45 seats -- four five seats in the state house of delegates, well we won 15 seats in the virginia house of delegates. 15. and but for a coin flip, we would have won a 16th. those 15 former house of delegates members in virginia womenl men replaced by 11 , a strong women, including the in virginiatinas history, the first asian-american in virginia history, the first openly transgender woman in virginia's history. are our future, and for genia is not the only place where it has happened. and here is why it happened. because you march, you spoke up, you spoke up to protect health care, including the rights of women to make their own choices about their bodies and health. you are fighting for dreamers and will continue to fight for dreamers every day. you are standing up against policies that make the rich richer while making the rest of us pay. and you are leading a powerful #metoo andwith #timesup. and i am here to say, time is up for republicans. [cheering] mr. perez: make no mistake about it, women will be the reason this administration ends on january 19, 2020. [cheering] mr. perez: the founding fathers a lot of credit, but it is the marching mothers and daughters that continue to make this country great. thank you for doing that. i am so proud to be here with my daughter. you know what, it is absolutely time to end the practice of giving our sisters and my daughter and my other daughter less options than their dreams demand. futures,ight for their we will continue to fight for their futures, and you know what? i want to to keep one number in mind as we move forward. 290. there are 290 days until the november election in 2018. that means there are 290 days until the democrats take over the house of representatives and the democrats take over the senate and the democrats win governors races across this country and the democrats win state legislative races across this country. 290 days, my friends. but you know what? the arc of the moral universe is indeed long and it doesn't bend toward justice, but it never ever ever since on its own. we must bend it together. we must bend it together by understanding that we are living in unprecedented times. what is going on as we speak right now is quite literally unprecedented in our nations history. controlledne party the white house, the united states senate and the united states house of representatives. -- representatives and then shut down the federal government. that is what just happened. , that isncompetence immoral and that is wrong. but that is what they did. but you know what, there is an equally important shut down that we must respond to, and that is this president and this toublican congress' effort shut down basic american values of opportunity for everyone, inclusion, making sure that every zip code counts, making sure that every child is gifted and talented and able to realize those gifts and talents. and how do we take back america? the same way we have always done it, we organize and we vote and we lead with our values. so my friends, i say to you this, if you believe that people who work a full-time job can live a stress-free life and it should live a stress-free life, you should organize and vote for democrats. if you believe that anyone who works a full-time job should not have to live in poverty, you should organize and mobilize and a vote with democrats. if you believe that a woman's right to choose is a fundamental right that we should never interfere with, and it is part of women's economic empowerment, you should organize, mobilize and vote for democrats. if you believe that health care is a right for all and not a privilege for a few, you should organize, mobilize and vote for democrats. if you believe that the right to , andis our most sacred voter suppression is wrong, you should organize, mobilize and vote for democrats. if you believe our dreamers are every bit as american as my american-born daughter, you should organize, mobilize and vote for democrats. if you believe that our toretary of education ought believe in public education, you should organize, mobilize and vote for democrats. if you believe that our epa administrator ought to get a tutorial on climate change, then you should organize, mobilize and vote for democrats. if you believe that every single person in this country should have access to safe drinking water, if you believe that we should build more schools and not more prisons, if you believe that every single person is entitled to a second chance, you should organize, mobilize and vote for democrats. if you believe that our first female president should not be mother russia, you should organize, mobilize and vote for democrats. that is what it is about, folks. we have got to take a page out playbook, and that is what we did in 2017, we caused good trouble, we mobilized and one elections in , in new jerseywa and virginia and alabama and elsewhere am a and in 2018, we will continue that blue wave, but only if we do it together. do it together, let's caused good trouble together, let's pass the equal rights bendment together, let's victorious together. thank you very much, keep up the good work and commit to vote in every single election, every single day. thank you. [cheering] >> thank you, everyone, for being here. we are so excited and want everyone to have fun and stay safe. the sun is shining, so please stay off of the melting ice. is a civileaker rights lawyer. [applause] thank you everybody from virginia. i am originally from hampton roads. in lgbt veteran, i joined the navy a long time ago back in 1998 from a high school in ic northam. anybody from their? -- from there. i am here in d.c., i am in the d.c. national guard, a great place to be. this is a great story, because it is about you. doe.re jane it is about how much power you have as jane doe and how much you can fight against two powerful administrations and how doe and can do as jane how much power you can have over to administrations. this is that story. when you are also a man or a woman and you also claim the title of jane doe, you can also have that power. when you do this, you can also be a transgender individual like myself. [cheering] ms. mason: and you conserve in the military now. [cheering] you can do that with don't ask, don't tell. that got turns down in 2010 during the prior administration. now we get to serve with equality. got tweeted bywe this administration, and jane for equalo stand up rights once again. and now, all of the men and women and transgender in the lgbt community have to stand up and fight against this administration and say no more. [cheering] ms. mason: we needed to make sure that we could stay in the military and make sure we were part of this fighting force in the navy, the marine corps, the air force, the coast guard. because we deserve to serve. [cheering] ms. mason: the men and women deserve diversity in the armed forces. ago, when i switched over and transitioned from the navy to the army -- [laughter] ms. mason: it was called blue to green. i went to a place called oklahoma. oklahoma pride. there, i also went to fort benning and became an infantryman. little did they know that i was actually transgender. there i learned how to become an infantryman,-- an and i knew it was not for me. i went over to fort campbell and became part of a soldier's girl, and inspirational story that allowed me to become more of who i was and where i needed to be. [cheering] ms. mason: went straight to afghanistan. learned what combat was, day in and day out. took idf's every day. should women what combat was because we had women serving with us every day and i witnessed what they could do. [cheering] ms. mason: the battalion with this went on the same patrols we went on. i confided in then and told them i was transgendered. got my hormones tested and they told me congratulations, you are pregnant. came back, i could not even tell anybody look, i need help, because i could be outed. and that's because don't ask, don't tell ended without including transgender soldiers. [booing] ms. mason: yep. the obama administration failed transgender soldiers, it didn't include me until later on. that's when i decided i needed i come home to virginia, but couldn't come home. there was no equality at home. d.c.e home to maryland and , where there was a quality. -- was equality. that was not true, either. i got kicked out. i had to fight! i got on nbc news, fought against the administration, got back in, and then it was like deja vu, july 26, first thing in the morning, donald j. trump said we are doing you a great favor, we are kicking you out. [booing] ms. mason: celeste said to myself, that is not the happened to me or anybody else. you are not going to lose your home, your car, your daughter, your job. this is not what happened to anybody else, because it already happened to me, and it is not worth losing it all over again. , since he took office, it has been a civil rights war. first, he came after our immigrants, he came after our national origin, he came after lgbtolor, after the community, and then he came after me, and that is where the mistake happened. [cheering] so with that, no matter who you are and no matter what your name is, understand that when you stand here today, youare jane doe, and when empower other people, you can help others. and this is why it is worth running for office no matter what state you're in, he cares when you need to cross the pond, the monument, the mall, and can use more you votes and more power than the people in every state across this nation to do more good for more people everywhere else by using your vote now in this year, that's the power of you, the women at this women's march. thank you. [applause] >> our next speaker is the president of the national organization for women. [applause] afternoon, activists. [applause] rights.rights are human [applause] yeah. and women have the right to be happy. and women have the right to be respected. we have the right to stay legal, affordable of portions -- affordable abortions. and we have the right to birth control. and we have the right to be free of violence in our homes, in the streets, and our workplaces and in our schools. this year's elections are crucial. they will either signal a turnaround for donald trump's ability to spread his racist, sexist, and intolerant agenda. or we will have another two years of the same. we are not going to let that happen. women can determine the outcome in close elections. we need to build the excitement and enthusiasm right now. out the massive vote we need in november, and we will do that. that's why the national organization for women is gearing up for an unprecedented year of political activism, strong feminist candidates are running like never before. women will no longer be traded with -- be treated with disrespect. [applause] womentoday, there are 311 running and democratic primaries for the house of representatives. yeah! and 47 democratic women are running for the senate. yeah! areat least 79 women putting in runs for governor, potentially doubling a record for female candidates 1994. yeah. and we're going to get them elected. we are seeing chapters being confused with new energy, new members, and with new chapters being formed. ourn recognize now advocates, their allies and partners in advancing the feminist majority. the special election in alabama showed us that trump and his allies can be defeated anywhere. yeah. when women get out to vote. look around you today look at this crowd. feel the energy that's gathering here to make history in november. do you remember that right-wing republican congressman dave brat saying the women are in my grill no matter where i go? right.amn 're at it again today. if we don't stand up for our right, trump and his right-wing allies will take it away from us. yesterday i joined allies with the supreme court to support abortion rights. [applause] there are a lot of us there. he looks forward to the end of roe v. wade, the ash heap of history. so, what are we going to do? we are going to elect a u.s. senate that will never again vote to confirm an antiabortion radical to the supreme court. we are going to vote for jacky rosen and we are going to work for her and make phone calls and write her checks. we are going to go there and knock on doors for her. and we are going to vote for christian cinema from arizona. we are going to flip the senate. [applause] we must work for those running for the house. we need to collect a house of representatives that won't pass a 20 week ban on abortions or heartbeat protection acts or any other unconstitutional measures republicans use to derive women of their rightful health care. one year ago, a woman in hawaii went online to start what became the largest single political demonstration in washington since the vietnam war. yeah, the women's march change that narrative during trump's first week in office and he's never gotten over that. [applause] today, we are sending trump another message. look out your window. [applause] cs. hear us -- see us. hear us. feel our power. you can't stop us with your tweets. you can't stop us with your leading. and you can't -- your bullying. and you can't stop us with your hate speech. mr. trump, we are voting against you and yours. women have the right to be finally free of you. march on! [applause] >> our next speaker is the president of the women's national democratic club. [applause] >> good afternoon. i am inspired. i'm marching today and running for office tomorrow and so should you. [applause] i'm joining hundreds of women across the country who are doing the same thing. taking the plunge. i am going to try to change the complexion of the maryland legislature. [applause] let me start by quoting eleanor roosevelt in inspiration to us all. you should say to yourself, i have lived through this horror. i can take the next thing that comes along. you must do the thing you think you cannot do. [applause] these words resonate today because we have lived through the horror of the november 2016 elections and we are still suffering the consequences of electing an anti-woman, anti-minority, anti-immigrant president. the women's march was inspirational to say the least, making history. it was the thing women shared to do and it succeeded beyond everybody's wildest imaginations. [applause] what is the market about? -- the march about? it was the creation of a social movement for social progress and this title wave has woken up a sleeping giant and that is you. thousands and thousands of women activists and hundreds of dress roots groups have erected a wall of resistance for the policies of this administration. we honor the legacies of movements before us, the separatists, the -- suffragists, the feminist movement, the american indian movement, the occupy wall street movement. marriage equality, black lives matter, and more. solidarity with the 800,000 dreamers who are threatened in their homes today. the only home they have ever known. -- and wend with stand with planned parenthood. a shout out to planned parenthood. [applause] what is the source of this surgeon activism a year out? it is women. women are just fed up. women are fed up that we make up only 20% of congress. women are fed up with sexual harassment. women are fed up with donald trump. and women are fighting back. [applause] a festering wound of bigotry, misogyny, and exploitation lies exposed today. the healing can only happen if women take charge of their own destiny, if women occupy those same bastions of power from which they have been exploited. time the u.s. saw a surge in women running for office was 1992 in the wake of anita hill's testimony. it was called the year of the woman because women were elected to the u.s. house and senate in record numbers. it is only when the power dynamic changes and women have a greater say and sway in politics and in the workplace that the explication of women will stop. -- exploitation of women will stop. go into #iran to and #iwon. we are seeing more women running, more women voting for women, more women turning out to vote. it makes women change agents. let's say it. it makes women change agents. and a powerful part of the formula for 2018 races. the organization she should run announced in july that it was announcing a national campaign to achieve gender parity among elected officials by the year 2030. fills galvanizing women to 250,000 of the nations almost 500,000 elected positions. let us resolve to make that happen. 1992 was the year of women. beginninge 2018 the of the decade of women! [applause] >> so now we have house democratic leader nancy pelosi and the members of the house caucus. [applause] leader pelosi: good afternoon everyone. thank you. for being here and being there for the women of america and of the world. here with myo be colleagues from the house of representatives, who you will shortly meet, but first i have a few words to say to you. when i was speaker and leader, people say to me, if you ruled the world, what one thing would you do? and that one thing i would do is educate women and girls. [applause] you, emily and other organizations of the march and everyone who turned out, for educating women and girls to know their power. [applause] last year, you came here in bigger numbers than those who came to see the new president of the united states, a much bigger number. [applause] and at that time, the women marched, and now they have run for office and some of them have already one for office. -- won for office. nothing is more wholesome to a government, to a country, to a society, then the increased participation of women in the leadership and in the rank-and-file. we need women's participation. so it's absolutely essential and you taught women to know their power and in so many respects by showing up. you transformed the world, transformed the world. by showing up not only on the day of the march last year, but in airports. and at town hall meetings and congressional offices and on the wall of the capital to speak your conscience, to speak your truth. and it your truth is never more important than now. [applause] more last it was year, little did we know the truth that immigrants are the wholesome invigoration of american, the dreamers make us dream again. [applause] that women in politics makes the wholesome different and the more we have, the better off our country will be. and that's the truth. [applause] and i will tell you one other truth. we just came from the capital. where our republican colleagues have shut down government [booing] -- shut down government. [booing] and you know what's sad about it? they are hiding behind children. they are pretending they are hiding -- they are pretending they are trying to help children with the chip program even though they have voted against it in the past. they say they love the dreamers, but they really don't want to help them now. there are some. there is some bipartisan support, but you must help bring out the truth in those so they have the courage -- this isn't a budget fight. it's not just about the dreamers. it's about the investment in the future, fairness in the economy, so everyone enjoys the prosperity of america. and it's about honoring our values. our values of lgbt writes in our country. about the values of protecting god's creation, this beautiful planet, clean air, clean water. it's about reforming the criminal justice system so it's more fair. it's about protecting a woman's right to choose. it's about fair immigration policy. safety in our gun country. for economic justice. last week, we observed martin luther king day and he talked about economic justice. he says he doesn't think god would contend a society where some would enjoy an inordinate wealth while others participated in abject poverty. that's part of the fight we have and the truth is, our budget recommendations address just that. so while we have this president celebrating his one-year anniversary, let's give him an f for his performance. [applause] >> f minus. leader pelosi: he said the good shutdown is good for the country. not so. one more thing, his director said on tv last night, i just learned i'm the one person who could shut down government. mold and he said that. and he said, i think that's cool. well, we don't think that's cool and we are going to make it too hot for them to handle. the way we are going to do that is with the truth. rather than going into the agonies of the republicans, let's just say this. we don't agonize, we organize! that leading the way to do are our house democrats, for whom i'm so proud. their unity and the unity of the senate democrats and the leadership of chuck schumer and dick durbin just show the world we are here for our values. and so, with your permission, c so theg to pass the mik members can say high. their name and where they are from. >> joe crowley. blessings from new york. i wish i was there, but i'm glad i'm here. >> congressman joyce beatty, the great state of ohio. >> lois frankel, the sunshine state of florida. [speaking spanish] >> davis, san diego, california. >> julia brownley, ventura, california. [applause] norma torres, great state of california. [applause] >> brenda lawrence from detroit, michigan. enough is enough! , adams, the great state of north carolina. [applause] val jennings, the great state of florida! >> robin kelly, the city of chicago. who rocks the world? girls! >> congresswoman terri sewell from alabama! [applause] lee, houston,son texas! wish i was there. leader pelosi: don't you love the beautiful diversity of the house democrats? minorities, and lgbt community members. oakland and berkeley, where we will stay woke. >> from the great state of oregon. >> frank pallone, new jersey. >> sandy levin from michigan. we won't let it happen again, right? >>. norcross, new jersey. mom, you are always with me. >> the free state of maryland. judy chu oh, los angeles county, california! rick nolan, the north star state of minnesota! >> jackie spear from the golden state of california! paul tonko from the capital region of new york. the great state of illinois and i am not from norway. [applause] [laughter] >> carolyn maloney from the great city of new york, new york. [applause] i'm proud to be here nancy pelosi of california. year, i marched with my grandchildren. they are marching this year in san francisco. wouldn't you love to see this group serve in the majority? this beautiful, diverse democratic party? run,ou've marched, you've and now you must have your voices heard by voting. we have to turn out at the polls to make the difference. are you ready to make that difference? one more. ok. >> i am congress and mark takano from riverside, california, where my mother is marching in the riverside march. leader pelosi: ok, are we ready for a great victory for women? >i thought so. we march, we run, we vote, we win. thank you all very much. >> perfect. fire it up and ready to go. woo, woo, woo! [applause] if you care about getting money out of politics, i am asking you to fight to end citizen's the united, and ban corporate money. [applause] if you care about protecting our known no otherve country as america as their home, i am asking you to keep calling your representatives in congress, and demand that will not be used as political pawns just to support an ineffective border wall that mexico was supposed to pay for. and if you care about winning back the house, flipping the senate, so we could have a check on this president, i urge you to support democratic candidates all across this country. whether the issue isn't that most important for you, each one of you is the agent for change. each one of your voices is so important. we can start a movement locally, nationally, at our companies, in our communities, on college campuses, or at her own kids' schools. it's up to us. it is our moment to stand tall, ! fight back, and to be heard [applause] >> our next speaker is the vice president of national outreach and training of emily blitz. [applause] , sisters.ternoon good afternoon, sisters. president of national outreach and training, the nation passed the largest resource for progressive women. and a year ago today, like many of you, i was getting ready to march, and i did. and then the next morning, i got up at 4:00 a.m., kissed my still-sleeping three-year-old, and my husband goodbye, and was outfitted in my "nasty women inkte" shirt, and my peak hair which in honor of this auspicious anniversary, i decided to make still. [applause] as a kenyan-american, i was a little tempted to call it shithole steel, but trump has had enough with kenyans. no need to inside a jealous rage, travel ban, or something. but back to a year and two days ago, i drove in the dark and i felt the weight of what was in front of me. it is the weight that was and is my privilege to bear, ,ervousness is my biggest fear and a day, i claimed that as privilege. that morning, it was due to the recognition of how important it was for me to not just train the 500 women who showed up that morning to learn how to run for up the but to also fire women who gathered to learn how to help the women run for office. women who had also risen early and kissed loved ones goodbye, perhaps several days prior. many from out of town who had come by planes, trains, and automobiles. many who had gathered, talking late into the night after the march, and still showed up. -- and still showed up early the next morning, because no matter what our distances, no matter what our differences thank you , intersection a women's march organizers, we were one in the "hell no" statement, we came to make the day before and the community we found in the process. but it didn't end there. this group was ready to pick it further, to commit to a different level. they showed up because they were ready to do something about a wasamental truth we know power. if you are not at the table, you are what? on the menu! family, i work for emily blitz, an organization that has been helping to elect pro-choice, democratic women for 33 years. [applause] was a partily blitz of what became known as "the ," as my sisteran spoke of earlier driven by the , average women felt at professor anita hill's treatment during the clarence thomas hearing. you know? outrage. like the growing fury, i felt as a freshman at howard university, watching how professor hill was so crudely taken apart because they didn't believe her. outrage, like that which is liken over 26,000 women, many of you, to reach out to emily's listst -- since the 2016 election. there are future state legislators, mayors, city counselors, members of congress, school board members, district attorney cost waterboard members. you name it. women are coming for it. [applause] in fact, do i have any women out here who are running today? do i have any folks out here who are going to help a woman to run? emily's list we know that , women run for office because they are mad or because they want to fix something. and we've always said, watch out for the women for whom it is both. this is not business as usual, family. we've got a whole lot of brilliant, diverse, dedicated folks learning how to run for office across this country and putting their names on the ballot. these women, who will become the entire future generation of transformational leaders. transformation won't b the transformation won't be complete in 2018 and it won't be complete in 2020. it's just getting started. in fact, construction has begun ahead of schedule. am i correct for our 2017 victories? but it is not a minute too soon, is it as we sit here with our , government shutdown? we experience the real consequences of this white house, this congress, and please, dear god, continue to keep watch over our progressiveness in the supreme court. so we must do more than stay woke. while this president works at a wall, we have been hard at work building and we know this coalition of old and new will of thethe success organizers who are leading victories from charlotte, north carolina to washington state to new jersey, down to texas, georgia, where we will elect our first black woman governor to serve in this country stacy , abrams. [applause] 2018 evenng to make better. this together it because progress does not come easy. we've got a lot of work ahead of . 2018 has already become the year of the woman, but just as last year's march was more than a one day demonstration, this will stretch far beyond one year. this is not a wave peri-this is . s this is a change you are all a part of. and as my aunt alice and my uncle bob, who are here today have always said, if you don't do politics, you will have politics done to you. thank you. [applause] >> our next speaker is the president of the feminist majority. >> how sweet this is! [applause] as we are standing here in d.c. with tens of thousands of people, we are all over this nation with 250 marches and events. [applause] we are in los angeles and new york, in vegas, and in mar-a-lago. [applause] millions are marching today and tens of thousands are marching said we would be a one-day event. they have no idea that this movement has been for decades and is going to be for as long as it takes to get the full equality. [applause] the message that we are sending today is that we are not only marching, we are voting, we are running, and we are winning! [applause] we have a pink wave that's coming to the state legislatures, to the governors' mansions, to congress and we , want to make sure that we keep our eyes on the prize. so we are going to introduce , right now two of the feminist majority's next wave that is coming in. and we have all generations up here. we have dr. nadya hashmini, she will be the first afghan -american to run for congress, and she is going to change the image of afghanistan. [applause] she's a pediatrician who is tired of doctors and right-wing ones in congress trying to deny women's rights to reproductive rights. [applause] and we also have appear, allison friedman, who is running in virginia against right-wing barbara constantine. [applause] i want to share my time with this future, so the first afghan forn to be speaking afghanistan, not only in the congress, but speaking for women have the help in congress, dr. nadya hashmini. [applause] dr. nadya: hello, d.c. [applause] it is a pleasure to look out at the nation's capital and see pink strong! [applause] i attended this march last year out of outrage. i stood with fellow physicians, ready to demand change. and this year, i stand in front of this crowd as a candidate, because id sided, like many of because i decided, like so many of you that enough is , enough, and if we are the majority, then we should look like it. [applause] so in 2018, i, who as a descendent of afghans a country , that could be classified as one of those bleep hole countries, stand before you as a physician. and i'm ready to make this year year where we can have the last of the first because we have reached a time where we shouldn't still be putting out the first woman to do this and the first woman to do that. [applause] our time is now. vote with your feet. vote with your signs. vote with your wallets. and please, vote at the polls! [applause] allison: my name is allison friedman, and i am a first-time candidate running for congress in virginia's 10th district. [applause] and standing in front of this icon of unity, i think about our president, and i think about the founders, and i think they knew that at some point, we would tirade in the white house. what they did not count on was a congress without the courage to hold him accountable. [applause] but i look at here and i see courage. i secret in the silence-breakers , and the dreamers, and the moms who demand, and the black lives that matter. [applause] and deliver alabama. [applause] and courage that says to congress, if this job is too hard, and if this president is too scary to take on, we will take your place. [applause] we are ready to fight for a government that doesn't shut down, and understands that you can't incentivize work if childcare costs more than you are paid. caree ready to make health more accessible and affordable. fact, inady to deal in science, and integrity. becausere ready to run the only thing scarier than stepping into this ring is seeing what happens when we don't bury than. thank you. [applause] >> yes, there's going to be a pink wave, a blue wave, and there's going to be feminists marching until we have full inequality for all. [applause] and now, some of our allies in congress did not quite make the first wave, but they are here now. we got to know we have good friends in congress fighting every day, and we intend to increase their numbers. schultzdeputy wasserman just came, and i want to introduce her, and banker for fighting every day. >> thank you so much. thank you for fighting the good fight for nearly my entire life with the feminist majority. it is so incredibly important that we continue to send the message as women and men, who are aligned with us, that donald trump we will not roll over, we , will not give in. and i am here representing the great state of florida, sending a shout out to my sisters in miami who i would love to be with tomorrow, but instead we fight, and stand up for the dreamers, and for the sisters, and for the women, and for my daughters from generation to generation to ensure we will have a quality and equity and be able to make sure that we don't ord any more "me too," "times of movements." thank you for being here. thank you for standing with us. it's my privilege to introduce my colleagues. >> hello washington, d.c. i'm from seattle, washington, and proud to be the first indian-american woman in the u.s. house of representatives. [applause] and let me tell you, democrats are standing strong for our values and our principles. we are going to fight for dreamers, for kids who need health insurance. we are going to fight to put funding into the opioid crisis. we are going to fight for what every working american deserves in this country, and women are going to lead the way. and now, it is my great honor to introduce from the great state of tennessee, steve collins. [applause] steve: thank you. america, this is a beautiful picture. starrom memphis, the blue and a red state, where thousands of women met today in a march rally for women's rights. [applause] i'm proud to stand here as one of the sponsors, along with our representative and several of her colleagues who filed to impeach donald j. trump. [applause] violated the clause, disrupted justice, and stood up in ways that the judiciary should never see to try to stop on them. we will not allow it. this is the biggest, most tremendous crowd in the history of washington will gather here to see the election and the inauguration of the next president of the united states, somebody who believes in justice, freedom, and democracy. join me here. i bring on rep presented of jimmy gomez from california. -- i will bring up representative jimmy gomez from california. jimmy thank you so much. :my name is jimmy gomez. i'm from los angeles, the home of the resistance. i'm the first democrat elected to congress in the trump era and , we are going to make it the shortest president seat in history. i believe, no matter the color of your skin, no matter the god you worship, if you come here, and believe in our country and its ideals, that all men and women are created equal that you , deserve a place here in the united states of america. and i like to say thank you because the resistance is not just in the halls of congress, or the city hall chambers, or the statehouses. it is in the streets, the homes, the planned parenthood clinics. women will be treated fairly and get equal health care. so, i want to say thank you. keep up the fight because this fight continues. the struggle endures and the dream will live on. [applause] >> our next speaker is marcella house, the executive director of the national black women's reproductive justice addendum. [applause] marcella: good morning, or actually it's afternoon now. good afternoon, everybody. and yes, we are going to march soon. a year ago, millions of women and men came out to protest the election of a racist, xenophobic, homophobic, sexual predator. while the protests were very energetic and spawned all types of actions drop the country we , still have donald trump in the white house. and we still have a republican-controlled congress that is unwilling to stand up for these anti-woman, anti-black, anti-muslim, anti-poor policies. but i don't really want to talk about donald trump today. i want to tell a different story, a much more visionary story. on december 12, an unlikely scenario developed. 1.3 million voters voted in the special election in alabama. [applause] 229,289 black women voted. [applause] they cast 98% of their votes for former federal prosecutor, who supported the affordable care act, who opposed additional restrictions to abortion rights, wod who prosecuted the t klansmen who were responsible for the bombing of a church that murdered four young black women. [applause] on that same day, 418 white women voted. 34% of them voted for the former prosecutor, but 63% voted for a conservative, evangelical, antiabortion, pedophile. [booing] we can march every single year, but the best way to stop the right-wing policies coming out of the trump administration is to change the people who make the decisions. [applause] and women have the power to make that change. black women have consistently voted for candidates who support voting rights, women's rights, civil rights, the rise of lgbt people, workers rights. but we need all women as our partners. [applause] right after the presidential election last year, i sat down and had coffee with a friend. she was white. and she told me that she had voted for hillary clinton. but that her mother, her two sisters, and her sister-in-law had voted for donald trump. [booing] i asked her why. ? and she said, i didn't ask. so, for the next nine months, our task is very simple. talk to your mothers, your ,isters, your sister in laws your nieces, your cousins, your friends. have those family-fights over politics that you really don't want to have. [applause] yeah, you know, those holiday family-fights. only this time, make it about who they are going to vote for. [applause] because those are the kind of discussions that are critical to changing the toxic environment we now live in. we have thousands of women who are stepping up to run for office. but they will not win without women's votes. womenill be the year when decisions' makers. [applause] so, march, take to the street, but of all things, vote. [applause] remember, we are the ones we've been waiting for. thank you. [applause] >> hey, guys. hey, everyone. thank you so much for your patience. we have just a few more speakers, and then we will be marching shortly. so please, give the speakers more of your time and attention because we are happy to have them, and their message is so important. please bear with us for 20 or 30 minutes. this is very important. [booing] 10 minutes. can you give me 10 minutes, please? thank you, because our speakers, we are really excited to have them. so, just 10 more minutes, ok? >> our next speaker is terrell davis, a musician, actor, and author. >> thank you. well, good afternoon. i want to thank emily and all the organizers of the women's march for having all of these wonderful speakers delivering this great message. right now, we've done the talk and in 10 minutes or so, it will be time to walk the walk. [applause] you know, we keep hearing "make america great again." well, i think we better start with the making america great, period. and there is no greatness without equality. and i know a little bit about equality. i have worked for the last 32, 33 years bringing sense to people who would join organizations, such as the ku klux klan and neo-nazi movements and i've had a great deal of , success. but discrimination does not start or end with just color or race. there are all kinds of discrimination, and today, we are going to fight against discrimination, against women. and there is no way that anybody here can tell me that they exist without a woman involved. [applause] century,, in the 21st women are still making $.79 to my dollar for the same amount of work? "thee call ourselves greatest nation on the face of this earth." don't get me wrong i love my , country, i am very patriotic. but i do have some issues with that statement. perhaps, we are the greatest technologically. we put a man on the moon. and while neil armstrong was walking around, talking about "one small step for man, and one leap for mankind," we were able to talk with him live via satellite radio phone all the way to the moon. we invented that technology. everybody here has a cell phone. everybody here has email. wordsfew numbers, hit send a,iw , and it you are talking to people in california, africa, china, alaska. anywhere on the face of the earth, we invented that technology. so how is it that we have a country -- and their countries around the world that somebody holered to as blank countries that have female presidents, female prime minister's, etc.? it seems to me that before we can call ourselves the greatest nation on the face of this earth , perhaps their ideology needs to catch up to our technology -- our ideology needs to catch up to our technology, and then we can truly grad -- brag about how great we are. it's going to take men as well, and i'm addressing all you men out there to stand up to the plate, talk to your brothers, talk to your sons, talk to your fathers, talk to your coworkers. we need to support these women. they say behind every good man, there is a good woman. now it is time for the good men to stand behind these good women. [applause] and we must support them and give them a safe place that will allow them to speak out and not have to -- like the lady the other day, i won't call her name, but you know who she is -- so they don't have to strip themselves of their dignity and integrity and lie under oath in order to protect their male boss and keep their job. we want women to have the same safe place we do, and we want women to have equal pay that we have for equal work. and we are to make that happen this year. thank you all very much. [applause] >> our next be here is nadia hassan of the young leaders institute. [applause] >> [speaking foreign language] upon all of you. outcomelearned of the of the election last year, there was a sweeping fear among children that sparked a national schoolkidsas the expressed to their fear of wanting to go to school under the new administration. never before have i seen such a national outcry from the most vulnerable members of our country. our children. this brought me to tears, and i felt helpless. and i have no idea how i could help our youngsters. and so at that moment, i heard the echoes of my late father, whose voice rang in my years as not -- helpless helpless? nonsense, that's rubbish. no such thing. had he been alive, that would drop to three day lecture, and you would have told me how, as a child, he had to walk to school ,n the snow, uphill both ways with holes and issues. and then he would've told me about how he had to leave his family at such a young age to join the united states marines and to serve our country proudly , and how the army made a man out of him. my household, there was no room for helpless. time, i knew that things were about to get ugly, and that nothing was going to change without a fight. and so i turned to the only inspiration that i knew, and that was the holy koran, the word of god that was given to prophet muhammad. koranhe koran, the same that thomas jefferson used as a reference when he authored the declaration of independence. [applause] thatf you have not seen koran, it is on display at the library of congress, and i encourage you all to go see it there. thomas jefferson was a champion for civil liberties and people's freedoms, and let's not forget that it was jefferson who was the main promoter of the bill of rights, as he saw a need for additional protections and liberties and freedoms for americans beyond what the constitution offered at that time. and so if it is surprising to you that our first amendment speech,reedom of freedom of religion, freedom of the press, free choice and free will were all liberties that were awarded to humanity by god in the koran, 1400 years ago. and is it also surprising to note that the koran is an avid supporter of women's rights, women's rights, and get this. the koran gave women rights equal to that of man. equal, really equal. and women in the seventh century enjoyed liberties that many women don't have today. and so i can't help but wonder is moderately taking us forward, where or is it taking a word -- taking us backwards? i'd like to share two sources of inspiration that really helped me at this moment. helpless andeling at an all-time low. the first source of inspiration --e from a verse in the iran in the koran, where our creator said, and i quote, god will not change the condition of the changeuntil they first what is in themselves. in other words, if you want to see change in your external environment, change the condition of your internal environments. change the condition of your heart and your mind. [applause] if you want to see more love in the world, have a loving heart. if you want more positivity around you, think positive thoughts. if you want more peace in the world, be the pc want to see around you. it's just that simple. and if you want to see a better government, go out and vote. [applause] the second source of inspiration came to me from an iconic pop singer, who saying man in the mirror. michael jackson's message in this song almost identically mirrors the verse from the iran -- the corolla and -- the koran. the core states if you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make that change. ie song goes deeper to say see the kids in the street without enough teach, who am i to be blind, pretending not to see their needs. have we become blinded by our greed and our own selfish ways, that we can no longer see the need and the rights of others? toare losing our youth drugs, to violence, to gangs, to suicide, and a poverty. we have more homeless and poor thanren in this country any other industrialized nation. you, thisantee administration will do nothing about it. my heart goes out to my el ,alvador in others and sisters for those who are no longer protected under the gps, and i want to tell you that the muslim community stands with you. [applause] today, i stand before you with renewed intention, and i'm going to change my ways, and like michael said, it starts with the man in the mirror. , as a my case lebanese-american muslim woman, who is the daughter of a u.s. marine, it starts with this woman in the mirror. and so, as the executive director of young leaders institute, i am dedicating my life's work to empowering our youth to reaching the greatest potential, and to helping them become the world's greatest innovators and agents of change that we know they are. and let's not put our young people in a box. they are not the future leaders or the leaders of tomorrow, they are the leaders of today. knowe need to let them that they matter, too. you,ike to urge all of especially all of the millennials out there to stand shoulder to shoulder and hold hands and let's march on to the polls. and let'she polls, have a say in who represents us. spoke of two sources of inspiration, but i actually have a third. i brought that third source with me today. and she is someone who has been an advocate for getting the vote out, especially in the midterm election. please welcome to the stage my daughter riata williams. [applause] >> hey, guys. right now i'm going to encourage all of you to vote for the 2018 midterm elections. i know what you are thinking. why is this kid telling you what to do? adultsbecause in 2016, decided to elect a man that i do not like into the white house. i was so scared that i didn't even want to go to school. and now i'm here to ask you to please do something about it. i know i'm just a kid, but even i know that every single vote counts. look at what happened in virginia. we won the house by one vote. just one vote. please go out and vote, so you can give a kid like me, and all the kids in the crowd a chance for a good future. thank you very much and let's power to the polls together. thank you. collects our next speaker is britney oliver, founding director of not without black women. >> hello, everyone. oliver, andritney i'm the founding director of not without like women, based in baltimore, maryland. women is a black social and political organization that started last summer. we are an organization that focuses on black women's issues through self-expression, dialogue, and sisterhood. is rooted in youth mentoring, community service, political advocacy, and community organizing erie it if you all remember, a year ago, i challenged white feminism to the women's march on washington year ago during this time. year later, i'm your speaking in front of you today. -- i am here speaking in front of you today. [applause] so black women, not without black women. what do we think that means and what that stands for? we have historical examples over and over again of what it means for black women, how important our voices are. alabama,e results from you saw me too. clap it up for her in the work she's done, for over 10 years and didn't get recognition for it until recently. black women's issues need to be at the forefront, in order for this country to move forward. right? issues where black women on the face include human trafficking, culture,utality, rape a inequality, street harassment, workplaces termination, immigration discrimination, all of this. black women are the face of these issues, and we need you. [applause] everybody needs to do a better job of supporting black women. i'm going to read a quick list of names of black women who we have lost in this country to police brutality. , kendra james.y sandra bland. andersen corinne gains, purnell,mith, joyce kendra chatman. burnett tanner. say her name. >> [chanting] they are name. -- say her name. >> clap it up. supporting lack and brown community organizations in your community's, we exist. support them, elect black women. all right. clap it upt least, for erica garner. life fighting for her father, her family has not seen justice yet. clap it up for her. she is the face of the movement. we are short on time, but before i go, i want you all to repeat after me. let me say what you need to say. without -- wait a minute, hold on. >> black women. >> 1, 2, 3. not without. >> like women -- black women. >> not without. >> lack women. -- black women. >> not without. >> black women. [cheers and applause] you to the organizers and everyone standing behind me, we are from baltimore, maryland. clap it up for them. [applause] thank you all so much. i appreciate it. support black women. [applause] respect. >> black women. respect. >> black women. [inaudible] women.k collects good afternoon, everyone. the president of the fairfax naacp. ,xactly one year ago approximately 5 million women across the country stood up against the hate of the trump campaign, at the time, a lot of people thought that it was just a bunch of angry liberals blowing off some steam. but boy were they wrong. later, we have approximately 50 women running for the senate, and 400 running for the house. you did that. thank you. thank you for standing up against the hate, thank you for standing up to show the rest of the trump hate does not represent the majority of america. thank you for reorienting america's moral compass. last year, even though most of us were pretty upset about the trump victory, we all held out hope that the presidency wouldn't look anything like the campaign. but i think we all grossly underestimated just where trump's bottom was. the bottom wasn't describing mexicans as rapists and drug dealers, it wasn't bragging about assaulting women, it wasn't calling for the muslim ban, it wasn't encouraging supporters to assault protesters carson describing slaves as immigrants or describing neo-nazis is good people, it wasn't describing nfl ob's, ands slb's -- s countriese developing as as holes. the president does not have a moral compass. if the uniting as an encouraging the most instead using powerful platform in the world to divide us to promote hate. that's why we see a rise in you won'te the kkk hear about it on fox news, or cnn, 75% of the terrorist acts that happened in this country are portrayed by white --remacist, no muslim street not muslims. but we won't hear a band for the kkk. there is the real terrorists. trump's obsession with barack obama's legacy is more than barack obama's legacy, it's hope trying to erase the that he instilled in us. it's about trying to put us back in our place. it's about trying to remind minorities and women that we are never supposed to be equals, much less strive for greatness. but he miscalculate in our resolve as a nation and as a people. we don't look back, because we know the looking forward and our future is brighter than our past ever will be. we won't stop fighting for equality for women, we won't stop fighting to end police brutality, we won't stop fighting for a living wage, we won't stop fighting for immigrants to be treated like human beings. stop fighting for quality affordable educational and affordable health air, and we won't stop fighting for lgbtq writes. rights. at the same time, we can be so distracted by trumps twitter account that we keep losing sight of the actual policies that are put in place. we've got to make sure that the muslim ban actually dies for once and for all. we have to make sure that the wall doesn't go up and that we don't pay for it. we have to make sure that both documented and undocumented immigrants stop losing their protections like they are every day. and that criminal justice reform actually gets done instead of being led by jared kushner, now that he's done solving the middle east. we have to keep fighting for environmental protections, because those are fading every day. i'm closing in a somber note only to remind you that we have a lot of work to do. we have an uphill battle. but i know we are up for it. we have to be up for it, because we have to make sure that we leave a better future for the next generation. let's get to work, america. keep standing in the face of hate. thank you. [applause] >> hola, it is such an honor to be in front of this sea of beautiful people. march and all want to i promise therefore more speakers. i know, let me tell you. behalf of the national latina institute for reproductive health, and that 28 million latinos in this country, i want to send a message loud and clear to our elected officials. watching,olor are we're voting, and our voices will be heard. this has been a difficult year. women of color, trans people, immigrants, people with disabilities, folks with low income, muslims and native communities have faced the same attacks on our bodies, our livelihood, and our autonomy. but in spite of the ministrations attacks to take women in the world back to the dark ages, we have resisted. , andur presence here today every day, is a testament that we are strong, and we will not be defeated. i know this, because this fight is not new. in our communities have been down this road before. see this when i see dreamers stand up without fear. i see this when i see mothers like my mom, who day in and day out work hard to provide for our families and keep us close together. despite systems trying to keep us apart. i see this when trans and queer individuals refused to be silenced, and this administration allows for doctors to deny health services based on the doctor's religious or personal beliefs, i see this when individuals like jane doe fight to access for their abortion, even when the government tries to stop them, and still wins. we cannot stop, and we will not stop. of the anti-choice, anti-immigrant, anti-women politicians creating laws that hurt us all. we have to act now. you know why? because we are the backbone of this country, and we are the change makers. not only is it time to listen to the voices of women of color, it is also time to follow their leadership. together, we will fight for racial justice and black liberation. for quality, affordable health care for all. for equal access to education. for an end to the deportation machine that tears apart families. reformane immigration and liberation for our queer and trans communities. each and every one of us is needed to advance our vision for justice and equality, and transform the political landscape in this country. as poet and radical activist jim jordan said, we are the ones we have been waiting for. se simply in a -- si puede. yes we can. andello, i'm wendy wallace i am the political director for planned parenthood action fund. it is such an honor to be invited here to stay do today. following the march last year, women all across the country flooded congressional phone lines, swarmed at town halls, and rallied outside of politicians offices. and together we achieved when no one thought was possible. we defeated trumpcare and attempts to defund planned parenthood not once, not twice, but three times. [applause] we are not accepting what is happening now as the new normal. women are speaking out against and times with me too up. and as usual, women of color are leading the way in important electoral news in virginia and alabama. 2018, our into collective power is going to continue to drive change in this country at the local and national level. this year, the resistance is moving from the airport to the street, to the state houses and to the ballot boxes. together, we are fighting for a world where people of color, immigrants, lgbt communities all have full equality and control over their bodies. administration will not stop trying to defeat us. and that is why are movable only grow stronger, more women will speak out, more women will run for office, more powerful politicians will be held accountable. strongest allies in this fight will be members of congress, and it is my pleasure to introduce congressman keith ellison, who is here to talk about that. [cheering] guys, how areu you doing out there? how are you feeling? i am here to do one simple thing, and that is to thank you. because a year ago, people were feeling down, they were feeling beleaguered. this maniac got elected and thought, what are we going to do? but you, the women of america, said we are going to march on january 21. we are going to inspire this country and change this situation. you did that, and here you are back, one year later, and wouldn't you know what? ol done shut down the government. your commitment to organizing is leading the entire country. absolutely, you are inspiring women and girls. but don't think that you are not inspiring all of us. you are inspiring the whole country, and behind your leadership, i will follow. thank you very much, and i look forward to fighting at your side, all the time. ! peace! [cheering] >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. my name is edwin santana, and i am going to keep his very short. i'm a former marine, puerto rican, and in 2016, i was inspired to run for congress. that i can to you one thing, my campaign truly did not start until i attended the women's march on january 21, 2017. and i witnessed firsthand a progressive wave and the start of a new political movement. a movement that swept across this country, one that i witnessed firsthand in my home state of virginia. so in my run for congress, i promise to fight every single day for the rights. i will continue to fight for more minorities, women, and members of the lgbt community the elected to congress. thank you so much for being here. thank you for inspiring me every single day, let's keep the blue wave rolling. [applause] >> hey, everyone. my name is jamie sawyers, and i am so ready to join you out there in the march. ishusband, ryan sawyers, running for congress. thank you. and today, i am here to march with you for equality, for women, and all human rights. ryan, is ready to stand with you, and be a "yes" vote for all of these important issues in congress. tired of the rhetoric -- we are so tired of the rhetoric being controlled by trump lies, and we are ready to let them hear our truth. thank you so much. wyers.o year sa thank you. >> i am also running for congress in virginia's first district. i will tell you the four things we need to do to get equality because waiting patiently and , not so patiently for a quarter-century is too long. when you are told to shut up, speak up, when you are told to sit down, stand up, be persistent, and always vote, because the gop will not stand with you, but the progressives will, and we do, and we will. thank you very much. we are better off together then we are on our own. thank you. >> sisters and brothers, all is possible, right? let me hear it! all is possible! williams, and i am running for congress in the first district of virginia. let me tell you this. all is possible because i am standing here in front of you telling you that we are going to take over capitol hill this year. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, sisters and brothers, let me tell you what i want you to do. i want you to get your phones to 69922, andirst support my campaign because this sister is going to take us home, and get us back together. women, we are here, and we ain't going nowhere. thank you. [applause] >> we are so close, we are almost done. i have two things left and 30 seconds. i am a is eve hurwitz, combat, decorated veteran, a mother of five, a business owner, and the nonprofit executive, and a community organizer. on,"on the board of "march which is a national organization created by amazing women that consist of women smart team members, and a bunch of sister marked organizers from last year. and i want to tell you two things. one, you are all badass. [applause] we are going to own this. we are going to take it back, and the next step is called "operation marching orders." operationmarchingorders.org. this is where we crowd sourced the national agenda of every body who has marched, and every body who supports them. it opens now. it is open for two weeks. it is a chance for us to put our ands and wants on paper, deliver it to our elected officials. we are saying, these are our orders. them, or be-- heed voted out. operationmarchingorders.org. march on! [applause] >> hello, everyone. joelle owens, and i am a professional soccer player for the washington spirit [cheering] i've planned an entire speech, but guess what? [cheering] it is time that we move. it is time that we march. and we rise up! let me hear you, when i say rise, you say up. >> rise -- >> up. >> rise -- >> up. >> rise -- >> up. >> in the words of beyonce, who run the world? >> girls. >> who run the world? >> girls. damn right, people! let's rise up, let's march on washington. our footsteps and our voices will be heard. we cannot stand still. here we go. thank you. let's march! >> thank you, everyone. now, who is ready to march? [applause] we are going to head down to the reflective and turn down 17th and we are going to march to the white house, and they are going to hear us! let me hear you! [cheering] >> i didn't hear you. let me hear you! [cheering] >> show me what democracy looks like. >> this is what democracy looks like. >> show me what democracy looks like. >> this is what democracy looks like. sho >> show me what democracy looks like. >> this is what democracy looks like. >> now let's march. [cheering] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] returns for the second day of work to reopen the federal government. house meet at 2:00 eastern and the senate returns at 1:00. atch mcconnell has announced vote is possible shortly after midnight eastern time on a new temporary sunday measure. follow live gavel to gavel coverage on c-span and on c-span2. we are streaming live online and c-span.org and on the free c-span radio app. this

Related Keywords

Iran , Berkeley , California , United States , Ohio , Arizona , Alabama , Mexico , Alaska , Vietnam , Republic Of , Oakland , Norway , Kenya , Maryland , Whitehouse , District Of Columbia , New Jersey , Puerto Rico , Texas , Seattle , Washington , Florida , Town Hall , New York , Jersey , Spain , Kentucky , Houston , China , San Diego , Hamptonroads , Virginia , Erie , Tennessee , Afghanistan , Baltimore , Georgia , Capitol Hill , Oklahoma , Michigan , Russia , Spanish , Puerto Rican , Afghans , America , American , Kenyans , Brenda Lawrence , Joe Crowley , Norma Torres , Michael Jackson , Los Angeles , Lois Frankel , Ryan Sawyers , Sean Spicer , Jared Kushner , Neil Armstrong , Joelle Owens , Andersen Corinne , Jane Doe , Kendra James , Sandy Levin , Steve Collins , Joyce Beatty , Chatman Burnett Tanner , Anita Hill , Doug Jones , Walter Starr , Jimmy Gomez , Thomas Jefferson , Tom Perez , Carolyn Maloney , Roe V Wade , Abraham Lincoln , Edwin Santana , Chuck Schumer , Keith Ellison , Hillary Clinton , Jamie Sawyers , Frank Pallone ,