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Hollywood, 20 January 2010

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1. Zoom out of front desk in lobby with dog

2. Wide of dogs on the bed in suite

3. Set up of Alissa Cruz, owner of D Pet Hotels in Hollywood, playing with dogs

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Alissa Cruz, Owner D Pet Hotels in Hollywood

"Pets are a part of the family. And I know I don't have children. My dogs are my kids, as a lot of people we find nowadays, especially in the Hollywood area."

5. Zoom out of dog in suite

6. Close up of fresh chicken and broccoli human-grade food being prepared

7. Zoom out of employee playing with dogs

8. Mid of small dog being held

9. Pullout of D Pet Hotel logo and exterior

AP Television

Rome, Italy, 19 February 2010

10. Pan of Roman ruins in Largo Argentina, Rome

11. Wide shot of cat walking amidst roman ruins

12.External pet hotels

Rome, Italy, 22 February 2010

12. Wide Roman ruins to pan left

13. Various cats

14. Pan Iil Messaggero' newspaper headline reading "'Cats are good to eat.' Bigazzi suspended from RAI "

15. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Beppe Bigazzi, Gastronomy journalist:

"It tasted good. Because everything that my mother used to cook tasted good. Because it was met with a hunger that was never completely erased".

16. Top shot cats in roman ruins

AP Television

Shimokitazawa district, Tokyo, Japan - 8th March 2010

17. Cat looking through the window of "Cat Caf� Prince"

18. People outside looking at the cat through the window

19. Various of cats and people petting them

20. Various of all 21 cats being fed, customers watching

21. Various of cats and people petting them

Odaiba, Tokyo, Japan - 29 April 2010

22. Various of poodle in cage waiting to be rented

23. Shot from below of mother and daughter choosing which dog to rent from photos.

24. Pan from mother taking photo to daughter with small white papillon dog on street.

25. Pan inside dog cafe from tables to girl and mother sitting with dog.

26. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Rin Yoshida, Dog lover:

"I have 50,000 yen ($540) saved up right now. I want to save up this money to buy a dog."

27. Medium of mother and daughter petting white papillon dog on street.

28. Close of girl with papillon dog.

29. Papillon dog walking on leash followed by girl.

AP Television

Los Angeles, United States - 25 May 2010

30. Various of chefs feeding dogs sushi

31. Dog sushi on plate

32. Dog and owner eating sushi

AP Television

Beijing, China - June 14, 2010

33. Close of turtle-lookalike dog, tracking shot of dog walking to other dyed dogs in Ruowen Pet Spa

34. Close of dog with dyed bikini on its body

35. Mid of Queenie Yang, dog owner with her dog, Kung Fu dyed to look like a panda

36. Close of dog's face, tilt down to dog's feet

37. Close of Kung Fu's photo taken before dyeing

38. Close of Kung Fu's panda-lookalike face

39. Low shot of dyed dogs playing together

40. Mid of dyed dogs

41. Close of dyed dog

AP Television

Tokyo, Japan - 28 June 2010

42. Close up of dog's face

43. Yokota putting CD onto CD player

44. Yokota sitting down on the sofa and the dog jumping over the sofa

45. Various of dog looking sleepy

46. Cutaway CD player

47. Various of dog and owner looking sleepy

AP Television

Colorado Springs, United States - 29 July 2010

48. Wide shot "Gina" the dog running through obstacle steps

49. Close-up of Gina

50. SOUNDBITE (English) Master Sgt. Eric Haynes, Kennel Master, Peterson AFB:

" Vehicles in her convoy were hit by IEDs (improvised explosive device), which spooked her a little bit. And then as they started going into the buildings, the army was throwing flash banks and using door poppers which messed her up to the point where she was terrified of any loud noises and she became scared of people because all of those loud noises always were associated with the people."

51. Gina playing with unidentified soldier

AP Television

Melbourne, Australia, 2 June 2010

52. Various of surgery at clinic

53. Mid shot dog on IV drip in cage

54. Wide shot Sumo the cat on the CT scanning tray

55. Close up X-Ray sign

56. Various close ups of dogs being treated

LEADIN

Economic crisis ? What crisis ?

Pet owners across much of the developed world seemed to be prepared to continue to spend money on their beloved animal companions throughout 2010 on anything from luxury dog hotels in LA to cat cafes in Japan.

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It's a dog's life in Hollywood.

In a city that loves luxury no wonder dog owners want only the best for their canines, including five star kennels.

One kennel even describes itself as a luxury resort for the distinguished dog.

Pampered pooches get the five star treatment at Los Angeles' most exclusive boarding kennel.

At the D Pet Hotel, dogs live the life of luxury with ultimate pampering, including a Chauffeured Service that picks up your dog from your home or office.

Alissa Cruz, Owner D Pet Hotels in Hollywood says "pets are a part of the family. And I know I don't have children. My dogs are my kids ."

At the top end dogs can stay in luxury rooms complete with flat screen TV's

Suites range from the standard Bow Wow suite with Kuranda dog beds and a flat screen TV which costs $65 per night to the uber suite with queen size bed and 42 inch flat screen TV and modern accessories, which costs $110 per night.

However in Italy one chef caused controversy this year when he suggested to TV viewers that stewed cat makes a tasty meal.

TV chef Beppe Bigazzi was suspended from his TV slot, and he's sparked off a national debate about feasting on felines.

Animal rights groups called for his head. Even the undersecretary of the Italian Ministry of Health harshly chimed in calling the chef's comments a "terrible act".

Criticism has focused on the fact that eating cats is immoral.

While it is not illegal, as such, to eat cats in Italy there are strict laws aimed at protecting both domesticated and stray cats.

The law protects pets from cruelty, maltreatment and abandonment.

Also, stray cats can only be legally destroyed if they are seriously ill or have an incurable illness.

It is also illegal to sell or buy stray animals.

Bigazzi justifies the olden-day consumption of cat by saying it was a matter of either eating it or starving.

In the 1930s Italy was hit hard by the great depression, and the financial crisis of 1932.

Bigazzi says that cat tasted good, but puts this down to his mother's culinary skills, and his hunger.

"It tasted good. Because everything that my mother used to cook tasted good. Because it was dressed with an hunger that was never completely erased".

Bigazzi claimed cat stew was a Tuscan specialty near the Arno river valley in the 1930s.

Cats are not on the menu at the Cat Cafe in Toyko which offers feline fanciers a chance to unwind after a hard day in the company of a four-footed friend.

Some customers even come back day after day and year after year to see their favourite cat.

The first cat cafe opened in Osaka in 2004. Nowadays, you can find more than 30 of them in Tokyo alone.

The advent of user-friendly internet blogs about 4 years ago started what's referred to in Japan as the "Neko Boom". Neko is Japanese for cat.

The cafe offers free drinks to customers and a variety of moderately priced cakes are on the menu, but few take advantage of these bargains. It's the snacks for the cats the guests spend their money on.

A highlight of the day is feeding time at around 15:30pm, when all 21 cats get together, much to the delight of the customers.

Entry fees range from 1200 Yen ( approx. $13 USD)for one hour to up to 3000 Yen ( approx $32 USD) for 3 hours.

But you can't take a cat for a walk....... so another Japanese business has sprung up to fill that niche...dog rental.

If you haven't got the resources to care for a dog full time, how about hiring one by the hour?

Eight year-old Rin Yoshida and her mother Shinobu have waited eagerly for the weekend.

They're both dog lovers, and until they can move to a bigger apartment, they say they will keep renting pooches an hour at a time.

Today they've picked out a friendly papillon dog. After snapping a few photos and taking a stroll, they head to the puppy cafe next door for a drink and more time with the small, floppy-eared mutt.

Renting a dog is fun, but Rin still dreams of one day owning her own pet.

"I have 50,000 yen ($540 US) saved up right now," she says. "I want to save up this money to buy a dog."

All together, there are some 13.1 million pet dogs in Japan, compared to 52 million dogs in the United States. Five years ago, there were 410,000 dogs registered in Tokyo alone according to Japanese research site 'facts and details.com'.

Japan's domestic pet industry is worth $10 billion a year and was relatively unaffected by the global recession.

Shops in Tokyo and other parts of Japan sell dogs for as much as $10,000. Outside Japan, similar breeds sell for much less.

Believe it or not, but the latest trend in the LA pet world is dog sushi.

In Los Angeles, dogs dine at special pooch sushi bars and spend the day mixing with other dogs...and humans.

Pet owners drop by as if bringing their pets to a fine dining restaurant, and treat their dogs to raw delicacies like sushi and chicken wrapped in sweet potato.

At the PawBar, pets go crazy for their made to order meals, while their owners are told about what each meal has in it, including where the raw food comes from, and how it should be served.

Food includes sweet potato wrapped in free range chicken breast, carrot wrapped in free range chicken breast, chicken with tiger prawns, and doggie organic burgers.

According to the 2009/2010 National Pet Owners Survey, 62% of U.S. households own a pet, which means 71.4 millions homes.

The (APPA) says 13% of dogs and 21% of cats are considered obese or overweight.

Dogs are omnivores, they need meat, fibre and other nutrients.

The diet trend when it comes to raw food is called the BARF Diet (Biologically Appropriate Raw Food or Bones and Raw Food).

This diet consists of raw meaty bones, vegetables, offal (the organ part of the animal), recreational bones, and proteins like cottage cheese and eggs with the shells.

Having a bad hair day?

Spare a thought for the unfortunate pets that are the subject of a new craze sweeping China.

Not content with fur clipping, dog massage and claw filing, pet owners in Beijing are clipping and dyeing their dog's coats to make them look like other animals.

The Ruowen Pet Spa in downtown Beijing caters to wealthy Chinese who are fuelling a booming pet craze in China.

The dogs seem oblivious to their unique looks, but enjoy the attention of onlookers.

Old English Sheepdog, Kung Fu is 10 months old. He was once well known in his neighbourhood for being a cute puppy. Now he's famous for his panda-like appearance.

His owner, Queenie Yang took Kung Fu to the parlour to be dyed to look like China's most famous animal.

Kung Fu's front and hind leg sections have been dyed black, fur trimmed short and patches of hair on his head dyed black and fastened with elastics to look like panda ears.

This year (2010), the Year of the Tiger in China, has brought an interest in the dyeing trend, with tigers being the most-sought-after look.

The 21st century has many stresses and strains , but how does your pet dog chill out?

Well, a CD packed full of calming music and dog-friendly sounds is said be able to relax any high maintenance pooch.

Chachamaru is a six year old toy poodle, with plenty of energy.

But now Chachamaru's owner, Kanae Yokota, has found the perfect way to calm her canine.

A CD of classic music, chosen with dogs in mind, has a meditative affect. The dog's eyelids get heavier and soon he's being lulled to sleep.

Japanese music label, Hats Unlimited, released the CD, "Dreams for Dogs", earlier this year and it has already sold more than 150 thousands copies in just three months.

Many dogs in Japan are locked inside all day while their owners are out, which can cause them anxiety.

"Dreams for Dogs", includes Debussy's "Prelude a l'Apres mid d'un Faune", Tchaikovsky's "Waltz of the Flowers" from the Nutcracker, and peaceful pieces from Chopin and yes, Bach.

The recording also includes doggy noises, some on a frequency which only canines can hear, which Yokota says helps reassure Chachamaru.

Japan's pet industry is growing and in 2009 was estimated to be worth 1 trillion yen (approx US$100 billion), according to the Japanese Environment Ministry which is responsible for animal welfare.

The CD costs 2,600 yen (US$26) and it is currently only sold in Japan.

Post traumatic stress disorder is well documented among military servicemen and women returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but its existence in animals is less clear-cut.

Some veterinarians say animals do experience it, or a version of

Gina was a playful 2-year-old when she went to Iraq as a highly trained bomb-sniffing dog with the US military, but months of door-to-door searches and the noise of explosions left her cowering and fearful.

The German shepherd was based in Iraq from December 2008 to June 2009.

Her former handler Master Sergeant Eric Haynes says Gina used to be a lovable and vivacious puppy before her assignment in Iraq.

"Vehicles in her convoy were hit by IEDs (improvised explosive device), which spooked her a little bit. And then as they started going into the buildings, the army was throwing flash banks and using door poppers which messed her up to the point where she was terrified of any live noises and she became scared of people because all of those loud noises always were associated with the people."

A military veterinarian at Peterson Air Force Base, Gina's home, diagnosed her with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - a condition that has plagued thousands of US soldiers after long tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.

But after some meticulous training and hard work, Gina seems to have made a comeback.

Gina has resumed some of her duties - such as searching cars for explosives - at Peterson and other nearby military facilities.

It is undecided whether she will ever return to active duty in a war zone.

Australia's newest cancer treatment centre is a state-of the-art facility, but humans can forget about getting on the waiting list.

The Southpaws Specialty Surgery Centre in the city of Melbourne is dedicated just for our furry friends.

These days animal medicine isn't far behind human healthcare and pets can be treated for cancer, given blood transfusions, kidney transplants, hip replacements and even fitted with heart pacemakers.

As pets take a more important place in the family moving from the backyard onto beds and sofas families are willing to go to great lengths to prolong their lives.

Eight-year-old Sumo the cat is here to have a tumour removed from his ear.

First he'll be scanned using the fastest CT scanner available in Australia to provide the surgeons with a three-dimensional scan for diagnosis.

The clinic uses specialist diagnostic equipment that rivals the top human hospitals in the world. That includes CT scans, advanced imaging, high-definition video feeds for consulting overseas experts and the first deep-therapy radiation unit for animals in Australia.

Ninety percent of their work is on dogs and the rest on cats.

But cancer treatment for pets doesn't come cheap with bills of AUD $5000 to $7000 ($4,700 - $6,700 USD) common for surgery plus radiation therapy. Most pet owners agree, it money worth paying.

And there is no limit to what they'll pay because to them, their furry friend is a member of the family.

Fortunately for many owners, fees can be covered by pet insurance.

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The engagement at Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands proved to be one of the bloodiest battles of the war. When the US Marines closed the beach-head at Betio, they found it well protected and desperately defended. The capture of Tarawa clinched the American occupation of the Gilbert group.

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Cut story - KS. GS of convoy with destroyer in fore. LS of convoy on horizon. In cabin aboard ship, CU Rear Admiral Hill, & CU Major General JC Smith of US Marines. LS of bomber flying in formation overhead. Various shots of naval craft firing broadsides etc. GS of guns firing broadsides. GS of machine gun fire hitting sea close to ship. Look down shot of marines on rafts making for beaches, also LCI pulling away from ships & various of battle in progress as they approach the beaches. Various shots of explosions. Smoke screen on beach, explosions, Royal Marines wade ashore, off LCI. Marines crawl forward up the beach. Various shots of advance action, troops being given medical attention. Firing small artillery. Troops along beaches, shots of explosions caused by our planes. Various pans of battlefield, shows wreckage complete, includes shots of coastal guns which are of British origin, captured at Singapore, panning shots of coastal gun. Captured Korean labourers seated on beach. Marines working to repair airfield, bulldozers etc. Jeep loaded with Marines across aerodrome to first plane to land, carrying pilot shoulder high, finishing on GS of pilot with Marines grouped around him. SEE STORY NUMBER 44374/2 FOR CUTS

The invasion of Sicily has begun - anxiously we heard the news that day; then with proud relief we learned of the operation's success. ® ® First pictures of the great Allied achievement.

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CUTS FOR STORY NUMBER 43855 - HAS of troops in a swimming pool on board ship. Scrambling to opearte pom-pom guns. LS of prow of ship from on board high angle. Lots of men on deck. Pan to show shores of Sicily and other ships in convoy. RNBC flag raised. VS troops on shore smoking cigarettes, smiling at camera, our boys and Sicilians? VS soldiers talking to each other. POWs give "v for victory" sign. Ducws coming ashore. VS ships, explosions, convoy, troop carriers, LCTs and men on board various vessels. Instructions given through loud hailer. Rope is thrown from one ship to another. Man is swing from one ship to another. VS of ships - cruisers, destroyers etc. Officers and men looking at maps of Sicily. Men seen doing their washing, smoking, mending shoes. Convoy. Destroyer passing island of Sambra (?). Signalling equipment being used. Pan to Sambra. VS ships in convoy. Something is passed from ship to ship via ropes. Letters possibly. Troop carrier - lots of men on deck. LS ship moving away from camera. CU of officers on deck.

Major-General Urquhart, the commander of the First Airborne Division has returned home. He had been captured but escaped. The Airborne Forces had put up a terrific fight against heavy odds and withdrawn at night through enemy lines.

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CUTS FOR STORY NUMBER 45149 - In Corridor, North of Eindhoven, firing 25 pounders, self propelled guns, stacking, passing ammunition etc. Tracks of guns as they move to new positions. Some good clear shots of the guns being fired. Officers and men look at plans. Pan of tanks, troop and vehicle movements, Dutch civilians waving as pass, tanks on fire, possibly the 2nd Army going forward to link up with Arnhem men (most of this section is poor visual quality). Gliders coming in to land. Crashed USAAF aircraft. POWs being marched. CUs of allied troops. VS CUs of soldiers from various regiments. Hip hoorah is given - VS of victorious soldiers. Various of Airborne troops sorting out mud covered arms. Gunners use gliders as command post. Troops having a cup of tea. First British gunner to fire from German soil into Germany. Gun fire into Germany. Tanks on the move. CU of soldier giving the command "Fire!". Spent shells. CU front of tank named "Lili Marlene". Tanks on the move through village. VS artillery fire - big guns. Shells being prepared and stacked. Views from nose of glider. CUs of pilots. VS views of other aircraft. Supplies dropped by parachute. Aerial shots - mostly of cloud cover. CUs of pilots, co-pilots. Men inside aircraft (one sticks up two fingers to the cameraman). Aerial shots of landscape below. Army camp (blurred shots) radio operator, troops with rifles, digging trench, soldier on guard, aircraft overhead.

The invasion of Sicily has begun - anxiously we heard the news that day; then with proud relief we learned of the operation's success. ® ® First pictures of the great Allied achievement.

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CUTS FOR STORY NUMBER 43855 - Various shots of ships in convoy off coast of Sicily including cruisers. LS of convoy on horizon. VS of ships moving through open seas. VS ship - high angle shot of sailors on deck - some look out to sea, some sleep on deck. VS ships. Night shots of tracers going up. Ship and men on it in silhouette. Men in LCT arriving on beach - in silhouette. VS equipment being offloaded onto beach. VS men on beach. Troops wave to camera. Shells unloaded by hand and by crane. VS shells being rolled along quayside. Dog in army jeep. VS of American army jeep being reversed towards camera. Jeeps with men aboard being reversed towards camera. LS of large number of men with kit bags and supplies on their backs walking up to board a ship. Embarking. They go aboard ship. VS military vehicles and men going aboard ship. HAS of harbour. Signal is given to ships - semaphore. Signal is returned from ship in distance. LAS of man giving semaphore message. Second semaphore man gives message to captain of ship and he speaks through loud hailer. Semaphore messages are sent from ship to ship - we see one man in foreground sending message to neighbouring ship, we then see him send it to another ship. VS of sailors preparing to leave harbour - ropes hauled, messages sent, chocks away etc. Field Marshal Montgomery inspects parade of honour then speaks to troops. CU pan across smiling faces of the troops. VS Monty and men.

STORYLINE:

Two of Hong Kong's former leaders on May 5th 2020 launched a pro-establishment alliance aimed at upholding the "One Country, Two Systems" policy and reviving the city's economy, which took a beating after monthslong protests followed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Former Hong Kong chief executives Tung Chee-hwa and Leung Chun-ying convened the new Hong Kong Coalition, which has 1,545 members including frontline health workers and youth.

"Over the past half year, Hong Kong was interfered with by foreign forces," Tung said, who led the semiautonomous Chinese territory from 1997 to 2005 and was the first chief executive following Hong Kong's return to China from British rule.

"These foreign forces make use of democracy and human rights to promote violence and criminal acts. They are trying to destroy the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong, to hinder China's peaceful development," he added.

Leung, who led Hong Kong from 2012 to 2017, said the coalition plans to support employment by creating more jobs, providing internships and offering volunteer work to fresh graduates.

The launch of the coalition comes as Hong Kong on Monday said its economy contracted 8.9% year-on-year for the first three months of 2020, the largest decline on record.

The city's unemployment rate hit 4.2% in March, the highest in over nine years and an increase for the sixth consecutive month.

A protest movement ignited in Hong Kong in June 2019, which at times descended into violence between protesters and the police and rocked the city and affected tourism, retail and hospitality industries.

***

Tension erupted in Hong Kong on May 24th as protesters rallied against China's move to take over long-stalled efforts to enact national security legislation in the semi-autonomous territory.

At one point, police fired several rounds of tear gas in an attempt to disperse the hundreds of demonstrators.

The proposed bill, submitted on the opening day of China's national legislative session on May 22nd, is aimed at forbidding secessionist and subversive activity, as well as foreign interference and terrorism.

Pro-democracy supporters in Hong Kong have criticised China’s proposals, saying it goes against the “one country, two systems” framework that promises the city freedoms not found on the mainland.

The protests come two days after the proposed bill was submitted on Friday, the opening day of China’s national legislative session.

May 24th's rallies are a continuation of a monthslong pro-democracy movement that began last year and has at times descended into violence between police and protesters.

The new law, expected to be passed on May 28th, would bypass the city’s legislature and allow the Hong Kong government to set up mainland agencies in the city, sparking fears that this would allow Chinese agents to arbitrarily arrest people for activities deemed to be pro-democracy.

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Hong Kong police deployed water cannon and tear gas in a popular shopping district as hundreds took to the streets on May 24th to march against China's proposed tough national security legislation for the city.

The demonstrations on May 24th have led to arrests by police, as crowds of protesters dressed in black gathered in Causeway Bay, a popular shopping district, to demonstrate against the proposed legislation.

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Police massed outside Hong Kong's legislature complex May 27th before lawmakers debate a bill that would criminalize abuse of the Chinese national anthem in the semi-autonomous city.

Protest calls went out May 26th, urging people to surround the legislature buildings and block roads in an attempt to derail the proceedings, but they didn't materialize.

The police reported small incidents of obstruction of traffic and the city's subways at certain stations.

The bill makes it illegal to insult or abuse the "March of the Volunteers." Those found guilty could face up to three years in prison and a maximum fine of HK$50,000 (US$6,450).

The anthem bill was first proposed in January 2019, after Hong Kong spectators jeered at the anthem during high-profile, international soccer matches in 2015.

Anti-China sentiment has been on the rise in Hong Kong since 2014 protests, known as the Umbrella Revolution, that stemmed from the Chinese government's decision to allow direct election of the city leader only after it screened candidates. In the end, the plan for direct elections was dropped.

The move by Beijing was seen as curtailing democracy in Hong Kong, a former British colony that was handed back to China is 1997 under a "one country, two systems" framework that promises the city freedoms not found on the mainland.

The debate over the bill also comes as Beijing moves to enact a national security law for Hong Kong, aimed at forbidding secessionist and subversive activity, as well as foreign interference and terrorism, after a months long pro-democracy protest movement last year that have at times resulted in violent clashes between police and protesters.

Critics say that the national anthem bill is a blow to freedom of expression in the city, while Beijing officials previously said that the law would foster a patriotic spirit and the country's socialist core values.

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Hong Kongers have taken to the streets again May 27th as the semi-autonomous territory's legislature debates a controversial law that would make it a crime to disrespect the Chinese Communist national anthem.

Crowds gathered at lunchtime in Central and police quickly arrived and used pepper ball guns to disperse protesters.

Similar scenes took place in the popular shopping districts of Causeway Bay, and Mongkok.

Some people in the crowds chanted insults against the police, as well as a new chant "Hong Kongers, build a country!"

Many did not want to reveal their identities for fear of retribution.

One Hong Kong resident at May 27th's protest, who only gave her name as Mary, said she moved to Hong Kong from mainland China when she was young, and is worried about how legislation like the national anthem law will affect Hong Kong.

The national anthem law would make it a crime to insult the song, with a fine of up to 50,000 Hong Kong dollars (about 6,400 US dollars) and up to three years in prison.

The bill was proposed in January 2019 after Hong Kong spectators jeered at the anthem during high-profile, international soccer matches in 2015. In 2019, FIFA fined the Hong Kong Football Association after fans booed the Chinese national anthem at a World Cup qualifying game.

Hong Kong was returned to China from British colonial rule in 1997 under a "one country, two systems" framework that promised freedoms not found on the mainland. Anti-China sentiment has risen as residents see Beijing moving to erode those rights.

Mass protests in 2014, known as the Umbrella Revolution, followed the Chinese government's decision to allow direct election of the city leader only after it screened candidates. In the end, the plan for direct elections was dropped.

01:01:12

STORYLINE:

Two of Hong Kong's former leaders on May 5th 2020 launched a pro-establishment alliance aimed at upholding the "One Country, Two Systems" policy and reviving the city's economy, which took a beating after monthslong protests followed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Former Hong Kong chief executives Tung Chee-hwa and Leung Chun-ying convened the new Hong Kong Coalition, which has 1,545 members including frontline health workers and youth.

"Over the past half year, Hong Kong was interfered with by foreign forces," Tung said, who led the semiautonomous Chinese territory from 1997 to 2005 and was the first chief executive following Hong Kong's return to China from British rule.

"These foreign forces make use of democracy and human rights to promote violence and criminal acts. They are trying to destroy the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong, to hinder China's peaceful development," he added.

Leung, who led Hong Kong from 2012 to 2017, said the coalition plans to support employment by creating more jobs, providing internships and offering volunteer work to fresh graduates.

The launch of the coalition comes as Hong Kong on Monday said its economy contracted 8.9% year-on-year for the first three months of 2020, the largest decline on record.

The city's unemployment rate hit 4.2% in March, the highest in over nine years and an increase for the sixth consecutive month.

A protest movement ignited in Hong Kong in June 2019, which at times descended into violence between protesters and the police and rocked the city and affected tourism, retail and hospitality industries.

***

Tension erupted in Hong Kong on May 24th as protesters rallied against China's move to take over long-stalled efforts to enact national security legislation in the semi-autonomous territory.

At one point, police fired several rounds of tear gas in an attempt to disperse the hundreds of demonstrators.

The proposed bill, submitted on the opening day of China's national legislative session on May 22nd, is aimed at forbidding secessionist and subversive activity, as well as foreign interference and terrorism.

Pro-democracy supporters in Hong Kong have criticised China’s proposals, saying it goes against the “one country, two systems” framework that promises the city freedoms not found on the mainland.

The protests come two days after the proposed bill was submitted on Friday, the opening day of China’s national legislative session.

May 24th's rallies are a continuation of a monthslong pro-democracy movement that began last year and has at times descended into violence between police and protesters.

The new law, expected to be passed on May 28th, would bypass the city’s legislature and allow the Hong Kong government to set up mainland agencies in the city, sparking fears that this would allow Chinese agents to arbitrarily arrest people for activities deemed to be pro-democracy.

***

Hong Kong police deployed water cannon and tear gas in a popular shopping district as hundreds took to the streets on May 24th to march against China's proposed tough national security legislation for the city.

The demonstrations on May 24th have led to arrests by police, as crowds of protesters dressed in black gathered in Causeway Bay, a popular shopping district, to demonstrate against the proposed legislation.

***

Police massed outside Hong Kong's legislature complex May 27th before lawmakers debate a bill that would criminalize abuse of the Chinese national anthem in the semi-autonomous city.

Protest calls went out May 26th, urging people to surround the legislature buildings and block roads in an attempt to derail the proceedings, but they didn't materialize.

The police reported small incidents of obstruction of traffic and the city's subways at certain stations.

The bill makes it illegal to insult or abuse the "March of the Volunteers." Those found guilty could face up to three years in prison and a maximum fine of HK$50,000 (US$6,450).

The anthem bill was first proposed in January 2019, after Hong Kong spectators jeered at the anthem during high-profile, international soccer matches in 2015.

Anti-China sentiment has been on the rise in Hong Kong since 2014 protests, known as the Umbrella Revolution, that stemmed from the Chinese government's decision to allow direct election of the city leader only after it screened candidates. In the end, the plan for direct elections was dropped.

The move by Beijing was seen as curtailing democracy in Hong Kong, a former British colony that was handed back to China is 1997 under a "one country, two systems" framework that promises the city freedoms not found on the mainland.

The debate over the bill also comes as Beijing moves to enact a national security law for Hong Kong, aimed at forbidding secessionist and subversive activity, as well as foreign interference and terrorism, after a months long pro-democracy protest movement last year that have at times resulted in violent clashes between police and protesters.

Critics say that the national anthem bill is a blow to freedom of expression in the city, while Beijing officials previously said that the law would foster a patriotic spirit and the country's socialist core values.

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Hong Kongers have taken to the streets again May 27th as the semi-autonomous territory's legislature debates a controversial law that would make it a crime to disrespect the Chinese Communist national anthem.

Crowds gathered at lunchtime in Central and police quickly arrived and used pepper ball guns to disperse protesters.

Similar scenes took place in the popular shopping districts of Causeway Bay, and Mongkok.

Some people in the crowds chanted insults against the police, as well as a new chant "Hong Kongers, build a country!"

Many did not want to reveal their identities for fear of retribution.

One Hong Kong resident at May 27th's protest, who only gave her name as Mary, said she moved to Hong Kong from mainland China when she was young, and is worried about how legislation like the national anthem law will affect Hong Kong.

The national anthem law would make it a crime to insult the song, with a fine of up to 50,000 Hong Kong dollars (about 6,400 US dollars) and up to three years in prison.

The bill was proposed in January 2019 after Hong Kong spectators jeered at the anthem during high-profile, international soccer matches in 2015. In 2019, FIFA fined the Hong Kong Football Association after fans booed the Chinese national anthem at a World Cup qualifying game.

Hong Kong was returned to China from British colonial rule in 1997 under a "one country, two systems" framework that promised freedoms not found on the mainland. Anti-China sentiment has risen as residents see Beijing moving to erode those rights.

Mass protests in 2014, known as the Umbrella Revolution, followed the Chinese government's decision to allow direct election of the city leader only after it screened candidates. In the end, the plan for direct elections was dropped.

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A quarter of a century after Europe's worst massacre since World War II, the remains of eight men and boys killed in Srebrenica in 1995 will finally be laid to rest at a memorial cemetery outside the ill-fated eastern Bosnian town, next to 6,610 previously identified victims.  

More than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims perished in 10 days of slaughter after Srebrenica was overrun by Bosnian Serb forces in the closing months of the country's 1992-95 fratricidal war.

Their bodies were ploughed into hastily made mass graves, which were later bulldozed and scattered among other burial sites to hide the evidence of the crime.

But Bosnian and international scientists, who in 1996 embarked on a seemingly impossible task of unearthing the secrets of those gruesome death pits, have been connecting the bones with the names of the people they belonged to and returning them to their surviving relatives.  

Slowly unlocking what was once described as the "biggest forensic puzzle anywhere in the world," they have found and identified more victims to be buried under identical white headstones at the Potocari memorial cemetery.  

Most of the Srebrenica's men were killed in the massacre, so it is mostly their surviving mothers, sisters or daughters who gather at the Potocari memorial cemetery each year on July 11 - the anniversary of the day the slaughter began -  to attend the collective funeral for recently identified victims.  

Typically, thousands of visitors from various countries attend the service, but this year because of the coronavirus pandemic only a relatively small number of survivors will be allowed to collectively honor their dead.  

The commemoration will be a "combination of a physical and virtual event", explained Emir Suljagic, the director of the Srebrenica memorial center at Potocari.

Massacre survivor, Fazila Efendic, will attend, to witness her sisters-in-grief burying a handful of bones that were found in mass graves and identified with DNA analysis as having belonged to their fathers, brothers or sons.  

Fazila's husband, Hamed, and her only son, Fejzo, were killed in the massacre.  

For years, every time a new mass grave was found, she rushed to the site hoping to see something she would recognize as having belonged to the two men.

But all she ever saw was just a jumble of mortal remains.  

All of Hamed's remains were found in two mass graves.

Two of Fezjo's leg bones were  found in another grave, several years after his father.

After waiting for five years for more remains of her son to be found, in 2013 Fazila finally decided to bury his two bones alongside his father at Potocari.  

"I wanted him to be next to his father and to be able to come and pray over their graves", she said.

That the massacre survivors have found comfort in knowing where their relatives are buried is a testament to the resourcefulness and dedication of forensic scientists, mostly Bosnian and American, who in 1996 joined the team of the International Commission on Missing Persons, ICMP.

Set up at the urging of the former US President Bill Clinton and envisioned as an ad hoc body devoted to the former Yugoslavia, the ICMP designed a DNA-based system to find and identify the remains of some 40,000 persons reported missing as a result of the 1990s conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, the vast majority of them in Bosnia.  

In 2014, the ICMP became a permanent global body and moved its headquarters from Sarajevo to The Hague.

But not before contributing to the unprecedented achievement of accounting for more than 70% of all the missing victims of the 1990s Balkan wars, including close to 7,000 of those killed in the Srebrenica massacre.  

Today, the ICMP works not only in the former Yugoslavia, but is also helping track down millions of people who disappeared in conflicts and natural disasters around the world.  

The Srebrenica massacre is the only episode of the Bosnian war to be defined as genocide by two UN courts, in part thanks to the ICMP scientific data, including DNA records, that have been admitted as evidence at trials before them.

Many Bosnian Serbs continue to deny the extent of the crime, although both their war time civilian leader and their military commander, Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic respectively, were found guilty of genocide in Srebrenica by a special UN war crimes court.

"This is Srebrenica," said Fazila, looking out at thousands of white grave stones, each representing an individual person with a unique date of birth, a specific month in a specific year, but all of their lives ended at the same time, in the same horrific violence.

A cemetery in which every gravestone has the same date of death, Potocari is a shocking visual representation of one of the worst war crimes in modern history.

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1. Various aerial shots of the Srebrenica memorial cemetery at Potocari ++MUTE++

2. Various of Srebrenica resident, Fazila Efendic, praying next to the headstones of her husband and son, both killed in the 1995 massacre

3. SOUNDBITE (Bosnian) Fazila Efendic, Srebrenica massacre survivor:

"Having all that in your memory is very difficult, depressing."

4. Efendic's hand stroking her son's headstone

5. SOUNDBITE (Bosnian) Fazila Efendic, Srebrenica massacre survivor:

"There are no words to describe the pain, the sorrow you feel when you are looking for (your loved ones) bone by bone, in mass graves. I visited every newfound mass grave; I've seen the inside of every one of them."  

6. Efendic standing between her husband's and her son's gravestones

7. SOUNDBITE (Bosnian) Fazila Efendic, Srebrenica massacre survivor (speaking of her son): "I wanted him to be next to his father and to be able to come and pray over their graves, to know that inside there is at least one of (his) bones. Where is the rest of him, scattered among mass graves? Many mass graves are still hidden, unopened, people (inside them) unidentified. Some mothers will die without finding their children."

8. Efendic's hand stroking her son's headstone

9. SOUNDBITE (Bosnian) Fazila Efendic, Srebrenica massacre survivor:

"After 25 years, Srebrenica is at Ptocari (memorial cemetery), it moved here. People of Srebrenica who had been killed lie under these gravestones. This is Srebrenica, these gravestones."

10. Various of row upon row of white headstones

11. Srebrenica massacre survivor Hasan Hasanovic looking at war-time map of his hometown

12. SOUNDBITE (English) Hasan Hasanovic, Srebrenica massacre survivor:

"I buried my father, I buried my twin brother, my uncle as well and now is time, after all, to document our memories. We'll do our best to document that, our heritage here at the (Srebrenica) Memorial (Center). So as Jews have not forgotten what they had survived, the same thing applies here on us. We will do our best to document the genocide and we can promise that we will never forget it."

13. Various exterior shots of the Srebrenica Memorial Centre located inside the war-time Dutch UN peacekeepers' base

14. Various photographs of Srebrenica massacre survivors and personal items found during excavations of mass graves around town displayed inside memorial centre

15. Four visitors looking at photographs exhibited inside memorial centre

16. SOUNDBITE (English) Emir Suljagic, the director of the Srebrenica memorial centre at Potocari:

"The rest of the world needs to learn about Srebrenica (in order) to finally start acting in time in face of mass murder and atrocities. It finally needs to start acting in places like Syria, in places like Myanmar, it needs to start acting to prevent this very thing (that happened in Srebrenica) from happening to the Muslim Uyghur population of China."

17. Close of Bosnian Serb soldiers' war-time map of Srebrenica

ARCHIVE: Potocari, outside Srebrenica - July 1995

18. Various of Bosnian Serb wartime military commander, Ratko Mladic, and his soldiers inspecting Bosnian Muslims seeking shelter inside Dutch UN Base after killings had already begun

19. Various of desperate Bosnian Muslim civilians crowded inside Dutch UN compound

20. Various of desperate Bosnian Muslim women and children walking to Dutch UN compound

ARCHIVE: Srebrenica countryside - 8 July 2005

21. Wide of forensic experts at the site of a mass grave

22. Various of skulls of massacre victims inside mass grave

23. Forensic experts digging out mass grave

SWITCHED

Remarks by the President in State of Union Address

United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.

9:12 P.M. EST

THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans:

Tonight I want to begin by congratulating the men and women of the 112th Congress, as well as your new Speaker, John Boehner. (Applause.) And as we mark this occasion, we''re also mindful of the empty chair in this chamber, and we pray for the health of our colleague -- and our friend -- Gabby Giffords. (Applause.)

It''s no secret that those of us here tonight have had our differences over the last two years. The debates have been contentious; we have fought fiercely for our beliefs. And that''s a good thing. That''s what a robust democracy demands. That''s what helps set us apart as a nation.

But there''s a reason the tragedy in Tucson gave us pause. Amid all the noise and passion and rancor of our public debate, Tucson reminded us that no matter who we are or where we come from, each of us is a part of something greater -- something more consequential than party or political preference.

We are part of the American family. We believe that in a country where every race and faith and point of view can be found, we are still bound together as one people; that we share common hopes and a common creed; that the dreams of a little girl in Tucson are not so different than those of our own children, and that they all deserve the chance to be fulfilled.

That, too, is what sets us apart as a nation. (Applause.)

Now, by itself, this simple recognition won''t usher in a new era of cooperation. What comes of this moment is up to us. What comes of this moment will be determined not by whether we can sit together tonight, but whether we can work together tomorrow. (Applause.)

I believe we can. And I believe we must. That''s what the people who sent us here expect of us. With their votes, they''ve determined that governing will now be a shared responsibility between parties. New laws will only pass with support from Democrats and Republicans. We will move forward together, or not at all -- for the challenges we face are bigger than party, and bigger than politics.

At stake right now is not who wins the next election -- after all, we just had an election. At stake is whether new jobs and industries take root in this country, or somewhere else. It''s whether the hard work and industry of our people is rewarded. It''s whether we sustain the leadership that has made America not just a place on a map, but the light to the world.

We are poised for progress. Two years after the worst recession most of us have ever known, the stock market has come roaring back. Corporate profits are up. The economy is growing again.

But we have never measured progress by these yardsticks alone. We measure progress by the success of our people. By the jobs they can find and the quality of life those jobs offer. By the prospects of a small business owner who dreams of turning a good idea into a thriving enterprise. By the opportunities for a better life that we pass on to our children.

That''s the project the American people want us to work on. Together. (Applause.)

We did that in December. Thanks to the tax cuts we passed, Americans'' paychecks are a little bigger today. Every business can write off the full cost of new investments that they make this year. And these steps, taken by Democrats and Republicans, will grow the economy and add to the more than one million private sector jobs created last year.

But we have to do more. These steps we''ve taken over the last two years may have broken the back of this recession, but to win the future, we''ll need to take on challenges that have been decades in the making.

Many people watching tonight can probably remember a time when finding a good job meant showing up at a nearby factory or a business downtown. You didn''t always need a degree, and your competition was pretty much limited to your neighbors. If you worked hard, chances are you''d have a job for life, with a decent paycheck and good benefits and the occasional promotion. Maybe you''d even have the pride of seeing your kids work at the same company.

That world has changed. And for many, the change has been painful. I''ve seen it in the shuttered windows of once booming factories, and the vacant storefronts on once busy Main Streets. I''ve heard it in the frustrations of Americans who''ve seen their paychecks dwindle or their jobs disappear -- proud men and women who feel like the rules have been changed in the middle of the game.

They''re right. The rules have changed. In a single generation, revolutions in technology have transformed the way we live, work and do business. Steel mills that once needed 1,000 workers can now do the same work with 100. Today, just about any company can set up shop, hire workers, and sell their products wherever there''s an Internet connection.

Meanwhile, nations like China and India realized that with some changes of their own, they could compete in this new world. And so they started educating their children earlier and longer, with greater emphasis on math and science. They''re investing in research and new technologies. Just recently, China became the home to the world''s largest private solar research facility, and the world''s fastest computer.

So, yes, the world has changed. The competition for jobs is real. But this shouldn''t discourage us. It should challenge us. Remember -- for all the hits we''ve taken these last few years, for all the naysayers predicting our decline, America still has the largest, most prosperous economy in the world. (Applause.) No workers -- no workers are more productive than ours. No country has more successful companies, or grants more patents to inventors and entrepreneurs. We''re the home to the world''s best colleges and universities, where more students come to study than any place on Earth.

What''s more, we are the first nation to be founded for the sake of an idea -- the idea that each of us deserves the chance to shape our own destiny. That''s why centuries of pioneers and immigrants have risked everything to come here. It''s why our students don''t just memorize equations, but answer questions like "What do you think of that idea? What would you change about the world? What do you want to be when you grow up?"

The future is ours to win. But to get there, we can''t just stand still. As Robert Kennedy told us, "The future is not a gift. It is an achievement." Sustaining the American Dream has never been about standing pat. It has required each generation to sacrifice, and struggle, and meet the demands of a new age.

And now it''s our turn. We know what it takes to compete for the jobs and industries of our time. We need to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world. (Applause.) We have to make America the best place on Earth to do business. We need to take responsibility for our deficit and reform our government. That''s how our people will prosper. That''s how we''ll win the future. (Applause.) And tonight, I''d like to talk about how we get there.

The first step in winning the future is encouraging American innovation. None of us can predict with certainty what the next big industry will be or where the new jobs will come from. Thirty years ago, we couldn''t know that something called the Internet would lead to an economic revolution. What we can do -- what America does better than anyone else -- is spark the creativity and imagination of our people. We''re the nation that put cars in driveways and computers in offices; the nation of Edison and the Wright brothers; of Google and Facebook. In America, innovation doesn''t just change our lives. It is how we make our living. (Applause.)

Our free enterprise system is what drives innovation. But because it''s not always profitable for companies to invest in basic research, throughout our history, our government has provided cutting-edge scientists and inventors with the support that they need. That''s what planted the seeds for the Internet. That''s what helped make possible things like computer chips and GPS. Just think of all the good jobs -- from manufacturing to retail -- that have come from these breakthroughs.

Half a century ago, when the Soviets beat us into space with the launch of a satellite called Sputnik, we had no idea how we would beat them to the moon. The science wasn''t even there yet. NASA didn''t exist. But after investing in better research and education, we didn''t just surpass the Soviets; we unleashed a wave of innovation that created new industries and millions of new jobs.

This is our generation''s Sputnik moment. Two years ago, I said that we needed to reach a level of research and development we haven''t seen since the height of the Space Race. And in a few weeks, I will be sending a budget to Congress that helps us meet that goal. We''ll invest in biomedical research, information technology, and especially clean energy technology -- (applause) -- an investment that will strengthen our security, protect our planet, and create countless new jobs for our people.

Already, we''re seeing the promise of renewable energy. Robert and Gary Allen are brothers who run a small Michigan roofing company. After September 11th, they volunteered their best roofers to help repair the Pentagon. But half of their factory went unused, and the recession hit them hard. Today, with the help of a government loan, that empty space is being used to manufacture solar shingles that are being sold all across the country. In Robert''s words, "We reinvented ourselves."

That''s what Americans have done for over 200 years: reinvented ourselves. And to spur on more success stories like the Allen Brothers, we''ve begun to reinvent our energy policy. We''re not just handing out money. We''re issuing a challenge. We''re telling America''s scientists and engineers that if they assemble teams of the best minds in their fields, and focus on the hardest problems in clean energy, we''ll fund the Apollo projects of our time.

At the California Institute of Technology, they''re developing a way to turn sunlight and water into fuel for our cars. At Oak Ridge National Laboratory, they''re using supercomputers to get a lot more power out of our nuclear facilities. With more research and incentives, we can break our dependence on oil with biofuels, and become the first country to have a million electric vehicles on the road by 2015. (Applause.)

We need to get behind this innovation. And to help pay for it, I''m asking Congress to eliminate the billions in taxpayer dollars we currently give to oil companies. (Applause.) I don''t know if -- I don''t know if you''ve noticed, but they''re doing just fine on their own. (Laughter.) So instead of subsidizing yesterday''s energy, let''s invest in tomorrow''s.

Now, clean energy breakthroughs will only translate into clean energy jobs if businesses know there will be a market for what they''re selling. So tonight, I challenge you to join me in setting a new goal: By 2035, 80 percent of America''s electricity will come from clean energy sources. (Applause.)

Some folks want wind and solar. Others want nuclear, clean coal and natural gas. To meet this goal, we will need them all -- and I urge Democrats and Republicans to work together to make it happen. (Applause.)

Maintaining our leadership in research and technology is crucial to America''s success. But if we want to win the future -- if we want innovation to produce jobs in America and not overseas -- then we also have to win the race to educate our kids.

Think about it. Over the next 10 years, nearly half of all new jobs will require education that goes beyond a high school education. And yet, as many as a quarter of our students aren''t even finishing high school. The quality of our math and science education lags behind many other nations. America has fallen to ninth in the proportion of young people with a college degree. And so the question is whether all of us -- as citizens, and as parents -- are willing to do what''s necessary to give every child a chance to succeed.

That responsibility begins not in our classrooms, but in our homes and communities. It''s family that first instills the love of learning in a child. Only parents can make sure the TV is turned off and homework gets done. We need to teach our kids that it''s not just the winner of the Super Bowl who deserves to be celebrated, but the winner of the science fair. (Applause.) We need to teach them that success is not a function of fame or PR, but of hard work and discipline.

Our schools share this responsibility. When a child walks into a classroom, it should be a place of high expectations and high performance. But too many schools don''t meet this test. That''s why instead of just pouring money into a system that''s not working, we launched a competition called Race to the Top. To all 50 states, we said, "If you show us the most innovative plans to improve teacher quality and student achievement, we''ll show you the money."

Race to the Top is the most meaningful reform of our public schools in a generation. For less than 1 percent of what we spend on education each year, it has led over 40 states to raise their standards for teaching and learning. And these standards were developed, by the way, not by Washington, but by Republican and Democratic governors throughout the country. And Race to the Top should be the approach we follow this year as we replace No Child Left Behind with a law that''s more flexible and focused on what''s best for our kids. (Applause.)

You see, we know what''s possible from our children when reform isn''t just a top-down mandate, but the work of local teachers and principals, school boards and communities. Take a school like Bruce Randolph in Denver. Three years ago, it was rated one of the worst schools in Colorado -- located on turf between two rival gangs. But last May, 97 percent of the seniors received their diploma. Most will be the first in their families to go to college. And after the first year of the school''s transformation, the principal who made it possible wiped away tears when a student said, "Thank you, Ms. Waters, for showing that we are smart and we can make it." (Applause.) That''s what good schools can do, and we want good schools all across the country.

Let''s also remember that after parents, the biggest impact on a child''s success comes from the man or woman at the front of the classroom. In South Korea, teachers are known as "nation builders." Here in America, it''s time we treated the people who educate our children with the same level of respect. (Applause.) We want to reward good teachers and stop making excuses for bad ones. (Applause.) And over the next 10 years, with so many baby boomers retiring from our classrooms, we want to prepare 100,000 new teachers in the fields of science and technology and engineering and math. (Applause.)

In fact, to every young person listening tonight who''s contemplating their career choice: If you want to make a difference in the life of our nation; if you want to make a difference in the life of a child -- become a teacher. Your country needs you. (Applause.)

Of course, the education race doesn''t end with a high school diploma. To compete, higher education must be within the reach of every American. (Applause.) That''s why we''ve ended the unwarranted taxpayer subsidies that went to banks, and used the savings to make college affordable for millions of students. (Applause.) And this year, I ask Congress to go further, and make permanent our tuition tax credit -- worth $10,000 for four years of college. It''s the right thing to do. (Applause.)

Because people need to be able to train for new jobs and careers in today''s fast-changing economy, we''re also revitalizing America''s community colleges. Last month, I saw the promise of these schools at Forsyth Tech in North Carolina. Many of the students there used to work in the surrounding factories that have since left town. One mother of two, a woman named Kathy Proctor, had worked in the furniture industry since she was 18 years old. And she told me she''s earning her degree in biotechnology now, at 55 years old, not just because the furniture jobs are gone, but because she wants to inspire her children to pursue their dreams, too. As Kathy said, "I hope it tells them to never give up."

If we take these steps -- if we raise expectations for every child, and give them the best possible chance at an education, from the day they are born until the last job they take -- we will reach the goal that I set two years ago: By the end of the decade, America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world. (Applause.)

One last point about education. Today, there are hundreds of thousands of students excelling in our schools who are not American citizens. Some are the children of undocumented workers, who had nothing to do with the actions of their parents. They grew up as Americans and pledge allegiance to our flag, and yet they live every day with the threat of deportation. Others come here from abroad to study in our colleges and universities. But as soon as they obtain advanced degrees, we send them back home to compete against us. It makes no sense.

Now, I strongly believe that we should take on, once and for all, the issue of illegal immigration. And I am prepared to work with Republicans and Democrats to protect our borders, enforce our laws and address the millions of undocumented workers who are now living in the shadows. (Applause.) I know that debate will be difficult. I know it will take time. But tonight, let''s agree to make that effort. And let''s stop expelling talented, responsible young people who could be staffing our research labs or starting a new business, who could be further enriching this nation. (Applause.)

The third step in winning the future is rebuilding America. To attract new businesses to our shores, we need the fastest, most reliable ways to move people, goods, and information -- from high-speed rail to high-speed Internet. (Applause.)

Our infrastructure used to be the best, but our lead has slipped. South Korean homes now have greater Internet access than we do. Countries in Europe and Russia invest more in their roads and railways than we do. China is building faster trains and newer airports. Meanwhile, when our own engineers graded our nation''s infrastructure, they gave us a "D."

We have to do better. America is the nation that built the transcontinental railroad, brought electricity to rural communities, constructed the Interstate Highway System. The jobs created by these projects didn''t just come from laying down track or pavement. They came from businesses that opened near a town''s new train station or the new off-ramp.

So over the last two years, we''ve begun rebuilding for the 21st century, a project that has meant thousands of good jobs for the hard-hit construction industry. And tonight, I''m proposing that we redouble those efforts. (Applause.)

We''ll put more Americans to work repairing crumbling roads and bridges. We''ll make sure this is fully paid for, attract private investment, and pick projects based [on] what''s best for the economy, not politicians.

Within 25 years, our goal is to give 80 percent of Americans access to high-speed rail. (Applause.) This could allow you to go places in half the time it takes to travel by car. For some trips, it will be faster than flying -- without the pat-down. (Laughter and applause.) As we speak, routes in California and the Midwest are already underway.

Within the next five years, we''ll make it possible for businesses to deploy the next generation of high-speed wireless coverage to 98 percent of all Americans. This isn''t just about -- (applause) -- this isn''t about faster Internet or fewer dropped calls. It''s about connecting every part of America to the digital age. It''s about a rural community in Iowa or Alabama where farmers and small business owners will be able to sell their products all over the world. It''s about a firefighter who can download the design of a burning building onto a handheld device; a student who can take classes with a digital textbook; or a patient who can have face-to-face video chats with her doctor.

All these investments -- in innovation, education, and infrastructure -- will make America a better place to do business and create jobs. But to help our companies compete, we also have to knock down barriers that stand in the way of their success.

For example, over the years, a parade of lobbyists has rigged the tax code to benefit particular companies and industries. Those with accountants or lawyers to work the system can end up paying no taxes at all. But all the rest are hit with one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world. It makes no sense, and it has to change. (Applause.)

So tonight, I''m asking Democrats and Republicans to simplify the system. Get rid of the loopholes. Level the playing field. And use the savings to lower the corporate tax rate for the first time in 25 years -- without adding to our deficit. It can be done. (Applause.)

To help businesses sell more products abroad, we set a goal of doubling our exports by 2014 -- because the more we export, the more jobs we create here at home. Already, our exports are up. Recently, we signed agreements with India and China that will support more than 250,000 jobs here in the United States. And last month, we finalized a trade agreement with South Korea that will support at least 70,000 American jobs. This agreement has unprecedented support from business and labor, Democrats and Republicans -- and I ask this Congress to pass it as soon as possible. (Applause.)

Now, before I took office, I made it clear that we would enforce our trade agreements, and that I would only sign deals that keep faith with American workers and promote American jobs. That''s what we did with Korea, and that''s what I intend to do as we pursue agreements with Panama and Colombia and continue our Asia Pacific and global trade talks. (Applause.)

To reduce barriers to growth and investment, I''ve ordered a review of government regulations. When we find rules that put an unnecessary burden on businesses, we will fix them. (Applause.) But I will not hesitate to create or enforce common-sense safeguards to protect the American people. (Applause.) That''s what we''ve done in this country for more than a century. It''s why our food is safe to eat, our water is safe to drink, and our air is safe to breathe. It''s why we have speed limits and child labor laws. It''s why last year, we put in place consumer protections against hidden fees and penalties by credit card companies and new rules to prevent another financial crisis. (Applause.) And it''s why we passed reform that finally prevents the health insurance industry from exploiting patients. (Applause.)

Now, I have heard rumors that a few of you still have concerns about our new health care law. (Laughter.) So let me be the first to say that anything can be improved. If you have ideas about how to improve this law by making care better or more affordable, I am eager to work with you. We can start right now by correcting a flaw in the legislation that has placed an unnecessary bookkeeping burden on small businesses. (Applause.)

What I''m not willing to do -- what I''m not willing to do is go back to the days when insurance companies could deny someone coverage because of a preexisting condition. (Applause.)

I''m not willing to tell James Howard, a brain cancer patient from Texas, that his treatment might not be covered. I''m not willing to tell Jim Houser, a small business man from Oregon, that he has to go back to paying $5,000 more to cover his employees. As we speak, this law is making prescription drugs cheaper for seniors and giving uninsured students a chance to stay on their patients'' -- parents'' coverage. (Applause.)

So I say to this chamber tonight, instead of re-fighting the battles of the last two years, let''s fix what needs fixing and let''s move forward. (Applause.)

Now, the final critical step in winning the future is to make sure we aren''t buried under a mountain of debt.

We are living with a legacy of deficit spending that began almost a decade ago. And in the wake of the financial crisis, some of that was necessary to keep credit flowing, save jobs, and put money in people''s pockets.

But now that the worst of the recession is over, we have to confront the fact that our government spends more than it takes in. That is not sustainable. Every day, families sacrifice to live within their means. They deserve a government that does the same.

So tonight, I am proposing that starting this year, we freeze annual domestic spending for the next five years. (Applause.) Now, this would reduce the deficit by more than $400 billion over the next decade, and will bring discretionary spending to the lowest share of our economy since Dwight Eisenhower was President.

This freeze will require painful cuts. Already, we''ve frozen the salaries of hardworking federal employees for the next two years. I''ve proposed cuts to things I care deeply about, like community action programs. The Secretary of Defense has also agreed to cut tens of billions of dollars in spending that he and his generals believe our military can do without. (Applause.)

I recognize that some in this chamber have already proposed deeper cuts, and I''m willing to eliminate whatever we can honestly afford to do without. But let''s make sure that we''re not doing it on the backs of our most vulnerable citizens. (Applause.) And let''s make sure that what we''re cutting is really excess weight. Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and education is like lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine. It may make you feel like you''re flying high at first, but it won''t take long before you feel the impact. (Laughter.)

Now, most of the cuts and savings I''ve proposed only address annual domestic spending, which represents a little more than 12 percent of our budget. To make further progress, we have to stop pretending that cutting this kind of spending alone will be enough. It won''t. (Applause.)

The bipartisan fiscal commission I created last year made this crystal clear. I don''t agree with all their proposals, but they made important progress. And their conclusion is that the only way to tackle our deficit is to cut excessive spending wherever we find it -- in domestic spending, defense spending, health care spending, and spending through tax breaks and loopholes. (Applause.)

This means further reducing health care costs, including programs like Medicare and Medicaid, which are the single biggest contributor to our long-term deficit. The health insurance law we passed last year will slow these rising costs, which is part of the reason that nonpartisan economists have said that repealing the health care law would add a quarter of a trillion dollars to our deficit. Still, I''m willing to look at other ideas to bring down costs, including one that Republicans suggested last year -- medical malpractice reform to rein in frivolous lawsuits. (Applause.)

To put us on solid ground, we should also find a bipartisan solution to strengthen Social Security for future generations. (Applause.) We must do it without putting at risk current retirees, the most vulnerable, or people with disabilities; without slashing benefits for future generations; and without subjecting Americans'' guaranteed retirement income to the whims of the stock market. (Applause.)

And if we truly care about our deficit, we simply can''t afford a permanent extension of the tax cuts for the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans. (Applause.) Before we take money away from our schools or scholarships away from our students, we should ask millionaires to give up their tax break. It''s not a matter of punishing their success. It''s about promoting America''s success. (Applause.)

In fact, the best thing we could do on taxes for all Americans is to simplify the individual tax code. (Applause.) This will be a tough job, but members of both parties have expressed an interest in doing this, and I am prepared to join them. (Applause.)

So now is the time to act. Now is the time for both sides and both houses of Congress -- Democrats and Republicans -- to forge a principled compromise that gets the job done. If we make the hard choices now to rein in our deficits, we can make the investments we need to win the future.

Let me take this one step further. We shouldn''t just give our people a government that''s more affordable. We should give them a government that''s more competent and more efficient. We can''t win the future with a government of the past. (Applause.)

We live and do business in the Information Age, but the last major reorganization of the government happened in the age of black-and-white TV. There are 12 different agencies that deal with exports. There are at least five different agencies that deal with housing policy. Then there''s my favorite example: The Interior Department is in charge of salmon while they''re in fresh water, but the Commerce Department handles them when they''re in saltwater. (Laughter.) I hear it gets even more complicated once they''re smoked. (Laughter and applause.)

Now, we''ve made great strides over the last two years in using technology and getting rid of waste. Veterans can now download their electronic medical records with a click of the mouse. We''re selling acres of federal office space that hasn''t been used in years, and we''ll cut through red tape to get rid of more. But we need to think bigger. In the coming months, my administration will develop a proposal to merge, consolidate, and reorganize the federal government in a way that best serves the goal of a more competitive America. I will submit that proposal to Congress for a vote -- and we will push to get it passed. (Applause.)

In the coming year, we''ll also work to rebuild people''s faith in the institution of government. Because you deserve to know exactly how and where your tax dollars are being spent, you''ll be able to go to a website and get that information for the very first time in history. Because you deserve to know when your elected officials are meeting with lobbyists, I ask Congress to do what the White House has already done -- put that information online. And because the American people deserve to know that special interests aren''t larding up legislation with pet projects, both parties in Congress should know this: If a bill comes to my desk with earmarks inside, I will veto it. I will veto it. (Applause.)

The 21st century government that''s open and competent. A government that lives within its means. An economy that''s driven by new skills and new ideas. Our success in this new and changing world will require reform, responsibility, and innovation. It will also require us to approach that world with a new level of engagement in our foreign affairs.

Just as jobs and businesses can now race across borders, so can new threats and new challenges. No single wall separates East and West. No one rival superpower is aligned against us.

And so we must defeat determined enemies, wherever they are, and build coalitions that cut across lines of region and race and religion. And America''s moral example must always shine for all who yearn for freedom and justice and dignity. And because we''ve begun this work, tonight we can say that American leadership has been renewed and America''s standing has been restored.

Look to Iraq, where nearly 100,000 of our brave men and women have left with their heads held high. (Applause.) American combat patrols have ended, violence is down, and a new government has been formed. This year, our civilians will forge a lasting partnership with the Iraqi people, while we finish the job of bringing our troops out of Iraq. America''s commitment has been kept. The Iraq war is coming to an end. (Applause.)

Of course, as we speak, al Qaeda and their affiliates continue to plan attacks against us. Thanks to our intelligence and law enforcement professionals, we''re disrupting plots and securing our cities and skies. And as extremists try to inspire acts of violence within our borders, we are responding with the strength of our communities, with respect for the rule of law, and with the conviction that American Muslims are a part of our American family. (Applause.)

We''ve also taken the fight to al Qaeda and their allies abroad. In Afghanistan, our troops have taken Taliban strongholds and trained Afghan security forces. Our purpose is clear: By preventing the Taliban from reestablishing a stranglehold over the Afghan people, we will deny al Qaeda the safe haven that served as a launching pad for 9/11.

Thanks to our heroic troops and civilians, fewer Afghans are under the control of the insurgency. There will be tough fighting ahead, and the Afghan government will need to deliver better governance. But we are strengthening the capacity of the Afghan people and building an enduring partnership with them. This year, we will work with nearly 50 countries to begin a transition to an Afghan lead. And this July, we will begin to bring our troops home. (Applause.)

In Pakistan, al Qaeda''s leadership is under more pressure than at any point since 2001. Their leaders and operatives are being removed from the battlefield. Their safe havens are shrinking. And we''ve sent a message from the Afghan border to the Arabian Peninsula to all parts of the globe: We will not relent, we will not waver, and we will defeat you. (Applause.)

American leadership can also be seen in the effort to secure the worst weapons of war. Because Republicans and Democrats approved the New START treaty, far fewer nuclear weapons and launchers will be deployed. Because we rallied the world, nuclear materials are being locked down on every continent so they never fall into the hands of terrorists. (Applause.)

Because of a diplomatic effort to insist that Iran meet its obligations, the Iranian government now faces tougher sanctions, tighter sanctions than ever before. And on the Korean Peninsula, we stand with our ally South Korea, and insist that North Korea keeps its commitment to abandon nuclear weapons. (Applause.)

This is just a part of how we''re shaping a world that favors peace and prosperity. With our European allies, we revitalized NATO and increased our cooperation on everything from counterterrorism to missile defense. We''ve reset our relationship with Russia, strengthened Asian alliances, built new partnerships with nations like India.

This March, I will travel to Brazil, Chile, and El Salvador to forge new alliances across the Americas. Around the globe, we''re standing with those who take responsibility -- helping farmers grow more food, supporting doctors who care for the sick, and combating the corruption that can rot a society and rob people of opportunity.

Recent events have shown us that what sets us apart must not just be our power -- it must also be the purpose behind it. In south Sudan -- with our assistance -- the people were finally able to vote for independence after years of war. (Applause.) Thousands lined up before dawn. People danced in the streets. One man who lost four of his brothers at war summed up the scene around him: "This was a battlefield for most of my life," he said. "Now we want to be free." (Applause.)

And we saw that same desire to be free in Tunisia, where the will of the people proved more powerful than the writ of a dictator. And tonight, let us be clear: The United States of America stands with the people of Tunisia, and supports the democratic aspirations of all people. (Applause.)

We must never forget that the things we''ve struggled for, and fought for, live in the hearts of people everywhere. And we must always remember that the Americans who have borne the greatest burden in this struggle are the men and women who serve our country. (Applause.)

Tonight, let us speak with one voice in reaffirming that our nation is united in support of our troops and their families. Let us serve them as well as they''ve served us -- by giving them the equipment they need, by providing them with the care and benefits that they have earned, and by enlisting our veterans in the great task of building our own nation.

Our troops come from every corner of this country -- they''re black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American. They are Christian and Hindu, Jewish and Muslim. And, yes, we know that some of them are gay. Starting this year, no American will be forbidden from serving the country they love because of who they love. (Applause.) And with that change, I call on all our college campuses to open their doors to our military recruiters and ROTC. It is time to leave behind the divisive battles of the past. It is time to move forward as one nation. (Applause.)

We should have no illusions about the work ahead of us. Reforming our schools, changing the way we use energy, reducing our deficit -- none of this will be easy. All of it will take time. And it will be harder because we will argue about everything. The costs. The details. The letter of every law.

Of course, some countries don''t have this problem. If the central government wants a railroad, they build a railroad, no matter how many homes get bulldozed. If they don''t want a bad story in the newspaper, it doesn''t get written.

And yet, as contentious and frustrating and messy as our democracy can sometimes be, I know there isn''t a person here who would trade places with any other nation on Earth. (Applause.)

We may have differences in policy, but we all believe in the rights enshrined in our Constitution. We may have different opinions, but we believe in the same promise that says this is a place where you can make it if you try. We may have different backgrounds, but we believe in the same dream that says this is a country where anything is possible. No matter who you are. No matter where you come from.

That dream is why I can stand here before you tonight. That dream is why a working-class kid from Scranton can sit behind me. (Laughter and applause.) That dream is why someone who began by sweeping the floors of his father''s Cincinnati bar can preside as Speaker of the House in the greatest nation on Earth. (Applause.)

That dream -- that American Dream -- is what drove the Allen Brothers to reinvent their roofing company for a new era. It''s what drove those students at Forsyth Tech to learn a new skill and work towards the future. And that dream is the story of a small business owner named Brandon Fisher.

Brandon started a company in Berlin, Pennsylvania, that specializes in a new kind of drilling technology. And one day last summer, he saw the news that halfway across the world, 33 men were trapped in a Chilean mine, and no one knew how to save them.

But Brandon thought his company could help. And so he designed a rescue that would come to be known as Plan B. His employees worked around the clock to manufacture the necessary drilling equipment. And Brandon left for Chile.

Along with others, he began drilling a 2,000-foot hole into the ground, working three- or four-hour -- three or four days at a time without any sleep. Thirty-seven days later, Plan B succeeded, and the miners were rescued. (Applause.) But because he didn''t want all of the attention, Brandon wasn''t there when the miners emerged. He''d already gone back home, back to work on his next project.

And later, one of his employees said of the rescue, "We proved that Center Rock is a little company, but we do big things." (Applause.)

We do big things.

From the earliest days of our founding, America has been the story of ordinary people who dare to dream. That''s how we win the future.

We''re a nation that says, "I might not have a lot of money, but I have this great idea for a new company." "I might not come from a family of college graduates, but I will be the first to get my degree." "I might not know those people in trouble, but I think I can help them, and I need to try." "I''m not sure how we''ll reach that better place beyond the horizon, but I know we''ll get there. I know we will."

We do big things. (Applause.)

The idea of America endures. Our destiny remains our choice. And tonight, more than two centuries later, it''s because of our people that our future is hopeful, our journey goes forward, and the state of our union is strong.

Thank you. God bless you, and may God bless the United States of America. (Applause.)

Donald Trump held a rally on January 30, 2020 in Des Moines, Iowa. The rally was held during his impeachment trial in the Senate.

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Donald Trump: (00:24)

I worked so hard for this state. I worked so hard. You just got two of the greatest trade deals, and add Japan to it, by the way. Let’s make it three, 40 billion from Japan, USMCA, all done. China, all done for the farmers. It’s done, that I can tell you. You’re going to have to get bigger tractors and a hell of a lot more land. You’ve got to produce a lot of product. I don’t know if you can, but, hello Des Moines. It’s great to be with you. I’m thrilled to be back in American heartland with thousands of loyal, hardworking American patriots. Great people. This November we’re going to defeat the radical socialist Democrats that are right down the street.

Donald Trump: (01:25)

I mean, I don’t even know. I just saw, New York Times, can you believe? Failing New York Times… When we leave in 10, 14, 18, 22 years from now, the New York Times will be out of business and so will a lot of others. But, did you see they did a New York Times poll, I think, and Sienna, Sienna, New York Times of Iowa, and they have me pitted against every one of the Socialists, and we’re winning by a lot. Everyone. We’re beating them all. We’re beating them all. We’re beating them all. We’re beating them like they haven’t been beaten before. You know all the noises about their crazy debates, nobody’s watching their debates, but it’s all about their debates. They don’t care about the farmer. Everything out here, they love Trump, and you should love Trump with what I’ve done.

Donald Trump: (02:26)

So, we’re going to win the great state of Iowa and it’s going to be a historic landslide. If we don’t win, your farms are going to hell. I can tell you right now. Sell, sell, they’ll be saying “Sell.” No, we love the farmers, and we love the ranchers, and we love the manufacturers, frankly. You got plenty of that too in this state. The great state, and you have a great governor, by the way. You have a great governor.

Donald Trump: (03:02)

But every day we’re achieving extraordinary victories for the citizens of the Hawkeye State. The Iowa unemployment rate has reached an all time low in history. That’s not bad. That’s not bad. Oh, let’s vote for Pocahontas. Let’s vote for Bernie. Let’s vote for sleepy Joe. He’s falling asleep. Joe, Joe, Joe. He always gets the name wrong. How many times has he missed it? He’s in Iowa. He says, “Great to be in the great state of Ohio.” They say, “Joe, you’re in Iowa.” You can’t do that. No matter how great you speak. If you’re Winston Churchill, if you make that mistake at the beginning of your speech, it’s over. You might as well just wrap it up. There’s the fake news. They would just absolutely destroy you. They would absolutely destroy you.

Donald Trump: (04:06)

You can’t do that. You can’t do that, Joe, sleepy Joe, but you have these guys. You have these people. How about Buttigieg? Buttigieg. They call him mayor Pete. You know why? Because nobody can pronounce his name. Nobody has any idea. Buttigieg. They say, “Say edge edge.” He presides over a city that’s failed. It’s doing so badly, in a state that’s having the greatest year they’ve ever had, and they have a great governor also, and they had a great governor. You just heard from him, right? The great state of Indiana, so I don’t see that one. Go down the line. We have some people. Let’s not talk about them. What happened to mini Mike? Where is he? He’s not running. He’s skipping four or five states. Mini Mike. I’ve had him up to here.

Donald Trump: (05:05)

More people are working right now in Iowa than ever before. Now think of it. Think of it. Yesterday we replaced a NAFTA disaster with the incredible brand new U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement. The USMCA, you know when you have a hard time with that one, memory is a great thing. I’ve always had a great memory for whatever reason, but memory is a great thing. Having a great memory, but sometimes you take little clues. USMCA. Thank you, darling. I love you, too. Where is that person up? Look at that. Wow. What a good, strong voice.

Donald Trump: (06:11)

But you know how you remember it? The song I just walked in on. They’re playing the song YMCA. So, when you’re having a hard time, gee, what’s U-S, just think of the song YMCA, and you’ll remember it, USMCA. It’s a massive win for Iowa farmers and workers of all kinds. It’s a massive win and it creates some fairness with Canada. It creates fairness with Mexico. Probably the biggest reason that I ran was the unfair trade that I’ve seen, and one after one, China, Mexico, Canada, Japan, South Korea, we’ve made all these deals, and we have plenty left over. Plenty left over. Europe, Europe, Europe is next. I wanted to finish China before we started on Europe. I like to do them one at a time, one at a time. I’m a very organized person.

Donald Trump: (07:15)

But weeks ago we also signed a terrific new trade agreement with China that will boost American agriculture by $50 billion every year, and many other businesses like manufacturing, banking, finance, overall $250 billion, and you know with the farmers, because I have a place in my heart for the farmers big. I went and I saw Ambassador Lighthizer’s in charge, he’s fantastic. I said, “What are you doing? We’re getting ready for the final deal. What are you doing?” He said, “I’m putting in $20 billion.” Because I asked Sonny Perdue. He’s great. You know who he is, right? Secretary of Agriculture. I said, “Sonny, what’s the biggest number that China’s ever done with the farmers?” He said, “Sir, $16 billion last year. $16 billion.” This was two years ago. I said, “So, $16 billion is the biggest,” because you know, they targeted you, and now we’re friends with China.

Donald Trump: (08:10)

In fact, maybe we’ve never had a better relationship and were working with them very closely on the Coronavirus. We’re working with them very, very closely. We only have five people. Hopefully everything’s going to be great. They have somewhat of a problem, but hopefully it’s all going to be great. But, we’re working with China just so you know, and other countries very, very closely, so it doesn’t get out of hand, but it’s something that we have to be very, very careful with, right? We have to be very careful.

Donald Trump: (08:42)

But I said to Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture, I said, “Sonny, what’s the number?” 16 and 12 the year before, and you were targeted. I don’t blame China. Look, they’re smart. They’re negotiators. They targeted Trump states. Where do they love Trump? They love him in Iowa. They love him in Nebraska. They love him in all these states. They love him in Wisconsin. They love him. We won Wisconsin. They like him and Wisconsin, and a lot of the farm states, and they targeted. The farmers came to see me and they said, “Sir, you have to do what’s right.” When the fake news would interview farmers, the farmers would say, “No, no, President Trump is doing the right thing. It should have been done years ago. Should’ve been done years and years ago.” But you couldn’t have made it because there was too much money, $16 billion. So, what I did is I put a 25% tariff on everything coming in from China, $250 billion, and then more tariffs on things beyond the $250 billion market. We took in billions, and billions, and billions of dollars. We still are, and then what happened? When I heard about the farmers and I saw the farmers, they were in the White House. They came to see me. I had 36 farmers and I said, “I’m going to give you.” They said, “Sir, we don’t want anything.” I said, “What do you mean you don’t want anything? I’ve never heard that before.” Everybody wants money. They want every. They said, “We just want a level playing field.” I never forgot it. They said, “We don’t want anything. We just want a level playing field, and we’ve been treated badly for years, for years.”

Donald Trump: (10:24)

I said, “Well, you haven’t been given a level playing field for many, many years, for decades. You haven’t been given a level playing field. We’re going to give you the levelest field that you ever had. But, but in the meantime, I’m going to give you $12 billion, out of these tens of billions that we’re collecting.” Don’t worry. We had plenty of left over, because we never got 25 cents from China. China took from us. We didn’t take from China, right? I said, “I’m going to give you $12 billion for the year before, and I’m going to give you $16 billion for this year.” That was last year for this year. So, they got, meaning you, a lot of you in this audience, got $12 billion, and you got 16, so you got $28 billion over that short period of time, and you were able to actually, in some cases, I guess thrive. I told Sonny, “I want to take care of the small farmer too, not just the big monsters. I want to take care of everyone, everyone.”

Donald Trump: (11:21)

But, I never forgot when CNN fake news and all these people, they go around interviewing the farmers. They could never find anyone saying bad about Trump. They’d go into diners. “What do you think about Trump? Isn’t it a terrible what he’s doing with the trade?” The farmer would say, “No, he’s doing what should have been done 20 years ago.” Now, you people are going to make so much money. You’re not going to do just, you know what? Just relax. Take it easy. Put it away. Enjoy your life. But you’re going to make a lot of money. You’re going to make a lot of money. Again, we have never had, because they respect us now, they didn’t respect us. We have never had a better relationship with China than we do right now. It’s a beautiful story. They respect us. The whole world respects us now. We’re respected again. America is respected again. Okay?

Donald Trump: (12:25)

We’re fighting for products made in America and grown right here in this great, great state of Iowa. To keep America safe, we have fully rebuilt the United States military. It’s now stronger, more powerful, more lethal than ever before. We have all brand new equipment and it was all built in the USA. Thanks to the courage of American heroes, the ISIS caliphate has been totally destroyed and its founder and leader, the animal known as al-Baghdadi is dead.

Donald Trump: (13:17)

Crazy Nancy Pelosi said, “Don’t call him an animal. He’s a human being.” No, he’s an animal. He’s an animal. Two weeks ago, at my direction, the United States military delivered another historic win for American justice. Our brave warriors launched a flawless precision strike that killed the world’s number one terrorist, Qasem Soleimani. Qasem Soleimani. He was the mastermind of the road side bomb. He loved roadside bombs. When you see your friends and great soldiers of our country and other countries, frankly, walking around, they don’t have legs, they don’t have arms in some cases. Some cases they don’t have both. You see them walking around, or riding around, or the most brave people, these people have the greatest attitude. I go to Walter Reed and I see him and the young man his legs were blown off. “How you doing?” “Sir, I want to get back. I want to get back, sir.” I’ll tell you, the spirit of these people, it may even top the farmers. It may even top the farmers, which is pretty good.

Donald Trump: (14:31)

But he was responsible, more than anybody else, 90% they say of these roadside bombs sent to fight us, he was responsible and he took a hard hit. He took a very hard hit. He was responsible for murdering and maiming thousands and thousands of Americans, and hundreds of thousands of other people. Not acceptable. Soleimani was actively planning new attacks, but we ended his bloody rampage forever.

Donald Trump: (15:12)

Yet, Washington Democrats, true, like crazy Bernie and Nancy Pelosi, opposed our decision to eliminate Soleimani, and to save American lives. That had a tremendous impact. While we’re proudly creating jobs and killing terrorists, Congressional Democrats are consumed with partisan rage, and obsessed with a deranged witch hunt hoax. You know, we’re having probably the best years that we’ve ever had in the history of our country, and I just got impeached. Can you believe these people? I got impeached. They impeached Trump. The best trade deals, the strongest military, I took care of the vets. We got choice. We got accountability for the vets, accountability. We got all these things and they impeach your President. No, that’s not going to work. Watch, just watch.

Donald Trump: (16:16)

They want to nullify your ballots, poison our democracy, and overthrow the entire system of government. That’s not happening, I can tell you that. Washington Democrats have spent the last three years trying to overturn the last election. Why am I not worried? I should worried. Remember Nixon, it was like a dark period, right? It’s a very dark period. It was like oh, you think about it. Right? With Clinton it was not good. They say that with Johnson, it was a long time ago, none of us remember, but they say it was a very dark period. This is a happy period for us. It’s a happy period. It’s a happy period because we call this impeachment light. This is light.

Donald Trump: (17:25)

Crazy Schiff. Shifty Schiff. He’s a sick puppy. He’s a sick puppy. But, you know what? Today you saw it, I hit my highest poll numbers since I got elected because the American people, and frankly, people all over the world, know it’s a hoax. They understand it. They know it’s a hoax, and we have a great party, the Republican party. They know what’s going on. They know what’s going on and they’re going to treat us very fairly. But, the Democrats are trying to overturn the last election. We will make sure that they face another crushing defeat in 2020.

Donald Trump: (18:14)

November 3, November 3, mark it off. November 3, mark it off. Was that a great day? 2016 November. Remember? He’s not going to do well with this group. I did well. He’s not going to do well with that group. I won that group. He’s not going to do well here or there. Even the exit polls, they took it right up. You know what they didn’t know about the exit polls? When people are leaving, they’re always very accurate. People leave. “Who you voted for?” “I voted for Trump.” “Who you voted for?” “I voted for crooked Hillary. I don’t care that she’s a stone cold crook. I’m voting for her.” Who are you voting for? I’m voting for Trump, or Clinton, or Trump. They’re always very accurate, but this time something happened.

Speaker 1: (19:02)

Hillary for prison.

Donald Trump: (19:03)

Many people, many… I like that idea. I like it. I like it. Wouldn’t we like to run against her. who’s tougher? Her, crazy Bernie, Biden, Buttigieg? Who would be the closest? Buttigieg. I don’t know. Maybe we take another crack at crazy Hillary. Would that be okay? She was so easy. Remember that speech so innocently given talking about deplorables. Remember? Remember deplorables? But you know the only thing I didn’t understand, I said, “That’s terrible.” But she said another word that was worse. Irredeemables. I said, “Boy,” shows you how good I am at politics, I said, “She’s in trouble. She said our people are irredeemable.” To me that was worse. Well, it wasn’t that word that caught on. It was deplorable. The next day I’m speaking, and women are walking around, I’m deplorable. Everyone’s got deplorable. I say, “I think she made a bad speech last night.” But irredeemable, remember? She called them deplorable and irredeemable, and me being so brilliant, I said, “I think that irredeemables going to get her.” No, deplorable got her. A lot her like lack of ability.

Donald Trump: (20:35)

Together we are going to win back the House. We are going to hold the Senate, and we are going to keep that beautiful, gorgeous, incredible White House. People don’t realize this is a lot of work. I just left Michigan, and Michigan is booming now because of me, meaning, my people. I say to Prime Minister Abe, he’s a friend of mine, “Shinzo,” Japan, “You got to do something. You got these massive deficits for our country. You got to open up plants in Michigan fast, Shinzo. Fast. You’ve got to do it.” “Yes, I will do it.” He’ll do it, and he’s doing it. Countries are coming in from all over the world. They’re going to Michigan. They’re coming to Iowa. They’re buying your stuff again, like crazy, like crazy.

Donald Trump: (21:37)

They’re going to Ohio. They’re going to Pennsylvania. They’re going to South Carolina. They’re going to North Carolina. They’re going to Florida. They’re coming in like never before. They’re all coming back. I ran on the issue trade. I ran on a lot of different issues, but trade was one of them. That was so big. To me, it was so big. I used to say, how do we allow these companies to close, fire everybody, go to another country? Mexico, wherever it may be, make product, sell the product into our country, pay no tax. Who the hell would allow this to happen? Who would allow to happen?

Donald Trump: (22:16)

It’s like in South Korea. I went to him, I said, “Listen, your deal is no good. We have to make a new deal.” South Korea, we’re protecting them all, all these different things. I said, “Number one, you’ve got to pay us more.” They agreed to. They gave us $500 million a year more. They said, “But nobody has ever asked.” They gave us 500. That’s nothing compared to what they have to do. That’s okay. That’s okay. They’ll pay more. But you know, they made a trade deal with the United States. Hillary Clinton was in charge of the deal, right? She said it’s going to produce 250,000 jobs, and she was right. 250,000. You know who it was for? For South Korea, not for us, it was for South Korea. So, we renegotiated the deal, if I have your permission, we renegotiated the deal and now we have a good deal with South Korea, okay?

Donald Trump: (23:04)

This deal is going to produce, remember… This deal is going to produce 250,000 jobs for South Korea. She didn’t lie. Can’t say she lied. She lies about a lot of other things, but she didn’t lie. How is she taking her defeat? Okay? I think so. Remember the debate? Do you promise if you lose that you will support the winner and I sort of, I didn’t exactly say yes. I didn’t say yes, in all fairness, but I got sort of like six the 68% there. But she said, “See he won’t.” She’s the one that doesn’t do it. No, no, I feel badly because it’s too late for her to get in. I kept hoping, but I think, honestly I think that sleepy Joe, crazy Bernie, I don’t even want to put Buttigieg in, but I think they’d actually be tougher than her.

Donald Trump: (24:07)

During this campaign season, the good people of Iowa have had a front row seat to the lunacy and the madness of the totally sick left. This is a radical left people that we’re dealing with. Today’s Democrat party, I don’t say Democratic party, it sounds so much better in a speech, right? Democratic party, the Democrat, but that’s not their name. It’s called the Democrat party. You know some people aren’t allowed to say the Democrat party because it doesn’t sound good. I don’t even like it. I don’t like the way it sounds in this speech, but I’m going to say it because I’m not looking to have them look good.

Donald Trump: (24:42)

Today’s Democrat party is run by left wing extremists who want to massively raise your taxes, increase regulations, cancel your health plans, raid Medicare, shut down American energy, destroy your social security, they will destroy your social security, eliminate religious liberty, punish free speech, confiscate your guns, abolish your borders, and indoctrinate America’s children with hateful, left-wing ideology. Other than that, they’re okay. Other than that, they’re fine people. In short, this election is a choice between American freedom and Democratic socialism, and in some cases, in my opinion, it’s worse than Socialism. Socialism’s a kind word by comparison. The Democrats will lose because America will never be a socialist country. We can’t. They’re all watching tonight. They’re sitting in their hotel room, little hotels right down the street, and they’re looking at this crowd. The press never talks about my crowds. Did you see in New Jersey a couple of nights ago? We had signups for 175,000 people. We had an arena that held about 9,000 people. We could have sold it out 15 times. Okay? They don’t talk about that. You know what they talk about? They said Donald Trump who spoke before a nice crowd. If Bernie or sleepy Joe has, I mean Joe had a crowd that was so small the other day that they set up a round table. No, it’s true. No, they were in a gymnasium. There were in a gymnasium, and they set up a round table, and people that went there to hear his speech are now being asked, “What do you think of socialism?” They just said, “I just want to be here to watch his speech.” They set up a round-

Donald Trump: (27:03)

They just said, “I just want to be here to watch a speech.” They set up a round table because the crowd was so small, and then they’ll say, “It was a brilliant round table. It was wonderful.” They never mention crowds. They never mention crowds. They never mention anything. I’ll tell you, U.S.M.C.A, The biggest trade deal ever signed in the history of the world. Okay? It is, wait. It barely got any mention. We signed it. It barely got any mention. They talk about the impeachment hoax. They talk about all the other stuff, but the trade deal, that is going to change our country. It’s going to bring growth. Wait until you see, toward the end of next year, the growth will be astronomical because of the China Trade Deal, the U.S.M.C.A, Japan, South Korea, Europe, when that happens. It will happen because they have no choice. They have no choice.

Donald Trump: (27:55)

But in the papers, and on the fake news cable shows, and the regular, look, NBC is horrible, the NBC Nightly News, it’s terrible. The good news is people don’t watch it like they used to, because they don’t believe in it. They don’t believe in it. And as Sean Hannity would say, MSDNC, you know what MSDNC is, right, so bad. CNN, total fake stuff. Oops, their camera just went off. Look! The camera just went off! CNN!

Donald Trump: (28:23)

Their camera just went off. That always happens whenever I say CNN, their camera goes off.

Donald Trump: (28:46)

But Americans, across the political spectrum, were disgusted by the Washington Democrats, the partisan hoaxes, the witch hunts, the con jobs. It’s all a con job. And so, they don’t love our country, I swear they don’t. You look at Nancy Pelosi’s district in San Francisco. It was so beautiful, and now it’s a disgrace, being watched all over the world. Needles all over the place, everything else all over the place. I’m not going to get into it, washing down into the ocean, washing down onto their beaches, people living in tents if they’re lucky. I mean you never saw anything, living on their most important entryways into what was a great city, San Francisco. What’s happened? And all she does is work on the hoax and work on all of the stuff.

Donald Trump: (29:38)

Really, these people are very, very bad for our country. We have to take back the House of Representatives, we have to.

Donald Trump: (29:53)

Registered Democrats and Independents are leaving the Democrat party in droves, and we are welcoming these people, and these great voters, to the Republican Party with wide, open arms.

Donald Trump: (30:11)

And we are thrilled to be joined tonight by a lot of your great leaders, a lot of your really wonderful people. I’m not going to mention all the names, because all those cameras that are rolling, they don’t like it when I do it, but one they don’t mind is Governor Kim Reynolds. Come up, Kim, come up here! Also first gentleman, Kevin Reynolds, Kevin!

Donald Trump: (30:48)

Kim, come on, come on.

Kim Reynolds: (30:55)

Do we love him! Do we love him? Are we going to win Iowa for President Trump? Yes! Four more years!

Speaker 2: (31:16)

Four more years! Four more years! Four more years!

Kim Reynolds: (31:16)

You’re doing great.

Speaker 2: (31:16)

Four more years! Four more years!

Donald Trump: (31:16)

You want to say something?

Speaker 2: (31:16)

Four more years!

Kim Reynolds: (31:16)

No. On February 3rd, we are going to caucus. On November 3rd, we are going to vote. And on November 4th, we are going to celebrate four more years of President Trump!

Donald Trump: (31:40)

Great, great job. Thank you.

Donald Trump: (31:42)

Oh, she was driving me a little bit batty. She would call me up, Kim, you would call. “What about ethanol?” I said Kim, “I mean, I’m doing a lot for that place.”

Donald Trump: (31:53)

“No, no. We want ethanol.” Then, “we want biofuel.” Then she is asking for things I never even heard of, but we got them all, whatever that hell she wanted, we got. Right? And by the way, Joni Ernst and the great Chuck Grassley are right now in Washington fighting for fairness, fighting the hoax, fighting for all of us. They called, they said, “Do you mind if we don’t go tonight? We have to stay.” I said, “I don’t want you to be there. I want you to be where you are” because they are fighting for us. They are great people. They are great people.

Donald Trump: (32:33)

And, they would call too. Chuck Grassley, Joni Ernst, they would call, “We got to help our farmers, sir.”

Donald Trump: (32:40)

“Yes. Okay, we are going to help the farmer.” They were great. Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg. Thank you, Adam. Thank you, Adam. Great job, Adam. Speaker of the Iowa House of Representatives, a man with really fantastic genes, got to have like the best genes in the world. Although you had an ex-governor here that had very good genes, too. We have his son in the audience, too, but this is Representatives Pat Grassley. Those genes, those two young men have the greatest genes anyone has ever had for politics. Thank you, fellas, thanks. I sent one of them, the father to China, and he’s now Ambassador to China. Do you think he is happy? Is he happy? I think so. I think he is happy. Great Governor, longest serving Governor in history, actually, 24 years. We have the Chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa, Jeff Kaufmann. Great job.

Donald Trump: (34:01)

And just quickly, we have the world’s tallest campaign manager, Brad Parscale. And Republican National Committee Co-Chair, who has done an incredible job, Tommy Hicks. And we have the great negotiator, the great man, Bob Lighthizer with us here, someplace. Where’s Bob? What a job he did negotiating for you.

Donald Trump: (34:27)

And we have somebody that you never heard of, somebody that’s a fantastic person, but you never heard of, somebody named Sarah Sanders. Have you ever heard of her? Come here, Sarah! Come on! That’s pretty good! And we have a great football player, from Iowa, Matt Whitaker is here, Matt. Say something.

Sarah Sanders: (35:16)

Thank you. How much do we love this president?

Speaker 2: (35:19)

[inaudible]

Sarah Sanders: (35:26)

And Mr. President, how much do we love the state of Iowa, so much. This is an incredibly special place, I actually met my husband here in Des Moines, so I love being back in Iowa. It is an amazing place. We’re sorry you have had so many crazy, liberal Democrats running around here the last year. But the good news is, it’s not going to matter, because at the end of the day, this guy will still be our president.

Sarah Sanders: (35:56)

Thank you very much. God bless you.

Donald Trump: (36:02)

Thank you, Sarah. Very popular. She is a terrific person, great person. Thanks to Republican leadership, American now has the hottest economy anywhere on the Planet Earth, not even close. Every Prime Minister, President, King, Queen, Dictator, whatever you want to call them, they all say, “How did you do it?” And, the truth is we have certain advantages, but we also have a people advantage. We have the greatest people in the world. I really mean that.

Donald Trump: (36:34)

Since the election, we have created seven million new jobs. The average unemployment rate, under my administration, listen to this, is lower than any previous administration in the history of our country. Can you believe that? The lowest unemployment rate. African American, Hispanic American, and Asian American unemployment rates have reached the lowest levels ever recorded, think of that.

Donald Trump: (37:11)

More than two million millennials, you know what millennials are, young, great people with a lot of future, they have gotten jobs, and their wages have grown by nearly 5% annually. That’s a record.

Donald Trump: (37:28)

Another record is that between the ages of 25 and 34, people are now working, and that’s a record, the number of people, 25 to 34.

Donald Trump: (37:41)

And under the so-called Trump Economy, the lowest paid earners are reaping the fastest gains of any group. And that’s a great thing. This is a blue collar boom, and that’s a good thing too. That’s a good thing.

Donald Trump: (37:59)

Earnings for the bottom 10% are rising faster than earnings for the top 10% for the first time ever, for the first time ever.

Donald Trump: (38:10)

And median household income is at an all time high, just for one second, president Bush, eight years, $450. President Barack Hussein Obama, eight years, eight years, $975. President Donald John Trump, two and a half years, not three, because the numbers were taken at two and a half, now it’s actually higher. Two and a half years, including the tax cuts which are massive, and including all of the regulatory cuts, and the other things you have gotten, $10,000. Think of it.

Donald Trump: (38:54)

You have eight years, 450. Eight years, 975. Two and a half years, think of it, $10,000. It’s one of the reasons the economy is doing so well. And let the people down the road tell you about that, okay? Let them tell you about that. And those tractors that I told you to buy, your tractors will be 60 years old if they have anything to do with it. They will be 60 years old. They will be old, tired, exhausted. Your land will be exhausted. You will be exhausted.

Donald Trump: (39:26)

We’ve ended the war on American energy. The United States is now the number one producer of oil and natural gas anywhere on earth, by far. We are also proudly promoting American ethanol, and I recently approved E15 to be used all year round! Biofuel also, but the Socialist Democrats want to shut down American energy. They support Representative Ocasio-Cortez.

Speaker 2: (40:07)

Boo.

Donald Trump: (40:07)

It’s a real beauty. That’s a real beauty. That’s a beauty. I can’t even believe it, but I don’t want to knock it, because the Green New Deal, which would crush our farms, destroy our wonderful cows. I love cows. They want to kill our cows. You know why, right? You know why?

Speaker 2: (40:26)

Why?

Donald Trump: (40:28)

Don’t say it. They want to kill our cows. That means you are next. And they want to wipe out, totally, Iowa ethanol. They want to wipe it out. But we will never let that side get in, and by the way, that’s the least of it. But I don’t want to attack the Green New Deal, because they might change it.

Donald Trump: (40:51)

I said to her the other day, they said, “What do you think of the Green New Deal?” I said, “Well, it should be studied carefully. We should look at it, look at it closely. I don’t want to talk about until about two months before the election. And then I will tell you how totally insane it is.”

Donald Trump: (41:10)

How about this crazy Senator? How about this crazy, crazy Senator from Hawaii? They said, “I’m totally in favor,” not the smartest. She said, “I’m totally in favor of the Green New Deal.” Well, that would mean there’s no more airplanes. “Oh!” They started screaming at her in Hawaii, they said, “How the hell are we going to get to Hawaii?” They said, “We’re going to build a railroad.” She said that would be “the world’s longest track.” It’s the world’s longest. She doesn’t know that they don’t want airplanes anymore, and yet they fly around in brand new Gulfstreams, in brand new planes all over the place. They’re flying from place to place. They’re talking about the carbon footprint. “We’re going to destroy the carbon footprint! What time is my plane taking off, please?”

Donald Trump: (42:04)

To lift up forgotten communities, the Republican tax cut launched Opportunity Zones, jobs, and investment, and now rushing into over 60 newly… and this is incredible, brand, newly designated Opportunity Zones right here in Iowa alone. Rich people are investing vast amounts of money. Tim Scott, Senator Tim Scott, South Carolina, came into my office. He said, “I have an idea that I have wanted to do for years, but we have never had a president that could pull it off.” I said, “What is it, Tim?” And he talked about Opportunity Zones, first time I heard it. And we did it, and there is nothing, nobody has ever seen anything like it. Money is being poured into these communities that would have never been there. What’s happening is incredible. Opportunity Zones. Remember it.

Donald Trump: (42:51)

For decades, politicians ran for office, promising to protect American farmers and workers. You’ve heard it all your lives, right? But then, they went to Washington. They looked at those beautiful marble columns, and that gorgeous ceiling painted, and all that gold, the way they used to build the buildings, they don’t build them that way anymore. We could, but they just don’t know how. By the way, we’re building the wall. You know the wall is over a hundred miles long. It’s over a hundred miles long already and moving fast.

Donald Trump: (43:25)

They went to Washington and they sold you out. That’s what happened. They sold your jobs out. They sold everything out. Globalist politicians allowed other countries to raid our factories, ravage our farms, rob our workers, and ransack our communities. But the era of economic surrender is over, because now we are finally putting America first, America first.

Speaker 2: (44:10)

U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A.

Donald Trump: (44:10)

Before I took office, Washington looked the other way, while China stole our secrets from American agriculture. Your business, what they do scientifically, nobody understands what they have done to a seed. It doesn’t sound complicated. It is genius, what they have been able to do, what you have been able to do. But those secrets were being stolen, stolen. And installed massive barriers to your exports. You couldn’t do anything with exports, so people, not only China, many, many other places were stealing your secrets.

Donald Trump: (44:42)

Our new agreement with China will protect our intellectual property and pry open vast new markets for American beef, pork, poultry, seafood, soybeans, rice, dairy, and much, much more.

Speaker 3: (44:54)

I love you Donald Trump!

Donald Trump: (45:03)

But you know it is true. China is so big. 1.5 billion people. We have 350. 1.5 billion people, think of that, and we are just touching it. This deal will be so big. If it all works out, and you have the best product, the best product in the world, if it all works out, it will just keep expanding. 250 billion will end up being much, much more than that.

Donald Trump: (45:35)

And, I’ve told this story before, when we were signing, we were almost finished and I said, “How much are the farmers getting?” Meaning how much are they going to purchase from the farmers. And Ambassador Lighthizer said, “We put 20 billion, sir. The highest ever was 16, so we made it 20.” I said “Make it 50.” They said, “What?” And then people, even farm people, said, “Sir, we can’t produce that much.” I said, “That’s a good problem, not a bad problem.” I said, “Make it 50,” so we now have, in the contract, from 40 to $50 billion worth of purchase.” Make it 50, make it 50! Right, Jared? I said, “Jared, you better make it 50.”

Donald Trump: (46:23)

I want those farmers to come back, say, “Sir, sir, we can’t do it. We can’t produce that much, sir, what are you doing to us?” I don’t think that would ever happen? Do you think that would ever, I said they will figure a way. He’s going “Absolutely not.” Nah, I said, “Don’t make it 20, make it 50.”

Donald Trump: (46:40)

The U.S.M.C.A. is another colossal victory for American agriculture like you have never had before. It’s time. We suffered for a year and a half, almost two years. Think of it, but not really because I was able to give you those, I won’t call them subsidies. I made that mistake once with the farmers. I said to this group of farmers that came in, “Subsidy.” I used the word subsidy. That was the worst word, “Sir, we don’t watch subsidy! Please don’t ever use that word.” I said, “I won’t, I promise.”

Speaker 3: (47:04)

Amen!

Donald Trump: (47:06)

But we helped. And it will increase total agriculture exports by more than $2 billion annually. Think of that, including the huge dairy in Iowa, dairy, pork and poultry alone, so two billion just in those small [inaudible 00:47:23]. Just in that small, little grouping where you were doing nothing. It’s called promises made, promises kept. Promises met.

Donald Trump: (47:42)

The last time I came, I never did this before, I never ran, so they all said, “You never ran before. You can’t do this if you never ran,” so whatever happened, it happened. One by one, they started dropping out, right? And then I was left with one, Hillary Clinton, and that worked out very nicely. “He cannot get to 270,” remember? 270, electoral college. “He cannot get to 270.”

Donald Trump: (48:10)

I went to Maine. It’s true, Maine, too. It’s got one point, right, one. I went there a lot, many times. Everyone said, well, they kept getting me, maybe if I have a great night, 269, but 269 loses. Right? But we got 306 to 223. 306, 223, so they were right, “You cannot get to 270, you can get to 306,” but not that there is…

Donald Trump: (48:44)

In the eight years before my election, net farm income plummeted by 20%, you know that. If you look at a chart, for 15 years actually, not eight, for 15 years, it’s like a roller coaster ride down for the farmer. Soybeans. Take a look at it all. It was just a one way street. Everybody was ripping off the American farmer. Now you’re going to see numbers that are going to be great. Look at even what’s happened recently. It’s incredible what’s going on and I love it, because you deserve it. You suffered a lot, with people that were stupid. They were stupid! Under three years of my administration, net farm income has already gone up nearly 50% and will now be rising even faster. What are you going to do? You are going to vote for Bernie? You are going to vote for Bernie?

Donald Trump: (49:37)

Here I am on the debate stage, “Well, net income has gone up for the farmers 50%.” Tell me, how the hell do I lose this debate? How do I lose? And based on the polls, I guess I’m not going to lose in this state. I don’t think I will lose in any other state either. Because this is really true all over the country. This is happening all over the country, not just Iowa.

Donald Trump: (50:02)

On no issue have Washington Democrats more thoroughly betrayed the American people than on immigration. Illegal immigration costs our nation hundreds of billions of dollars, drains public services, overcrowds our schools and hospitals, and threatens innocent American lives at a number that you wouldn’t even believe. But we have got it closed up, but we’re getting your people in. You have people that have worked for you for a long time, don’t you? I know who the people that you have, and they are hard workers. We have a lot of great people. You have a lot of great people out there. Right here in Des Moines, a twice deported, illegal alien was charged with shooting and killing a woman, her 11-year-old daughter, and her five-year-old son.

Donald Trump: (50:45)

In this region of the county alone, last year, ICE officers arrested nearly 4,000 illegal aliens charged or convicted of heinous crimes, including robbery, rape, and murder.

Donald Trump: (50:58)

Yet today’s Democrat Party glorifies illegal immigration. We have no idea, now we do now, but people would come in by the hundreds of thousands. We have no idea who they are. Many are fine people and all of that, but some are stone cold rapists, and murderers, and people that their countries don’t want, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and even Mexico. Right now we have a love affair with Mexico because the Democrats, the Democrats wouldn’t give us what we needed and I got Mexico, they’re great. They put up 27,000 soldiers on our Southern border and the numbers are plummeting, 87% down.

Donald Trump: (51:47)

The president of Mexico is doing a great job. And we ended Catch and Release. You think that was easy? Catch and Release, you know what Catch and Release is? You catch a criminal, you take the number, and you release him into the, they would never come back. We say, come back please in three years, this is a Democrat deal. Come back if you don’t mind, in three years. We release them into our country. We totally ended it through a very, very slick group of rules. Catch and Release. May we please have your address and your phone number? “Here it is!”

Donald Trump: (52:24)

“What have you done?”

Donald Trump: (52:26)

“I got out of jail.”

Donald Trump: (52:28)

“Oh, well, welcome to the United States. Please, we have a little information. Okay, and now we’re going to release you, and in three and a half years, we schedule a court appearance for you.” Do you believe, this is the only country in the world. They catch somebody on the border. You’re supposed to be Perry Mason. You take them to court. Other countries catch somebody at the border. They say, ” Sorry, you got to get out.” We say, “Oh, may we have your information? We’re taking you to court.” Man.

Donald Trump: (52:57)

Today’s Democrat Party glorifies illegal immigration, vilifies the heroes of law enforcement, and pledges to dissolve immigration control entirely. They want open borders. They want hundreds of thousands of people to flow into our country. And some of those people, some of those people are stone cold killers. Some of those people, in the caravans, right? I came up with that name but they won’t give me credit for that. They don’t give me credit for anything. They don’t give me credit for fake news. Wasn’t that my term? Now they say, I see CNN, they said, “Fake news has reported,” no, no, you are fake news, that fake news is you. You are fake news.

Donald Trump: (53:43)

They turned the term around. They are reporting that fake news is reporting their fake news. Left wing politicians even support deadly sanctuary cities that release criminal aliens directly into American communities. We don’t want them. In New York City, the Mayor’s Sanctuary Policy recently forced the release of a-

Donald Trump: (54:03)

… the mayor’s sanctuary policy recently forced the release of a criminal illegal alien charged with assault. After being set free the same criminal raped, brutalized and murdered a 92 year old woman. They wouldn’t give him to the ICE warriors. Their warriors. They’re tough and they love our country. They’re very tough and they love our country. They’re taking MS-13 gang members … They’re about as tough as you get, they’re taking them out of our country by the thousands. By the thousands. That’s a tough job but they love to do it. They love our country.

Donald Trump: (54:43)

Sanctuary city policies aren’t just wrong, they’re immoral, and they’re lethal, and they really are something that has to be stopped. They have to be stopped now. What’s happening is a disgrace.

Donald Trump: (54:57)

Thankfully here in Iowa your great Republican governor, sometimes referred to as Governor Reynolds, signed a state-wide ban on sanctuary cities. Thank you Kim. That is why we need to elect more Republicans nationwide, to end sanctuary cities in all 50 states. Thank you Kim Reynolds. You know I endorsed her, so I want to take full credit for the job she has done. I endorsed her very early, right? Very early I endorsed her. I know talent. She’s done a great job.

Donald Trump: (55:44)

Democrats stand for crime, corruption, and chaos. Republicans stand for law, order, and justice. It’s true. We are finding the illegal game members, drug dealers, predators, and we are throwing them the hell out of our country, ideally. We don’t want to put them in prison because you know what? We got to pay for them for the next 50 years, but sometimes we have to. If they’re too dangerous we have no choice.

Donald Trump: (56:15)

Thanks to our tireless efforts to secure the border we have reduced illegal border crossings seven straight months in a row, and they’re getting lower, and lower. Shockingly, as that wall gets longer, the crossings get less. Remember the Democrats? “You don’t need a wall. You don’t need a wall. You don’t need it.” Seven years they all voted for it, they just didn’t have the ability to build it. You know it’s not easy with land, and this, and that, and property, and rights. They couldn’t figure it out but I can figure it out. The problem was we couldn’t get the money, but we got all the money we need now. We have everything. We have everything. The last time, this last budget, they didn’t really fight us on the wall. You know why? Because they learned it’s a really bad issue for them. It’s a really bad issue. But I made one mistake with the wall. I should have said, “We will never ever build a wall.” They would have given me so much money to build a wall. That was my only … Because I used to go, “We will build the wall,” right? That was a mistake. I should have said, “We will never ever build it. Under no circumstances,” and they would have forced its building and I would have said, “Okay.”

Donald Trump: (57:39)

By the way, in all due respect, you know who’s going to pay for the wall, right? No, no, they play … The fake news plays. No, no, through remittance illegal aliens from Mexico are going to pay for the call. That’s what it is. Remittance. 100% because when I say something I mean it. I said I was going to build a wall.

Donald Trump: (58:03)

You think it’s easy when you have a party that controls the House, you got to end that. You got to end that. They said they picked up the House in ’18 but I didn’t run in ’18. You know the big difference when you run, ’16 I ran, ’18 I didn’t run. They did, they picked up some seats. I didn’t run, but I’m running this time and we’ve got to take back the House. Kevin McCarthy will be a great Speaker of the House. Kevin McCarthy will be a great Speaker, watch.

Donald Trump: (58:33)

But getting something built when you have a party that controls one of the three, getting it built is … Honestly I don’t want to brag, nobody else could have done it. Nobody else could have done it. It’s The Real Deal wall. It’s the wall that border security wanted. Remember I thought I could just build concrete slabs? They didn’t want that because you have to be able to see through. I said, “Oh come on.” This is the expensive version. This is the best version. This is steel, and concrete, and rebar in between. It’s really something.

Donald Trump: (59:08)

Did you see the other day where drug dealers got caught at the top? They couldn’t get over. We had to get the fire department to get them down. They couldn’t get over and they’re like mountain climbers. They got used to climbing. They got caught because you know that panel? That’s an anti-climb panel. It’s very hot and very tough. It’s a very hard panel to climb, the panel on top. Sometimes I’d say, “I’d rather do without that panel,” because I’m a very visual person. They said, “Sir that’s anti-climb panel.” I said, “Oh it is? Okay, let’s put it on. To hell with it.” It’s true. Anti-climb panel.

Donald Trump: (59:45)

The wall is the top of the line. That’s what they wanted. Mostly 30 feet tall. That’s very tall. That’s maximum. It’s really doing a big trick. A lot … Wherever we have it … 100 miles is all of a sudden a lot, but where you have that it’s incredible. 99.9%, especially when we’re watching it. We’re watching the sections.

Donald Trump: (01:00:05)

Illegal crossings now are down 75% since last spring. The powerful border wall was starting to set. I mean pretty soon we’ll be setting records in speed. It’s going up very rapidly. Very rapidly. You’re seeing it all over and it’s going to be really something. Look, it would be nice if we didn’t have to have it. It would be great, but we have to have it. They said, “Oh we could have drones.” Oh what are you going to do with drones flying around? When people are going through your border with nowhere … They’re going to have drones flying around. They know because they were all for it. They were all for it. Now all of a sudden they’re against, but they want drones. Well we’re going to have drones too but the drones are policing the wall.

Donald Trump: (01:00:49)

In terms of human trafficking, people don’t even talk about it. Because of the internet, sadly, the worst in the history of our world. All over the world. Trafficking in women and children all over the world. All over the world. The worst it’s ever been, but when we have this border it makes it very, very tough for them to come into the United States with women and with children stuffed in trunks in the back of a car.

Donald Trump: (01:01:20)

The Washington Democrats have never been more extreme. 132 congressional Democrats have signed up for Bernie Sanders’ government healthcare takeover bill. It’s a takeover of your healthcare that would strip all of those 180,000 million great Americans of your private coverage. You want that. You got great deals. You’re able to negotiate, you’re able to keep your doctor, keep your area, keep your hospitals, keep everything that you wanted. Now they want to take it away. Report to an operating room when you have a cold, okay? In your local hospital. I don’t think so. 180,000 million people, but I’m not going to knock it because I want Bernie to bring it right up to the end and we’ll debate it the day before the election. Okay? We are saving your healthcare while Socialist Democrats are trying to take away your healthcare.

Donald Trump: (01:02:14)

Sleepy Joe has no idea what he’s even … He doesn’t even know what he’s talking about. He’s so lost. Honestly, that poor guys is so lost. They talk healthcare, she said, “It’s over for him.” It was over for him, actually if you knew him, a long time ago. Now it’s really over.

Donald Trump: (01:02:31)

We are making healthcare better and cheaper. We got rid of the individual mandate, the most unpopular thing, which essentially killed Obamacare. We are protecting people with pre-existing conditions and we always will, the Republican party. We’re stopping surprise medical billing and making everything totally transparent. I signed it already. Everything now is going to transparencies, where hospitals, doctors, everybody has to tell you how much things are costing. Watch those prices come down. Right? Right?

Donald Trump: (01:03:17)

I have an expert on healthcare. He said transparency because it’s a big deal. It’s a big deal. Nobody else would have gotten it done, that I can tell you. Transparency is bigger than healthcare because you will see prices tumbling like you wouldn’t believe. People go in for a blood test, they get charged $2,700. Down the road they get the same test for $57. The same exact test. Maybe it’s better. Maybe it’s better. It’s crazy. When you have transparency it’s all going to come. You watch. You watch. But this person, a real expert, said, “This is bigger than healthcare,” and I got it done. Unfortunately it won’t really start kicking in until after the election because it takes a period of time. They have certain statutory requirements, et cetera.

Donald Trump: (01:04:02)

Well you better let me win. Can you imagine? Can you imagine? I did transparency, I took the guts, I did transparency and then I’m going to watch as somebody else says, “Didn’t he do a great job for transparency?” You better let me win because I want the credit for that one.

Donald Trump: (01:04:19)

We’re buying cheaper drugs from other countries and approving more generic drugs than ever, ever, ever before. We are defending your right to keep the doctor. We are defending your right to keep your plan. Remember Obama 28 times, “You can keep your doctor. You can keep your doctor”? 28. “You can also keep your plan. You can keep it. You can keep it.” 28 times he lied. We should impeach him. No, he got it on a lie. He got it on a lie, but we’ve run it much better. But essentially it’s totally different because of individual mandate. Because that really took the guts out of it and we’re running it much better.

Donald Trump: (01:05:04)

I had a choice, do we run it well or do we run it poorly? If we run it poorly everyone’s going to blame me. If we run it well everyone’s going to give him credit, especially the fakers back there right? But you know what? We got to run it well but we’re coming up with a healthcare that if we win the House we will have the best healthcare of any country in the world, by far.

Donald Trump: (01:05:29)

We’re fighting the lobbyists and we’re fighting the special interest, in case you didn’t notice. We are serving only you. Thanks to our bold reforms we’re now offering health plans that are 60% cheaper than Obamacare. We’re offering a lot of different things. We have just passed, recently, 10 months ago, Right to Try. I love Right to Try.

Donald Trump: (01:05:52)

You know what that is? That’s people are terminally ill and they can’t use medicine because … They’ve been trying to pass this, almost for 50 years. You can’t use the medicine. We have the greatest doctors, labs, hospitals in the world. They come up with a medicine but it has to go through the FDA procedure, right? You can’t do anything. You can’t use it. They won’t let you use it. Now I have you sign an agreement, you’re not going to sue the United States, you’re not going to this, your family, et cetera, et cetera. Very simple. And they can use it. You have no idea the results that are taking place. You have no idea. You have no idea the results. People’s lives are being …

Donald Trump: (01:06:35)

For me it was simple. I said, “Wait a minute, you’re worried about hurting somebody? These people are dying. They’re terminally ill. They’re admitting they’re terminally ill and you won’t let them use a drug that may work? Let the use the drug.” And we’re letting them use the drug and it’s working in a lot of cases.

Donald Trump: (01:06:57)

We have transformed veterans healthcare, including VA Choice. The best. You know I think I’m a totally brilliant human being. I think I’m the smartest person, so I came up with a plan. I’ll never forget, I was in New Hampshire, I came up with this idea because everybody kept coming up to me and saying, “Sir it’s really terrible what’s happening with healthcare. We’re waiting in line for two weeks, for four weeks, for seven weeks.” Honestly people were waiting in line, they weren’t very sick, they were terminally ill, truthfully, before they saw a doctor. By the time they got to the doctor. So I came up with this incredible plan. Only I could think of this. I said, “Here’s what you do … Here’s what you do, if somebody can’t get a doctor quickly,” because we have great doctors at the VA. They don’t get enough credit. “If you can’t get to a doctor quickly you go outside, you go locally, you get a doctor, we pay the bill, you get yourself all better.” Right?

Donald Trump: (01:07:50)

So I went back. I went back and I told my people, “Do you have any idea how smart I am? Listen to this plan I have.” They said, “Actually sir we’ve known about that plan for 52 years we just couldn’t get it approved.” So I said, “Oh that’s too bad, I thought it was brilliant,” but what I am good at is getting things approved and I got it approved. People are using it and it’s great.

Donald Trump: (01:08:19)

I know the people of Iowa don’t care about this but we are making substantial investments in rural healthcare. We are combating the opioid epidemic. Drug overdose deaths have declined for the first time in nearly 31 years. That’s a great thing. Our great first lady is helping us with that. That is such a big thing for Melania. Big, big thing. She is really involved.

Donald Trump: (01:08:51)

We will never let the Democrats give away your healthcare to illegal immigrants, especially when we say, “Come in. Come in, we’ll give you healthcare.” It’s one thing they come in and it’s a rough situation because we all have hearts but when people are saying, like in California this wacky governor he says, “Come in, we’re going to give you healthcare. We’re going to give you free education. We’re going to give you everything. We’re going to give you a beautiful Rolls-Royce.” See to show you how fake they are one of the newscasters said, “Donald Trump said that the governor of California promised a Rolls-Royce to illegal immigrants. He didn’t promise them. This was a lie and a misrepresentation by President Trump.” They can’t take a little humor. They can’t take it. These people are sick. They’re sick. No. They’re sick people.

Donald Trump: (01:09:51)

Them and Shifty Schiff is a very sick person. He lies awake at night shifting and turning, Shifty. Shifting and turning in his bed, sweating like a dog. “How am I going to get him? He didn’t do anything wrong, how am I going to get him?” Oh what a sick guy he is.

Donald Trump: (01:10:09)

Virtually every top Democrat also now supports late-term abortion. Ripping babies straight from the mother’s womb. Right up until the moment of birth. That is why I have asked Congress to prohibit extreme late-term abortion because Republicans believe that every child is a sacred gift from God. Democrats are now the party of high taxes, high crime, open borders, late-term abortion, Socialism, and blatant corruption. No matter how you cut it, that’s what it is. The Republican party is the party of the American worker, the American family, the American dream, and the late great Abraham Lincoln. You know that, right? Abraham Lincoln. Honest Abe.

Donald Trump: (01:11:17)

Remember I always said, “I can be more presidential than any other past president, other than perhaps Abraham Lincoln when he’s wearing the hat,” right? Because it’s easy to be presidential but only have about three people in front of me. Be a, “Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Is everything okay in Iowa? Oh I see, the world is ripping you off. Well there’s not a thing I can do about that. Thank you. Good night everybody. Good night.” No, we got to do it the right way. Republicans …

Donald Trump: (01:11:52)

And by the way, can I be honest? Doing this takes far more talent than doing that. Doing that is very easy. This is not easy. Especially when you just left Michigan, and you just left other places, and you got maniacs doing a number on you all the time for three years. You got the maniacs for three years. I think before I came down the escalator with our future first lady I think really they were doing it then. They started even before I came down on the escalator. These people are maniacs, so you have all that. So you’re fighting that and you’re doing farm bills.

Donald Trump: (01:12:28)

We got your farm bill approved by the way. We got your farm bill approved. I don’t even mention that because that’s massive by any other standard, but it’s peanuts compared to the USMCA and the China deal, right? So I don’t even mention it.

Donald Trump: (01:12:41)

Anyway, Republicans are fighting for citizens from every background and from every race, religion, color, and creed. It’s true. Our numbers with African American workers, people, are through the roof. Are through the roof because … Remember I used to say, “What do you have to lose?” I’d read the down the worst on crime, the worst on education. They got this, they got that, they got 10 different things, all horrible. One day I’m in front of this tremendous group of people and I’m reading this list, African American, they have the highest crime rate, they have the highest this, they have the worst education, they have the worst schools, they have the worst … I said, “Stay with me,” because they were with the Democrats for a hundred years, more. I said, “Stay with me. What the hell do you have to lose?”

Donald Trump: (01:13:33)

You know what? You know what? Remember that? Now they have the best employment and unemployment numbers, they have the best poverty numbers, they have numbers that nobody would believe. They’re doing so great. It’s so great to see it. It’s incredible. Youth unemployment, African American youth. It’s been great.

Donald Trump: (01:13:58)

We’re asking all Americans to join our incredible movement. We are a big tent and a big party with big, bold, beautiful ideas for the future. We’re what the country was based on originally. It was called greatness. It was called greatness.

Donald Trump: (01:14:21)

During National School Choice Week, School Choice everybody, we continue our fight to rescue children trapped in failing government schools. Iowa became one of the first states to pass School Choice. That was over 10 years ago. Now Governor Reynolds, Senator Ernst, Senator Grassley, and more than 100 members of Congress are supporting our plan to give School Choice to every child in America who needs it. It’s a great plan.

Donald Trump: (01:14:52)

To give former prisoners a second chance at life we passed criminal justice reform. Think of that. Think of that. We had a lot of great Conservatives who wanted it, we had Liberals who wanted it. They couldn’t get it passed. President Obama couldn’t even come close. He didn’t try too hard. He talked like, “Oh I’ll try.”

Donald Trump: (01:15:15)

To uphold the rule of law we have confirmed 191 federal judges, a record, who will interpret The Constitution as one. And two great Supreme Court justices, by the way. As part as … Right? Two great ones.

Donald Trump: (01:15:39)

As part of my commitment to rebuild our military we secured an $8.5 million facility to support our Iowa Guardsmen at Camp Dodge, right here in Des Moines, Iowa. Right here, Camp Dodge. Camp Dodge everybody. We take care of Camp Dodge.

Donald Trump: (01:16:01)

I recognized Israel’s true capital and opened the American Embassy in Jerusalem. We recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. Yesterday we just released a historic new plan for peace. We’re going to see if we can get that done. It’s one of the toughest deals of all. One of the toughest deals but we have a shot at it.

Donald Trump: (01:16:29)

For years you watched as your politicians apologized for our country. They apologized. They would say, “I’m sorry.” Now you have a president who is standing up for America and we are standing up for the great people of Iowa. We are standing up for Iowa.

Donald Trump: (01:16:50)

At stake in our present battle is the survival, frankly, of our nation. Look, I can make this speech really short. All I have to do is say, “Hello Iowa, you have no choice. You have to vote for me. Otherwise everything that you’ve built in your entire life will be gone. Goodbye Iowa, have a good time.” Instead I work my ass off up here, okay? Yeah. True. Do you think this is easy? It’s a little hot in this room. This room wasn’t designed for this many people.

Donald Trump: (01:17:33)

If you want your children to inherit the blessings that generations of Americans have fought and died for then we must devote everything we have toward victory in November of 2020. We have to.

Donald Trump: (01:17:51)

By the way, for those beautiful farmers that want to leave your small farms or businesses to your children … Because of our great tax bill, the biggest tax cut in the history of our country, the biggest that you benefit by. Because of that there is no death tax or inheritance tax, as they call it. So I always say, “If you love your children that’s a great thing. If you don’t love your children don’t leave it to them and that particular tax won’t matter,” but if you love … Is there anybody here that does not love your children? Is there anybody here who loves your children? Well it’s Iowa. It’s Iowa. You love your children. You know you have no tax to pay, you leave your …

Donald Trump: (01:18:43)

In the old days, meaning before Trump, what would happen? You’d leave your farm, they’d assess your farm for a massive amount that kids would go out to a bank, they’d borrow money up to their eyeballs and they’d end up losing the farm. Now you can leave your farm … And they did that to pay the tax. Now you can leave your farm, you don’t pay inheritance tax or [inaudible 01:19:03]. No, it’s great. So when you’re looking down at your children you’re saying, “Oh did you get lucky? Did you get lucky? Look at them, they’re enjoying life.”

Donald Trump: (01:19:19)

But only this way can we save the America we love and drain the Washington swamp once and for all. That swamp is bad. That swamp is bad. I had no idea it was going to be this sick and this degenerated. It’s a degenerate swamp. I had no idea. When I came out, I said, “We’re going to drain this swamp.” I had no idea that the swamp was that evil, but we’re winning. We’re winning because we’re in The White House. We’re winning.

Donald Trump: (01:19:49)

With your help we will lift millions more of our citizens from welfare to work, dependents to independents, and poverty to prosperity. That’s what’s happening all over our country. Together we will elect a Republican Congress to create a fair, safe, sane, and lawful system of immigration. It’s already happening. We will continue to enact new trade deals that result in more products made, raised, farmed, and grown right here in the USA. We will achieve new breakthroughs in science and medicine. Finding new cures for childhood cancer and ending the AIDS epidemic in America in less than 10 years. We’ve already started.

Donald Trump: (00:00)

Should have been started in the last administration. Incredible. Should have been started earlier, but we started. In less than 10 years, the AIDS epidemic will be eradicated, will be gone. Who would have thought that was possible? When they came in and told me that a couple of years ago, I said, “Really? Nobody knows that.” Incredible the strides that we’ve made.

Donald Trump: (00:26)

We will defend privacy, free speech, religious liberty and the right to keep and bear arms. In the state of Virginia they want to take your guns away, you believe it? Virginia, I love Virginia. Of all states, they want to take your guns away. The Democrats. Not going to happen.

Donald Trump: (01:00)

Above all, we will never stop fighting for the sacred values that bind us together as one America. We are one great America. We support, protect, and defend the constitution of the United States. We stand with the incredible heroes of law enforcement. We believe in the dignity of work and the sanctity of life. We believe that family and faith, not government bureaucracy, are the true American way, not government bureaucracy. We believe that children should be taught to love our country, honor our history, and to always respect our great American flag. And we live by the words of our national motto, in God we trust. We live by those words, in God we trust.

Donald Trump: (02:05)

From Cambridge, good old Cambridge. Who’s from Cambridge here please? Cambridge. What the hell do I mention it for when there’s two people here? Can I say it anyway? I’ll say it anyway. Good place Cambridge. Good, he said it’s amazing. Well, from Cambridge to Council Bluffs, from Cedar Rapids where I made my last speech prior to the election. What a place, 32,000 people. I said, “I’m going to win tomorrow.” To Rock Rapids, from Melbourne to Moorhead, and from Davenport to right here in Des Moines, Iowa. We stand on the shoulders of true red blooded American heroes.

Donald Trump: (02:54)

This great state was founded by tough, tough, tough frontier men. These are tough people. Let’s see how big and how tough. They’re tough. Anybody like to join ICE? You want to join ICE? He says, “No thank you.” And strong pioneer women who defied the dangers to carve out a life and a beautiful home with great families and great neighbors. They tamed the wilderness, braved the elements, tilled the soil, planted the fields and help make this the greatest nation ever to exist on the face of the earth and we are making it greater and greater every single day.

Donald Trump: (03:54)

Proud citizens like you helped to build this country and together we are taking back our country. We are returning power to you, the American people, where it has always belonged. It’s coming back to you, you see that. With your help, your devotion and your drive we are going to keep on working and we are going to keep on fighting and we are going to keep on winning, winning, winning. We are one movement, one people, one family and one glorious nation under God. America is thriving like never before and ladies and gentlemen, and especially the great ladies and gentlemen of Iowa, the best is yet to come. True, true. Because together we will make America wealthy again. We will make America strong again. We will make America proud again. We will make America safe again and we will make America great again. Thank you, Iowa. Thank you. Thank you.

AP Television

Kachin, Myanmar, Feb.19, 2012

1. Wide pan of sunrise over mountains in Kachin State, Myanmar

2. Medium of mountains at sunrise

AP Television

Kachin, Myanmar, Feb.16, 2012

3. Close of Kachin Independent Army (KIA) soldier putting bullets into cartridge

4. Mid of KIA soldiers checking machine guns before patrol

5. Close of soldier checking machine gun

6. Medium of Lieutenant Somlut Law Lai patrolling, tilt down to machine gun

7. Close of Lieutenant Somlut Law Lai patrolling in mountains

8. Medium low of Somlut Law Lai and his men patrolling

9. Medium of Somlut Law Lai and his men patrolling

10. SOUNDBITE (Kachin) Somlut Law Lai, Lieutenant with Kachin Independent Army (KIA):

"Kachin people have been longing for peace for years. We are blessed by God to have this territory of our own. Although we cannot have peace in my generation, but we really hope that our next generation can have peace because of our hard struggle in mountains."

AP Television

Kachin, Myanmar, Feb.15, 2012

11. Wide pan of soldiers guarding military post under sunset

12. Medium of soldiers guarding post

13. Close of sunset over mountains in Kachin

14. Close of campfire with soldiers singing Kachin songs

15. Wide of soldiers singing Kachin songs

16. Close of Somlut Law Lai playing guitar and singing

17. Medium of soldiers singing

18. Close of soldier playing guitar

AP Television

Kachin, Myanmar, Feb.14, 2012

19. Wide of doctors treating soldier who injured himself after standing on a mine

20. Medium of doctor treating solider

21. Close of injured soldier with blood on face

22. Close of hand with blood wrapped in bandage

23. Medium, pan of doctors and nurses carrying injured soldier to bed after treatment

24. Close of injured foot

25. Wide of soldier lying on bed with his machine gun next to him

26. SOUNDBITE (Kachin) Bya Gum Ja Naw, Doctor, KIA Hospital:

"Since our operating theatre is small and not well equipped, there are a few difficulties for us to treat these injured soldiers properly. We are in terrible need of facilities to save soldiers' lives."

AP Television

Kachin, Myanmar, Feb.13, 2012

27. Wide of new recruits running to training ground in KIA training camp

28. Medium of new recruits running in line

29. Close of new recruits marching with baton carried by military instructor in foreground

30. Close of new recruit in training

31. Medium tracking shot of woman instructor reviewing new recruits in training

32. Wide of woman instructor reviewing new recruits

33. Close of girl recruits chanting slogan in training

34. Close of Hello Kitty hairpin worn by girl soldier, and girl turning towards camera in training

35. Wide of new recruit Lahtaw Roi Ja in training with fellow soldiers

36. Close of girl soldier Lahtaw Roi Ja in training

37. Close of feet moving

38. SOUNDBITE (Kachin) Lahtaw Roi Ja, 16-Year-Old New Recruit at KIA Military Training Camp: ++no translation available for reporter question++

"I joined the army for my people and the Kachin land. The government army soldiers destroyed my village. They raped, tortured and killed villagers. They burned the whole village in a very brutal way. I could not stand the oppression and suppression of the government any more. I joined the army because I felt a great sorrow and anger."

39. Wide of soldiers marching to cafeteria for breakfast with rice and soup in basins in foreground

40. Close of soldier picking up rice with hands

41. Close of soldier eating

42. Medium of soldiers eating breakfast

43. Wide of soldiers eating breakfast

AP Television

Kachin, Myanmar, Feb.16, 2012

44. Medium of Battalion Commander Major Pawm Mung Ra talking to soldiers at military post

45. Wide of Pawm Mung Ra saluting to soldier

46. Close of soldier at military post

47. SOUNDBITE (Kachin) Pawm Mung Ra, Battalion Commander of KIA:

"We know these jungles very well and we are better at making ways and fighting in this area. From high-ranking officers to ordinary soldiers, we know how to fight in the mountains, and that is why we can defeat our enemies in the jungles."

48. Wide of soldiers standing at military post

49. Medium of solider aiming and moving machine gun at military post at sunset

LEAD IN:

Myanmar's government gave way to a civilian administration last year after four decades of military rule. The new government embarked on a surprising array of reforms, prompted in part by a desire to turn around its image as a repressive regime and get Western sanctions lifted.

But despite rapid moves towards more freedom, several conflicts between central government and ethnic minorities remain unsettled.

STORYLINE:

In the mountainous area of Kachin in Northern Myanmar, sunrise is not only a start of day but also a call for daily patrol for Lieutenant Somlut Law Lai and his fellow soldiers.

Pressing bullets into cartridges and double checking machine guns, Somlut Law Lai and his colleagues set off for mountain roads.

They are with the Kachin Independent Army (KIA) - a rebel group fighting against Myanmar's central government troops for more autonomy for Kachins.

It's a daily patrol of 25 kilometres (15.5 miles) in mountains more than 3,000 meters (9,843 feet) high.

With government troops just miles away, Somlut Law Lai and his fellows always maintain a battle formation during their patrol.

They are guarding a key post - Laizi town - the headquarters of the Kachin Independent Organisation (KIO) - a political arm of KIA.

Somlut Law Lai joined the KIA five years ago. After serving in the army for about four years he went back live in town and get married.

When fighting broke out last June after a 17-year-long ceasefire between KIA and Myanmar's central government, the 29-year-old Lieutenant left his wife and daughter and picked up his gun once more to return to his guerrilla life in the mountains.

Somlut believes fighting is the only way to achieve peace for his daughter's generation.

He says: "Kachin people have been longing for peace for years. We are blessed by God to have this territory of our own. Although we cannot have peace in my generation, but we really hope that our next generation can have peace because of our hard struggle in mountains."

As the sun sets over the mountains in Kachin, Somlut ends his day around the campfire with his fellow soldiers.

But life as a guerrilla is not always so pleasant.

In this simple and crude hospital, KIA soldier Lazum has stepped on a landmine planted by central government troops.

His feet, legs and hands are injured and blood is everywhere as doctors and nurses try to clean his wounds.

There is no operating table here, so doctors have to treat him on a bamboo stretcher before carrying him onto a bed.

Lazum is lucky - he won't lose his legs this time.

Very often doctors have to amputate because of the lack of medical facilities.

Bya Gum Ja Naw is a doctor at the hospital. He says: "Since our operating theatre is small and not well equipped, there are a few difficulties for us to treat these injured soldiers properly. We are in terrible need of facilities to save soldiers' lives."

Hardship and danger do not stop more and more young Kachin joining the army.

A total of 5,000 have already passed through training camps set up by the KIA since fighting erupted and there is no shortage of volunteers.

In a training camp out of Laiza town, 264 fresh recruits are beginning their two-month basic training including drill, shooting, attack enemy positions and jungle survival.

Among the fresh recruits are young girls - many of them here to avenge rape and killing they say has been carried out by government soldiers.

16-year-old Lahtaw Roi Ja decided to join the KIA after she saw her whole village destroyed by government troops.

Her family fled home and came to Laiza last year.

She says: "I joined the army for my people and the Kachin land. The government army soldiers destroyed my village. They raped, tortured and killed villagers. They burned the whole village in a very brutal way. I could not stand the oppression and suppression of the government any more. I joined the army because I felt a great sorrow and anger."

Kachin is one of the strongest rebellions of ethnic minorities in Myanmar that erupted more than 60 years ago.

The rebels want to turn back the clock to the 1947 Panglong agreement when independence hero General Aung San, father of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, promised the ethnic minorities considerable autonomy within a federal union, including the right to secession.

The promises were broken after Aung San was assassinated, and the Kachin took up arms in 1961 following the Karen and others.

A year later the military seized power, suppressing both political and ethnic opponents.

The Kachins are looking beyond a cease-fire to a comprehensive solution to Myanmar's ethnic impasse, which has proved insurmountable since the country gained independence from Great Britain in 1948.

Kachins say without it the Southeast Asian nation will continue to be ravaged by strife.

KIA has about 20,000 men and women soldiers in different areas, but they are facing a central government force in Kachin State roughly twice that strength.

The Kachin are regarded as some of Asia's toughest fighters, a reputation dating back to World War II.

At home in the mountains and jungles of northern Myanmar, the Kachin proved invaluable allies in fighting the Japanese alongside American and British troops who called them "the amiable assassins."

46-year-old Pawm Mung Ra has been serving in KIA for more than 20 years and is now Battalion Commander.

He says: "We know these jungles very well and we are better at making ways and fighting in this area. From high-ranking officers to ordinary soldiers, we know how to fight in the mountains, and that is why we can defeat our enemies in the jungles."

On the road to desired full autonomy, most Kachins envision a long, hard struggle.

EDITOR'S NOTES :

Earlier this year (Jan 12, 2012) the government signed a preliminary cease-fire pact with the Karen National Union, the country's most durable ethnic rebel group.

It holds talks with other groups, but remains in a bitter armed struggle with the Kachin minority in northern Myanmar.

Suu Kyi has long fought for democratic rule against the former military regime, and spent about 15 years under house arrest for her efforts.

Her party boycotted a November 2010 general election, saying it was unfair and undemocratic.

But when the former general and outgoing prime minister Thein Sein became president five months later, he began reforms easing the political landscape after almost five decades of military repression.

To woo Suu Kyi's party, the election law was amended to meet its objections, and the NLD contested by-elections earlier this month.

It captured 43 seats to become the main opposition presence in parliament, which is overwhelmingly dominated by allies of the former military regime. They will take their seats when the next session of parliament opens April 23.

The polls were viewed as a milestone for Myanmar and an astonishing reversal of fortune for former political prisoner Suu Kyi.

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Remarks by the President in State of Union Address

United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.

9:12 P.M. EST

THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans:

Tonight I want to begin by congratulating the men and women of the 112th Congress, as well as your new Speaker, John Boehner. (Applause.) And as we mark this occasion, we''re also mindful of the empty chair in this chamber, and we pray for the health of our colleague -- and our friend -- Gabby Giffords. (Applause.)

It''s no secret that those of us here tonight have had our differences over the last two years. The debates have been contentious; we have fought fiercely for our beliefs. And that''s a good thing. That''s what a robust democracy demands. That''s what helps set us apart as a nation.

But there''s a reason the tragedy in Tucson gave us pause. Amid all the noise and passion and rancor of our public debate, Tucson reminded us that no matter who we are or where we come from, each of us is a part of something greater -- something more consequential than party or political preference.

We are part of the American family. We believe that in a country where every race and faith and point of view can be found, we are still bound together as one people; that we share common hopes and a common creed; that the dreams of a little girl in Tucson are not so different than those of our own children, and that they all deserve the chance to be fulfilled.

That, too, is what sets us apart as a nation. (Applause.)

Now, by itself, this simple recognition won''t usher in a new era of cooperation. What comes of this moment is up to us. What comes of this moment will be determined not by whether we can sit together tonight, but whether we can work together tomorrow. (Applause.)

I believe we can. And I believe we must. That''s what the people who sent us here expect of us. With their votes, they''ve determined that governing will now be a shared responsibility between parties. New laws will only pass with support from Democrats and Republicans. We will move forward together, or not at all -- for the challenges we face are bigger than party, and bigger than politics.

At stake right now is not who wins the next election -- after all, we just had an election. At stake is whether new jobs and industries take root in this country, or somewhere else. It''s whether the hard work and industry of our people is rewarded. It''s whether we sustain the leadership that has made America not just a place on a map, but the light to the world.

We are poised for progress. Two years after the worst recession most of us have ever known, the stock market has come roaring back. Corporate profits are up. The economy is growing again.

But we have never measured progress by these yardsticks alone. We measure progress by the success of our people. By the jobs they can find and the quality of life those jobs offer. By the prospects of a small business owner who dreams of turning a good idea into a thriving enterprise. By the opportunities for a better life that we pass on to our children.

That''s the project the American people want us to work on. Together. (Applause.)

We did that in December. Thanks to the tax cuts we passed, Americans'' paychecks are a little bigger today. Every business can write off the full cost of new investments that they make this year. And these steps, taken by Democrats and Republicans, will grow the economy and add to the more than one million private sector jobs created last year.

But we have to do more. These steps we''ve taken over the last two years may have broken