and hundreds of volunteers and thousands have organized across this nation. one thing is clear, the revolution starts here.the revo. this is bernie sanders. [cheers and applause]

♪ >> the revolution starts now yeah, the revolution starts now which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] sanders: thank you. thank you, iowa. we just heard from president obama to remind us of something that i think we should think about. and that is to reach out to our republican friends and colleagues who are suffering from a very serious illness.

they suffer from amnesia. forgot what the world looks like seven years ago. peoplergot that 800,000 each month were losing their jobs. they forgot that the world's financial system was on the verge of collapse. forgot that we ran up the largest debt -- the largest deficit in the history of united states and in the last year of george bush. so we wish a republican friends recovery.e road to and we tell them what every

american knows, yeah, we have problems today. but everyone knows that thanks to the president of the vice president, we have made real progress in improving our economy. [cheers and applause] and we have done that despite unprecedented obstructionism from right-wing republicans. now let me begin by thanking all of you. , for --g here tonight for her great work as the chair of the iowa democratic party, and it want to thank you for your patriotism, your love of our country and for doing today

what to few americans are doing. you are not standing on the sidelines, complaining. back's not turning your on the political process. up and fighting back. [cheers and applause] and that is what this campaign is about. and it is what the political revolution is about. when you see the middle-class of this country disappearing, and

when you see people you know trying two or three jobs to cobble together some income and health care, you don't just shrug your shoulders and say, that is the way it is. you fight to raise the minimum wage to a living wage. $15 an hour. [cheers and applause] we fight for pay equity for women workers. when millions of americans today do not have jobs, you fight for a massive federal jobs program to rebuild our crumbling

infrastructure. [cheers and applause] and to put millions of our people back to work. [cheers and applause] you fight for an economy that works for all americans. will -- and not just for the wealthiest americans in the country. [cheers and applause] when you see that the united states has more income and wealth inequality than any other major country on earth, and when thesee that almost all of new income being generated today knowing to the top 1%, you

and the american people know that it is not moral, , and you demand that the wealthiest people in this paying their fair share of taxes. [cheers and applause] bernie sanders: when you see that here in the united states, we have more people in jail than any other country on earth, disproportionately black and latino, you know that's what we have got to do is invest in jobs and education, not more jails and incarcerations.

[cheers and applause] bernie sanders: when you saw the united states supreme court in one of the worst decisions in , passstory of our country the citizens united case, which allows the wealthiest people in -- toountry to a essentially i elections and candidates, you demand it a constitutional amendment to overturn citizens united. [cheers and applause] bernie sanders: and i promise you that no nominee of mind to the supreme court will be voting to support citizens united. they will be voting to overturn

citizens united. [cheers and applause] sanders: now, while many in the republican party continue to deny the reality of climate thate, you have demanded we lead the international effort in transforming the energy totem away from fossil fuel energy efficiency and sustainable energy. [cheers and applause] bernie sanders: and you understand the moral imperative that we leave this planet in a way that is healthy and habitable for our children and

our grandchildren. [cheers and applause] you are not on the sidelines of these struggles. you are in the middle of this fight and that is what our campaign is all about. [cheers and applause] bernie sanders: six months ago, when i began my campaign for president of the united states and when we announced that we were going to the political and economic establishment of this country, very few people knew who it was. -- who i was.

that is a fact. i may have a big ego, but that is a fact. we were at about 3% in the polls. we had no money. we had no political organization. in the last six months, things have changed. [cheers and applause] bernie sanders: yes they have. hundreds of thousands of volunteers in every state in this country are working hard, including 7000 here in iowa. out to ourught rallies and our town meetings americans.0

and we have drawn some of the largest turnouts of any campaign . you that, i can tell i'm very proud of this. that we have raised more individual contributions than any candidate in the history of our country at this point in a campaign. [cheers and applause] bernie sanders: and the average contribution is $30 apiece. [cheers and applause] sanders: upon dense, the great political experts, they said that in this day and age, you cannot win a campaign unless you have a super pac.

[booing] sanders: unless you go to the millionaires and the billionaires and beg for money. while i am the only democratic candidate for president who does not have a super pac. [cheers and applause] senator sanders: and we're going to prove the experts wrong because we are going to win the campaign. [cheers and applause] way,or sanders: and by the just to remember, about eight years ago, all of the political experts talked about how another forcratic candidate

president just couldn't win. he was unelectable. the remember that guy? what is his name? oh, it is president obama. [cheers and applause] sanders: well, iowa, i think we're going to prove them wrong again. i believe we are going to make history one more time. [cheers and applause] sen. sanders: now, i know that my political life is not as well-known as some other candidates. so let me just take a brief moment in the remaining time that i have to talk to you about some of the difficult choices -- decisions, that i have had to make. some of the forks in the road that i have encountered in my career as mayor of burlington,

vermont, and as a u.s. congressman, and as a united states senator. when i was elected mayor of the largest city in my state, by 10 votes, i think it is fair to say that it was a shock to the establishment. nobody thought we could win that election. and i was opposed by the entire political establishment. that is the way it was. i faced the fork in the road, either capitulate to the special interests in my city, and the political establishment, or we stand up and fight back and that is what we did. [cheers and applause]

sen. sanders: two years later, in the next election, we doubled the voter turnout, we elected progressive candidates, and we made profound changes to make burlington one of the most livable cities in the united states of america. [applause] sen. sanders: i learned a lesson then. the lesson is that if you stand with the people, if you're prepared to take on big money interests, you know what, ordinary people will get involved in the political process and they will come out and vote. [applause] sen. sanders: and that is a lesson that we have got to learn today. republicans win when voter turnout is low and we win when

people come out and voter turnout is high. [applause] sen. sanders: after i came to congress, elected in 1990, corporate america, wall street, the administration, and virtually all of the corporate media -- they said that you have to vote for this nafta trade agreement. it is wonderful. it is great. i did not believe their arguments. i voted against nafta. [applause] sen. sanders: i voted against nafta. i voted against that legislation with china. history has proven that those of us who oppose those agreements were right. in the last 14 years, this country has lost 60,000

factories and millions of decent paying jobs. let me be clear about the current trade deal that we are debating in congress, the transpacific partnership. [booing] sen. sanders: that agreement is not now, or has it ever been, the gold standard of trade agreements. i did not support it yesterday. i do not support it today. and i will not support it tomorrow. [applause] sen. sanders: in 1996, i faced another fork in the road. a very, very difficult political situation. it was called the defense of

marriage act. doma, brought forth a republican congress and its purpose was clear, to discriminate against gays and lesbians into the law. [booing] sen. sanders: let us all remember that gay and lesbian rights were not popular then, as they are today. there was a tough vote. i am sorry to have to tell you that bill won by an overwhelming majority in the house of 342-57. that was not a political easy vote. now today, some are trying to rewrite history by saying that they voted for one anti-gay law to stop something worse. that is not the case.

there was a small minority in the house opposed to discriminating against our day -- against our gay brothers and sisters and i am proud that i was one of those seven. [cheers and applause] sen. sanders: climate change. climate change is real. climate change is caused by human activity and climate change is already causing devastating damage in america and all over the world. it is a very sad moment in american history when almost all republicans running for president reject science and the need for bold action to combat climate change.

sadly, these republicans prefer to take super pac contributions from the koch brothers and the fossil fuel industry rather than to protect the planet for our kids and our grandchildren. and if you agree with me, about the urgent need to address climate change, then you know, immediately, what to do about the keystone pipeline. [cheers and applause] sen. sanders: this was not a complicated issue. should we support the construction of a pipeline across america? accelerating the extraction and transportation of some of the dirtiest fossil fuel in the world?

to me, that was a no-brainer and that is why i have opposed the keystone pipeline from day one. [cheers and applause] sen. sanders: let me now take you back to a very eventful year and a decision in the modern history of our country. the year is 2002, the issue is whether congress should vote to invade iraq. public opinion, and most of the media, they were for the war. and it turns out that big majorities in congress were for the war, as well. overwhelming support in the house and the senate for the war. i listened carefully to what bush and cheney and rumsfeld had to say and i said, no. they are not telling the truth. [cheers and applause] sen. sanders: and i was right.

brothers and sisters. [chanting "bernie"] sen. sanders: it gives me no joy to tell you that much of what i predicted about iraq turned out to be right. it does not give me any joy at all. that was a tough vote. i came to that fork in the road and i took the right road, even though it was not popular at that time. [cheers and applause] sen. sanders: throughout my career in congress, i have voted time and time again to rein in -- to reign in wall

street. if a bank is too big to fail, it is too big to invest. we need to reestablish and bring back the legislation. and we need to break up these huge banks. [applause] sen. sanders: let me conclude, because i see andy is getting itchy here. let me conclude by just saying this. we think as a nation enormously of complex and difficult problems, but i believe now and i have always believed from the bottom of my heart that yes, these guys have the money, they have the power. but when people stand together, black and white, hispanic, gay and straight, young and old, men

,omen -- when we stand together there is nothing that we cannot accomplish. i pledge to you that every day i will fight for the public interest, not the corporate interest, i will not abandon any segment of american sized i.t. -- american society. whether you are gay or black or latino or poor or working class, just because it is politically expedient at a given time. [cheers and applause] sen. sanders: let us go forward together. and let us tell the republicans that their reaction and their agenda may work for the billionaires, but not for ordinary americans and we are going to defeat them. thank you all very much. [cheers and applause]

[chanting "bernie"] [applause] [chanting]

>> thank you so much senator sanders. [cheers and applause] >> now let me remind you to fill out those commitment caucus cards if you have not yet. now, i would like to say throughout his 15 years of elected executive experience, martin o'malley has established

himself as a principles and progressive leader, eager to solve big problems facing communities. as a member of the baltimore city council, then as mayor of baltimore, and finally as governor of maryland, governor o'malley brought people together to get things done on progressive issues. from raising the minimum wage to freezing college tuition to passing the dream act and investing in public education to make maryland's public schools number one in the country five years in a row, governor o'malley has led with action, not words. [applause] >> no matter the role, governor o'malley has always put working families first and fought for the american dream. please join me in welcoming governor o'malley.

♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ gov. o'malley: thank you. gov. o'malley: thank you very, very much. wow. good evening, iowa. thank you. [chanting "o'malley"] gov. o'malley: thank you very, very much. dr. mcguire, i want to say thank you. let me say what a great honor it is to come before you on the stage and to do so along with

secretary clinton and senator sanders, two people for whom i have a tremendous amount of respect. [applause] gov. o'malley: my name is martin o'malley. former mayor of baltimore, former governor of maryland. i'm a lifelong democrat, and i'm running for president of the united states. i intend to win and i need your help. [applause] gov. o'malley: as i was driving down here, to des moines, i could not help but to think about the first time i came to iowa. it was some -- i was 20 years old. and there is a presidential campaign coming. me and my buddies, about five of

us, piled into a subaru from maryland and we want to come out here to work for our underdog, because we knew that this is where it starts, here in iowa, and we wanted to change the world. they dropped me off at 6:00 a.m. at the greyhound bus terminal in davenport, iowa. [applause] gov. o'malley: i had nothing but my parka, my guitar, and a duffel bag full of winter clothes. but it was over this next several months that i fell in love with iowa and the people of iowa, and i thank you all for what you do for our country every presidential election. [applause] gov. o'malley: what i have found to be the most enjoyable part of running for president is this, that i get to meet young people who also want to change this world of ours, with the same idealism and the same belief that all things are possible. i know it is easy, especially in

these times, to become discouraged by our gridlocked congress and by polarization in our national politics. i want to urge you to do what i do, and if you want to know where our country is headed, talk to her young people under 30. [applause] gov. o'malley: because you will rarely find among them anyone who denies that climate change is real or thinks their government should not do something about it. you will rarely find young people under 30 who want to bash american immigrants or who want to deny rights to gay couples or to their children. and all of this tells me that we are moving to a much more connected, generous, and compassionate place. on thursday, vice president joe biden spoke so powerfully about the values that we share. didn't he? [applause]

gov. o'malley: the believe we share in the dignity of every individual. respect for one another. truth about ourselves. our commitment to advance the common good that we share. he also spoke about something else. he spoke about the growing income inequality in our country. a growing interest is that -- a growing injustice that threatens to tear our country apart. and he called on us, not just as democrats, but as americans, not to run away from the obama/biden record of progress, but to build upon what we have achieved together. [applause] gov. o'malley: and to be fearless about our progressive values, our ability to solve this problem, and our ability to make our economy work again for all of us. [cheers and applause] gov. o'malley: all of us here tonight agreed that we cannot

allow donald trump or any of the donald trump wannabes and the in theof these republican party to take over our white house, can we agree on that? [cheers and applause] gov. o'malley: but as candidates, we do have some differences on issues, and we do differ on who we believe is best prepared to lead america forward, especially in these new times. who gives our party the best chance to win in november? and three months, the people of iowa will make a critical decision. it is not about yesterday, it is not just about today, it is about our country, it is about our future, and it is about our children and the future that they will share. [cheers and applause] gov. o'malley: and while all of the candidates here tonight share progressive values, not all of us have a record of actually getting things done. [applause] gov. o'malley: i do.

with 15 years of executive experience as mayor and as governor, i have learned how to be a very effective leader. i have learned how to get things done. i am clear about my principles, and i know where i stand. we passed the living wage and we raised the minimum wage, we froze college tuition for four years in a row, and these were actions, not words. [cheers and applause] gov. o'malley: as governor, i made it easier and not harder for workers to bargain collectively for better wages for all americans. actions, not words. and instead of cutting public education funding as governor, i actually increased funding for public education by 37% and memo to governor branstad, we made the public schools the best public schools in america for five years in a row. actions, not words. [cheers and applause]

gov. o'malley: and along the way, i brought people together to pass the dream act. to pass marriage equality, and to pass the most comprehensive gun safety legislation in the united states. with universal background checks and a ban on combat assault weapons sales. actions, not words. [applause] gov. o'malley: my wife and i have four great kids. and like you, there is nothing that we would not do to give them a better life, with a better future, and more opportunity than we have had. true story. my oldest daughter, grace, is a public school teacher. are there any teachers in the audience here tonight? [applause] gov. o'malley: there we go. grace o'malley teachers public school in the heart of baltimore

city. land of the free, home of the brave. and about a little over 100 days ago when her dad announced for president, she returned to her first grade class, and adorable 100% african-american class, and there was a buzz in the room. a little girl came up to her, toaster on the sleeve, and she said, i'm not so sure about this idea of your father running for president. quite frankly, i kind of like barack obama. [laughter] [applause] gov. o'malley: well, a lot of us like barack obama, right? [applause] gov. o'malley: our country has come a long way since the wall street crash of 2008, when millions of american families lost their jobs and lost their homes. and thanks to president obama's

leadership, when we elected new leadership, our country is doing better. we are creating jobs. 67 months in a row of positive job creation. america is doing better. [applause] gov. o'malley: and there is no progress without jobs. but we elected a president, we did not elect a magician. and there is urgent work that needs to be done. yes, there is in fact, in our country today, a growing economic injustice, a middle class is shrinking. our poorest families are becoming poorer. and 70% of us today are earning the same or less than we were 12 years ago. and that is the first time that has happened this side of world war ii. this is not hard country is -- this is not how our country is supposed to work. this is not how our economy is supposed to work. and injustice does not solve itself.

we must solve it and we must solve it with new leadership and with action. actions to make wages go up again for all americans. [applause] gov. o'malley: actions to invest again in our own country's long-term potential. to make college a gateway to opportunity and not a trap door to a lifetime of crushing debt. actions that actually square our shoulders to the great challenge of climate change and make this challenge our opportunity. we are americans. we make our own future. and we need to start doing it again today. [cheers and applause] gov. o'malley: and this begins anew. as he returned to our true selves, and we remember, that our economy is not money. our economy is people. it is all of our people.

[cheers and applause] gov. o'malley: a stronger middle class is not the consequence of economic growth. a stronger middle class is the cause of economic growth. [cheers and applause] gov. o'malley: and, no american family who works hard and plays by the rules, should ever have to raise their children in poverty and therefore we must raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour however we can, wherever we can. [applause] gov. o'malley: we must advance the cause of paid family leave so that all women can participate more fully in the economic life of our country, because when women succeed, america succeeds. [cheers and applause] gov. o'malley: that is why, and

that is why over the course of the summer i have laid out my 15 strategic goals to rebuild the american dream that we share. making the option of debt free college a reality within five years. instead of cutting social security, like the republican candidates want to do, i say we need to expand social security. [applause] gov. o'malley: and i am the first candidate in this race, and let us hope not the last, to put forward a plan to move america forward to a 100% clean, electric grid by 2050, and create 5 million jobs along the way. [applause] gov. o'malley: here is one for you. do we want wages to actually go up and not down? [applause] gov. o'malley: then how about this -- how about we get 11 million of our neighbors out of

economy andooks onto the open books of an american economy by passing comprehensive immigration reform now with a path for citizenship for all. [cheers and applause] [chanting "o'malley"] gov. o'malley: i want to introduce you to someone who is with us tonight. there is a person with us tonight, her name is kenya calderon. [applause] gov. o'malley: and she is a dreamer here with us tonight. she was born in el salvador, and is now a student at drake. and along the way, she has become a fearless advocate for citizenship rights for herself and millions of americans like her. and therefore, to that immigrant barker donaldval

trump -- let us stand together and say that the enduring symbol of our nation is not the barbed wire fence, it is the statue of liberty. [cheers and applause] [chanting "o'malley"] gov. o'malley: donald, you want to make america great? how about starting by passing comprehensive immigration reform, like our grandparents did. they know what made america great, and so do we. nothing that we care about, nothing that we care about can be accomplished by words alone. we must take action. as democrats, we have to cast aside the worn-out politics of the past. the choices that no longer serve our nation. and we have to find our backbone again, to stand up for what is

best for our country and what is best for all of america. what does that mean? that means we have to stop giving a free pass to the bullies of wall street whenever they try to run roughshod all over our national economy. [cheers and applause] gov. o'malley: i have never represented wall street, and i sure will not be taking economic orders from wall street when i am working for you and your white house. [cheers and applause] gov. o'malley: and as you are -- and as your president i will , have the independence and i will have the backbone to fight for you. and if a bank is too big to fail, too big to jail, and too big to manage, then it is to -- it is too big and it needs to be broken up before it breaks our national economy again. that is just common sense. tell me how it is. tell me how it is, but not a

single wall street ceo was ever convicted of a single crime related to the 2008 economic meltdown. not a single one. what have we come to? what have we come to as a country that you can get pulled over for a broken tail light, but if you wreck the nations economy, you are totally untouchable? presidential leadership is about the good of the many, not the greed of the few. [cheers and applause] gov. o'malley: and that is why i also say that we have to stop sending american jobs and american profits overseas with bad trade deals like the transpacific partnership. [applause] gov. o'malley: many of us in this room remember nafta.

whatever its intentions, we traded away good manufacturing jobs, like maytags in towns like newton, and in return, we got back and he promises and empty back emptygot promises and empty pockets. i am fundamentally, adamantly opposed, as an american, to secret trade deals that are congress has forced to vote on before the rest of us even have a chance to read them. what have we come to as a nation? [applause] gov. o'malley: and it is not what the other countries are doing to us, we can trade and we should trade. it is not what the other countries are doing to us, it is what we are not doing for ourselves. we need to build up our own american economy again, don't we? [applause] gov. o'malley: and finally, we must have the courage to put our children's safety, each and

every day, ahead of the morally bankrupt interests of the national rifle association. [cheers and applause] [chanting "o'malley"] gov. o'malley: the nra has one goal. it is one goal only. and it is selling as many guns as possible, no matter the cost in american lives. well, that might be their interest, but that is not what is in the best interest of the united states of america, is it? [cheers and applause] gov. o'malley: for 40 years, the nra and its muscle has dictated to our congress what laws they can write, what laws they can pass, and what laws they can reject.

i think it is time that we find our backbone and stand up and say no to the national rifle association and start saving lives. [cheers and applause] gov. o'malley: i am passionate about this because i have been to a lot of funerals, and as president obama said, if terrorists had killed 400,000 americans since 9/11, we would be moving heaven and earth to stop them, wouldn't we? but americans have killed 400,000 americans with guns and we cower from the political lobbying power of the national rifle association. enough is enough. it does not have to be this way. [cheers and applause] gov. o'malley: there is a couple with us here tonight, and they are sandy and lonnie phillips. they lost their daughter, jessie, in the incident in aurora, colorado.

what they haven't ordered is unfathomable. so, too, is their courage and their resolve, because they set out to transform the grief of their daughters off into real action and they went to court. true story. they wanted to hold accountable those who recklessly armed a mass murderer by selling him 4000 rounds of ammunition. no questions asked. they suit is a man that sold that ammunition in the attack. and what happened when they went to court? not only did the case get thrown out of court, but then they were slapped with $200,000 in court costs. why? because of the special immunity to lawsuits that the nra managed to muscle out of our own congress. it does not have to be this way.

congress should work for us, not for the nra. [cheers and applause] gov. o'malley: to save lives, we know what to do. common sense tells us what to do. to save lives, we must require universal background checks. we must ban the sale of combat assault weapons. we must use the buying power of our own federal government, the biggest customer gun companies have, to refuse to buy guns from any company that does not use the latest and the best safety technology. [cheers and applause] gov. o'malley: and to save lives, we have to stop giving immunity to gun manufacturers and gun dealers who sell weapons of mass murder to criminals and psychopaths. it is only common sense. [cheers and applause] and so, senator sanders, join me

now, secretary clinton, join me now, and together in this campaign we can forge a new consensus for change. we can save lives, because one american life is worth more than all of the gun sales in america. [cheers and applause] gov. o'malley: and so it is. and so it is. in 100 days, the people of iowa will decide. new leadership? or the same old titles of our past? actions or words? do we want to get things done? or do we want to just keep shouting past each other? it is about you. you decide whether we move forward or whether we move back. thomas jefferson once said, in matters of fashion, swim with

the current. but in matters of principle, stand like a rock. [applause] gov. o'malley: in these fast, and rapidly changing times, america needs a president who will stand like a rock. a weathervane shifts positions every time the wind changes. effective leaders, do not. i know who i am. i know what i believe. and i am willing to fight for it. [applause] gov. o'malley: think about it yourselves. think about it yourselves. we cannot move beyond today's gridlock politics by returning to the divisions of our past. i am not about that. i believe that we are all in this together. i believe that to solve our problems, we must face tomorrow.

we need new leadership and new ideas. similar to courage to stand up for what is right, even when is not yet popular. none of us have all of the answers to all of the problems that we face. none of us can predict the future. but i can promise you this, i can govern. i can lead. and i can do so with heart and with skill. a lot of people tell me in this race, they say you are up against tough odds. this is a tough fight. and there are also a lot of people who would look you in the eyes, and would tell you that you have a tough fight. you have a tough fight being able to pass on to your children a better quality of life and -- life than what you have enjoyed. you know what? i kind of like the tough fights. i have always been drawn to the tough fights. and perhaps, it is the toughness of the fight that is the way the hidden god has of telling us that we are actually fighting for something worth saving. the american dream is worth saving. our children's future is worth

saving. our country is worth saving. our planet is worth saving. it is time to stand up, it is time to join the fight, i am in this to win this. i need your help, and together we can, and together we will rebuild the american dream. may god bless iowa. and may god bless the united states of america, on this journey we take forward, together. thank you very much. [cheers and applause] [chanting "o'malley"]

>> thank you, governor o'malley. [cheers and applause] >> you know, i know these candidates. they are firing you up, so make sure you fill out those caucus cards. we need you. [cheers and applause] >> hillary clinton has been listening to people all over iowa. [applause] [cheers and applause]

>> iowa has been the heart and soul of her campaign. she has heard from middle-class families, worried that the deck is stacked in favor of those at the top. so she has created a plan to raise middle-class wages and help working parents get ahead. she has heard from people suffering from abuse. she came up with a plan to tackle it. she has heard from young people struggling with student debt. she created a plan to make college more affordable and student debt easier to pay off. hillary clinton has spent her life fighting for others. lady, she helped start -- health insurance

programs. senators, she worked with 9/11 first responders to get health care. as secretary of state, she has led the coalition for iran. championing for humans rights and lgbt writes around the world. [cheers and applause] >> now, she is fighting for all of us. she is fighting for our children and for our future. she is fighting to stop the republicans from making their agenda a reality. she is tough, she is determined, and she is in our corner. ladies and gentlemen, hillary clinton. [cheers and applause]

♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ [cheers and applause] sen. clinton: thank you so much. iowa democrats. [cheers and applause] senator clinton: it is great to be back. i want to thank andy and

everyone who is working to rebuild the iowa democratic party from the ground up. i want to acknowledge and thank my friends tom and ruth harkins. tom and christie. leonard and dodi boswell. and your congressman for iowa. [applause] sen. clinton: and i have to give a special shout out to somebody really special. somebody whose birthday is tomorrow. someone who reminds us that sometimes you just have to let them hear you roar.

katy perry, thank you for being here. [cheers and applause] sen. clinton: did any of you see our debate in las vegas? [applause] sen. clinton: you know, when republicans debate, they compete to insult each other, demean women, and they double down on trickle-down. actually, it is reality tv. with a cast of characters who do not care much about actual reality. but, there is a big difference. when we, democrats debate, you see something. you see us tackling the hard issues. looking for solutions to our biggest challenges, facing our families and our country.

how are we going to raise wages and create more good jobs? how will we respond to climate change and lift up our economy by investing in clean energy? how will we make college affordable and get parents to pay believe that they need? -- paid leave that they need? how will we, working with our teachers and our families, help our kids get ready to succeed in school? [applause] sen. clinton: and how are we going to rain and wall street rain in wall street -- reign in wall street and lift up main

street? and, how much longer can we wait to stand up to the gun lobby and keep our kids and our communities safe and america? [cheers and applause] sen. clinton: you see. we democrats are offering real solutions. like president obama has done for the past 6.5 years. and by his side, every step of the way, has been vice president joe biden. [cheers and applause] sen. clinton: he has fought passionately for middle-class families and middle-class values. let's show him how much we appreciate vice president joe biden and all he has done for our country. let's give it up for the vice president. [cheers and applause]

sen. clinton: you know, i think it is really important in this election to remember what president obama inherited. the republicans would like us all to forget. but he inherited the worst financial crisis since the great depression. we were losing 800,000 jobs a month. right after that election, he called me and asked me to come see him in chicago. i did not know why, it turned out he want me to be secretary of eight, but when we got there -- [cheers and applause] clinton: it was just the

two of us. and we were just talking and he was talking about what he was facing. he said, it is so much worse than they told us. we were losing 800,000 jobs a month. 9 million americans ended up losing their jobs. and 5 million lost their homes. and listen to this. $13 trillion of family wealth was wiped away. i don't think president obama gets the credit that he deserves for rescuing our economy from falling into a great depression. [cheers and applause] sec. clinton: he saved the auto industry. he imposed tough, new rules on wall street. and he extended health care to 18 million americans. [applause]

clinton: that is what you can expect when you vote for democrats. [applause] clinton: when there is a democrat in the ite house, america creates more jobs. the economy grows faster. and deficits are smaller. even though they hate it when i say this, recessions happen four times more frequently under republican presidents. [cheers and applause] clinton: so, we cannot afford to go back to the republican failed policies. i am not running for my husband's third term, and i'm not running for barack obama's third term, i am running for my first term -- [cheers and applause]

clinton: and, i am running as a proud democrat. [cheers and applause] clinton: we need to defend the progress that we have made under president obama. and we need to build on it, until the recovery is secure, and all americans have a chance to raise their income. and to believe, once again, in the basic bargain of america. you know what it is. if you work hard, and you do your part, you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead. [cheers and applause] clinton: but, for far too long, republicans and their allies have stacked the deck for those

at the top. there is something wrong when the top 25 hedge fund managers earn more in a year than all the kindergarten teachers in america combined. [cheers and applause] clinton: or, when top ceos make 300 times what a typical worker does, or when corporate profits soar, but employees do not share in those profits. when it is easy for a big corporation to get a tax break, but it is still too hard for a small business to get a loan. when the ceo of a drug company jack's up the price of life-saving medicine by 5000% overnight --

[cheers and applause] clinton: and, when the governor of this state vetoes a bipartisan compromise to fund schools and to keep mental health facilities open. [cheers and applause] clinton: and now, now you're governor is threatening to privatize medicaid. [booing] clinton: and the hawk eyed hawkeyes children's health insurance program, something that i helped to start in the 1990's. [applause]

clinton: and thousands of islands are -- and thousands of iowans are standing up and saying enough, and i am standing with you. [cheers and applause] clinton: you know that the republican candidates cannot help themselves. clinton: they are pushing the same failed policies that crashed our economy before. you know what they are. cutting taxes on the super wealthy. letting big corporations write their own roles. -- their own rules. busting unions. ignoring the middle class. we have heard all of this

before, and we know what it does. and, of course, none of them is serious about climate change. i love it. when they are asked about it. you know it there answer is? i am not a scientist. well, why don't they start listening to those who are scientists, and understanding what we're up against around the world? [cheers and applause] clinton: and republicans in congress have now voted more than 50 times to repeal or weaken the affordable care act. they want to force americans -- [booing] clinton: that is worthy of a big lunch of boos. boos. bunch of they want to force americans to start a contentious health care debate all over again.

i believe that we can improve the affordable care act, but we are not going to let them take us back to insurance companies writing their own rules again. [cheers and applause] clinton: you know what that was like. they even charged women more for our coverage, then men. [booing] clinton: and we sure can't let them take us back to the wild west on wall street. revealed the frank -- repeal destroy the consumer financial protection board, we are going to stand firm. that is why i propose tough action to end the abuses by the big banks, and the excessive risk in the so-called shadow banking system. we are going to stop wall street hurting mainstreet.

[cheers and applause] clinton: and here we are, everyone here is here because you know what is at stake in this election. no matter who you are for, and that is pretty clear standing up here, and seeing who is sitting where, but we all agree on this -- we cannot let republicans keep raking our elections with -- rigging our elections with secret unaccountable, dark money. [cheers and applause] clinton: we need a supreme court that the tax the right of every citizen to vote, not the right of every corporation to buy elections. [cheers and applause] clinton: and i said from the very beginning of my campaign, even if it takes a constitutional amendment, we will overturn citizens united

once and for all. [cheers and applause] clinton: and i sometimes wonder whether you sign up to be a republican candidate for president -- they put you into some kind of time a sheen. and they take you back 50 or 70 or 100 years, because they keep saying the same out of date, out of touch things. we will never let the republicans cut or privatize social security or and medicare medicare, as some are promising. i will tell you something else.

i am going to back and support what president obama has done to protect dreamers and their families, to use executive action to prevent deportation. and i have said that if we cannot get comprehensive immigration reform as we need , and as we should, with a real path to citizenship that will actually grow our economy -- then i will go as far as i can, even beyond president obama, to make sure law-abiding, decent, hard-working people in this country are not ripped away from their families. [cheers and applause]

[chanting] clinton: and don't you wonder, don't you wonder? you know, for people who claim they hate the government, government, republicans love using government to make decisions for women about our bodies and our rights. [cheering] clinton: well, i will tell you, i will tell you, i will do everything that i can to protect a woman's right to choose and to defend planned parenthood. [cheering]

clinton: now -- [chanting] clinton: now i know -- [chanting] sen. clinton: i know when i talk about these things, republicans say that i am playing the gender card. i know. well, if talking about equal pay, paid family leave, affordable childcare, and women's health is playing the gender card, deal me in. [cheering] [chanting]

clinton: i know, i know and you know, it is not enough to rail against the republicans and the billionaires. we actually have to win this election in order to rebuild the middle class and make a positive difference in people's lives. we have to build in america america again where success is measured by how many people work their way into the middle class, not how many ceos get bonuses. by how many children climb out of poverty, how many families can afford health care, many young people can go to college without taking on years of debt. [cheering]

clinton: that is how we should measure success in this country. as i said at the debate in las vegas, i am a progressive who likes to get things done. [cheering] clinton: and i still believe, as a smart man once said, there is nothing wrong with america that can't be fixed by what is right with america. so i hear donald trump when he says we have to make america great again. here is what i say. america is great. we just have to make it fair and just. we have to make america work for everyone, not just those at the top. [cheering] clinton: because i know that when americans come together, come up with smart solutions, and fight to get results, there

is no challenge we cannot meet. and at the top of my list of fights we have to wage and win, it is this. americans need a raise. that is why we must raise the minimum wage for it. no one who works full-time should live in poverty. and i want companies to have incentives to share more profits with employees who help to make the profits in the first place. and companies that ship jobs and profits overseas should not get tax breaks. you should get tax breaks again. [cheering] clinton: i said i want to be the small business president and i mean it. because small businesses will create most of the good new jobs of the future and should have less red tape, easier access to credit, and tax relief. to create those jobs, we have to

get back to investing in science and medical research. we should establish an infrastructure bank to put americans to work building our roads and bridges and airports and rails and broadband networks. [cheering] clinton: and i believe we can make america the world's clean energy superpower by setting and reaching goals again. [cheering] clinton: how about this? half a billion solar panels in four years and enough renewable energy to power every home in america in 10 years. [cheering] clinton: i know that we can do this because iowa is leading the way. you are producing half of your 1/3ou are producing roughly

of your power from wind and other renewables. i want the rest of the country to follow your lead. [cheering] sen. clinton: and if we want our economy to grow like it should, we have to make sure that women who still earn less than men on the job and women of color who earn the least of all finally get equal pay for equal work. [cheering] clinton: because when you shortchange women, you shortchange families and you shortchange america. and my new college compact will help students and graduates refinance debts, just like you can with a mortgage or a car loan. and no one will have to borrow a cent to attend a public college or university. [cheering]

clinton: but let me say this. while we fight for a growth unfairness economy that fights -- for a growth and fairness economy that fights for everyone, we cannot forget the quieter problems that often do not make the headlines. i am also fighting for the grandmother who told me she is raising her grandchild because of her daughter's struggle with drug addiction. for the mom who asked me what she is going to do when her child with autism gets older, -- gets older. for every family trying to cope untreated mental illness. i am fighting for the man i met whose mother has alzheimer's. he cannot afford a full-time caregiver, so do you know what he does? he is a teacher. he takes his mother to work with him.

four lgbt americans who despite , all of our progress, and get married on saturday and fired on monday and a lot of states just , because of who they are and who they love. for our veterans of all ages who served our country with honor and courage and deserve the benefits that they have earned without delays and abuses. [applause] clinton: i am fighting to reform criminal justice for every mother and father who worry every day that their child will be stopped by the police just for being african-american, because yes, black lives matter. [cheering] clinton: and i am fighting to protect our kids in communities from the plague of gun violence. you should be safe when you go

to school, when you go to the movies, when you go to church. that is why i am proposing common sense gun safety measures , like universal background checks, closing loopholes that allow guns into their hands of those who should not have them, and repairing the law that shields gunmakers and sellers from accountability. [cheering] clinton: now, i have been told to stop shouting about ending gun violence. well, i have not been shouting , but sometimes when a woman speaks out some people think it is shouting. [cheering] clinton: but -- [cheering] clinton: i will not be silenced and i hope you will not be either. how many more people have to die before we take action? folks, i have been at this effort to change and reform our

country for a long time, and i have not won every battle. but i have learned from each one. i know how to stand my ground and how to find common ground. [cheering] clinton: that is how i worked with a republican congress to help create the children's health insurance around which covers a million kids. -- covers 8 million kids. that is why as a senator i worked with the republicans to expand health benefits for the national guard and reserve and for the firefighters and police fighters who rushed towards danger on 9/11 and later grew sick after their time at ground zero. and as your secretary of state, i fought for human rights, women's rights, lgbt rights, internet freedom, american jobs, and security. but i also found common ground, persuading russia to join in the strictest sanctions against iran

in history. working with republicans and democrats to get the 67 votes we needed to ratify a nuclear arms control treaty. i have spent my life working for children, women, families, and the country, from the kitchen table to the peace table, trying to even the odds for people who have the odds stacked against them and i am just getting warmed up. [cheering] clinton: so i want you to know, i am listening to you. i am fighting for you. and with your support, iowa, i am going to deliver. and i did not learn about fairness, justice, and the american dream from politics. i learned about it from my own family. my dad who ran a small business printing drapery fabrics taught

me that anything worth it is worth fighting for. and my mother, working as a maid at the age of 14, told me that at crucial moments, people showed her kindness, with that first grade teacher who made sure she had enough to eat when her parents did not even care enough to make sure of that. it is one of the many reasons i am grateful for educators. instead of becoming bitter or broken, she became resilient. she taught me that everybody knocked down in life, but that does not mean you stay down. get back up, face your challenges, solve your problems. do not just complain about them. [cheering] clinton: so, let me tell you, i am the granddaughter of a factory worker and the grandmother of the most

wonderful little girl in the world. and bill and i will do everything that we can to ensure that she has every opportunity to succeed in life. but i do not think you should have to be the granddaughter of a former president to share in the promise of america. the granddaughters and grandsons of factory workers and truck drivers and nurses and farmers should have the same chance, too. [cheering] clinton: everyone of america's -- every one of america's children and grandchildren should have the opportunity to live up to their god-given potential. that is what i am fighting for, struggling and striving. i am fighting for everyone who is ever been knocked down but refused to be knocked out. and together, we're going to build an america where there are no ceilings for anyone. where no one gets left behind or left out.

and yes, where a father can tell his daughter you can be anything you want to be, including president of the united states of america. thank you and god bless you. [cheering] [applause] >> thank you, secretary clinton. you know, what a night. and what an amazing group of democrats we have running for president. are you fired up, iowa? [cheering]

>> iowa democrats, let's welcome back all of our amazing presidential candidates to the stage, and their families. [cheering] ♪ >> ♪ i've been knocking on the door that holds the throne i've been looking for the map that leads me home

i've been stumbling on good hearts turned to stone the road of good intentions has gone dry as bone we take care of our own we take care of our own wherever the flag is flown we take care of our own from chicago to new orleans from the muscle to the bone from the shotgun shack to the superdome there ain't no help, the calvary stayed home there ain't nobody hearing the bugle blowning we take care of our own we take care of our own wherever this flag's flown we take care of our own where're the eyes, the eyes with

the will to see where's the hearts, that run -- we're the hearts, that run over with mercy where's the love that has not forsaken me ♪ >> thank you, everyone. remember it all starts with the , iowa caucuses on february 1 so make sure you drop off your cards on the boxes on the way out. we are going to turn iowa blue next november. get out safely, and good night ♪ >> ♪ wherever this flag is flown we take care of our own we take care of our own wherever this flag is flown

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a month ago. milwaukee about a month ago. >> it was great. ms. clinton: thank you. >> i am also the grandmother of a baby girl. these are important decisions. avenue 2 daughters. -- i have 2 daughters.

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to eyesan invite to go gold. who is 18 and can vote? we'll see if we can look at that. i'm going to give this back to you. >> you have been inspirational and have done a great job. ms. clinton: thank you. >> thank you, guys. ms. clinton: thank you.

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>> how does it feel to have your husband back on the trail? ms. clinton:great. >> thank you, so much. ms. clinton: do you want to get a picture. your dad's going to flip. i love it. ms. clinton: i really appreciate it.

picture together? here? we stand over ready? ms. clinton:thank you, thank you. [inaudible] ms. clinton: everybody in.

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>> thank you. thank you for your record on lgbt rights. >> will you take a picture with me, my neighbors, and by wife? >> thank you, so much. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, much.

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your debate performance. i was on the fence between you good.rnie, but you did so can we get a picture? first-generation. ♪ >> next, your calls and comments on washington journal. in newsmakers with the oregon congressman. then, a discussion on the international response to the syrian refugees. at noon, the final 3.5 hours of hillary clinton's testimony before the house benghazi committee. tvignature feature of book is all-day coverage of book

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exams to do with it. then the discussion of justin trudeau as canadian prime minister. "washington journal" is next. >> and 100 days, the people of .owa will decide new leadership or the same old battles of the past? actions or words? do we want to get things done, or do we want to just keep shouting past each other? it is not about polls and pundits. it is about you. you decide whether we move forward, or whether we move back. ♪ maryland's former governor, one of three democratic presidential candidates addressing iowa democrats at last night's jefferson jackson dinnein