The author, ted koppel. The sunday night on q a, he talks about the musical chemical and the consulting work he did on the musical. It, i said reading really . Hamiltons life is a classic hiphop narrative. I was thinking what on earth is this guy talking about . He said to me on the spot is my first question was 10 hiphop be the vehicle for telling this kind of very large and complex story. Im going to educate you and he did. You can pack more information into lyrics than in the other. It is very dense. Hiphop natalie has rhyme innings, it has worked play, internal rhymes. He started educating me. 8 00 easternht at and pacific on q a. President obama is currently overseas on a multiday trip. One of his tops was in london where youth town hall. And included members of the u. S. Members young people initiative. Pres. Obama hello, everybody. Thank you so much. Hello, london. It is good to be back in the u. K. Thank you for the wonderful introduction. Was saying backstage i would vote for her for something. [applause] [laughter] thank matt for all the work he has done. [applause] and it is wonderful to see all of you. I guess you all know why i came this week. To stop me going from wishing happy birthday to her magis. Majesty. [laughter] and meeting george, who was adorable. [laughter] michelle and i had the privilege of meeting her majesty. I cannot say what we talked about. Am ill you that i hope i am engaging fun partner when i am 90. And i like to thank her for letting us use one of these halls or this town hall. I also came from touring shakespeares globe. Today is the 400 anniversary of shakespeares death and as he once wrote, remedy brevity. The soul of wit having a chance to meet with him people is one of my favorite things to do in here from them reckless. It is hiring to me. It gives me new ideas and i think underscores the degree to which young people are rising up in every continent to seize the possibilities of tomorrow. Now, whenever i get together with leaders of the United States, with the u. K. , you hear a lot about the special relationship and shared values that bind us together that make the world safer and more secure. All of that is true. We go back a pretty long they way. Weve had our quarrels. There was that whole tea incident. [laughter] the british burned my house down. [laughter] but, we made up. Up and endede made up spilling blood on the battlefield together sidebyside against fascism. , for freedom and democracy. And from the ashes before, we lead the charge to create the totitutions and initiatives sustain peace. Plan, the eu. Hall the joint efforts and sacrifices of previous americans and brits are part of why we have known decades of relative peace and prosperity and that in turn has helped it spread around the world. Think about how extraordinary that is. More than 1000 years, this continent was darkened by war and violence. Assumed that that was the fate of man. Thats not to say that your generation has had it easy. Here and in the United States, you have come of age through 9 11 and seven seven. In have families off to work it sounds as of our time, equality, migration, terrorism. All of these things are real. In an age of agent instant information with tv and twitter and a steady stream of bad news, i know it can sometimes seem that the world we have created is fragile. Maybe even humbling. For the new calls isolationism and xenophobia. See those call for rolling bk the rights of evil. People hunkering down in their unwillingof views and to engage in a democratic debate. I think we can understand they are reaction us reacting to changing times and uncertain. When its the two young people, i am for them to reject those calls to pull back. Im here to ask you to reject the notion that we are gripped by forces we cant control. I want you to take a longer and more optimistic view. I ask you to embrace the view of one of my predecessors who once manmade,roblems are therefore they can be solved by man and man can be as big as he wants. The 1950s, the global Life Expectancy has gone by 25 years since i 90 we have cut extreme poverty in the world by half. Over the past 100 years we have come from a world in which small fraction of women could vote to where almost every woman can. Since year 2000, we have come from a World Without marriage quality to one where it is a reality in nearly two dozen country countries. With aew months, i speak group of white house interns. They are roughly your age. They come in or that month. They are assigned to various ipects of the white house often talk to them about the fact that if you choose one moment in history and you did not know what youre going to be, whether you were a man or woman, what nationality,. Eligion, we are parents were if you could choose one time in history where the chances that you lead a fulfilling life were most promising, you would choose right now. This moment. The world, for all its travails and challenges, has never been healthier, better educated, wealthier, more tolerant, less violent, more attentive to the rights of all people. Then it is today. That is not a cause for complacency or that we do not have troubled, but it is a cause for optimism. Are standing in a moment where your capacity to shape the world is unmatched. What an incredible privilege that is. That aree never had tools to make a difference. Forge a better u. K. , a better europe, and a better world. So, my primary message they is going to be to reject pessimism him ate cynic is ism. C schi andress is not inevitable it requires struggle and disciplinary, and discipline and fate. But that is the story of how we won Voting Rights, womens rights, Voting Rights, civil gayrights because of those who came before us lives risked their to give us the chance of things better. That is what gives me hope about your generation. You are a generation that has bothers aration threat but as opportunity. Your generation who sees differences of pluralism and diversity not as a curse, but as a great gift. Thatis one of the reasons the United States has invested in the Young Leaders initiative around the world. Last summer we launched and it has grown from four students here in the u. K. To over 1000. Know and than 100 high schools he has worked to create more we wanthange programs you to have the tools, connections, and resources that yourself change agents. Wheres michael . Mic. He is rock thespired by the Vote Initiative and he spent greensboro, north china where he learned about our Civil Rights Movement. He said i have a new understanding about the meaning of delayed gratification, perseverance, fighting for change you may not live to see some of that your children will live to see. Fighting for change you may not live to see, but your children will look to see. That is what this is all about. Thats is what we are all about our best impulses have always been to leave a better world for connection region. You . Am, where. Here she is a top that impulse that compels a young leader like marion that grew up as one of a in a small house month but i will use my education that i got at oxford to help any child have the same opportunity that i have. And ali is here. The same impulse that led him to syria as aave fled child, but now im in office, im going to use my power to help other refugees like me. Wheres becca . Its that impulse that compels a young leader like i could to say that as a woman with a disability, i may have fallen down some of people who believe in me pick me up. And im going to pay for it by fighting forward for people with disabilities and violence against women. You cant help but be inspired by the stories of young people like these, both in the United States and united kingdom. Think of all the good we can do together. Think of all the good that we have yet to college. Theres not a challenge on this when it that our two countries dont take on together and as long as your generation nurtures that special relationship and learns from one another and then together, im confident that the teacher is brighter than the past and that our best days are still have us. So, with that, lets have a competition to a conversation. Eres what were going to do im going to go boy, girl, boy, girl to make sure it is fair. Introduce yourself. Micsve mike right there right there. Try to keep your question briefs so i can get as many as possible. Start with right here. President , im from Northern Island. Played in of what role in our Peace Process. How will those who come after you foster that . Pres. Obama Northern Ireland a story of perseverance in the fact that your generation how will you now . 21. Obama pres. Obama your story is different than your parents. Irelandolks come from , your firstcks day by minister and deputy Prime Minister. Folks are working these issues through. Degreeinteresting is the to which peacemaking in Northern Island is now inspiring others. So, in columbia in latin america, they are trying to undergo a Peace Process and it actually brought people from Northern Island to describe how hatredovercome years of and try to shape a country that is not unified . You know this better than i do. One of the things you see in Northern Island that is most important is the very simple act of recognizing the humanity of those on the other side of the argument. Sense ofpathy and a connection to people who are not like you. That has taken time, but your announcing that. Whoink among young people are interacting more, you are seeing that. Also forging a new identity that is about being from Northern Island, as opposed eing a just deciding the country as a whole is more important than any particular fashion faction. This is a challenging time to do that. Muchse there is so uncertainty in the world. Because rings are changing so fast, theres a temptation to forge identities, tribal identity, they give you a and of certainty. A buffer against change. Our youngmething that people, we have to fight against. Whether youre talking about africa or the middle east, theern ireland, irma forces that lead to the most violence and injustice typically spring out of people saying i byt to feel important dividing the world into us and them. And them threatens me have to out sure my tribe strikes first in fighting that mentality requires us to begin very young with our kids. One of the most encouraging things ive seen in Northern Irelands children going to School Together and having a sense that we are all in this together as opposed to its us against them. But, it is going to take some time. It will depend on leaders like you to make it happen. No pressure, youre going to be fine. Youre going to do it. All right, good question. Veteran roman right there. Gentleman right there. Hi, peter from london. If your successor comes to you and she says [laughter] [applause] it could be bernie. We got a limited budget. What is your priority and what would you like to see as your property . Priority . Pres. Obama for the next president . And yourself as well. Ies. Obama one of the things have learned as president as i do not always have the luxury just choosing one or two things. It turns out how well we do in the united and how well the globe does depends on a lot of things. My First Priority is to keep the American People safe just like im sure Prime Minister cameron would say keeping the u. K. Safe. Security is always going to be at the top of the list. Andthreats from isil transnational terrorism are absolutely critical to address, but how we address them is important. Recognizing that security is not just a matter of security or military actions, but is a matter of the stooges we send opportunities we present to people. That is going to be important for the next president of united and any Global Leader to recognize. All awe of men and women in uniform who served our country and make its ordinary sex prices. We do them a disservice if we burden of the entire keeping the world safe is just placed on those in uniform. Iranlook at Something Like and the United States has had a withble relationship decades, they were on the path to obtain a nuclear weapon. Hard diplomatic work that we did along with the u. K. And eu and members of the Security Council to forge an agreement where they are no longer on the weapon, we a nuclear never engaged in a military strike to do it, but it resulted in a much safer world. The same is true when you think about development in subsaharan africa. An organization like a boko driven. Ideologically ave to fight against the if there are communities were children cannot read or be themselves, they are much more torible vulnerable fostering these ideologies. It is not an either or question. It is important for young people who are suspicious of military ision because, too often it used as a kneejerk reaction as opposed to a broader set of solutions. We have to do both. In terms of the united dates right now, i would love to see a focus on Early Childhood education at the next step. Yet have institutions. Hat are fully adapted guess what . Women work and support families and they need things like paid highqualityand childcare. Inknow when we invest children between the ages of 0 outcomes ofthe them getting effective education are enormous. We have reduced crime and property if we just make that early investment. That is something some countries do better than others and we can learn from other countries along those lines. Across the board and developing world, i think we have to tend to issues of inequality. Places to start addressing these issues is making sure that every child is getting a decent education. A lot of our countries are not doing as well as they should of should be on that front. Next . Ght, whos young lady right there. You. Yes, you. Hi emma my name is fatima hi, my name is fatima. Pres. Obama for those of you , the trade aware deal being negotiated between the United States and the European Union we have not gotten it done yet. Featured this the United States and europe already have enormous amounts of trade. Theres still barriers that exist that prevent businesses and individuals that are providing services to each other be able to do so seamlessly and if we are able to get the deal done, it is estimated that it and create millions of jobs benefits on both sides of the atlantic. Getting a treadmill is tough. Each country has its own interests and factions in order to get a trade deal done. Each country has to get something done. It is a timeconsuming process and people right now are especially suspicious of trade deals because they feel they are seller rating some of these globalizing trends that have weakened labor unions and pedowed for jobs to be ship to lowwage countries and some of the criticisms in the past of trade deals are legitimate. Sometimes they have served the interests of large corporations and not necessarily of workers in the countries that participate in them. We organized a regional trade deal with 11 countries. Part of the argument i make in the United States is that the answer to globalization and income inequality and lack of wage growth, is not to try and pull up the drawbridge and Sean Eldridge and shut off trade. To make sure that in these deals, we are inviting standards are embedding standards and values that help lift workers rights and help lift Environmental Standards and help fight against things like Human Trafficking and child labor. Our values should be embedded in how countries trade with each other. For the example, vietnam was part of the transpacific partnership. We said to vietnam, if you want access to our markets, we understand you have a different political system, but if workers have no rights and there is no possibility of organizing labor, we will not let you sell a bunch of sneakers into our country. By definition, you will be undercutting the standards of living of folks in our country. For the first time, the government of vietnam as started to change his laws to recognize labor unions. Suppressed those standards are not where they are in the u. S. Or in the u. K. Which gives us a lever by to raise standards all over the world. That is less of an issue between the u. S. And europe. The main theing between the u. S. And europe is trying to break down some of the regulatory differences that make it difficult to do business back and forth. Plus, making sure those light sockets are all matched up. [laughter] i mean, those light sockets are really your taking. Are really irritating. I promised i was going to call on this gentleman. No, right here. You keep passing by this poor guy. [laughter] i am from london. After eight years, what would you like your legacy to be . I still have a few more months, so [laughter] [applause] no obama no 52 days . 8 months and not that im counting. [laughter] i just made that up, i actually dont know. Something like that. Interesting. You arere in the job, not thinking on a daytoday business about your legacy. You are thinking about, how do i get done what im trying to get done right now . I dont think i will have a good sense of my legacy until 10 years from now and i can look back with some perspective, getting a sense of what worked and what didnt. There are things that i am proud of. The basic principle that in a country as wealthy as the u. S. , every person should have access to High Quality Health Care that they can afford. [laughter] that is something that im proud , that i believe [applause] that is something that i am proud of. The World Economy from a great depression, that was pretty good. [laughter] [applause] the first time