she talked about a number of issues, including immigration, and health care. she also spoke about gun violence, referencing wednesday s on her shooting of two journalists. this is 25 minutes. mrs. clinton: thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you all so much. thank you very very much. thank you all so much. it is great being here with a room full of democrats. and i want to thank stephanie, i want to thank debbie, and all the elected officials, party leaders, and grassroots organizers who every day help strengthen families and communities across our nation. you are building our party in every district in every state. i want to be your partner every step of the way. [applause] i also want to give a big shout out to a giant of the democratic party, someone who has devoted his life to serving his fellow americans, and who has inspired and encouraged so many of us over the years. the great walter mondale. [applause] we democrats believe in an america where no matter who you are
he must suppress the vote in order to win, that politician should get another job. we need a movement that understands that climate change is real, it is caused by human activity, and that we are going to lead the world in transforming our energy system away from fossil fuels to energy efficiency and sustainable energy. and, brothers and sisters, that means defeating the keystone pipeline. we need a movement that says in a highly competitive global economy that all of our people who have the ability and the qualifications will be able to get a college education regardless of the income of their family. and that is why i have introduced legislation that does two things. first, it makes every public college and university in america tuition free. secondly, it substantially lowers interest rates on student debt. and we pay for that by imposing a wall street speculation tax. bernie! mr. sanders: when wall street collapses because of this greed and illegal behavior, the american
we had raised all of the money we wanted to for our endowment. i told our board members, i can t quit thinking about those libraries across the gulf coast. one of our board members, also with us today, said why don t we keep raising money and whatever we raise now we will give way to the gulf coast schools? the lara bush foundation for america s libraries wanted to help. so at that meeting, one month after hurricane katrina, we founded the gulf coast school library recovery initiative, raising six point 4 million dollars to rebuild the library collections across the gulf coast. the gulf coast initiative has given grants to 124 school libraries, warren easton is one of them. warren easton is one of 46 new orleans schools that have received library grants. after the hurricane, warren easton was under five feet of water. the cafeteria and the gym were demolished. the second-floor library was damaged from the third-floor floor roof leaks. the computer systems were ruined and over
o, say, can you see, by the dawn s early light, what so proudly we hail d at the twilight s last gleaming? whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro the perilous fight, o er the ramparts we watch d, were so gallantly streaming? and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof thro the night that our flag was still there. o say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave? [applause] the home of the brave [applause] soledad: that was beautiful. it was francis scott key who gave us the anthem. but that rendition was full of the soul of the city. we all know what it means to miss new orleans. we all know too well. as the floodwaters rose, so they also fell. we are living in rebirth and rejuvenation. presenting tonight s sponsor the rockefeller center. a round of applause. [applause] this extremely generous organization has provided support to committee groups throughout the storm. they stop by for the deca